"MY NAME'S HINATA SHŌYŌ"...

     the orange-haired girl lied.

hinata shiyumi — the twin sister of hinata shōyō — nervously awaited to hear back from the third-years and second-years after her bold introduction.

"huh? so you're kageyama tobio from kitagawa", the brown-haired boy, sawamura daichi, acknowledged.

shiyumi snapped her head around, as she noticed a stoic boy standing by the entrance of the volleyball club.

he looked oddly familiar.

'OH SHIT! HE WAS THAT DUDE THAT WRECKED US IN OUR FIRST GAME EVER!!', shiyumi internally screamed, having flashbacks of when she played as her brother in middle school.

     the prominent scowl on the boy's face had only heightened his intimidating aura, causing shiyumi to hold her breath, as it seemed illegal to breathe the same air as him.

     "AH, SO YOU'RE THE NEW GUY! WHATCHA LOOKIN' AT? THINK YOU'RE ALL THAT, HUH?!", tanaka ryūnosuke yelled.

"YEAH YEAH!! RESPECT YOUR ELDERS!!", nishinoya yū — the one who shared a single brain cell with tanaka — agreed.

"g-guys, maybe we shouldn't scare them off", azumane asahi (jesus) tried to persuade.

'what's with them all? HEY WAIT! DID THEY JUST ALL CONSECUTIVELY IGNORE MY EXISTENCE?!'

     "excuse me, I—"

     "I'd like to be karasuno's setter", kageyama tobio — also known as the king of the court — interrupted.

     "OI! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!", nishinoya reprimanded.

     "YEAH!! SUGA-SAN'S OUR CURRENT SETT—"

     "tanaka, nishinoya, settle down. let him talk", sawamura stated.

     "as I said, I'm applying in hopes of playing setter; and setter only", kageyama boldly proclaimed.

     everyone stayed silent for a moment, as shiyumi cleared her throat.

     "anyways, I'm here to join the club as well. I want to be the next tiny gian—"

"listen, you can't just come in claiming that you want to play setter, even though I've seen what you can do on the court", sawamura intercepted, causing shiyumi to fume.

     was she just thin air? a ghost?! why was no one acknowledging her?!

     "and I've also heard the rumors of you being known as the king of the court in your junior years", sawamura continued.

"so I have a challenge for you both".

shiyumi perked up at that, realizing that the captain had said "you both", instead of just "you".

kageyama nodded, ready to hear whatever sawamura was going to say next.

"if you wish to join this club as a setter, then you and hinata must win this match — using teamwork — against these other two first-years that wish to join", the karasuno captain stated.

"but if you lose, you'll still be able to join the club, you just won't play as setter", sawamura finished.

kageyama froze, meanwhile shiyumi found it beneficial to her either way.

"okay!", shiyumi easily agreed.

kageyama begrudgingly let out a nod of agreement, as he glared at shiyumi, clearly unimpressed by the skills he's seen thus far.

"YES SIR!! WE PROMISE WE WON'T LOSE!", shiyumi saluted, dragging kageyama by the wrist, as she yanked him out of the room.

     "OI! WHAT ARE YOU—"

     "listen, bakeyama. I honestly don't get why being setter is so important to you, when spiking the ball is way cool—"

     "it's KAGE-yama, and you won't understand. but if you watch from the end side of the court, you can see the setter's super-fast toss really well. ZOOM! it goes from one end of the court to the other! the ball goes past the enemy's block. and you think to yourself, 'can they really block that?' but before the toss, the spiker jumps, and hits it. WHAM! like that!", the boy passionately explained.

shiyumi just hummed, honestly frazzled by how ardent kageyama felt about volleyball.

     'he kinda reminds me of shōyō...'

     "what?", kageyama questioned, quirking his brow up in suspicion.

     "nothing! just thinking about where we should start practicing", shiyumi answered, shrugging, as she had assumed that they wouldn't be able to join the team's practice until their match on saturday.

     "meet me after school at the field over there. don't be late", kageyama stated, swiftly turning around and leaving, since it was only the first day of school.

     "OKAY!! SEE YOU TOMORROW THEN!!", shiyumi waved, rushing over towards the train station, as she had somewhere to be.

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     "MOM, NATSU, I'M HOME!!", the orange-haired girl announced, slipping off her shoes, as she was greeted by a bone crushing hug.

"YOU'RE FINALLY BACK!!", natsu shouted.

"how was the first day of school, honey?", hinata ikumi — their mother — had questioned.

"good! I went to go tryout for the boys' volleyball team today. well...the tryout's actually saturday, but I'm positive that I'll get in", shiyumi answered.

ikumi momentarily stopped heating up the food, as she softly sighed.

"yumi, darling, I'm not sure that joining the boys' volleyball is the right thing to do. we've talked about this before. I understand how much you wish to alleviate your gu—"

"mom, I'll be fine", shiyumi interrupted, silently eating, as ikumi had a slightly bitter expression.

"natsu, go shower", ikumi commanded, to which the youngest hinata had left without a complaint.

"yumi, did you see shōyō today?", ikumi asked, taking a seat across from her daughter, as she watched shiyumi feast.

"yeah", shiyumi bluntly answered.

"how was he?"

"doctor says he's been doing relatively good", shiyumi replied, not seemingly to want to talk a lot.

"shiyumi, you know, as a mother, I only wish the best for my children. I honestly think that you should try to—"

"I'll learn to love volleyball, mom".

"you've been forcing yourself to play since middle school. you don't seem to like it any more than doing laundry", ikumi stated.

     "it'll happen. middle school was just...different. I didn't really have a team...", shiyumi muttered, reminiscing on how she practically begged for a few of her guy friends to practice with her.

     it was different, because they had their own clubs and activities to do. but here, it's a brand new start where the players are just as dedicated as her — just for different reasons of course.

ikumi would've teared up if she hadn't convinced herself to reel it back in.

shōyō's accident had greatly affected them all, especially shiyumi, who was there during the entire traumatic event.

hence she had allowed shiyumi to do as she pleased, to carry out what she had thought would help shiyumi find herself again.

after all, hinata shōyō was stuck in a coma, and the boy has been for the past three years.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: hello my darlings!! I know school has started (or eventually will) for some of you, so I decided to publish this fluff/crackfic for you all.

it starts off a bit slow, but I promise it gets better. if you enjoyed, please don't forget to vote, comment, and share!

thank you + much love to you all <3