Chapter 13

"The last ones standing are the victors. Only the strongest. If you want to be the last one standing become strong." – Tobio Kageyama

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"Are you sure you want to do this?" Akina asks worriedly as she cut me off from the gates of our highschool

"Akina, I was discharged from the hospital a week ago, they said I could resume going to school," I say, but Akina still looked worriedly at me

I felt the stares of my classmates as they passed us, so I grabbed Akina wrist and started dragging her towards the school

"Wait F/n-" Akina said still trying to convince me not to go

"L/NNNNNNN!!!" I hear an optimistic voice yell behind me before I get tackled into a hug

"Hinata?" I say in a confused tone, hoping it was the right person

"I'm so happy your back, Kageyama is soooo boring." He said with tears running down his cheeks

"Hinata your crying." I point out

"Because I'm so happy your back." He said and I giggle a bit

"I'm happy to be back too," I say with a smile, while I felt a pair of eyes stare at me

I glanced up at the raven-hair boy who stood behind Hinata, and my eyes widened realizing who it was

"Your the-" I started to say but Akina quickly said something

"L/n, I think we should head to class," Akina said before dragging towards the school building, while I glanced back at the boy who I saw that night at the hospital, who stared me in return with a shock expression before getting tackled my Hinata

"What happened to not wanting me to go?" I ask while I turn my attention towards Akina

"Well, the sooner you start school the sooner you get to play volleyball." She said with a smile while she looked back at me

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I sigh realizing that I and Akina didn't have the same class together, and I sat alone at the seat she told me was mine.

I stared at the whiteboard in front of me, wondering if I had any friends in this class.

"L/n, your finally back!" I hear a cheerful voice say while ahead pocked into my class

"Um- Who are you," I ask the girl with short hair smiled at me before walking into the classroom

"I'm Yui Michimiya, I'm the captain of the girl's volleyball team." My eyes widened at her words

"Volleyball." I mumbled to myself then ask her "Is it alright if I come and watch your practice, today." I ask bowing my head and she giggles a bit

"Of course, Akina has been keeping us updated. I'm sure volleyball will come back to you since you have been playing it so long." She says with a smile but before I could say anything the first bell rang announcing that students had 5 minutes to get to class.

"Thank you," I said quickly not wanting to take up any more of her time

"See you at practice." She said with a smile and I waved to her in return.

Students began to flood the room, hurrying to their seats before the next bell rang but an individual catch my attention.

'Its the same guy.' I think to myself while our eyes quickly meet, but I quickly look away trying to shake off the blush that crept onto my face.

'I wonder what our relationship was.' I ask myself, wondering about the possibilities.

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The bell rang signaling that lunch had started and I stretched my arms out in relief before I dug through my bag to find the money I had tucked in the first pocket.

I hummed a random tune to myself while I walked down the hall and turned a corner, it felt like almost automatic

I looked at my surroundings when I realized I was lost.

I looked at the money in my hand then up at the vending machine that was in front of me.

'How did I know this was here, and why do I feel like I've been here before?' I ask myself while walked towards the vending machines

I inserted the money, and while the machine ate the money I glanced at the options I had to pick from.

"Hurry up." I hear a deep voice say

"Yea, yea," I mumbled while I pushed the button for the strawberry milk, and happily grabbed the carton for the machine

"There it all-" I start to say while I turn around, only to meet the eyes of a taller figure with blue eyes that priced me.

'I should go.' I think to myself while started to walk past the awkward scene.

"L/n." I hear him call out while he catches my wrist before I could get too far

I glanced up at him, the same blue eyes that I saw on that night and the same voice I heard when my mom threw the book.

I stared confusedly at him, while I pieced everything together.

"I'm sorry L/n..." He said looking at my coldly but tenderly "I wish I never had yelled at, then you would have never ended up this way."

I was about to ask what he meant when a female voice was heard

"F/n!" I heard my name called from behind me, and almost instantly he let go of my wrist and turned towards the vending machines

"Akina?" I said in a confused tone while she approached me

"I've been looking for you everywhere." She says while she bent over to catch her breath then asked "How did you get here?"

"I honestly don't know." I say answering her question "But he-" you started to point in the direction of where the boy stood, only to see a vending machine

"He?" Akina said with a confused look on her face

"But here are the vending machines, I don't know why but I automatically came here," I said then held up the milk

"And bought this," I said with a smile trying to reassure her, and she smiled back at me

"Come on let's head back. Did you forget I brought you lunch today." She said while she began to drag me back to my classroom

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"Are you coming to volley practice?" Akina asked and I nodded

"I talked to Captain this morning, she said it was fine if I watched," I said while I took a bite of the food Akina had

"It's so yummy~!" I said happily while we both contained to eat

"Who knows, maybe when you get into the gym you will just remember how to play." She said and I nodded

"Maybe, but with everything you taught me I'm sure I'll be fine." I say then add " I wanna try that thing, a spike."

"But you're not cleared to play yet," Akina said while she almost dropped her chopsticks

"Just once." I say then clapped my hands together "Pleaseeeeee." I begged with puppy dog eyes and Akina sighed giving in

"Fine, but only one time." She said while she started to pack up the food

"Wait-" I say trying to shove a bunch of the food into my mouth

"This is what you get for getting lost during lunch." She said and almost on cue the bell rang

"Nooo, the yummy food." I faked cried and Akina sighed

"You know you are getting dinner at my place." She said and I smiled

"More yummy food!" I said happily while Akina giggled at my silliness

"See you at practice," Akina said with a waved

"See you." I wave at her before she disappeared down the hall.

-Yes, another time skip-

"L/n." I hear my name called a few minutes after the bell rang

"Hold on let me finish these notes," I say while I quickly write what was on the board before the other students erased it

"Safe," I say while I start to pack up my stuff and look at Akina who just stared at me

"You never take notes." She said with her eyes wide

"There is always a first time for everything," I say while I got up from my desk and we both headed down the hall, and towards the girl's volleyball gym.

"L/n!" I hear a bunch of girls say surprised while you and Akina walked into the club room

"Wait, what are you doing here?" You hear Yui ask you while she walked towards you

"She convinced me to let her hit one spike," Akina said while she walked over to a corner then tossed me an extra pair of gym clothes

"I figured this would happen, so I pack your volleyball stuff this morning just in case." She said while she began to change

"Really?" I say while I looked around at all the other girl's changing, and felt a bit embarrassed

"Hurry up, before I change my mind." I hear Akina say and I quickly walk over towards an empty space and quickly change

"here you will need these." She said handing me a pair of knees pads and shoes.

"You were prepared for me to convince you," I say while we both walk towards the gym

"Sometimes, I know you better than you know yourself." She said with a small smile

'I wonder what she was thinking just know.' I think to myself while we walk into the gym.

We start to warm up, and once we were done the room went still and silent.

"Come on, lets see what you got," Akina said

"Wait but how do I spike?" I ask, feeling like an idiot and Akina even gave me a 'You idiot' look.

"You jump and then BAM." Akina emphasizing the word bam

"Ok, ok," I say while I walk towards the end of the court feeling all eyes on me.

Akina tossed the ball in the air and I swiftly received it before running towards the net and jumping.

'Shot I jumped too soon.' I think to myself and Akina quickly noticed what happened and set the ball right in front of me.

I arched my back, letting my body work together to hit the ball.

And just like Akina had explained,

BAM!

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