(Emma's POV)
It wasn't easy being the manager at this school. One thing that made it so rough was dealing with Oikawa and his fangirls, then when they would start arguing I had to get them out of the gym so the team could practice. I walked into the gym relaxing from the quiet before I noticed that there was a ball out of the basket they were kept in. That's a bit strange. I walked over to the ball and was about to pick it up when a noise from the storage closet caught my attention making me look over to see kyoutani come out and I said,
"Oh hello kyoutani-kun, I thought you had class still?"
I thought he would answer but he just shrugged me off like usual. After he didn't answer I put the ball back into the basket before bringing it to the court. When I came back to the storage closet I went to go get the net, which was always a chore, but before I could pick it up kyoutani picked it up saying,
"I'll do this part....you always seem to struggle to pick it up anyways."
I was a bit surprised by his actions but it made me smile a bit. Why did he choose to do this now? Never the less I still said,
"Thank you kyoutani-kun! I never knew you were this kind!"
He nodded and brought the net out to the volleyball court as I followed him with the baskets leaving them at the end of the court and walked over helping him tie the net up. Once we had set up the net we cleaned up the gym and got everything set up. He even came with me to fill the water bottles, there was a calm silence between us as we walked back. As we walked back to the gym he finally spoke up.
"I was only in the gym because my teacher kicked me out of class."
I was a bit surprised that he told me something so personal since he didn't know me. But I did ask and now that he gave me the chance I couldn't help myself.
"Why did you get kicked out of class? If you don't mind me asking."
He hummed faintly seeming to think his next move through, as if he wasn't sure if he could trust me. Then after a minute he spoke up again.
"My attitude and not wanting to turn anything in. I don't see anything wrong with my attitude though."
He was actually opening up to me? I was a bit shocked but hummed faintly and said,
"Neither do I, you seem very relaxed. And you're respectful to women too."
I couldn't help but smile when I saw the tips of his ears go red as he looked away, that was cute.
By the time that we got back to the gym the rest of the guys were starting to show up, kyoutani had taken the container that held the bottles from me. We walked into the gym and I heard one of the guys, probably Hanamaki, say something about me collaring the Mad Dog. He ignored them and asked me.
"Where should I put these?"
I hummed faintly and said,
"You can set them on the bench over there"
Surprisingly he listened.
~Half way through practice~
The guys had been practicing really hard all practice. They took a small break to get water and cool off, while they were Oikawa got my attention and said,
"Emma-chan, mad dog-chan didn't decide to come over maybe you should try getting his attention?"
I hummed looking around and double checked, he hadn't stopped? I nodded to Oikawa before I spotted kyoutani, still practicing. I grabbed a cold bottle and a towel before walking over.
"Kyoutani-kun! You should take a break!"
He seemed surprised and ended up not catching the ball, it would have hit me if I hadn't moved out of the way. He looked shocked that the ball almost hit me but I just held the towel and water bottle out and said,
"You need to drink and cool off so you don't pass out!"
Thankfully he didn't argue with me about drinking or taking a small break with the others, which was a rarity. In fact he seemed to be enjoying having someone look out for him. He muttered a small
"Thanks..."
He was trying to seem less intimidating, but it did make him seem cuter because of his awkwardness. I smiled and was about to say something but got cut off by Oikawa saying,
"Iwa-chan! Look at chibi-chan taking care of mad dog-chan!"
Since it had made you jump and yelp a little it made Iwazumi smack Oikawa and said captain recieved a glare from kyoutani as the spikey haired ace said,
"Shitikawa shut up!!"
The upset captain shouted back,
"Iwa-chan so mean! You'll never get a girlfriend like that!!"
Said boy gave him a glare and everyone saw Oikawa rub the back of his head and stick his tongue out.
"Ne ne I was just playing Iwa-chan!"
From across the court I heard Matsukawa say,
"Oh no the team mom and dad are fighting"
That made me snort slightly and cover my mouth with my hand, god these guys were such dorks. They had a break for about 10 minutes before they went back to practicing as I watched, they did a team against team match. It was the first time I had gotten to watch a team match since I had become the manager. Kyoutani had finally gotten his turn to spike and nobody could stop his spike, it was so powerful once he hit it you couldn't keep track of it if you blinked.
-After practice-
The practice had been long and lasted longer then they had anticipated, so they helped me clean the gym before they started getting ready to leave. Since I knew they could've just all gone home but instead decided to help I wanted to let them know I appreciated it, as they all gathered up to leave since I was closest to the door I stopped and turned to them bowing and said,
"I want to thank all of you for working so hard today and staying behind a little longer to help me clean up! It means a lot that even though I have only been a manager since the beginning of the year!"
When I stood up straight I knew my face had a visible tint of pink on cheeks. The guys all had one simultaneous reaction of going slightly red and thinking,
'Cute!!'
It surprised me that they all bowed back and I heard them say,
"Thank you for being our manager and helping us flow! Its just the start of the year but we will win and we will make you proud!"
As the stood I was blushing faintly and smiled.
"Thank you all so much, I should let you get home now. I'll see you all tomorrow for the morning practice before school!"
Finally we all started to disperse and go on our way home. I had stupidly forgot to bring a jacket this morning because I remember thinking,
'Oh its warm out itll be fine!'
But now I was walking home in the dark alone and a little scared plus it was cold. So you can imagine how I almost screamed when there was a jacket wrapped around my shoulders. I managed to just let out a small yelp before looking to my side and seeing it was kyoutani, that made me relax.
"Oh thank god its you kyoutani"
He seemed a bit surprised and said,
"Was there someone causing you trouble before I came over?"
I shook my head and slipped my arms into the sleeves of kyoutani's jacket, it was his volleyball jacket, it was big on me.
"Ah n-no..I just got a little scared being out in the dark alone...but now you're here! So I don't need to be scared!"
I couldn't see it now but the tips of his ears got red again but he spoke,
"Guess I can walk you home from now on, we don't need you being scared.."
I smiled happily and thanked him before walking to my house with him no longer scared, cold, or alone. So when we reached my porch I leaned up and kissed his cheek.
"Thank you kyoutani, you're a really sweet guy. I will be sure to watch you during games"
I smiled faintly and giggled a bit at his reaction before I went inside after we said our goodbyes.
Little did I know that the wild, untamed "mad dog" of aoba josai was walking home with the reddest face anyone probably could have. All because of you and these feelings he started to feel.