The one they call Ghost
Timos POV
So I was standing in front of the house of a boy I didn't even know, a Volleyball in my hand and hoping that he was at home.
„( Relax Dude! It's not like your going to ask a random person of which you just know his name out of nowhere if he wants to join a Volleyball-Club named the„hopeless losers"!)"
I didn't want to think about it anymore, so I just knocked at the door.
„No goddammit! How many times do I have to say this? I am not going to buy anything!"
I was too shocked to say something. First of all, that dude was small, like smaller than me. Second, does that guy never get guests? Like, he was literally standing there in a pajama!
„Oh! Well, that's awkward now. You don't wanna sell anything, do ya?"
„No."
„I'm sorry but there's that guy knocking at my door all day, selling his damm newspaper! I yelled at him like 15 times that he can move his butt to I don't know where, but he keeps on coming back!"
„Have you ever, I don't know, tried to be nice?"
„....That's..a brilliant idea! I will try that next time!"
This is going to be fun.
„Anyway, what do you want here?"
„Ah, I think I didn't introduce myself! My name's Timo. And I.."
„Wait, is that a Volleyball in your hand?! I don't care who you are and what you want, if you're playing Volleyball, you're my friend!"
Jeez, that's a strange guy!
„Uhm, thank you, I guess? Well what I wanted to ask is if you wanted to join our Volleyball Club. I have to warn you, by now, we have three members and our team is called the hopeless losers, but..."
„I'm joining!"
....
....
That was unexpected.
„I mean, if I'm joining, I will be playing Volleyball REGULARLY with OTHER PEOPLE! I never even really interact with people!"
Yeah, I noticed that.
„So, why don't you come over and join officially? Training starts in about an hour."
„Yeah, lets go right now! Can't wait!"
...
„Uhm, Pajama!"
„Oh, right!"
Jeez!
1 hour later
Simons POV
I was just finished with preparing the net, when I heard someone open the door.
„( That has to be Timo, Niki is already here. )"
It was Timo, but next him, an even smaller boy than himself with silver hair was standing.
„( This guy, I remember him! But where did I see him before? ). Hey Timo! And who are you? My name is Simon, I'm the team captain!"
„Felix. Shitty gym ya got there!"
Ah, a troublemaker when've got here!
„No! Jeez man, that wasn't nice!"
„What? What did I do wrong this time?"
„Well..."
„Ok Felix, what's your position?"
„Libero. When are we starting?"
„Now! As we've got a new player, why don't we play a 2vs2?"
„Good, then I will play with Timo."
Match start
Timo was serving first. His toss was very though.
„( Wait, is he going to do a jump serve?! )"
He was. He jumped into the air and hit it perfectly over the net, but Niki was there to get it. I positioned myself underneath the ball, and tossed it to Niki, who hit a nice spike aiming at the sideline.
„Niki, nice k..."
Impossible! The set was good. No one was standing at that side. The spike was well positioned and too fast to react to it. So, what was he doing there?!
Felix POV
His arm was in swinging to the left side, his hand was hitting the ball in a straight line. I moved. I positioned myself for an underhand receive and my body was turned to where Timo was standing. The ball hit my arms and flew perfectly to the setters position. Timo looked like he was going to set, but I knew better. Before the set, he looked to the enemies side and his one hand was already moving for a setter dump. No one was able to get this one.
Simons POV
In the moment Felix received the ball, I remembered where I saw him before.
„Niki and Timo, come here for a minute! I've seen him before. On my last tournament, I we watched another game before our match started. They had a very good receiver, who was always appearing out of nowhere. Anyway, his teammates didn't look too motivated, and he didn't get along with them.
„I've also heard of him. Because of his habit of appearing where you wouldn't expect him and his silver hair, he got the nickname