haah..haah....
The sun was high in the sky as two little boys ran in the cold wind of November at the park near the port. Both of them were sweating and under their breath, as they competed to see who could get to the makeshift court first and win a free ice cream from the loser.
They their fastest sprint as they pass by their school and climb the flat-topped hill.
Shoya while breathing heavily, touched the paint with his foot, then shouted; "Hell YEAH!!"
"I won!"
Shoyo on the other hand slumped to the ground and lay on his back, breathing heavily.
"Agh!! Damn it!, this isn't fair!" he shouted, "You're taller than I am!!"
"By only one centimeter ! and that's not a freaking excuse!" Shoya shouted back.
While still breathing heavily, Shoya soon lay down with him.
"Don't you forget my ice cream" he said between breaths.
The Hinata Twins had been practicing non-stop for the last three weeks, but it was mostly Shoya.
However, for that period, Shoya only ever practiced receiving and underhand serves.
Shoya made his brother Cary their water bottles and bento as well as the only two volleyballs he had, And made his brother toss and spike the ball to him from a stool, at random so he could receive it.
And since they only had two volleyball, Shoyo could only get down from the stool and run after the ball when it went too far away;
He had to do it over and over and ended up more tired than his twin. He also did the same when Shoya served making him even more exhausted by the end of the day.
Shoyo had no idea how to send a toss to a spiker, so Shoya ended up not practicing his spikes.
Because of the bet they made, 'To train with Shoya,' this also means his daily exercise, which, although child-friendly, is still just as tiring as any other exercise. And since he's already 13 he can now add lifts in his added workout.
There were times when Shoyo tried to run away, but Shoya always caught him. It almost made him resent his brother if not for their weekly day offs.
Today is their (Shoyo's) day off as they have just gone out to play on their own.
"Arghh! Why do you even like volleyball?! It feels like it's more tiring than soccer!" Shoyo shouted as he got up, seemingly fine already and not tired at all. He had been a slave for too long, and although it was his day off, that didn't mean he could just stay silent about the abuse(?). It was time for a revolution, though diverting attention from buying ice cream was definitely 'not' part of this revolution.
Shoya just looked directly at him and stayed silent for a while.
"Yonyon, you love manju right?" He said.
"Huh?" Shoyo dumbfoundedly looked at Shoya as it that was way out of context. "...um..yea?" he answered.
Shoya nodded and asked another question. "If a Chocolate Tayaki and Manju was on the table and you could only eat one, what would you eat?".
"Tayaki!" Shoyo enthusiastically said.
Shoya smiled.
"That's right, even though you know how delicious manju is, you would still eat the Tayaki, 'cause, for You, it was more appealing and therefore much more preferable."
Shoya slowly sat up and looked at the clouds.
"Just like with food, I'd much prefer volleyball to any other sport.
I love it because it gives me an indescribable feeling that I haven't in other sports. It's a thing that I could never let go of even if I wanted to. It feels like if I don't do it in this life, I could never do it in any other life. I want to be on the court, A real court.
I love that I can soar above the net and spike at my strongest."
"I haven't seen you done tha-"
"Shhhhhhhh."
Shoyo interjected, but before he could finish, Shoya forcefully put a finger above his lips and stopped him.
"It's like I'm on autopilot and my instinct was in control" Shoya continues.
"Ah, I wanna be at the top of this 'food chain' that kind of feeling"
He said as he lay back again on the ground.
"Well you'll know this sort of feeling one day, for now, buy me an ice cream"
"Urk..!" Shoyo let out a sound realizing he failed his diversion. "ugh, damn it"
"What was that?"
"I said I'm gonna buy your ice cream!!"
Shoya watched as Shoyo went down the hill, he was left to ponder by himself.
"Buy one for Natsu too!!" he added, he didn't get a reply but he didn't get a complain either, so let him be.
I love that I can soar above the net and spike at my strongest.
In all honestly, Shoya had no idea where he got that idea. It just felt right to say it at that moment.
He sighed and just let it fade in his memory.
'why did I even ask for ice cream when it's already this cold'
It was still November after all.
***
3 months later.
Hinata Shoyo stares at a large TV in the storefront of an electronic store.
He was just about to go by the riverside and play baseball with Koji, Izumi, and the others when he heard a rather interesting alias.
"[He's like a Little Giant!!]"
***
Shoya was bored out of his life.
He had a fever so he wasn't allowed to go out, and if otherwise he did, then his mother would have killed him before he himself did.
Right now he was grounded, not in the sense that he wasn't allowed to go out of his room, but in the sense that he wasn't allowed to touch a volleyball.
So he could only rely on his brother's small collection of manga which by now he had re-read for the nth time.
Maybe the best thing to do now is to sleep.
So sleep he did.
though not until-
thud, thud, thud, thud... Slam!!
Damn.
"Yanyan! Teach me Volleyball!"
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I actually did it haha
I didn't think I would continue this hahaha
I'll upload whenever .heart heart.