"Where have you been?" Daichi asked her as soon as she arrived for their afternoon practice "You didn't mail me and you missed morning practice. I was worried, you know?"

They had no idea she went to Seijoh earlier. Except for the coach, managers, and her boyfriend.

Ayame scratched her head sheepishly and made a peace sign "Sorry, sorry, nii-chan~"

He was surprised on the way she's acting, especially her giddy tone. She patted his shoulders and grinned.

"I love it when you worry for me~" she giggled "You're like my real onii-chan~"

He sweat dropped "Uh... I'm always the nii-chan you're asking for"

She patted his shoulder again and went to the bench and placed the box she's carrying on it.

"Daichi, is she okay?" Sugawara worriedly asked.

He scratched his head and looked at her "I...don't know..."

She took another chocolate from the box and ate it. She was emitting a happy aura as she chewed it and she brightened up when she saw the freckled teen.

"Ta~da~shi~kun~!" she ran to him and she hugged him from the back, which made him jump in surprise "I miss you~!"

Instantly, everyone's eyes were on them. Yamaguchi sweat dropped at the intensity of their eyes. Shimizu and Yachi were surprised to see her being...clingy.

Ayame was the only happy one in the group as she giggled and hugged the teen.

"A-Ayame, what's wrong?" he was sweating and blushing profusely.

Her face is clearly flushed as she kept giggling, not answering the teen's question.

Nishinoya and Tanaka were frozen white as tears fell from their eyes.

"Ah, they died" Ennoshita said.

Click. Click. Click.

Yamaguchi heard multiple clicking sounds and his jaw nearly dropped when he saw Tsukishima and Sugawara laughing evilly as they took a lot of pictures with their phone.

"Oh damn" the third year setter grinned widely as he kept taking shots "Should I send this to Yaku-kun?"

He blushed even redder "P-Please don't do that, Sugawara-san!! Please stop taking pictures!!"

The violet eyed girl saw Tsukishima and slurred "What the hell's Tsushitshima-kun's doing?"

Everyone flinched when she cussed the megane.

"She's drunk!!" the freckled teen finally concluded. Ayame stuck out her tongue to the megane and gave him the evil eye.

"Did she just..." Kinoshita sweat dropped.

"...diss Tsukishima...?" Narita continued.

Kageyama and Hinata were holding back their laughter.

"Pfft... Serves him right" the duo mentally grinned.

"Hot damn, Tsukishima!!" Sugawara was the only one laughing out loud while slapping the teen's back "She just dissed you!! Tsushitshima!! Hahahaha!!"

"Suga's the only one enjoying this..." Daichi and Asahi sweat dropped as they saw their fellow third year the only one laughing in amusement.

Instead of being pissed, Tsukishima just smirked "I'm in a good mood so I'll pretend I didn't hear that"

Ayame then proceeded to rub her face on Yamaguchi's back, which made him jump and resist the urge to yelp in embarrassment.

The second years and third years could practically see Tanaka and Nishinoya's hearts shatter to million pieces.

Shimizu and Yachi approached them and checked on her. They tried to pry her off but she just whined and pouted and kept on hugging the teen.

"No, I don't want to let go~!! I want to hug him~!!"

"Shimizu-san, I think...she's drunk" he told the manager.

"I'm not~!" she slurred "I didn't drink anything~!"

"But did you ate something?" he asked.

She looked away while muttering "Probably..."

"She's a totally different person..." Yachi sweat dropped.

Truthfully, Yamaguchi didn't hate the way she hugged him. He actually finds her clingy side cute. It really tickles him when she would rub her face on his back.

No way in hell he'll mention it out loud for the others to hear though.

"Could it be because of this?" Daichi said as he opened the box the girl was carrying earlier. Inside it contained some chocolate truffles that are arranged neatly.

"How can a chocolate drive her drunk?" Kageyama tilted his head in confusion.

"There are some chocolates with alcohol in it, you know?" the captain told him.

"I have a bad feeling about this..." Asahi said.

"Looks expensive if you ask me" Sugawara noted.

Hinata's eyes sparkled when he saw the chocolate inside. As he was about to reach for one, the black haired setter clumped him on the head.

"Dumbass! It's not yours! Don't be a greedy guy!"

"Why did you have to hit me?!"

Daichi took one and popped it in his mouth. His eyes widened when he recognized the taste "This has alcohol in it!"

"Eh?! Isn't that bad for Ayame-chan?!" the ace panicked and glanced at the giggling girl.

Tanaka (who pretty much recovered from his shock and heartbreak, along with Nishinoya) grabbed one and popped it in his mouth "Daichi-san, there's only a small of alcohol in these chocolates. It's not much"

"She has very low alcohol tolerance" Coach Ukai sweat dropped when he recalled when she got drunk "She can't hold her liquor, unlike her mother"

"And she already ate ten chocolates..." the captain said as he shook her head "Unbelievable...who the hell gave her these chocolates?"

*Aoba Johsai*

"Achoo!!" Oikawa sniffled and rubbed his arms "Has it gotten cold lately?"

"Oi, Shittykawa! If you caught a cold, I'm going to punch you on the face!" Iwaizume warned him as he picked up the volleyball on the floor.

"You don't have to be so mean about it!!"

***

"So...what should we do?" Kageyama asked "Will Kazumi-san come?"

"Aunt Kazumi can't come today because she said she has some business to do in Tokyo" Daichi replied.

"The only person we have to worry about is Takeda-sensei" Coach Ukai shuddered when he imagined the teacher finding out what happened "Who knows what might happen if he knew that a student got drunk here..."

"He might get the wrong idea" Ennoshita said.

"Hey~!! What the hell are you still guys doing?! Return back to practice!" Ayame yelled at them. Her face looked serious if it weren't for her red face, which indicates that she's still drunk "Go ahead and think I'm a damn drunk but don't go slacking your asses off!! Practice!!"

They sweat dropped when she cussed at them.

"Daichi-san, what should we do?" Hinata asked, slightly nervous to see the drunk girl emit a dark energy around her.

The captain went to her to try talk some sense in her. She still couldn't pretty much let go of the freckled teen, to which Tsukishima and Sugawara find very entertaining and satisfying.

"Ayame-chan, I think you're causing us some trouble here" he gently but firmly told her "Why don't you let go of Yamaguchi and rest and drink some water to sober up?"

She stared up at him with a plain expression before sticking out her tongue "Don't want to~"

He sighed loudly and grabbed her arm to force her "Ayame-chan, I don't want to resort to this-"

"Go ahead and do that. I'll tell them that nii-chan likes Mi-" she smirked and Daichi quickly covered her mouth. He then turned around and clapped his hand.

"Okay, guys! Get back to practice!!"

"Is it me or did she just blackmail the captain?" Coach Ukai sweat dropped when he saw her smiling sweetly to Daichi, who sweat dropped and forced a smile to her that says you're-so-cruel.

Yamaguchi tried to pry her off "Ayame, please let go now. You want us to practice, right?"

"Eh~..." she looked up at him and pouted. He felt that an arrow shot his heart of seeing how cute she looked "But I want to stay with you~!"

"Uuuuu...don't give in, Tadashi! Stay strong!" he took a deep breath and gently told her "I know. But, we have to train, and that includes me, right?"

She looked up at him while pouting before releasing him "Fine..."

"Thank you" he smiled and patted her head.

Nishinoya and Tanaka were chewing their shirts in envy as Ennoshita and Sugawara dragged them.

"Ah, wait, Tadashi-kun" she gestured him to come closer with a smile on her face "Can you come here? I promise this will be quick~"

"Uh...okay" he approached her "What is it?"

"Lower your head. Please~" she pleaded while making a praying gesture.

He lowered his head to her level. She grabbed his face and gave him a kiss on the lips, right in front of everyone.

Everyone's jaw nearly dropped. Tsukishima and Sugawara were too shocked to take a picture that they dropped their phones on the floor.

Shimizu and Yachi were surprised but they were actually slightly squealing on the inside. It was the first time they saw them kiss after all.

Yamaguchi could practically feel his heart about to burst from the intimate contact.

When they parted lips, his face was steaming from embarrassment and shock "W-What....eh?"

She tilted her head in confusion "Why do you looked so surprised? Is it wrong to kiss your own boyfriend?"

"She said it!!" he quickly covered her mouth, and saw the team standing still and unmoving. He totally expected Tsukishima and Sugawara or Nishinoya and Tanaka to have the biggest reaction but, they were also unmoving and silent.

The managers quickly pulled them outside and closed the gym door. A crow cawed outside and filled the silence in the gym with its sound.

"Eh?"

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"EEEEEEEEEEEEEH?!?!"

"Hold up! What was that?! What did Ayame-chan just say earlier?!" Sugawara pointed an accusing finger to the door where they left "Was I imagining it?!"

"Suga, you're so hyper..." Asahi sweat dropped when the setter was demanding answers.

"I can't help it, okay?! I mean, when you're doing everything for those two to be together and then..." he messed his hair frustration "Argh! You know what I feel, right, Tsukishima?!" he turned his attention to Tsukishima, who looked like his glasses cracked from shock.

"Those two...even though I'm their classmate... even though I know Yamaguchi since grade school..." he pushed up his glasses, his face plain "They didn't tell me a SINGLE thing... not even a hint..."

"See?!" the setter said, making his point clear to him.

The ace only saw their contrasting level of reaction.

He continued his ramblings "I mean, I never expected that those two are in a relationship already!! We know that Ayame-chan can be really dense to stuffs like that and Yamaguchi's too scared to confess, right?! We were doing our best for them to be together and...!"

The second years and first years noticed that Nishinoya and Tanaka are now hollow and empty as their souls leaked from their body.

"Rest in peace" Ennoshita, Kinoshita, and Narita made a praying gesture for them.

Daichi ran his fingers over his black hair "I-I didn't expect that... I know that Ayame-chan likes Yamaguchi but... I didn't expect them to be in a relationship..."

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY, DAICHI?!?!" the distressed Sugawara grabbed the captain's collar and shook him "Did you just say that Ayame-chan likes Yamaguchi?!?!"

Tsukishima was even more ticked that his two classmates didn't share anything about that "You've got to be kidding me..."

"Y-Yeah, she told me before-"

"Are you freaking kidding me?!" he yelled at his face "Why didn't you tell me such crucial information?! Damn it!! It could've made things a lot easier!! If you told us before that she likes him as well, we wouldn't have a problem giving her hints about Yamaguchi's feelings to her!! It was already mutual from the start!!"

It was then that the guys realized how obsessed the tall blonde and the grey haired setter are to make those two first years a couple.

Sugawara kept yelling on Daichi's face about his frustrations of not knowing Ayame's feelings to the freckled teen. The captain could only sweat drop as he shrank from the intensity of the vice captain's frustration.

Tsukishima was staring to space as he still couldn't believe that the two didn't tell him anything.

Nishinoya and Tanaka's soul went to heaven.

Okay, the last one was bit of an exaggeration.

"Uwaaaah... that was really unexpected" Ennoshita said.

"Yeah, I couldn't believe that Yamaguchi have Ayame as his girlfriend" Narita agreed.

"He's a lucky guy to have a girlfriend ahead of us" Kinoshita chuckled "How envious"

"Noya-san, Tanaka-san, are you okay?!" Hinata panicked when he saw them hollow faced.

"Shoyo..." Nishinoya said in a low voice "This...is the face of a man who lost in a battle..."

Tanaka didn't say anything as he could only nod in agreement.

"P-Please don't die!!" the first year told them while flailing his arms.

"Since when?" Kageyama wondered how their relationship started.

Asahi was mentally wishing them well for a good and healthy relationship.

Coach Ukai sweat dropped "We can't practice like this..."

***

Splash.

Ayame gasped when cold water was thrown to her face.

"So cold!!" she exclaimed through chattered teeth "What happened?! Did it rain?! Was there a tsunami?!"

She saw Yamaguchi sigh in relief as he set the bucket down "Sorry. I just had to"

"Eh?"

"Looks like you're awake, Ayame-chan" Shimizu said.

"Eh?"

"Did you remember what happened?" Yachi asked her.

"Remember...eh?" she tilted her head in confusion "Did I faint or something?"

The managers and the freckled teen looked at each other. The violet eyed girl had honestly no idea what happened to her.

"Yachi-san, Shimizu-san, can you...leave this to me? I'll do the explaining to her" he asked.

"Of course" the third year stood up, followed by the first year blonde "Hitoka-chan and I will take care of the team. But, I think it's best if you tell them yourself as soon as possible"

"Hai. Thank you very much" he bowed "I'll leave it to you two"

Once the club door was closed, the freckled teen grabbed a towel from his bag and placed it on her hair and started drying her off.

"I'm really sorry for drenching you" he said "I have an extra shirt and pants here. You should change before your body will catch a chill-"

She grabbed his arm "Did I do something weird, right?!"

He stared to her eyes and he instantly recalled when she kissed him earlier. His face exploded red in embarrassment and he looked away "I-I'll explain it later...y-you should change first..."

"I thought so! I did something weird and stupid, right?!" she asked.

"C-Change your clothes first, then...I'll explain" he turned around "S-Should I go outside if you're uncomfor-"

"You don't have to. Just...look away" she said. After he turned away, she quickly took off her hoody and clothes. His clothes were too big for her and she had to roll up his pants for her not to trip on it.

"I'm done" she said "You can turn around now"

He turned around and they sat on the floor face to face. He continued to dry her hair with a towel.

"Then...I'll start to explain" he said and gave her a quick run-through the moment she arrived "And then...y-you...you kissed me in front of everyone..."

Her face exploded in a shade of red as soon he mentioned the last part. Yamaguchi slightly looked away and scratched his red cheek with a finger.

"EEEEEEEEEEH?!?!?!" she slapped her cheeks and lowered her head in embarrassment "I-I-I did?!"

"Y-Yeah..." he replied "It was...surprising..."

"A-And I called...Tsukishima-kun...Tsushitshima-kun...Ah!!" she covered her face in shame comically "I'm such a bad friend..."

"Y-You don't have to worry about that. Tsukki's not mad at you" he assured her "Because he was really satisfied to see Ayame hugging me, along with Sugawara-san..."

"B-But...I-I didn't drink anything...I...I only ate that chocolate..." she admitted "H-How was I that drunk?"

"There was a small alcohol in it but...you ate 10 chocolates" he told her "Where did that chocolate came from, by the way?"

"I-It was...from Oikawa-san..." she whispered.

"He should've known better that alcoholic chocolates are not meant to be given as gifts to girls..." he muttered.

"I'm sorry" she lowered her head "I should've read the contents of the chocolates before eating"

"It's not your fault" he sighed "Him aside, I'm really worried about this..."

"They now know it, right? Our relationship..." she said guiltily "It's my fault again. I basically let it slip. I'm sorry for doing something stupid"

"Like I said, it's not your fault" he told her "They'll find it out sooner or later. It just happens that...they know it now"

"I guess we should just tell them properly...right?"

He took her hand "Honestly...this is kinda making me nervous. I'm a little scared, I guess..."

She saw him smile a little in nervousness. His uneasiness and nervousness is adorable to her, but it is still concerning he's like that "We can just tell them next time. They already know because of me"

He shook his head "No. We have to tell them properly. Shimizu-san's right. We have to tell them ourselves"

His seriousness made her heart skip a beat and she hid her blushing face on his chest "Uwaaaah~!! Since when can you make that kind of serious face? Uuuuu...it's making my heart beat like crazy!!"

"W-What's wrong?"

"N-Nothing..." she sat up straight and held their hands in front of their faces "Let's tell them, Tadashi-kun"