[ RECAP ]

"It's not safe for you to go alone," Shirabu takes her hand and leads her to her dorm, knowing she would protest. Once they reached the front of her dorm, Shirabu lets go of her hand. "Go on now."

"Thank you Shirabu-kun," Y/N gives him smile. "Good luck on your game tomorrow."

"Good luck on your project," Shirabu tells her. Y/N opens her door and before she stepped inside Shirabu spoke up. "Wait, Y/N."

"Yes, Shirabu-kun?"

"Um," Shirabu clenches his hand. "Never mind." Shirabu turns around to walk away but he then felt Y/N grab his wrist. He turned around and she gave him a warm smile before giving him a peck on the cheek.

"What was that for?" Shirabu blushes and becomes flustered.

"Well, I see how jealous you get on how I treat Goshiki-kun" Y/N responds. "So today you both received a peck on the cheek. Good night Shirabu-kun."

He watches her leave into her dorm room and lets out a deep sigh. He caresses his cheek as he walks back to his dorm and instantly gets bombarded with questions by Kawanashi.

"Hey Y/N," Yusuki, her roommate, greeted her.

"I'm so tired," Y/N flopped to her bed.

"Oi," Yusuki grabbed her attention. "Are we not going to talk about the conversation you had with Shirabu or?"

"You and Tendou are so alike," Y/N grabs a pillow and playfully throws it at her.

"Well I'm getting tired of this," she laughs. "Why don't you ask him out already?"

"I'm not sure if he likes me," Y/N sighs. "Plus, he seems to care a lot about his studies and volleyball so I doubt he will add on to that by having a girlfriend."

"I'm sure he does," Yusuki smiles. "Plus, the sexual tension between you two is-" Y/N throws another pillow at her, cutting her off. They both engaged in a pillow fight before deciding that it was late and they should head to sleep.

[ THE NEXT DAY ]

"I can't believe that it's a Sunday and we're here doing a project in this boring library," Yusuki slumps in her chair.

"We wouldn't be here if you didn't procrastinate a lot," Y/N flicked her forehead.

"It's not my fault," Yusuki whines. "My fingers always end up scrolling through Tiktok somehow."

"Somehow? Huh?" Y/N rolls her eyes while Yusuki sticks her tongue out at her.

"The team has a match today right?" Y/N nods her head in response. "How come you're not with them right now?"

"Are you really asking that?" Y/N raises an eyebrow. "I feel bad for not going to the match and doing my job so Semi-senpai proposed an idea."

"And that is?"

"A second manager," Y/N responds. "Goshiki-kun told me that there is this first year that might not have a club yet so I plan to talk to them as soon as possible. I could really use another set of hands and I will be able to prepare them to become a manager before I graduate."

"That seems like a good idea," Yusuki says.

"Yeah," Y/N nods her head. "Let's stop talking and work on th-" Just then she felt her phone vibrating and saw that Tendou was face timing her.

"Hi Sa-"

"HEYAH Y/NIE," Tendou greets once
she answers his call. She saw how
sweaty Tendou looked and how heavy
he was breathing.

"Did you guys just finish the match?"

"Not yet," Tendou responds. "We
thought we would win the first two
sets but something's off, well more
like some people."

"What do you mean?"

"Goshiki and Shirabu seem to
be having trouble playing today
for some reason," Tendou turns
his camera to the two who were
currently drinking water. "They
most likely just miss you."

"Who are you talking to?" Y/N
heard Ushijima's voice.

"It's Y/NIE," Tendou says and
turns his camera back to him.
She saw Ushijima looking at the
phone over Tendou's shoulder.

"Hey Ushi," Y/N smiles and
Ushijima waves in response.

"Is that Y/N?" She heard someone
ask and then saw Semi appear on
her screen. "Hey Y/N!"

"Hi Semi-senpai," Y/N says
which makes Semi's face red.

"I told you not to call me that!"

"ARE YOU FACE TIMING
Y/N?!" She then saw the phone
being taken away from Tendou
and saw Goshiki on the screen.

"Hey, Goshik-kuni. I heard you
were a bit off today."

"I'M SO SORRY Y/N!!! IT'S
HARD WITHOUT YOUR
SUPPORT HERE!!!"

"Calm down Goshiki-kun," Y/N
smiles. "Take a deep breath in."

"Okay," Goshiki follows her orders.

"Relaxed?" Goshiki nods his
head. "Good. Now, you're an
amazing player Goshiki-kun.
With or without my support. I
know you could do this!"

"Thank you Y/N," Goshiki blushes.

"Of course," Y/N smiles. "Win
the next set!"

"I will! For you," Goshiki says
which makes Y/N giggle.

"Okay now pass me back to Satori,"
Goshiki nods and Y/N sees him
looking for Tendou before handing
back his phone to him.

"Wow you made his mood change
quickly," Tendou says. "He has a
determined look now."

"He just needs a bit of
encouragement," Y/N tells him.
"Hey, is Shirabu's mood the same too?"

"I'm not sure," Tendou shrugs.

"What do you mean?"

"Well," Tendou flips the camera
over. "Look."

Y/N saw a girl talking to Shirabu and quickly noticed who she was. Y/N then saw her taking something out of her bag and handed it to Shirabu who looked stunned. She couldn't hear what they were saying which made her curious. Y/N frowned when she saw Shirabu telling her something that made her blush after opening the box she gave him.

"Isn't she that one girl that's in your
class Y/N?"

"Yeah," Y/N nodded. "Her name
is Ikeda Hanako. I have seen
her come to the games a few times."

"She seems to like Shirabu," Tendou
says and flips the camera towards
him. "Are you-"

"I'm fine," Y/N tells him. "Now
go get ready for the third set!"

"You su-"

"Yes Satori," Y/N nodded. "I have to go either way to finish this project." They both bid their goodbyes before ending the face time call.

[ AT THE MATCH ]

"Who were you talking to?" Shirabu asks as he approaches Tendou.

"To Y/N," Semi responds.

"She made me feel a lot better," Goshiki smiles.

"Wait, how come I didn't get to talk to her?"

"You seemed busy," Tendou responded. "Now, let's shatter the other team!" The team gave him a nod before running back to the court, Shirabu following slowly behind.