"Why are we going to the beach again Kiyoko?" You groan. You've never really have been fond of the beach.

"The whole volleyball club will be there. You don't have to go in the ocean." She says unpacking the blanket.

You look down at your outfit. A sleeveless jacket over your bikini. You look at it uncomfortably and groan. You are a bit self conscious about your body and therefore don't want to take off your jacket. You look at your sister who is in a sky blue bikini with shorts. Compared to you she had bigger.... you know.

"SHIMIZU-SAN!! (NAME)-CHAN" Tanaka and Nishinoya yell in unison seeing you and Kiyoko.

"Not today boys..." Suga stands in front of you and your sister as you shake in fear.

"Thank you savior Suga-kun" You cry.

"(Name)-chan!!" You see a freckled boy running to you with a tall middle blocker walking from behind.

"Yamaguchi-kun!!!" You both hug as Tsukishima looks at your outfit.

"Wow Beanstalk, checking me out?" You question.

"Yeah right." He walks by, hitting you on the head.

"Stupid Tsukishima." You cross your arms.

Members arrive one by one and set up blankets and umbrellas.

"Hey Hinata-kun, Kageyama-kun!" You smile.

"Hey (Name)-chan! Kageyama and I are going to play some beach volleyball, you wanna join?" Hinata holds out a volleyball.

"OOh! I would love to but isnt that a little unfair?..."

"Pfft. Nah. You can have Tsukishima on your team. He blocks pretty well but dont tell him I said that." He whispers.

"Really?.... Fine. We will beat you two though" You put your hands on your hips in pride.

"It's on!"

—

"Explain why I have to play with you?" Tsukishima complains.

"Just do it. I'll.... make you another strawberry shortcake." You say.

"....With extra strawberries?" He mumbles.

"Yep!" You give him a thumbs up. "But only if we win."

"Deal." He says after a moment.

"LETS PLAY!" You say, ready to serve.

"First one to 20 wins."

-

After 10 minutes, the score is at 21-20.

"Come on Beanstalk we can win this!"

"Shut up Shortie don't nag me."

"Kageyama let's catch up!" Hinata jumps.

"Right." He says serving.

You receive, and Tsukishima spikes it down. Hinata dives to bring the ball back up.

"Ok Tsukishima. They are probably going to do the quick so—"

"Please Shortie. I know what I'm doing" He smirks.

Kageyama serves to Hinata, Tsukishima moves quickly to block and jumps. The ball hits the wall that Tsukishima's arms have created and lands in the sand.

"YESSS!" You jump up and down. You hold out your hands to Tsukishima who looks at you in confusion. "High five Beanstalk!"

He smiles and high fives you. "Good job."

"You too! You block really well" You smile. Tsukishima looks at his backpack and back at you.

"Actually Shortie... I have something to gi—"

"(Name)-chan?" You turn your attention to a pudding head.

"Kenma-kun?" Your face lights up seeing your friend and you approach him, leaving Tsukishima behind.

"What are you doing here (Name)-chan?" Kenma asks, while holding his game console.

"Oh... the Karasuno volleyball club is having a beach day..."

"Oh! So is Nekoma" Kenma says.

"WOW! Thats great! That means you can show me the new game you told me about over the phone!" You smile bright.

"Great!" Kenma smiles.

—

You and Kenma sit under the umbrella while everyone else swims in the water. You want to enter the ocean due to the intense heat, making you sweat a lot.

"Kenma I think I'm going to go in the water real quick." You say, starting to take off your jacket.

"Oh okay. I'll wait for you... I don't really like the ocean... or water in general."

"Just like a cat," you smile. "See ya!" You say walking to the water.

The sand starts to burn your feet, causing you to start sprinting to the water. Your foot hits a pebble, causing you to tumble forward, your face heading straight for the sand. Someone catches you by the arms and pulls you up. "Wow you really are a klutz" a blondie for once without his glasses says.

"God Beanstalk the sand is hot okay." You groan. You look up into Tsukishima's golden orbs. For the first time you've seen him without his glasses on. 'To be honest he looks kind of cute...' You think while lightly blushing.

"Are you just going to what im presuming is staring at me?" He says slightly annoyed.

"Pft. Im not staring at you" yes you are.

You dust yourself off and attempt to walk off confidently to the ocean. But alas you work against the law of physics and land face forward into the water, jumping straight up afterwards. "I. Am fine."

Tsukishima laughs to himself seeing you fail so miserably at walking. He looks at his backpack, and back to you, and to Kenma. He sighs and says a few words to himself and walks to the water.

—

"Kiyokoooo!" You swim over to your sister to give her a hug.

"Wow you're in the water."

"Well its really hot so..." you laugh.

"Oh hey Tsukishima-kun!" Kiyoko says looking behind you.

"Oh hey Beanstalk!" You turn around.

"Hey..."

"Hm? Is something wrong?"

"No. Everything is fine." He swims past you to Yamaguchi and starts to talk to him. You look at him while he talks to Yamaguchi.

"Everything okay (Name)?" Kiyoko questions you staring at Tsukishima.

"Oh of course it is!" You direct your attention back to Kiyoko.

—

"Did you do it Tsukki?" Yamaguchi asks.

"No."

"Why not? Don't you want to give it to her?"

"I don't have to..." Tsukishima trails off.

"Cmon Tsukki. You worked hard to find it didnt you?" Yamaguchi reassures.

"I don't know how to give it to her... and I've never had the chance to give it to her."

"Why did you get it for her anyways.... It's unlike you to buy a gift for someone." Yamaguchi rubs the back of his head.

"It was because of a bet and nothing else." Tsukishima turns away.

"Are you sure—"

"(NAME)!!!" Kiyoko yells.

Tsukishima turns in the direction of the yelling in search of you. But you aren't there. Kiyoko looks down into the water in fear as Tsukishima approaches her. Everyone surrounding her. Kenma stands up in worry.

"Shimizu-senpai what is it?"

"Its my sister... I turned away for a second and... shes gone...."

"Oh god not again..." she mumbles to herself

"What!?" Tsukishima grabs the nearest person's goggles and immediately dives down into the water. 'Where the hell is she!?'

To Be Continued......

Wow wow this is a two parter. Just a heads up this is the day after the last chapter. So this isnt a side story but more of apart of the plot but like.... I wanted to do something with the beach so here we are.

Thanks for reading

♡ Shortcake