Emiko poked her head into Class 3. She found Kageyama sleeping on his desk, a pool of drool surrounding him.

"How attractive," she muttered sarcastically. "I bet Akira would have a heart attack if she saw him like this. Tobio!" she screamed. The other students flinched, wondering if she had a death wish. They flickered their stares to Kageyama who sat up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

He blinked seeing her usher him towards her. Slowly, he got out of his seat.

As he approached her, he pushed her to the side and began sprinting down the halls.

"Damn you- You know I hate cardio!" He looked over his shoulder and pushed himself to lose her. "Tobio, stop turning so many corners, it's tiring!"

Emiko was used to people ignoring her. Kageyama was no exception. She recalled those days at Kitagawa First, when he turned himself deaf whenever she tried to sing his entrance slogan for when he entered a room.

However, if there was one moment where he should have listened, now would have been it. She heard him tumble down the stairs as soon as he whipped around the corner.

"I told you to stop!" she huffed, resting her hands on her knees.

"No," he murmured, crawling away.

"Your nose is bleeding," Emiko frowned. "If you run again, I'll just follow the blood trail."

She walked down the steps, glaring at the students who quickly scampered away. She leaned down to his height, but he took that chance to push her off balance and onto her back.

She grabbed his leg before he could scamper away.

"Let go of me!"

"Never!"

"What is wrong with you?" Mirae stood at the bottom of the steps, gripping her head. "I told you to leave him alone!"

"Help!" Kageyama cried.

"Don't you dare, this has nothing to do with you. Walk away now."

"Oh, so you can push him out the window this time?" Mirae pulled Emiko off of him. She reached into her bag and held out a pack of tissues to Kageyama.

Emiko crossed her arms over her chest. "First, I didn't push him down the stairs. Second, I am tempted to push him out the window." Emiko turned to Kageyama. "You're not leaving until we settle this."

"I have class," he growled.

"Oh, because you're definitely the concerned academic type."

"Emiko," Mirae warned.

"Shut it. I'm done with him throwing glares at me left and right. Or scowling at me when I ask him a question. I'm not taking it any longer, especially if I haven't done anything."

Kageyama's brows furrowed. "Did you tell her?" he asked Mirae.

"She did," Emiko brought her hands to her face and let out an annoyed sigh. "Tobio, I literally led a campaign against you in middle school. Why the hell would you think I have a crush on you?"

"To be fair, childhood rivalries tend to grow into feelings. Like last week on my favourite drama show, the main character Eiichi-"

"Shut up Mirae."

"The letter," he interrupted.

"For the love of God, if anyone says the word 'letter' again today, I am going to move continents!"

Mirae and Emiko were on their way back from a meeting with Takeda Sensei. As they turned the corner, Mirae saw something that made her freeze. She grabbed onto Emiko's back and pulled her behind the wall. "Do you see what I see?"

Emiko peeped a look. Standing by the vending machines was Kageyama. Blushing in front of him was Akira.

"It's a conspiracy! This is all a part of Kageyama's and Akira's plan!"

"A conspiracy?"

"This was all planned," she turned to her with wide eyes. "They wrote the love letter and made you deliver it. This way, everyone would think that you are in love with him and take the attention off of their secret relationship."

"You're spiralling again," Emiko frowned. "Tobio wouldn't like a girl like Akira."

"No! This happened on last week's episode of Yua Loves Eiichi! The villains were trying to keep their relationship a secret so they blamed the poor villager. Do you understand what I'm saying? You're the poor villager, Emiko! If everyone is focused on you, their love can blossom!"

Her jaw dropped. "Hell no. I am not the poor villager. I have to upgrade." She snapped her attention back to Kageyama and Akira. "The nerve on him, I swear. He had the audacity to lie to us this morning! Mirae, you're a genius!"

Emiko fumbled into her pockets and aimed her phone camera at the two. They came into focus on her screen and she pressed record.

"So as you can clearly see here, we have Tobio Kageyama on the right wearing the black uniform from Karasuno," Mirae narrated.

"And over there," Emiko zoomed in on Akira's face, "We have the lying loser whose skirt is three inches too short. Look at the way he's staring at her. So much emotion in his dark eyes that it kind of looks like," she paused, "like he's bored. Hey, is that normal?"

"Obviously, when you're that much in love different emotions come out."

Akira was blushing, that much was evident even on their phone screen. They couldn't tell what she was saying but it must have been important because she was talking fast. Kageyama was drinking his yogurt drink, watching her passively.

"What's he going to say to her?" Emiko peered around the wall.

"Wait, I can lip read. I can't tell what she's saying but- Oh! He's going to say... he says... Huh?"

"What?!" Emiko shrieked.

Kageyama and Akira froze, turning around to where the sound came from. Mirae pulled Emiko and they began to sprint  into school.

"What'd he say?" she rasped. "Tell me!"

"Thanks for the kiss."

"The what?"

"The kiss... I think they were talking about the game against Date Tech. She must have given him a good luck kiss."

"That bastard," Emiko grunted. "Wait until everyone finds out. Just wait."

Emiko proceeded to send the video to her Uncle Keishin. They parted ways and headed to class.

Uncle K
What the hell did you send me?

Emiko
Proof

Uncle K
No
I'm not opening that video

Emiko
You don't understand! It's necessary for you to see it! It's my innocence

Uncle K
Absolutely not
I'm not watching anything you send me

Emiko
MY HONOUR IS AT STAKE HERE

Uncle K
Don't care

Emiko
I hate you

Uncle K
Good, now leave me alone you should be in class

Emiko
Watch it

Uncle K
Pay attention, you are in class!

Emiko
Watch it
Did you watch it?
Uncle K, didya watch it?
????

Uncle K
Emiko what the hell?! Why are you filming students?!
Is that Mirae with you?!

Emiko
Yeah! She's helping me prove my innocence
We are on a mission for truth and justice

Uncle K
You little shit why are you filming Kageyama? You leave him alone!

Emiko
No! You are missing the point of the video!
He is obviously in love with her but it's a conspiracy to blame me, shifting the focus away from their love life!

Uncle K
What are you talking about?
Wait, are you on drugs?
Emiko did you take candy from strangers again?
That's it, you're grounded

Emiko
Um???
No???
No thank you??
Take it back???

Uncle K
Grounded. 1 week. No phone. No back up phone, and no back up, back up phone.

Emiko
I HATE YOU
But also re watch the video. I think you missed the point of it

Uncle K
If you don't leave me alone, you're running laps with the boys today

Emiko
No

Uncle K
Double

Emiko
NO

Uncle K
And burpees

Emiko
I'm calling child services

Emiko was sitting in her seat. She threw a glare at Akira who was staring at her hands and blushing.

If my uncle won't believe me I'll just have to think of something else. She opened Mirae's contact.

Emiko
Run, sprint, do whatever
At the end of the day, truth shall prevail

The school day ended and Emiko was surprised to see that Mirae was already leaning against the classroom door. As students piled out, she made her way in.

"How'd you get here so fast?"

"Tsukishima's so tall that he hides the teacher's vision from me. So, I just left. Anyway, what'd you need me for?"

"Grab Akira."

Akira had just stood up to leave when Mirae grabbed her by her left arm and Emiko tightened her grip on her right. The girls then began to drag a struggling Akira out the door, down the halls, outside, and towards the gymnasium.

"Leave me alone!" Akira cried. "Hey! That hurts!"

"Love is pain and we're all going to die lonely," Emiko snapped.

"That's harsh."

"Where are you taking me?"

"It's time to come clean Akira, you can't hide behind me forever."

Suddenly, Mirae stopped walking. "Oh my God!"

"What?"

She turned to Emiko and gasped. "We're living an actual T.V. drama right now- Oh this is so exciting! I can't wait to tell Kindaichi."

They entered the gymnasium and pushed Akira onto the bench. Coach Ukai did a double take when he saw the strawberry blonde haired girl on the verge of tears.

"Truth and justice shall prevail Uncle Keishin! Hey, Tobio, get over here. I expect an apology from the both of you. Now, fess up."

Curiously, the second and third years began to crowd around them too.

"No," Akira stuttered.

She tried to run but Mirae pushed her back down. "Don't be shy. We'll only judge Kageyama."

Tsukishima blinked. "What the hell happened to you between class and now?"

"Tsukki is right," Tadashi added, "Mirae is usually quieter than this."

"Shush!" Noya cried. "Our Goddesses have spoken!"

"And they demand truth and justice." Tanaka bowed down. "Speak, oh beautiful managers."

Kageyama frowned. "What did I do?"

"Say it," Emiko growled into Akira's face. "He's got the attention span of a goldfish, but you have to have something working up there. Come clean!"

"No!"

"Come on Akira," Mirae rolled her eyes, "we know about the letter, but they're blaming it on Emiko. Either you come clean or we're going to keep you here."

"Can they do that?" Hinata asked in surprise.

"No," Tadashi said, "no they can't."

"Try me," Emiko snapped.

"Fine!" Akira cried out. Tears began to pool in her eyes. "I did it, okay? I wrote the love letter to Tobio-kun and I asked Emiko to give it to him because I was too nervous! I like him, okay? I like him a lot and I'm pretty sure he likes me too!"

"What?" Kageyama scampered back and pulled Hinata in front of him. "I don't like you."

"Stop lying Kageyama," Mirae shook her head, "I heard you say, thanks for the kiss."

His face went red. "I never said that!"

"Then what did you say?" Emiko took out her phone and replayed the video she had taken early in the day.

"Thanks for supporting us!"

Mirae frowned. "Dammit, I was off. Guess it wasn't like the T.V. drama."

An awkward silence filled the air, everyone watched silently. The doors to the gym opened and 'Tome, Shoji, and Takita walked in. They froze seeing their teammates huddled around a girl who was crying.

Ennoshita cleared his throat. "Okay before our first years run away again, let's go back and do some drills." The team followed him onto the court. Coach Ukai glared at his niece.

Kageyama tried to leave but Emiko grabbed him by the back of the shirt. He grabbed Hinata who nearly tripped.

"Ennoshita called the team to practice so you and Akira can have some privacy."

"Why?"

Mirae turned to Akira. "Are you sure you want this one? Tsukishima is available. I mean he isn't the greatest, but he's smarter than him."

Yachi frowned at how simpleminded Kageyama was. She pulled on his sleeve, bringing him down so she could whisper in his ear.

"You need to talk to her. You can't just say you don't like her and move on. She's upset."

Akira got up and walked out of the gym. With a light push from the managers, Kageyama followed her.

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Ah to be young and in love and rejected in front of everyone...

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