03. Cheerleader - Haikyuu! - KurooYachiLev + Omake with Bokuto and Akaashi

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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!

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.

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03. Cheerleader

HappyFace1886

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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?!

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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.

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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.”

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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...

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::owari::

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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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