Chapter Four [The Staring Creeps]
Handing Hinata a water bottle, you looked at him quizzically. "You alright, Hinata?" He was silent for a few moments, holding the plastic bottle in his hand before he turned your way and grinned. "Yup! Couldn't be better!" You gave him a concerned frown as he walked away.
Later that day, you asked him again. This time, he told, rather quietly, who he met earlier. You listened with interest, curious to know why it seemed to bother Hinata so much.
"Well, that is quite unusual," you had said, rubbing your chin thoughtfully. "I don't know what to tell you. It seems we might know soon enough, so I don't think it's anything you need to worry about."
Hinata nodded, deciding that you were most likely right (you usually were).
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The next day, you almost laughed at Hinata's reaction upon seeing that the kid he met the other day was actually who they were playing against. Should've seen that one coming.
You did laugh when Hinata confronted this 'Kenma'. Yamamoto and Tanaka got strangely protective of the two (probably just wanting to start a fight with the opponent), in which you giggled at behind your hand. Sugawara and Yaku got in the middle of it, apologizing to each other soon after they split the two.
Everyone watched in confusion as Yamamoto ran off yelling about something after seeing Shimizu. You didn't really pay all that much attention, too busy playing Fate/Grand Order on your phone.
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Eventually, everyone went to the gym to get ready for the match. You stood on the sidelines, following Shimizu around like a lost puppy in case she needed something. Unbeknownst to you, Nekoma's captain was watching you with interest (which was rather creepy).
Standing near Karasuno's manager, you watched with slight disinterest as some more exchanges were made.
The game started fairly soon, and you saw Kenma was serving on Nekoma's side. Your boys acted quickly, Kageyama quickly covering for Asahi and serving to Hinata; seeing him do that weird spike that always shocked people. You refrained from grinning with pride.
You glanced at Kenma afterwards, his expression unreadable.
The game continued on, but something seemed off after seeing Kenma's non-apparent reaction. Coach Ukai voiced your concerns, and you frowned. He was probably right.
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The game came to an end sooner than expected with a loss to Nekoma of 25-22 in the first set; the second set being 25-23. Nekoma won in the end, which was a little disappointing, but maybe not all bad. It certainly got Hinata fired up. Though, he probably was always fired up.
Sighing, you watched as everyone started cleaning up from the match, not sure where Shimizu had gone. You saw Sawamura and Sugawara at some point but ultimately lost them.
You spotted Kageyama hunched over holding some things, glaring at Nekoma's setter (though you didn't know that since his back was to you). You acted quickly and grabbed onto Kageyama's upper arm, being careful not to make him drop the things he was holding.
He immediately stopped glaring at Kenma and looked at you confused. "What are you doing?"
"I keep losing everybody, and I have no idea what to do," your voice was hushed and quick. Kageyama stared at you blankly, not entirely sure why he likes you. "Don't leave me alone, please? I feel like everyone's looking at me, and it's creepy."
He sighed. "Fine, whatever." Little did he know, someone was watching you; two people, in fact.
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Soon enough everything was put away, and everyone was outside ready to leave. You stood near the bus, playing [any Nintendo game] on your [DS/DSI/3DS/etc]. Kuroo stood near you (you intentionally ignored him), looking over your shoulder in an attempt to see what game you were playing (so he could leak the information to his gamer friend).
Kenma looked at him with furrowed eyebrows as Kuroo pointed a finger to you, nudging him your way. He silently refused, at first, having a dumb argument with him, before giving in and going over to you.
"What game are you playing?" He asked when he approached you, trying to peek discreetly at your screen.
"Huh?" You glanced up. "Oh, just [game]."
"I didn't think anyone else played it," he said.
You lightly scoffed. "Really? It's one of the most popular games where I used to live. Practically everyone played it." You paused, taking a glimpse at him shyly. "What part are you on?"
Kenma almost smiled.