"I'M SORRY, BUT I NEVER...

     got your name. you are...?"

"miya atsumu", the boy with his hair flipped to the right side answered.

as the four were guided to their dorm, shiyumi had immediately took out her phone to inform sugawara that they've all arrived safely.

"shōyō, do you want the top or bottom bunk?", kozume asked, not really acknowledging the other two, as he didn't know them very well.

the pudding-headed boy was already being pushed to the max of his social level, and it was exhausting.

     "whichever one you don't want!", shiyumi answered.

     "I'll take the bottom one then...less energy..."

     "oikawa tōru", the brown-haired boy introduced to atsumu.

     "I've heard great things about you, miya-san", oikawa fake smiled.

     "same here, oikawa-san", atsumu replied, equally as phony.

     "I'll be taking the top bunk if ya don't mind then, since 'samu always hogs it back at home", atsumu stated.

     "oh really? how unfortunate, because I wanted the top bunk as well", oikawa passive aggressively responded.

     shiyumi and kozume could smell the tension radiating off the two setters.

     "u-umm...sorry to dive into your conversation, but how about you both take the top bunk? kenma and I can just sleep on the bottom ones", shiyumi intercepted.

     both setters snapped their heads over towards shiyumi, who just genuinely smiled.

     "fine!", the two of them huffed.

     shiyumi then looked over at kozume, mouthing an apology.

"by the way chibi-chan, what position do you play? is tobio-chan still as controlling?", oikawa sweetly asked.

"I'm a middle blocker!! and tobio...?? you mean bakeyama? he's doing fine...one of the best setters I've seen, actually", shiyumi casually answered.

"what position do you and miya-san play?"

"setter", both of them answered at the same time, causing shiyumi to mentally curse.

'shit'.

"a-ah what I meant was that...I-I haven't seen many setters...", shiyumi mumbled, now feeling bad for praising kageyama in front of the two that probably have huger egos than the sun.

"anyways...since we have the day off, how about we go exploring?! I've never been to tokyo before!!", shiyumi excitedly stated.

     "huh? you've never been to tokyo before??", oikawa asked.

"nope! never really been out the miyagi prefecture", shiyumi answered, placing her suitcase down, as she took out a smaller backpack with water and other necessities.

"oh, but please don't feel pressured to come. I just thought that we could bond a little more since we'll be roommates for the next two weeks", shiyumi reminded.

"I'll come!!", oikawa volunteered.

     'maybe I can learn more about shiyumi-san from chibi-chan!!'

     "I guess I'll join too...", kozume mumbled.

     "how about you, miya-san?", shiyumi asked.

     atsumu ever so slightly flinched at shiyumi's sparkling eyes, which must've hypnotized him, because the boy didn't even remember saying yes, and now here he was out in the city — walking alongside her.

     "oikawa-san, how do you know kageyama by the way? are you two close? I noticed that you call him by his first name", shiyumi stated.

     "we went to the same middle school. I taught him everything he knows", oikawa haughtily proclaimed.

     "so you also taught him to act like that?"

     "act like what?"

     shiyumi then looked around, making sure that kageyama wasn't nearby, as she tried her best to keep her unruly locks down.

     "oi, boke! you missed the ball! dumbass, did you even try to serve it?", shiyumi mimicked.

oikawa was speechless for a moment before slapping his hand over his mouth and forcing down the urge to cry of laughter.

"huh? was my impression not good?", shiyumi asked, looking over at kozume for an opinion.

"it was fine", kozume muttered.

"it was great, chibi-chan! if you didn't play volleyball, I would've thought that you were an actor", oikawa praised, causing the orange-haired girl to chuckle.

"now you're just flattering me, oikawa-san. ah, by the way, miy—"

shiyumi's phone suddenly started ringing, causing her to immediately answer.

"moshi, moshi~"

"hinata, how's tokyo over there? did you guys settle in yet? noya and tanaka aren't causing any troubles, right? I told tsukishima to keep an eye on them..."

"ah! suga-senpai!! tokyo's great! I'm actually currently out with my roommates, and as for the others...I'm not sure, sorry".

     "no worries. enjoy and send some pictures over!"

     "I will. thanks and bye!"

     shiyumi then hung up, as atsumu tapped on her shoulder.

     "who was that?"

     "sugawara-senpai. he's also a setter from karasuno. he's not here now, so he told me to take some pictures and send it to him. would you like to take a picture with me, miya-san?"

     "uh...sure?"

     "okay, three, two, one, and smile!"

     as shiyumi held up her phone, she boldly took her other hand and squished atsumu's face, snapping a quick picture before the blonde boy could process anything.

     "nice!"

     "hey hey, chibi-chan, how about we take one together too?!", oikawa suggested.

     "PEACE!", the two shouted.

     "ja~ that means that I should take one with kenma as well then, right?"

"I'm not really...good at taking pictures...", kozume said.

"it's okay, because I'll be taking it. just do what you normally do", shiyumi said as she lifted another peace sign, except this time it was behind kozume's head.

"see! look how nice it is! we even got the pretty sky in the background".

"can you send it to me?"

"sure! just enter your number here", shiyumi replied, handing kozume her phone, as atsumu finally snapped out of his trance.

"oi! who said that ya could touch my face, huh?!"

atsumu then pinched both of shiyumi's cheeks, tugging on her face as he watched shiyumi pout her lips.

"I-I'm sowwy!! but you weren't smilin', so I just took the liberty to help youuu", shiyumi whined.

"now pwease stwop pinching my cheeks", the orange-haired girl pleaded.

atsumu huffed, as he finally released her, meanwhile oikawa had pointed at a nearby café.

"hungry?"

"I can eat", shiyumi drooled, running over towards the café, as she was greeted by a cute girl in a maid outfit.

"welcome! how many are we serving today?", the waitress — with the name tag: mika — asked.

"four!", shiyumi answered, as atsumu and oikawa finally caught up, with kozume entering slightly later than the three.

"right this way please", mika blushed, noticing how attractive atsumu and oikawa were.

as the four were seated at a booth next to a window, shiyumi hastily skimmed through the menu to see if her favorite dessert was on here.

"so what drinks may I get for you guys today?", mika asked, particularly making eye contact with atsumu, since he seemed ready to order.

"I'll take a—"

     shiyumi obnoxiously gasped, as she nearly broke down in tears.

     "YOU GUYS HAVE PURIN HERE?! I'LL TAKE FOUR PLEASE!"