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Homesick

Summary: Before your second year of high school your mom gets a job offer that forces her to move to Hyogo, bringing you along. How will you adapt to this new school considering you just scored a spot as The Inarizaki volleyball teams first manager in years.

Chapter 1

You were frantic.

It was the second week of school and You still hadn't found a club and you knew if you didn't your mom would just continue to get on your ass.

You sulking next to gym when saw a shadow approach you.

"Are you ok?" You looked up to see a younger man, no older than 25, approach you. "I've seen you pacing around the gym all week."

"Oh hi sorry I didn't mean to bother I can move-."

"Oh no you got me all wrong i'm trying to help. Is there anything I can help with?"

You thought for a second, "Do you know any clubs that are still taking applications?"

The man thought for a second, "You know, the volleyball teams been in need of a manager for a while". At that you wasted no time asking for details.

The man explained he was an assistant coach for the Inarizaki volleyball team and took you into an office and handed you an application packet. Telling you that if you were interested, you could stop by the gym tomorrow after school.

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"Mom I'm home and I have good news!"

You say running into the kitchen where you mother was on her laptop.

"Hi sweetie, what's up?"

"I found a club! And it has something to do with volleyball!"

"Oh really? What is it?."

"I'm gonna be the manager for the volleyball team."

Your mom smiled, sensing how excited you were about the position. "I'm so happy for you, honey."

"Mhm! I'm gonna start tomorrow so I'm gonna be home late."

"Ok, I'll make sure to leave you a plate of food.

You thank her and start to walk away, but then you remember the plans you had with your friend.

"Oh, by the way Mom can I go to the park with Semi?"

Your mom gave you a confused look, "He's coming all this way?" She asked slightly shocked. She knew yall were close but not drive 2 hours away for a casual hangout close.

"Yep! I told him he didn't have to but he insisted."

"That's sweetie, just stay safe, ok?"

"Yes ma'am." You say walking to you room to change before you left. You looked at the time

4:55

Semi said he'd be here around 5. You figured you could just relax until he texted you that he was here.

As you mindlessly scrolled on your phone you finally received the long awaited text. You couldn't help the small smile that graced your lips at the thought of finally seeing your friend.

Though it had only been two weeks since you moved to Hyogo, it had still marked the longest you've gone without seeing Semi since y'all met in junior high.

You quickly put on your shoes and walk out the door, being greeted with his black car. You approached it and opened the door slipping into the passenger's seat.

"Hi Semi!" You greeted him while reaching over and giving him a tight hug. He let out a small chuckle at your eagerness. "Hi [name]."

"How are you? Was the drive good? I told you we could've met half way!" You bombarded your friend with questions one after the other not even giving him a chance to speak.

"Im good, the drive was nice, and I told YOU there's no reason for you to meet my half way when I have a car that works perfectly fine."

You try to be annoyed at his answer, but you can't help the small smile that appears on your lips. "So Eita, whatcha wanna do?"

He can feel the heat spread on his face, no matter how many times you call him his given name it never fails to make him feel special. ''Well I was actually gonna ask you, I figured you'd know this area better than me."

You hum and think to yourself, though you'd been in the city for two weeks you hadn't adventured further than school and the conviemnce store you'd seen on your way back home.

"Oh wait, I think there's a park down the street."

Semi smiles at your answer, "Sounds good to me."

He pulls out of your driveway and makes his way to the park. The drive takes much longer than expected due to your poor directions but eventually the pair arrive.

"Ouu Eita there's a pond!", Before your friend can catch up you quickly walk to the pond and look at the water, seeing all the pretty fish swimming in the clearish blue pond.

You soon feel your friend walk behind you also admiring the little ecosystem, "Oh wow that's really pretty." He states in his usual monotone voice.

"I know right! I have to come here more." You gush, looking at your friend to be met with his gaze already on you. You smile at Semi looking behind you, you see a bench, "Wanna sit?" You ask.

"Sure," he says walking to the bench leaving room for you to sit next to him.

"Sooo," you say, sitting on your knee facing him, "How's school?"

You could hear him sigh, "It's fine I guess but summer needs to come quicker."

"Come on it's your third year! Enjoy it!"

"I have plenty of time to enjoy college. Four whole years worth of enjoyment." His voice not  conveying the emotion his sentence did.

"Whatever Eita you're just a party pooper." You say pushing his arm.

"How's school for you?"

"Umm it's been good, Oh guess what!" You say perking up remember the events that happened this afternoon.

"What?" He asks, turning to face you fully.

"I found a club! I'm gonna be a manager for the volleyball team!"

He quirked his brow, "For the boys' team? I remember going against them last season, their setter seemed like a handful."

"Oh. I didn't think about that. Why would you remind me I was so happy!?"

You start realizing the inconvenience that could (would) come from managing the boys' volleyball team. You think, suddenly remembering that you'd actually have to interact with the team, not just refill their water bottles.

"I'm sorry don't worry I think you'll do great, plus who's better to manage a volleyball team than a great volleyball player."

You sigh, "I guess I don't have any other choice." You look around the park trying to find something to distract you from your newfound problem.

"Oooo can we go on the swings?" But before Semi could reply you got up and started walking to the swings sitting in one starting to swing yourself.

Suddenly you feel hands on your back pushing you forward. You look behind you to see Semi behind you with a smile that couldn't mean good.

Soon you were going way too high for your liking and Semi showed no signs of stopping.

"Semi wait this is too high!" You screamed to no avail. It wasn't until you were close to flipping over that he stopped your swing.

When you got off you could see his uncontrollable laughter. "Omg you should've seen your face." He started laughing even harder.

"That was not funny! How would you feel if I did that?!"

He couldn't even come up with come back because of hard he was laughing.

Even though you weren't actually mad you had to play the part, so you walked away from him in protest.

"Wait wait [Name] I'm sorry don't walk way." He said still giggling a little. You decided to ignore him and keep walking.

"I'll make it up to you!" This made you stop and turn around. "Like what?"

"Whatever you want."

You thought carefully since you only had chance. "Can we get ice cream?"

"From where? I'm refuse to eat McDonald's Ice cream."

"I'll let you pick."

"Ooo how generous." He said sarcastically.

Semi had picked a local ice cream shop he found on google maps. The parlor had such a cute vibe so you couldn't dismiss the idea. When you walked in you were immediately greeted by the shop workers.

"Welcome! Our menu is up there whenever you guys are ready to order just let me know" The worker said to you two.

You looked at the menu carefully knowing you were gonna order the same thing you usually do. "Hi can I get a scoop of [Favorite ice cream]?"

"Of course!" The worker replied then turned to Semi, "Have you decided yet?"

"Yeah I'll have a scoop of Cookies and Cream please."

"Ok coming right up!"

The ice cream didn't take long since there was no one in front of yall. and shortly the worker can came back.

"Ok now will this be one order or two?"

"Two" "One"

You look over at Semi a little confused, but before you could ask he was pulling out his card.

"This is me making it up to you." "Bu- " Before you could finish he swiped his card .

You didn't like when people paid for you, not because you didn't appreciate it but because it made you feel bad, this was one boundary Semi never respected.

You sigh a little feeling slightly defeated "Thank you Eita."

"Of course [Name]."

After getting your ice cream, the two of you decided to sit at a booth inside since it was dark and cold outside.

"About the manager position, don't get me wrong I was playing earlier. I really am happy for you." Semi said.

"No it's ok you brought up a valid point, but I guess I'll get used to it."

"Shirotorizawa has matches with Inarizaki sometimes, so at least we'll get to see each other."

"Omg your right I didn't even think about that."

"Mhm, You better cheer for me too."

You giggled at his childishness, "You want me to abandon my school for you?"

"You wanna abandon your best friend for your school?"

"Your gonna give yourself the title of my best friend?"

Semi scoffed at your statement, "Please who else would it be? I doubt any other friends you have are even close to as amazing I am."

You roll your eyes and push his arm, "Oh shut up." You thought about the scenario, if you had to choose between Semi or your team, coming to a conclusion.

"I'll cheer for you."

After finishing your ice cream and chatting for a little you and Semi decided to go home. Semi drove you home and walked you to your door, even though you assured him you'd be fine, he always insisted after you two had hung out.

"Thank you Eita, for hanging out with me and coming all this way."

He smiled at your words, "Of course [name]. I don't know how often I'll be able to come here since volleyball and all, so I'm glad we could hang out today."

Now it was your turn to smile at his words. You reached up and gave him longer and tighter hug than the one you gave him when he first arrived.

"I'll miss you," You whisper into his chest,

"I'll miss you too." At that, you pull away and he ruffles your hair, signaling the end of the meet up.

After bidding your goodbyes and nagging Semi about buckling up and random safety concerns of yours he finally got in his car, making his way home.

You made it back at decent time, well decent enough to eat, shower, and get enough sleep to not be tired in the morning. You did have a pretty long day tomorrow, you didn't know how long the volleyball practices lasted but you were sure it was much later than you would've liked.

After you finished getting ready for bed and making sure Semi got home safe, you decided to scroll on your phone until you fell asleep.

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The next day at school went by pretty quick. School was in for about a week now so you've gotten used to the routine that came with the new year.

The bell for lunch had just rung and you were excited to get out of class even if it was just for a little bit. Just like every day since you and Semi stopped going to the same school you went to eat lunch in your mom's office, which she got since she's the girls' volleyball coach.

It wasn't that you didn't have friends, you actually had quite a few, considering this was a new school for you but you enjoyed the quiet area to focus on your food and youtube videos.

After school you headed to the boys volleyball coach's office to talk to him before practice started.

When you approached his office you knocked twice softly, not wanting to startle him. After a few seconds of shuffling inside he opened the door and smiled.

"Hey there [Name], come in!" The same assistant greeted you. By the way I'm Aiko Ito but you can just call me Aiko.

You nod and walk into the office behind him and sit in the chair across from him at his desk.

"Ok well do you have the application I gave you yesterday?"

"Yes sir." You said handing him the paper he gave you fully filled out. He gave it a quick once over barely reading it and set it down.

"Ok looks great! I already told everyone that you'd be joining us everyone's pretty excited to meet you!"

"Oh that's great! Is there anything else I should know?"

"Hmm." He thought for a second, "Practice starts at 3:30 every day and ends at 6:30 Tuesdays and Thursdays and 7 on Wednesdays and Fridays unless we have a game, and no practice on Mondays."

You nodded you head and waited for him to continue.

"I think that's pretty much it." He looked down at his watch, "It's 3:15 I think we can start heading to the gym, do you wanna walk with me I can give you a little tour?"

"Oh that sounds great I don't know my way around here." He laughed at your honesty.

"No problem this gym is surprisingly big it took me a while to get used to it."

You and Aiko walked out of his office, and he gave you a short tour and you two even found a manager uniform in a storage room, well a shirt and hoodie that said Aoba Johsai manager, but it was better than nothing.

Soon you two were heading to the main gym doors to meet the rest of the team and the main coach. You didn't realize how nervous you were until you were about to walk in but by then it was too late.

Aiko walked into the gym first and you followed behind him.

"Ok guys gather around real quick."

At that, the team made a semi-circle around you and the coach and continued his announcement.

"Like I told yall yesterday we're gonna have a new manager." He turned to face you, "This is gonna be our manager, Ms. [Name] do you wanna introduce yourself?"

"Mhm! Hi my name's [Name] It's nice to meet you all." You said trying to sound as nice as possible, the last thing you needed was the team thinking you were some rude freak.

Most of them greeted you and Aiko continued.

"Well, that's it." He checked his watch, "It's 3:25 so just start warming up and we'll start in a second."

They all agreed and dismissed. You were gonna sit next to the coach's since you really had no business on the court anymore until someone stopped you.

"Heyyy" Someone said behind you in a way too flirty tone. You turned around to see a blondish-haired boy walking up to you. Before he could say anything else he got hit in the back of his head.

"'tsumu can you not mess with her already?! Yer the reason we had no manager in the first place!"

"Owww smau that hurt!" The blonde said said rubbing the back of his head. "And for your information I was not messing with her! I was just introducing myself!" He said trying to defend himself.

Another guy who had grey and black hair walked up to you, quietly scolding the pair while passing them. "Sorry for them, I am Kita Shinsuke, the Captain nice to meet you." He said holding out his hand for you to shake.

You didn't know any of their names yet so you were more than grateful he introduced himself.

You took his hand shaking it, "Nice to meet you too!"

"So what made you wanna be a manager?" Another guy with dark skin chimed in.

"Well, I needed a club and I know a lot about volleyball and Aiko asked me."

"You play volleyball?" Kita asked, his interest piqued.

"Yeah, I've been playing for a while-" Before you could finish, Inarizaki's coach walked into the gym and blew his whistle. The team wasted no time walking to the court at this. 

'He must be strict'

"It's 3:30, finish stretching. We'll start shortly." After saying that, he scanned the gym, and his eyes fell on you.

"You must be the manager Aiko told me about," he extended his arm and finished his introduction. " I'm Coach Kurosu. It's nice to meet you."

You shake his hand, " I'm [Name], nice to meet you too."

"Okay, enough stretching. We're going to start with some drills," Coach Kurosu says, walking towards the team.

Aiko walked towards the sidelines, sitting on the bench, and you followed closely behind him, still feeling uncomfortable in this new environment.

After they finished their drills, they split into two teams for a practice match. You knew Inarizaki was infamous for their incredibly good volleyball team, but seeing them play up close was something else. They all seemed to be passionate, even if it was just practice.

The match was almost over team one taking three sets and team two taking four.

"Hey, the match is almost over you should probably go fill up the water bottles." 

You snapped out of your thoughts and nodded at Aiko. 

You immediately walked out of the gym not realizing you didn't even know where the water bottles were. You were too embarrassed to walk back in to ask so you decided to just walk around and look for it, surely it couldn't have been that hard.

You had proven yourself wrong becasue soon you heard a cart behind you. You looked and saw the darked skin guy pushing a cart with a bunch of black water bottles with numbers on them.

'ohhhhh'

"I figured you'd need these." He joked, "I'm Aran by the way." He added.

"Nice to meet you Aran, and thank you!" You say quickly taking the cart from him, feeling bad you made him leave practice for your mistake.

"No problem, do you know where the water fountain is?"

You sigh, Aiko should've really mentioned these things during his tour, "No, do you mind showing me?"

"Of course, they were about to start suicides anyway, you're saving me." He chuckled while leading the way to the water fountain, helping you fill the water bottles up.

As the pair walked back to the gym you quickly learned he's quite there jokester, you even almost knocked her the cart laughing at his jokes.

As soon as he opened the gym door for you, he was yelled at to get back on the court. He gave you a smile and a wave before jogging back to the others.

You left the water bottles next to the court, so when the team was allowed another break they could grab them.

Surprisingly practice went quick, probably because you and Aiko were talking the whole time and before you knew it, it was time to pack up.

You were rolling up one of the nets while Aiko was putting away the volleyballs. Unfortunately, everyone had ran out of practice to get meat buns before the store closed so yall were stuck packing up.

"Um, hey [Name], do you need any help?" You looked over your shoulder and saw Kita. You offered him a smile and stood.

"Well, if you could help me carry it to the storage room that would be great. I don't wanna drop it." You say feeling a little guilty asking for help, but he seemed more than happy to oblige your request.

"Of course!" He said and you waited on one end of the net, assuming you were gonna grab one side while he got the other but he just picked it up himself.

"Oh no you don't have to do that I can help!" You say feeling even worse for asking him to do that.

"It's no problem I put these away by myself all the time." He said adjusting it on his shoulder and walking towards the storage closet. "So how do you feel about being manager so far?"

"Well I feel like I'll like it but it's still pretty new to me." You looked at him and he met ur eye contact looking you up and down.

"Don't worry I feel like you'll fit right in and the team already loves you and you haven't even talked to them." He said laughing a little.

This had took you by surprise, you had expected them to be indifferent about you but to like you already was not a box you would've checked off.

"They do?" You say in shock. He hums, "Mhm, some of them have even been trying to find ways to talk to you all practice." He says as he approaches the storage closet, and you quickly walk in front of him to open it.

"Aw man I wished they would've, I wanna know more about them. All my knowledge is limited to what Aiko tells me." You say while  helping him place the net in its respective place.

"Well I'm sure you'll know too much about them way too fast." He said standing up after placing the net down and looking at you.

"Can I get your number?" As soon as the words left his mouth he looked shocked, as if he hadn't meant to say that out loud. "Um I-I mean for like volleyball stuff and uhhhh, updates! Yeah so I can text you updates."

You giggled at his slightly pathetic attempt at hiding the fact he wanted your number for reasons unrelated to volleyball.

"Of course, gimme your phone." You say holding out your hand. Within a beat his phone was in your hand and you typed in your number. Not without setting yourself a contact name that you deemed suitable.

"Come here." You said motioning him to stand next to you. He looked confused but regardless he stood next to you and watched as you held up his phone to take a contact photo.

You both posed and you handed his phone back. "Feel free to text me whenever about your volleyball stuff." You start to laugh again remembering his struggle, "Or anything else, not related to volleyball."

He smiled, "It's pretty late. How are you getting home?"

You gave him an awkward smile, "Um well I actually live really close so I'll probably just walk home."

Kita stared at you like you had 3 heads and looked at his phone. "At 7? No way. I have a car, I'll drive you. Or if you don't wanna get in my car, which I'd totally understand, I can walk you home."

"Nono it's ok you don't have to." You say dismissing his offer, not wanting to inconvenience him.

"No I'm insisting, I wouldn't feel right keeping you this late and not making sure you get home safe."

After a little reasoning he convinced you to let him take you home. His car was pretty nice for someone who was in high school, you could tell he tried his best to keep it clean.

"Do you have any music you wanna listen to?" He asked once the car was started. You shook your head.

"Nope, play whatever you want. I wanna judge you off your music taste." He laughed, "You really know how to put pressure on someone huh."

After looking at his playlist he decided on American wedding by Frank ocean you immediately smiled and looked at him when you recognized the song.

"Omg marry me your taste is amazing." You said and he laughed. You two filled the car with small talk and soon enough, you were home and KIta was saying his goodbyes. Being sure to wait an extra minute to ensure you made it inside your house safely.

When you arrived home your mom was already sleep but luckily she left you leftovers. You decided to shower first then eat your dinner.

After eating you laid in bed opening your phone again. You didn't last long on your phone before you went asleep, mostly so you could hurry up and go to practice again.

As much as you thought you'd hate it you genuinely found interest in your new found position and couldn't wait to learn more about it.

Authors note

Hey so that was chapter one 🫩

LMAO I LOVE THAT EMOJI

but anyways ignore the weird layout im used to typing on wattpad but i figured id try other platforms too

speaking of wattpad my user is Hqluver69 on their too if you'd prefer to read there!!! I'll post this book on there soon!

But i just wanna say thank you for reading this far I've given up on this story like four times so i'm happy to finally publish it and work on more chapter in the future!!!