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Summary: Series of connecting slice-of-life one-shots of our favorite little manager from Karasuno as she remains 'on-loan' to Nekoma during the summer training camp!
Summary: Series of connecting slice-of-life one-shots of our favorite little manager from Karasuno as she remains 'on-loan' to Nekoma during the summer training camp!
My lack of Haikyuu! knowledge might make some things untrue or some characters OOC!
I don't own Haikyuu!
Please forgive any mistakes, both character-wise and grammatically-wise. I don't have time to re-read or edit things.
03. Cheerleader
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Yachi watched nervously as Kuroo mercilessly threw
ball after ball at Lev, biting back a whimper each time she tossed the ball to
Kuroo to spike at Lev. It was after the usual practice matches with the other
team and while she’d occasionally go to Karasuno to help Kageyama-kun and
Hinata-kun with their still-incomplete spike, she’d occasionally let
Takeda-sense take the reins so that she could provide assistance to Nekoma.
It never failed to send shivers down her spine
whenever she saw the sharp, feline smile on Kuroo’s face.
“No more... no more... no more...” Lev groaned
from the floor and Yachi half wondered if he was drowning in his own sweat.
“Kuroo-sempai... you’re a monster.”
“Tch, you just still have a lot to learn,” Kuroo
swung his shoulder around to loosen the overused muscles. They were going to
have to switch back to tossing gentler receives at each other or else he was
going to lose his shoulder by tomorrow. “How the hell do you plan on competing
with those on national level when you can’t handle a simple receive?”
Lev replied with a muffled whimper from the floor.
He struggled to look up and managed to lock eyes with Yachi, who barely stifled
a sound of surprise. “Yachi-saaaaan, Kuroo-sempai is being unnecessarily
cruel.”
Kuroo twitched, a throbbing vein forming on his
head. “Oi, don’t bring her into this.”
The half-Russian boy rolled himself onto his back,
panting harshly while giving Yachi a pitiful look. “I think I’ll be able to get
up if Yachi-san cheers for me.”
“...eh?!” honey brown eyes gawked at Lev while
Kuroo stiffened at that. What the hell was the idiot playing at now?
“L-Lev-san?”
“Neesan told me that when a cute girl cheers for a
guy, the guy will be able to summon unimaginable powers.” Lev said from the
floor, looking pleadingly at her. “Yamamoto-sempai also said the same thing! He
said if a cute girl was to cheer for him, he could even make it to Nationals. I
need that strength right now to survive Kuroo-sempai’s cruelty!”
Kuroo’s fingers dug into the volleyball in his
hand. He had half a mind to swing that thing right into Lev’s prone body. If it
wasn’t for the fact that that guy was actually a half-decent player, a diamond
in the rough mind you, then he’d have already spiked the ball onto his
obviously empty head. “Lev.”
“K-Kuroo-sempai!” Lev’s eyes widened slightly.
“Y-Your eyes are kind of scaring me!”
“Because you’re an idiot,” Kuroo said with a sigh,
tossing the ball behind him. It wouldn’t do to have it in his hand since it was
much too tempting to do something violent with it. He them resumed his usual
Cheshire smile, turning to Yachi, who jumped at having his attention on her. As
always, it felt like a predatory cat ready to lunge at a tiny fledgling bird
and she had to bite back an instinctive whimper. “Still, it would be
interesting to see if that theory holds any merit.”
“Eh?!” Yachi fumbled with the ball she was
holding. “B-But I-I-!”
“Pleeaaasseee Yachi-san?” Lev pleaded from the
floor.
“I... um... w-well...” Yachi clutched the ball
tighter, nearly pressing it against her lips. Their expectant gazes felt heavy
on her and made it even harder for her to speak. When she was finally able to
force her voice out, the words came out softly while her cheeks were flushed a
vibrant shade of pink. “...y-you... you can do it...”
The words came out so quietly that Lev and Kuroo
could barely catch it with their ears, but it was more than enough to make
Kuroo’s heart clench and he had to physically resist the urge to clutch onto
his heart at such a timid, adorable sound.
Lev laughed from the floor. “Yachi-san is really
cute!”
“Eep!”
“Yachi-san, please! Say it again, say it again!”
Lev swung his long legs so that he could bounce onto his feet. He then clamored
over to the shorter girl, almost making her dizzy by running and jumping
circles around her. “Again! One more time!”
“Oi, idiot!” Kuroo snapped.
“What’s going on in here?” from the entrance, Yaku
and Yamamoto entered the gym, walking into the scene of Kuroo with a menacing
aura around him and a flustered Yachi trapped in the whirlwind created by Lev.
“Yachi-san was acting as my personal cheerleader
so that I can energize myself for Kuroo-san’s recei-guck!” the rest of the
words were choked on as Kuroo’s spike ended up digging into Lev’s gut.
“Too slow,” Kuroo snapped. “Pay attention and be
on guard!”
“Are you telling me that you made a cute girl like
Yachi-san cheer for you?” Yamamoto pointed an offending finger at Lev, a burst
of hostile aura exploding around him. He then ran to grab the nearest fallen
volleyball. “Kuroo-san, allow me to assist you in helping this idiot with his
receives! How dare you get Yachi-san to cheer for you when your sempai has
never... has never gotten any cheers from a cute girl at all?!
Woooooaaaaaaaah!!!!!!”
Tears were erupting in the air as Yamamoto
mercilessly spiked ball after ball at Lev, who was more or less running away
from them than instead of returning them.
Yaku also twitched from his place. The idiots were
making a fool of themselves again and how dare Lev harass Yachi-san again? Not
only was it unbecoming of someone of Nekoma (and a regular human being at
that), what the hell was Karasuno going to do to them once they found out they
were harassing Yachi-san? He turned to the flustered young girl and gave a
sharp, apologetic bow. “I’m so sorry Yachi-san! I’ll go join the others to
punish that dumbass right now!”
“Huh? N-No, wait, i-it’s okay!” her cries fell on
deaf years as now three sempais were mercilessly making spikes at Lev, who was
now using all of his physical prowess not to get hit by them. She wanted to
fall onto her knees and cry. Ahh, this was all her fault.
Could she not do a single thing right?!
Omake 01
“Ohoho?” Yachi trembled as a tall boy with wild
grayish-black hair sauntered over towards her, a curious gleam in his sharp
eyes as he took in her appearance. Oddly enough, he reminded her of a bird of
prey locking onto its target. From behind the boy, a nicer, albeit blasé,
looking boy with black hair looked on with thinly veiled exasperation.
Apparently they had company this time when Yachi and Kuroo had arrived at the
gym to practice receives with Lev. “Ohohoho?”
“Ah!” Yachi quickly gave a deep bow, recognizing
the Fukurodani ace and his setter. “M-My name is Yachi H-Hitoka! I’m the
manager in training for K-K-Karasuno and the t-temporary manager on l-loan to
Nekoma! Pleased to meet you!”
“I remember you! You’re that girl who’s even
tinier than chibi-chan!” Bokuto remarked cheerfully, sounding a bit in awe
while Kuroo sagely nodded from beside them. He still hadn’t forgotten their
adventure at the convenience store, both how tiny and weightless she’d been
when he picked her up and how she’d literally been swimming in his jacket when
he’d lent it to her.
“C-Chibi-chan?” Yachi looked up at them in
confusion.
“Our little nickname for Hinata,” Kuroo supplied.
“O-Oh, I seee-kyah!” Kuroo’s eyes widened in
surprise and Akaashi’s eyes widened in horror when Bokuto, without warning,
suddenly scooped his hands underneath Yachi’s arms and lifted her into the air.
The tiny blonde froze in terror while Bokuto literally began to swing her
around like a little doll.
“Whoaa! You’re so tiny!” Bokuto marveled with a
loud, rambunctious laugh. “And so light!”
“Isn’t she? Isn’t she?” Lev agreed
enthusiastically from behind. Bokuto-san was so amazing! He was doing the exact
thing Lev had been tempted to do the moment he’d met Yachi. “I’m next! I want
to carry Yachi-san around as well!”
“Waaahhh!” Yachi cried as Bokuto continued
spinning around.
There was a loud sound of bone popping as Akaashi
cracked his knuckles. An ominous air surrounded him as the Fukurodani setter
eyed the idiot Owl that was excitedly leaping into the air with Yachi crying
out in terror. It was one thing for Bokuto-san to be fooling around in court,
but it was another to be harassing an innocent girl of all people.
“Kuroo-san... a ball, if you’d please.”
“GAH!” Bokuto’s cry of pain echoed throughout the
entire gymnasium as a hard spike was aimed at his head.
Omake 02
Tsukishima walked towards gym after their usual
day practice, mentally preparing himself for Bokuto-san’s usual overbearing
personality and Kuroo-san’s overly sly nature. It was much easier dealing with
them one by one, but obviously, those two weren’t going to give him such an
opportunity. He only tolerated them because they offered good advice and
practice during their free practice period. However, he hesitated outside the
door when he didn’t hear the usual sounds of volleyballs thundering into the
ground. Instead, his ear twitched at the sound of... awe?
“Whooa, I can’t get over how tiny you are!” Bokuto
marveled openly.
The tall blonde came to an abrupt stop at the
scene that lay before him inside of the gym.
Yachi looked as though she was going to faint from
how heated her face was while a few feet away, Akaashi was covering his face
with his hand, obviously having lost control over what was happening in the
gym. Surrounding Yachi was Lev and Bokuto, both sporting identical bumps on
their heads where the volleyball had hit them, looking with sparkling eyes at
Yachi, who stood between them, wearing a Fukurodani team jacket that was
obviously several sizes too big for her. Kuroo stood several feet away, his own
hand covering his face. Though unlike Akaashi who couldn’t handle the sight of
two freakishly tall boys basically cornering a scared petite girl, for Kuroo,
it was more like the adorable image had been too much for him and he couldn’t
look anymore. Not that he’d ever admit that out loud.
Tsukishima twitched and let out a deadpanned
remark. “You’re all perverts.”
******
Next
day
The first match of the day was listed as
Fukurodani vs. Karasuno.
Akaashi looked on warily as a dark, black miasma
seemed to be emitting from Karasuno’s volleyball team. Ah, so Tsukishima had
reported to the others of what had transpired at the gym last night. Meanwhile,
Bokuto looked oblivious, bounding over cheerfully to Akaashi. “Hey, hey, hey,
ready for another day of my awesome spikes?”
“Bokuto-san...”
“What is it, Akaashi?”
“I’d dodge more today if I were you.”
“Hm? Why’s that?”
“KARASUNO FIGHT!!!” Daichi’s roar echoed
throughout the entire gymnasium and all eyes seemed to whip towards the ‘fallen
champions’ who appear to be reverberating with bloodlust. From a ways away, Lev
looked on with sparkling eyes, oblivious as to why the entire Karasuno team
looked so pissed. If anything, he felt awed and inspired by such powerful
fighting spirit. Kuroo had to resist the urge to chuck the volleyball at the
back of Lev’s head.
“Um... did something happen last night?”
Takeda-sensei nervously asked Ukai. “The boys seem more fired up than usual.”
“Erm... not really sure,” Ukai rubbed the back of
his neck, looking rather confused himself. Was he just imagining things or was
Shimizu also clutching onto Yachi’s shoulder, keeping the younger girl in place
while also giving a sharp glare at the Fukurodani ace?
Meanwhile, Yachi wanted to cry from mortification
and horror at the misunderstanding. Ahh, this was all her fault. She’d been
weak and given in when Bokuto and Lev had enthusiastically encouraged her to
try on Bokuto’s jacket. No amount of threatening could distract the two from
their goal and so she’d relented, hoping that once she wore it, they’d finally
grow bored of it and practice already. It was just unfortunate that Tsukishima
walked in at that very moment.
This was going to be a long day of practice...
This was going to be a long day of practice...
::owari::
AU: Just a note: Drabbles aren't in chronological order. It's just whatever I feel like writing or can muster up the energy to do....
I was on the hunt for some Yachi fanart and my god, there are a lot of KurooYachi and AkaashiYachi fans in Japan out there. I felt like crying tears of joy when I discovered this! xD I mean, I like having fanart of Yachi and Karasuno, but it's nice to see other ships as well. There were a lot of Oikawa and Iwaizumi as well! I even saw some with Wakatoshi!! Gah! So happy! So beautiful!
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I was on the hunt for some Yachi fanart and my god, there are a lot of KurooYachi and AkaashiYachi fans in Japan out there. I felt like crying tears of joy when I discovered this! xD I mean, I like having fanart of Yachi and Karasuno, but it's nice to see other ships as well. There were a lot of Oikawa and Iwaizumi as well! I even saw some with Wakatoshi!! Gah! So happy! So beautiful!
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