"𝕀𝕋 ℍ𝔸𝕊 𝔹𝔼𝔼ℕ 𝔻𝔼ℂ𝕀𝔻𝔼𝔻! 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕦𝕪𝕤 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕤𝕥! 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕒𝕕. 𝕊𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖, 𝕀 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕝𝕦𝕗𝕗!"

𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣. 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤! 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕝𝕦𝕗𝕗! 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕤𝕒𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤!

𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝔸𝕌: 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪

𝕋𝕎: ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡𝕤 (𝕘𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕒 𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕖𝕞 𝕒𝕝𝕝), 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 (𝕘𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕒 𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕖𝕞 𝕒𝕝𝕝), 𝕔𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘

*•.¸♡ We Will Meet Again, Decoy ♡¸.•*

I believe you... I... I forgive you Tobio...

I'm here Akira...

Say it again.

I think love you Tooru.

I will always be here.

There will always be us.

There are billions of people in the world. Billions of people who have people to love. Billions of people with words on their body. Billions of people who know who they are and who they are supposed to be in love with. Billions of people, and then there's me.

I know no one who has ever said anything like what is on my wrist to me. Usually people know if they met their soulmate the instant they meet. They just have an instant connection. The one problem with that is that I don't connect with anyone immediately. I have to learn to trust them. After what happened with he who shall not be named, I try not to trust anyone without solid reason to.

"Shoyo! Wake up Shoyo! Come on we're gonna be late if you don't wake up right now!" A freckled hand was waving in front of his face as Hinata Shoyo, number 5, the Ace of Karasuno woke up. "SHOYO WAKE UP OR I'M LEAVING YOUR SHOES ON THE BUS!"

If nothing else woke him up, that sure did. "NOT AGAIN!!" The ginger grabbed his shoes from his captain and stood up.

"Thank God."

"Wow Yama, harsh much?" A sarcastic remark came from near the front of the bus, Tsukishima Kei, middle blocker of Karasuno, giving his iconic smirk and his necessary snarky remark per chapter he's in.

"Tsukki, I swear to God do not make me call your boyfriend. Get off the damn bus." The blonde laughed and got off the bus. "Shoyo, get off the bus." The former decoy ran off the bus faster than a Rolling Thunder.

Finally, Yamaguchi Tadashi, captain and middle blocker of Karasuno, came off of the bus, his hair in a bun and a determined smile on his face. "Alright! Headcount!" The whole team lined up, making sure everyone was there. "Where is Tobio?"

"HE'S MINE NOW SUCKERS!" A laugh came from next to the bus, the black haired boy seeing Itachiyama's former libero, Inarizaki's former setter, and Shiratorizawa's former ace attempting to drag away a confused blueberry who wasn't struggling due to the box of milk in his hand. "GOODBYE!!"

"Tobio, if you go with them, you can't play volleyball." The former King of The Court lightly pushed his friends off of him. If there was one thing for sure, it was that nothing can get in the way of Kageyama Tobio, setter of Karasuno. It was just the most important thing in his life other than maybe milk.

A voice came from the front of the pack of the volleyball players. "Everyone's here captain!" The guys moved off her path, as a beautiful blonde girl walked towards the captain.

"Thanks Yachi!" The team filed back in, Yachi Hitoka, Manager of Karasuno, standing next to Yamaguchi. "Alright guys. We just need to get through the first day. Let's focus on that. We can focus on tomorrow when it comes. Focus on today and everything will be fine. Let's do this!" The team cheered and started walking towards the stadium.

𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕡 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕪 𝕒 𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕠!! 𝕎𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜! 𝕀𝕥'𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕠𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕧𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤! 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕓𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡 𝕚𝕤 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕥𝕠 𝕚𝕥𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗!!!! 𝕀𝕥'𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕞𝕪 𝔸𝕥𝕤𝕦𝕆𝕚 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜, 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕤, 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡𝕤, 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕡𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕡𝕣𝕖-𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕟 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕆𝕚𝕜𝕒𝕨𝕒? 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕒 𝕓𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕀𝕨𝕒 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕆𝕚𝕜𝕒𝕨𝕒 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕤𝕠 𝕦𝕡𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕀𝕨𝕒 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥? 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕗𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜? 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦! 𝕀 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥, "𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕖." 𝔽𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥. ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕓𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕝𝕪 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤. 𝕀 𝕞𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕥.

"Come on, stupid! We're gonna miss their first game!" The seagull-like boy tried running, pulling along his best friend.

"Calm down, Hoshiumi. The game starts in 30 minutes. We have plenty of time. Let's look around. See who's playing. Try to run into some familiar faces." Hirugami Sachiro was making sense, but Hoshiumi didn't want to be late for his first game. He wanted to see him play again. He was still waiting. He wanted to know what he would be up against at the end of his wait. But his best friend came first. He knew who he wanted to see.

"Fine, but let's hurry. You have someone to watch too." They headed inside, immediately running into Sakusa Kiyoomi, Komori Motoya, Miya Atsumu, and Ushijima Wakatoshi.

"Hoshiumi! How ya doin?" The blonde smiled, pulling the rest over with him. "You here to watch Karasuno loose?"

"Why else would I be here?"

"The game starts in 5. We should go. We might not make it in time otherwise." The farmer (stupid auto correct) ace said, still as stoic as ever. The others nodded.

"Thanks Ushi! Let's go!!!!" Atsumu said, energetically. This is either going to be the best day ever, or the worst. I'm not excited.

𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕡 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕛𝕚 𝕝𝕠𝕝 🥸

"Yo Hinata!! Get any taller yet?" Shoyo knew that voice anywhere. He had hoped to not run into the middle blocker before the game, but things didn't go as planned. So, he turned around to face Haiba Lev, Teshiro Tamahiko, Shibayama Yuki, and Inuoka So, the current third years of Nekoma and the biggest relationship the lone crow had ever heard of.

"Of course I have, Lev! It's been a few months! I grew 10 centimeters!"

"Awesome! I grew too!"

"Duh Lev. When do you not?" The setter spoke, causing everyone else to laugh.

"I have to go! I need to find Kageyama! I'll see you guys in finals!" They waved goodbye as Shoyo ran away.

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Looking for shirts was not an easy task. Especially with all those tall people looking over him. The seagull haired volleyball player wasn't happy with the way he was being treated. He just wanted a shirt.

"Excuse me." A familiar voice said next to Hoshiumi. "Hoshiumi~San."

"Kageyama!" It was nice to see a familiar face, but Korai was somewhat upset that Tobio's short friend wasn't with him. "I saw your first game. Well done."

"Thanks. Happy Birthday by the way."

"It was six days ago," the graduate pointed out. A sad look appeared on Kageyama's face.
Hoshiumi felt bad. "But thanks. Not many people wished me a happy birthday anyway, so thanks. It means a lot that you remembered."

"Y-You're welcome  Hoshiumi~San!!" The third year smiled, Hoshiumi smiling back softly. Kageyama looked at a clock on the wall."I need to go now. Our second game today is coming up. I'll see you later Hoshiumi~San!"

𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕡 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕪 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕒𝕥 𝟞 𝕒𝕞 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕒 𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕝, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟'𝕥 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕤𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖.

𝔾𝕠𝕕 𝕀'𝕞 𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕕....

"Kageyama! Where have you been?!" The captain yelled. Hinata perked up when he heard his setter's name.

"I ran into Hoshiumi~San. Sorry." Hinata smiled softly at the mention of his old rival.

"Red ears." Yachi whispered in Hinata's ear.

"Huh?"

"Red face." The other blonde laughed.

"I'm blushing?"

"Yes." Hinata smacked his best friend's arm as he laughed. He didn't realize he was blushing. He didn't know why. He never thought of Hoshiumi as more than a rival or a friend. Never someone he imagined himself with in the future. He didn't think so at least.

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"Hoshiumi! Where have you been? We missed you! Plus, the Fukurodani match is about to begin and Bokuto's gonna be upset if we miss his kohai's game but make it to everyone else's." Atsumu Miya sighed. "I'm pretty sure he just wants to see if Keiji~Kun's there."

"Isn't Akaashi with someone on Karasuno?" The seagul-like man asked.

"Number 3. Tsukishima."

"Oh. I can kinda see that."

"Yeah." They heard a small yell they couldn't exactly make out the words of, but they knew it was an upset Bokuto. Not quite Emo Mode, but close. "We should hurry. Bo's done waiting. I believe Shoyo might be there- woah your face just went red. Wait... Do you like Sho?~"

"What? No! No... I don't think..."

"Dude we are so getting into this during the game." The setter wrapped his arm around his friend and they walked to the game, talking about the orange haired ace the whole way.

𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕡 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝟙 𝕒𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘! 𝕀'𝕞 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕣𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕩𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥'𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖'𝕤 𝕟𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕥. 𝕀𝕥 𝕞𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕥'𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕖.

"Sho~Chan!"

"Atsumu~San!" The Ace and the setter hugged each other. Semi-Finals was coming up and Hinata was pumped. He was playing Nekoma. Finally, the match up he'd been waiting for and avoiding his friends for until. He didn't want to see their gameplay until the game. That was his strategy for that game. The whole game decided if Karasuno would win Nationals that year. It wouldn't matter who they played against. They would win it.

Shoyo looked at the schedule and saw his worst nightmare come to life.

Nekoma had lost their previous game.

Shoyo was going in blind against a team he had only heard of and he was not ready at all. I mean, who the heck is Nohebi? Is that the snake team Kuroo~San had told Hinata about? He was nervous now. He was ready to play against Lev, but he knew no one on Nohebi. This was their first year at Nationals in a while. Hinata had never seen them play.

"Uh oh." A voice from behind Hinata said softly. "This is bad." The crow turned around to see a clowder of cats.

"Kuroo~San!"

"Shoyo! You have to be careful with the team you're going against. They're lying snakes." Kuroo grabbed Hinata's shoulders are bent down to his level.

"That's no way to talk about my underclassmen, Gatito. You don't like it when I talk about your kids like that." A voice Shoyo didn't recognize came from behind the bunch of former Nekoma players.

"Oh shut it Víbora. You just stay on your side of the court, we'll stay on our's." The amount of tension between the two of them was huge. No one around could tell what kind of tension it was. Everyone was waiting for either a punch or different kind of smack.

"I'm just gonna go to my game..." Shoyo slid away slowly, before starting to walk quickly towards where his team was warming up.

𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕡 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕪 𝕞𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕪𝕓𝕒𝕝𝕝. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝔻𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕂𝕦𝕣𝕠𝕠? 𝕍𝕚𝕡𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕂𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕪. 𝕀 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕗𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 ℕ𝕠𝕙𝕖𝕓𝕚 𝕨𝕚𝕟. 𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕗 𝕚𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕥'𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝔸𝕌 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤.

On the side of Nohebi sat Suguru Daishō, Yoshiya Takachiho, Kazuma Numai, Kōji Hiroo, Izumi Sakushima, Sō Akama, Akihiko Seguro, Yūki Shibayama, and Mika Yamaka.

On the side of Karasuno sat Karasuno graduates, Nekoma graduates, Fukurodani graduates, Inarizaki graduates, Itachiyama graduates, Shiratorizawa graduates, current Nekoma students except for one, current Fukurodani students, Kōrai Hoshiumi, and Sachirō Hirugami.

Bets were cast. Bands were ready. Cheer squads were ready. Everyone waiting for the most unexpected matchup of the year.

Tadashi Yamaguchi and Naoyasu Kuguri shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. The coin was flipped. Karasuno would receive.

The whistle was blown. The match had begun.

𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕡 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕪 𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕥.

The game ended. 2 to 1 sets. Karasuno had lost. Shoyo was pretty sure his world had ended. Hoshiumi saw tears well up in Hinata's eyes. He began to cry to. He knew what it was like for everything you worked at for 3 years to end.

Tears, happy and sad, were she'd all across the stadium. Karasuno's last chance at finals, gone.

"Goodbye. Thank you for the memories."

"Alright guys. Line it up." Tadashi yelled, a steadiness in his voice he would not have been able to keep before.

They all had grown through the years. Memories in that stadium, from the game even, had changed them all.

"Thank you for coming."

"THANK YOU FOR COMING!"

Applause.

The court was cleared. Bags were packed. The whole stadium was silent again. It would be loud again the next day, but for right that moment, silence.

Shoyo Hinata walked to the bus alone, having stayed behind from everyone else and crying. His whole world revolved around volleyball. He didn't have anything else. Heck, he was going to move halfway around the world for the sport. But his volleyball career for High School, was over. That broke his heart.

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Kōrai Hoshiumi didn't see Hinata leave with his team. That worried him. He knew the pain the Ace would be in. He didn't want him to be alone. So he waited.

He waited.

He waited.

He waited.

I'll wait forever if I have to.

Then, the doors opened. There stood Shoyo Hinata. Orange hair messy. Eyes puffy. Cheeks tear stained. Yet, in Hoshiumi's eyes, he was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

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Shoyo Hinata left the gymnasium. He wanted so bad to go the next day. He wanted to keep playing. Yet, he couldn't. He had lost.

He looked up to see if someone waited for him. He saw Kōrai Hoshiumi. White hair messy. Eyes puffy. Cheeks tear stained. Yet, in Hinata's eyes, he was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

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There is my soulmate.

𝟚𝟜𝟟𝟜 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤