#Tsukishima hate kagehina

[hitoshi-yuuto]

Hinata : Tobio, i don’t know how to tell you this, but you’re in love with me.

Kageyama : What?

Kageyama :

Kageyama : Oh my god, I am.

Tsukishima : What kind of confession did I just witness?

[slaytism]

Hinata: my boyfriend is too tall to kiss him on the lips, what should I do?

Tsukishima: kick him the nuts, and when he's doubled over in pain, kick him again.

Nishinoya: dump him

Tanaka: wait like a lion, and then when he's not expecting it, attack him with kisses!

Yachi: tickle him and when he's down give him kisses.

Kageyama: NO! TO ALL OF THOSE! Just ask me to bend down- ok?

[sugawara--san]

tbh i'm a big fan of kagehina and yamayachi with tsukishima who has to sit through ALL of his friends' idiotic pining and gives them advice when he can't take it anymore which he constantly says he regrets when they are being happy couples right in front of his face but secretly he's glad cuz he loves his friends

[ummtroublemuch]

He is literally 5th wheeling if you count the two bicycle wheels as well. Bro is in denial but he IS the leader of their ship’s fanclub. He’d cry at their wedding but say dust got into his eyes.

Tsukki would be flustered and embarrassed about Kagehina finding out he actually considers them close friends. Even more than KageHina when they find out they like each other

tsukishima third wheeling AS ALWAYS

[lys-9-10]

Last chapter of "5 times Tsukki reluctantly gives relationship advice + 1 time somebody returns the favour"

Read on AO3

“Tsukki, I wanna talk to you about something.” 

So there it was. Tadashi had been acting strange all day – alternating between blabbering mindlessly and falling into long bouts of silence. Tsukki knew there had been something on his mind, but he figured Tadashi would come out with it in time. Apparently that time was now.

“Go ahead,” Tsukki said, not bothering to look up as he continued packing up his things. 

Tadashi glanced over his shoulder, scanning the locker room. Most of their team-mates had left. Only Kageyama remained, and he was utterly absorbed in the task of filing his nails. Tadashi nodded in satisfaction, then turned back to Tsukki again. 

“I think I’m gonna ask Yachi out.” 

Tsukki’s hand froze ever so briefly in the process of folding his volleyball uniform and his eyes flicked to Tadashi. The latter’s face was earnest and expectant. Tsukki’s gaze travelled fleetingly over that face – then he gave a short nod. “Okay. Good luck.” He turned back to folding his uniform. 

There was a brief pause, in which Tadashi seemed to be waiting for more. Then:

“Is that all you’re going to say?” 

Tsukki rolled his eyes, slid his uniform into his bag and zipped it up. “What, now you want me to give you relationship advice too?” 

“Well... yeah. You’re my best friend.” 

Tsukki heaved a sigh. “Good grief. I can’t get a break.”

The silence that followed Tsukki’s comment was... unnerving. Tsukki found himself turning, finally, to assess his friend’s face... It was coloured over with hurt. 

Tsukki’s chest twinged dreadfully and he opened his mouth to say something – but Tadashi beat him to it. “Right.” Tadashi nodded. His movements and his voice both seemed too strained. “Got it... Sorry, Tsukki.” 

Tsukki wouldn’t have thought that an expression he heard 50 times a day – “Sorry, Tsukki” – could slice into him so. But somehow, it did. 

Tadashi turned and walked out of the locker room – leaving a pale-faced, stricken Tsukishima in his wake. 

+1 

“Well. You really fucked that one up.” Tsukki’s head snapped over to the sound of the voice. Kageyama was staring at him evenly, nail file still in hand. 

Tsukki snarled. “Shut up, King.” 

Kageyama seemed to consider complying with this demand for a moment. But then, he shook his head. 

“Look, man. I don’t like you or anything. But I’m going to give you some unsolicited advice.” “I’ll pass, thanks.” Tsukki absolutely did not need advice from Karasuno’s lunkhead setter.

Kageyama continued, as if Tsukki hadn’t said anything. “Here’s the thing. As much as I hate to say this, you and I are pretty similar.” 

Tsukki almost retched. “Ew. I’d prefer you stop talking right now.” 

Again, Kageyama ignored him. “So coming from someone who’s been there, done that: being an asshole to the people you care about most isn’t a winning strategy.” 

Tsukki’s face flushed with heat. He wasn’t sure whether it was from anger or humiliation. He opened his mouth to retort (he didn’t know what he would say) but Kageyama was on a roll now. “I love Hinata, you know?” The setter continued. (Tsukki wanted to shoot himself in the face. He absolutely did not sign up for hearing Kageyama go into full sap mode.) “I’ve always loved him – pretty much since I played him in middle school. But it took me over a year to realize that it wasn’t good enough to just love him in my heart–” (Did Kageyama seriously just say the words love him in my heart? Tsukki was gonna barf.) “I had to love him with my actions, you know? And my words. Here I was going around insulting him and calling him names, yelling at him, never complimenting him even when he deserved it... And yeah I loved him like mad underneath it all. But what good was that if I treated him like shit? Do you get my drift?” 

Tsukki shuddered. “Absolutely. Thank you for your heartwarming speech about how much you love your boyfriend. Now if you’ll excuse me –” He made to brush past Kageyama, but the setter clapped a heavy hand onto his shoulder and blocked his way. “Tsukki,” he said firmly, his eyes serious and intense. “Don’t call me that.” “Tsukki. If you love Tadashi, you have to start acting like it.” 

Tsukki wrenched himself out of Kageyama’s grip. “I’m not gay for Tadashi, Kageyama.” “I don’t care if you’re gay or not. You’re missing the point. Do you value his friendship?” 

Tsukki snarled. “What the hell kind of question is that?” 

“A non-rhetorical one. Do you? Because honestly, it’s hard to tell. You sure as hell don’t act like you value his friendship. Tadashi’s totally devoted to you and half the time you treat him like he’s a gnat buzzing around your ear. And I know he pretends like he doesn’t care – like he’s fine to just be your golden retriever who never gets so much as a head pat – but you’re hurting him, Tsukki.” 

Tsukki was silent. 

He held Kageyama’s gaze for a few seconds and a palpable tremor seemed to pass between them. Then, he turned away. 

“I do value his friendship,” he said quietly. 

Kageyama nodded. “I figured you probably did. Figured you were just an asshole, is all.” Tsukki bristled – but Kageyama punched him lightly in the shoulder. “Hey. It takes one to know one. We’re in the asshole club together, you and me. That’s how come I’m giving you this advice.” 

Tsukki’s eyes flicked briefly up to Kageyama’s. And he would deny it later, but his mouth twitched slightly into a smile. 

“Maybe we’re not in the asshole club,” Tsukki said, his voice a touch softer. “Maybe we’re just in the... what does Tanaka say?” Tsukki frowned for a minute, then snapped his fingers with recollection. “Emotionally constipated. We’re in the emotionally constipated club.” 

Kageyama barked out a laugh and Tsukki, to his horror, found himself joining in with a chuckle of his own. Upon realizing his mistake, he sobered and cleared his throat. Another beat of silence passed. Then: “Thanks, Kageyama. I’ll go talk to Tadashi.” Read full work on AO3 

[thefuzzzz]

What Pets I Think Different Karasuno Ships Would Have In The Future:

KageHina would have a turtle for reasons I do not know and cannot confirm but just suspect deep in my heart. Like, Hinata seems like the type to think turtles are cool and Kageyama seems like the type of guy to really like reptiles (they’re autistic. bite me.) Turtles can be left alone for a while, as long as they have food, water, the right habitat and someone to at least check in on them daily, so I think it would fit their super fast paced pro volleyball player lives.

DaiSuga would have this giant ass ex-police dog that retired after working with Daichi for a while. It’d be a really sweet, but huge, German shepherd that lives only to torment Suga. It’s Daichi’s dog, but will happily stand directly under Suga’s feet while he’s trying to do literally anything. Suga pretends to hate it, but Daichi has like a million of those “my husband and the dog he didn’t want” pictures of the two of them being pals when Suga thinks no one is looking. Sometimes Daichi brings his huge dog with him when he drives to pick Suga up from the school. All the kids love that dog, and Suga bends and lets Daichi bring it for career day one day. The kids lose their minds.

TsukiYama would have Yamaguchi’s childhood dog that I SWEAR he had in the manga, but I just googled it and I may be crazy or mixing him up with someone else. Either way, he has a childhood dog now. It’s this mega-old Shiba that they’re both convinced will outlive them. Tsukishima pretends to be indifferent about the dog, but he treats it like a king when no one is looking. They also have like a lizard or something because they seem like the types to have a lizard. Maybe like a frog. Idk, but a reptile of some kind that Tsukishima just stares at sometimes.

AsaNoya would have two cats (Asahi’s) and a dog (Noya’s). It took the two of them a while to settle down, due to the nature of their careers, but after they did Asahi kept finding cats outside their house and begging Noya to let him keep them. Noya, of course, folds. They're both pretty scuffed-up alley cats, but they adjust to domestic life. I imagine that they’re both special needs cats of some kind and Asahi takes insanely good care of them. Noya decides that he needs a little high-energy friend, and they get a border collie. Noya very frequently goes on runs and stuff with it while Asahi stays home and cuddles with his cats. The dog is very gentle with the cats, and they like to cuddle pile while their humans take a million pictures of them.

TanaKiyo would have literally the dumbest looking pit bull with the biggest heart and a super sassy pretty white cat. The pittie is a super sweet older dog that Tanaka had for a long time, but is still super playful and silly. The cat is Kiyoko’s little princess, and is treated as such. That cat is a menace. Constantly antagonizes everyone and is so mean for no reason. Tanaka threatens to sell it daily. The only thing stopping him is how much Kiyoko loves it.

(P.S. I haven’t watched the show in a while and am just going through my annual summer Haikyuu withdrawals, so please excuse anything that’s OOC. Also, sorry if there’s a ship you don’t particularly like. I’m a huge multishipper, and would love to see your interpretations of other ships in the replies or reblogs!!! I sadly don’t know enough about the other teams to make one of these for them, so feel free to ham it up and make one of your own! Tag me tho cuz I wanna see lol)

[goatunderthebridge]

that pretty boy just bit me! he bit me! are you fucking kidding me-?

thinking about the hq characters whenever I listen to the Warriors album that came out recently (I actually really like it - I watched the film as a kid when I shouldn't have and was so scared of it that this album has healed that fear a little - the bottle clinking is still the soundtrack for my nightmares though).

yes I have daydreamed the entire story, yes you will see snippets of it if this stays latched on my brain for long enough. for now, enjoy my match-ups of hq characters to the main gang members because I have been thinking non-stop about how easy it is to transfer their personalities over since the album was released. if you know nothing about The Warriors (book, film, or album), this will probs not make much sense but enjoy anyways!

tw for anyone who needs it: The Warriors is about gang violence and murder so caution engaging with it + this post thus mentions it briefly

The Gramercy Riffs = Aoba Johsai

Oikawa is absolutely Cyrus who believes in everyone to come together for a common dream (and in turn they build a belief in him). Iwaizumi is Masai and grieves so hopelessly for Oikawa. Aside from the devastating iwaoi, it's funny on a meta-level to imagine Oikawa saying "can you dig it?" when thinking about his serves like no they can't dig it babe !!! But we love you king

The Warriors = Karasuno

Ofc Karasuno are the stars of this daydream. Daichi is Cleon who helps Iwaizumi find the killer gang, obviously renamed Odysseus because that man just wants to go home (although he would defo believe in Oikawa's ideals and want to set things right, even at the expense of himself). Kageyama is his right hand man, Swan (renamed King ofc), and leads the gang back home - imagining Kageyama saying that he has a gang loyal to him makes me want to cry when thinking about hq, trust me and listen to the album whilst imagining Kageyama as Swan. It will change your life.

Suga is Cochise (renamed Polaris/Sirius bc symbolism), Asahi is Rembrandt, Noya is Ajax (we love a fighter who refuses to back down from a challenge), Tanaka is Cowboy (ofc he gives in to the Sirens), Tsukishima is Vermin/Snow (renamed to idk something like Clock bc he tsks a lot and it sounds like ticking), Yamaguchi is Fox and I cry every time I think about him as Fox (currently listening to that song and sniffling as I type). Hinata absolutely is Mercy (renamed Sunshine or something) and I cannot listen to A Light Or Somethin' without thinking about kagehina. They like and want each other instantly but can't express that in the 'right' way !! Kageyama lifting Hinata's face when he's embarrassed being seen by others and then kissing him??? Oh. oh the humanity.

The Rogues (killer gang) = Shiratorizawa or Johzenji

Ahhh the killers (no, not Mr Brightside). I love Luther's character because he is so unhinged for little reason which is why Tendou springs to mind BUT I cannot see Tendou in this. So my mind goes to Terushima (likes fun and pushes boundaries => obvs transfers to being a maniacal villain who kills for no reason (jk)).

The Hurricanes = Nekoma

I just love the idea of these guys acting as alley cats on skates. that is very funny to me. Also: Kenma on skates?? I love that visual. I fully believe he would hate it and either be the only one in the gang to walk or is dragged around by a leash so someone pulls him along on the skates OR Kuroo straight up carries him. Anyways: Kuroo is the gang leader, Kenma is the one who convinces them to let the Crows go because he uses one of his many braincells to realise that they absolutely didn't kill Cyrus (unlike many others in this story).

The Furies = Fukurodani

If you haven't listened to the song about them, please do. I get chills every time - they only come out at night?? Oh yes please, the ideas are flowing. These are the Night Owls with metal bats and painted faces. Bokuto is the leader but I can't imagine him to be willingly silent in a gang hmmm.

The Orphans = Inarizaki

Atsumu and Osamu as twin leaders of a weak but large gang makes me giggle okay? Hinata calling them chickens and trying to get into the Crows' gang? yeah i like that idea. Also the idea that Atsumu follows the vibe of the music album by letting the Crows walk through Orphan Town after flirting with Kageyama and Yamaguchi makes me laugh.

The Lizzies = The Sirens (aka any pretty people in hq not already mentioned in a gang)

Kiyoko is a given as the gang leader who Tanaka falls for and derails the Crows for a little bit. However, as the title suggests, the lines 'that pretty boy just bit me! he bit me! are you fucking kidding me?' are really catching onto my brain and I can't stop vocally stimming with it so maybe we follow ennotana and let Ennoshita bite Tanaka idk.

Honourable mentions: UshiTen as the radio DJs.

That's it. You read it right. Tendou is the radio DJ calling out to the boppers and chilling me to the bone but Ushijima is the one behind the scenes whenever I think about this, ensuring the radio show goes smoothly lmao

And I'm finished :D I really had to get this out lmao I cannot stop thinking about this nor stop listening to the album so this will be something I obsess about for a while longer !!! If you see references to it in future fics, no you don't <3

[codename-adler]

[Haikyū!!] DIY Ask Game

doing this myself bc i'm anxious and making lists makes me feel safe. also bc sometimes you want to answer ask games so bad but nobody sends them...... eh.

First character you liked: Tanaka, my funny bald hype man. He still manages to have soft spot in my heart, to this day, and always. Truly underrated, imo.

Love @ first sight: Kenma (˃ᆺ˂) & Kuroo

First character you strongly disliked: ...Tsukishima

Hate @ first sight: ...Tsukishima

First favorite character: Kenmaaa 🫶

Favorite character now: still Kenma & Kuroo ofc 😭, but also Oikawa, Iwaizumi, Tendou, Kiyoomi, Atsumu (derogatory), Noya and Yaku my libero boyos

Character you strongly dislike now: Tsukki you are never escaping my hater ass i respects u fr fr bruh

Character you did not expect to like as much as you do now: Tendou!!! i was fr scared of him at first, and now he is baby

Character you did not expect to dislike as much as you do now: no one tbh, my hating game's been pretty consistent (lies. i could never hate any of them. none!), tho i have to say that i also don't really enjoy Yamaguchi's character come to think of it... got mads respect for Gucci

First pairing you shipped: Kuroken <3

Favorite ship now: Sakuatsu, Iwaoi, and Kuroken still (+ Brokuroo them morons are life)

Other ship(s) you read fics about / like: Ushiten, Semiten, Kurodai, Bokuosa, Kagehina

Pairing(s) you strongly dislike: well anything Tsukki really... but especially, especially Kurotsuki (Tsukiyama's fine tho) oh and Ushihina & Sakuwaka & Atsuhina.

Crackship you like: Matsuhana let's gooo! also Aone x Asahi is cute

Rarepair/Crackship you like but are lowkey very serious about: Osamu x Meian, Bokuatsu

Favorite m/f pairing: there's only really Kiyotana, but damn do they deliver

Character you think you are most like: this has been a plague on my mind ever since my first watch. nowadays i think i would say Asahi? or Fukunaga. subject to change. hold on—I might be Makki actually o_o

Favorite female character: not a lot there to begin with, but i do appreciate Saeko and Natsu

Sexiest character: IWA-CHAN, Kiyoomi, Kuroo, Atsumu (derogatory), Oikawa (derogatory), Suna

Favorite uniform/outfit: Karasuno boys for the school uniform - Aoba Johsai in close second and for the girls too - MSBY for volleyball as well as Nekoma 😍 and Seijoh || fav outfit that got me down bad is, like all of us mere mortals, Iwa in his hoodie & jean jacket casual combo

Favorite position 😏: Libero!! Yaku and Noya take my breath away every time, but it’s also the role i’d want to play if i were part of a volley team! i think i’d do ok (lmao)

Favorite character name: Iwaizumi Hajime

Favorite motto: 飛べ Fly (Karasuno)

Favorite quote(s): "Don't you ever forget my worthless pride." - Oikawa Tooru to Ushijima *CHILLS*

Favorite scene/episode: Uhhhh too many why did i put myself inthis position. Training Camp obviously!!! but also the Shiratorizawa match arc, for the Tendou content 🔥 and i can't not mention the Seijoh matches for the Iwaoi content and the Matsuhana crumbs.

Unpopular opinion: *sigh* this will get me killed–i do not care for Akaashi. i wish i understood him more, got to see more of what’s underneath. i love Bokuto, and i'm sorry babe, but his character and physique are really just average to me. and i've already got the Tsukki kinners and lovers on my case, so yeah, i'll be dead by sundown. while i’m at it, same goes for Kita-san. i’m sorry!! always mad respect tho 👍

Favorite fic(s): Stick with You (Sakuatsu) by lettersinpetals without a fuckin' doubt. Also i'll mention the latest 2 fics i read, Lockdown and The Loyalty of a Traitor (both Iwaoi) by DeathBelle because they are a pillar of the HQ fics community and their shit hits every goddamn time and it hurts so gooddddd 🤌

Favorite art: @amezure @fullwarmth @iinoruu @amalasdraws @viria @dictearchive @mookie000art @cranbearly (soodyo) and so many more that i can't remember off the top of my head but i thank you all for your dedicated work and creativity to the fandom 🫡😩🧡 oh and special love to @gayaest for their paravolley AU art <3

Character(s) you like to write/draw the most: have done neither officially yet, but i do have a Sakuatsu x Grey's Anatomy WIP, so i guess them?

Pairing(s) you like to write/draw the most: ^^

Favorite AU(s): Post-Time Skip, College AU, Mafia/Yakuza/Detective/FBI/Police AU (ik, ew & ACAB, but somehow for hq this one hits)

Guilty pleasure?: BokuAkaKuroKen - TikTok skits & memes & dance animations - my Sakuatsu MCD wip ^^

Favorite Opening: oh god... there's only 1 i don't like (u know the one)... i HAVE to say before i answer, this anime's intros are hits after hits after hits, and they hold such a precious and nostalgic feeling in my heart 😭 ok i'm allowing myself two: Imagination (S1PT1, SPY AIR) & FLY HIGH!! (S2PT2, BURNOUT SYNDROMES). honorable mention to the few first seconds of Hikariare 🫶

Favorite Ending: Tenshi Gaechi (S1PT1, NICO Touches the Walls)

Favorite team: Canonically, Nekoma and MSBY. Fanonically, Seijoh, MSBY still, and Shiratorizawa. (obv my heart always soars when Karasuno wins bc that's the way the story is supposed to make you feel! but i love them dearly so.)

Team you dislike the most: none? i'm not fond of Date Tech, but i appreciate Aone, and none of the teams are villains, just antagonists from the Karasuno pov.

And for the finale, Favorite meme(s): god so many this fandom has the best

obviously there are many more questions i wanted to fill in but this was getting too long and it's already OOC for my blog, but i encourage all of you to fill my asks inbox with anything you wanna know about my haikyuu fan experience!! 🫶🏐

i'll be filling in this lil questionnaire for other of my fandoms, and feel free to use the template and reblog with your responses!! 🤍

[myenemystolvrs]

May 2021

completed fics that i read this month.

~read the tags~

▶ more than 1 chapter

Sasunaru

1. Soup's On by OfFansAndFlames [E, 377K, 64ch]

“After a bloody altercation at school, the courts sentence Sasuke to one hundred hours of community service. Sasuke takes employment at Saint Magdalene's soup kitchen, where he meets a headstrong vagrant who will change the course of his life.”

Kagehina

1. I like the way your clothes smell by Mysecretfanmoments [M, 75K, 19ch]

“Power outages, ghost stories, and the presence of a certain orange-haired boy lead to bad decision-making on Tobio's part. He'd planned to keep his crush a secret; the universe has other plans.”

Tsukihina

1. denying you (and i'm going nowhere fast) by lilithiumwords [T, 28K, 2ch]

“If Tsukishima Kei has never experienced that “moment,” then Hinata Shouyou must live in it, with his exhilaration every time he plays volleyball.

Kei wants that, too, though for the longest time, he desperately pretends otherwise.”

2. Tsukishima's Playlist by sounds like gibberish (buckactually) [G, 14K, 14ch]

“The background music to Tsukishima Kei's life tends to start up whenever a certain annoying runt is around.”

3. Kisses Like Fireflies by lilithiumwords [E, 22K, 3ch]

“He kisses like a firefly, holding Shouyou captive for a moment before letting him breathe, then catches his lips and lights him up all over again.

Why did Shouyou have to get a crush on the only guy on the team who hates him?”

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▶ one shots

Tsukihina

1. with the light from the sun by bimmyou [T, 3K]

“He's fifteen and a big jerk when he kisses Hinata.”

2. He's Collecting Bugs on His Body; by tmntransformer  [T, 15K]

“It starts with bumblebees. Five of them to be precise. Each one only a couple of inches long and dotted almost randomly on the lower part of his spine, beginning from the waist line of his shorts and flying upwards. The three highest have their wings outstretched as if in mid-flight, the cross-sectioned patterns on them almost lost in the harsh light of the changing room; the two closest to his shorts have their wings tucked in, resting on an invisible flower.

One day after practice Tsukishima notices that Hinata has a tattoo.”

3. In the Middle by surveycorpsjean [E, 7K]

“When you love someone, you meet in the middle.”

[giggly-squiggily]

Hello Squiggly, your honor, may I motion for Haikyuu for the shipping ask game, please and thank you?

HAIKYUU!! Yesh! I've gotcha covered, anon!

Ask game

lowkey otp: HinaKenma! I like them :3 They're not my all time fave, but I can get behind the love for them! :3

highkey notp: I..don't know if I have one? Maybe Tsukishima and Kageyama? Only cause like- I just can't see it working in my brain. Power to you if you can though! :3

[softly] don’t notp: Kagehina. Absolutely no hate- I just like them platonically :3

highkey otp but i’m scared of saying it because it’s not a very popular choice: Is AsaKuroo unpopular? Cause I think Kuroo and Asahi is really cute akjrjekkrjae I need to write more about them but something about the mischief x shy dynamic makes my heart swell!

highkey otp and anyone on my tumblr knows it: I'm gonna be real; it's been a HOT minute since I've thought of Haikyuu ships, but if I do love some good ol' BokuKuroo and Yamaguchi. I also really like the thought of UshiTendo! (Is that their ship name? I have no idea kjerkajrkje)

Thanks for asking! :3

[kagehinafromtheconcrete]

afterglow || your hand in mine (fictober day 09)

fandom: haikyuu!! pairing: kagehina fic summary: Kageyama has learned a lot of things since befriending Hinata Shouyou. Things about Hinata, things about himself. How to open up. How to be vulnerable. How to love. And Hinata? Hinata learns more about Kageyama than he ever thought he would. First-year Kagehina/Hinakage drabble collection ft. the rest of Karasuno, written for sarahenany. Slowly working through the remaining Fictober 2022 prompts! fictober day 09: "sounds like 'you' problem" by @fictober-event ch summary: After practice one day, Hinata feels insecure about his size. This isn't unusual, but Kageyama says something that makes Hinata rethink his position on the court and his place on the team.

entire drabble below. :) find the whole collection: ao3 // tumblr

Hinata narrowed his eyes. “I… I can’t tell.”

Noya brought his face closer to their hands, squinting as well. He frowned in concentration. “I can’t… either. You know what that means, right, Shouyou?”

“What?”

“It means I win.”

“Whaaa?!” Hinata jerked his hand away, giving his upperclassman an offended look. “That’s not fair, Noya-san!”

“Of course it is.” Noya’s frown vanished and was replaced a second later with a toothy grin. “I have seniority!” 

“How does that make your hands bigger than mine?”

“Because seniority~” Noya sang as if it made perfect sense, even though it didn’t make any sense at all.

“Yeah, well,” Hinata began, scrambling to think. “Well, I’m still an inch taller than you!”

Noya gasped, now looking just as offended as Hinata felt. “Going for that single inch? Shouyou! You wound me.”

“Oh, knock it off, you two,” their captain said. “You’re supposed to be helping clean up! Did you forget your promise this morning?”

Noya slumped forward, and in a defeated voice: “To work with everyone to clean up for the event this evening.”

“And?”

“And that’s why practice ended early,” Hinata added with a sad sigh.

“Good.”

“You’re both short to me,” Tsukishima said suddenly.

“Yeah, yeah, that’s what I’m known for these days.” Hinata rolled his eyes as he stood up to fulfill Daichi’s orders. “Nobody’s gonna let me live it down.”

“Sounds like a ‘you’ problem.”

“Don’t you worry, Shouyou,” Noya said, standing as well after giving Tsukishima a dirty look. He clapped Hinata on the back with enthusiasm, their argument now long forgotten. “I’m not giving up on you. We’ll always suffer together!”

Across the court, Tanaka burst into laughter. Despite this, Hinata smiled at his upperclassman, trying to remain in good spirits. “Thanks, Noya-san.”

Twenty minutes later, when they’d finished cleaning up and changed out of their practice clothes, Hinata walked in step with Kageyama like he usually did when practice concluded for the day. It was oddly quiet—but then again, it wasn’t unusual for Kageyama to stay silent while Hinata babbled away. This time, though, Hinata didn’t feel like talking, either.

Unfortunately, it seemed like Kageyama noticed.

“What’s with you?” 

“Hm?”

“You’re moping.”

“I’m not moping,” Hinata defended, giving him a heated look.

“Are too.”

“Hush it."

“It’s the hand thing, isn’t it?”

Hinata opened his mouth to deny it once more but then paused, irritated because Kageyama was right. And maybe that was stupid or made him seem childish, but he didn’t care—he’d always been self-conscious about his size, and while Noya didn’t seem particularly worried back in practice, it did bother Hinata, because, well…

He’d always thought it was cool that other players—Kageyama included—could hold a volleyball with one hand. Hinata hated that he couldn’t do it, himself. His hands just weren’t big enough.

 “Oi,” Kageyama said when Hinata remained silent. “What’s your deal? Why does that matter?”

It took Hinata a few moments to realize that he’d stopped walking, causing Kageyama to pause in his steps as well, only a foot or so ahead of him. 

“Shut up,” Hinata said sourly. He gripped his handlebars tightly, gazing at the pavement. “You wouldn’t get it.”

“Why not?”

“’Cause you’re tall! Nobody picks on you for being short. Nobody would pick on you for having tiny hands.”

Kageyama didn’t respond, at first. Hinata risked a glance up at him to see why and found that Kageyama wasn’t even looking at him—instead, his eyes were locked on Hinata’s hands.

“Your size is actually your greatest weapon,” he said eventually. 

Hinata’s frown deepened. “I know. Volleyball is all about size. You don’t have to keep reminding me.”

“No, I mean, it’s your greatest weapon, personally,” Kageyama went on. “You’re short, so everyone looks at you and thinks, ‘This guy isn’t a threat.’ But you are. You’re the biggest threat we have.”

Hinata’s breath caught in his throat upon hearing the words, eyes blown wide. Something fluttered in his stomach—a sensation that he’d associated with Kageyama time and time again—and he thought, in the safety of his own mind:

How come you know exactly what to say to make me speechless?

“...oh.” A tiny, excited smile pulled at his lips. “You think that?”

“You’ve proved it, you idiot.”

“Me,” Hinata echoed, suddenly extremely giddy. “A threat. The biggest threat in Karasuno.”

“You still have a lot to learn,” Kageyama warned abruptly. "Don't let it go to your head."

“As if you have any room to say that to me.”

Hinata’s grin shifted into something less gleeful and more teasing as he spoke. Still, he couldn’t deny the joy that spread through him brought by Kageyama’s words. It was so strong that he wanted to take off on his bike with a celebratory cheer, and he was getting ready to do just that when something curled around his wrist.

Hinata froze. “Wh…”

He glanced down to check and yeah, that was Kageyama’s hand. When he lifted his gaze to give Kageyama a questioning look, Kageyama wouldn’t meet his eyes.

“S—” He stumbled, cheeks pink. “So, uh…”

“...Kageyama?”

“Don’t. Um.”

Hinata blinked, waiting.

“Just don’t let it bother you,” Kageyama finally spat out. “It’s—it’s not like it has to be a bad thing.”

It took him a few moments to realize that Kageyama was trying to reassure him. It was… almost funny how Kageyama could say something that would stick with him for a long time without even trying, but when he actually put the effort into cheering him up, he didn’t know how.

Once again, Hinata’s smile changed. Grew softer. Sweeter. His wrist felt warm underneath Kageyama’s fingers, and slowly, experimentally, he moved his hand to touch Kageyama’s.

Unlike Noya’s, Kageyama’s hand was much larger than his own. He rested his palm against Kageyama’s, lining up their fingers, and for once, the size difference didn’t bother him.

He... kind of liked it.

“Alright,” he said softly, with that same smile. Kept their hands pressed together. Found the warmth to be pleasant. He didn’t pull away.

Neither did Kageyama.

[falling-like-fall]

karasuno song hcs cuz I said so

warnings : a bit of angst ? well the nature of the songs I suppose can be a bit angsty

these basically jus remind me of the characters you feel what I mean. also I only did the team, not the managers or coaches 😔❕

daichi : time to time - khai dreams

I know alot of people in this fandom characterize him as the angry one cuz he yells at the team alot but I like to believe hes actually soft. he has anxious thoughts jus like the others, but he chooses to stay strong cuz the team needs him. if he shows he's down about the situation the team will get discouraged cuz that's their captain. anyways this song is him. plus he'd be a huge khai dreams fan idc what yall say

suga : interlude: im not angry anymore - paramore

yes this song is talking about rage, some may think it fits daichi more but it doesnt. suga expresses his distress about the first years and stuff, and how he wants to be on the court too. dawg you better take my word for this one cuz its jus true.

asahi : momento mori - crywank

jus take my word for it. its him I swear.

noya : without me - eminem

him when he came back from suspension fr. plus, he looks like he'd try to rap eminem, probably cuz ryu said that he couldnt 🗿 he'll be doing the lil hand movements too and everything

tanaka : why do you feel so down - declan mckenna

it SCREAMS tanaka at me. like agh. this is so him. ily ryu

ennoshita : next up forever - ajr

he jus gives off the typa vibe to like.. I'm not sure how to explain it, you'll jus have to take my word for it.

kinnoshita : teen idle - marina

i know almost nothing about his character either, but the aspect of this song gives off a him vibe. kinda. like I can picture it. hes one of the forgotten three 😔 jus take my word for it fr

narita : olivia - one direction

i know almost nothing about his character, but he seems like he'd like this song

kageyama : i am not a robot - marina

I cried to this song fr and as a kageyama kin he would too. he needs to hear those words idc WHO says differently.

hinata : be nice to me - the front bottoms

i dont care who disagrees with me, this song reminds me of hinata so much 😭 I hate to bring ships into it but.. kagehina.

tsukishima : rät - penelope scott

if you know the song then I'm sure theres not much explaining to do there 😔

yamaguchi : sweet hibiscus tea - penelope scott,

its him. if you hear the song you'll know its him. its jus him, theres no explanation needed

[akaashism]

Hi, Haikyuu fan! So question time...

a. What are your favorite op and ed songs?

Mine are Imagination by SPYAIR (op1 s1) and Kessen Spirit by Chico with Honeyworks (ed1 s4).

b. What games are your favorite? My top 3 are : Karasuno vs Inarizaki, Karasuno vs Aoba Johsai p2, and Karasuno vs Nekoma.

c. Is there someone that you dislike at first but then you love at the end? Mine is Tsukishima.

d. Is there someone that you love at first but you grew to love them more at the end? Mine is Hinata.

e. Who are your top 3 favorite Haikyuu ships? Mine are : KageHina, IwaOi, and KuroKen.

Have you watched the movie? Do you enjoy them?

Thanks if you want to answer.

Hello! Thank you for the questions ❤️

a. I'm gonna be so controversial here but I have skipped the opening and ending credits of every single anime except jjk s1 and csm, so I really couldn't tell you 😭 I simply do not have the patience for them, forgive me.

b. Oooh my favourite games in order are:

1. MSBY Black Jackals vs Schweiden Adlers

2. Karasuno vs Seijoh (season 1)

3. Karasuno vs Inarizaki

c. Probably Atsumu for me. I hated his guts in the anime but came to love his goofy ass in the timeskip 🫶🏽

d. Oikawa, probably! Although my fave is still Kageyama, my initial love for Oikawa has actually increased DRASTICALLY in the last year and he's an extremely dear and special and personal character for me now :')

e. My top three ships currently (and unlikely to change now) are:

1. Kagehina

2. Oikage

3. Ushioi

Yes, I did watch the movie and I enjoyed the experience a lot!! ❤️ However, I can't say I was satisfied with it and it left a lot to be wanted imo :( Haikyuu is just not the kind of manga that fits into the format of a movie, plus I'm not generally happy about the way it's being adapted and am still keeping my fingers crossed for either s5 or a third movie!

[moonchild-things]

Chapter Five: A Coward’s Anxiety

Summary: Shōyō Hinata loves volleyball! There is no doubt that all he really thinks about is volleyball. His sister, however, isn’t the same way. Sakura is ready to start her first year of high school at Karasuno with her twin brother and doesn’t really want to do anything, unlike Shōyō. Though she can’t help it when she gets dragged into the antics of the volleyball club.

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THE FIRST SET OF THE GAME WAS coming to an end. Kageyama and Shōyō's team was quickly closing the gap between points. The air in the gym was starting to get thick with inspiration after watching this game. Overall, even if things may not be going well for one team, they were still all allies here. Some of the revelations that are being made, especially that quick that Hinata and Kageyama can pull off, things were going to start looking up for the Karasuno team. With a first-year who could very well be the next Tiny Giant, a prodigal setter, and a giant blond, the first-years were stacking up to have quite a lot of potential. Their three-on-three game was displaying exactly how well these boys worked together and their own individual strengths.

Sakura, continuing to take some pictures if she felt like it, watched the game with a critical eye. Now, she isn't a sporty person, actually, she just about hated any and all physical activity, but she knew things about volleyball. Thanks to her brother. Before she had seen any of the boys play, she had a feeling that they had at least some skill. The older members were pretty good in their own rights, though these first-years were on a bit of a different level. Shōyō and Kageyama's combo attack was so amazing, for one thing. If they were to perfect it, then Karasuno would have quite the weapon for their games. Though what did she know? She wasn't a volleyball player, just a photographer.

"Wow..." Suga sighed out in wonder with his brown eyes wide. He stood beside Endo and Ennoshita by the scoreboard who were just as in amazement as the vice-captain. On the other side, Kinoshita also stood in astonishment of the newest club members with Sakura seated by his feet, idly watching the game in seeming indifference now. The shock of seeing the quick attack from her brother and the king had worn off just a little bit by now. Especially after seeing them mess it up a few times, which she found to be quite funny.

"They did it again!" Ennoshita exclaimed.

"They turned it around," Kinoshita said in awe as he fixed the scoreboard so it was in team Kagehina's favor. "One more point and they'll take the first set."

The third-year vice-captain nodded his head in thought, "His timings better, it's improving by the second, impressive."

"I never had any doubt in those two weirdos!" Endo laughed joyfully with a toothy smile which earned some deadpanned looks from the other second-years, Suga, and Sakura.

Kageyama then went to set up another spike that had gone to Tanaka instead, effectively tricking the other team's blockers. The first set then ended with Kagehina winning 25-23.

"Yikes, he better keep a close eye on Tanaka too," Ennoshita sweatdropped at Tanaka's shouts. Why was he on a team with idiots like this?

With the first set finally over with, each team of three was ready to have a short water break before they started the next one. Though, Tanaka certainly was going to use this time to boast about his win. He had already taken off his shirt in celebration and began to taunt Tsukishima, "How do you like me now, Tsukishima! Weren't you going to crush me and Hinata-kun?"

Hinata jumped along with him in the back like an excited puppy, "Yeah! Yeah!"

"Try it if you can!"

"If you can!" the orange-haired boy echoed.

Suga broke Tanaka out of his shouts, however. "Why are you bragging the most, Tanaka?"

"Exactly," Ennoshita agreed, "without the first-years, you never would have made that hit."

"Yeah, don't get all cocky."

Endo nodded his head and chuckled, "Your voice is annoying!"

"Keep your clothes on," Kinoshita joined in on the berating of Tanaka.

"Look, I don't need any more smart remarks from the peanut gallery!" Tanaka roared and pointed at the other boys angrily. Even if it was true, couldn't they just let him bask in this win?!

"You know," Kinoshita started as the older boys glanced over at the other three players. "Tsukishima's team doesn't have a lot of initiative on their side. So the best thing they can do is try to block all those aggressive attacks."

Sakura took a quick glance at them to see that he was right. The three other boys didn't seem to really be into this game, unlike their opponents. Sure they didn't have much riding on their win and wouldn't be punished if they lost like Kageyama and Shōyō. However, you would think that they'd be a bit more... into the game. Considering they are also suppose to be showing off how good they are at volleyball for the team.

From her perspective, she thought that Yamaguchi was doing a pretty good job. Sure, he's not the best at volleyball, but he's certainly not the worst. His nerves may or may not get the best of him at certain points during the game, but he knew what he was doing. Plus, there's always room for improvement. To be honest, she liked him far more than his friend, the stuck-up giant. Tsukishima was talented at volleyball, Sakura had to admit. His tallness gave him an edge in the game and made his blocking skills better than most. He was obviously good at the game, but he didn't put much effort into it. Sakura didn't know why, and didn't care. So what if he wasn't going to play to his best ability, as long as it didn't effect the team as a whole or Shōyō, then Sakura didn't care what he did.

The whistle was blown, signifying the end of the break and the beginning of the second set. "Time for the second set."

"Ready!?" Tanaka shouted as his team lined up.

The First-years, with the same amount of enthusiasm, answered, "Yeah!"

The game continued on with each team scoring at least a few points. Honestly, it was quite a close game between the two. At one point, Shōyō had ended up getting a ball to the face. Thankfully, Sakura had her camera ready and snapped a picture of it. Yet another snapshot of her brother getting hurt to add to her collection. The game picked up the pace, so much so that Tsukishima appeared to finally take it a bit more seriously. Perhaps he does care, thought Sakura.

"Whoa, Kageyama is pretty amazing," Kinoshita said, once again marveling at the first-years skills. "And man, all those precision sets? He's really gotta stay focused."

Ennoshita placed a hand on his chin analyzing the troublesome duo, "Not to mention Hinata-kun's running around more than usual."

"Yeah, but..." Suga started watching them with a small smile as Shōyō hit another spike with his eyes closed, "They're having fun." With that final hit over the net, team Kagehina had won! They were quite exhausted, but it was worth it. "Good game."

The other orange-haired twin walked over to her brother as he shakily got to his feet. "You did good, Shō," Sakura said as warmly as she could to her brother and handed him a bottle of water. There was a small smile on her face, one that was only reserved for her brother as her eyes were shining with a sort of pride that always came about when she saw her brother do something amazing. And that freak quick was definitely amazing. She then turned to Kageyama, who also finally got to his feet after catching his breath, and her smile disappeared at an instant. "You too, King."

The boy scowled at her heatedly and roughly grabbed the offered bottle from her, "Don't call me that!"

"Hm," Sakura raised an eyebrow and eyed him for a quick moment. A spark ignited in her eyes before she smirked evilly at him, "I'll call you what I want."

He chocked on the water and growled as he tried to tower over the girl, in order to scare her, "No you won't." His intimidation didn't do anything. Nothing scared Sakura, especially not some temperamental teenage boy.

She clicked her tongue in amusement, "And who's going to stop me? You?"

That seemed to anger him even further as his face started to turn red in anger. Sakura continued to stare at him in a bit of amusement swimming in her eyes. As much as she liked not getting involved in anything, teasing someone every once in a while was a tad bit entertaining. So she couldn't help herself, especially if it was Kageyama. They may have gone on a little bit longer if it wasn't for Shōyō speaking up, "We should go shake hands with them."

He was referring to Tsukishima and Yamaguchi who were standing with each other in the corner of the gym. Neither of them seemed to be really willing to socialize with anyone else besides each other, at least not yet. That wasn't a good sign considering they were a part of the team now.

"Why?" Kageyama asked, finally taking his glare off of Sakura. "We don't have to."

"Yes, we do. All right. Let's go." Shōyō said firmly before walking over to the taller teens with Kageyama and Sakura following him, "Tsukishima."

The giant turned to look down at the little ball of sunshine. "What?"

"We're supposed to shake hands before and after a match. Though we didn't do that at first today." Shōyō started to explain with an outstretched hand before his face twisted slightly into a sour expression, "Besides, we're teammates now. Though that doesn't make me happy." Tsukishima stared down at him with an annoyed frown, obviously not willing to shake his hand in the slightest. It was something that he would never do in a million years! Shōyō saw he wasn't going to comply and started to whisper urgently, "Hurry up. Don't you know? They'll kick you out of the gym if you don't show team spirit."

Tsukishima blinked, "The reason why you two got kicked out was because you ignored the captain, started your own competition, and finally, blew the vice principal's rug off his head."

The troublesome duo went rigid at being called out, "N-Never mind the minor details."

"That's what got you thrown out?" Sakura asked with a raised eyebrow. She knew that they must have done something spectacular to be thrown out of the gym last week, but going as far as to knock off the vice principal's wig? That was definitely worthy of punishment. If only she had been there to see it. "Impressivly moronic."

"Come on!" Shōyō shouted as he tried to attack Tsukishima into shaking his hand, which the tall teen tried to avoid. "Shake hands!"

Tsukishima dodged each of Shōyō's attack as best he could, with Yamaguchi's help, of course. "Wh-What are you doing? Get away from me! Stop!"

A little further away, the group of third-years and Tanaka watched them continue to shout at each other with confusion. "What are those first-years doing?" Tanaka asked.

"Becoming friends?" Endo guessed while scratching the back of his neck with a chuckle.

Eventually, Shōyō had gotten his handshake from Tsukishima. This left the poor blond staring at the hand that had been forcibly shaken in disgust and shock. Behind him, Yamaguchi seemed to be in just as much shock as him, "Are you all right, Tsukki?"

Kageyama and Shōyō had already walked away from the other pair of first-years, satisfied with the outcome of their talk with them. Though Sakura hung back just a moment, she did her best to keep the chuckles that threatened to spill out of her the best she could. She finally cleared her throat to grab their attention and flashed them a fake smile, the same one she did the other day during lunch. "I told you he wasn't going to let this go, Tsukki." Sakura earned herself a heated glare from the blond giant with didn't affect her in the slightest. She just smiled back at him with her lips turned up in a mocking smile before walking away.

Who does she think she is? Tsukishima scoffed to himself. This shrimpy girl was infuriating Tsukishima to no end! She and her brother were both starting to become thorns in his side at this point. How annoying.

Sakura returned to Shōyō's side and watched as he fumbled around to find his crumpled up application paper. To be honest, Sakura had to keep the paper save, since she had a feeling that Shōyō would have lost it at some point. He always did that. She couldn't count the amount of times he had lost his homework one way or another. He and Kageyama then jogged over to their new captain.

"Captain!" Shōyō's shout broke off whatever conversation that was being had between Daichi and Tsukishima.

"What?" He asked and turned to find Shōyō and Kageyama holding out their applications to him. The captain took the papers from them and then called out to the manager of the team, "Shimizu. The stuff is here, right?"

"Stuff?" Shōyō asked with a tilt of his head.

The lady-manager then came out with a cardboard box. They all peered into to get a good look at what was inside as she opened it up. Once they caught sight of what was in it, the troublesome duo gasped.

Now, the newest members of the team were all wearing their brand new Karasuno Volleyball Club jackets. Well, all of them were except Tsukishima, who has to be a wet blanket about everything.

"The sizes should be okay," Kiyoko said, "but let me know if you need anything."

"Thanks!"

Suga walked over to Tsukishima, who still had yet to put on the jacket, "Come on. Put it on."

"No, I'll do it later..." Tsukishima tried to deny, though that wasn't going to happen with Tanaka jumping over to him.

"Are you shy or something?" Tanaka asked, "Come on! Just put it on!"

"Wear it! Wear it!" Everyone started to chant, sans Sakura who was amused at the sight, "Wear it! Wear it!"

Now every first-year had their jackets on, and they all looked quite good in them. Sakura would have taken a picture of them but didn't feel like it. She's lazy, what can you do? Shōyō seemed to be the most excited about his new jacket as he jumped around in it to show it off. The first-years were complimented by Tanaka, "Looks good on you."

Suga agreed with his signature wide smile, "Yeah, looks good. Looks good."

Now, the rest of the team stood in front of the new members with smiles on their faces. Daichi addressed them, "We're the Karasuno Volleyball Club from here on out... Ready, and..."

The entire team then exclaimed together, "Good to have you with us!"

Sakura stared at the little welcome ceremony that the team had for the newbies and was warmed at the sight. Up until now, she had never seen Shōyō be welcomed into something like this. Sure, in middle school he had the small team of six that he had been able to scrounge together for that one game, but it was nothing like this. He finally had something, a team, to call his own. For a moment, it made her think. A short thrill of fear stuck her for only a millisecond at that thought.

He had somewhere. A place that Sakura couldn't really be. He had a team now that wouldn't really need her like in middle school. So what would happen to her? She has nowhere else, no one else, not really. Well, she had the photography club now... Maybe she could find a place there, considering Shimada seems to really like what Sakura had already done. If she tried, Sakura could have someplace of her own, away from Shōyō. Though that terrified her to an extent. Still, only time would tell what would happen to her. Perhaps she was just exaggerating over something silly. Even if she could be quite a logical person, there were times where she just worried too much.

It seemed like Kageyama and Shōyō were thinking along somewhat of the same thing as Sakura had. Well, the thought that they had a team now, not her crisis. They shared a glance with each other before turning back to their new team, "Thanks!"

Now the four third-years gathered in a small group as they watched the other team members go on about the first-years jackets. Though it was more like Tanaka was going on about the jackets while Shōyō bounced around with him with a nearly unbearable amount of enthusiasm. His twin watched him with a raised eyebrow and minuscule smile. Though it slowly turned into a smirk when she said something to Tsukishima which caused the tall blonde to deadpan at what she said. Overall, they seemed to be getting along quite well.

Daichi sighed, "Anyway, got that out of the way." He turned to his vice-captain, "Suga, you and Tanaka helped them out, didn't you?"

"What?" Suga jumped and raised his hands in surrender, "No, not really."

"Oh~" Endo purred and slung an arm around Suga's shoulders and poked him in the sidws, "That's what your little secret was, huh?"

Daichi continued on, "Anyway, it all worked out. Thanks."

Endo, Suga, and Kiyoko all shared a look with each other before approaching Daichi. "Good job," The three said to the captain while Kiyoko and Suga patted him on the shoulders and Endo flashed him a smile with his thumbs up.

"What?" He asked, "Hey."

"Hey, Hinata, are you rested?" Kageyama called out to the orange-haired boy and picked up a volleyball. "You ready to go? Let's practice quick attacks again. Let's go it while you're still in the zone."

"Yeah!" Shōyō agreed and ran over to the setter to start practicing. Sakura eyed them in scared facination. She was used to Shōyō's seemingly never ending enthusiasm for things, as he was a volleyball freak, but to now have another boy like that was kind of freaking her out. The girl could already tell that the two of them were going to become good friend, which she wasn't looking forward to.

"Tanaka-san, please bring the balls."

The second-year blanched, "You're moving around already?"

Sakura crossed her arms over her chest and huffed, "The two of you never run out of energy, do you?"

"Perks of being a moron, I guess." Tsukishima spoke up from beside her. Sakura hummed at the comment but didn't say anything else. Once again, she wouldn't rise to any bait that the blond had laid out for her. The troublesome duo would have probably screamed at him for calling them morons, but Sakura was more reserved. So all he got was a slight eye roll and an indifferent hum. Frustrating him for yet another time.

Suddenly, the gym door bursted open violently as a man came in. He panted harshly which meant that he had just run to the gym. From the looks of it, he ran for some exciting news, "It's decided! It's decided!" The brown-haired, glasses wearing man flashed the group a large smile, "The practice match. It's against one of the top four teams in the prefecture. Aoba Johsai High School."

Everyone was shocked at the news for them. A practice match with Seijoh?! Whoa! Sakura thought back to whether or not she had heard of that school before. She believed that Shōyō had said it had one of the top volleyball teams in Miyagi, which is impressive. For a team like Karasuno to get to have a game with a team as pronounced as that was impressive.

Endo hummed at the news, a bit more indifferent to it than the others. In his time playing for Karasuno, he's never really played against Aoba Johsai. Sure, he's seen their games and was reluctant to say that they were quite a decent team. Though that was mainly because they had the Grand King as their captain, not to mention that pretty powerful ace of theirs. What were their names again? Eh, doesn't matter. Endo doesn't usually bother with remembering the names of peasants who don't matter to him. Still actually getting to play against them will be interesting.

"Oh." The man said as he approached the troublesome duo, "So you two are the controversial Hinata-kun and Kageyama-kun. I'm the volleyball club advisor starting this year. I'm Takeda Ittetsu."

"Hello," the two greeted him.

"I have no volleyball experience, so I can't help with your technique," Takeda explained with a smile, "but for anything else, I'll do my very best. It's good to meet you."

"Right!"

The teacher then turned his sights onto the other student who he was not familiar with. "Ah, and you must be the photographer I heard about." He bowed slightly to the girl who looked identical to the orange-haired boy. The only real different was that she was about a centimeter shorter than her brother, but you could only notice that if you looked long and hard that the two. Plus, her eyes lacked that childish spark that Hinata-kun had. Perhaps she was more mature than her brother. Lord knows they would need more mature minds around to balance out the troublesome duo. He marveled at the similarities between the siblings, "Wow, you look identical to Hinata-kun!"

Sakura sighed at once again being compared to her brother again. At least this time, she was refurred to the photographer first before she was she was called Shōyō's sister. "I'm afraid he's my twin brother," she shrugged her shoulders indifferently, "nice to meet you, sensei."

Daichi and Suga then approached the teacher with confused expressions, "Sensei."

"Ah..." Takeda started off sheepishly with a hand scratching the back of his neck, "I've been running around everywhere setting up the practice match, so I haven't had time to drop in here."

"But, Sensei, how did you get a powerhouse like Seijoh to agree?" Suga asked with wide eyes.

Daichi then worriedly asked, "You didn't get on your knees and beg again, did you?"

"No, no." Takeda answered with a close-eyed smile, "I'm good at getting on my knees and begging, but I didn't do that this time." Both the boys then sighed at that as Takeda looked down at the paper he had about the match, "But they had a condition."

The boys perked up and tried to sneak a peak at the paper, "A condition?"

"Kageyama-kun must play setter the entire game."

Everyone was surprised with the announcement that came with the match. The most surprised was a toss up between Kageyama and Suga. As the official setter of the team, it was pretty jarring for Suga to hear that he wouldn't get to play in the practice match. Why would Kageyama be chosen to be the setter for the entire game? He was a first-year, and not really on the starting line up just yet. Then that begged the question as to why Seijoh would ask that of them. Some one knew that Kageyama was at this specific school, they knew that he was on the volleyball team, and most likely wanted to play against him.

"What's that about?" Tanaka asked scarily which caused the teacher to sweat just a bit, "Sounds like they're not interested in Karasuno. They just want to assess Kageyama. Are they underestimating us? Are they?"

Takeda waved his hand, "Well, that's not quite how it is."

"Sounds good." Suga interjected, gaining the attnetion of everyone, "We don't get chances like this that often."

"You're going to agree to that, Suga-san?" Tanaka asked in surprise, "You're the official setter of Karasuno, Suga-san."

"I..." the vice-captain started, "I want to see how effective Hinata-kun and Kageyama's attack will be against a top four team."

The troublesome duo were surprised at their senpai's words. He didn't seem to be upset at the prospect of not being able to play. Though Tanaka and Endo were both a bit bothered at the idea of Suga not being able to play in this upcoming match. After all, they're only ever played with Suga as their setter. Looks like they're going to have to get used to Kageyama as their setter now, at least for this practice match.

Daichi glanced at Suga for a moment and earned a head nod before turning to their advisor, "Sensei, may we have the details?"

"Sure. Um..." Takeda started to explain, "the schedule is rather sudden, but it's set for Tuesday next week. It'll be after classes, so there will only be time for one game. We'll rent a bus after school... So make sure you're not late."

Sakura tilted her head and watched the team crowd around the advisor. A practice match, huh? She thought, playing against such a skilled team as Seijoh will most likely be a challenge, especially for a team that only just got some new players. Though I'm interested to see how they do.

While Sakura wasn't exactly sure whether or not she could actually come with them, she was going to try her best to go with them. After all, this was going to be the first game that Shōyō has had since middle school. Hopefully, it would have a better ending than that one did. There were far better odds with their win than there were stacked against them. Sakura would certainly want to be there to see the game if they ended up winning.

After being told the last few details of the match, everyone nodded their heads, "Yes."

The gym was all cleaned up from practice now as they finished up. Sakura had grabbed her bike as they finished up putting away the last of the volleyballs and finished up mopping the floor. She met up with her brother once they were finished and found that they were heading down the hill to a convenience store at the bottom. So she was forced to go with them, since Shōyō hadn't wanted either of them to ride home alone. At least she would get something out of it.

"Suga-san!" Shōyō shouted as he and Sakura walked their bikes beside Tanaka and Endo. They were more than excited at what their captain was going to do with them. After all, free food is always a good thing.

"Suga-san," Tanaka called out, breaking the conversation between their two setters. "Daichi says he's gonna treat us to meat buns!"

"One thing though, Kageyama." The quartet approached the two and heard the last bit of the conversation between Kageyama and Suga. "Aoba Johsai is the high school most players from Kitagawa First go to, isn't it?"

Kageyama nodded his head, "Yeah, I think so."

"I just thought it might make things hard for you."

The younger setter glanced down for a moment but answered him confidently, "Maybe, if we were on the same team, but if they're my opponents, I'll fight them with everything I've got."

"I see." Suga smiled, seeing the passion in Kageyama's words. He certainly seems to have changed since middle school, which is a very good thing for them. "You're right."

"Thank you."

Tanaka jumped in between the two of them and looked frantic, "But are you sure about this, Suga? I... I kind of have trouble accepting it!"

"Yeah! You're our official setter!" Endo joined in with the second-year and grabbed Suga's shoulders. He pointed dramatically at Kageyama, "Not this gloomy king!"

Kageyama bristled and shouted at his senpai, "What did you say!"

"Of course, I don't like it," Suga said, breaking in between the two and pushed Endo's hands off of him, "but... we gotta show those guys that Kageyama has changed a lot since middle school."

Daichi then came out of the convenience store with two large bags filled with meat buns. As a good captain, he had decided to buy the team a treat after practice. Was it most of his money for the week? Maybe. However, the team deserved it, he thought. "Yeah." He handed off one of the bags to Shōyō who yelped happily at the sight, "We have to show them that they're up against more than just Kageyama. Right, Hinata-kun?"

They turned to find that Shōyō had already started to eat his food before them. Sakura munched on one as well next to him, though barely acknowledged them as she enjoyed her food. "Y-Yesh, shir!" Shōyō shouted while he stuffed his face full of meat buns.

Tanaka and Kageyama then ran at him and grabbed the poor boy by his shirt to raise him into the air. Tanaka shouted, "Why are you eating before the rest of us?"

"Don't screw around!" Kageyama yelled.

The convenience store clerk, a twenty-something-year-old man with died blonde hair and a cigarette hanging from his lips, then came out of the store and raged, "Hey, Volleyball Club! No trouble in front of my store!"

"Sorry, sir." Tanaka and Kageyama apologized.

Sakura watched the scene as she passed the bag of meat buns to Suga. "Are they always going to be like this?"

The third-year shook his head fondly, "most likely."

Sakura nodded her head, obviously already accepting this as a fact. This team was definitely going to be a handful. She placed her meat bun in her mouth and pull up her camera from around her neck to take a look at it. I'm going to have to sort through these later, she thought, I'll have to do it after my homework, we got assigned a lot today.

"Wow, these are some pretty good pictures, Hinata-chan." Sakura was startled slightly at the sound of Daichi's voice right next to her. Apparently, as she was looking through the pictures that she had taken, Daichi had approached her and peeked over her shoulders at her camera.

She flushed slightly at the attention but made sure to keep as much redness off of her face. At most, only the tips of her ears were a deep red in embarrassment. She cleared her throat and duct her head slightly, "Oh, thanks, Daichi-senpai." She rubbed the back of her neck, "They're only practice shots, I guess."

"Are you going to enter them into the gallery?" The captain asked while the team headed into the convenience store to hang around for a bit.

Sakura shrugged her shoulders sheepishly and glanced away from him timidly, "I'm not sure. I still don't know much about it, or even what to enter into it."

Daichi smiled encouragingly and patted her on the back, "Well, any of your pictures will look good in the gallery, I think."

"Thanks," Sakura mumbled out still slightly embarrassed.

Seeing the usually stoic(and sometimes scary) Sakura even a little bit embarrassed drew a few prying eyes, wanting to see what she and the captain were talking about. Tanaka also came over to look at over her shoulder, "Whoa, not only are you cute, but you also take amazing pictures!" He shouted, "Hinata-chan is amazing!"

Sakura scowled and pushed him away from her which caused him to fall to the ground, "back up."

Endo lumbered over to them slowly. He bent down slightly to be to look at the girl with a pout. Something seemed to bother him and whatever it was, Sakura didn't want to know. Endo was such a strange guy and it may or may not have scared her just a bit. He softly asked her, "You let them call you 'Hinata-chan'?"

"Not really," Sakura answered while backing up from the boy who started to invade her personal space. She really should have just headed home without Shōyō to avoid hanging around these boys. Sakura had more important things to do, like homework.

Endo pouted with his bottom lip jutted outward as he walked towards her forcing her to back away, "Why can't I?"

"Because I tolerate him," Sakura said blandly pointing to the captain and then at the shaved-headed boy, "Tanaka is on thin ice." She added with annoyance tainting her words like it explained everything. Which it kind of did. Tanaka was slowly but surely proving to be a pain, just as much as Endo. The third-year just unnerved her a bit more. Endo got on her nerves, what else was there to say? While Tanaka was loud and in her face sometimes, Endo could be the same and more. Like he had alternative motives for some of the things he did. What those alternative motives are was unknown to Sakura.

Honestly, she didn't really care whether or not someone used -chan or -san to address her. It doesn't bother her all that much. She found such simple honorifics were kind of stupid. However, for someone as annoying as Tanaka or Endo, she didn't want to be referred to in such a familiar way. She didn't want anyone to think that she was actually close friends with those two morons.

"Does that mean you don't tolerate me?" Endo asked, breaking her out of her thoughts.

Sakura narrowed her eyes at him as she could see the shine of something else in his irises. He was thinking of something, there was more to this than simply her tolerating him like this. Why was he so butthurt over this? "Yes."

"Wah!" Endo started to cry and grabbed the small girl into a tight hug. Fat tears streamed down his cheeks as he started to sob loudly, " you're so mean, Hinata-chan!"

Sakura bristled and tried to push him away from her personal space harshly, "Were you not listening, you half-wit! Stop being so familiar! I'm Hinata-san to you, boke!" She fought against him harder, "Let go!"

It wasn't much use considering Endo just ended up picking Sakura off of the ground and swinging her around while crying. She looked like a ragdoll in his hold. Well, she was about as tall as a doll, in all honesty, she didn't have much strength either so she was at his mercy. Endo was then chopped on the back of the head by Suga who glared at the blond. He dropped the small girl to turn to his fellow third-year and whined like a child. "Suga! That hurt!"

"Don't attack Hinata-chan like that!" He shouted at him in a reprimanding tone. Honestly, he was just filling the role of the team mom more and more. He grabbed Sakura as well and made sure to steer her away from Endo. As much as Suga would love to see Endo pummeled into the ground by the feisty girl, they had a game coming up, and they needed everyone to be game ready. Though next time, he'd be more than glad to let Sakura at Endo for his behavior.

Though his commands didn't seem to get through to the drama queen, "even Suga can call her 'Hinata-chan'! Wah!"

The next morning was somewhat similar to all of the previous ones. Shōyō woke Sakura up at an ungodly hour of the morning, forced her to get breakfast, and then ushered her to get on their bikes to ride to school. Sakura huffed and puffed as they biked along the road, she cursed herself for choosing to go to Karasuno with Shōyō. She could have picked a school that was far closer and within walking distance. But no! She had to follow Shōyō to a school over thirty minutes away because she couldn't be without her brother. How pathetic.

Once they got to the school they quickly made their way to where they usually put the bikes for the day. Shōyō was more than happy to have another day at practice. This was mainly because they'd have to discuss more about the upcoming practice match. There just seemed to be only one problem.

"Ne, but imouto-!"

Sakura cut off Shōyō as they finished up putting their bikes away, "I said I'm not going to your practice today."

"Why!?" Shōyō shouted and looked to be on the verge of tears. His twin not coming to his practice!? That's never happened before! What was happening?!

"First of all," she started to explain, "there's no point in me going since I am not actually apart of the club."

"But-"

She continued to speak as if he didn't just try to interrupt her, "And I'm meeting up with Shimada, I have to ask her about the gallery that's in a little bit."

Her twin perked up, though he was obviously downtrodden to see that Sakura was adamant about not coming with him to practice. "Oh, yeah! I heard a few people talking about it." He tapped his hand on his chin, "I guess it isn't that popular except with a few clubs."

Sakura shrugged her shoulders and started to walk away, "Either way, I think I wanna enter a picture into it."

"You should!" Shōyō cheered and bounced in place, it seemed like he radiated as brightly as the sun. He surely lived up to their surname. "It'll be really cool to see your pictures on display in a real gallery thing."

The shorter twin scratched her cheek bashfully. "Yeah... I guess." The neverending enthusiasm that her brother had about everything was both annoying at times and amazing. He had such positivity in him while she was filled with basically only negativity. Opposites they are. You probably wouldn't find another pair of twins who were as different as the Hinata twins.

"See you later then!" Shōyō shouted before parting ways with his twin and headed to the gym while Sakura went off to find the photography president. They would meet up after his afternoon practice and her club activities. The pair of twins weren't in the same class at Karasuno. Actually, they never really have been. That was thanks to Sakura's talent when it came to academics. She would never really like to admit it out loud, in fear of sounding conceited, but she found school to be easy. Which was most likely why she was placed in class five this year. Studying came easy to her, something that she liked to point out to Shōyō every once in a while. Sure, Shōyō was far more athletic than Sakura, but she had her academics to make up for it.

Though that wasn't something to think about right now. The orange-haired girl found that it took a little bit to actually find the older girl. Sakura had searched the club room and found nothing, then she checked her senpai's class and once again didn't find her. Shimada was certainly far more elusive than Sakura had thought. After a fifteen-minute walk around the school grounds, Sakura magically came upon Shimada outside in the courtyard.

She was talking quite animatedly with some other students. Whatever it was the brown-haired third-year girl was quite passionate about it. Sakura debated for a moment whether or not it would be a good idea to approach her now, but didn't have much of a choice.

Shimada caught sight of Sakura a little ways away and seemed to vibrate in place. Before Sakura could even attempt to run off, once the older girl caught her in her sights there was no way Sakura would escape.

"Ah!" The president bounded over to Sakura and basically ditched whoever she was talking to, "If it isn't our best photographer ever!"

Sakura stared at her with pinkness starting to crawl up her cheekbones. "I'm not that good senpai..."

Shimada chuckled loudly, "No need to be bashful Hinata! You're very skilled."

"Right," the younger girl said trying to pull the conversation in the right direction. "Well, I wanted to ask about the gallery coming up."

Shimada jumped at that as stars entered her eyes. It was quite obvious that she was passionate about this. Sakura had seen this look before. It was the same look that Shōyō had whenever he talked about volleyball. Just another person who had something that they valued to an unbearable amount. Though, as Sakura thought about it, isn't it a good idea to be obsessively passionate about something than have nothing at all. "Yes, yes. I'm more than happy to explain anything." Shimada drew Sakura from her thoughts, "We have a gallery nearly once a month, twice if we feel like it. It's a time for photographers and artists to show off their skills for a few days." Shimada scratched the back of her neck and chuckled sheepishly, "I'll be honest, it's not been as popular as it used to be, but it's still fun!"

Sakura took in that explanation and tapped her chin in thought, "What sort of pictures should I enter in the gallery?"

"Well, anything really." Shimada started, "Usually, we pick a theme for galleries, depending on the month. Like in August it's a sort of fall theme, October is usually scary things or something, December is Christmas and so on."

"Interesting," Sakura clicked her tongue in thought. It made sense, she supposed. Honestly, even if Sakura has been a bit of a photographer for some time now, she had never really been to a gallery or anything. So this was new to her.

"Yeah, the gallery that we're having next week is all about new starts!"

Sakura tilted her head with a brow arched, "What does that mean?"

"Well, the new school year started up, I thought that choosing something like new start, new inspiration, something that just means rebirth would be a good gallery theme, don't you think!"

It seemed like a good topic, Sakura thought. She understood it considering it was the start of the new school year, and as she kept reminding herself, high school was all about reinventing yourself. "I guess."

"We'll talk more about it at the next club meeting," Shimada said with a wave of her hand, "that way everyone knows what we'll be doing!"

"Hai."

The day dragged on like normal after that. Sakura took notes, did her classwork, and idly spent her time with her peers. While she had no other choice but to socialize with these other first-years, Sakura didn't make friends with them. She never really had the ability to make friends, that was Shōyō's thing. He was the one who had the skill to talk with people, to make friendships. Of course, Sakura had the ability to talk to other people, but she didn't have the skill to make lasting relationships. It was sad to think about it.

Sakura didn't really have anyone besides her family. In middle school, she had Shōyō's friends to hang around with, but nobody to really call her own friend. It was always Shōyō's friends, Shōyō's hobbies, Shōyō's life. There was never anything for just Sakura. She never minded, why would she? All she's ever had was Shōyō, so why would she want to leave what she knew? Sakura didn't like uncomfortable situations, and leaving Shōyō was equivalent to leaving her comfort zone. Leaving his side meant abandoning what she knew, leaving her twin meant having to make new connections, new friends. As much as she liked the idea of creating her own friends or interests, she was anxious about it. After all, she's spent the passed fourteen-years with Shōyō and she doesn't know what she would do if she distanced herself from him now.

Though that wasn't important at the moment. She'd rather focus on the present and not her own existential crisis. Sakura was currently making her way towards the Boy's Volleyball Clun room at a lazy pace with her hands stuffed deeply into her pockets. She didn't want to think about how socially inept she was. All she wanted right now was her brother. Maybe then her heart would stop hurting so much or her blood would stop burning in terror. Just being with her would reassure her that everything was fine because he was still there.

"Ah, Hinata-chan." Sakura turned at the call of her name and found that Yamaguchi and Tsukishima were heading the same way she was. Most likely heading to the volleyball club room like her. It was Yamaguchi who had called out to her, well, it certainly wouldn't be Tsukishima to greet her, "Good afternoon."

"Pipsqueak." Tsukishima simply said with a smirk aimed down at her. Ah, there was that snide expression on his face that Sakura did not miss in the slightest.

"Hello, Yamaguchi-kun." She nodded her head in greeting the taller boy kindly before setting her eyes on the one next to him. Her eyes narrowed a fraction, as she turned from them and continued to walk, "Bitchy, blond giant."

Tsukishima's smirk dampened slightly at her name-calling. He sneered just a little bit but made sure to keep his tone indifferent, "Hm, someone seems bothered, eh? Paparazzi-chan?"

Sakura sighed softly and didn't even give him the satisfaction of looking back at him. She just continued to walk off with them trailing behind her to the club room. "I'm not bothered by anything, just annoyed that I had to run into you." She liked hearing the scoff that she got from him in response.

"Are you going to come with us to the practice match?" Yamaguchi asked.

Sakura shrugged her shoulders non-committedly, "I'm not sure."

"It would be nice if you did, I think..." Yamaguchi said softly and glanced away shyly. Sakura took a quick peek at him and found that he was blushing just a little bit, it made him look cute. There was no way she could deny that.

She tilted her head, "Really?"

"We don't need another shrimp hanging around the gym at the match." Tsukishima cut in with his differing opinion. He didn't like the fact that Yamaguchi had decided to be so nice to her. Though his friend was quite the softy when it came down to it. A good reason why they were probably good friends since they were somewhat opposites of each other and balanced each other out. Still, that didn't help the fact that Tsukishima liked seeing Yamaguchi warming up to the annoying girl. This could only mean that she would end up being around him more if she and Yamaguchi became good enough friends. Still, he doubted that Sakura would actually try to be friends with him, she was far too attached to her brother to actually make friends. He didn't need anyone to tell him that as it was quite obvious.

"And I don't wanna be around a snide asshole like you, but we don't get what we want, do we?" She said calmly, though they could tell that she was being snarky with him. Sakura paused for a moment and pursed her lips in thought, "I think it would be cool to see all of you play though."

Yamaguchi shook his head in depression, "It's not like I'm going to do much, I'm nothing but a benchwarmer." All of the other first-years were special in some way. Kageyama is a genius setter, Hinata-kun could jump super high, and Tsukishima was extremely tall. Yet Yamaguchi didn't have anything special about him that the team could utilize.

"Hm?" Sakura hummed before waving her hand in dismissal, "You'll probably do fine, Yamaguchi-kun. Even if you aren't on the starting line up." She chuckled slightly, hoping that what she was saying was lifting his spirits. After all, she hated when people got sad or anything of the like. "If anything, Shōyō will most likely do the worst."

Yamaguchi eyed her in surprise, "Really?" Shouldn't she have more faith in her brother's volleyball abilities?

"He gets extremely nervous easily, especially right before a match." She explained as she remembered what it was like at his game in middle school, "I have no doubt he'll crack under all the pressure."

Tsukishima clicked his tongue, "Not a very good player then, is he?"

"My brother has skill, I know you can't deny that." Sakura stared with half-lidded eyes looking up at Tsukishima through her orange bangs. He stared right back with his golden eyes and neither of them seemed as though they were going to let up their staring contest. "He just doesn't have the nerve that comes with playing matches, at least not yet. Once he gets over it, he'll be fine."

"Tch." Tuskishima finally looked away from her and used his long legs to walk ahead of her. Sakura didn't mind and just let him lead the way. Let him sulk, she thought, he's beyond annoying. The trio made it to the building that housed the many club rooms and walked up the stairs to the Volleyball Club. They just rounded the corner when another orange-haired teen ran into Tsukishima. "Oh, I'm sorry." The giant apologized, though it was obvious that he was not since at all, "You're so small, I didn't see you down there."

Sakura was quite sure that he had bumped into Shōyō on purpose but didn't say anything about it. If anything she was more worried about why her twin was holding his stomach as if in pain and why his eyes looked sunken into his skull.

"Oh, right..." Shōyō said hollowly before waddling off slowly repeating the same phrase over and over. The pressure was definitely getting to him already, and the game was tomorrow. "I must not goof up. I must not goof up. I must not goof up... I must not goof up." The other first-years watched him go before Sakura sighed heavily and followed after him.

She finally stepped down the last step to approach her brother who looked as though he was going to puke at any second. "Hm, you alright there, nii-san?"

"I can't goof up, Sakura..." He turned to her with his face a dark blue and his stomach rumbling.

Oh, boy. The pressure was getting to him at a fast rate. She may have only really seen him get this anxious at the one game in middle school, but she already knew to stay a good few feet from him to make sure he didn't accidentally throw up on her. She pinched the bridge of her nose, "Geez."

"Hinata!" They heard Tanaka and looked up to the club room to see their upperclassmen had run out in only his underwear. "You're wearing my jersey pants!"

Shōyō looked down to see that he was in fact right, as the pants he was wearing were far too big. He was far too distracted to notice he took his senpai's pants by accident. At least he didn't walk out wearing his jacket as pants as he did in the club room. That would have been even more embarrassing!

"What are you doing, Tanaka, you pervert?" A girl from the tennis club shouted in disgust. She had the unfortunate luck of being just outside the club room when he came barrelling out. "What are you, stupid? You creep!"

Tanaka deflated at her words and slowly lumbered back into the room to wait for Shōyō to come back. He was wounded, how could a girl think that of him? Sakura hummed with her nose scrunched up in displeasure, "What a disturbing sight." They were able to hear Endo's obnoxious laughter from within the club room as he made fun of Tanaka. Yeah, Sakura thought to herself, these guys are definitely something else.

Nighttime had finally fallen on Miyagi and now the Hinata family were getting ready to sleep. Sakura had already finished up all her work for the night and her nightly studying to settle in her bed. All comfy and cozy under her blankets, sleep was about a millisecond away from taking her into unconsciousness. Sleep was the best part of her day, the one thing that she really looked forward to at the end of the day. Though her peace was broken by her idiotic brother.

"I can't sleep!" Shōyō suddenly shouted and started to toss in turn in his bed, "I can't sleep! I can't sleep! I can't sleep!"

The youngest Hinata, the cute and small Natsu, barged into her older siblings' shared room with annoyance. "Shōyō be quiet!"

Now half on his bed and half on the floor, Shōyō had the decency to look a little bit sheepish up at his baby sister. "S-sorry..."

"Honestly," Sakura scowled at her twin from under her blankets. Shōyō shivered at the sight of his angered sister and tried to hide in his bed. An angry Sakura wasn't a good Sakura. "Try to get some sleep. You'll have no energy for tomorrow's game if you don't!"

"Right!" He exclaimed and buried himself into his bed to appease Sakura. After all, he wouldn't want to anger her anymore. Sakura was one scary girl when provoked. Something that Shōyō was quite familiar with.

Sakura sighed through her nose and turned over in bed. She understood Shōyō's inability to go to sleep. He was excited and nervous about tomorrow. His first real high school game was going to take place tomorrow. Not only that but it was against Aoba Johsai, quite a powerhouse of a school. So she understood why he was nervous, why he couldn't sleep. However, he needed to! Not only for his sake but for hers as well. If he was going to be like this before all of his games, she should just move into Natsu's room. At least then she would know that she would get to sleep peacefully every night.

Sakura yawned loudly as she lined up next to her brother and the rest of the volleyball team. She found out that she technically was allowed to go with the team to just about any excursion that they had, as long as it didn't interfere with any important Photography Club business. So it was good news, Sakura could join Shōyō just about anywhere he goes with the team. All she had to do was take some pretty good pictures of their game and she was free to do what she liked. Plus, she had to be there for Shōyō! What kind of a sister would she be if she wasn't there to support her brother at his first game against a team like Aoba Johsai, even if it was just a practice match.

"Line up!" Daichi called out.

Everyone then bowed to Takeda, who had gotten them a small bus to ride to Seijoh. "Thank you for your help!"

"Okay," He smiled brightly and ushered everyone over. The group all boarded the bus with their gear and were rearing to go. Each of them was at least a little bit excited about the match. There was even a chance Tsukishima was excited. Though it would be pretty hard to decipher that, the tsundere bastard was hard to read.

Sakura's brown eyes swept over the seats on the bus and found that there were only two seats left open. One was in the back, right next to her brother while the other was towards the front next to Kageyama. The boy himself looked to be concentrating on his thoughts quite hard. Something troubling was on his mind, and the expression on his face would scare just about anyone. Not, Sakura though. So seeing it as her only choice, she plopped herself down in the seat next to him.

Kageyama was broken out of his thoughts when the girl sat next to him. His features were twisted into a nasty scowl as he glared at Sakura, "Shouldn't you be sitting with your brother?"

"No." Sakura simply answered and pulled out her camera to check it over. She had made sure to keep her camera charged and with an extra lens.

"Why are you sitting here?" He growled out hoping that she would take the hint and move seats.

She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye. "It was the only open seat."

"There's one next to Hinata-kun."

"And?" She asked and glowered lightly at him for the interrogation, "there's no way I'm sitting next to him."

"Why?" Kageyama asked harshly. Well, he wouldn't want to sit next to Shōyō either. That idiot would probably just bother him the entire ride there. Though he would have thought that the Hinata twins would want to be beside each other as much as they could.

"What?" Tanaka suddenly screamed from the back of the bus as they heard Shōyō heaving next to him. When they realized what had happened, it was certainly building up their confidence in their decoy. "Stop the bus!"

Now everyone was realizing just how badly Shōyō was cracking under the pressure. He was sick because of the nerves! This was even worse than they thought! Sakura sighed heavily through her nose and clicked her tongue, "That's why."

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SHIRATORIZAWA

First Shiratorizawa one: it isnt finished, but so far its pretty good. I just wish they showed Hinata's more chaotic and energetic side more😭 I was gonna say a few more things but i forgot what i was going to say so- (Edit 1)

Second Shiratorizawa: It isnt finished aswell, and honestly my feedback is the same as the first Shiratorizawa one. I feel like they didnt capture much of Hinata's chaotic and energeticness enough. And i also wish that they wrote the peoples reactions more, like how they were in canon, i want them to be shocked if that makes sense. (Edit 2)

AOBA JOHSAI:

On chapter 2, the first chapter doesnt give me excitement to read it, if that makes sense. I wish they wrote more of Hinata's spikes and other skills, and also i want them to be more surprised at Hinata's jump. I forgot to read to word count when i opened it, so now ive gotta finish this one before i can read the others😭 (ITS OVER 300K WORDS LONG DAMN) (Edit 3)

- Chapter 44, im glad kept reading, its pretty good honestly. But it kind of ruined my excitement to read it when they wrote the third years graduating. Im not sure if they'll show the manga timeskip though. (Edit 4)

- Chapter 50, im starting to lose interest again, im hating the fact that theyre describing Atsumu and Hinata better than Hinata and Oikawa. And for some reason, even though the manager has done nothing wrong, i rlly dont like her. Also Hinata is really OP here, i dont mind, infact i actually like it, but i wish they would write it better. (Edit 5)

- Chapter 52, im starting to dislike the fic the more it goes on. (Edit 6)

- Chapter 56, i thought i was starting to like it again, but i was wrong. (Edit 7)

- Chapter 62, i was genuinely starting to enjoy it again, but now im thinking of avandoning this fic. If im being honest, i dont like how its written. The only reason i continued it was for the plot. (Edit 8)

- Chapter 67, i think i'll ditch this fic, but im not completely sure. It's an okay fic, but im not really interested in it. However, im curious to see where the plot will go so i might finish it, its a small chance tho. (Edit 9)

NEKOMA:

- Its made by the same person as the Aoba Johsai one so idk if ill like it😭 but lets see! (Edit 10)

- Chapter 1, Yeah no, it barely started and it already fast forwarded to a few weeks later. And this one, just like the others didnt add an their reactions to Hinata jumping high. I want them to be shocked, i mean you saw how everyones reaction was in canon when they saw Shoyo jump. He surprised everyone with his jump, stamina, and his fast reflexes. Oh and, when i say he surprised everyone, i mean it:

Kageyama, he was clearly impressed, even an idiot could see how impressed he was. Esp hen he said: "Where have you been these past three years?!"

Tsukishima, he was surprised too, he even said, "When i first saw your jump, it surprised me." Or somthing along the lines

Daichi, you can tell he was impressed by Hinata's skills as a player. And when Kagehina managed to hit their first quick you can tell by the look on his face he was surprised.

Ukai, Takeda, and the "Towns Team" or smth, i forgot. They were also surprised.

Oikawa, did you see the look om his face when Hinata spiked the ball at him during their first practice match?

Kenma, the white background and slow motion when Hinata first spiked his first quick, if you say he wasnt surprised then you clearly didnt watch haikyuu.

A LOT of the volleyball teams, Dateko, Shiratorizawa, etc. (Edit 11)

Can someone PLEASE reccomend me haikyuu au's where Hinata joins a different team🙏

Idc what team, Aoba Johsai, Shiratorizawa, Fukurodani, hell even Johzenji for all i care, just someone PLEASEEEEE🙏🙏

[ungodlyobsessions]

hinata: i don't know what it is, when i see you my heart goes all pwahhh and my stomach feels like baggummm

kageyama: and when you smile, my legs go like gyunnn

tsukki: you're attracted to each other you morons i'm begging you to use real words