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I walked through the open spaces of Aoba Johsai High whilst holding a brown folder in my arms; the smile crept upon my lips and heart thumping loud in my ribcage in indescribable anticipation. I darted my head to different directions, taking in the admiring the view of the prestigious school.

This place is so huge! You can really tell when a school is devoted to its athletics. I'd also heard that the volleyball team is really strong! I'm really looking forward to attending here.

I adjusted the light yellow muffler around my neck when the wind blew, my skirt and hair following the motion. It felt kind of nice when the wind caressed my face.

"Kinomi-chan, look!" I heard Aoi's excited voice beside me, pointing her finger at a group of girls laughing amiably at their conversation, gesturing towards their standard uniform. "I'd love to wear that uniform now..." She sighed dreamily.

I nodded in agreement, returning the excitement surging from her. "Yeah, me too. I just wish we could already take the entrance exam already."

Aoi raised an eyebrow, smiling slyly. "You're pretty confident, aren't you?" She asked which resulted me in letting out a giggle in amusement.

We walked through the endless hallways, passing by various students who gave us temporary outsiders a strange look. And we ended up getting lost on the way.

"Excuse me, are you girls somehow going to turn over applications?" A guy politely asked as he seemed to find us troubled.

"Yes," Aoi answered quickly, stepping in front of me. Well, I can't blame her, though. He is kind of cute.

"Oh, I see. It's over there..." I didn't bother to listen to the guy when my eyes caught a rather beautiful black-haired girl running, wearing the Seijoh jacket and carrying plastic bags of necessities. I assume that she's the manager. She took the opposite direction of the path we were taking.

"Um, excuse me. Is there some kind of practice match going on with the volleyball team?" I asked the guy, cutting him off with giving the instructions to Aoi. She gave me a flat look, a sign that I disturbed something.

"Yes, I think it's against Torino or something."

"I think you meant by Karasuno." I corrected. Most school often mistake for they have the similar kanji.

"Oh yeah, that." He scratched the back of his head which Aoi find adorable. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.

"Let's watch the match first, Aoi." I suggested to which rewarded me a frown from her.

"But what about our application?"

"We can submit it anytime we want." I pointed out, grinning. "This match is something we shouldn't miss." As if she got my point, Aoi smirked.

She shook her head then waved her hands in the air as a gesture of surrender. "Alright. Just a peek, okay?"

"I'm going to say hi, too." I giggled as I turned my attention to the male, who was only listening to us attentively with a small smile on his face. "I'm sorry for being rude, um... but what's your name?"

He shook his head. "It's alright. My name is Shibata Jiro."

"Ah, nice-"

"Hello, Shibata-kun! I'm Haruno Aino! You can call me Aoi!" Aoi, once again, cut me off and without permission, grabbed on to Shibata-kun's hand for a handshake.

"Nice to meet you, Aino-san," Shibata-kun shifted his gaze at me, waiting for me to introduce myself.

"Mikazuki," I said. "Mikazuki Kinomi."

We let Shibata-kun take the lead for we kindly asked him a favor to take us to the gymnasium where the said practice match was held. I looked at the sky through the window, seeing as the vast sky was painted with a splash of a light scorching shade.

It was our final year in middle school and how long have I waited for this moment in my life to come, to finally reunite with Oikawa-senpai after two years. I have practiced hard and maintained my reputation as the duplicate of him when it comes to powerful serves. I have this certain routine to practice and enhance my serves more than anyone else because it always took the momentum and flow of the game.

I have worked very hard, senpai... I wonder if you're proud of me, too?

Aoi nudged me on my arm making me snap out of my trance. I glanced at her through my peripheral vision and saw her eyes still focused on the path in front of her. "Still loyal, I see..." There was a glint of awe in her tone.

I made a sour face, slightly irked off. "Of course. Why wouldn't I be?" I asked like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"You've been head over heels for him for I don't know... for two freaking years?" She hollered, sighing exasperatedly.

"I know that." I said firmly, clenching my brown envelope in my arms as if that was the source of my strength. "That's why I'm going to transfer in here... I'm finally going to tell him how I feel."

She had never fall in love except for blueberry lollipops. She would rather lend me her underwear than to give me some of her blueberry lollipops. Not that I minded that though, I was never fond of that taste. Aoi would never understand me.

How could you not possibly learn to love and cherish someone who has been there to encourage you not to give up? You can really feel the passion emitting from all of his glory and it was somehow contagious. I guess you could also consider me as one of his fangirls, however, I'm a fangirl that he acknowledges. I'm happy that he accepted me to be his apprentice because that was how all it started. Oikawa-senpai became my inspiration... my everything and he was the reason I am who I am today.

However, I came to realize just recently that he was never mine to begin with. I was just too disillusioned by my own selfish love that I had forgotten something so important. It was a mistake... revolving my world around him. I had also become oblivious to my surroundings. I had forgotten the people who loved me just as much. I had forgotten to also cherish them... and then it was too late. I had nothing left to lose now.

The moment I entered the gymnasium, the same raven haired girl I saw a while back was laughing along with Oikawa-senpai as she wipes his sweaty face using a towel and he seemed to have liked the sweet gesture.

My heart constricted at the sight. I have become used to this kind of things, seeing as though girls were swooning all over him... but this is different. He seemed to already found someone to return the one thing that even I was more than willing to offer him... affection.

"Oikawa-senpai, wait for me, please? Wait for me to graduate middle school, I'll follow you in Seijoh. Your fangirls will finally leave you alone once I become your girlfriend, promise." I had sometimes said those words to him a long time ago. But I was just a mere first year in those pair of chocolate-brown eyes.

"Of course! I'll definitely wait for you, Mika-chan!" He was softly ruffling my hair while laughing back then, I had thought for a moment that he wasn't even taking me seriously but still, I was hoping that he would really wait for me.

Oh how I wish I shouldn't have wished for that. Instead, I should have wished for the safety of my father and brother.

If it wasn't for the vibrating of my phone in my skirt's pocket, I wouldn't have torn my gaze from the eyesore view. My glassy eyes instead focused on the name on my phone's white screen, Tora was calling.

I wiped the tears away before it could roll down on my cheeks and stormed out of the loud gymnasium to take my aunt's call.

"Hello, Tora-"

"Ki-Kinomi!" Her cracked voice pierced through my ears and flowed through my heart, making it feel heavier than usual. I hear nothing but the sound of her uncontrollable sobs and it made me have a hunch that something was wrong. That something bad had happened.

Bad was an understatement.

"Nii-san a-and Ka-Kazune..." She spoke through her sobs I barely understood her. But just at the mere mention of their names, it was sufficient for me clench tightly on the object I was holding, my fingers running down to my hair due to stress and anxiety.

"What? What happened to them?" I demanded to the person whom I was sharing the call with. She just answered me a series of sobs on the other line and I was also starting to get teary-eyed once again. "Tell me, Tora!" I almost shouted, at the verge of losing my composure.

"I guess it's time for me to take my leave, Kinomi-chan." Aoi muttered, looking through me as if there was someone behind me.

I peered over my shoulder and my heart almost jumped out of my chest at the sight of Oikawa-senpai giving me a half-hearted smile.

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As always, I'm sorry for the late update. School has already started. LOL

I don't have many ideas on my Oikawa fanfic so I'm putting that on-hold(ish) until ideas park in my mind. Tsukkiless chapter, I know but next chapter is going to be in his point of view so please pray for me that I won't make him OOC, mehehe.

Thank you for still reading this story! I really appreciate that a lot! And I really lovelovelove reading your comments so please, feel free to spam this story with your thoughts. :)

Stay tuned! Until next time! :D

- Lyn