WARNING !! ⚠️

manga spoilers ahead! if you do not wish to be spoiled, please do press the exit buttom immediately. enjoy!

THIRD PERSON

it was the day. the day everyone from different schools and different prefectures awaited to occur, the famous freak duo's battle against each other with both their teams alongside them. every single spectators, either from other cities, other countries, or even the audience inside the sendai gymnasium had their eyes and mind focused on the game and after a bunch of exhilarating moments, the gymnasium was now filled with exhausted pants and loud cheers in no time as the scoreboard displayed 26 – 24. it was finally over with the black jackals winning 3 sets out of 5.

"it's finally over, huh?" yachi sighs out as she rested her chin on both her palms as her elbows were rested on her thighs before she stared towards the gym she used to go to. it surely has been ages since the last time she and her friends came to the said arena. not to play or help, but to spectate.

"yeah." yamaguchi replied with a smile plastered on his face as his eyes wandered around the floor that was glistening from the players' sweat, but his eyes averted away from it as soon as the blonde beside them spoke up.

"what are you saying? the season just started."
"oh, right! i'll look forward to your match, tsukki!"
"you don't have to come to cheer me up, though."
"i'll definitely go, it's okay!"

the three of them chatted away, but their blabbering about the tall male's next match halted as soon as they remembered what was missing. her.

"she hasn't contacted us ever since we graduated. kinda gets me a bit concerned about her." yamaguchi frowns as he stood up from his seat and prepared himself to leave the venue and meet the freak duo outside, which the two followed.

"you can't really blame her, though. she really wanted to pursue her passion on being the head chef of her own fancy restaurant." yachi replies with another sigh as they started to walk.

with a tch from tsukishima, he butted in. "she used to either burn or serve still raw eggs and now, she's a chef-in-command of her own restaurant. a huge character development indeed, as far as i can see." he teased, which caused his two friends beside him to giggle in laughter. they were glad that aiko wasn't there to hear his words or it might've ended in the worst way possible.

after a few talks and walks, they finally met up with each other and as soon as they did, bickers from kageyama and hinata were heard and tsukishima was there to provoke the two more while yamaguchi and yachi had been laughing the whole time, but everything was interrupted as soon as a bunch of cameras flashed around them, but instead of kageyama and hinata who just finished their match, the cameras were focused on another figure that was on a black suit and upon seeing the small group, she loosened her necktie and smiled towards them. "sorry i'm late. did i miss anything?"

the familiar voice they heard tingled through their mind. the sweet tone they longed to hear and the woman they longed to see was finally in front of them after a long time.

"aiko!" all of them, except the blone-haired male, yelled in joy as they tackled the female into a tight hug, but tsukishima just stood there as his iconic stoic expression crept up his face.

"seriously, your grand entrances always end up failing miserably. you literally missed the whole game, baka." he teasingly said before he ruffled her hair and added another sentence while pointing on his left hand's fourth finger. "it's been a year, hasn't it, aiko?"

just tsukishima's question alone caused the boys to whine as they started to angrily bicker right towards him for not telling them that the two met up within the years. yes, even yamaguchi did, but yachi still as she got the message and stared at aiko's ring finger with her eyes widening in shock. "you– you're engaged!?"

"eh!?"

aiko softly giggled because of their reaction as she approached her fiancé and smacked the back of his head with slight force, earning a growl from the blonde male, but she didn't care, for she showed her engagement ring that was glittering around her ring finger towards her friends. "yup! we planned on telling you today as a surprise. oh, and i missed you guys! how about an after-party meal for having the chance to battle?"

"sounds like a plan, aiko-san!"
"i call dibs on the beef steak!"
"no, i call dibs on the beef steak!"
"seriously, you guys haven't changed at all."

as yamaguchi, yachi, kageyama, and hinata started to argue about which is which, aiko heaved out a deep sigh and leaned in towards her finacé's physique and as if on cue, the blonde placed his hand on her shoulder to support her. "rowdy as always. i missed this." she said with a smile, eyes locked on her friends' figures.

"well, i'm not inviting them to the wedding."
"okay, that's just plain mean."
"i know."