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Kiko is putting on her shoes when the doorbell is ringing. It isn't taking her long to open the door because she is sitting right in front of it. In front of the girl stands her aunt who is living in the apartment next door.
"Good morning my dear", the brown haired girl gets a hug from her aunt which she returns. "Good morning auntie, what's up?" "Shigeru forgot his bento again. Would you be so kind to bring it to him? It's so practically that you both are going to the same school again."
And that's one of the reason why Kiko wanted to go to another high school at first, because the exact same scenario already happened in middle school. But how can she say no to a request of her aunt without a good reason. "No problem. It isn't much of a detour anyway." "Thank you Kiko", with that she gets a lunchbox from her aunt. "Have a nice day!", with that her aunt says goodbye and goes back in her flat.
"Here we go", the 16 years old girl checks her belongings and her hairdo - which consists of her open shoulder-length hair and two panda buns - before she puts the bento she got in her bag and locks the door. Because of her parents work they have to leave early and so most of the time Kiko is the last one to leave and has to lock up.
While being in a good mood, Kiko is making her way to school while she listens to music. All in all the girl is in a good mood most of the time because she always finds something she can look forward to. Today she looks forward to the results of her club application. She's pretty confident that she got through and looks forward to continue her to do rhythmic gymnastics again.
Besides Kiko is a very open girl which makes her sociable with other people. She knows a lot of people and isn't afraid to talk to strangers. On her way to school she greets a few students she knows and as soon as she reaches the school gate she's making her way to the gyms. That's because her cousin has morning practice.
When she stands in front of gym 3 she can already hear the sounds of volleyballs and the shouts of the players. Kiko opens the door and steps inside the gym. With her eyes she scans the field and searches’ for her cousin. It doesn't take long for her to find him because he's nearby.
Just when she is about to shout his name a funny thought is coming to her mind. She really should thank her cousin for letting her play his delivery service.
The girl takes a deep breath and shouts a loud "Shi-chan!", through the gym. Yahaba Shigeru winces, turns red and swirls around to his waving cousin. "Kiko!" With that nickname Kiko achieved her goal because Shigeru is embarrassed and the other players have to be careful not to start laughing out loud. But you can still hear some snorts and a few snickered 'Shi-chan's.
Shigeru is quick at approaching her so that she leaves faster. "What are you doing here? And why did you do that?!", he asks her and she has to be careful not to laugh herself. "Shi-chan take it easy", she grins and pats his arm but he shakes her off quickly. "What are you doing here?", he sounds annoyed so she decides to take her leave soon.
"I should bring you your bento which you forgot again. Next time remember to bring it with you", she sticks out her tongue while she pulls out his lunchbox and pushs it in his hands. "Oh...I'm sorry...thanks", he takes the box from her without looking her in the eyes. "No problem", with that the younger one of them wants to leave but she gets stop by the volleyball team.
"Oi Yahaba is that your girlfriend?", suddenly a part of the team came near the two. "No no no!", Kiko intervenes. "I'm Yahaba Kiko, his cousin!", she makes sure that there won't be a misunderstanding.
"To bad, I thought we would see you more often", the captain expresses his regret and gives her a smile from which every fan of his would have been tempted to come to watch their practice. But Kiko doesn't care. "Just when he forgets his bento again and I hope that it won't happen again in the near future."
Oikawa Tooru is taken aback because he got rejected so easily. And at the same time her popularity inside the team rose because every girl who isn't a fangirl of Oikawa is welcome to them. "Well I'll go now. See you around", with that Kiko says goodbye to the team and leaves through the door. She doesn't notice how two boys look after her with a grin.
Just as expected Kiko got accepted in the club for rhythmic gymnastics and have to go to the daily training. Except from monday because that's the day where all sport clubs from Aoba Jousai should rest so they won’t overwork. Two times a week there is also morning practice for Kikos club which she finds a bit annoying because she likes to sleep in. But for her the club makes so much fun that everything is forgotten when she got dressed and stands in the gym, ready to start her practice.
In the past weeks she often met members of the volleyball club and most of the time it where the ones from the first year which is logical because they are all in the same year. She always greets them friendly and cheerful - how she's doing it with everyone she know - and they always greet her back friendly especially Oikawa who is always exaggerating but Kiko just ignores that.
But because Oikawa treats her so familiar, some of his fangirls soon start to approach her. "From where do you know Oikawa?" "Do you know him better?" "You both seem so familiar." These are all questions the girls throw at the brown haired girl. "No no, I just spoke to him once and that was because I had to give something to my cousin who is in the same club as Oikawa-san." "That means you don't want anything from him?", hopeful eyes are looking at the girl with the gold brown eyes.
Kiko is a bit embarrassed from the behavior of the girl because how can you act like that just because you like a guy? Above all what is so great about Oikawa anyway? Of course he's good looking and good at volleyball but his personality is a bit annoying. He's funny but also annoying and he often wears a fake smile because Kiko can distinguish a fake smile from a real one.
"No I don't like him like that", for that answer she gets a happy squeaking. "Then can you give him that", one of the girls has a letter in her hands. "This one too, please", another girl holds a little bag in her hands. "And this!", Kiko sighs but starts to smile after that. "I can do it if you want", she takes the things from the girls and gets rewarded with the happy glances of the girls.
It always makes Kiko happy when she can make others happy too and it's not that hard to find Oikawa and give him the things. But because the next lesson starts soon she decides to postpone that to the lunch break and then strides to her classroom.
As soon as the lunch bell rings Kiko takes her bento and the things from the fangirls and starts to search for Oikawa. Before she left she told her friends that she maybe comes later depending on the time she needs to find her Senpai.
Immediately she sees Kindaichi in the hallway who is also part of the volleyball club and decides to ask him if he knows where his Senpai spends his lunch break. "Hey Kindaichi-kun! Can I ask you something?" He stiffens and turns a little red. It seems like he's one of the guys who doesn't have much contact with girls and gets nervous when talking to one. "W-what is it Yahaba-san?" "Do you know where Oikawa-san is spending his break? I should give him something."
He thinks for a while before he responses. "Most of the time he's either in the gym, the yard or the roof." "Alright thank you!", she shortly lifts her hand and then makes her way to the roof because it's the nearest of the three places Kindachi named.
She hears the 3rd years before she can see them because they're sitting in the sun. Happy to have found Oikawa on her first try she strides over to him. "If that isn't Shi-chan's cousin", Matsukawa grins as he notices her. "Hi", she greets them with a laugh. It seems that her cousin won’t get away from that nickname for a while.
"Do you need something?", Iwaizumi asks her. "Yeah I have something for Oikawa", she lifts her hand in which she holds the things from the girls. "Oh Kii-chan you like me?" That sentence rewarded him with a punch from Iwaizumi. "Iwa-chan why?!" because of that sudden action Kiko starts laughing. "No no I should give these to you from a few girls from my grade because they think we know each other and because I don't want anything from you which means for them I'm no danger." Oikawa is looking at her as if she has slapped him.
Matsukawa and Hanamaki however start laughing. It almost never happens that a girl tells Oikawa so directly that she doesn't like him. "Give it to him Yahaba!" "Good job!" Both guys are still laughing and hold their fists out for her to return the gesture. While she's still laughing and bumping their fists together, Oikawa cries about that 'rude gesture' of her to Iwaizumi who trys to push him away.
"I think I will go now", the girl says after putting the things for Oikawa down next to him. "Do you want to eat with us?", asks Hanamaki. The brown haired girl looks to the other guys and everyone except for Oikawa who ignores her gives her a sign of their approval. "Why not", with that she sits down between Matsukawa and Oikawa and starts to eat her bento.
She gets along well with the 3rd years and even Oikawa got over his indirect rejection pretty fast. All five of them laugh a lot and make jokes and tell storys from previous years. In the process Kiko is also telling a few things about her cousin and because of that she will definitely hear complaints from him.
She gets along best with the Meme Team because she finds funny what they always say. At the end of their lunch break Oikawa persuaded Kiko to exchange her number with them which she doesn't mind. She also asks them to just call her Kiko. After the exchange of their numbers everyone goes back to their class.