the sound of your alarm jolted you out of your dreams and you reached your hand over to your nightstand to turn it off. you were about to go back to sleep when you realised that it was monday, meaning that you had to get up and go to school. you groaned loudly before pulling the blanket over your head, contemplating whether you should really get up or just pretend that you were sick. the buzzing of your phone caused you to shove your blanket away and turn onto your side. you unplugged it from the charger and looked at the notification. a text message from shouyou.

from: shou-chan (◕‿◕✿)

[first name]! are you up?

sometimes you really envied him for being the morning person he was. maybe you should ask him for his secret. you replied with a quick yes and lazily shuffled out of your bed and over to the bathroom, where you turned on the shower. while waiting for the water to turn warm, you brushed your teeth. about two minutes later you undressed and stepped into the cubicle and let the water flow over your skin for a while before beginning to wash your hair and body.

another twenty minutes later you stood in front of the mirror, a towel wrapped around your head and a second one wrapped around your torso. you walked back into your room and proceeded to put on the black and white uniform of haikyobi high school. afterwards, you dried your hair and finished your morning routine. your grabbed your bag and walked down the stairs, into the kitchen where your mother leaned against the counter, sipping on a cup of coffee. "good morning, mum.", you smiled at her. "good morning, [first name]. did you sleep well?" you nodded and prepared a bowl of cereal for yourself. "kiyoko, i can't find my tie. do you know where it is?", you heard your father call. your mother giggled and called back, "maybe you should look in your sock drawer." you raised an eyebrow and looked at your mother, who shook her head. "your father really can be an idiot, [first name]." you grinned at her. "do i just pretend that i didn't hear you say that or do i remember it and use it against you in the future?" she gasped playfully. "don't you dare do that. anyway, i'm sure he is well aware of that, so i don't think that would help you." your phone buzzed again, notifying you of another text message.

from: shou-chan (◕‿◕✿)

there'll be a new student today!

"oh, cool.", you mumbled. your father walked into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee. "good morning, [first name]." - "mornin', dad.", you looked up from your phone and grinned at him. "mum called you an idiot." he ran a hand through his brown hair and sighed. "she may have a point." - "i'm glad that you agree, tooru.", she smiled at him and took a last sip of her coffee before placing the cup in the dishwasher. she pointed at a box on the kitchen counter. "i already packed your lunch, [first name]. tooru, i'll drop you off at work today. i still have some grocery shopping to do." your father nodded as she walked out of the room. you grabbed the lunch box and shoved it into your bag, along with a bottle of water. shortly after, your mother returned, her black hair now tied up in a neat bun. "take care, dear. and have fun.", she shooed you towards the front door. "and don't forget your jacket. it's still pretty cold outside." - "i know, mum." you put on your shoes, grabbed your jacket and checked your pockets for your keys before opening the door. "see you later, mum, dad." - "see you later, [first name]."

you walked down the driveway and took a right turn. like every morning, your neighbour's dog ran up to the fence surrounding their yard and greeted you with a loud bark. you leaned over to pet it and then continued your walk down the street. you spotted shouyou and nagisa at your usual meeting point and started walking a bit faster. "morning, guys!", you waved at them and they turned around to face you. "good morning, [first name]-chan." - "good morning, [first name]. did you read my text?", shouyou asked. "yeah, i did. so, do you know who the new student will be?" both boys shook their heads. "no idea. but we should get going or ushijima-sensei will kick our asses." you shuddered at the thought of being lectured about being late to class by your strict homeroom teacher. the school wasn't that far away from your home, it was actually just a mere ten minute walk, but somehow the three of you always got so caught up in your conversations that you ended up taking up to twenty minutes to get there, barely making it in time.

today was no different, all of you were wondering who the new student might be and why they transferred in the middle of the school year. soon enough, though, you walked though the gates of haikyobi high school and made your way through the corridors and into your classroom. most of the students in your class were already sitting in their respective seats, talking to each other and you noticed that most of the conversations revolved around the new student. well, it didn't surprise you. it was always exciting to meet someone new. you just hoped that they would be a nice person that you would get along with as well as you did with the other students. you sat down, immediately turning to koushi, the class representative. "can you tell me something about the new student?" he shook his head. "all i know is that it's a guy. other than that, i have no idea." - "another guy?", you huffed in frustration. the last few students arrived and shortly after your teacher entered the classroom as well.

"matsuoka kou?" kou raised her hand. "matsuoka rin?" rin raised his hand. "oikawa [first name]?" you raised your hand. "sawamura daichi?" daichi raised his hand. a few students' names later, ushijima looked at the class and cleared his throat. "today i will introduce two new people to you. one being a trainee teacher, the other being a new student." everyone looked around excitedly and started whispering, only to be interrupted by the teacher's voice. "i hope that all of you will be on your best behaviour as long as ryugazaki will be present in this class. i want to encourage his wish to become a teacher and i want you to make it easy for him to adjust to this new environment." he walked over to the door of the classroom and opened it, beckoning a shorter male with blue hair and red glasses sitting on the bridge of his nose inside. a shy smile was etched onto his face and you couldn't help but to smile as well. he was obviously nervous. "ryugazaki, please introduce yourself.", ushijima said. ryugazaki gulped and turned slightly to face the class. "my name is ryugazaki rei. i'm currently 23 years old and i study chemistry and physics at the local university. i hope that i will get along with all of you as long as i'm here." everyone greeted him with a friendly smile, even tobio and haruka.

after the noise had died down again, ushijima spoke up once more. "the new student will join us in the second period. until then, you will work in groups of four." he passed around a stack of worksheets. the first thing you read was something about springtime and you remembered that sprink break would be in a little less than three weeks. you turned around to look at shouyou and nagisa, whisper-yelling at them, "hey, my brother will be home over spring break, guys." - "really?" - "awesome."

now on for the things you get to decide:

1. who will be the new student?

2. which people will be in your group?

3. who is the older oikawa sibling (aka your brother)?

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a/n: i'm really looking forward to feedback from you guys. if you want to know who some of your classmates etc. are up until now, check out GrandKingOikawa's comment thread on the previous introduction chapter. although i'll probably change the kisumi thing, because i don't know how to include a slightly perverted janitor uncle dude and i'd probably end up writing something way too close to sexual harrassment.

i hope you enjoyed this chapter.

rage on, minna.