Watching

"Hinata here's the last ball!"

Haruto yelled out as he underhand passed the ball towards his left side to where Hinata was.

"Let's shut down the chibi alright. Make sure to plant your feet before you jump up."

"Alright."

"Yes sir!"

Kuroo said slowly towards Tsukishima and Lev who were setting themselves up to triple block Hinata. Kenma was behind them showing a scowl as he felt like this block was bullying at this point.

Hinata watched the ball going his way and planted his feet onto the ground and used the force in his run up to transfer into his jump. As he watched the ball in the air he felt like his view slowed down and swung his arm.

*Boom

"Geh!"

"Heeh."

Hinata frowned when he saw his spike get blocked by Tsukishima and noticed the smirk he was giving him from the other side.

"Nice swing."

"You basically trapped him under an umbrella, do you have no shame!"

"The game is the game."

Bokuto pointed his finger accusingly towards Kuroo's team but he just shrugged his shoulders and ignored him.

"What's wrong?"

"Ah! It's nothing."

Haruto tilted his head as he looked at Hinata who he noticed was staring at the top of the net.

'I wonder if this was what Haruto meant by opening your eyes.'

Hinata glanced towards the top of the net one last time before going back into his position to continue playing. He decided that he would ask Haruto later on the feeling he felt and returned his focus back onto Lev who was serving.

Lev bounced the ball for a few seconds before he threw the ball up and served it across the net.

"You got it?"

"Yeah just shift upwards and leave it."

Bokuto saw the ball and noticed Haruto moving his feet quickly to get under the ball so he listened to his words and shuffled to his left side.

"Bokuto-san."

"You guys really are tall but you need to put more strength into your blocks."

Akaashi gave a set towards his left side to where Bokuto was and saw how Lev and Tsukishima reached high up in the air to stop him.

Bokuto jumped up to break down their blocks but suddenly paused for a bit as he saw Tsukishima jump a bit later than usual to match his own timing.

'This guy..'

He smiled brightly after noticing this, which made Tsukishima on the other side cautiously narrow his eyes. Bokuto waited for the ball to reach him but once it reached his apex he didn't swing but watched it go down.

The ball went down and after watching Tsukishima's arms start to fall, Bokuto then decided to swing and it smashed down over his block.

"Hahaha there it is!"

"Ohh your hang time and timing was impressive."

"Yes, praise me some more!!"

Haruto laughed after complimenting Bokuto and stared at him deeply after seeing the technique he just did.

'Although he acts like this, all of his actions are carefully thought out from the experience he built up from being an ace of a top team.'

He replayed the scene in his mind and stored it there, hoping to use this one move to help him add more to his skills by using Bokuto's experienced moves as reference.

After scrambling for a while longer, they were called by one of the managers that dinner was ready and they should start going to the cafeteria.

"So what motivated you to start practicing with us now?"

Tsukishima heard a voice call out to him and saw Haruto holding a bottle in his mouth as he asked him a question.

He was curious since before Tsukishima would just decline his invitation to practice but now he comes by his own choice without anyone forcing him.

Tskushima looked at him for a while before turning his head away to pack his knee pads in his bag.

"I just want to find out for myself why you guys enjoy volleyball so much."

"So that's the reason…"

Haruto took in his words and turned quiet thinking about what he said and awkward silence appeared between them. .

"It's the burn on the forearms and palm for me."

"Huh?"

Haruto nodded his head strongly at his answer and Tsukishima just stared at him not knowing what to say.

"Ahh are you talking about the thing yesterday? I know I already told you but it's getting past the blockers down the line but I also agree with Haruto's answer."

"I love seeing the faces of my opponents when I shut down all their spikes."

"You have a nasty personality, don't you know that?"

Bokuto and Kuroo appeared from behind Haruto and said their answers as they overheard what they were talking about. Haruto felt the need to get away from Kuroo as he didn't want to infect himself with his nasty nature.

"But you talked about something yesterday?"

"Ah! I forgot you weren't there yet but he came over to ask us a question."

Bokuto held a finger to his chin to retell Haruto on what happened and he patiently listened to what he was saying while they walked towards the cafeteria to get dinner.

'Was that the reason why Yamaguchi yelled out to him..'

Haruto remembered the moment he had with Mahiru and how it got interrupted by Yamaguchi's loud yelling making him a bit annoyed.

"You and Yamaguchi need to pay me back with your desserts."

"Are you crazy?"

***

"Be sure to start your penalties now."

""Ossu!""

Dachi took the lead and dove down, leading Karasuno to dive around the gym to do their penalties for losing their game against Nekoma.

"This makes us seven wins ahead of Karasuno if we only count the amount of time we've played against each other..."

Kenma held the page in his hand that contained the tally for their scores of wins and loses during the whole training camp. It was currently the final day and they would now be playing their last matches before the whole camp ends.

"So we have one more game left."

"Hahh once we go back I want to eat a big bowl of ramen."

"Not that fiery ramen hellhole…"

Hinata's tongue started to tingle once he heard Haruto's words and immediately jumped at his bottle since he could still remember the burning sensation in his mouth.

"A bowl of ramen sounds good but I would prefer to eat some meat after a workout."

Tanaka listened to their conversation and told his opinion to which everyone on the team agreed. Daichi, who heard the mention of meat, took in a deep breath as he tried to prevent his mouth from watering.

"Everyone, I accidentally heard the coaches talking about something this morning and ....apparently they're going to treat us all to a barbeque after the matches…"

"""Barbeque..."""

Everyone who listened to Daichi's words felt their drool start dripping at the thought of eating some tasty barbeque after they finished playing.

"Praise the meat gods for the kind offer they have given us."

"Meat! Meat! Meat!"

"Latom."

"Hallelujah! Hallelujah!!"

The three managers of Karasuno stared blankly at the group of guys who were dancing around so excitedly when they heard about the barbeque.

Kiyoko and Yachi faintly glanced at Mahiru who covered her face in embarrassment after seeing how Haruto was dancing around with Tanaka, Nishinoya and Hinata.

"I don't know how you guys found out about the special dinner but we still have one last match to play before we can dig in."

Ukai smiled after seeing the excitement of his team and did his best to also hide his drooling mouth. They started to bring them together and discuss their last opponents which was Fukurodani.

"You may have already thought this but make sure to prevent their ace from having easy hits. So once we have that down, finish this final game and get our reward of some tasty meat."

"""YEAHH!!"""

Karasuno yelled out their loudest as this last match had gotten them fired up, especially after knowing what they would get when they finished playing.

Everyone from Karasuno's side walked up to their positions on the court and Asahi was given the ball since their team got first serve.

*Tweet

The ref blew the whistle and Asahi bounced the ball for a few seconds before throwing it up into the air attempting to do his jump serve. He matched the timing of his toss and pulled his arm back to blast it across the net.

The ball gave a speedy arc and Fukurodani's team quickly reacted to the ball but their formation was broken due to it not going to the setter.

"Bokuto-san!"

Akaashi rushed his way to where the ball was headed and gave a high toss to his left side where Bokuto was waiting.

"Cover the line completely and Haruto and I will block out the cross."

Tsukishima calmly spoke to Kageyama and the three of them matched their footwork in an attempt to shut down Bokuto.

'These guys have no gaps in their blocks..'

Bokuto smiled as he watched the three of them make a tall block before him and he swung his hardest making the ball crash into Tsukishima's block and whiff it out of bounds.

"He still managed to get past that huh."

"I think we need to adjust our timing more."

Haruto and Tsukishima briefly talked to each other about the block they just did and thought of some quick adjustments that they could add to make the block stronger.

Haruto peeled away from the net and opened his body up as he got ready to receive the ball that was coming from the opposite side. The person serving bounced the ball a few times before doing float serve after hearing the refs whistle.

"Here I got it."

Daichi saw the ball coming his way and raised his arms to overhand pass it since the ball was too high for him to use the forearms. Kageyama watched the ball and flinched his fingers to give a set to his middle.

Tsukishima saw the quick ball and jumped up and to slam it down but was met with a block from Fukurodani's middle that was quick to react to the quick.

"Cover! Cover!"

Kageyama called out after seeing he was blocked and Nishinoya quickly responded by getting under the ball and passing it back up for them to reuse. Kageyama saw Haruto from the corner of his eye and gave a fast shoot set to his side to catch them off guard.

Haruto briskly moved his feet and jumped up to match with the set that was given to him.

He watched as the blockers started to bring their arms forward to create a tall block. But Haruto managed to hit a spike through with his fast arm swing that helped him hit the ball sooner before they could finish their blocking motion.

"Nice kill."

"Your sets are more accurate now."

Kageyama gave a faint smile after hearing his words and rotated to the back row so that he could serve the ball. Hinata who was still waiting to be put on the court felt his palm twitch after seeing Haruto get a point and felt the urge to start playing grow inside him.

The game continued and the score was now [8-10] with Fukurodani in the lead with two points. Hinata had finally made his way to the front court and he gave a fist bump to Haruto who was with him at the net.

"Here it comes!!"

Bokuto who was holding the ball, screamed out and threw it into the air in an attempt to smash it across the net, creating a fast spin on it.

Nishinoya tried to react quickly but was unable to create a solid platform in time to contact the ball when he dove down. It flew out but Haruto was able to make it in time to volley it back onto the court.

"Hinata get the last ball over!"

"Watch the triple block!"

Haruto volleyed the ball in Hinata's direction near the middle, and he watched the ball go high up.

Hinata ran his approach and as he got up, the sight of tall arms covered his vision. The same sensation that happened before appeared and he saw the details of the fingers the blockers had.

*BOFF

Hinata swung his arm and aimed the ball at the blocker's fingertips where it flew outwards landing out of bounds.

"Ohhh that was some good aiming!!"

"That was a great block out."

"When did Hinata start thinking about where he hits…"

"I heard that!!!"

Hinata felt his eyes twitch after hearing Kageyama's words and stared at his palm as if to remember the feeling he just witnessed.

"Haruto, the feeling of knowing where to hit is amazing."

"It's incredible isn't it."

The two of them smiled brightly and made their way back into their new positions and got ready to continue playing their final game at the tokyo training camp.

***

I hope you enjoyed it. Peacu.