[Volleyball] Mizuno-san next door

"No way ~ Asia-chan, is it possible that you have developed a friendship with him—that terrible 'king'?!" The girl with dyed blonde hair shook the glass in her hand, and the cherry blossom-colored iced soda in it was from bottom to top, Many small bubbles popped out gurgling.

"Pfft! This is the funniest joke I've heard this year!" Another girl with twin ponytails sitting next to her exaggeratedly held her stomach, shaking with laughter.

Yaji made a helpless expression, and put the mug on the small white round table with a "bang", the movement was so big that the caramel-flavored milk tea in the cup almost spilled: "...you two asked me out just to ask this?"

"Don't be angry~ we just apologize." The blond girl immediately comforted with a smile, and then winked her left eye playfully at Yaji: "Then what do you think of him? Are you lucky to be your first boyfriend? ?”

"Ah?" Yaji raised his eyebrows, feeling unbelievable at her out-of-the-ordinary thinking, and waved his hand in denial: "No way! No matter what you say, this development is too fast, and he and I are just friends..."

"Hey, you're here again." The pair of ponytails put their hands on their foreheads, and sighed bitterly, "Our Ya-chan is good at everything, but emotionally slow like a snail! The so-called love-is to be like a newborn flower In that way, it blooms with a 'snap'!"

"It's really romantic, but that's why you change your boyfriend every week?" Yaji smiled suspiciously, "It blooms so quickly it withers~"

"Your poisonous tongue skills are still the same as before." A row of black lines fell from the forehead of the twin ponytails, and she raised her hands, "I surrender."

The blond girl put down her cup, squinted at the ceiling of the coffee shop, and said reminiscingly, "Speaking of which, what about the boys who haven't had a good relationship with Ya-chan~ If you want to exchange phone numbers, you will be beaten to pieces by your stinky face and poisonous tongue." None left..."

"I don't need the ones that just want to have fun." Yaji pouted and explained with an unhappy expression, "Of course it's okay to be friends, but it's different to fall in love."

"Hahaha~ Then I can only wish you and that new friend a 'smooth relationship'?" Twintails raised their cups, giggling and teasing, "'Give Your Request' and 'King', you two The compatibility is actually quite good!"

The blond girl also toasted to her, and agreed with her without hesitation: "To Ya-chan's great love career-cheers!"

"Hey! Enough is enough for you, although Mr. Setter is indeed different from those boys..." Aki looked at them like a fool, and silently drank her last sip of milk tea, the sweetness lingering through her throat was tinged with caramel The unique bitterness and stickiness inexplicably made her feel very uncomfortable, and she couldn't help frowning slightly, "But he doesn't seem to be interested in love at all, I think——he probably cares most about volleyball."

She recalled Kageyama's expression of calmly saying "no" to her question in front of Sakashita's store, and his concentration after that when he discussed the training match with his seniors.

Even when we parted that day, his smile moved her a little bit.

"—So, it's better for me to be an audience cheering for him."

These words made the two people in front of Yaji silent for a while, and they all looked at her with complicated eyes.

"It's getting late, goodbye." Putting the bag on his shoulder with his backhand, Yaji said goodbye to the two friends he had known since junior high school, and walked out of the coffee shop at a leisurely pace.

"Let me tell you~ Do you think she's having fun with that 'king'?" The pair of ponytails watched her walk out of the store, and immediately approached the blonde girl, asking enthusiastically.

"I think... maybe it will come true?" The blond girl smiled mysteriously, "Didn't I say it a long time ago, the person who can really enter the heart of A-chan must not be an ordinary person~"

"Ha, that's true!" The girl with ponytails also shouted with a clear face, and then lowered her voice, "She is actually very afraid of loneliness, more than us..."

"That's right, 'The Lord of Responsibility' is not called for nothing." The cherry-colored soda was about to run out.

"But it's a pity, Ya-chan still doesn't know anything about love."

"Obviously as long as I can take the first step... if I occasionally make requests to others, who would refuse her!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, reaching a consensus in silence.

Spend Sunday afternoons with friends, and the new week will come soon.

The dean finally removed Ya Ji from the danger list temporarily, because compared to some problem teenagers who hit his wig flying with a volleyball or caused him to break a vase, she was already a very good student who obeyed the law.

"Morning ~ Setter-kun." On Monday morning, Mizuno Aki sat in her seat, and was in a good mood to say hello to Tobio Kageyama who had returned from morning exercise.

"Good morning." Kageyama responded politely, squinting his eyes and yawning as soon as he sat down.

Yaji was quite used to his behavior of dozing off in the morning, so he skillfully took out a mint candy from his bag and put it in his hand.

"Oh, thank you." Kageyama put the candy into his mouth, his shoulders shook abruptly, and he immediately woke up.

"Are you awake?" She asked while pointing to the English textbook with one hand, the bright blue earrings and nails made him feel a little dazzled.

Kageyama looked away from her, nodded silently, but shouted in his heart——

How many things does she have in her bag? !

He would ask this question because Yaji's schoolbag is like a "treasure chest".What he had seen last week, apart from the mints she gave him, there were also Band-Aids, painkillers, small mirrors, curling irons... It was like moving a locker from a girl's house to the students in the class. Provides various unexpected conveniences.

"If I don't bring these, I will be very troubled." During the class, she answered him like this, and took out a bag of cookies and shook it in front of him, "I baked too much last night. You want to eat the leftovers." ?"

Kageyama stared at the bag of attractive snacks and swallowed wildly. He didn't dare to answer, but asked strangely, "Would it bother you if you didn't bring this?"

"Yeah." Yaji replied affirmatively, stuffed the cookie into his arms, and couldn't help but said, "If you want to eat it, just say it."

"Why bother?" Kageyama continued to ask, enjoying the sweetness and crispiness in his mouth, feeling that the whole world has become better.

"Well, I'm a little embarrassed to say it." The smile on her face stagnated, and she twisted her fingers in annoyance, "Because I hate... the feeling of not being needed."

Aki's rambling answer made Kageyama want to laugh at her, but found that he couldn't utter a word, and all the words were stuck in his throat.

It wasn't because he was choking on the cookie—he just saw someone's reflection in her clear lake-like eyes.

"Oh." After swallowing the soft and greasy cookie, Kageyama muffled, "That's really terrible."

"Hahaha!" For his evaluation, Yaji responded with a cheerful smile, "It's okay, I'm used to it."

"What is this!" Kageyama curled his lips unhappily, precisely because he understood what it was like.

——He couldn't be more clear about the feeling when he was substituted and when he was not needed by the team.

The complaints from the neighboring table sounded indifferent to Yaji, and he still looked quite generous: "By the way, didn't I ask you to tell me what an 'attacker' is last time! There are other... ..."

But before the words fell, the melodious class bell rang.

"Oh... next time." Yaji lowered his head sadly, turned around and lay down on the table.

Kageyama blinked, thinking about tomorrow's training match.

Karasuno needs him now, and the training match is the best opportunity to prove his worth to them.

As a result, until today after school, the two of them failed to speak a few words smoothly. Either Yingshan had to go to training at noon, or Yaji was dragged by other students to chat during class.

Looking at his figure in front of him in the corridor, she gritted her teeth determinedly, and followed quickly through the crowd after school.

"Mr. Setter!" Finally, he was able to reach the belt on his back, "Please wait a moment!"

Rushing to the No. [-] Gymnasium to report, but hearing a title that only belonged to her, Kageyama turned around in a hurry: "What's wrong?"

We can't waste our time, because she has to rush to work in the store, Yaji stretched out a hand, and begged Yingshan: "Please lend me your mobile phone."

Although he was confused by her sudden request, he obediently obeyed: "Hurry up."

Kageyama thought that she forgot to bring her mobile phone and wanted to borrow his. She didn't want the girl in front of her to press on his mobile phone frantically, make a call and hang up, and then return it to him.

"Mizuno...is this?"

"My phone number and email address are saved on your phone."

"What—?!" Kageyama opened the address book and found a new contact named "Aki Mizuno".

"The questions about volleyball that I've been wanting to ask you all day have failed, so I have to solve them in a more convenient way."

"..." Yingshan was stunned, he couldn't believe that he had exchanged contact information with her so quickly.

"Okay~ Go to practice quickly, and I'll ask you after the LINE account." Aki thought he had perfectly solved the communication problem with Kageyama, and patted him on the shoulder with ease, "I'm going to work, let's go first !"

As she walked, she turned on her mobile phone, edited his number and email address as "Mr. Setter" and saved it.

After a long time, Kageyama recovered his senses and put away his mobile phone, continuing to head towards the gym—never would he have thought that he would become the first special person in her address book.