How to fly with clipped wings (English ver.) HAIKYUU!! FAN FICTION

Chapter 28: The Dispute

Mikaela snickered to herself as the blond groaned but didn't argue, standing up in his seat and following the teacher out of the classroom. She smirked at him as he passed and he glared at her. They left, and the classroom immediately erupted into chatter, because no one was planning on reviewing any sort of lesson.

Yamaguchi turned around in his seat so he could talk to her. "Were you paying attention?"

"Nope," she replied.

"Darn it," he muttered. "I forget what she said the English translation for a bunch of words was."

She jerked her chin at Tsukishima's open notebook. "Tsukishima probably copied them down."

Yamaguchi's eyes lit up. "Oh, great idea." As he turned around, Mikaela glanced up at the class and caught Kahano's gaze. The auburn-haired girl was glaring at her again, and her best friend was muttering into her ear. Yamaguchi turned back to her. "Kaela, what-"

"Shit," she mumbled as Kahano and her friend both stood up from their desks.

"What?" Yamaguchi turned and his face paled. "Oh crap."

Kahano was making a beeline for her and Mikaela resisted the temptation to hide under her desk so she could avoid this conversation entirely. "What do you want, Kahano?" she said tiredly as the auburn-haired girl stopped in front of her desk.

"I want an apology," she said firmly.

Mikaela shrugged. "Okay, I'm sorry."

"Sincerely," Kahano's friend pushed, glaring at her.

The manager raised her eyebrows. "Look, I've already apologized. I don't know why you're still pissed at me-"

Whatever she was going to say was cut off by Kahano's friend, a girl with pin-straight black hair and a pretty face. "You ruined her confession," the girl said icily, "she's got plenty reason to be mad at you."

"I apologized," Mikaela snapped. "I honestly didn't mean to. What more do you want me to do?"

Kahano snorted. "You're a filthy liar, for one thing."

"Liar?" Mikaela could hear her voice rising. She barely acknowledged Yamaguchi's hand on her arm. "Excuse me? I never lied."

"You told me you didn't like him and didn't see him that way," the auburn-haired girl hissed, her eyes narrowed into slits. "But you're always hanging out with him and he'd rather hang out with you than me. All you two do is spend time around each other. You can't try and lie and tell me nothing's going on."

Mikaela felt her cheeks burn. "I never lied!" she snapped, crossing her arms so she wouldn't be tempted to lunge across the desk and punch her. "There's nothing going on between us. I genuinely didn't mean to ruin your confession, I'm sorry."

"It wouldn't have changed his answer, anyways," Yamaguchi added.

God bless his soul. Kahano rounded on Yamaguchi, shoving her hands down on the desk. "How would you know that?" she snarled.

To his credit, the pinch server didn't back down. "Because I'm his best friend," Yamaguchi replied calmly. "He never intended on returning your feelings whether Mikaela had accidentally butted in or not."

Mikaela could've cried- this boy was a saint. "I-"

"Why?!" Kahano hissed, throwing her hands in the air, her eyes filled with fury. "Why would he rather be around someone like you?" It felt like venom was dripping from her words. Mikaela did her best not to flinch. "What've you got that I don't?"