These are thoughts.
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Mizuki pov.
"Hey Keishi-nii."
"Hey, Zuki. You ok?"
I smile.
"Yup!"
He starts driving.
"So, why were you with students from Aoba Johsai?"
"I accidentally bumped into one of them, than they asked my to help them with practice, so ya."
"What happened?"
I explain to him what happened. I leave out what Iwaizumi told me.
"You told them?"
"One reason."
"Ok..."
We continue to drive in silence.
"Wouldn't you be hurting yourself?" Am I really hurting myself?
I ask Keishin.
"Keishi-nii? Am I really hurting myself when I stop playing volleyball?"
He sighs.
"When you stopped playing, didn't you notice that you changed a lot?"
"What do you mean?"
"Your eyes were dull instead of sparkling, and your smiles were fake or you didn't smile at all. You really think Spencer didn't notice that?"
"..."
"Look, I know you don't want to play volleyball. And you don't have to. But you're hurting yourself by avoiding the thing you loved to do, playing volleyball."
I sit in silence.
I am...?
I kept thinking to myself. And without realizing it, I fell asleep.
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Time skip to the next day
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I wake up in the morning, and look at the clock.
4:24
It's so earlyyyyyyy. Wait how did I get here?
I get up. I'm in my bed with my pjs on.
Wasn't I on the car..? Oh I must have fallen asleep. Wait, how am I in pjs? Oh crap did Keishin...
I cover my head with my pillow, embarrassed.
I know he's my brother, but stilllllllll
I sigh, and remember what he told me.
Not playing volleyball is hurting me... Should I go back? No, I can't. But what if I helped in the background...
I sit up.
What if I help coach, with Keishi-nii? Hinata said I should, and the boys at Aoba Johsai told me that I helped them a lot... Plus I can stay in the shadows then....
Ya, maybe I should do that... If he'll let me...
I get out of bed, and sneak to my brothers room.
I quietly open the door.
Ok, he's sleeping. Imma scare him.
I silently tiptoed to his bed.
"KEISHI-NIIIIIIIIII!"
I scream, jumping on him.
"AHHHHHH WHAT THE HELL ZUKI?!"
I giggle.
"Keishi-niiiiiiii?"
"What" he answers, pissed that I just scared him and jumped on him.
Welp that's my job as the younger sibling.
"I've thought about it-"
"You can think?"
I grab a pillow at hit it in his face.
"YES KEISHIN NOW LISTEN."
He laughs.
"Ok, ok what is it? Get to the point."
"I have decided to help coach the boys volleyball team." I say.
I look at him, and he's surprised.
"With your permission, of course, since you're the coach!"
He chuckles.
"Of course you can help me coach. I'm a temporary coach anyways. I'm glad you're going to keep playing volleyball."
"Hey, not yet. I'm a coach not a player."
"YET! YOU SAID YET! SO YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY?!"
"SHUT UP!" I grab a pillow and jump at him.
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One pillow fight later...
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Keishin holds me down on the ground.
Dammit.
He laughs.
"Go change, we're going to school early today."
"Fine. Get off of me."
He stands up, and I throw the pillow in his face. Then, I run to my room.
"ZUKI!"
I giggle and change to my uniform. Keishin had brought my stuff back.
Oh wait. I DIDN'T DO MY HOMEWORK! SHIT SHIT SHIT
I run downstairs and I see my brother waiting at the door.
"That was fast. Your lunch is in the kitchen, go get it."
"Hey Keishin, can we stay here a bit longer?"
"Why?"
"Well, I didn't do my homework..."
"No, do it at school."
"But-"
"Hurry up, let's go. It's 5:30, you can do it in the store."
"Fine." I grab my lunch, and we go to the car.
"THE B-"
"ISTG, ZUKI!"
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Time skip to when they arrive at the store
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We go inside, and I grab a meat bun to eat. Then, I start doing my work.
Keishin looks over my shoulder, looking at what I'm doing.
"Ummmm, can you please move?"
"Oh, ya sorry. Just wanted to see what you have for work."
"Thanks but I don't need any help, not that I'd get any from you." I smirk.
He chops my head.
"Owwwwwww"
"That's what you get."
"You didn't deny it though!" I say pointing at him.
He chops my head again.
"OWWWWWWWW"
After a while, I see students walking up the hill.
"Oh, Keishi-nii, I should probably go now."
He nods.
"Ok, meet me at the gym again. Have a good day"
"Ya, you too, bye!"
I go outside and jog up the hill.
I see Toka-chan waiting outside.
"Toka-chan!" I call her, waving.
She sees me.
"Hey Zuki-chan! Hurry, let's go to class."
"Why? School hasn't started yet."
"Tanigawa-sensei likes us to go there a bit earlier. Plus, sometimes she tells us stories, or gives us something!"
I nod, and follow her in.
Ok, second day of school, I can do this.
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Time skip to the end of the day
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"Bye Toka-chan!"
"Bye Zuki-chan!"
I told her what happened yesterday, and she helped me out a bit. Though she doesn't know that I was the Falcon. Yet.
She goes to her home, and I walk to the gym.
I sneak around, totally not looking suspicious.
I wanna surprise the boys...
I look around, and I dont see anyone. I watch far away as they boys start entering the gym.
And, I think that's all of them. Wait where's Kiyoko? Did she go early, or-
I fee a tap on my shoulder, and I jump back, fighting position.
It's Kiyoko.
I stand up.
"Sorry, reflexes."
"It's ok. What are you doing here? Also, are you alright?"
I nod.
"I wanted to surprise you guys. I think all of the others are in the gym now."
I start walking.
"You coming?"
She nods, eager to know what I have as a surprise.
I walk to the gym, and take a deep breath infront of the door.
Then I open it.
"HEY GUYS!" I yell, throwing my hands in the air.,
All the boys see me, and rush toward me.
"Are you ok?" "We're so sorry about yesterday!" "Ya we didn't mean to hurt you." "Where did you go?"
They started asking a bunch of questions.
"GUYS CALM DOWN! LET ME AMD KIYOKO COME IN, THEN I'LL TELL YOU"
They back away, giving me and Kiyoko space to walk.
We change our shoes, and walk to Keishin.
"Hey Keishi-nii!"
He smiles.
"Hello Zuki and Kiyoko."
I stand beside him, and call the boys to gather around.
"Alright people! Before I answer your questions, I have some news."
They all look at me with curiosity.
I put my hands in the air.
"I'm gonna help coach you guys!"
Everyone goes quiet.
"YOU'RE GONNA BE OUR COACH?!" Hinata yells.
"Well, I mean if you don't want me to be, than I'll just leave right now."
"Nonono please stay!"
"Its just that we're surprised that you came back, even after what happened yesterday."
The boys nod.
"I said not to worry about that! And don't worry, I'm fine now." I say smiling.
"So, will you let me be one of your coaches?"
"YA!" They respond.
Ok, thank goodness.
Befor I can say anything, the boys bow to me.
"We're really sorry about what happened. We won't call you that anymore, and we wont talk about it or-"
I laugh, and they look at me.
"Guys! I told you that it's fine! Just forget about what happened."
I'm still crying insideeeeeeeee.
They look at me and nod.
Everyone stood there, not k owing what to say. So I break the silence.
"Alright, so I heard that you guys have a training camp?"
"Yup, we are going against Nekoma." Takeda replies.
Nekoma...
"When does the training camp start?"
"Tomorrow."
Oh shit, I have to get the form and stuff, right? And tomorrow? Seriously?
"Ummmmmm, Mizuki-chan, you ok?" Hinata asks.
"Oh I said that out loud? Sorry. Ummmm, let's start practice!"
"Yes coach!"
"Please just call me by my name, and let's start with serves!"
They all go on the court and I turn to Takeda-sensei and Kiyoko.
"Do I need to fill in some forms? Orrrrrrr..."
Kiyoko nods, and gestures me to follow her.
She finds the forms for me.
"I'm really happy that you're okay now!" Kiyoko says to me.
"Thanks. I'm really excited to help coach."
She nods.
"You don't have to, but did you ever think of playing?"
"Ummmmmm..."
"Oh, sorry I didn't mean to-"
"It's fine, don't worry! I donno though..."
"Anyways, I'm really excited to do the training camp thing!"
Kiyoko nods an we start walking back.
"Also, Kiko-chan, if you need any help with anything, you can always ask me! Also, can I call you that?"
She smiles.
"Of course Zuki-chan. And thank you!"
I smile back.
When we get back, the boys are working on spikes.
I run up to them.
"Hey guys!"
I join them and I give them tips on how to improve.
We did that for most of the time. They did the spikes, serves, blocks, recieves, and I gave them tips and demonstrated stuff.
Then, we all went home and went to bed.
Tomorrow the training camp starts! I'm so excited!!! I'll text Spence tomorrow, I'm kinda tired. Sorry Spence!
After a while, I fall asleep.
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