Protect

Before I finally get the last chapter for feelings, I have a short fluff for you guys! I was frustrated with the long story I was writing and I needed a new thing to work on, so it's just a random set I made up. the last chapter for feelings would be up in a few days. I might take a week's break? just after completing it. But then again I love writing about these two!

It was a normal day for the Karasuno volleyball players. It was the same stretching, same drills, same numbing feeling during games when the ball hit's their body. They were supposed to have a practice play against The Shinsu High school volleyball team this Friday.

"Take a 5-minute water break everyone!" Ukai Sensei called out, everyone instantly stopped and slumped down. Shimizu and Yachi started handing out the water bottles and towels. Tsukishima sighed and ran his hand through his hair, walking to the towels.

"Ah! Here, Tsukishima-kun!" He heard a small squeak, he turned to their short manager. She held out a towel and his water bottle.

"Thank you," He said, taking the things from her, their hands brushing ever so slightly that gave him a ticklish feeling. He wiped away his sweat and drank.

"Are you excited for the Friday practice, Tsukishima-kun?" The girl furthers their conversation. Tsukishima turned to her and nodded.

"Be sure to stay close to us. I heard there are some perverts there!" Sugawara commented, stepping into the conversation. Tsukishima just stayed quiet, he had heard about the rumors about the school's volleyball club. Well, he didn't really care for it since it didn't affect him, but now that they're actually going there, he had a bit of concern for their 2 managers. Nothing bad would happen to them, right?

"Haha, Shimizu-senpai would kill them if they harass Yachi-san!" Nishinoya commented. Yachi looked around and got flustered.

"I don't want to worry Shimizu-senpai," Yachi said, Tsukishima turned to her and gave a small nod, while Sugawara and Nishinoya seemed to have forgotten about their conversation with the pair. They were now arguing about how they'd beat them up.

"Okay! Get back to practice!" They all turned and happily started getting back on the court, Tsukishima muttered a thank you as he gave his water bottle to Yachi. He placed the towel in the bin with the other towels and got back to practice.

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"Let's go!" Tanaka shouted, carrying Nishinoya right in the bus, Daichi shouted at them, something about safety, and everyone just walked in normally.

"Do you need help with that, Yachi-san?" Tsukishima asked, staring at the girl who was holding a heavy-looking box. She shook her head and gave a big smile.

"I can do it, Tsukishima-kun! I'm a manager, I should be able to do something as simple as this."

"Okay, just ask one of the idiots if you need anything... We- They will willingly help you with these things." Yachi gave another smile, she nodded. Tsukishima got on the bus, waiting for Yamaguchi. He came a bit later on. He looked at the scenery until the bus finally took off.

They finally arrived at Shinsu High School, They slowly got off the bus. Shimizu and Yachi carried bags and boxes.

"Shimizu-san! Let us carry at least one for you!" Tanaka said, looking giddy and happy, Nishinoya nodded beside him. Tsukishima looked at the girl who was actually struggling, he was going to help her but flinched when the other senpais came to help her. Daichi took the box and Sugawara carried the bag.

"A-ah it's fine I can carry-"

"It's okay, Yachi-san! You don't need to carry such heavy things, let the younger ones carry it for you," Daichi said, patting the girl's shoulder. Tsukishima went back to Yamaguchi who was talking to Kageyama.

"Tsukishima!!!" He flinched, knowing the Tangerine would run to him. He dodges, but Hinata was quick this time and with a bit of struggle, he climbed the tall boy. Tsukishima sighed, holding onto the shorter males leg's in case he fell. Hinata sat on top of his shoulders, happily holding onto Tsukishima's head.

Hinata has been doing this to him, when he had angrily asked, Hinata just replied to him, wanting to see how it's like to be tall. Tsukishima wasn't so willing and for months straight, Hinata would bug him until he finally agreed angrily. They had settled with Hinata buying him a cake every week for letting Hinata on his shoulders.

"Let's go!" Hinata said, Yamaguchi, looked at them worriedly while Kageyama shrugged and opened the doors for them.

"You two! I told you how dangerous that is!" Daichi shouted from behind. Tsukishima nodded, letting go of Hinata's legs. Hinata still stayed in his place.

"Oh! They're here!" A male, about the height of Yamaguchi, called out, he had light pink hair. As Karasuno came pouring in, the Shinsu volleyball club all stood up for them.

After some boring introductions and some stretching later, they have started on the game. Tsukishima won't be playing until the second set ( A new method from Ukai to help him analyze the game first) So he stayed, watching closely. The people his teammates should be worried about is their spiker, he had dark blue long hair, he seemed to be serious during the game but he is very playful with his teammates.

"That's Yoshi Katsuro," Tsukishima got startled by the voice, he turned to their manager who seemed to also panic when he flinched. "S-sorry for scaring you!"

"It's fine..." Tsukishima calmed down, then he noticed the girl carrying a file. "What's that?"

Yachi turned to him then to the file, she suddenly held it tighter. "A-Ah, I did some research these past few days to collect data about them... By far the best players are Yoshi Katsuro and Koji Hisato, Koji receives almost all the ball's with a keen eye while Yoshi Katsuro spikes really hard. They're a great team- I've seen some of their plays online and they receive and spike so quickly, it's hard to catch up their pace." Yachi talked about it, flipping through the file to the two's information. Tsukishima leaned closer to read it. "O-Of course I should have given these to the team! But Ukai-sensei had already given a short brief about them! S-so I thought I'd be rude for me to-"

"This is really helpful, Yachi-san... may I see it?" Tsukishima cut off her rambling. Yachi stared at him in a daze before getting flustered and nodded pushing the file to him. He gently took it and started reading the different teammates.

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"Wah! I can't believe how fast they received that! It always looks like they dropped it! But it's actually in the air already!" Hinata called out, whining. They had a break before the second set. They all slowly mingled around and started talking about strategies.

"Is Yachi-san back?" Shimizu asked, looking around. Everyone either said they saw her walking out or they haven't seen her at all. Tsukishima walked out to go to the toilet. He silently tried to follow the signs, but something else caught his ears.

"I'm sorry B-but I really have to get bac-"

"It's fine! We still have a few minutes! Anyways, you're their manager right?" Tsukishima stopped to listen, he wondered why they were talking to her.

"Y-Yes, but I should be going- Hey!" Yachi suddenly shouted, Tsukishima heard a box drop on the ground, and instantly he started walking to them.

"C'mon! It's not a big deal! They won't even know you're gone!" He saw him gripping her wrist tightly, the box Yachi was holding was on the ground.

"Let go! That really hurts!" Yachi cried out, Tsukishima frowned. How dare they hurt her? She's so small and fragile, if they like girls so much, they should treat her better than that!

"She said, let go," Tsukishima called out, going between the guy and Yachi. Tsukishima yanked the guy's hand away from Yachi, pulling her behind him.

"What do you want! You-"

"What do you want with our manager? She was supposed to be with us by now but seems like she attracted a bug." Tsukishima spat out, looking at the guy menacingly. The male, which Tsukishima remembered as Arata Taji who is a substitute, flinched. Yachi gripped on his hand, he felt her tense hand shaking slightly and he clicked his tongue annoyingly. "You were hurting her."

"I wasn't! That Bitc-" Tsukishima grabbed his neck, pulling him angrily.

"What were you going to say? Do you dare say it straight to my face? Huh?"

"Tsukishima-kun! Don't!" Yachi called out, pulling him back. Tsukishima let the guy go, who seemed to be scared of him.

"You're lucky she's here. Or else I would have dealt with you." Tsukishima whispered to him, glaring hard. He grabbed the box and easily carried it, then he gently took her hand and pulled her along, careful not to hurt her further. Once they had finally gotten far enough, Tsukishima suddenly turned to her. Which made Yachi jump. He frowned, he held out his hand.

"Let me see." He asked, Yachi tilted her head, confused. Tsukishima sighed but he grabbed the girl's other hand. He examined it. "Did he do anything else?"

"N-nothing..." Yachi said softly, Tsukishima frowned even harder, he knew she was lying, which Yachi noticed. "R-really! It isn't that-"

"Tell me, Yachi-san. You can't just let him off the hook." Tsukishima snapped, Yachi gulped but she nodded.

"I-I mean, he tried to grab my waist and stuff... But, Thank you for helping me out of there! He was seriously too touchy." Yachi said, trying to lighten the mood. Tsukishima clicked his tongue.

"You should have at least let me punch him. He bruised your wrist and even touched you." Tsukishima said, he still looked at her, concerned.

"But then it would have started a fight, you would get hurt too," Yachi said, they slowly started walking again.

"So? He deserves a few punches." Tsukishima shrugged, he totally should have punched the guy.

"Tsukishima-kun," Yachi said sternly, hitting him gently. She looked at her right hand, a bruise was evidently there. Tsukishima noticed and gently grabbed her hand.

"I hope it isn't sprained too... I'll try moving your hand, tell me if it hurts." He said, gently rotating it. She clearly flinched.

"It's fine." Tsukishima fixed his glasses, hiding his pout.

"You lie too much, Yachi-san." He pointed out, Yachi laughed nervously.

"That's because I don't want to worry people." Tsukishima nodded, he turned back to the hallway, they were already near the gym.

"Well, some people here will always worry, even if you're still safe." He said, without glancing at her. Yachi stopped and stared at the taller boy. Her heart thumping a bit. Tsukishima turned to her, tilting his head.

"C'mon, Shimizu-senpai is really worried," Tsukishima called back to her, Yachi relaxed. Right, Shimizu was always worried about her... but she can't help wanting to know if Tsukishima is worried about her... every day. She shook her head, probably not. Everyone crowded around her, looking at her worriedly.

"Yachi-san, what happened to you?" Shimizu asked, looking at the girl worriedly, Yachi shook her head.

"Nothing much." And everyone started talking over one another.

"Okay! Shut up all of you! The next set is starting soon!" Daichi shouted. Yachi relaxed, she was safe. She looked at Tsukishima who seemed to be staring at her too. He gave a small smile before turning away. Yachi smiled back.

Right, completely safe.