Chapter 33
Two weeks later, Hiroyuki found himself sitting alone on the train to Tokyo. He is not looking forward to what waiting for him in Tokyo, as it is the time for Erina Nakiri and Alice Nakiri to come to the Den. Honestly, he can predict what the Nakiris would say the first thing they come.
Erina will challenge him for a shokugeki for the attempt to take over the Den, and Alice would make a sarcastic comment at every single thing he did. He was so sure about that after he tried to remember what the Nakiris look like. They both are arrogant and ignorant about the world and seem to think that the world owed them everything.
He sighed once again, looking at the windows as the train started to slow down and the announcement of arrival could be heard. The first thing he did right after he got out of the train was called a taxi to Fukurodani Academy. That was the place where Karasuno joined the training camp with several schools, including Nekoma.
He will join the Karasuno team after Takeda-sensei, the Karasuno team's advisor asked him to be an assistant coach just for the morning training at the camp. At first, Takeda-sensei wanted him to be a full-time assistant. But after explaining his situation in the Den, the advisor agreed with his proposal to help in morning training.
In all honesty, the pay is not that good. But he still grabbed the opportunity as a way to get out of the Nakiris and spend more of his time with Kiyoko. While not on the same side, he could also meet Kuroo and coach Nekomata again, so he didn't mind the little payment.
Right after he arrived at Fukurodani, he was greeted by a loud, excited shout.
"YUKI! YOU ARE HERE?!" The one who shouted was Kotaro Bokuto, the ace of Fukurodani and the top five aces of the country right now. His shout gained the attention of his team who was preparing for the opening of the training camp.
"You are still as loud as before, Bokuto." Hiroyuki said while rubbing his ears. He ignores Bokuto's reply and turned his attention to the most cool-headed person in Fukurodani, Akaashi.
"It is good to meet you, Akaashi." The setter nodded and replied the greet, "It is good to meet you too, Yuki-senpai." Being in the same prefecture makes Fukurodani and Nekoma meet several times in the past. That's why Hiroyuki knows several people in Fukurodani.
He talked with the members of Fukurodani for a while before the Nekoma bus come. Right after the players came out of the bus, Hiroyuki could see the raised eyebrows on Kuroo's face.
"Oya? You are here, Yuki-senpai?"
"Oya oya? You are here too, Kuroo?" Bokuto asked back to Kuroo.
"Oya oya oya? We are all here?" Hiroyuki replied to the two as well before all of them grinning widely and laughing.
"Oh, God! It's been a long time since we laughed together!" Kuroo said in the middle of the laugh, still holding his stomach.
"Yeah, the last time I remember was the night before we played against Italia in the semifinal of the world cup. I remember we laughed so loud at Kuroo's voice when he sang that even Ushijima got annoyed with us." Hiroyuki whipped the tears in his eyes.
"Oh! I remember that one, too! Kuroo is really bad at singing!" Bokuto laughed out loud much to the annoyance of Kuroo. They were a part of Japan's junior team that went to the world cup and being placed in the same room for a month kinda make them close to each other.
Suddenly, a small cough snapped their memory trip. Hiroyuki turned around and froze as he saw the displeased expression on coach Nekomata's face.
"What is it that I heard about you being an assistant coach for Karasuno, Brat?" Hiroyuki winced at the question.
"Come on, Coach! I will only help their morning training, just like what you did to me in the past!" Several Nekoma players shuddered at the mention of morning training. "Besides, I feel bad for them after they lost badly against Oikawa, so I want to help them a bit." Coach Nekomata narrowed his eyes in suspicion before replying,
"And it has nothing to do with you spending more time with your sister?" Hiroyuki grimaced at coach Nekomata's tone, giving him the answer he needed. Coach Nekomata scowled before leaving them alone.
Hiroyuki sighed while getting a sympathized pat on his back by Kuroo and Bokuto. He just realized that his former coach will have more reasons to beat Karasuno and hope that it would not break the team.
Several minutes later, the bus that brings the Karasuno team comes. The players came out one by one until the one Hiroyuki waited to come out.
"Kiyo-chan!" His sister turned her attention to him and smiled, waving her hand signaling him to come.
"Yuki-nii, I just heard about you being our assistant coach. Why didn't you tell me before?" She asked, not noticing that her short-haired blonde companion hides behind her from me.
"Well, it was a sudden decision so I didn't have time to inform you. I will just help with your morning training though as I will be in the Den for the rest of the day." Kiyoko nodded, didn't mind too much. "And who is the one behind you?" The blonde shrieked before she introduces herself,
"I-I am Hitoka Yachi. N-n-nice to meet you, S-sir!" Hiroyuki winced at the high pitch while groaning inwardly, 'Great, another Hinata.'
"Nice to meet you too, Yachi-san. I am Hiroyuki Hori, Kiyoko's brother." She nodded nervously at Hiroyuki's introduction.
"By the way, where are Hinata and Kageyama?" Hiroyuki asked curiously as usually, Hinata would be the loudest one. His question resulted in groans from the entire members.
"They failed their exam so they have to do that once again. They will be here tonight with Tanaka's sister." Sawamura answered Hiroyuki. They looked at each other and nodded, "It's good to meet you again, captain."
"Just call me Sawamura. And thank you for your help." He bowed slightly.
"I don't mind helping, but I can only do that for your morning routine so it will probably not be a good help" Hiroyuki looked around the Karasuno members and noticed the determination in their eyes. "Your teammates have good eyes. I hope they can hold that until the end of the camp." Sawamura nodded,
"We are ready to lose here as long as we can improve ourselves. So, please take care of us, Hiroyuki-senpai!" He bowed and was followed by his teammates.
After talking with several members of Karasuno, including Tanaka to Hiroyuki's surprise as he asked for a piece of advice, Hiroyuki decided to leave the academy and goes to the Den. He sighed once again as he braced himself for a long day.
Right after he entered the Den, he was greeted with a pleasant smell of matcha and strawberry just out of the oven. He noticed the anxious face of Nino as Megumi-san eats the cake, so he decided to praise Nino,
"The smell is very good, Nino. Can I have a slice?" His voice surprised Nino and Megumi-san, but the surprised face turned into warm smiles,
"Hiroyuki-san! Thank you for the praise!" Nino said with a blush, still not used to getting praised by anyone other than her siblings. That was something that Kiyoko, Hiroyuki, and Megumi noticed from the quintuplets as they tried to praise them more.
"Just call me Yuki, will you? You and Ichika need to relax more. Invite her and your other siblings here if you wanted." Nino's eyes gleamed at that.
"I can do that?" But this time, it was Megumi who answered,
"Of course, Dear. All of your sisters also came here several times, but they always came alone. You don't have to worry about us, just invite all of your sisters here if you want." The smile on Nino's face brightened at the prospect of going to the Den with her sisters.
It warmed Hiroyuki and Megumi how far Nino changed since the first time they met. The cold and suspicious sisters were gone, replaced by a shy and diligent girl who loves to cook. Now, the only one who still has not dropped the façade out of quintuplets is Ichika with her fake smile, and Hiroyuki wanted to do something to her when they meet again.
"So, is this the day?" Hiroyuki grimaced at Megumi's question. "Unfortunately, yes. Be prepared for spoiled princesses, you two. And Nino, you don't have to be here today." Megumi has already explained the condition to Nino so the girl knows about it. But she didn't move for a bit and said,
"I don't mind with the spoiled princesses. I have met a lot at Father's party to not get annoyed by them." Hiroyuki nodded, happy that the quintuplets started to open up their feeling more.
"Good. But don't make a comment even when they belittle me or Megumi-san. You can talk back to them if they talked bad about your sisters. But please restrain yourself a bit. You have a sharp tongue that even I am afraid of that." Nino smiles innocently and replied,
"Why, thank you for the compliment." Leaving Hiroyuki grimaced at the memories of how Nino destroyed a thug with her sharp tongue just because the thug bullied Miku. But before he speaks again, he heard a voice coming from the door,
"Ara~ Is this the café we will have to work for?"
Hiroyuki could see the white-haired girl coming with an innocent smile. But Hiroyuki knows it was just a fake smile as he noticed the girl, Alice Nakiri. Behind her, a blonde girl, Erina Nakiri, followed Alice with a disgusted face as she walked to us. They both are the same age as Nino, so probably at the end of their middle school.
Then, Erina suddenly shouted at them,
"I challenged the owner to a shokugeki!" Resulting in silence in the Dent. Meanwhile, Hiroyuki groaned inwardly as his early prediction is really coming true.
'God, why is it that something so troublesome like this always happened to me?'
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