Chapter 1: Ripped Wings

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🏐🏐THIRD PERSON P.O.V.🏐🏐

Two males share eye contact with each other as they stand in front of a door in the empty hallways. Neither one of them looks like they want to take the initiative on knocking on it, their expression twisted in discomfort they feel at the moment.

Eventually, Iwaizumi sighs, his knuckles connecting to the plastic door before sliding it open, peering his head in. He immediately catches sight of a brunette sitting up on the hospital bed, looking out the window of the room. When he officially steps in, followed by Oikawa, Chiaki finally looks at him.

Iwaizumi can immediately see that the female's skin is a few tones paler than usual, dark circles under her eyes. Her head is bandaged, and neither of the boys missed the irritated redness of the abrasion on her cheek. Subconsciously, Oikawa's gaze moved to the female's lower body that's covered with a thin blanket that hides the injuries she has.

In conclusion, she looked beat up. However, she flashes Iwaizumi a gentle smile as he approaches her.

"Hey..." Iwaizumi grumbles as he takes the seat in a chair that is placed next to the bed. As he does, he takes hold of the female's smaller hands, giving it a squeeze that she returns.

Chiaki has a soft look on her face, sending the male beside her a small curl of her lips, "thank you for visiting Hajime-senpai, Oikawa-senpai," her grey orbs briefly shift to Oikawa who still awkwardly stood by the door, looking frozen.

The chestnut-haired male makes a face before he steps in. He nods at Chiaki stiffly before placing the bouquet of flowers he brought, placing them with the others that seemed to fill the room from visitors prior to them.

"It looks like you've already got a lot of them, but this is from us," Oikawa meekly comments before taking his place behind Iwaizumi, looking uncomfortable. Chiaki only nods at him in thanks while Iwaizumi openly ignores him, the said male staring at the girl he's holding hands with.

A silence falls over the three teenagers for a brief moment before Chiaki breaks it. "I hope you guys didn't have a hard time coming up here. Were there a lot of reporters outside?" The brunette questions softly, looking at the two boys in concern.

Iwaizumi shakes his head, his eyebrows furrowing. Chiaki doesn't miss the way his cheeks twitched, a look of annoyance appearing on his face for a split second. "No, your older brothers had told the hospital that we would be visiting beforehand, so coming in was no problem. But I'm not gonna lie, the hospital entrance is swarmed with sports journalists. The security is doing a good job keeping them out."

Chiaki nodded in understanding, her delicate features clouding for a moment. However, her gentle smile is back on her face as she sees that Oikawa was looking at all of the gifts that filled the room.

"Tobi-kun and the rest of the team came yesterday to visit me. Before that, a lot of Dad's athletes also came to see how I've been doing. It's sweet of them, don't you think?" The female's gaze softened as she eyed the handwritten letter that Kageyama had written her. Her heart swells just remembering the content of the message, knowing the slightly awkward boy did his best to write down his emotions and wishes for her to get better.

Iwaizumi only hums in response, his eyes not moving away from Chiaki's face. He doesn't miss a single change in expressions, and Chiaki knows her older friend was reading her like a book.

"Oh, talking about Tobi-kun, he told me you and Oikawa-senpai had arrived at the scene right when I got hit. He also told me that because Hajime-senpai tackled the motorcyclist, the police were able to apprehend him before he escaped. The police and lawyers said that because you did that, they were able to collect the evidence that this whole thing was planned. The motorcyclist was the boyfriend of our last opponent's captain, and on his phone was a text message where the captain asked him to hurt someone in our team, preferably me. It's a good thing that no one else got hurt. When I said that, Maiko and Kanoka started sobbing and apologized. It's silly. They were saying sorry for something they had no control over. Poor Maiko was blaming herself, silly girl, don't you think?" Chiaki chuckled as she shook her head.

Iwaizumi, on the other hand, wasn't laughing. Instead, he was not able to help it but to scowl as the female uncharacteristically begins to blabber. Even Oikawa seems to be taken aback, silently thinking this was the most he had heard her talk without stopping. At the same time, he couldn't deny the discomfort he felt as the female talked about her accident so nonchalantly.

"Talking about the motorcyclist, what's gonna happen to him? The accident has been broadcasted by the local and sports news for the last week because it was the Dove, who was hurt," Oikawa questioned, hoping to change the topic a bit. It actually did the opposite, earning an angry glare from his friend. Oikawa gulped, realizing that if Iwaizumi's eyes were daggers, he would be dead by now.

"My parents are going to court. Both the captain and her boyfriend will be going to trial for aggravated assault. It's going to be complicated because they are both minors, but seeing the damage left on my body, they'll most likely be heading to a juvenile training school for at least five years. The punishment probably won't be any greater than that, that's what Minato-nii-san said. Japan's law is all about rehabilitating juvenile criminals instead of punishing them," Chiaki explained, noticing both Oikawa and Iwaizumi's gaze shifted to her covered lower body with a grim look.

The said female worriedly looked at Iwaizumi, who had a blank look on his face, staying uncharacteristically silent, not speaking a word since she spoke. She opens her mouth to speak again, but before she could, the said male beats to it.

"Oi, Kuzukawa, step outside for a moment."

This makes Oikawa frown, a low whine leaving his lips. "But Iwa-chan! I want to talk to Aki-chan too! Don't be stingy, you brut-"

"Oikawa."

The chestnut-color-haired male froze at the tone Iwaizumi used. Oikawa frowned and didn't argue, knowing his boundaries enough to understand his best friend wasn't playing around with the tone he used. The fluffy-haired boy stiffly nodded as he stepped to the door, "I'll go downstairs and grab something for us to drink at the cafeteria," Oikawa mutters as he closed the door behind him, leaving the two teens in the hospital room.

Chiaki had considerably stiffened, looking at the door where Oikawa left from, silently wishing the boy would come back. And no such things happens, forcing her to look at the male who was intently staring at her.

"Chiaki."

It took everything in Chiaki not to start crying as her friend called her name gently. The teen swallowed thickly and looked down at her hands, avoiding looking at Iwaizumi's steady gaze.

"Have you been eating? I swear you look like you've lost ten pounds since I've last seen you," the spiky-haired male nags, knowing the female was still refusing to look him into his eyes.

"I'm not hungry..."

"I know, Minato-san texted me saying you're refusing to eat anything the hospital provides you. All of your brothers actually texted me. They're concerned. So, you better stop being a brat and tell me what you want to eat so I can text Oikawa to go run to buy it," Iwaizumi words are harsh, yet he speaks gently as if he doesn't want to aggravate the female in bed.

Chiaki doesn't respond, her head down, her brown strands that are a bit oily covering her face. Iwaizumi opens his mouth to speak again, but he freezes as he feels a warm droplet land on the hand that was still connected with the injured girl.

His eyes widened for a moment before narrowing in pain as more droplets landed on his hands, his lips pressed into a straight line. He bit into his trembling bottom lip, fighting back his own emotions as he watched the girl before him break down.

"An f-fractured hip, shattered knee, and an ACL tear...."

Iwaizumi sucked in a breath, his heart dropping as he quickly realized what those injuries usually meant for an athlete. The teen can hear his own heartbeat in his ears, his fingers tightening around the smaller hand he held.

"Even with all the reconstruction surgery, t-the doctors said it isn't likely I'll be able to play v-volleyball the same way again..." Chiaki sobbed, finally letting Iwaizumi's hand go to cover her face with her hands. She released a shuddering breath into her palms as tears continued to flow out of her grey eyes that were filled with anguish.

The male was distraught. However, he didn't hesitate to carefully sit on the bed, bringing the female into his arms, hugging her close while being mindful of her injuries. His hands cupped her cheeks, his thumb wiping the streaks of tears, his thumb brushing against her beauty mark near her right eye. He scowls as tears continue to flow, Chiaki's sobs getting louder. Iwaizumi gripped her tight, pushing her face into his chest, not caring as his sweater became wet with her tears.

The brunette's fingers gripped onto Iwaizumi, her knuckles becoming white as she cried. Her whole body shuddered as she let tears flow for the very first time since she woke up, letting all the pain-filled emotions out.

"I-I don't know what to... Hajime-senpai.... I-It hurts so much. I don't know what to do anymore...!"

Iwaizumi gritted his teeth as he tightened his arms, his own eyes tearing up at his friend's pain. "I'm so sorry, Chiaki... I'm sorry..."

His words only broke the fragile girl's heart as she cried out loud, her wails echoing in the room and into the hallway.

Oikawa stood frozen outside the door, his hands holding two cups of hot chocolate that were steaming. Slowly, he stepped away from the door. The brunet takes a seat on the bench with his head down, the drinks long-forgotten near his feet. His lips are tugged down as he listens to the cry, and it takes another moment for Oikawa to know he's feeling confused.

An awful part of him wants to make fun of the female, knowing he has never heard her cry during the seven years he's known her. Laugh in her face. But at the same time, he feels his heart twinge at the anguish cries that reach his ears. He would have thought he would feel triumph to be able to see the indifference of Chiaki crumble after all these years. Yet, he didn't feel that. Instead, he felt her pain, and that confused him.

Why? He had always hated the sweet smile on her face, the look of indifference when he claimed he'll be a better volleyball player than her. The way Chiaki always said 'good luck,' with that small smile of hers. He hated her, the sweet volleyball prodigy that everyone was keeping an eye on. The girl everyone had high hopes for. The girl with the silver spoon in her mouth. But at that moment, that emotion that he always thought was associated with her was not there.

"Oh, it's you."

Oikawa looks up in surprise as two pairs of shoes appear in his sight. He's taken aback at the sudden appearance of the two tall giants that look down at him with a frown.

"Taiga-san, Kouga-san," Oikawa stiffens as he immediately climbs onto his feet, bowing at the twins in slight fear. He had fair amounts of interactions with the Ibato twins growing up, many of them being bitter memories getting pummeled on the courts while playing volleyball. Mainly because the twins knew that Oikawa was often rather nasty to their baby sister.

Kouga released an audible click of his tongue, eyeing the younger boy briefly before looking at the door of his sister's room. His eyes hardened as he heard his sister's cries, a part of him relieved that she was finally able to cry, being honest to herself.

"Is Hajime-kun in there with her?" Taiga asked with a close eyed smile, pushing his black-framed glasses higher onto the bridge of his nose. Oikawa held back a shudder as he realized that while the male was smiling, it didn't reach his grey eyes.

Oikawa nodded in response as the twins looked away from him to eye the closed door with a look of concern in their sharp grey eyes. Taiga ran a hand through his light brown hair roughly, looking to be in a bad mood as he paced around. On the other hand, his identical older brother crossed his arms over his chest with a look of contemplation. He seemed to be in his own mind.

Feeling uncomfortable being left alone with the older men, Oikawa scratched his chin before smiling brightly, hoping to lighten the mood somehow with his words. While he finds truth to what he said, Oikawa can't deny the small malicious tone he uses, letting his immature and insensitive side bleed out because of his jealousy. "I-It's really unfortunate about the accident, huh? B-But knowing her, she'll be up and running soon, right? In a few weeks or so, she'll be out on the court, giving me shit in volleyball, especially when she gets into high school. I can just imagine her being a pain in the but-"

Oikawa doesn't even know what had happened as he yanked forward, barely having the time to flinch. His sight was filled with the angry face of Kouga, the older boy gripping to the collar of the sweater he wears.

"Wha!?"

"Watch what you say, you snot-nosed brat!"

Oikawa's eyes are wide with confusion and fear as the older man glared at him, looking ready to punch the living lights out of him. And Oikawa knew that was very much possible with a single swing. He can't help but cough slightly as the grip Kouga had around the collar of his sweater tightened, making it harder for him to breathe. Just as he's about to retaliate in self-defense, a voice speaks up.

"She's not going to be able to."

Both Kouga and Oikawa's gaze moved away from each other, turning their head to look at Taiga, who hadn't move a single inch from where he was standing earlier. The said man didn't have his usual smile on his face, his eyes narrowed on Oikawa with a dangerous glint.

However, Oikawa isn't able to notice this, his mind on what the man said. He swallowed thickly before pushing Kouga away from him, the man releasing him without a struggle. The Seijoh student rubbed at his throat, sending Kouga, who was stomping away a glare. "Taiga-san, what do you mean she's not going to be able to?" Oikawa questioned, his eyebrows furrowing. The male cursed inwardly as he realized his voice was slightly hoarse, coughing slightly as he rubbed at the sore area.

Taiga glanced where his brother stomped off to cool down before turning his attention to the younger boy who looked at him. Oikawa nearly flinched as the grey-eyed man stared straight into his eyes, not looking away. Oikawa felt like Taiga was able to read the most profound secrets he had, and it made his blood rush through his system as his heart beats in nervousness.

"I meant exactly what I said, Oikawa-kun. Chi-chan isn't going to be able to do everything you said. Her career as a volleyball player ended as soon as the motorcycle hit her, shattering her bones. Even with the reconstruction surgery in a few days, she's never going to be the same. So watch what you say. Your words are enough to completely break her, and I don't mean it physically," Taiga's smooth voice was filled with a threat as he pushed passed Oikawa, not caring as his shoulders slammed into the younger boy. "Now excuse me, I need to go look for my twin you've upset. God, I can't understand why Chi-chan even tolerated you," the way the man said it was so light and almost cheerful. But at the same time, the words itself were filled with so much bite and poison that it made Oikawa dizzy with whiplash.

Now alone in the hallways, Oikawa crumbled back into the bench, running a hand through his hair. He clenched and unclenched his jaw before releasing a loud breath. The newfound information finally seemed to get processed in his mind.

Ibato Chiaki was no longer going to be able to play volleyball. Her injuries were too significant.

Oikawa felt a sinking feeling in his stomach as he imagined if that happened to him. Subconsciously, his hand found his injured knee. While he knew it was fine, he can't help but feel it throb. He swallowed. This measly injury had devastated him greatly. But today, he can still play the sport he loves.

She couldn't anymore.

And for the first time, Oikawa truly felt bad for the girl.

"Damn, I really am a shitty person like Iwa-chan said..." The male released a dry, lifeless laugh in the empty hallway of the hospital, closing his eyes. The sound of soft crying and hiccups coming from the closed-door didn't make it any better.

By his feet were the two cups of hot chocolates that were long forgotten and cold.

🏐🏐6 months later 🏐🏐

The sweltering, humid heat of Japan's summer was already felt early in the morning. The sheen layer of perspiration dripping down Chiaki's neck as she hobbled around the house, gathering her stuff for the day.

"Are you sure you can get to school on your own? I can call in with my first appointment and push it back," Minako called from the kitchen, adding the finishing touches in preparing the bento box for her daughter.

Chiaki hummed as she fixed her dyed silver hair in the mirror, making sure all her extra strands are tucked into the weaved braid that's gathered into a fluffy messy braid on her left side. She then checked her piercings, frowning a bit as she saw her helix piercings seemed a bit swollen. "It's okay. Didn't you say your first appointment was with one of the starting players for MSBY Black Jackals? The one who hurt his ankle last month? I'm sure he's eager to see you to get the approval to start playing games again."

Minako sighed as she placed her hand on her cheek, watching her daughter struggle around the house. "I cannot believe both Taiga and Kouga got called in so suddenly in the morning for their internship. I'm surprised they didn't put up more of a fight when they found out neither of them could drive you to school," the dark-haired woman frowned as she packed the lunchbox, bringing it to Chiaki, "isn't there a friend you can contact that'll come pick you up and help you to school?"

The silver-haired teen rolled her eyes as she adjusted her crutches, allowing her mother to tuck the bento box into her school bag. "Mom, it's fine. Schools super close, that's why I picked it in the end. And you know I'm in a tough position regarding friends," Chiaki gently explains as she slips on her shoes.

While sad, it was the truth. It's hard to make friends when everyone else has already established friend groups during the first three months of the school year. While it was tough, Chiaki wasn't complaining, she's just happy she was finally able to attend school, normality was slowly returning to her life. Something she was desperate for.

However, there's no denying how it was still a bit awkward walking into the classroom. Because of her physical therapy and relearning how to walk, Chiaki had no choice but to miss school from April to mid-August. The first day she went to school was right after the summer break, and there's no denying she had gathered attention suddenly showing up. Especially when she was flanked by her enormously tall twin brothers from both sides.

Chiaki had barely got through the third period of the day, and she had already learned there were numerous rumors of herself. The mystery girl that hadn't shown up to school a single time since the academic year started. And by the time lunch came, the news of Chiaki finally showing up had spread like wildfire between the freshmen, many of them peaking into her classroom to catch a glimpse of her. It made her feel uncomfortable. While she was used to being under the spotlight regarding volleyball, she had never been watched like this.

The silver-haired teen, however, couldn't deny all the stories made up were funny. Some speculations were so wild, it almost sounded like it was the script for an upcoming Hollywood movie. And that was few weeks ago.

"Oh, I just remembered! Last night, I was talking to Minato. He said he wants you calling him so he can talk to you about your birthday present for next month," Minako recalls, smiling to herself as she thinks about her eldest son that lives in Tokyo. "And your father wants to talk to you soon too. He said he misses you."

Chiaki can't help but smile at that, thinking about her eldest brother and father who live in Tokyo because of their jobs. "I miss him too," the teen sweetly comments, her droopy grey orbs taking a gentle look, "I definitely try to call after school. I'm about caught up with school work and tests, so everything should calm down soon in a few days."

Minako lovingly gives her only daughter a kiss to her cheek, "stay good in school, Chi-chan."

"For sure, see you later, Mom."

Chiaki squints her eyes, her lips tugging down a bit as the bright rays of sun attack her sensitive eyes. She blinks a couple of times to adjust before she hobbles down the street with her crutches. I've gotten better at this now. The female thinks as she walks down the quiet streets, the time too early for most students. While there's no denying traveling with crutches with a knee brace sucks tremendously, it was mostly doable. And Chiaki couldn't help but think her upper body strength has gotten stronger.

Everything was going perfectly. That was until she realizes she has to walk down the stairs. For a minute, Chiaki glares at the dreadful stairs. I'm glad I left the house early. As long as I take my time going down, there shouldn't be a problem. With a sigh, Chiaki moves to hobble down the stairs, reaching halfway, much to her delight.

Though suddenly, she feels herself tipping forward as one of her crutches slides off the side. Chiaki could feel her balance getting wholly thrown off, and her eyes subconsciously close as she feels herself tip forward. I'm going to fall! And Chiaki could imagine this wasn't going to be pleasant. Even the smallest jolt could cause tremendous damage to her healing body as the bones attached together with bolts weren't healed yet.

Just as she's accepting her fate, she feels a strong arm wrap her midriff, yanking her back as she gasps.

"T-That was dangerous," a masculine voice mutters, and Chiaki looks up in surprise to see a male with short, dark brown hair looking down at her with wide eyes as he supports her. Both of their gazes shifted to the bottom of the stairs, eyeing the single crutch that had clattered down, a fate that Chiaki was luckily able to avoid thanks to this man.

"Hey, are you alright? That was a close call, wasn't it?" The boy comments, his round brown eyes soft as he gives the silver-haired girl a gentle smile.

Chiaki nods in agreement, returning the smile with a similar expression, "thank you..."

The young man nods before looking back down at the bottom of the stairs with a frown. During this time, Chiaki observes the male. He wore a black tracksuit and was close to her height, if not a bit taller than her. For age, Chiaki was quick to decide he was probably close to her or a bit older.

"Here, let me help you down these stairs since one of your crutches is already down there. We don't want the same thing repeating anyways."

Chiaki blinks, realizing what the boy said. Flustered, she shakes her head, "i-it's okay! You've already helped me from getting hurt..."

The boy doesn't take no for an answer, frowning as his eyebrows furrow. "I insist. I don't want you getting even more hurt," the male comments as he eyes the knee brace around Chiaki's right knee.

This only makes the female hesitantly nod. Getting her consent, the dark-haired male beams brightly. "Okay, I think the safest way I can get us down is by carrying you on my back. So, just hold onto your crutch and bag and wrap your arms around my neck, okay?"

Chiaki doesn't even have a moment to argue as the male swiftly turns around, crouching down. As he does this, for the first time, she notices the white lettering on his back.

烏野高校 排球部

Karasuno High School Volleyball Club

It takes everything in Chiaki's power not to freeze. She stares at the white letters as if they're a curse before hesitantly placing a hand on the broad shoulder in front of her. She doesn't want to keep the boy waiting, seeing as he was being kind and was offering to help her.

With her secured in place, the male stretches his legs to full height as he carefully descends the stairs. The female's cheeks feel a bit warm, knowing she wasn't exactly light. With her height and the added weight of her school bag, she didn't think it was an easy feat carrying her down. However, the boy doesn't struggle, quickly reaching the bottom floor before gently returning her to her feet and even collecting the fallen crutch on the ground.

"Here you go!"

Chiaki receives it with a small boy, "thank you, uh."

"Sawamura Daichi, a second year. Looking from your uniform, you're also a Karasuno student."

Chiaki nods as she bows again, "Ibato Chiaki, first year. Thank you for your help, senpai."

The silver-haired female feels worry seep out of her as the male in front of her freezes, staring at her with his eyes round with surprise.

"I-Ibato Chiaki...?"

Looking at his face, Chiaki could tell that the male in front of her knew who she was after hearing her name. She should have expected that seeing as he was part of the volleyball club. He eyed her, his eyes scrutinizing her carefully. Chiaki can't blame him. She had drastically changed her appearance since middle school. Her light brown locks are dyed a light silver, her hairstyle no longer being a single high ponytail on top of her head. Chiaki was almost sure that even her old teammates wouldn't recognize her immediately with just a glance.

Under Daichi's careful gaze, Chiaki quickly prepared for the questions he was probably going to ask, mentally thinking about a way she could skillfully avoid them. However, they never come as he sends her a gentle smile.

"I see, well, Ibato-san, it's a pleasure to meet you. Since we are heading the same way, can I walk with you?"

Chiaki could feel her grey eyes widen for a moment before she forced herself to return the smile. While unexpected, Chiaki can't help but be thankful. While most people would have bombarded her with questions after learning who she was, this boy didn't ask, probably out of respect for her. And that immediately bought him extra brownie points in Chiaki's eyes.

The female was sure that Daichi was well aware of what had happened to her. Five months ago, the trial and results were all over the local news along with the monthly volleyball magazine. Even now, after half a year, the magazine sometimes brought her up, wondering where the volleyball prodigy had disappeared to.

Chiaki silently walked next to Daichi, the male mostly speaking for her. She was slightly taken aback as the male offered to take her bag, making it easier for her to use her crutches. She was thankful. And although she didn't speak much, it looks like he didn't take offense. Instead, seeming to understand that while she didn't say much, she was intently listening to him.

"Are you walking home too? If that's the case, would you like me to help? I don't have practice in the afternoon today, and I'm going to assume we live in the same general direction," Daichi asks, concern flashing in his warm brown eyes as he gazes at her.

Chiaki shook her head, "no. Thank you for the offer, but my older brother will be picking me up to take me to physical therapy. But I really do appreciate your concern, senpai," the silver-haired teen flashed the male a genuine soft smile, which immediately made heat rush to Daichi's cheeks.

Soon, they were on campus, the sweet male even walking her to her classroom and helping her to her seat and putting her crutches to the side where they won't get in anyone's way. Chiaki looked down at the floor, silently debating to herself.

"Well, I'm glad we were able to get here safely. I think I'm gonna head out now. I'm actually supposed to meet some of my teammates soon!"

Hearing this, Chiaki, who was looking down just a moment ago, snaps her head up. Her hands shoot out to clutch onto the corner of Daichi's jacket, making the said male look down at her in shock.

"Uh, Daichi-senpai...? Is that okay for me to call you that?"

Daichi freezes in surprise but quickly nods, making a beam spread across Chiaki's face.

"I-If you're always leaving your house at the time you were today, would it be okay for me to join you starting from tomorrow?" Chiaki hesitantly questioned, feeling a tad bit shy at the question. While she didn't often make efforts to make friends, something deep inside of her was telling her Sawamura Daichi was someone she should befriend.

Daichi looks taken aback by the request, his eyes widening a tad fraction. However, he releases a small chuckle, his lips curving up. "Of course, Ibato-san. I would like that as well."

"Aki. Please call me Aki, Daichi-senpai."

This makes Daichi's cheeks flush, but he nods, smiling back at the girl who happily takes out her phone, the two exchanging LINE info so they're able to contact each other.

Chiaki stares at her screen even after Daichi leaves the classroom, a small curve on her lips.

"I think I made my first friend in high school."

🏐🏐EXTRA 🏐🏐

CANON TO THIS STORY

"What do you mean, we don't have to drop you off in the morning starting tomorrow!" Kouga snapped in bewilderment, his sharp grey orbs wide as he stared at his younger sister. "Of course, we have to! You can't even go anywhere without crutches yet."

Chiaki sighed as she nodded at Taiga in thanks as he took her bag from her, placing it in the car. "I mean exactly what I said, Kouga-nii. From tomorrow I'll walk to school with a friend."

This makes the twins look at each other in surprise. But, nonetheless, a look of happiness flash in their eyes as they see their younger sister genuinely smile as she steps into the car. Knowing her well, they can see that Chiaki was in a good mood as she looked out the window as the Ibato siblings drove through the town heading to their mother's clinic.

Taiga looks through the rear mirror as he spoke while driving. "I'm glad you've finally got a friend, Chi-Chan. If thats the case, Kouga and I approve that you go to school with them. That'll help build a stronger friendship."

Kouga nodded his head beside Taiga approvingly, a wide smile on his face. This makes the corner of Chiaki's lips turn up, happy that she was able to easily get the approval of her two slightly over-protective brothers.

Taiga shifts his gaze back to the rear mirror to glance at his younger sister. "So, who is this friend of yours? Is she a classmate?"

Chiaki blinks. "When did I ever say it was a she? He's a second-year student, a senpai who helped me this morning."

This makes both Taiga and Kouga freeze, a dangerous gleam entering their sharp eyes.

"I take it back, I don't approve of you going to school with this boy!" Kouga snapped, a look of horror painted on his face. "He must have some kind of bad intentions and you—"

Chiaki sighed as she plugged headphones into her ears, drowning out her brothers.

🏐🏐A/N🏐🏐

Chiaki is a precious bean.... must protect.

Some characteristics that is revealed about Chiaki in this chapter + some fun facts not mentioned.

*She is no longer a brunette! She dyed her hair silver, a bit lighter than what we would see for Sugawara.
*Who dyes her hair? Kageyama's older sister Miwa!
*another similarity with Sugawara was mentioned. She has a beauty mark under her right eye, just on the opposite side of the male.
*She has piercings! 6 in total. A double helix and a lobe on the right ear and three vertical piercing on her lobe on her left.
*Chiaki has grey たれ目 (tare-me) which can be translated to droopy eyes. The opposite of sharp feline eyes.
*Chiaki is the youngest of her family of 6, and she has three older brothers, Minato, Taiga, and Kouga. Taiga and Kouga are twins.
*while the twins share the same eye color as Chiaki, Instead of having tare-me they have sharp eyes, something their father has.
*personality-wise she's a soft, gentle person who doesn't speak much. More of an observant type.
*Went to Kitagawa Daiichi and became Vice Captain during her second year and became captain as a third year. Her number was 4, which comes from being the fourth child of the Ibato family.
*when wearing her uniform, she wears it like Shimizu although her blazer is a bit big. This is to cover her figure a bit. She also wears thigh highs so she doesn't show a lot of the skin on her legs expect the little bits. She also constantly wears a black knee brace above her socks.
*When speaking, Chiaki uses polite words, です、ます　"desu" and "masu". Even to those who are younger than her. But sometimes she stops when she's with younger people who are close to her: example Kageyama. If you want a reference, she kinda speaks in a similar way as Akashi from Fukuroudani.
*If Chiaki was in the anime, her voice actor would be Hanazawa Kana. A character she voiced and speaks in a similar tone as Chiaki is 'Koi to Uso' Takasaki Misaki! from the video, 2:23 is where you can hear the voice.

Also as you all probably saw, there was an extra at the end of this chapter, from this chapter on, my goal is to add an extra or some fan facts/info. Sometimes, it is going to relate to the story (like today's) and sometimes not (something that doesn't really happen). So canon and non-canon may happen. It'll most likely be mentioned somewhere which it is.

I honestly plan to make the extra something enjoyable and one clip of scenes that I couldn't fit into the main story. I may even take request of what you guys want to see. Some examples may be a cute flashback of Chiaki in middle school with Kageyama. Or maybe a scene of her childhood like when the first time she met Iwaizumi and Oikawa. Or perhaps, even other characters that will show up later in the story. Either way, it'll be fun, I may get inspired to write after going through Pinterest because there are so many cute fan one-shot mangas there.

More information of the OC will be revealed later on the story along with stats as well as a drawing of reference for you all! Thank you for reading!!

-Ember

Posted: 2020. 7. 24