"Yoshida-kun."

An annoying but familiar voice called on her, making her know exactly who it was. She turned around, annoyed, but didn't want to give the blonde megane the satisfaction he didn't deserve. So she acted calm.

"Yes, Tsukishima-kun?" Ren turned away from sweeping, to look at this male. "I think you dropped something." Tsukishima smirked, closing his eyes. Ren looking downwards; prayed that wasn't her phone. After investigating the floor, she raised an eyebrow, and asked half politely. "What is it?"

"Your dignity."

--

"Thank you for cleaning up with me, Yamaguchi-san." Ren smiled and bowed, tilting her head to the side, causing Yamaguchi's face to turn red, out of embarrassment, "I-It was nothing..." Tsukishima started walking ahead towards his house, since it was after practice, as well as dark. Yamaguchi noticed this, and immediately picked up his things.

"Tsukki~ Wait up!" The freckled boy caught up to him, and gave a grin to his friend. "Shut up, Yamaguchi."

"Sorry Tsukki~" As well as for Ren, she walked the opposite way, trying to retrace her steps from the morning. It was...

But she couldn't remember. After all, she did come here a few days ago. "Good thing." She mumbles to herself, as she took off her phone case, to reveal her new address on the back of it. "It was..." She trailed her eyes to a notebook, left lying there, "over here!" She smiled, knowing she wasn't far from home. Ren looked towards her, remembering that her apartment wasn't more than just a few blocks away.

--

"I-I told you mom, I'll be fine here- No, I haven't found a job yet... Okay. Okay. Sure, bye..." The 14 year-old girl dropped on her bed, as well as dropping her phone.

Why did I agree? I can't make money here... I don't even have a job. As well as almost going broke.

Ren yawned on her bed, looking at the clock, which read 11:08pm, Ren noticed that she hadn't even fully unpacked her things.

I'm going to bed; I'll continue to unpack tomorrow.

--

Ren impatiently waited for the bell to ring, since she didn't have any time to encounter Yamaguchi, she still needed to pay him back for the orange juice she hadn't even opened.

She hated being in debt.

"Alright class, I'll be dismissing you early, prior to the bell going off in a few minutes." As everyone got up, Ren was still sitting, taking out her wallet.

How much was the juice? 250 yen, right?

"Yamaguchi-san?" Ren called, causing the freckled boy to turn around clueless. "H-Here you go..." Ren stuttered, but handed him the yen. "What's this for?"

"The o-orange juice you got me the other day..." Yamaguchi looked away; his face tinted red the slightest bit. "I said you didn't have to pay me back-"

"Yoshida-kun?!" A short male, with orange hair called upon her, near the door. She looked behind herself, shocked. "Ah, Hinata-san..."

"It's club activities, isn't it?" Tsukishima glared at the hyper figure, which surprisingly jumped back into a fighting pose. "Y-You want to go?!" He shouted, making Tsukishima smirk. "You shouldn't take on Tsukki so carelessly!" Yamaguchi pointed at Hinata. "What are you doing, Yamaguchi?"

"Sorry, Tsukki." Ren stood there, dumbfounded as they just... fought. "W-What did you need again, H-Hinata-san?" Ren smiled, trying to resolve the issue. Hinata then did a quick bow, before shouting, "I'm sorry about the other day's issue!"

The apology was so sudden, it caused Ren to jump. "It's alright... But you already apologized." Hinata then looked down, and very quietly spoke. "Kageyama told me to give you a proper apology, since Tuesday's was too rushed."

Kageyama...

So that's why it sounded so familiar... Hinata has been saying his name all the time, huh?

"It's alright Hinata..." Ren put her hands on his head and gave him a heart warming smile, causing Hinata's cheeks to heat up. And he stormed off after that. "What's up with him?" Ren asked, pointing to the door. "Who knows?" Tsukishima replied, smirking, after heading out the door. Ren had also followed, and waited for Tsukishima to place his headphones on, so she could ask Yamaguchi something.

"...Y-Yamaguchi-san..?" Ren spoke out, looking towards the ground.

"Do I... remind you of a guy?" Yamaguchi didn't answer for a while, which worried her, before he started laughing. "You do." Ren's cheeks dusted with light pink, and she looked away. "N-Not in a bad way though!"

The girl lifted her head, waiting for what Yamaguchi had to say. "I-I mean... You do wear sweat pants instead of a skirt, not to mention your short hair..." Yamaguchi pulled his gaze away, hand on the back of his neck. "As well as the coat you wore on the first day. It covered your uniform..."

Skirts were very uncomfortable... Especially since they're so short and could easily fly up, exposing everything. As well as with hair; well, she tried growing it out, but it ended up getting everywhere. The coat?

She had no excuse for the coat. Yamaguchi bit his lip, shortly before Ren started laughing. "Why should I care what others think of me?" She said, giving a really heart warming smile to the freckled boy, making his cheeks turn all red. "Y-Yeah..."

Ren, Yamaguchi and Tsukishima all entered the gym at once, having Daichi walk up to them. "Yamaguchi, Tsukishima, get changed as soon as possible,"

"Sure." Daichi turned to Ren, giving her a smile, only to have it returned back. "Coach Ukai is here-"

"Oi, Daichi! Who wanted to see me again?" Coach Ukai barked, while talking to the advisor of the team. "There's your queue." Daichi said, leaving Ren absolutely nervous. "Y-Y-Yeah..." As Ren walked over to the coach, she realized that she probably wasn't in the best shape to ask, shortly before turning around to exit the gym.

I'll come back tomorrow... Maybe later this week-

"Oi, you over there!"

Ren turned around slowly, with a nauseous look. She was scared.

"You're... Yoshida Ren, right?" She fully turned around, making eye contact with the coach, as she nodded. "Daichi told me what was going on, and I'd like to talk to you." Ren stepped closer, shyly. She didn't know what to say, let alone, how to ask.

"A request to become an assistant. Erm- well-" Ren bowed down as quickly as she could, "p-please let me assist this team, c-coach!" Her voice echoed throughout the gym, making the team stop what they were doing, and listen to what she had to say.

"I-I promise I'll be dedicated to what I need to do." Ren stated, swearing her loyalty to the team. "Come on, coach. What's the worst that could happen?" Daichi sighed, standing next to the male, making Ren stand back up.

"Osu! I agree with Daichi-senpai! Let's let Yoshida-kun join!" Hinata cooed, placing his hands on her shoulders. "Don't touch her so familiarly, idiot Hinata." Kageyama scolded, after slapping the back of his head. "Ow..."

"Okay, okay, but let's first see what you're made of." The coach rubbed his head, sighing. "But since we're missing two of our players, we may have to postpone this test."

"Nishinoya and Tanaka should be arriving shortly today." Sugawara smiled, as coach Ukai nodded and spoke next. "The match will be on Saturday, at 3:30pm. The first years will be on one team, and the second and third years will be on the other-" Coach Ukai reached into his pocket, grabbing his phone.

After raising it to his ear, he sighed after looking at the contact information. "M-Mom! But I'm busy right now- Fine. Fine. Bye." He shut his phone, leaving Ren shocked.

"I may need to tend to the shop today... So, Daichi, watch over the team." Coach Ukai stated, before taking his leave. "I'm going to see if there's another match I could set up!" The advisor joyfully said, before also taking his leave. Ren hopped joyfully.

She really missed it.

She bowed, staying there for a while. "Th-thank you all very much!" The older looking male with a messy bun put his hand to the back of his head. "I-It was really nothing-"

"Asahi, you didn't do anything." Sugawara laughed, before stopping everything. "Kiyoko! Come introduce yourself!" Daichi called, as Kiyoko gently put the water bottles down, nodding. "I'm Kiyoko Shimizu, the manager of the volleyball club," she took a bow; "I look forward to working with you."

Ren immediately took a bow as well. "I-I'm not officially working here as of yet, but I look forward to working with you, Kiyoko-senpai."

"Now that that's done, how about we get in the formations of the practice ma-"

"KIYOKO-SAN, WE HAVE COME TO SEE YOU!" A short male and a bald male came rushing in through the door, leaping at Kiyoko, causing her to crouch down, and ultimately dodging them.

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