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Kawanishi strolled around the mall looking for new bedsheets for Shirabu. He accidentally had spilled some juice on it and wasn't ready to die yet so he decided to quicky buy new ones to replace them. Usually he would be too lazy and would accept his punishment but he also had to look for a birthday present for his little sister so he decided to get everything in one go. He was going to visit his family and celebrate her birthday together, which was luckily during vacation starting next week. When he was thinking about what to get her he heard someone calling him „Taichi!“. It sounded like a little girl and he looked around confused until he indeed saw a little girl calling „Daichi!“ and running with a little boy next to her to someone else. I must have misheard it, Kawanishi thought and wanted to turn around again until he noticed the person they ran towards to. He looked so familiar but Kawanishi couldn't really remember where he could have seen him and he didn't really care to find out. The guy seemed friendly though and laughed with his siblings. „Don't just go away on your own again, okay? I was worried about you two.“, he said looking relieved. Kawanishi was about to continue his shopping when they made eye contact and the guy had this knowing expression on his face. Shit, we seem know each other, Kawanishi thought feeling uncomfortable. The little girl turned to him as well now „Do you know him, Daichi? He is sooo tall.“, she said hiding behind her older brothers leg. Sawamura came closer to properly greet Kawanishi. „Hey, I'm Sawamura Daichi. You are the middle blocker from Shiratorizawa, right? I'm sorry, I don't know your name.“ Kawanishi stared at him for a moment before he cleared his throat. He remembered him now. Karasunos captain. He seemed more friendly and relaxed outside of the court, giving a totally different vibe, that's why he didn't remember him at first. The other surprise was that he could remember him even if it was around a year ago they once played against each other. „Kawanishi Taichi.“, he answered with a small bow. For some reason he knew that the other one was older and showed him his respect. „He has almost the same name as you, big brother.“, Daichis sister said excited, „are you as nice as my brother?“ Kawanishi had to smile, she reminded him of his own sister. Curious and full of questions. „I am.“, he assured her and she smiled back stepping a little closer. He looked at Sawamura again. „May I ask how you recognized me?“, he asked, „I'm not in my school uniform or jersey.“ Sawamura looked amused and nodded „I'll never forget the game against you, that includes the players as well. You were one of the hardest opponents we ever played against and it's such a precious memory. Well for us.“, he explained kinda awkwardly. Kawanishi nodded „It's just.. I wouldn't thought someone would remember me that much since I was more in Tendou-sans shadow as a blocker. And we don't need to mention Ushijima-san.“ Sawamura grinned at him confidentally „You did really well back then. You blocked a few good spikes, saved some balls and even saw throug our synchronized attack once. Also your serves became pretty difficult for us to handle later on. Don't underestimate yourself just because you're more the defensive player who doesn't show off, okay?“ He patted Kawanishis shoulder. „Yes, thank you.“, he answered a little baffled. „Daichi, let's go home. I'm getting hungry.“, Sawamuras sister tugged on his sleeve. „Oh, yeah, sorry.“, Sawamura laid a hand on her head. „Well goodbye then. Was nice to see you.“, he waved a goodbye to Kawanishi and made his way home with his siblings. He really does give a totally different vibe from back then, Kawanishi thought watching them go, but he is supportive like and encouraging like I remember. He knew the words he told them were true. He played good and solid but mostly unnoticed by the opponents thanks to his senpais. Not that he really minded that, he wasn't a showoff and it would be hard to get recognized in a team together with Ushijima and Tendou. But mostly he knew the words were meant true because Sawamura was the same. He was the bastion of calm, the reliable one who seemed to play in the background but was actually one of the most important teammembers out there. Kawanishi had to smile when he thought about that he and his playing style maybe didn't go as unnoticed as he thought it would.