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Just another regular day for Shoyo in Miyagi Prefecture. It was sunny skies all morning which led to the sunshine boy himself radiating more so than usual.
“Mum!” Loudly shouted the energetic boy. A groggy, but still kind, reply of “what?” came from downstairs to which Shoyo smiled and bounded down the flight of wooden stairs like an excited puppy.
“I was hoping to go out and cycle for a bit,” Shoyo smiled his innocent and lovely smile to his mum as well as pulling out the infamous honey-brown puppy eyes that no sane human could resist. With this, the older Hinata gave a tired smile and a small nod to indicate that Shoyo had succeeded in convincing his mum to let him go out on his bike to enjoy the golden rays out right now. He scrambled down the corridor towards the shoe rack and carelessly placed his feet inside the white and red trainers.
Once on, Shoyo sent a quick text to his two friends so they could go out together for the day and just cycle for the fun of it. The door flew open and quickly snapped shut with a small bang and an audible giggle on the other side, and off darted the little ginger.
Once arriving in town and finding his friends, Shoyo, Izumi and Koji all cycled whilst talking about their day at school tomorrow- Shoyo dreading it all but especially English as he wasn’t the brightest academically (but still the sunshine boy?).
As they cycled through the main town square, a crowd was formed in front of the local television store watching what looked to be a volleyball match. Shoyo pulled on his brakes in the middle of the road and twisted his head to see the game.
On the screen was a team who looked to be winning the set so far. The no-faced setter tossed the ball at the perfect height for the short player wearing the number 10 jersey. As if he was a bird taking flight, number 10 soared up and up towards the ball ready to slam the ball on the opposite side of the net. Shoyo couldn’t believe what he was seeing right now. A fellow shorty like him was leaping into the air- reaching for the sky and flying above the 180-something-cm blockers. With the strength of a cannon, he spiked the ball in the perfect position just out of the way of the opposing teams (Libero? Shoyo had vaguely heard the commentator mention the sports position) who couldn’t reach the ball in time. Shoyo had never felt like this.
The pull on his chest, the feeling of determination and power to do just as well as the boy on television.
“And the ace of Karasuno slams the ball on the court with no mercy to his opponents. Truly Japans Tiny Giant!” Screeched the commutator in Tokyo’s gymnasium. The roar of the crowds flooded the speakers and the crowd stood in front of Shoyo also cheered and applauded the game. The little ginger loved the sound of everyone supporting the so-called “Tiny Giant”- he wanted that as well. To be able to have no one say he couldn’t beat taller players whilst having the entire stadium and fans watching crying out in pure joy- he couldn’t get enough!
Shoyo decided then and there he would join Karasuno’s volleyball team in the future.
To caught up in his own excitement, Shoyo failed to hear the panicked voices of his friends and onlookers warning him about a speeding white van hurtling it’s way right at him.
“NO SHOYO!”/ “Look out kid!”
Blinding headlights and deafening honking overwhelmed his senses and, before he could so much as raise a pinkie, he was met with the full force of the metal box crashing right into his left side.
Rushing footsteps made their way towards the fallen boy. His hair was matted to his head due to the blood that had covered the now not-so-recognisable ginger curls. Panicked shouts were heard everywhere and Izumi and Koji came barrelling through the crowd formed around the ghastly sight laying in front for everyone to see.
Shoyo’s vision was swimming and he could now only make out the shout of “call an ambulance” and could only feel small patters of water (was it raining?) on his cheek- the rest of his body and ,specifically his left side, switched between a cold numbness and hot searing pain. His closed his eyes and saw only blackness and no longer heard a word from the figures he remembered around him.
Shoyo was just cycling on another regular day in Miyagi Prefecture with his two closest friends when his life changed forever...