"That one's from Yuu and I!" Tanaka shouted, as Ren held a red bag close to her. Pulling out an object, slowly investigating, and her eyes grew huge. "Cool, as expected from my senpais!" Nishinoya gave a rigid laugh, "right?!"

Ren grinned widely at the brand new water based speakers that blasted the clear liquid with bright colours whenever a source of sound came along.

Hinata's rubbing off on her...

Yamaguchi sighed, his chin in palm. But he did have to say that he was pretty excited. What would she think of his present? Would it up her perspective of him? He shook away his thoughts, glancing at the first year who had been looking the speakers.

He was grateful though, that she wasn't older than him. "Those are probably expensive, Yoshida. Make sure to take care of them." She nodded joyfully, and placed then carefully on the side. So far, she's gotten plenty. Including money from Kinnoshita, Ennoshita, and Narita.

How sweet; even if they hadn't known her, they still were considerate enough to get her something at all. Daichi, Sugawara, Kiyoko and Asahi all pooled in to get her basketball equipment. Including shoes (which ended up being the exact same type that Aomine wears) making her a little too excited. As well as proper clothing; this probably costed a lot in her eyes, wristbands and even socks to also top it off. "I will, Daichi-san, don't worry!" She smiled warmly, "I got this."

Suga sighed, "I hope so." Ren's hands stopped as she traced along one of the bags. From Tsukishima. Her face felt hot, but she had to act cool, otherwise Sayaka and a specific friend would catch on.

This is it.

She pondered long and hard on what he could've gotten her. Tsukishima hadn't seemed like the type to get anything, other than that, the box was a pretty decent size.

Who knew even the Tsukishima Kei would get me a present.

She unravelled the wrapping paper.

I guess he is considerate.

Ren placed her hand inside to feel something rather soft. A plastic surface, but bounced with every movement. "What is it?" She wondered, looking at the audience, who looked rather focused on what it was as well. She yanked it out, and raised it to eye level.

He didn't.

Yamaguchi started laughing, and Tsukishima followed with a few snickers. Kageyama was dumbfounded as usual, and Kuroo was having a few laughs here and there with Tanaka and Noya. Ren couldn't help it; she let out a few chuckles as well. How couldn't she? Daichi, Asahi and Suga joined in, and even Kenma was throwing some chuckles.

"Could it be that Yoshi-chan likes bread or something?" Oikawa asked Iwaizumi, who shrugged in response. "Why are you so interested?"

"Isn't it obvious? A person like me has to look out for a fan of mine. She obviously likes bread because she figured out I liked milk bread!" Iwaizumi squinted his eyes, not amused, "that's funny, Oikawa."

"Well, she will be! I'm one hundred percent sure I can capture her heart and make her a fan. I am Oikawa Tooru, after all."

"And if you don't?" Iwa-chan's eye twitched, not amused by this at all. "If I don't, then I will clean the gym for a month!" Iwaizumi laughed, "have fun, Trashikawa." He was going to enjoy this.

If he did manage to win the bet, he could mouth off to the team. Oikawa Tooru failed to get a girl; a first year too would be the headline. Iwaizumi looked at Ren, but ended up looking constantly back between Oikawa and her, remembering the past few attempts that failed. Could he really pull it off? Well, it's not like he had anything better to do today, and he had to supervise the trash king, so he wouldn't pull off anything stupid.

Oikawa was having a good time; he gets to spend time with people. People who weren't his fans. He rarely got invited to outings, and even if this was a mistake, he didn't mind it at all. "Toast..." Ren looked at it blankly, before eyeing over to Tsukishima.

"You seemed like you needed some, so, happy birthday." She gave a slight chuckle, but ended up being a little disappointed in the end. "Still..."

"Cool, Yoshida-chan gets food!" Hinata grinned, overlooking the mood. But not long after did he realize it was from a specific first year, and crossed his arms, "on second thought, it's not that cool."

"What a child." Hiyori spoke to Sayaka, who giggled at the situation. "Thank you, Tsukishima-kun. I really like toast." Ren pulled the bag aside. She got excited for nothing, but she had to look on the bright side. At least I got something from him.

She grabbed another bag with white and blue polka dots. He managed to figure out my favorite food. Thumbs up to him. She felt like she was being sarcastic, but knew it didn't work. She wasn't that type of person. "That one's from Saya-su and I!"

Ren reached into the bag, and grasped onto what felt like clothing. She could at least look forward to this. Taking them out, she unfolded them. "Ah, cute!" Her lips stretched into a smile, "thank you guys!"

It was a blue sweater, with a picture of a cute bear in the middle. It also came with a black skirt, and blue tights. It was a pretty cute outfit, and a thought lit inside her mind, which she immediately regretted.

How would Tsukishima-kun react to me wearing this?

She smacked her head with her right hand, and her face burned up, slowly but surely. "Yoshi-su, are you alright? " She looked up and made eye contact with Hiyori, "y-yeah... Thank you so much." The shorter of the two flicked her wrist up and down, "no problem." There were two other presents left, and Ren decided to go for the smaller one, although it was still pretty big.

"From... Tsukishima-kun and Yamaguchi-san?" She tilted her head, "I thought Tsukishima-kun already gave me one." Yamaguchi chuckled, "he wouldn't just get you that." The blonde looked at him, "what's that supposed to mean?"

"N-nothing! Sorry, Tsukki." Ren cleared her throat, "a-anyways," she began to open the gift. The item inside felt... fluffy. It required two hands to pull out, but even so, she did. It ended up being a panda bear, well, a stuffed one. It was huge, almost as large as four textbooks stacked.

"It's so cute, thank you guys!" She held it close to her chest. Yamaguchi sheepishly patted his neck, "it's really nothing-"

"Nothing?!" Ren cut him off, "it's perfect! Thank you!" Well, what could Yamaguchi do? Tsukishima stayed quiet, making her think a little more. Tsukishima-kun got me this?

I knew he couldn't just get me food. What are you saying, Ren? Yamaguchi-san got you this as well! This was better than my last present. Well, I mean from Tsukki-kun.

She put her hand to her chin, but the bread was sweet too. The last present ended up being from Kageyama, who had gotten her some volleyball equipment. Proper shoes, pants, a decent under shirt that wasn't heavy, she honestly didn't deserve so much. "Thank you, Kageyama." She smiled at him.

"No problem; happy birthday, Yoshida." Hiyori closed in on Sayaka, and whispered something in her ear. "They don't use honorifics... What do you think their relationship is?" Sayaka gazed at the two, "who knows?" Ren put all the presents on the side, and stood up straight, "thank you all very much! I'll treasure these!"

Everyone smiled, and did the usual 'no problem'. They talked a bit, meaning, everyone did. They got to know each other better. Even Hiyori got a taste of Tsukishima's personality, but even that didn't change her perspective of him. Sayaka walked up to Ren, who was talking to Sugawara and Daichi about the next couple of practices.

She then pulled her to the side. "H-hey, who is that?" Ren looked at her, and by the looks of it, she was avoiding eye contact. "Who is who?"

"Y-you know, the guy talking to the unfamiliar blonde boy."

"Yamaguchi-sa -"

"No, not him!" Sayaka's face turned all red. "Ah- you must mean the captain of Nekoma."

"Yeah, that guy." Ren smirked, "why don't you ask him yourself?" She backed up, "you're learning too much from that Tsukishima kid; how do you think I'll talk to him?!" The birthday girl sighed, "it may not look like it, but he's more approachable than he looks." Sayaka averted her eyes toward him, and it seemed like he was talking with Daichi now.

"Kuroo."

"Pardon?" Ren smiled gently, "his name is Kuroo." Sayaka grinned, "thank you, Yoshida." She nodded, "no worries." Yamaguchi then came a few minutes after Sayaka left.

She did really talk to him a bit, and that made Ren breath. "I just wanted to say that Coach Ukai-san and Takeda-sensei also helped with the refreshments and decorations. They just couldn't make it though." Ren smiled, "I don't doubt it. Thank you." Yamaguchi's face turned red, "for what-"

"Yoshi-chan!" Oikawa skipped over. Ren then face palmed, great. "What is it, Oikawa-kun?" Yamaguchi could feel the awkward aura erupt, and a shiver made its way down his spine, yikes.

He decided to escape, and go back to Tsukishima. "My bad! It was your birthday and I hadn't gotten you anything." Ren stopped, was he trying to be nice? Is he actually genuinely carin-

"But as a birthday gift, I will allow you to go on a date with me."

And there it is.

"No. I refuse." Oikawa looked shocked, "eh?! Doesn't everyone want to go on a date with the Oikawa Tooru?" Ren smiled half-heartedly, "apparently not." Oikawa felt defeated, now Iwaizumi would never leave him alone about it. But he wouldn't give up, he couldn't.

That wouldn't be the timid Oikawa Tooru everyone knew. He took a deep breath, and sighed, "fine then." Ren's eyes widened, "eh?"

"That's alright." He managed to speak out, making Ren feel bad. "Well, erm- It's not like I don't like you, Oikawa-kun... It's just I've never really been on a date before and we literally just met today." Oikawa felt relieved. So it wasn't she didn't like me! It just needs time.

But even so, he was an impatient person.

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Everyone eventually ended up leaving, and Yamaguchi volunteered to stay back. Ren felt the need to as well, to help clean, but he insisted on doing it himself, since it was her birthday. "It's getting dark out, I don't wanna walk home alone-" She blurted out, as an excuse. But shortly, she realized what she said was wrong.

Expecting a no from both of the boys, Yamaguchi strangely spoke out, "sure..."

"E-eh... I was just joking." Yamaguchi picked up the trash bag and put it on the side, good thing Daichi-san told everyone to clean up their own messes, otherwise I'd be here forever. "Even so, we're done," he smiled, "and you can't carry all that alone. Even Tsukki will help."

"Hah? Who said I would?" Yamaguchi glared at him, and that nerve racked Tsukishima. "But I don't care, I'll tag along." The things he does for Yamaguchi. Goodness, how could he not?

Ren felt like her heart was leaping. "Wait," She stopped them before they picked up her bags. "What is it now?" The blonde spoke out hastily. "I wanna take a picture," she took out her phone, but her face burned up with realization. "I-if that's alright with you!"

Yamaguchi shrugged his shoulders, "I don't mind, how about Tsukki?" Tsukishima's eyebrow twitched, "fine." As much as he hated pictures, he didn't want to say no to her when it was her birthday. She grinned idiotically, "thank you!" She put it in front, like how you'd take a selfie, but Tsukishima was too tall, and would get cut off.

"Here," he put his hand out to take the phone, and she gave it to him. He was the tallest, so this would be easy. "Okay," she gave a cheeky but sweet smile, "one, two, and three." Tsukishima bluntly counted, and took the picture.

Snap.

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A/N)) These two are such dorks. # Everyone in HQ!! Especially Grand trash. No joke. Also, Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! I don't though, so I dunno what to say lol