- Chapter 2 -

Yachi Hitoka and the voleyball club

"Huff... Huff..."

Small pants which were gasping for air and oxygen escaped Satsuki's mouth while she was running towards her new school, Karasuno High School. Today would be her first day in this school and her first normal meeting with Kageyama, because last night their conversation was interrupted multiple times by the teasing commens his teammates were sending them.

But she was relieved when she found that the school Kageyama was attending was a quiet one, with not anything special to show off. That would benefit her urge to hide from the stares and glares she was receiving after... that.

Satsuki swept away those thoughts, not wanting to allow herself think of anything that would disrupt her current calm and simple lifestyle. Suddenly, noises from yelling voices and shoes rubbing harshly against the ground were heard from a quite close distance. The girl stopped in her tracks, raising an eyebrow at two figures that were running with an abnormal speed towards her. Now, she could clearly hear their voices.

"I won't lose to you, bastard!"

"Like you have the chance to win against me!"

"We'll see that!!! I'm faster!"

"Urusai! I'm known for my quick speed and reflexes!"

"You're known for your short height!"

As the two figures came closer to her current spot, her violet orbs recognised clearly Kageyama and his orange-headed teammate, Hinata Shouyou. A small smile etched on her face, herself waiting for the two males to approach her. Finally, the two of them stopped right in front of her-- but not for too long because the next second they were lying on the ground, showing multiple signs of exhaustion.

The black-haired female laughed softly, still looking at them with the same shining eyes as yesterday. Her urge to pull Kageyama in a tight embrace right now and mumble to his ear how much she had missed him was unbelievable, but she managed to hold back herself and carry on her way to school.

Soon, the two males recovered and approached her while she was jogging. They both looked with a confused look at her and then at each other; why was she running that early and especially when the school had at least half an hour left to start?

The first one to approach her was Hinata, since he was the most curious and the most brave from both of them, "Shiroshi-san, why are you running that early in the morning? School has still some time until the classes begin"

"Why do you and Tobio are running so early in the morning too?" Satsuki asked, raising an eyebrow as she retorded Hinata's question back. Hinata almost froze in his spot, rubbing his chin while wondering why he was doing that indeed.

Kageyama rolled his eyes at Hinata's stupidness and Satsuki shrugged, continuing her way towards the school. She finally reached its gates which was currently surrounded by a few amount of students, chatting about different gossip and scandalous situations around the school. Satsuki stretched her muscles and decided to enter the almost empty class; two girls were sitting alone and talking about different things.

The black-haired teen chose a lone seat besides the small window and placed her bag to the side, sitting on it to enjoy the enormous sight from it. As minutes passed, the class started filling up with students and everyone started murmuring things with their friends.

I would have done the same, if I had friends... Satsuki thought and left a small sigh. The door of the classroom closed and the teacher walked inside, letting his books fall on the desk and giving a strict look to everyone inside the room.

All the fellow students froze from the fear and quickly dashed in their seats. As expected, Satsuki was the only one who didn't have someone sit besides her. "Okay, everyone, we have a new student... Sa... Satsuki Shiroshi", the sensei called while searching through his papers, his gaze now searching through the maze of students, "Satsuki Shiroshi, come and introduce yourself"

Satsuki sighed again; the thing she hated the most was introducing herself to people she didn't like. With small and quick movements, she stood up and walked to the front of the classroom, her violet eyes screaming 'boredooooomm!!!'.

She looked at her fellow classmates before taking a small breath and beginning, "Konichiwa, minna-san. My name is Satsuki Shiroshi and I'm glad to meet you. Please take care of me..." she whispered the last part and finished with a small bow.

The rest of the class stared at her, especially a blond-haired boy with square glasses who seemed puzzled about her; her figure and general appearance was quite familiar for him but he couldn't recall from where. The awkward silence was cut off by the aggresive opening of the classroom's door and the sound of rapid footsteps rushing inside.

The attention of the students was turned to a certain blonde-haired girl that has just entered the room, almost lying on the floor from the exhaustion which had overtaken her. "Sen...sei... gomen... gomenasai..." the girl whispered in a tiny voice, trying to synchronise her breaths with her words.

The teacher gave her a glare, his eye twitching slightly. "Hitoka-san, how many times must I tell you that this is school and you must be in time!!!" he almost yell, the blonde girl flinching slightly.

Satsuki sighed mentally. So noisy!! she thought annoyed and took a step towards the teacher giving him one of her sweetest smiles. "Sensei, it is my fault! I was hanging out yesterday with...erm.. Hito.. Hitoka-san and we slept very late. I'm terribly sorry!" 

The teacher looked at her with a raised eyebrow, not convinced with the most lamest excuse of the world but he let out a tired sight, motioning them to go and sit. Satsuki and Hitoka made their own way to the back desk where Satsuki was sitting; it proved that Hitoka was sitting there from the beginning of the school year.

The blonde-haired teen looked at Satsuki with awe, not believing she was actually saved from someone unknown to her."A-Arigato gozaimasu! I would be literally dead if you weren't there, miss.. erm..."

"Just call me Satsuki"

Hitoka smiled brightly at her new classmate, extending her hand. "My name is Yachi Hitoka, nice to meet you, Satsuki-san!"

Satsuki shook the girl's hand hesitantly, thoughts roaming around her mind. Are we... friends with that girl now? she thought, blinking a few times at the sudden realisation. The rest of the class continued normally, although she felt like she had been watched during the whole lesson.

...

A mop of orange hair ran through the crowd of students which was formed because of the break. The short male finally entered class 5-A, where his eyes searched for a certain ponytail of pitch black hair and when he found it, he patted the shoulder of the taller teen.

Satsuki was interrupted from her conversation with Yachi and shw turned to face Kageyama's teammate, Hinata. She tilted her head to the side like she was asking what he wanted in her classroom.

"Ah, Shiroshi-san!" Hinata exclimed, his eyes glimmering from excitement. "I wanted to ask you if you knew who in your classroom isn't in a club yet...?"

Satsuki, not able to answer the shortie's question, she turned to Yachi who was overhearing the conversation. "Hitoka-san, may you know?"

"Hmm... As far as I know I'm not in a club activity yet.. and you, because you are a transfern student, no? So that makes the two of us" Yachi exclaimed, tapping her chin as she answered the critical question.

Hinata nodded with excitement and suddenly grabbed the hands of the two girls, dragging them with him to the east side of the building, where the upperclasmen's classrooms were placed. He knocked on a certain door and as a fact of coincidence, the manager of the boys' voleyball club, Kiyoko Shimizu, opened it.

"Hinata-kun?" 

"Shimizu-senpai, I found the persons you were looking for!" Hinata almost yelled, a ray of hope appearing in his brown eyes.

The black-haired senpai looked at the two girls behind Hinata; them being slihtly confused of the current situation. Kiyoko nodded in approvement at the shortie boy and thanked him, motioning to the two girls to follow her. 

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After a long talk with the senpai, Satsuki and Yachi were handed two application forms for joining the voleyball club as coach and manager and they had to complete them before the day was finished.

The two teens returned to their classes; Yachi being concerned about whether joining or not while Satsuki was internally smiling, her day couldn't be more better.

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The time had already come and the two girls were leaded in the big gym of the school, following behind Kiyoko. Satsuki was smiling slightly at the thought of seeing a voleyball match, not to mention coaching the team of boys. The door opened and Kiyoko entered first, interrupting the practise of the voleyball club, "Um! Could I have a minute?"

Satsuki and Yachi peered behind Kiyoko; Yachi standing frozen in the sight of the mass of boys while Satsuki stood there calmly, looking at them emotionlessly.

"You found someone!!" Hinata shouted, making all the heads turn to his current position. Kiyoko nodded while Yachi fidgeted uncomfortably at her position.

"What's all this--"

"What's going on?"

"She'll be a temporary member who'll serve as a manager. And she'll be the new recruit for the job of the coach" Kiyoko explained, all the gazes turning to look at the two high school girls.

Yachi stood awkwardly in front of the boys, having her eyes closed while she introduced herself. "I-... I'm Yachi Hitoka!!!" she started, opening her eyes and her bottom lip trembling at her nervousness.

Satsuki looked at them with slight confusion; she had met up with those guys yesterday. "Erm... Konichiwa, minna-san. I'm Satsuki Shiroshi. But I think you already know that..."

Kageyama's eyes fell on Satsuki, surprised as heck when he saw his childhood friends standing in front of his team as one of the new recruits. While the other senpais and members shot Yachi with questions, Kageyama grabbed Satsuki's hand and pulled her in a corner.

"Tatsuki!" he stated, still dumfounded from her sudden appearance.

"Tobio" she replied, twitching her eyebrow as the uncomfortable and embarssing nickname was called out again.

"What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here?"

"Training with my team , isn't that obvious?"

"I came to do the same!"

"Why did you apply for the coach's job? I know that coach Ukai is going to retire next year but... you? Coaching? I didn't expect that at all!" Kageyama almost shouted whispered, Satsuki crossing her arms in front of her chest and huffing.

"Are you calling me useless, Tobio?"

"No, I didn't-"

"Then, just! Deal with it, okay?!" Satsuki almost shouted back at him, embarassed from yelling at him. Her cheeks were flushed and her breaths were unsteady, her teeth bitting her lip at the realisation of her sudden and wrong actions.

Awkward silence planned around them, neither of them saying anything. After a couple of minutes, both decided to break it by speaking.

"Tatsuki, I--"

"-- am sorry" 

Both of them immediately quietened because they spoke in sync, soon chuckling slightly at their foolish conflict that has just occured. Suddenly, Kageyama did the unexpected and patted her head, something he had to do from when they were kids.

Satsuki blushed immediately, remembering the time he called her "His Queen". She smiled wamrly at him, sweet and cosy memories filling her mind.

As something unexpected, voices and laughs were heard a few meters away from them; the voleyball team was hearing them fighting all this time.

"Oi, oi, Kageyama!" - Tanaka

"You never told us you had a girlfriend!" - Nishinoya

"Lovers quarrel! Lovers quarrel!" - Hinata

"Sa-Satsuki-san? >////< " - Yachi

"Kageyama! Not those things during practise!" - Daichi

"Heck, why did I join again?" - Satsuki

"Sh-Shuddap, everyone! >//< " - Kageyama "It isn't like that! Me and Tatsuki are--- Me and SATSUKI are just friends!" 

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That was the new chapter, folks! I hope you enjoyed this short chappie and remember; many more will come after the exams which are finishing in 4 days! ;___;

This chapter is dedicated to KiseLovesMe because she is just so awesome! Thank you for supporting my story, Kise-san ^w^

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