The Unfamiliar Player | Kei Tsukishima

2 (二): Match

4/29/2020
(92 days)

[Name] looked over at everyone as she trying to answer everyone's questions. Most were about America and what the place looked like. 

"Do you play volleyball, [Name]- chan?" Sugawara- kun asked, smiling at her.

"Oh, yeah! I play as the libero for my team!" She replied, earning a 'hell yeah' from Nishinoya.

"Pfft- that's the only position she can get because of how short she is." Tsukishima said, smirking sourly at the girl.

"Hey! You tryna start something, four eyed jerk face?" Hinata- kun said, glaring at Tsukishima. Nishinoya backing him up.

"I play libero because I can guarantee that your spikes will never touch the floor." [Name] shot back, glaring up at the tall boy.

"We'll see about that.." Tsukishima mumbled and walked to the coach.

"Coach, I want to play a game versus [Name]- chan." He declared, extending his long arm and pointing at her. A laugh erupted from the coach and nodded.

"[Name]- chan, you can pick your first player on your team." He said, looking at the girl. "I want Tobio- kun." She replied, pointing at her cousin. "Then I'll get Sugawara- san." He replied, glaring at her.

"Then I want Hinata- kun." She said, grinding her teeth. 

This boy was getting on her nerves and soon, she had Hinata, Tanaka, Ennoshita, Hisahi and Tobio as Tsukishima had Daichi, Asahi, Nishinoya, Yamaguchi and Sugawara. [Name] put on her knee- pads and shoes as she walked onto the court.

"Asahi- kun, nice serve!" Her teammates said, focusing in front as the ball whizzed past them. 

"Got it!" Daichi- san yelled as he stepped up and received the ball, effortlessly, sending it to Sugawara.

"Left!" Asahi called out as he ran at 1st tempo and smacked the ball with a thundering sound.

"Mine!" [Name] called out, running back and hitting the ball to her cousin.

She watched as Hinata sprinted and jumped to the other side of the court just as the ball, Tobio threw, went infront of Hinata who was going to smack it down but Tsukishima ran and guarded Hinata with Asahi, jumping with him.

The ball was sent flying back and [Name]'s sweat dropped. The ball flew as [Name] ran to the back. 'I'm not letting this jerk, win!'

[Name] ran and hit the ball up right before it touched the ground. 

"Gomen! Tanaka- kun, cover!" She screamed as Tanaka went to pass the ball to Ennoshita who jumped and spiked the ball.

Tsukishima saw it and raised his hands in the air. 

"One- touch!" Tsukishima yelled as Nishinoya received it and passed it to Sugawara.

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22-25

[Name]'s team lost by 3 points to the blonde. She bit her lip as pain crashed into her. Hinata and Tobio tried to cheer her up as she looked up at Tsukishima.

"Not letting my spikes touch the floor, you say?" He smirked, walking over to her.

"Shut up. I just got here from a 12 plus hour flight. I was not at my best." She replied, clenching her fist.

"Is that so? How about a rematch later on, then? Chisai- chan." Tsukishima challenged, his glasses had a glint as the light reflected off of it.

"You have my word. And I'm not that short so don't call me that!" [Name] replied.

"[Name]- chan, nice game!" Sugawara said, walking to them, trying to clear the obvious tension.

The girl nodded and turned her back on the blonde. It was a waste of her time to go and loose her previous brain cells to the smart aleck. As she walked away, [Name] went to go on and help everyone clean up the gym. She went to the net and untied the knot, recalling all the moments she didn't save the ball. 'If only I was a little bit taller..'

The girl looked at her hands and bit her lip before clenching them. It wasn't her fault that she was short, but she could only wish that if she just had a few more inches on her, she would've gotten some of the balls.

"[N-Name]- chan?" A soft voice coming from behind her asked. Turning around she saw Yamaguchi with his hands together and looking down.

"Gomen.. Tsukki usually gets cocky and he can be a little mean to people." He said, bowing. [Name] couldn't help but giggle.

"You call him Tsukki?" She asked, a smile forming on her lips.

Yamaguchi nodded and rubbed a hand behind his neck. "Really? That's cute." She said, smiling even more.

She truly wondered why Yamaguchi was friends with the guy, as she was watching them, he even treated Yamaguchi rudely. 

"What's cute?" An all too annoying voice asked.

[Name] turned around and internally groaned. She covered her expression with a smirk. 

"Tsukki." She said, looking up at the boy as his sweat dropped.

"Ugh! Yamaguchi! I told you to stop calling me that!" He groaned and glared at the green- haired boy. 

"I think it's cute." She complimented before realizing what she just said. 

"Err- I mean, If you were actually nice." The girl mentally slapped herself at her lame comeback.

"Tsk. Whatever. Let's go, Yamaguchi. Everyone's done cleaning." He mumbled and swung his bag over his shoulder and putting his white headphones on.

[Name] watched the two boys retreating figures as they left the gym.

"Tobio- kun. Are we ready to head home?" She turned and asked her cousin, who simply nodded and grabbed his things. As the two cousins walked home, she turned to her cousin.

"Tobio- kun. Do you like Tsukishima?" [Name] asked and Kageyama couldn't help but have a sour expression.

"He's a whole jerk! He won't stop calling me 'King' or something like that! But I have to work with him.." He mumbled, looking in front of him. [Name] agreed with the whole jerk thing. 

"Yeah! What's so great about him?!"

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Kageyama: "Vote."

Hinata: "Kageyama, be nice. Nice!"