Yoshida Ren. A first year in high school, who had skipped a grade. She came to Karasuno, thinking that it was the complete opposite of Shiratorizawa, who had accepted her. Truth was, she has heard too much about the ace, and what he could do. Hearing such things would certainly hurt her.

Things like, "hey, did you know that our school won another game again? We're great!" Sort of thing.

"It's not fair that Ren gets put on the court more than us."

They're wrong.

"Eh, Ren's going on again?! But all she can do is serve one or two points!"

Don't believe them. But it's kind of hard to block out all the lies with lies of her own. Lies only she believed. How dare the team speak about her in such a manner? Don't they know she is standing right there?

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"Hiyori?" Ren groggily pulled herself out of her comfort zone and walked with the brunette. "Hm, what is it?" She responded, leading the way, looking at the scenery that surrounded the two.

It really was pretty.

"Where are we going?" Ren requested, for almost the past 5 minutes. She wasn't really a sporty or athletic person; you can't blame her for that. To top it off, the sun beamed brightly, and started beating down on the first years. Ren wiped the sweat off her forehead, and continued to follow.

"I told you, Yoshi-su. Something I have to pick up for Saya-su." She sighed tiredly, "why did I have to come then?" Hiyori could hear the sound of her shoes scrape against the hard cement side walk. "It's always fun to go together, silly." The taller female kept silent.

It'd be obvious to know that she'd rather play some games or be doing something alone right now. But how could she turn down a friend? Someone who wanted her company? "Ah! We're here, Yoshi-su!" Ren hopped with joy, looking at the name of the place. "Finally- Wait, a bakery?"

Hiyori sheepishly rubbed her neck, and she breathed slightly, "yeah... Saya-su said that she had ordered some cookies, and doesn't have time to grab them." Her eyes went larger, and she gave an ear-to-ear grin, "let's go in then!" Hiyori grabbed her hand, and rushed in, having the door ring after their arrival.

"SURPRISE!" Tanaka and Noya jumped out in front of them, having their arms out wide. Odd, they were wearing normal clothing, if they were on a volleyball occasion, they'd be in uniform. Anyhow, Hiyori started laughing, and Ren leaped back, heart beating. "Oh my goodness, senpai's- what is this?"

Streamers covered the walls, and balloons had been taped at the top. Daichi walked from behind them, crossed arms. Suga followed behind, "we said not to do that, Tanaka, Noya." Tanaka cracked into laughter and slapped his knee, "but it was so tempting! Did you see her reaction?!" Nishinoya gave a smile, and looked up to the girl, "Yoshida! You look extra cute today!"

Ren's cheeks turned to a rosy color, and she pat his back out of awkwardness. "Enough, enough," Sugawara split the two apart, and pushed them away. "How old are they?" Tsukishima murmured, sitting on a table with Yamaguchi.

Yamaguchi and Tsukishima too? This is getting weird.

Ren felt a gush of air blow through her hair.

Ah, geez! Tsukishima can see me like this.

She made eye contact, but immediately pulled her gaze away.

But he doesn't seem to mind, though.

Yamaguchi sat there, only nodding to the blonde's comments. He felt like if he made a move, she might see him.

Damn it, she really did look cute.

Sayaka walked from behind the counter, "took you two long enough." Ren looked at her, raising an eyebrow, "for what..?" Hinata placed his hands on her shoulders and jumped up, "you're so slow to understanding things, Yoshida-chan!" Everyone stared at her intently, until things stayed silent for quite a while as she still didn't get it. Kageyama rolled his eyes, and crossed his arms. "It's your birthday, dumbass."

Ren's face lit up, and eyes widened. Kiyoko and Asahi walked from inside the kitchen, wearing aprons full of flour. "Happy birthday, Yoshida-san." Yamaguchi flashed a smile, and Hiyori plunged herself to her arm. "Yeah- Happy birthday to Yoshi-su!"

Sayaka smiled casually and nodded. "H-Happy birthday, Ren-chan." Kiyoko spoke out formally, yet made two specific hearts swoon. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOSHIDA! WOOO!" Ennoshita quieted them down, reminding them that they had to keep their voices low.

"Happy B-day!" Kinnoshita and Narita yelled with Ennoshita in unison. "Happy birthday, assistant adviser Yoshida." Daichi chuckled, and Suga grinned. "Happy birthday to the one and only Yoshida."

"H-h-happy b-birthday..." Asahi said awkwardly. Yamaguchi nudged Tsukishima's arm, and so he gave a lazy wish. "Happy birthday... Yoshida..." Her face felt hot, and she looked down to stop herself from saying anything more.

"H-how did you guys know? I mean... I don't think I told anyone." Tsukishima rested his chin in the palm of his hand. "Yamaguchi set this up." The freckled first years face became red, most probably redder than hers. "E-eh? Well... I accidentally saw the calendar in the kitchen of your house... Sorry." He explained, but relieved Ren in a way.

"A-ah, no! That's fine!" She grinned like an idiot, "this is 15x more than the people I usually have at my birthdays!" Asahi slanted his eyebrows, and mumbled quietly, "what about her parents..?" She then looked up, "thank you guys." Tanaka and Noya yelled, touched by the moment, "LET'S HAVE FUN NOW- FOR YOSHIDA!"

Tsukishima clicked his tongue, and Hinata mimicked the second year's movement. "Oi, dumbass Hinata! Go grab some refreshments." Hinata leaned forward, raised eyebrows, "eh, why do I have to go?!" Nishinoya then placed his hand on his kouhai's shoulder, dramatically speaking, "don't worry Hinata. I'll go with you... because I am your senpai!"

"Uwaah! Noya-senpai!" The shorter of the two gave a laugh and so he patted Hinata's back and went into the kitchen. Ren stood there awkwardly, before Daichi approached her from the back. "Yoshida, you should sit." He pushed her towards the tables, but to her dismay, the one Tsukishima was sitting next to.

"Have fun, okay?" Daichi gave a thumbs up, having Ren do the same. She nodded. Out of nowhere, she heard clapping, only to realise it was a specific blonde. "What is it?" She asked.

"My, my, nothing really." To that, she raised an eyebrow. "It's just, I never expected you to actually look like a girl. Good job for that."

Wait, was he complimenting her?

"HIYORI DID IT FOR ME." She yelled suddenly, killing the mood he wanted to create. Hiyori turned her back, flustered. "Wait, Hiyori, say something." She walked away, leaving Tsukishima laughing at Ren.

She sighed, and sat down at the table beside theirs. Everyone seemed so busy with things, while Ren was just sitting there. She felt kind of... useless. Well, along with Tsukishima, but that was alright since he did nothing anyways. "Speaking of which... Thank you, Yamaguchi-san."

Yamaguchi averted his attention from Tsukishima to Ren, "m-me? I really didn't do much... Everyone helped out." Ren nodded, and gave a heart warming smile, making his cheeks heat up. "I'm going to help in the kitchen..."

Ren slammed the table and stood up rather quick, "me too!" Yamaguchi giggled, and Tsukishima put his head on the table, irritated. "No, no, Yoshida-san... It's your party, so we can't have you working." Ren slumped back, and sat back down next to the beanpole, "fine..." As the first year headed off, Ren also put her head down on the table.

"Hey... Tsukishima-kun..?" He lifted his head, "what?" Seeing him in such a manner made the blood rush to her cheeks, so she stayed quiet. "Nothing."

You look sort of cute in normal clothes, Tsukishima.

Wait, why am I thinking things like that?!

"Tch, how irritating." He mumbled, making Ren stand up out of the blue. "I-I-I remember I ne-needed to w-wash my hands!" She lied, face burning up. She quickened her pace to the washroom near the entrance, but got hit by the door instead. The impact threw her on the floor.

"Ah, sorry, sorry." A male put his hand out for her to grab. He had quite a model-like complexion, with a milk chocolate color to his hair and eyes both. The male wore casual clothing, plain jeans and a plain, blue half-sleeve as well. "Shittykawa, watch where you're going!" A shorter male with dark hair slapped him on the head, making Ren lean back in shock.

"Ow, Iwa-chan, how mean! I was trying to make a good impression!" The so called 'Iwa-chan' raised his hand up again, threatening the brunette. "Okay, okay, I'll be quiet." Ren raised an eyebrow out of confusion. She would understand if it were someone she had known come to this party, but why these two weirdoes?

"Um, e-excuse me?" She spoke out awkwardly, sitting on the floor, "who are y-you two?" The darker haired male helped her up, while she dusted off her clothing. She could hear faint snickering in the background, which she knew could be one person. "Oh, captain-san?! King-sama? There are some people here for you!"

The brunette stood in place, stoned expression, with a very gloomy aura. "Do you not know who I am?" He spoke out, very quietly. Ren bit her thumb, "no..?" Iwa-chan then bursted into laughter, making the brunette fall to the floor dramatically.

"What is it, Tsukishima?" Daichi came out, but after looking towards the blonde's direction, he immediately looked at Ren. "What the- What are they doing here-?!" Daichi scoffed, stopping himself from saying anything disrespectful. "Who knows?" Tsukishima wiped a tear from his eye, and Yamaguchi tried not being noticed.

Kageyama walked out, but stared daggers at the brunette sulking on the floor. But seeing Tobio, made himself stand up straight from the floor. Ennoshita, Kinnoshita, and Narita placed the refreshments onto the table, and were extremely confused by the situation. Nishinoya stopped Kiyoko from leaving the kitchen at all costs, since he didn't want the Seijoh creeps to lay a finger on her. Asahi awkwardly hid himself behind a decorative plant, trying not to be noticed.

"Yoo-hoo~ How are you, Tobio-chan?" Kageyama continued to glare, as dark blue ones burned into brown. "Guys, guys... Don't fight, alright?" Ren stated awkwardly, needn't not to mention it was her birthday. "Oi. What do you want with our first year?!" Tanaka yelled, putting his most intimidating face on.

"Me?" The brunette started, "I was invited~" The second year popped a vein, "invited? I'm going to ruin that pretty face-"

"Hey, hey, that's enough!" Suga jumped in, pushing back Tanaka into the kitchen. "Sorry about that." The unfamiliar male stood up and patted off any dust that may have collected onto his clothing. "I'm not joking, even ask Iwa-chan. My adorable kouhai here sent me this address."

Kageyama frantically looked through his mobile device, and went through his email. Right in the recipients there, was the captain's contact. Kageyama put it back, defeated, and cussed under his breath. "Why do you even have Trashikawa's contact?" Iwa asked the setter, with the same complaint, "how meeeaaannn!"

Trashikawa? Shittykawa? Are these nicknames?

Ren tilted her head, before Hiyori grabbed her hand.

I should take down notes.

"Oikawa-san added my contact in junior high..." Hinata hopped from inside, before stopping when he saw the two new faces. "What is the grand king doing here!?" Oikawa gave a slight laugh, "grand king?" Hinata nodded rather quickly, about to explain, but stopped himself from talking by placing his hand on his mouth. By then, Hiyori had already dragged Ren into the washroom. "Yoshi-su, do you know who that is?!"

She shook her head, "not really..." The shorter of the first years excitedly jumped, "that's Oikawa Tooru! The one and only third year from Aoba Johsai! The one with him is Iwaizumi Hajime, the ace. They're best friends." Ren chuckled, someone did their studying. "So? It's not like they're anything big..." Hiyori gaped, and crossed her arms, "Oikawa-kun is so cool!"

Ren smirked, "but Kageyama is cooler." She smiled, and sighed, "sure, sure. Whatever you say, Yoshi-su." True, Ren hadn't seen how Aoba Johsai plays, but by the looks of it, it seems like Karasuno won by a long shot. Ren and Hiyori walked out, well whatever.

I don't really look at any other guys anyways.

A/N)) HAPPY BDAY TO YAMS

LMAO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS CHAPTER IS.

On the bright side, we won our Volleyball game and made it into Play-offs.

We annihilated them.

2-25.

TWO TO TWENTY-FIVE.

IS ANYONE PROUD OF ME YET?! //slapped// No? Okay...