I walked into the stage alongside Serena and Yunaka
All the stage lights and cameras focused on us, I know we are on live
The whole stadium is quiet as hell
Smiling as I walked towards the microphone placed near my keyboard
"Hello everyone, I am Y/n L/n, or if you rather, I am Zephyr"
There was silence for a few seconds before the whole stadium exploded into cheers and applauses
"ZEPHYR!!!!"
"Y/N I MET YOUR BROTHER AT THE YOUTH CAMP PLEASE CAN I HAVE AN AUTOGRAPH BECAUSE I AM BETTER THAN SAMU"
"SHUT UP ATSUMU"
...
I laughed out a little and looked back at Yunaka and Serena, signalling them to speak up
"Guys I know y'all love Y/n, but she has her eyes on someone already, I'm Yunaka, drummer"
My cheeks turned extremely red at her remark, I know perfectly well who she is talking about
On the other hand, Sakusa narrowed his eyes at Yunaka's remark
Who is it?
He is already very unsatisfied at how revealing her outfit is, it suits her, and she is absolutely gorgeous in that outfit, but no one else should be seeing his exposed skin, apart from him
"Calm down guys, we need to perform as well, I'm Serena, guitarist, hope you enjoy the song"
Serena added, I feel fluttered, I know where Sakusa sits, but I lost the courage of making eye contact with him
"Anyways"
I speak up again, fully aware we need to get onto the point now
"Here is a song that I wrote recently, the inspiration is a boy from my school, so I hope you like it, we present Since The Day I Met You"
The stage lights dimmed a bit, I placed my finger on the right keys, Yunaka started with a beat, then I joined the rhythm with Serena
Since The Day I Met You [Way Back Home soundtrack]
Remember when I saw you
The moment our eyes met
"I want to stay with you
Maybe you would hope the same"
Even when we go through changed
Even when we're old
I may have fallen in love
Since the day I met you
My memories filled with you
That time outside my class
He told me it was you
Who decided to help me out
And it was because of you
My life have switched up
And I don't even know why
But for me you're the right one
No doesn't matter how weird
Cause your love is all that I care
Baby keep being yourself
And that's enough to get me
In love
In love
...
Yes the song is all about Sakusa
But the boy is sitting in the audience, looking at the girl shining on the stage
The lyrics sound like everything they've been through, so far, but he is not sure whether it is what he think it is
...
Remember when I saw you
The moment our eyes met
"I want to stay with you
Maybe you would hope the same"
Even when we go through changes
Even when we're old
I may have fallen in love
Since the day I met you
Then you left me all alone
Don't know what I've done wrong
No one ever told me how
You pretended I'm unknown
What happened between us?
Is this a one sided love?
It hurts
It hurts
...
Oh... right
This matches what happened between them weeks ago
When he ignored her and was acting like a complete jerk towards her
Yep he remembers that...
...
Remember when I saw you
The moment our eyes met
"I want to stay with you
Maybe you would hope the same"
Even when we go through changes
Even when we're old
I may have fallen in love
Since the day that I met you
...
As this point I have complete threw myself into the song
I looked up from the keyboard
My eyes travelling around the audience
Until it was locked with a pair of dark orbs
...
Will there still be a chance
Let's not let go
In the end I'm planning the
Future with you
Cause I can gave up all
As long as you're there
Can you stay with me this time
We'll walk through twists and turns
...
Sakusa felt his breath hitched
Is this about him?...Really?
He can feel those gorgeous eyes looking into his
Everything make so much sense, but he is scared, scared what he's going to do if the song wasn't about him
...
Remember when you told me
We belong to different worlds
"You live under brightness
While I live in the dark"
But I belong to this little place
Where you and I resides
I'm sure I've fallen in love
Since the day I met you
[end]
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I smiled, moving my hand away from the keyboard at the end of the final note
So.. does he get the hint? I made it obvious enough
I bowed to the audience as applauses surrounded us
"Thank you everyone, I really mean it, I hope you guys liked the song and best of luck on your coming matches"
The three of us waved at the audience for the last time before leaving the stage, going to the interview
On the other hand, Sakusa sat still, he eyes widened in complete surprise
"Sakusa we are going!"
He was only pulled back to reality when Lizuna-senpai called his name
He looked at the centre stadium one last time, looked at how the girl bowed at the audience, before leaving with his team, heading over to their first match
...
"Hello everyone, we are please to have Zephyr here with us today, she was the champion of the Japan Youth Piano Competition last year, now Y/n, please introduce yourself to the camera"
A journalist happily said, as she turned the camera towards me, it is presented on the news, meaning many people can watch this through live
I pulled up a smile, waving at the camera
"Hi I'm Zephyr, it's a pleasure to be here"
"Now Zephyr, since we are here at the High school Boy's Volleyball Nationals today, is there a team that is to your liking?"
"Well, I'm from Itachiyama so my number 1 is definitely Itachiyama, I have a lot of faith in our team, I watched them improving and I'm very proud of them. Second would probably be Nekoma, my previous school, I know they got through to the Nationals this year as well, and I wish a good luck to them too"
I smiled at the journalist as she moved onto the next question
"Great to know, how do you feel about the performance of your solo, Since The Day I Met You?"
"Personally I think it went really great, I'm happy my first stage at the opening of the nationals, I hope it passed on some positive vibes to all the players here today"
"I noticed this song is not on Spotify at the moment, when are you planning to release the song?"
"Ahh, I am waiting for a good chance to upload the song, it should be there around 7 in the evening, I hope y'all like the song"
The interview continued...
"We've been out here for quite a while now and the interview is also coming to an end, but we still got a few more questions to go"
I nodded and let out a smile, signalling her to continue
"So I think many people are wondering right now, what is the inspiration of your new song? because the lyrics are very romantic and I feel like I was listening to a story!"
"Oh umm"
I scratched the back of my neck nervously
"Basically, it is inspired by one of my friend whom I treasure a lot, we've been through a lot of tough problems, we took it so seriously that we weren't talking for a good few weeks, but then he and I managed to talk it out, I'm glad we overcame them and umm"
I hesitated whether I should continue or not
Because the next step would be confessing my feelings for him through this interview
"What a cliff hanger!! The song definitely sounds like a love song to me, is he the particular someone?"
"Umm... kind of? I guess you can say that, I've been having umm..you know.. feelings for him for quite a while now"
I admitted, I feel my cheek burning furiously, I was so nervous that I placed my palms over my face in attempt to hide them from the camera
The chuckle sound of the journalist came into my ear
"Young love, is there any other informations we can possibly get about this boy?"
She looked at me with excited puppy eyes, I don't know why but her figure is getting familiar to Gojo-sensei...
"He umm... he is here today"
That's all I said, but enough for the journalist to start smiling as if she just witnessed the wedding of her own children
"A volleyball player from Itachiyama! How lovely"
I smiled at the thoughts of Sakusa, he can just intrude my mind and take full control over it whenever he want
"Anyways, I think I've tease you enough, I wish you best of the luck with this boy, and thank you Zephyr, for joining us today"
I stood up and slightly bowed to the camera
"Thank you everyone, hope you have a wonderful rest of the day, I'll see y'all later"
I waved at the camera one last time before leaving the place
First thing first, I need to get change, I can't go to their match in my stage clothes, luckily I brought them with me
I popped into the nearest bathroom, locked myself behind a stall and hurriedly got changed
Putting on some leggings, I wore the Itachiyama jumper over my body and packed the changed clothes into my bag, then left the bathroom and start looking for the right court
It wasn't long before I found them, I'm glad I memorised all the courts we're on
By the time I arrived, the boys are on their second set, seems like they've won the first one
The current score is 23-17, to Itachiyama, I let out a sigh of relief knowing that they have a good chance of winning the game
"Great performance Y/n, the boys were talking about it all the time"
The corner of my lips lifted into an angle, from the tone of the coach, the boys are probably winning
"Thank you coach"
I said, before looking at what is happening on the court
Just to meet with the scene of Lizuna-senpai setting a perfect ball to Sakusa, who used his wrist flexibly and spiked the ball down to the other side of t he court
It was so quick that the other team had no time to react
24-17
Itachiyama is at match point
"Let's go let's go let's go Itachiyama"
The cheering crown of Itachiyama clapped as they shouted
It is Sakusa's turn to serve
His serve is the most powerful among the team, but it's the nationals, there are definitely skilled players
Subconsciously, I hold my breath in
The whistle blowed
I see Sakusa himself taking in a deep breath, he threw the ball high up in the air before following the ball
He jumped up in front of the back line, the ball came perfectly in contact with his palm as he smashed the ball onto the other end of the court
I watched at the ball flied to the other end of the court, their libero got ready to receive the ball, however, the ball started to fall quicker than he expected, I see the eyes of the libero widened in shock as he dived forward in attempt to save to ball, but failed as the ball hit the ground
Applauses and cheers sounded across the entire stadium, I finally let go of the breath I was holding
The team came and surrounded me, I can feel the happiness surrounding each one of them
Even the smallest smile displayed from Sakusa
...
We returned to the our hotel not too far from the stadium
I went into a shower straight away, I need to wash off the make up
Whereas a curly haired boy in the room opposite her is scrolling through his phone
He was never interested in gossips, that was until he start to take a liking to Y/n
As he is scrolling through his Instagram, he found a short clip taken from part of the interview that Y/n was in while they were in the match
Out of interest he clicked on the clip, connected his AirPods to his phone so Emori and Komori won't know what he is watching
"So I think many people are wondering right now, what is the inspiration of your new song? because the lyrics are very romantic and I feel like I was listening to a story!"
"Basically, it is inspired by one of my friend whom I treasure a lot, we've been through a lot of tough problems, we took it so seriously that we weren't talking for a good few weeks, but then he and I managed to talk it out, I'm glad we overcame them and umm"
"What a cliff hanger!! The song definitely sounds like a love song to me, is he the particular someone?"
"Umm... kind of? I guess you can say that, I've been having umm..you know.. feelings for him for quite a while now"
"Young love, is there any other informations we can possibly get about this boy?"
"He umm... he is here today"
"A volleyball player from Itachiyama! How lovely"
The video stopped there, leaving Sakusa completely in shock
Shocked with happiness though
Because he doesn't believe there will be a second person in the team who experienced the almost exactly same as what they've gone through together
Does this mean... she can finally be mine?
Even the expression of the curly haired boy says otherwise, he know he is filled with ecstasy and euphoria
He closed Instagram and went on messages, tapped the chat he had with Y/n, which is pinned at the top of his messages
20:38 p.m
Hey
Can you meet me outside the hotel at 8:50 please?
I need to talk to you
It would be appreciated if we can go on a walk as well
Won't take long though
delivered 20:39
Sakusa put his phone down, trying his hardest to gather his mind together and plan out what's he is planning to do when he meet the girl...
- Finished: 13.21.2021
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