Prologue

THIRD PERSON POV

"Hurry up, Kageyama!" shouted an orange haired boy as he was dashing his way in the hallways and to the gym.

"Hinata dumbass!" retorted a black haired male, just trailing behind Hinata.

The two first years raced against each other out of their classroom as they were eager to get to the gym first than the other Karasuno Volleyball Club members. Just as Hinata passed by a room, a sound of an acoustic guitar caught his attention which made him abruptly stop with Kageyama bumping into him harshly.

They came tumbling on the floor just right infront of a door where the music came from.

"Dumbass! Why did you suddenly stopped?!" Kageyama fumed, quickly standing up.

"Hear that, Kageyama?" Hinata ignored Kageyama's rants as his eyes and ears were glued to the room.

Kageyama rolled his eyes, "Idiot it's just music."

But Hinata slowly twisted the doorknob, eyes sparked with curiousity while the sound got louder. "I've never heard anyone using the music room before," he said, stepping inside with Kageyama behind him.

"Coach Ukai will wonder what took us long again, stupid!" Kageyama half-shouted.

As the door fully opened, there was a girl by the window playing a guitar together with her soothing voice.

"Hello!" Hinata beamed, interrupting the girl's concentration.

She turned around with the sun's rays lightly touching her face. Hazel-brown eyes that reflected the light well, pale skin, a cute pointed nose, thin lips, and her brown hair flows freely to the wind's desire.

Hinata stood stiff, stunned by the girl's simple beauty while Kageyama only stared at her, arms crossed as he tapped his foot impatiently against the wooden floor.

"Hello," her voice was calm and collected, then she flashed a smile at the two boys. "Did I disturb you two?"

"Yes." Kageyama deadpanned.

"N-no!" Hinata stuttered. "It was. . .amazing!"

A small laugh escaped from her lips as she stood from her seat, placing her guitar back in its bag.

"I'm Hinata Shoyo! This," he gestured towards an annoyed Kageyama, "is Kageyama Tobio! We are volleyball players from the Karasuno Volleyball Team! And you are?"

Her face turned into a frown for a slight second but she smiled again. "Kumi Ayame, and I'm lost." She chuckled as Hinata laughed.

"Where are you actually heading?" Hinata asked, slapping Kageyama's hands away from pulling his shirt.

"Class 4, I'm a first year," replied Kumi.

"Really? What are you doing here in the music room?"

"I just said I was lost," Kumi repeated, "But I found the music room and I was tired searching for hours so I settled here."

"You just enrolled in the middle of the schoolyear?" Kageyama finally spoke up.

Kumi nodded and slung the guitar bag in her shoulders, walking towards them. "Well, I guess it's already dismissal, I should get going—"

Hinata quickly grabbed her hand, leading her outside, "Wanna watch us play volleyball?"

"E-eh...I'm not really into sports." She nervously scratched the back of her neck but Hinata pulled her towards the gym nonetheless.

"You will be!"

The three first years casually walked their way towards the gym. As they reached the door, Hinata and Kageyama quickly put on their volleyball shoes.

"Maybe if you'll see us play, you'll learn to love volleyball!" Hinata beamed cheerfully.

Kumi nervously laughed as Kageyama opened the doors, revealing a spacious gym with volleyballs flying around.

Then everything went silent, a collective number of members who arrived earlier than the three all turned to them.

Hinata raised his hand, "Everyone! This is—"

Two boys came kneeling infront of her, pushing Hinata out of the way. One had a buzz cut and the other had black hair with a tiny part of the front bleached blond. They interlocked hands, eyes sparkling with joy as they glued their eyes on Kumi.

"I-I'm R-Ryuunosuke Tanaka," the boy with a buzz cut said, taking her hand.

"A-and I'm Yuū Nishinoya," said the other.

"Pleasure to meet you!" They said in unison as Kumi chuckled lightly.

Everyone inside the gym started forming a circle around her, then a brunette man stepped forward, hands on his waist with a gentle smile.

"Hello, I'm Sawamura Daichi, captain of the team, nice to meet you." He extended a hand and Kumi kindly shook it.

"I'm sorry if I interrupted your training," Kumi said, "I probably should get going."

"It's fine," A grey haired man with a charming look said, stepping beside Daichi, "We haven't started yet, our coach still hasn't arrived and two first years are still on their way. I'm Sugawara Koushi by the way."

Kumi returned the charming smile as everyone started introducing themselves. As everyone finished the introductions, Kiyoko Shimuzu who was said to be the team's manager stepped up.

A few mumbles could be heard saying how familiar this Kumi Ayame is and it's like they've seen her before, but Kumi ignored their mumbles as Kiyoko stood infront of her.

"Are you somehow interested in volleyball?" She said softly, "Maybe you want to join the girl's volleyball team, or you could watch them train."

"It's alright! I'm fine with music, I am not really atheltic," replied Kumi gently.

She felt a small tug on her guitar bag, she turned around and saw Noya and Tanaka eyeing it curiously.

"Y-you play the guitar?" asked Tanaka in which Kumi nodded.

"T-talented. . ." Noya mumbled. "Play for us!"

"Maybe next time," Kumi smiled, then checked her watch, seeing as it was already getting late and someone she expected to see was not at Karasuno.

"I should really get going—"

"What is going on here?" An arrogant voice spoke from behind the players who looked like he was the coach. He walked in front of Kumi, eyeing her up and down while putting his fingers on his chin.

"You're familiar," said the coach of the volleyball team.

"Yeah," Kumi muttered, "You too."

Everyone watched Kumi and Coach Ukai eyeing themselves intently, feeling a tension in the air.

"AYAME?" shouted Coach Ukai.

"KEISHIN?" shouted Kumi.

"YOU HAVEN'T GROWN TALLER!"

"AND YOU'VE GROWN HAIR!"

The two laughed hysterically as Coach Ukai placed her big hand ontop of Kumi's soft hair and ruffled it.

"Nice to see you again, kid!" exclaimed the coach as he turned to the players who all had a confused look on their faces. "Everyone, this is a family friend, Kumi Ayame!"

A collective questions of "You knew each other" filled the air and Kumi was bombarded by more questions especially by Hinata, Tanaka, and Noya until Coach Ukai stepped infront of her, arms spread wide.

"Later with the chitchats," he said, "let's start the training. Who's not here yet?"

"Yamaguchi and—"

The door sounded as it opened, revealing the two boys who arrived late. Everyone turned towards them while the two boys wondered why they were in one group instead of doing warm ups.

"You're late again!" said Coach Ukai.

"Tsukki got caught up studying, Coach," Yamaguchi said respectfully.

"Yeah," Tsukishima replied boredly, his eyes scanning the group of people until it landed on the someone he hasn't see in so long.

"Ayame?"

"Kei!"