[Volleyball] Mizuno-san next door

"What a pity!! Senior Oi Chuan arrived last, and Qingcheng actually lost!"

"What's going on with those two first-year fast breaks in Karasuno?!"

"A-chan? You got entangled in a part-time job? The game is over."

"This is your change, please keep it. Next time, please come to the Sakashita store!" Feeling the continuous vibration of the mobile phone in the pocket of the apron, cracks gradually began to appear on the girl's bright face full of smiles.

Just in time for the baseball club, tennis club, and football club to finish their work one after another, the hungry sports teenagers poured into the store with the smell of sweat, like a group of hungry wolves sweeping the shelves. It was the busiest time for Aki, so he didn't have time to talk to the member of the "Oikawa Support Club" on the phone.

"Lovely clerk-san~ How about going on a date with me next time?" Karasuno, who is known for being handsome and frivolous, stayed alone with the head of the tennis club. Charm factor.

That zealous friend was only half right—it was true that someone had entangled Yaji, but it wasn't a strange thing.

"Sorry, please go slowly." The cracks in her official smile deepened, she moved her lips lightly, trying to shut him out.

The one from the tennis department was still standing in front of the cashier counter and wanted to say something to Ya Ji, but Wu Yang rushed out in a hurry and blasted him out of the store with a roar like a beast.

After the glass door was slowly closed, Wu Yang let out a puff of smoke, and turned to look at her helplessly: "Are you okay? Next time, just chase her away like this, don't be polite to him."

"I'm fine ~ thank you boss." Finally, the smell that made her uncomfortable was gone, Yaji smiled and shook his head easily, only then did he have a chance to take out the phone from his pocket.

"You're thinking too much...it's just that you were busy just now."

Flipping up to the real-time broadcast of the battle situation from the other party, a smile bloomed on the corner of her mouth——

Mr. Setter, they won!

"That's great!" Yaji cheered excitedly, raising her hands, scaring Wuyang who was watching her suspiciously so much that he dropped his cigarette.

"Surprised...what are you yelling for?" Wu Yang picked up half a cigarette on the ground and shook it distressedly, a handful of soot fell on the clean floor, "Get me a mop quickly!"

"Yes! The volleyball team has won against Qingcheng!" Yaji bounced back to the back room and shared the good news with him.

Wu Yang propped himself on the table with one hand, dragged an ashtray with the other to extinguish the cigarette butt, and asked lazily, "Is that so...but it was just a training match, right?"

"But they still won?" Yaji answered hesitantly with a mop in his hand, and she suddenly began to doubt herself—wondering why she was so happy for the volleyball club, since she had never even watched a single game between them.

She bent down and approached the young man with a decadent uncle's face: "By the way, boss~ you really don't want to be their coach? That instructor has already called several times."

Once she answered the call—the young and polite voice on the phone was full of sincerity, and there was a kind of determination to never give up until Wuyang was invited.

That's why Yaji knew about Wuyang and his grandfather.

"Huh - I won't go." The young man lit a cigarette again, and through the blue flame of the lighter, a trace of nostalgia flickered in his eyes.

Still getting the same answer, Yaji silently kept silent, and silently mopped the floor of the whole store again.

And today should be due to going out to fight, the members of the volleyball club all came back late——

"Meat buns?" Wu Yang raised his head from the thick comic magazine, and replied impatiently, "The boys from the football department bought them all just now! They are gone today!"

Both Hinata and Tanaka were starving to death, so they protested loudly to him: "Why is this!"

"It's so noisy! Don't you usually buy them all! Occasionally, bear with me! If you're hungry, hurry up and give me dinner, be careful not to grow muscles!" They received Wu Yang A more irascible response.

Kageyama stood behind the two teammates and did not speak, but it could be seen from his resentful eyes that he was also very dissatisfied with the sold out of the meat buns.

Amidst the scolding and quarreling, Yaji walked out slowly from the back room with his schoolbag on his back: "Boss~ I'm home!"

"Oh! See you tomorrow!" Wu Yang stopped his thoughts, stood up and waved to her, "Help me send these brats away!"

"What did you take me for..." She silently glanced at the three people who had moved out of the store in despair, and twitched the corners of her mouth.

"There are these--and then!" Wuyang threw three delicious milk-flavored sticks at her, "Let them go home for dinner honestly after eating this! Oh right...don't tell them anything about me thing!"

Yaji hastily stretched out his hands to catch them in his arms, his body almost lost his balance, and his newly combed hair became messy again: "Yes, yes~ goodbye."

She rushed out of the automatic glass door in three or two steps, and ran down the ramp after the boys, the coat tied around her waist fluttering up and down, as if a pair of wings grew behind the girl: "Wait——! Boss has something to ask for!" For you guys!"

The three people in front stopped and turned around. She saw them wearing black team uniforms and almost blending into the night with the help of the faint light.

"It's Mizuno-san!" Hinata stopped the bicycle he was pushing, happily waved his arms at her, and bumped into Kageyama next to him, "Hurry up and say hello to her!"

Kageyama still didn't say a word, when he saw Aki running towards him, his sleepy consciousness fixed his eyes on the snack in her hand.

The others stopped when they heard Yaji's shout, until she jumped in front of the three and threw the delicious sticks to them one by one.

"Thanks...well, delicious...thank you!!" Hinata and Tanaka's mouths were full, they were all excited and incoherent, and they received Tsukishima's contemptuous glances without any surprise.

Under the gratified eyes of Sawamura and Sugawara, Kageyama just took it silently, nodded and said "thank you".

"You're welcome, the boss invited you." Thinking of the dishonesty that his boss clearly cared about them but desperately endured, Yaji snickered in his heart, "I heard~ Congratulations on your victory!"

The night wind blew past quietly, and no one answered her for a moment.

"Hey?"

The expressions of the teenagers became extremely solemn, and the joy after victory could not be seen.

Tobio Kageyama bit the delicious stick hard, and the rich and sweet taste of milk spread in his mouth.

"Hmph, that frivolous guy's serve is really good..." Tanaka broke the silence first, and sighed with disbelief, "If that guy played at the beginning, we would be in danger."

"Oh~" Yaji retreated to the side in the shadows and pressed the phone. Combined with the chat records on LINE, he could imagine how difficult they encountered in the end. He thought that it was because of himself that he caused the cold scene to sweep away the tension.

Anyway, Yingshan is on the same road, and she plans to wait for them to finish chatting here before going back together.

"As expected of a senior from the same junior high school as Kageyama... huh? That's right," Tanaka continued to talk about this to himself, as if remembering something, he looked at the genius first-year student in confusion— —

"Why did you come to Karasuno, Kageyama? If you want to say that the strongest school in the county, it must be Shiratorizawa."

Faced with this somewhat sharp question, Kageyama replied unusually calmly: "...did not pass the exam, Shiratorizawa."

"Didn't pass the exam?!"

"I don't have a letter of recommendation from Shiratorizawa..."

Yaji yawned quietly, thinking about what kind of bento he would prepare for tomorrow's noon when he returned home at night.

"...I came here because I heard that the retired 'Coach Wuyang' would return to Karasuno."

——Alas...the boss won't let me speak.

She tapped her toes on the ground itchingly, and heard them talking about volleyball terms such as "free man", and the captain also said that he wanted to go to "the whole country" and that there would be someone worthy of the title of "genius" The Patronus joins them.

"Goodbye, Sawamura-senpai, Sugawara-senpai!"

"Goodbye, little giant~ Be careful on the road!"

"Goodbye, Senior Tanaka!"

They said goodbye to each other at the intersection until only Aki and Kageyama remained.

She happily followed him and asked, "Mr. Setter~ Can you tell me what a 'free man' is?"

Last night, she had already asked him about the definition of "attacker" through the mobile phone, and today she heard a new word, which aroused her interest again.

"The libero is the defensive position in the team that is responsible for catching the ball." Kageyama explained simply and clearly, "Their catching skills should be the strongest in the team. When they are in rotation..."

He suddenly paused, and wanted to further explain to her the replacement rules of free agents, but Ya Ji didn't seem to know the rotation system of volleyball players.

The more you explain, the more troublesome it is!

A huge sense of powerlessness surged up, he turned his head suddenly, but met Yaji's sparkling curious eyes.

"Rotation?"

"Hey, rotation is..."

Kageyama cleared his throat unnaturally, and comforted himself in his heart that he could definitely do it—teach the rookie-level layman sitting next to him into an entry-level player.

One person talked and the other listened. Unknowingly, they passed the bustling shopping street and the quiet residential area, and finally ushered in parting at the familiar crossroads.

"Mr. Setter, thank you!" I learned a lot of new knowledge about volleyball today, and Aki smiled happily, "I just heard from you that I want to participate in the 'Summer National Qualifiers'? I will definitely go to cheer for it then." of--!"

"Well, thank you." Already feeling a little dry, Kageyama moved his mouth slightly, and couldn't wait to go home for dinner.

"As a gift in return—" Yaji raised a finger mysteriously, "I will only tell you about one person~ The coach you are looking forward to will probably come back soon!"

"You mean Coach Wuyang?!" Yingshan frowned in surprise, unable to believe, "But...isn't he in poor health?"

"No, I mean the other one." She shook her slender finger, and took a step back to distance herself from him, "Anyway, you can look forward to it! Goodbye!"

"Hey—tell me clearly!" He hurriedly reached out to reach her.

But Ya Ji already ran in the opposite direction involuntarily, leaving only a blurred back and a series of crisp footsteps for Yingshan.

"...What?" He withdrew his hand to put on the strap on his chest, complaining with a headache.

Mizuno Aki gave him the feeling that the shape of transparent wind and flowing water is as vague as it is, changing freely and easily.

He always does whatever he wants, but touches the softest part of his heart from time to time.

Unlike the dazzling sunshine like Hinata Xiangyang, it is another existence that bothers and excites him.

"New coach, I'm looking forward to it."

Lying on the bed and pressing the send button, but without waiting for her reply, Tobio Kageyama let out a long sigh of relief, picked up the volleyball beside his pillow and continued to practice his toss.

Never experienced it on anyone else - but it feels good.