HOSHIUMI WAS FROZEN...

the boy had felt like if he moved in even the slightest, shiyumi would wake up and tip over the hammock.

     though it wasn't before long that yachi, kageyama, and hoshiumi's own teammate had found them under the palm trees.

     "huh? so this is where you two have been hiding. we've been looking everywhere for you guys", hirugami stated.

     "OI BO—"

     "shhhh!! kageyama, you're going to wake him up!", hoshiumi shushed.

     upon a closer look, hirugami had gasped at the scene before him.

     "kōrai-kun, since when did you become a tree for a sleeping koala?", hirugami teased, noticing how the white-haired boy was trapped between the limbs of shiyumi.

     "shut up, sachirō! this is all your fault!", hoshiumi hissed.

     "u-umm...well...we kind of need shōyō right now. he has a match with these..."

     "bullies", kageyama finished.

     "bullies??"

     "honestly I don't really kno—"

     "SHŌYŌ-KUN~ LET'S GO BEAT THOSE BULLIES!!", tendō yelled, instantly causing the girl to shift her body upwards, tilting the balance, as the hammock rocked like a boat — flipping over.

     "H-HEY, WAI—"

     without a doubt, the two shorties had fallen on top of each other, with shiyumi's back being the first victim of the ground.

yachi "covered" her eyes in shock, as kageyama facepalmed.

shiyumi groaned in pain, as she rubbed the back of her head.

     "sheeshhh, at least take me out to dinner first, kōrai-kun", shiyumi teased.

     "w-WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING?!", hoshiumi huffed, scrambling upwards, as kageyama aggressively grabbed shiyumi by the collar of her shirt.

"you told me that you were going to be back real quick! did you even practice jumping on sand yet?! have you even tried? or were you too busy sleeping your ass off?", kageyama interrogated.

"I-I..."

"mah, mah~ let's head on down to the net first. shōyō-kun could probably get in a few practice spikes before the actual game", tendō stated.

kageyama scoffed, as he took the lead, meanwhile shiyumi sent tendō a thankful smile.

"anyways, do you wanna come watch, kōrai-kun? I'd love to have my idol there!", shiyumi offered.

"and you too of course, hirugami-san!"

"mm, not feelin—"

"sure! we'll come and watch. thanks for the invite", hirugami hastily agreed, causing hoshiumi to gasp.

"who said that I wanted to—"

"okay great! see you guys there then!", shiyumi waved, as she raced kageyama towards the more sunny part of the beach.

"SERIOUSLY?!", hoshiumi yelled.

"he said you're his idol! it's not everyday that someone's idol sees them perform", hirugami reasoned with an innocent smile.

hoshiumi huffed, as he childishly crossed his arms.

"fine. guess we can go watch for a bit..."

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"took you guys long enough", suna commented, as the inarizaki and shiratorizawa members had also gathered to watch their teammates play.

"gomen~ I fell asleep, but where's tanaka and noya-senpai?", shiyumi asked.

suna then pointed over at the karasuno libero, who was exerting all his energy into his last minute pushups, meanwhile tanaka was hyping him up.

"what'd you say to get them so fired up?", kageyama asked, genuinely curious.

"eh? that was easy! I just told them that there were these dudes that wanted to get kiyoko-san's number because they saw her when she came over on friday", shiyumi explained.

"so you lied to them..."

     "lie?! that's such a nasty saying, bakeyama! I like to call it encouragement", shiyumi wickedly grinned.

     sometimes kageyama felt that shiyumi wasn't all sunshine and rainbows. it was like there was a twist to her personality, and it was scary.

     "HYAAAA!! WE'RE MORE READY THAN EVER!!", tanaka yelled.

     "BRING IT ON!! WE'LL FIGHT ANYONE WHO EVEN LOOKS AT KIYOKO!!", nishinoya raged.

     "that's the spirit!", shiyumi giggled.

     "then wouldn't you both have to fight everyone? because—"

     "hush, yamaguchi. don't give these two idiotic simps any more stupid ideas", tsukishima stated.

"are you sure that this is a good idea?", ushijima asked, as tendō hummed.

"honestly I'm just playing for shōyō-kun. he seemed very adamant on winning", tendō answered.

"you're not playing because you want to show them up? prove them wrong?"

"mah~ I guess you could say...that that's one of the reasons too", tendō grinned, his face leering with excitement of seeing his opponents lose with dismay.

"HEY HEY HEYYYY!! WE HEARD THAT THERE'S A VOLLEYBALL MATCH, SO HERE WE ARE!", bokuto loudly announced.

"but most importantly, we heard that chibi-chan's playing, so we're here to help fire up the teams", kuroo smirked.

"why're you lying, kuroo? you and bokuto made a bet on who would w—"

"now now, kenma. what they don't know won't hurt them", kuroo intercepted, as shiyumi gasped.

"BO!!"

"SHŌ!!"

the two energetic players embraced one another like they haven't seen each other in years.

"I'm counting on you to win! after all, you are my little future ace!", bokuto exclaimed.

"and if you win, I'll give you a piggyback ride along the beach, since I know you don't like the waters", the owl-looking captain whispered.

     "YOU GOT IT, BO!"

     "HEY, WHERE'S THE SHORTY?!", the leader of the bullies — ryozo — shouted.

"I'm right here", shiyumi calmly answered, as bokuto and the rest had taken a seat by the sidelines.

     "oh sorry! you're just so short that none of us could see ya", ryozo's friend — washijo — mocked.

     hoshiumi seethed at that statement, not understanding how shiyumi was able to contain herself from verbally attacking them.

     "so are we gonna start the game? or will you six just idly stand there like blocks?", shiyumi asked, causing her teammates to grin.

"oi! don't get cocky just because you have some tall players on your team! we'll easily squash you all — no sweat!", the third bully (sashimu) declared.

     kageyama suddenly understood why shiyumi was so adamant on beating those guys. they were absolutely triggering.

      tanaka then giggled like a girl, even as to walking like one.

     "oh my~ the things that they say", he sighed.

"MAKES ME WANNA CRUSH 'EM TO A PULP!"

shiyumi promptly stuck out her tongue, as the six bullies had clenched their fists in aggravation.

     "oh is that so? we'll have to see about that then!", ryozo cockily smirked.

     kageyama then slightly leaned down towards shiyumi.

     "are you sure this is a good idea? they all seem really worked u—"

     "OI! BLOCKHEAD, WHATCHA WHISPERING TO YOUR LITTLE PARTNER ABOUT OVER THERE?!", washijo shouted.

     kageyama then raised a brow, pointing to himself.

     "me?"

     "OBVIOUSLY! WHO ELSE LOOKS LIKE A BLOCKHEAD OTHER THAN YOU?"

     tsukishima snorted, as he took out his phone, hoping to get some good memories from this.

     "never mind. let's play. I'm starting to get pumped up as well", kageyama lowly muttered.

     shiyumi looked over and slightly flinched, before chuckling to herself.

     "oh bring it on..."