15 Aoba Johsai 2

"Kyahh Oikawa!""He's heree!"

As we were preparing for the second set we heard the spectators near the watch area above us go crazy. I was causing a commotion so we looked around to see what caused it. On the opposite side of the court I was able to see Oikawa in his club jersey talking with his coach. I was shocked to suddenly see him but smiled since it was a surprise that I welcomed anytime.

"Who the hell is that pretty boy? He's really getting on my nerves right now." Tanaka gritted his teeth as he heard the squeals around him feeling like handsome men should go explode. I slowly moved away from him.

"He's Oikawa. He's an offensive based setter who's attacks are one of the best on his team. And I also learned how to serve and block from him.." Kageyama said in a solemn tone explaining to Tanaka.

"Heya Tobio-chan long time no see! You looked like you have grown a lot compared to before." Oikawa greeted Kageyama with a smile on his face. After doing so he turned towards me.

"And you must be the Haru-chan I heard so much about! Haah it was lucky I came early or else my fans would have been stolen by you and that's something I can't let happen" Oikawa shook his head and went back to his side after saying his bit.

'Haru-chan?' That was a nickname I never would have thought I'd get. Glossing over what just happened we started to move towards the second set. We began the game with our usual lineup and I started to notice something with the opposite team. When I came to the front court they started to mainly focus their attention on me and some being on Tsukishima. As for when Tanaka and Hinata came up, they began to disregard Hinata majority of the time, having their focus on Tanaka since he was the person who usually got all the sets during that time.

I smiled, 'focusing more on Tanaka is a good plan.. But leaving Hinata to move freely on the court is something I wouldn't do.' Giving Kageyama a pass, Hinata began running behind him and jumped his highest.

*BANG

The same set that was given to me was also hit by Hinata leaving the opponents even more confused.

"Welcome to the club" I gave Hinata a pat on the shoulder. He just stared at his hand and gave a goofy smile. With Hinata getting on board our offense will now be at full throttle.

"What the hell.. Their short middle can also hit that weird fast set too.." Watching the opponents who seemed to be in disbelief, we began to rack up points from the majority being me hitting through their blocks and Hinata scoring points through the quick and baiting the blockers so the others can get a hit in.

The score was now [24-17] with the game point being us. I started to wonder if Oikawa was going to play as he arrived but hadn't joined in yet but my question was answered when he was subbed in to serve. I was in the back row with Daichi and Tsukishima getting ready to receive his serve. 'Come on show me the serve, serve it to me..' I began staring at Oikawa waiting for his serve to come.

He began bouncing the ball and pointed at Tsukishima. He slightly flinched from this action and Oikawa threw the ball to do his jump serve.

*BANG

The ball quickly crossed over and went perfectly to Tsukishima. Seeing the powerful serve towards him he was unable to pass it, it hit his shoulder bouncing off and going out. This continued once more, getting Aoba Johsai 2 points from his serve.

'Yikes he really is aiming at one of our weakest passers' Seeing this we decided to push out Tsukishima and have Daichi and I share the court to pass his serve. I continued to intently stare at Oikawa.

Feeling my stare he quickly glanced and debated whether or not to give Haruto what he wanted. 'Let me get one more point in first' he threw the ball and aimed once again at Tsukishima. The serve was a bit weaker from before since he sacrificed power for control, he was able to pass the ball up but it went back to their side. The opponents used the free ball to attack but Hinata was able to touch the ball, softening their hits.

I passed the ball and was given a backrow set, hitting the ball in the right back corner winning us the set and game. As we were walking back I felt sad not getting the chance to receive his serves as it was one of the most powerful ones I have ever seen.

Walking out of the school we began to reach the bus so we could go home. The sun was setting and a cool breeze was flowing through the air.

"We may have won through our offense by Haruto and Hinata. Our receivers still need some working on. We may have me and Haruto to help out but we can't allow the opponents to exploit that since we also need Haruto for our offense." Daichi began to reflect on our game.

I began to agree as before the opponents used to isolate me with serves, sometimes causing me to be unable to attack some of the time.

"Oya looks like the captain understands! Even if you have a strong offense you won't be able to utilize it properly without a good pass." We turned towards the voice and saw Oikawa leaning on the pillar smiling.

"Ah! Haru-chan I'm sorry for not serving towards you. But I must warn you don't be staring so intently at people or else you might give them the wrong impression." I shivered hearing his words and quickly hid away from him pushing Kageyama and Hinata towards him.

I heard him laugh and then put on a serious face. "You guys should work on your receives. I'm not the only one with a strong serve as there are many out there especially in the interhigh preliminaries." He turned to Kageyama and pointed at him.

"I want to destroy my kohai in an official match fair and square but will you guys be able to survive until then?" After saying his bit he left.

Seeing the team slightly anxious, Daichi clapped his hands catching their attention. "You guys don't need to worry, it was about time he returned our "Karasuno's Guardian Deity"." Hearing the name I began to wonder who this was and why he had such a cool nickname.

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Walking home I began to reminisce about the bus ride home. On the way I began to think about the match when I suddenly remembered the container that Mahiru gave me before I left. I opened it and berated myself for forgetting to open it sooner after the match as it had gone cold. Tasting the cold wrap it was still delicious but I felt like if it was still fresh it would have been even more enjoyable.

Almost reaching my place I saw a familiar person with blonde hair holding some grocery bags. I quickly went up to her and tapped her shoulder. She tensed up and quickly turned around moving away. She saw my face and gave a relieved sigh.

"Have you begun stalking as a hobby now? As your neighbor I might be obligated to call the cops if that is true." Hearing her words with a straight face I rolled my eyes. I held out my hand silently showing her I will hold her bags. We stared for a few seconds before she finally handed her bags over to me.

"How was your game, did you guys win?" Hearing her question I told her about the game and the events that happened. She began to giggle

"Of course if you start staring at someone like that they will have the wrong impression." Her response made me crinkle my face.

"Oh ya the wrap you gave me was really good. Sadly I didn't eat it in time while it was still warm."

"I thought the container would have kept it warm for longer.. Sorry it got cold."

"Nono you don't need to apologize for it. It was my fault for not eating it earlier and even if it was cold it was still the best food I could have had after my match." I shamelessly said. A slight blush appeared on her ears as she seemed a bit happy by my praise.

"But I bet it would have been better if it was still hot and fresh. Just imagining it is making me drool.." Imagining it started to make my mouth water and appetite rise again.

Mahiru heard my words and went into deep thought. Deciding the pros and cons in her head she reached a conclusion.

"Do you want to eat some fresh food?" She asked me. Confused by her question I still said yes.

"Well if you share the cost of groceries and allow me to use your kitchen to use your gas I can cook for you." I froze and stopped walking, turning my gaze to her. She had a blank expression. "If you don't want to, then it's fine with me." She continued to walk.

"Wait! I would definitely want to try some fresh food but isn't it too much work for you to do that. Plus are you alright with entering a guy's house for dinner?" I was extremely grateful for her offer but I thought that this would be too much of a hassle for her.

"No it would be fine since I would save money by sharing the cost with you and it would be easier for me to put the food on plates compared to containers."

"For entering your house… I did come over when I cleaned and you always kept a good distance between us not trying to over step boundaries. Plus I think of you as a pretty simple person. I think you're smart enough to know what would happen if you did something to me right." She stared at me with a cold gaze.

I nodded my head since I would have been insane to do something like that to a girl who has been graciously cooking dinner for me. Plus Akane would have killed me if I did something like that to a girl…

Hearing her responses I thought for a while. I accepted her offer since her food was way too good when it was warm. I began to wonder how much better it would be fresh from the stove. I continued to walk with Mahiru talking about various topics while the sunset softly shined on us ending the day.

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