a note from your lovely author: this story is a request from Snowflakesparklegore, so i hope you enjoy this story ;w; it took me a bit of researched to understand sports injuries and stuff so,,,, yee

warnings; angst, crying, cussing, nothing too bad.

the adrenalin rushing through you was crazy. your eyes were on the players and the ball, taking a quick scoot left you pumped the ball back to the other side of the court. 1. 2. 3. It was coming back to you. You had to get it, you could hear the croud chanting your name, almost as if everything was in slow motion. You sat just slightly, raising back up to hit the ball. The timer went off, but just as it did, you felt a horrible pain in the back of your leg, making you fall to the ground. 'W-what happened?' You asked yourself while you laid on the cold tile of the gym. You could see the fuzzy outlines of other people crouched above you. There was one voice you could pick out from the rest. "Move! The medical unit is on standby, let her breath!" Nekomaru Nidai. Your team manager, your coach, your supporter, your crush, your hope. He was all the things you asked for inside one large, lovable man. You could feel your vision getting darker and darker by the seconds. You could feel yourself being picked up by strong arms, cradled like a baby. You opened your mouth to say something, but you were faced with darkness before anything could escape.

~~ 3 weeks later ~~

Your whole life ended when you realized you had torn your ACL. You see, when tearing your ACL, which is a ligament in the back of your leg, it basically takes up to nine months for it to heal. On top of that, once a player recovered from a torn ACL, they're about 10% worse at sports and stuff due to the weak ligaments. So yea, your life was over.

You see, you were the ultimate volleyball player, the best volleyball player around. Your life held so many surprises that when you found out about your serious injury and the consequences, you threw up with the thought of leaving hope's peak. You weren't sure what was gonna happen next, but at least you had your friends to support you.

You and a few others stood in the hallway during free time. Lazily leaning on your crutches while listening to their conversation, adding a comment or two every once in a while. Your head began to daze off as your weight shifted to one of your crutches, making you fall. The slap of the crutches surprised your friends as they rushed to help you

"Oh goodness, (y/n)! Are you okay??" The ultimate princess, Sonia Nevermind yelped as she crouched to your side putting on a shocked face. she rested one hand on your back while putting another on your hand.

mahiru gasped, watching as you crippled onto the floor. a tight, sudden pain suddenly came from your leg. you winced. "oh honey, shoot uh...! sonia, go get mikan!"

"no!" you yelped. "don't get her, i can.... hgn, i can walk just fine. i can do this myself." you said, getting up while sonia and mahiru helped you. "whatever, i'm just...." you sighed, trying not to let your eyes overflow in front of your friends. "bye." that was all you said before you tried your best to waddle off with your crutches and find a safe place to relax. 

the only place that calmed you down and made you feel safe was the locker rooms. even though most people found it gross and disgusting, the memories and feelings you share with that locker room made you happy. you just sat on the bench for a minute or so until you looked up, struggling to get onto your crutches without falling down again. 

with a heave, you sighed and began wobbling your way to the locker rooms, which was on the first floor. now, lemme just say this. going down stairs with crutches is HARD. this just made you wanna throw these damn things down again, but then you were basically screwed. you hated the life you were living right now. only pain and softness, you couldnt even play pingpong without being in pain.

Sighing, you pushed the door to the locker open and set the bag you had with you to the side by the door. Your mind began flooding with sudden feelings, wanting to bust out in tears and laugh until you cripple both at the same time. A wobbly smile appeared on your face as you began choking back a sob. Without warning, you yelled, "Fuck! I hate my life!"

Laying on the bench, you curled up while ignoring the pain. "I just want my life back..." you began sobbing and hiccuping while just trying not to fall on the floor. You wanted to just end it all right there, maybe return back as a good artist or music person, anything that couldn't be ruined by a damn injury!

After a bit of whining and complaining to yourself, you heard a small knock on the door. Your head lifted itself up, feeling weird from being on a cold bench covered in tears. "What the hell do you want?" You groaned out.

The door swung open, and your eyes shot open. Out came your old team manager, Nekomaru Nidai. His hair had grown a bit longer since you seen him, but his eyes still gave you sparks of electricity. "Oh? (Y/n), was it you making all this noise?!" He yelled, but in a lower tone. Or maybe it was the same, it's been so long since last I've heard Nekomaru's boasting voice. My stomach began feeling a bit weird.

you could hardly lift your head much, too tired and dead inside to really care to anyway. "yea, so what?" you mumbled, letting your arms swing off the side of the bench, lightly touching the ground. 

he gave you a confused look, then laughed his iconic pompous laugh. "bwahah! come on (y/n)! why the long face?!" he layed the towel he had around his neck on the floor right beside your bag and towered over you. your face began shining a bit red, and you layed your head back down on the bench in a annoyed matter. 

your stomach began twisting and turning, telling you to say something, to not be sad for nekomaru. to be honest, you still liked nekomaru. well, you loved him. you really wanted to be together, but after you basically became handicapped you hardly saw him, but when you did it was a blessing. "you should know why, nidai." you mumbled, going into last name basis. you were too annoyed to do anything that you used to do right now.

nekomaru sighed, becoming more serious than he usually was. "yea, your right. i know why. but why are you moping in here all sad and not spending your days doing anything else more exciting???" he said in more of a serious tone. nekomaru groaned as he sat crisscrossed on the floor, laying his large and on your back. "come on (y/n), your usually not like this." he sighed.

you groaned a bit, flipping over and watching as nekomaru moved his large hand to your stomach. his hand moved to the rhythm of your breathing. "it's been a while since ive been able to have a decent conversation with you." you smiled just a bit, laughing softly. "i dont know nekomaru, my whole life is fuckin' ruined." 

he closed his eyes and murmured something. "there's no need to get so down about that, (y/n)!" his free hand gave you a thumbs up, making you smile just a bit more. 

"yea, i know.... but im more worried about something else." you laughed, and then frowned. your emotions were all mixed up right now. "i know that i'll heal soon, but what about my position as the ultimate volleyball player?? i'm gonna loose y-" you paused. "i'll lose you, and i'll be kicked out of hope's peak!! god damnit nekomaru my life is ruined!" you began choking on your tears, letting our ugly whines and hiccuping as you began to understand how fucked you were.

nekomaru sighed, and shook his head again. "oh (y/n)..." he grabbed your body and pulled it down to the floor. you were now laying in his lap, your injured leg resting softly on the cold floor. "you won't loose me, we will be together forever, you know what (y/n)?" you could feel yourself being pulled into a hug, skin touching his soft clothing while being pressed into the crook of his neck.

"nekomaru i-" you began to say, sniffing away your tears. "i...." you didnt know what to say. you didnt say anything, cause at that time nekomaru pushed you onto his lips, smiling into the soft kiss. you eyes went huge, heart beating as your wet cheeks soaked his bristled skin. 

nekomaru finally let go, looking down at your surprised face. a low chuckle erupted from his throat. his large thumb wiped away your tears, giving you a large smile. "no matter what you think, me and you will get through this together. don't let some injury keep you down!" 

you nodded, smiling back. with a small bit on force, you hugged nekomaru tightly, being happy you finally got to share this moment with him. 

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yEEHAW WOOOOOOOOOO. !!! great story!!! ah!!! ive always wanted to write for nekomaru!! i really hope u liked this fanfic, snow!! ill work on ur teruteru fic next weekend <3