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"Tomorrow's a big game everyone!, we're going against the girl's volleyball team!"
The Coach announced loudly much to the boys embarrassment.
"Why are we going against the girl's team aren't they weaker than us?, shouldn't we go against another school's guy's team instead?-"
A freshman mumbled quietly thinking he's the only one who could hear what he said to himself.
"Dude..have you seen the girl's team?, THEY'RE GONNA ABSOLUTELY DESTROY US!"
A member scolded the freshman for making the assumption that the girl's team would be weaker than them when in reality it might be the other way around.
"Calm down, even though they're good we can train ourselves to be better than them."
Jackson a guy with messy short blonde hair and blue eyes reassured his team that they wouldn't lose to them this time..
Because last time..the game was an absolute DISASTER!!
✧A few months ago, it was another match against the girl's volleyball team.
"Jackson!"
The setter announced that the ball was going to his position.
Jackson prepared himself to jump up to prepare for a spike when he realized
Oh shit.. He can't get the ball through safely.. there's like a big wall blocking him from doing so..the 3 blockers are all making him do the spike to his right, yet hitting to the side isn't his strong suit but he has no other choice but to do so..
HIT!: The ball made contact with his curled hand and spun to the right side of the girl's court.
Jackson landed safely and saw that the girls were definitely anticipating him to do that move as the libero immediately moved to that side and passed it to another player in their team... and that player was...Akimine Rina..
The girl's team's best spiker..her spikes make the ball go in all sorts of directions but never off court...it's like she invested all her skill points in offense and only a few for defense.. because...SPIKING AND BUMPING IS HER ONLY STRONG POINT.
The boys were all preparing themselves to counter whatever Rina hits them with..
But nothing can prepare them for what she was about to do...
SHE JUST SPIKED NORMALLY...
Everybody expected one of her usual weird ball shenanigans but no!..A NORMAL SPIKE..
The boys who were all over at random places in their court all scrambled to go to the place where the ball was about to go.
Jackson slid across the court when he noticed that the ball was the closest to him so he reached his hand out to receive but...
It was only inches away from his hand but it still touched the ground..
GAME!!!
A whistle was heard signaling the end of the set..
Everyone looked at the scoreboard:
Boys: Girls:
Set 1: 26. 24
Set 2: 16. 25
Set 3: 21. 25
Set 4: 25. 17
Set 5: 20. 25
The boys sigh in disappointment.. they really weren't feeling their best today but a lost is a lost so it's best to maintain sportsmanship...the one who was most devastated was Jackson..
This was his upperclassman Akihiro's match..he wanted to win it so bad so they can graduate with a win but..they still lost..
Jackson goes to the shed and drinks water..while he was drinking water he saw Rina staring at him down..did-..did he do something wrong?...
"Hey!, your name's Jackson right?"
Rina asks coming up to him with a water bottle in her hand.. Jackson could see how sweaty she was..that game really tired her out too..
"Yeah?..is there something you need?"
Jackson asks a bit confused as to why Rina came up to him...
"Your hits were really good, but you're a bit slow aren't you?"
Rina said without her usual playful tone..is she making fun of him right now?
"Well if you put it like that ..I'm a lot more powerful than fast.."
Jackson replied in a bit of a snarky tone..
"Well speed is pretty important in volleyball y'know.., when you jumped you were a bit late that's why we managed to block you so well."
Rina added with a sigh..why is she lecturing him right now?, their game is already finished..
"Are you trying to rub your win all over my face?"
Jackson stood up..well he is a bit short tempered plus he was already in a bad mood..
"Wow, angry much?, chill out I'm just giving you some pointers."
Rina tried to de-escalate the situation raising both her hands up in defeat.
"I'm sorry...I just...y'know what..I'll just go my way-"
Jackson sighed before he almost walked away but suddenly something grabbed his shirt..it was Rina..
"Hey.., I'm not saying you're a bad player.. you're already good but you need a few things to improve, I need a new goal in playing right now..I'm getting a bit bored in volleyball.."
Rina mumbles being surprisingly shy, something that's unusual for her usual playful and sly persona..
Jackson was a bit confused on what she meant by her last sentence..she needs a new goal..and she's getting bored?..
"I'll just say it straight..., can you be my rival?"
Rina raised her hand out to him..she was looking at him so earnestly he couldn't say no..
Jackson felt his heart skip a beat..a rival? He never tried that before...it's something new..
Jackson shook Rina's hand in agreement..now he finally has a rival..
~~~~~~WAIT A MINUTE DIDN'T THAT SOUND LIKE A CONFESSION!?~~~~~~
✧ To be Continued.