Earlier, Yachi was only trying to find the girls' room because she got lost inside the school building. Shimizu told her that she can go ahead first since the third year is helping the team carry heavy equipments from the court to the storage room. However, she forgot which room the girls are staying so she ended up opening each door to look for it. Unluckily, she didn't expect to see two boys taking a girl's shirt off in a room.

The room was silent for one whole minute as they stared to each other. The two boys were frozen in their place as the freckled teen stopped pulling her shirt.

"O-Oh, m-my...i-i-is th-this...i-i-is th-this..." the blonde girl covered her red face as she stared at them "I-Is this something in a shoujou manga wh-where..."

"I-I-I-I'm t-t-ter-r-rib-bly s-sorry if I disturbed you!!" she bowed in a perfect 90 degree angle before sprinting towards the door.

"I-It's not what you think it is, Yachi-san!" Yamaguchi quickly blocked the door with his build to stop her "W-We can explain! Please hear us out first"

"Eh? It's not..." she pointed a finger to Ayame then to the two boys.

Tsukishima and Yamaguchi lowered their head as the blood rushed to their faces and shook their heads.

"It's definitely not that..." they said.

*After some explanation*

"S-She drank a sake?! Why?! Ayame-chan's a minor!!" Yachi gasped in horror.

"We know..." the freckled teen sighed "That's why we dragged her back her before it gets worse"

"T-Then w-why were you t-t-taking off her c-clothes?" the blonde girl asked in embarrassment.

Heat crept on his face as he recalled that he caught a glimpse of her abdomen. He shook his head to remove the image and rubbed his head.

"We're trying to change her clothes" Tsukishima answered "Please don't get the wrong idea. Her shirt stinks like sweat and sake and it's horrible"

"A-Ah... I see. Okay, I-I'll change her clothes then s-since I'm a girl" she said, kneeling next to the sleeping girl. She picked up the same shirt the two tried to switch and faced them "Etto...whose t-shirt is this? It's slightly bigger than Ayame-chan's size"

"Ano... Th-that's m-mine..." Yamaguchi raised his hand as a faint blush dusted his cheeks.

Tsukishima was chuckling as he watched the freckled teen fight his embarrassment.

"I see... T-Then, can you two...uhm...turn around for now?" she said.

"O-Oh! S-Sorry!" they both turned around while Yachi started taking off her shirt. For some reason, Yamaguchi's palms were sweaty and he could feel his heart pounding loudly in his chest. He could hear the violet eyed girl's soft and sleepy groan and it's, honestly, almost driving him crazy. He wiped his palms on the side of his pants and shook his head.

"Oya? What's wrong?" Tsukishima smirked at his odd behavior "If you are curious of her body, you can just take a small glimpse anytime~"

Heat crept up his face and he gave his friend a shocked expression "I-I'm not like that, Tsukki!!"

"Oh well, whatever, it's not like anyone will find out"

"Yeah but there's Yachi-san" he whispered "And I don't want to do something like that!"

"Hai, I'm done changing her clothes. You two can turn around now" Yachi said. He breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and saw Ayame in a new shirt, which is actually his "I already wiped her sweat and I folded her shirt here"

"Thank you, Yachi-san" Yamaguchi bowed "It would've been awkward if it's us"

"Um...about that" Tsukishima said "Can you please keep it quiet that we tried to change her clothes?"

"S-Sure! I'll keep it a secret" the blonde girl nodded "Well, can I ask you guys one thing?"

"Yes?"

"Actually, before I accidentally came here, I was looking for the girls' room. Do you know where it is?"

"Etto...you go straight ahead from this hallway and go right. Second room you'll see is for the girls" he explained "Ano...Yachi-san, if you happen to see anyone from the team, can you please tell them about Ayame's condition?"

"Hai" she nodded and opened the door "I'll be leaving then"

She left the room and both teens heaved out a sigh.

"Thank goodness it was Yachi-san..." Yamaguchi sighed "If it were Daichi-san, he'll skin us alive..."

"Or if Tanaka-san or Nishinoya-san saw us, it will be a huge scandal..." Tsukishima nodded "You watch her, I'll go to sleep first. Good night"

He plopped his head on his pillow and snored.

"H-Hey, T-Tsukki! Don't sleep yet! How can I explain to Daichi-san about Ayame's condition?!" he shook him while the tall blonde covered his self with a blanket.

"You already told Yachi-san to explain it to them in advance"

"But if she saw them! What if she didn't see the captain?!"

"Then you explain it to him"

"B-But-"

"Listen up" he sat up and faced him "Daichi-san won't kill you because it seemed to me that he trusts you when it comes to Ayame. Just tell him the truth and you'll do fine, except that you shouldn't tell him that we tried to change her clothes. He'll seriously kill us if he knows, got that?"

He gave it a thought and sighed "A-All right, I get it..."

"Well, have fun watching her sleep" and he dropped down on his cot. Yamaguchi sat next to the sleeping Ayame and watched her. Her face is red from the amount of liquor she drank and she's all curled up like a child.

"Dad..." she mumbled "Please...stay...I'm...sorry..."

"She's always saying those same words... Did something in her past?" he thought, running his fingers on her brown hair softly. She eased her mumblings and sighed softly at his touch. He yawned and his vision slowly dimmed and he was slowly dozing off until he fell asleep while sitting, his fingers still holding some strands of her hair.

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It didn't last long, though.

As soon as he closed his eyes, the door opened with a loud bang, revealing a panicky looking Daichi and the team. He quickly withdrew his hand and prayed that they didn't see it.

"AYAME-CHAAAAN!" he roared, effective enough to wake the freckled teen from his sleepiness but, strangely, that noise didn't even wake Ayame and Tsukishima the slightest (because unknown to them, he's wearing his headphones while sleeping). He knelt next to the girl and he instantly relaxed when she's sleeping soundly.

"His reaction changed so fast!!" Yamaguchi thought "A-Ano...Daichi-san...etto..."

"It's all right. Yachi-san explained it to us" the captain said "Thank you, Yamaguchi"

"Eh? I-I didn't do anything much..."

"Now, now, don't get all embarrassed. You and Tsukishima managed to take her here without anyone noticing. It will be messy if the other schools find out" Sugawara said.

"I-I see..."

"Yamaguchi, we're really grateful for saving our angel!! You have our gratitude!!" Tanaka and Nishinoya were on their knees, their foreheads touching the floor.

"You two are overreacting..." Ennoshita sighed "Come on. Stand up. You're embarrassing the guy"

"Yamaguchi, I'll take it from here. Rest up for tomorrow" the captain told him.

"Hai!"

***

"The captain told me to rest first but..." he stretched out his arms lazily "I can't sleep last night!!"

Well, the reason why he couldn't sleep because he couldn't stop thinking about Ayame. He could still clearly feel the warmth of her hand when she touched his freckled cheeks and the gentleness of her stroke when she touched his hair. And mainly, it was because he still can't get over at the fact that he and the megane tried to change her clothes.

"Ah..." Yamaguchi yawned while walking towards the cafeteria. He rubbed his sleepy eyes when he felt a slap on his back, jolting the boy to snap out from his sleepy state.

"Yo, Yamaguchi! Long time no see!!"

He turned around and saw Nekoma's libero, Yaku Morisuke, standing behind him. He gave him a nod and greeted him.

"L-Likewise, Yaku-san..."

They both lined up to get their breakfast when the libero started a conversation with him.

"How's the training camp?"

"W-Well, it was okay. I mean, this the first time that we're invited so the whole thing is new to us but it was fun"

"Is that so?" he said "It must be tough that you guys had to endure all that punishment on the first day, huh?"

He cringed slightly at the memory. He remembered how his body ached after doing a lap of diving drills multiple times yesterday.

"Sorry for asking. Must've been a pain doing all that" the libero said "Anyway, where's Ayame? I haven't seen her today"

"Ah...about that..."

(one hour ago)

"Ow..." Ayame weakly sat up while clutching her head "W-What happened-ow! My head hurts..."

"Ayame-chan!! Thank goodness!!" Nishinoya and Tanaka were about to hug her but they were pulled back by Sugawara and Ennoshita by their collars.

"Now, now..." Sugawara said "You'll make her feel worse..."

"Where am I?" she asked "Why...am I here?"

"Rest for a while, Ayame-chan" Daichi told her "You had a hangover"

"H-Hangover?"

"Yeah" Tsukishima nodded "Do you remember what happened last night?"

"Last...night?" she muttered "The last thing I remember was...drinking some sake with Sensei and the others...I don't recall what happened afterwards..."

Yamaguchi heaved out a sigh.

"You don't remember at all?" the megane said "You called me Tsushit-"

The freckled teen quickly covered his mouth as he remembered the previous night.

"Please don't hold a grudge against Ayame, Tsukki" he whispered.

"I called you...what?" she asked.

"P-Please forget that!! It's not important!!" he said. She stared at him confusingly for a few seconds before blushing madly.

"C-Crap! She remembered!!"he panicked "Please don't make her remember those embarrassing moments!!"

"I...I...I..." she covered her mouth as her cheeks were red "I-I was drunk?!"

"Well...th-that's one way to put it...yeah..."

"D-Did I do something embarrassing?! Was I being weird?! Uwaaa!!" she covered her red face as a gloomy aura hung above her "I'll never be bride..."

"N-No...you didn't do anything..." he assured her "Except that you bad mouthed Tsukki and vomited in the boys' bathroom..."

"Don't worry, Ayame-chan!! I'll still accept you!!" Nishinoya said. Sugawara punched his head right after he said that.

"Don't be an idiot"

"By the way..." she looked down on her shirt and back at them "Whose shirt is this? I remember not having this..."

"Ah, that's mine...we weren't able to get your bag from the girls' room that's why..." he looked away slightly while rubbing his neck "I-I lent you one of my shirts..."

"Oh... you changed my clothes? Thank you" she said, causing the boys to nosebleed and for Nishinoya and Tanaka glare at the freckled teen upon thinking of what she said. The captain looked like he was ready to kill him when he thinks that a guy has his hands all over his "little sister".

Well duh, she's innocent as hell so she doesn't understand that what she said is quite...inappropriate.

"Y-You got it wrong!!" he panicked "I-I didn't change her clothes myself!! Yachi-san did!"

"Well, truthfully, we tried to...but I'm not telling them that!"

"Oh? Really?" Daichi asked, his scary demeanor gone. He slapped his forehead and shook his head "Ack, what was I thinking? Sorry, Yamaguchi. I know you're not that kind of guy"

"What did he mean by "that kind of guy"?"the freckled teen thought.

"Seriously, Daichi. You're getting all protective again" Sugawara shook his head.

"He's not like that, you know?" Asahi said.

"I know that, so shut up"

"Ugh..." Ayame clutched her head and the captain placed his hand on his shoulder "What time is it?"

"Seven in the morning"

"Eh?! Oh no! I promised that I'll help Shimizu-san and the managers for breakfast!" she tried to stand up but was stopped by the captain "Nii-chan!"

"Don't worry. Shimizu already knew about your state so she said that you must rest"

"That's not the only thing I'm worried about!!" she faced them all with a worried expression "Today's the second day of the training camp. I have to help you guys in training!"

"Calm down, Ayame-chan" Sugawara calmly told her "We understand your desire to help but you have to rest first"

"Yeah, Suga's right" Daichi said "Don't push yourself when you have a hangover"

"But I'll be okay! Even if I'm like this, I can still help-"

"Ayame" Yamaguchi spoke up "Please. Don't push yourself. You know how I feel when you're lying about your health, don't you?"

She looked at him for a moment before sighing "I know, Tadashi-kun. I'm sorry..."

"Besides, even if you're not there, we'll do our best to hold them off as much as we can. That's why, don't feel guilty about being unable to help. For now, rest"

"Hmm...all right..." she said "Okay, I'll be taking a rest here and be good. I'll try to make it up with you guys in the afternoon"

"Got that, strategist!!"

***

"I can't believe I said those words. It was embarrassing....Tsukki and Sugawara-san wouldn't stop teasing me about it..." he sighed internally after remembering the endless assaults of the megane and the grey haired setter earlier.

"So...she's not feeling well?" Yaku asked.

"Yes, for now, she's resting" he said "I can't tell him that Ayame was drunk last night"

"Eh... she seemed so energetic yesterday. That's weird..." he placed a finger on his chin and pondered deeply "Maybe she ate something?"

"W-We don't know the reason...sorry"

"Ah, before I forget, hey, Yamaguchi" he lowered his voice to a slightly hushed tone "Did you hear? Someone saw a girl and a boy exit the boys' bathroom last night"

Yamaguchi's spine stiffened upon hearing it. He sweat dropped and gulped nervously.

"It was really weird. They said that the girl was being carried by the boy and she looked unconscious. Jeez...kids these days...who knows what they did? They probably had a make out session or what"

He covered his mouth and nose to hold down his nosebleed after hearing the words "make out session". It was no doubt that the mentioned two were them. Clearly, it never happened last night. He never expected that anyone saw them and misinterpreted the whole situation.

"W-Why are you telling me this, Yaku-san?" he tried to ask casually so he won't suspect.

"Well, I just wanted you to know. I mean, you're trying your best to become Ayame's ideal guy, right?" he said with a grin "It's not that suspected you or anything that you'll do something like those guys. I know you're not that kind guy, Yamaguchi"

"T-Thanks for the support..." he awkwardly said "I am actually the guy they saw though...better not tell him..."

"That's right. Suga-kun told me that you visited Ayame's house everyday when she got sick" he nudged him teasingly "I see that you've taken the first step as her potential boyfriend. That's good! Keep it up!"

"Why are you and Sugawara-san so interested with my love life?" he sighed exasperatingly.

"Well, we found you guys interesting" Sugawara appeared and slapped the boy's back "Right, Yaku-kun?"

"That's right!" he nodded.

"Speaking of which, I have something to tell you" the grey haired setter grinned and ushered the third year libero closer "Earlier, he...."

Yamaguchi has a feeling it had to do with earlier so he excused his self to avoid their interrogation after. When it was his turn on the line, Shimizu and Yachi gave him his breakfast.

"Is this enough?" the third year manager asked him.

"Yes. Thank you"

"Yamaguchi" Shimizu called him "How is Ayame-chan?"

"I-Is her hangover still worse?" Yachi worriedly asked.

"Slightly. But she's taking a rest now"

Both girls gave a sigh.

"Thank goodness. Thank you for telling us, Yamaguchi"

"Yes, thank you for the breakfast"

He sat on an empty seat next to Tsukishima and muttered his thanks. He picked up his bowl of rice and chopsticks and was about to eat when he heard something behind him that caught his attention.

"I'm telling you, Akaashi! I really saw them!!" a player with a spiky black/white hair whined to the guy beside him.

"Bokuto-san, that's the fifth time you told me about the boy and the girl you saw last night. Please stop repeating that. It's annoying" he sighed "And besides, it doesn't mean that those two did something suspicious"

"He saw us?!" Yamaguchi panicked internally.

"But, Akaashi, it's very suspicious!! Very!!"

"Bokuto-san, you didn't even see them clearly. You said it was a bit dark last night so you only saw their figures, not their faces. Honestly, I'm having doubts"

"Eh?! You don't believe me?!"

"Please tone down your voice, Bokuto-san"

"Akaashi, I'm telling you, it's true!!"

"Oh man... I hope the others didn't realize this..." the freckled teen prayed.

"Ah, looks like Fukurodani's ace saw you guys" Tsukishima said.

"Tsukki, not so loud, please. They might know it" he whispered, the steam pouring out from his ears in embarrassment.