sugawara x reader || never alone

Chapter 10: Welcome!!!

"Nnnngh," You groaned, sitting up and stretching your arms dramatically. As quiet enveloped your house, you concluded that your dad was at work or passed out at a friend's house with a hangover. Or maybe both. You rubbed your eyes and blinked a few times to clear your vision, wincing when a headache washed over you. You used the side of the bed to get up, rubbing your sore muscles with the palm of your hand.

Making your way to the bathroom, you tried your hardest to untangle the nest that you called your hair. Woke up this way, you thought sassily, striking a pose with the brush stuck in the side of your head. After concluding that it was too messy, you took a shower and finished your morning routine.

Then you lazily draped over the couch and scrolled through x Reader fanfics on Wattpad.

After about ten minutes of reading, you flopped over to adjust your position, jumping a bit after realizing that you had laid on something lumpy and uncomfortable.

"What..." You sat up immediately as your hands traveled to what had obstructed your path to relaxation. That "lumpy and uncomfortable" thing was your backpack. Your school backpack. As in the backpack that you take to... school...

And what was hanging halfway out of your backpack? A paper.

And what was that paper? The volleyball team application.

And where should you be right now? Practice.

Hotel? Trivago.

Well, you realized at that very moment that scenes in fanfictions were not at all dramaticized, since you bolted out of your house like "nOOm" and grabbed your things like "GWahH" and slammed open the gym door like "bAm" and forged your dad's signature for the application like "iLLeGaL."

After realizing that your efforts were in vain, your spine could've snapped because of how many times you had bowed. The boys were already cleaning up the gym, putting away the nets and mopping the floor. You missed practice. Some team member you were.

You apologized and they all said it was fine, but you knew it wasn't. They probably wished that you never set foot in the gym or said a word to any of them. They probably hoped you wouldn't join the team at all.

"I... I'm so sorry," You said slowly, your voice tHiCc with emotion. Practically half the team rushed over right when you said that.

"Sorry?!" Noya exclaimed.

"It's fine, Tanaka sleeps in and misses practice all the time!"

"What's that supposed to mean, hUh?!"

"Tanaka, stop making that face," Sugamama warned.

"(Y/n)! If you're worried about being late, you can race to school like Kageyama and I," Hinata offered, bounding over to you. "Because I bet that Kageyama would always be late if he didn't have a challenge to wake up to!"

"Oi, Hinata boke! That's not how that works, I'm always early!" Kags protested.

"(Y/n), don't worry, it happens to all of us," Sugawara reassured you. You smiled timidly in his direction.

"Yeah, and I, um, missed a whole month of practice and nearly quit the club," Asahi pointed out, awkwardly backing away when the team quieted down.

"A-And even Tsukki's been late before because he slept in, right, Tsukki?" Yamaguchi said quietly.

"Shut up, Yamaguchi," Tsukishima shot back, obviously trying to hide his embarrassment.

"GomenTsukki," He replied shyly, his apologies beginning to sound like one word. ("gomen'ski" lmao look up a compilation)

"Oh, and, um," You stammered, a bit flustered from the crowd that had quickly formed around you. You closed your eyes shut and turned towards the captain, handing him the slightly crinkled paper that you had recently forged- er, uh, completed. The team looked at you excitedly, and you covered your ears as a precaution. "That's my application, if I can still join."

"YEAH!" Most of the team shouted.

You smiled widely, tearing up again.

"U-Uh, (Y/n)? Don't cry, please!" Hinata walked up to you, clearly concerned.

"H-Huh? It's nothing, Hinata, I'm just so happy," You embraced Sugawara and Hinata, the two people at your side, blinking away stray tears and laughing when they both blew a fuse.

You turned around to see the gorgeous team manager, Kiyoko, waving you over. You walked to her excitedly and marveled as she handed you something folded-

Your team sweater! She smiled at your amusement.

"Welcome to the team, (Y/n)," She stated. "If the jacket doesn't fit, we can order a new one, but this was an extra."

You smiled even wider, slipping it on and reassuring her that you liked oversized jackets anyway.

You turned around, jumping back as a line of volleyball players greeted you with their backs toward you, pointing at their own customized sweaters (except Tsukki he was just standing there T-T).

"Welcome to the Karasuno High School Volleyball Club!"

A/N: gosh darn this took 30-50 minutes to write and revise ;w;