Arisu's Pov.

I walked out of my apartment with my school bag, as I walked to school, my daily routine.

While walking, something caught my eye--it was a cat!

The cat was stuck on the top of the tree, the tree was really tall.

I gotta help the cat!

With that in mind, I placed my bag on the grass as I climbed the tree--yet I haven't climbed a tree in my life.

Finally, I reached it successfully, I held my hand to the cat, who was shivering in fear.

"Come here...kitty cat" I called, it glared at me angrily.

Aw come on...just come here, cat!

I was worried that I might be tardy because of the troublesome cat.

Then I moved forward, even if I was afraid of heights, I grabbed it's body as I smiled, satisfied.

"I caught you~" I sung, as I finally have hold of it's body.

I moves backwards to go down, when the branch was torn off--causing me to fall marvellously.

I shut my eyes tightly, waiting for the huge impact of the ground, in my surprise, I didn't fell on the hard cement, but instead--I fell into a pair of arms, they were strong and warm.

"Are you alright, miss?" The voice asked, and I swear--it was oddly familiar.

I slowly fluttered my eyes open, as I met a pair of sharp eyes as his gaze was fixated on me.

"Kenma-kun...?" I said as I know the man who's carrying me.

"Um, who are you miss?" He asked, as he slowly puts me down, before looking at me directly.

The cat run off my hands as it went straight to Kenma-kun's hands, as he held in while staring at it

"Don't you remember me? I'm Kisaragi Arisu, your friend!" I explained to him, as he was somewhat confused seeing me.

"I'm sorry, but if I do know you, I would recognise your pretty face right away" He said.

Is he...really Kenma-kun? He never says that kind of punchline before.

My mouth gaped, as I thought maybe I got the wrong person, so immediately bowed.

"I-I'm sorry...you look like my old friend, so I thought it was you, I'm so sorry" I said in a hurry.

In my surprise, he burst out laughing, I looked up at him as he was really happy right now.

"You never change, Arisu" He said, as I stood up in shock.

"H-Huh? Why? I mean, you said you don't know me" I said in shock.

"Do you think I'll be able to forget?" He asked me as his gaze was right at me, accompanied with a dazzling smile.

I stood there, dazed and confused, not knowing how to react or what to say.

Is he really...Kozume Kenma-kun?

"Yeah, you got the real deal" He said as if reading my mind.

"H-How did you know what I was thinking?" I asked, surprised.

"You see, I'm an esper" He said.

"Wha-What?" I asked, as if I heard wrong.

"I'm just kidding, it's my intuition." He said with a small smile in his lips.

He's sharp as always, isn't he?

I looked at the clock that is attached my wrist, I immediately panicked.

"I-I'm late!" I blurted.

"Sucks to be you" He said in his usual low voice.

"I gotta go now, see you later...I guess?" I said and was about to run with my bag in hand, when he grabbed my hand and run away with him.

"H-Hey, my school is the other direction!" I complained.

"I'll lift you there, where's your school?" He asked as we found his bike.

"Karasuno High" I replied as he sat on the saddle of his bike.

"Perfect timing, I'm going there as well--hop in!" He said as I obediently sat at the back.

His feet push the paddle at the bicycle moved forward as I held on his shoulder while he bikes.

"W-What are you going to do there, Kenma-kun?" I asked.

"Play volleyball" He simply said.

"Your going to play against Shouyou-kun and the others?" I asked while seating.

"Yup" He nonchalantly replied.

He paddle as fast as he can to reach Karasuno High, while his sharp eyes were darted on the road.

"Please go faster, Kenma-kun!" I said loudly.

"I'm trying" He replied.

~•❤️•~

We reached the school as he parked his bike at the parking bicycle.

"We finally made it" I said as I hop down from my seat.

"I gotta run now, see you later Arisu" He said while I nodded in reply a we separated our ways.

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Kenma's Pov.

I barely got in time to reach the Gym, as I was damn tired.

"Your late, Kenma" Kuroo scolded me, as I ignored him and proceeded to walk in the interior.

"Kenma-san, toss for me!" The annoying as always, Lev beamed to me, it sometimes surprised me how energetic he is despite the training.

"Alright, alright, don't yell" I said, irritated by his presence.

I began to toss for Lev as he successfully spiked every toss I did.

Then a loud shrill pierced in the air as it pierced the air, stealing our attention and went in order.

The game has finally begun...

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Normal Pov.

It was finally lunch time, Karasuno and Nekoma decided to take a break before proceeding to play.

They started eating their lunch while chatting happily, taking about random stuff.

A blonde haired girl creaked open the huge doors of the gym and entered in, she stole some of the male volleyball players' attention, as they admired her presence.

"ARISU!!" A loud voice yelled as it made it's way and tackled the female with a big hug.

"Shouyou-kun?" Startled, she asked as she looked at the boy giving her a bone crushing hug.

Hinata backed away, not realising the glares being thrown at him by some volleyball players.

"Did you come here to watch the match?" He asked, delighted to see her presence.

"Yeah, I decided to peek a little bit of the match--you don't mind, do you, Sawamura-senpai?" She asked the captain of the team.

"Oh no, I don't mind" He replied with a smile on his face.

So, the team gather around her and began to talk to her about random stuff, the other group saw this and felt jealous that they have a gorgeous girls to cheer for them.

"Are your a manager here, Yachi-chan?" She asked the blonde as she nodded in reply.

"Yeah, it isn't so bad" Yachi said, really glad that she can be able to help a strong team.

"I'm really glad you agreed to apply as a manager, Hitoka-chan" Shimizu said, while laughing.

"No, no, it's my pleasure to join" Yachi said in her usual soft voice.

The three of them look so cute!

So that's a girl talk, huh?

Tanaka and Nishinoya thought, as they stare at the three girls talking to each other normally.

A blonde boy with black dyed at the top casually walked in the gym, with an obento in hand, he noticed that Karasuno are gathering, that's when he saw a blonde girl.

He ignored it and walked up to his team in silence, as his eyes were filled with boredom.

"Hey Kenma-san, that girl is cute...don't you think so too?" Lev asked as he looked down to his friend, Kenma.

"Ah, Arisu...huh?" He said, as there was hint of bored in his tone.

"You know her?" Lev asked.

"Yeah, something like that" The blonde nonchalantly said, as he sat down on the bleachers while he started playing his gaming device.

She's still the happy-go-lucky Arisu, isn't she? Nothing has changed...

He thought while he was trying to defeat the dragon in the game his playing.

"Hey Kenma, aren't you going to say hi to Arisu? It's been awhile since we last seen her" Kuroo explained to Kenma, as he was playing his gaming device.

"Of course not, I'm not the kind of person who interacts with other people" Kenma replied, as he was still the same from back then.

She hasn't changed a bit since two years ago...

•••
>>2 Years Ago>>

The gates of Kozume household was opened by a pretty lady with his foreigner wedded husband, the two of them were each holding the hands of a 13 year old girl name Arisu.

"Who are you, miss?" A 14 year old Kozume Kenma politely asked.

"Hello, you must be Kozume-san's son, I'm Kisaragi Lacie, your mom's friend...mind if you call her?" A woman in her 30's said to the boy.

"Kaa-san, you have a visitor!" Kenma said as he went in his house as the wedded husband and wife followed him inside.

They chit chat for awhile as Kuroo and Kenma were playing volleyball, happily.

"That little girl is cute, don't you think, Kenma?" The 15 year old Kuroo asked as he tossed the ball to his playmate, Kenma.

"Yeah" He replied, silently.

The young Arisu walked up to the two boys, she just stared at them play.

"What?" Kenma asked, titling his head to Arisu, who flinched by his tone.

"U-Um...I'm Kisaragi Arisu!" She yelled, introducing herself, shyly.

"Yeah, so?" Kenma asked, as Arisu felt imaginary arrows pierced her poor little fragile heart.

Kuroo nudged Kenma, as the boy raised his eyebrow, not knowing what he just did.

"I-I'm Tetsurou Kuroo, nice too meet you, Kisaragi" The young boy said, he has black hair and black eyes.

"Yeah, Kuroo-kun" Her mood dramatically changed as she smiled at him, happily.

"This little guy here is Kozume Kenma, please forgive his rudeness" Kuroo apologised for his friend, as the girl nodded.

"Ugh, I'm tired, I quit it" Kenma said, as he dropped the ball, rolling out of his hands.

"Aw, come on Kenma, just a li--" He was cut off when a female voice pierced the air, calling him.

"Kuroo! It's lunchtime!" Says his meddling mother from the neighbourhood.

"I gotta go now, if I'm late even a second--my mom will kill me!" Kuroo said.

"Kuroo!" His mom called again.

"C-Coming, mom!" He yelled back, he began to ran out of Kozume's household.

"See you later, Kisaragi, Kenma!" He yelled as Arisu waved back, for Kenma he sat down on the grass, as his back was leaning on the tree.

Arisu turned her gaze to the pudding haired boy, as he was playing his gaming device, she sat beside him and peek in his game.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Playing a game" He nonchalantly said, as his thumb hits the controller, destroying the zombies ahead.

"Hmm--mmh" She hummed in reply, as she was still watching.

Moments have passed as Kenma won the game, successfully.

"Wow, your good, Kenma-kun! I bet those zombies are hard to beat" She said, amazed.

"You think? I found it easy though" Kenma said as he started another game.

"Hey Kenma-kun, what's your favourite food?" Arisu asked.

"Apple Pie" He replied while his still playing the game.

"Oh, I'll make you one someday" She said as she flashed him a huge smile, Kenma blushed as he saw this.

"Do what you want" He replied, focusing to his game once again.

Kenma thought that this girl was useless, simple minded, easy to trick, happy-go-luck, heck he was right.

He distanced himself because he doesn't want to be dyed in her color, or overexerting himself.

But one day, something happened.

Kenma was chasing a black cat, as it crossed the road, he followed it--ignoring the street lights.

"Caught you" He said as he grabbed the cat as he was in the middle of the road, then the traffic signals turned bright green while the vehicles have started to move.

He heard the sound of horns from the truck, he turned his head as bright lights flashed to his eyes.

It was too bright that he ended up closing his eyes, he stood there, frozen.

In his surprised, he felt a impact from his back---not that he was hit by the truck, it was he felt someone pushed him.

He fell on the ground, hard, but it's better then being hit by the truck, isn't it?

The truck didn't stopped, he kept driving, not minding if he almost hit a kid in the road, talk about heartless.

People came to their aid, asking if they're alright, they just nodded in reply.

"Kenma-kun...are you okay?" The blonde asked with a sight of relief in her adoring face.

"Yeah...thank--" His sentence trailed as he noticed that she has few visible scratches.

"I see, thank goodness I was in time" She said as she leaned her head on his chest, tiredly.

"You have scratches, we should patch it up" Kenma said, worriedly

"Yes, we should" Was what Arisu said as they returned back to his house to aid her scratches.

Starting that day, they've begun to be close friends, along with Kuroo.
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"Kenma-kun" A voice said as Kenma snapped from the flashback.

He looked up to see Arisu smiling down at him, the smile that he loves...

"What is it?" He asked sternly.

"Here, I made an apple pie for you" She said as she handed an apple pie at him, he was now confused.

"When did you made this?" He asked as he grabbed it.

"Before lunch, our teacher said we should make an apple pie, so I decided to give it to you...you like this, do you?" Arisu said.

"Well, yeah...thank you" Kenma said as his cheeks were tinted red.

"Your welcome" She said, smiling.

I'm glad, she still hasn't changed...

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Hinata's Pov.

Arisu gave Kenma an apple pie?!

I was really surprised when I witnessed that, they seem to be close.

"Does Kisaragi-san knows the setter of Nekoma High?" Yachi-san asked me as she approached me.

"Yeah, from the looks of it" I said, slightly in disbelief.

We started playing the match, we were up against Nekoma, heck they still has that fast reflexes, like a cat.

Damn, they're fast...they're gonna take the first round if these keeps up.

I thought as Karasuno and Nekoma's scores was 19-22.

I saw Kageyama signalling his hands, as I get what his trying to say, Sugawara-senpai thought it to us since our match in Interhigh, against Aōbōjosai.

"Yosh! Let's score this!" I yelled as they replied with 'OSU'.

>>Time Skip>>

We finished playing, as I sat on the bleachers, juggling down my sports drink, while I wiped my sweat with my towel.

I felt someone sat beside me, I turned my attention to him, thinking this might be Kageyma--heck, I was wrong.

"Oh hello, um" I said, not knowing his name.

"Tetsurou Kuroo, captain of Nekoma male volleyball" He said, introducing himself.

"Hinata Shouyou, a middle blocker" I said, as he nodded with a smile on his face.

"You seem to be close to Arisu, hence, you called her by her first name and tackled her" He said, which made me blushed a little.

"Well, kind of...but I think Arisu and Kenma are way closer" I said while lightly scratching the back of my hair.

"Yeah, those two are so tight, we three are childhood friends" He said.

Eh? So they're childhood friends...so that's why Arisu gave Kenma an apple pie, knowing it's his favorite.

"I've been watching those two since were younger--It's fun to watch those two grow" Tetsurou said, remembering the past.

"What does Arisu and Kenma looks like before?" I asked curiously.

"Like what they look like now, except shorter...Arisu frequently bugs the two of us to play doll house with her, and Kenma really gets irritated" He said as he let out a laugh.

Hmm...I bet the three of them had such a happy past together.

"Kenma secretly admired her from the bottom of his heart, you could even call it as an adoration" He said.

"Kenma likes Arisu?!" I blurted, shocked while my eyes were wide open.

"Yeah, he liked it when she was always there for him, he says" He said, smiling.

I also liked it when Arisu is always there for me, so...this is the same feeling that Kenma felt for her, huh?