Friday; Nohebi Academy
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She walks through the halls of the campus, her bag slung over her shoulder. Each door she passes by had a different club meeting that made various noises
The acoustic club was filled with strumming and fingerstyle playing of various string instruments
The choir club was engulfed by elegant and beautiful voices accompanied by a piano
Band club were much louder compared than the other music clubs, but she didn't mind their noise
The book club and arts club were rather quiet, focusing on their own individual work
The cooking club were baking something rather sweet. But Yumie could already tell they were lemon muffins, and they did not smell fresh
She walks by other various doors, but she didn't pay mind to them this time. She opens the buildings doors, and through the path that lead to the gym. There a side path that led to their school garden, she still hasn't seen it despite being here for almost a month
"Afternoon boys" She says. Her team greets her back with a smile and wave, well most of them atleast. Her older brother comes up next to her and lazily places an arm around her shoulder
"Now where have you been? I thought you would walk with Kuguri here?" He asks, Yumie gives her brother a light flick on the forehead. "I was called by a teacher to bring her things to the faculty office" She says
Daishou rubs the part where Yumie had flicked him, it didn't necessarily hurt, but he was a dramatic person with Yumie. "My own baby sister! How dare you hurt me!". Yumie rolls her eyes then walks to the benches, The rest of the team lightly laughed at the Daishou siblings
Coach Ōmizu finally came to the gym, with a smile on his face and a paper on his hands. "Everyone gather up, I have some news". The team faced their coach, dropping what they had in their hands, well except Kuguri with a volleyball and Hiroo with his phone
"Someone had contacted me and requested a practice match, it will be next Wednesday" He says. The team looks at each other excitement, unless you count Kuguri's and Hiroo's dead expressions as excitement
"Really? That's amazing! Which school asked for the practice?" Numai had asked. Nohebi hadn't gotten any practice matches lately due to their reputation, Ōmizu scratches the top of his head. "Karasuno had asked us, well more like their club advisor. He seemed very desperate for one" He says
"Karas...uno?" Sakishima draws out the last 2 syllables from his tongue. Hiroo groaned at everyone gave him a stare. "Karasuno is located in Miyagi" He groans out, "A 5-6 hour trip from here" Yumie adds as a whisper
"I've heard of them! They were a powerhouse school that rivaled Nekoma. They call it the Battle at the Trash can. I think!" Akama exclaims. Daisho gave a irk look when mentioned the name Nekoma
"The famous dumpster battle, I used to watch that back when I was younger too" Numai says. "Right? Their volleyball matches really intense years ago" Sakishima adds
"Both schools went downhill after the years of...What was the name? 'The Little Giant'." Kuguri says, paying more attention with the volleyball in his hands. It seemed like Takachiho, Hiroo and Seguro were the only ones not familiar with said rivalry
"Alright that's enough, we'll be travelling to Miyagi early next Monday. Have a training on Tuesday, the practice match with Karasuno on Wednesday..." Ōmizu looks over to his side to see Yumie taking notes on her planner notebook. He smiles at that, knowing she's able to keep track of their activities
"...I'll give you a day off on Thursday to explore there, and finally we'll go home on Friday" He finishes. Yumie also finishes what she was writing. "And don't worry about school work, your teachers will not being giving much for the next few weeks"
"Now that that's out of the way, everyone to practice! 10 laps around the gym!"
"Hai!"
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"Home at last..." Yumie sighs out, kicking off her shoes and places them off to the side, wanting to just relax. Suguru on the other hand didn't want to relax just yet
He takes a volleyball from his room, and hurriedly goes outside to their backyard to practice some more. Yumie stares at the door her brother had just exited
"This idiot...He's overworking himself again" Little scratches could be felt on her socks. Looking down to see her furry friend rubbing his body against her soft smooth legs
Picking the cat and cradling him in her arms. "Suguru is being an idiot again, let's go make sure he won't overdo it, hm?" Yumie says, petting her sweet kitty, which meows in response
She follows her brother outside, not even changing from her school uniform, just her blazer removed. Suguru tossed the ball in the air, and received it everytime gravity would pull it down
It took about 37 times before the ball hit the side of his arms and rolled away near a bush. "Dammit" He cursed out. "Suguru, that's enough, you've practice a lot during practice. Take a break" She snarks, she puts Midnight down which the cat quickly enters back into the house
"If I ever want to able to play more, I need to be amazing! Not just good or great...Perfect..." He whispers at himself. But Yumie heard him clearly
"Well, overworking & stressing yourself about being the best won't help you, Suguru" She says. Her brother let out a 'tch' while she let out a small snort
"Come on, let's eat what mom left us and go to bed. You can practice more tomorrow" She says. Suguru let out a sigh
"Fine..."
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*Beep*
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*Bee-*
"I'm up..." Yumie hisses at her alarm clock. Midnight looks at his owner in confusion. "Not you midnight..." She says, petting her kitty. Midnight purrs then falls back asleep
Yumie stands from her bed and stretches her arms, occasionally hearing a crack in her body. She goes to the bathroom to see a nightmare of a bedhead
But her hair was ridiculously manageable. A few brushes and it's back to it's straight & smooth self. She passes by her brother's room and decides to take a peek, he wasn't there
Then she heard a volleyball being tossed to a wall from the backyard. She sighs, knowing who it was and what they were doing. "Hm..." She hums, she goes out back and to no one's surprise, Suguru was tossing a volleyball against the wall
"It's way too early for this Suguru..." She says to him. He grunts and continues to toss the volleyball. She shakes her head
"I'll be going shopping for ingredients later, I'll be cooking up us some snacks for the trip to Miyagi, you gonna join me?" She asks. Suguru immediately stops and catches the volleyball in his hands
"Of course I am! There are a lot of creepy fuckers hanging out at that store, I'm not letting you go alone" He says. Yumie blew a piece of hair off her face upon hearing his response
"Well...Get inside after 10 minutes, I'll be making breakfast now since mom left for work already..."
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When they got to the grocery store, Suguru grabbed a cart since he insisted to be the one to push the items. Yumie took out her phone and searched for the list she wrote
Their cart was almost complete in just a few minutes since the store didn't have much people. "Suguru, can you get the milk from the fridges?" She asks
"Hm? Oh yeah sure, anything specific?"
"Just not Soy or Skim, I don't use them in cooking"
Suguru nods and takes the cart with him to the milk section. Yumie heads off to a different section to find icing mix
When she gets to the aisle, her heart sank upon seeing the mix she uses on the highest shelf. She didn't want to ask for help since she tends to be a nervous wreck when talking to strangers
'Mother, you have cursed me with your short genes' She mentally sighs to herself. She got on her tiptoes but still failed to reach the icing mix
'Kami-san, give me strength' Just then, an arm reached for the mix she was reaching for. 'Eh-'
"I saw you reaching for this miss" A male voice had spoken up
The girl looks behind, to be met with someone's chest, she then looks up to see a man looking at her whilst holding the icing mix
He was much taller than Yumie, but he didn't look that older than her. He has dark hair, and bluish-green eyes. Yumie swore her heart stopped for a second once she saw his face
(Image found on Google)
"I- uh, well thank you Sir" She said sheepishly, taking the box from the Man's hand
"No need such formality miss"
"You're using a formality as well..."
They stare in silence for about a minute or so. 'Eto...This is awkward...'. Yumie says in her head
"I- uhm, Thank you again mister..." She quietly says as she speed walked away from the aisle in hopes to find her dear big brother
"She looked...familiar..." Akaashi said to himself, he closed his eyes for a moment to think on where he saw that girl from
Then it clicked!
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*Flashback*
1 week ago
Akaashi was just browsing on his phone while having his lunch. After all, he didn't really want to look at the team group chat as of the moment
He then opened his Instagram, he hadn't opened it for about 2 months so he thought now would be a good time to look over it again
As he was scrolling, he stopped at a picture of a lovely, green-haired girl
(Image found on Pinterest)
Akaashi found the girl stunning, to say the least. And seemed quite interested in her. He decided to look into her Instagram profile much further
He could feel a bit if heat creeping up his face everytime he sees a different post of hers...
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'She's the girl I saw on Insta...' He said to himself, he didn't even realize that he was standing in the same position for more than 2 minutes. 'Gosh, she's much prettier in person...'
"Uhm, excuse me mister, I need to get something on that shelf" A young man said to the boy
"O-Oh, sorry sir" Akaashi said as he sheepishly walked away. 'Oh gosh, I feel so embarrassed..'
Let's just say...Akaashi seemed to meet his little Instagram crush in person...
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'Eh...?'
"Suguru, I'm pretty sure I just asked for milk..." Yumie sighed, seeing that her brother had ¼ of the cart filled with Papico ice cream
"Aw come on Yumie! The fridge & freezers were so close to each other! Did you really expect me not to search for my favorite dessert?"
(This is true btw, Daishō Suguru's favorite food if you search, is indeed Papico)
"Sometimes, I forget that you're 18 with the mentality of a 12 year old" Yumie sneers before slowly walking away
"Oi! I'm your older brother!" Suguru talked back, pushing the cart to follow his sister who was now walking to the cashiers
"You're paying for your dessert..."
"Does that mean I get to keep them in the cart??"
"Your money, your choice. But if you're gonna eat one right away when we get home, no practicing"
"Alright!"
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"Suguru, just place the paper bags on the table counter, I'll be cooking later anyways"
"Right..."
The two had just gone back from doing groceries. Both of them each carried two paper bags filled with groceries, although Suguru was carrying the heavier ones since he insisted
"You sure bought a lot of stuff Yumie" Her brother laughed as he placed them on the countertop
"We're staying in Miyagi for a week staring Monday, not to mention we have a long way to travel" Yumie says
"Are you excited to go to Miyagi?"
"I don't know, I've never been outside of Tokyo..." Yumie sighs
"Well, think of it as a mini vacation, with our team" He says, patting her head. "Yeah, I will" She smiles a bit
"Also, no practicing tomorrow Suguru, Sundays are not for working"
"But I'm not working!"
"Athletes need to relax too"
"Hmph fine!" Suguru pouts, she only smiles as a response. 'Such a volleyball enthusiast, Suguru-nii'
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'Why am I doing this...'
Akaashi found himself staring at his phone that had the Instagram app opened for about 20 minutes. He's been thinking about the girl ever since he saw her in the grocery store
'If only I can remember her username...'
He said to himself. How can he let this happen to himself? Just because he found a girl on instagram and found her attractive
'All this because of a silly Instagram crush, have I lost it?'
Akaashi sighed, if this continued it might affect his volleyball play. He picks up his phone again, but it almost slipped from his hand, causing him to refresh the page
"I must be really losing myself...I almost dropped my phone" He said to himself, thankful his phone didn't reach the floor
He check his phone again and his eyes widen. When the Instagram home page refreshed, a new set of posts replaced the previous ones
And one of the refreshed posts turned into one from a familiar Green-haired girl
(Image found on Pinterest)
Akaashi almost dropped his phone again, the biggest confirmation it was the same girl because the outfit & hairstyle matched from when he saw her earlier
'I-It's her! O-Oh crap- What do I do?!'
Akaashi started to panic, he was really losing it because of a girl. He took a deep breathe and sighed out the air from his lungs
'Do I send her a friend request?' He asked himself, unsure of what to do. He had never been in a situation like this before
"Alright Keiji...Just hit the follow button, it's easy" He said to himself. His finger nervously hit the 'Follow' button
A few seconds later, he got a notification saying 'DaiYumie_ Has accepted your friend request'
Let's just say, Akaashi had a little trouble breathing that night. Luckily he was still able to love the next day
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Woah...How long has it been...4 months since I last updated?
My goodness I should really pay attention to these things....
But anyways, thank you for being patient with my irregular schedule. I study at a Private school so it gets a little busy & crowded in my little head
Thank you for reading, and have a nice day/afternoon/night!
- Director Ąshës