Violet Eyes || Haikyuu!! Fanfiction ||

Chapter 9: The three-on-three match

Saturday came and the three first years arrived outside the school gymnasium. As they were about to get inside, Ayame instinctively hid behind Yamaguchi, her heart pounding in excitement and nervousness while confused looks crossed both teens face.

"What's her problem?" Tsukishima thought "One minute she was excited and grinning and then she just turned nervous and started hiding. Is she bipolar or what?"

"She's...she's hiding behind me..." Yamaguchi thought, blushing. They arrived inside and saw the members doing receives. Her eyes sparkled but she kept herself hidden.

"We're here..." Tsukishima announced upon entering "...and we brought a visitor"

"Who? And where? I don't see anyone but you two" the captain, Daichi said, confused. Tsukishima sighed and pulled Ayame out, making her yelp in surprise.

"This is Mizuki Ayame, from Class 4" he said, gesturing at Ayame. She slightly glared at Tsukishima before turning her attention to the captain.

"H-hello" she timidly said, keeping her head down. Tsukishima made a tsk sound before raising her head, forcing her to face the captain.

Daichi's eyes widen and looked at her closely before saying "Ayame-chan? Is that you?"

"D-Daichi-nii-chan?" she asked, surprised. Daichi suddenly hugged her, nearly suffocating the girl in his bear hug "Daichi-nii goes to Karasuno?! And he's also the captain of the volleyball team?! That just made my day!!"

"D-Daichi-nii...you're suffocating me..." she choked. He quickly let her go, and quickly wiped his teary eyes.

"Sorry...It's been what? Seven years? It's been a long time since the last time I saw you" he said "Look at you, you've grown...I can never forget those violet eyes of yours"

"Y-you too, nii-chan...You've gotten taller and bigger..." Ayame answered."And you've got the figure of a captain"

(Flashback)

"Weirdo! Get away from our spot!" a boy roughly pushed four year old Ayame on the ground. The young girl cried as the bully kids gathered around her.

"Your drawing's so ugly!" a girl said, stomping the paper with her foot. She cried harder.

"Your eyes are so weird! Ah! You must be cursed!" another boy accused her "No wonder you got violet eyes! No one has violet eyes!"

They all continued bullying her eyes and her drawings when a six year old boy approached them with his hands on his hips.

"Hey! Bullying a kid is wrong! Why don't you leave her alone before I hit your heads with a ball, huh?" he said, spinning the volleyball on his hand in a scary way. They gulped and nervously looked at each other.

"Waah! Run! It's Daichi!" the bullies ran away, leaving Ayame alone. She slightly looked up and sniffled. Daichi picked her crumpled drawing and dusted off its dirt. He stared at her drawings with childlike curiosity. It was a rectangle with a line in the middle and circles and arrows are drawn on both half of the rectangle.

"Here" he gave it back to her. She accepted the paper and sniffled. Daichi kneeled in front of her to look at her closely. Indeed, she really has violet eyes "I'm Daichi. What's your name?"

"A-Ayame..." she replied, shyly looking at him.

"Why are they bullying you?" he asked.