"Why do I have to help you with this pathetic bunch?" The blonde squints his eyes, as Ren gave him a puppy-like pout. "Pleeaaassse, Tsukki-kun?" Tsukishima gave her a dirty look, and he was immediately disgusted. "Okay, okay. Fine," he started as he pushed her head away from his sight. "Just get that ugly face away from me. A-And don't call me that again."

She grinned widely, as she high-fived Yamaguchi, who was next to her. "Yes! It's always more fun when Tsukki's around!" Kageyama and Hinata shook their head in disagreement. The tall bean pole sighed in dismay, "so where and what time?" Ren fixed her hair back up into a bun, "hmm... I don't know."

Tsukishima mentally face palmed, over and over again. "Just how low are you?" Hinata jumped in, smirking widely, "not lower than you, Bakashima." It sent Kageyama into a muffled laughter as he tried to hold it in, as well as Ren, since she didn't want to see his angry side, when he already acted mad enough. "You better not be talking trash about Tsukki!"

"But he is trash."

The three first years bursted into laughter, as the setter of them tried to hold a straight face. The beanpole glared daggers at the bunch, as they all stood back straight, with a serious face on. "How about Hinata's place?" Kageyama suggested, before everyone agreed, excluding the approval of the tallest, and the shortest. "Eh- what?!"

"I really don't care." Ren sighed tiredly, "of course you don't."

"So, when?" Kageyama asked Hinata, who still hasn't approved of the location. "I didn't even say yes yet...- But my mom is home Thursday this week..."

"Thursday it is." Ren said, still hesitant about tutoring the bunch. "Tch, whatever."

"Ah, come on, Tsukki~ it'll be fun!" Yamaguchi's taller friend put his headphones on, as his eye twitched from beneath his glasses. "Shut up, Yamaguchi." The blonde middle blocker's eyes widened as he strolled down the page on his phone. "His new albums out." Hinata, Ren, and Kageyama looked in Yamaguchi's direction, confused by the odd phrase.

"You mean that band you like?" Tsukishima gave a very fast nod, and it shocked Ren to see this bland male... surprised. "I'm getting it." The megane quickly said, before dashing off into the direction of town. "W-wait up, Tsukki!"

The female swiftly waved goodbye to the raven haired setter and his decoy, before chasing after the two. To be honest with herself, she hasn't felt the best lately, and she could feel it getting worse, every second Ren has been outside. "W-wait, Yamaguchi-san." She called on the freckled first year, which had stood outside a department store that had been new to Ren. Actually, the entire area was new to her.

"Where are we?" The girl questioned, panting as she rested herself on her knees. Yamaguchi observed her actions, since he knew she was one that had more stamina than he did. So why was she acting so strange? "Tsukki's favorite composer released an album today."

"Ah," she started, as she felt even more uneasy than usual, "so Tsukishima-san is into music..?" She didn't get it. What did she do to make herself feel so odd? Yamaguchi raised an eyebrow, shocked severely.

Since when did she call Tsukki, san? And isn't obvious he listens to music?

"Yoshida-san... Are you alright?" He asked, hoping Tsukishima would finish buying the album so they could go home.

Anything would be better than staying in this cold.

"Hm- eh... Oh! I'm okay, Yama-chan," she gestured as she shut her eyes, and untied her hair, which made her neck feel a bit warmer, "really."

"O-okay then.." He said as a small blushed formed on his face, due to the sudden nickname.

I shouldn't get ahead of myself... Yoshida-san is just not feeling well.

The young girl the dropped her bag, as she raised her hands up to rub her eyes. Then suddenly, her face burned up and she started to cough, making Yamaguchi worry. "Y-Yoshida-san, wait here, I'll get Tsukki and buy you some medicine..." He then ran off, into the shop, leaving Ren alone. "Gosh... I said I was fine..."

She wiped her tears, as she picked up her bag. The doctor never said this would be the side effects.

"Aw, did your boyfriend dump you?"

Ren's eyes widened, as she turned around to face a few guys that she has never seen in her life. Apparently, her hair made her look a tad bit more feminine, and the way she stood and carried her bag, gave it off. Her nose turned red due to the cold weather, and her eyes we're red and teary. She turned away, trying her best to ignore them, but to her dismay, her eyes teared up even more.

"Trying to act cool and ignore us? Your boyfriend isn't coming back." One said, smirking devilishly. "So why don't I be yours instead?" Another stated, as she averted her gaze to the floor.

Damn it.

She thought over and over again, before a dude grabbed her arm. She tried pulling away, but she was too weak in this situation.

You can't be serious, out of all times?!

The dude pulled her closer to his face, before getting hit in the head with an object, causing the creep to pull away. Another arm grabbed her, and pulled her gently towards them. "Oi... She's not interested." Yamaguchi stated, as he felt stupid for leaving her to get medicine... then to throw it away.

"You bastard!" He insulted the freckled boy, making him nervous. He knew he shouldn't have acted like the hero.

But if he didn't... who would?

Ren didn't know what was going on, she was still stuck, only knowing someone came to her rescue. The 14 year old was on the verge of blacking out, and the air wasn't helping her get better at all. "You'll pay for this, punk." What seemed like the leader spoke out, curling his hand up into a fist and raising it, he then quickly threw it at the high-schooler. Only it hadn't hit Yamaguchi.

It had hit Ren, who had stepped in front, and blocked it with her arm. She still had her speed, but not her strength. It indirectly collided with her, causing her closed fist to hit her head instead. It was hard enough to bruise her arm, but not hard enough to knock her out.

She looked up with a dark aura to make eye contact with the leader, giving a rather, scary face. It made everyone shake, including Yamaguchi, who hadn't processed this through his head yet. "If you touch any one of my friends," Ren threatened as her bangs shaded over her eyes a bit, "I'll never forgive you." The gang jumped back, and she could tell some were asking to retreat. Yamaguchi had his phone ready, to dial the cops if these guys didn't leave them alone.

"W-was that supposed to scare us-?"

"My, my. What do we have here?" A tall figure spoke, approaching Ren and Yamaguchi from behind, "a bunch of low-life humans picking on a few high school kids. How cowardly," Yamaguchi then held Ren up. He knew she couldn't stand on her own; a hit like that would definitely make her dizzy. "Five against two, how pathetic are you?"

"Who the hell are you?!" One intimidated, as one thing went through all their heads, he's tall...

Tsukishima then started to smirk, and then chuckle, "me? Why, that doesn't matter, does it?"

"S-stop acting cool, you bastard!"

"I suggest maybe you all leave, before things really get out of hand." They all backed off, as some ran away by themselves. It left their leader, and it didn't take him long to realize that more than half of his gang was missing. The blonde then closed in on the man, causing him to walk back as well, resulting in him falling backwards onto the ground. Tsukishima stood high above him, making his eyes widen, "scram," was all the first year said, making him stand up and quiver with fear.

"You'll pay for this!" Was the last thing he shouted, before storming off.

Ren started to feel sicker by the second, as her knees grew weak. "Yoshida-san... you're not okay..." Yamaguchi diagnosed, as he and Tsukishima held her up. "Are you guys... idiots? I could've handled them myself..." She spoke softly, before dozing off.

The freckled first year shook her a couple of times, before panicking. "Ts-Tsukki! What do we do?!" The taller male furrowed his eyebrows, as he investigated the bruise on the front of her forehead. "What on earth..?" His mind trailed off, to a couple of droplets that hit his cheeks. "Is it... raining?"

"Tch," the blonde gave, as he took off his jacket. "What are you doing, Tsukki? You'll catch a cold." He then placed it onto Ren, and picked her up on his back. "Eh-?"

The megane sighed, as Yamaguchi knew he was trying to get her to a clinic, or a hospital. The boy then picked up his best friends' bags, and carried it as he followed Tsukishima. "Tsukki, that's not the way t-to the hospital..."

"Yamaguchi, the clinic is too far away, and it would take quite a while for the ambulance to arrive." He murmured, as the three had gotten even wetter due to the rain. "What happened? First of all, she has a high fever. Second of all, her foreheads bleeding-?" Yamaguchi looked down, as the rain poured harder by the second. "Sh-she wasn't feeling well... On top of that she-"

He stopped, with a little worry in his tone. "She stopped those people from hitting me." Tsukishima's eyes widened, as both he and Yamaguchi had been getting soaked due to the rain pouring down. "Tch, is she an idiot?" Yamaguchi felt bad, for not being able to protect himself.

And because of that, his friend had gotten hurt. "Wh-where are we going, Tsukki?"

"I'm going to the school, just until her parents come to pick her up, or the rain stops." The freckled nodded, as he tightened the grip on his bag.

Tsukki came at the right time.

Tsukki's the real hero...

"Careful Tsukki... The schools not too far away..." Tsukishima gave his best friend an almost forced smirk, "yeah, I know." Once they reached the school, there were barely any people inside, due to after school club activities. Fortunately, the doors were open. Yamaguchi held all the doors for the two, until they reached the infirmary.

Tsukishima then sat her down, and grabbed the first aid from a cupboard. "Will she be... alright?" The blonde gave a slight nod to the question, as he took out the antibiotic gel and a bandage. He felt pretty awkward getting close to her face, but had to, since she had needed the medical help. "Yamaguchi, hold her up."

The freckled first year held her up, as if she were sitting in the infirmary. "I-Is she..?" The taller male spoke out in a very bland voice, "she should wake up soon." After a few bandages, Tsukishima looked out the window, and noticed that it stopped raining. "Tch, when are her parents going to call?"

"Maybe her parents think that there are club activities today..." The blonde sighed as he pushed his glasses up. "I guess we have no choice then." Yamaguchi looked at the bean pole, puzzled, as he went searching through her bag. "Ts-Tsukki! What are you doing??"

Tsukishima's eye twitched a couple of times before taking out her phone. "She should have her parent's number or address on this." The slightly shorter middle blocker sighed in relief. It wasn't like she had anything important in there, other than her phone. The two then swiped it to unlock it, only to see it had been locked with a code.

"Ah, seriously?!"

A/N ) Over 1K reads?! This chapter is trash, I'm really sorry. Lmao I think things get interesting a little later on, so please hang on (￣∀￣)

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