Sitting alone in the library during the lunch break, she stared deeply on her club application form.

Once captain of girl volleyball team.

Three years in junior high with volleyball club.

Position: Wing spiker.

Club applied:__________________

Ayumu was still half and half about her own idea. Was it right? Or was it wrong? She already filled everything except that one thing; the club that she wanted to. Putting the form on her notebook, Ayumu submerged against the seat, thinking further. Suddenly, her phone vibrated on the table, taking her attention.

As she took her phone, she slided up the screen and saw few notification from her brother, Samu.

Have ya eaten yer lunch?

Was it enough? Tsumu and I still have alot.

Is everything fine?

Ayumu smiled to herself reading those messages from her brother. Her fingers quickly glided over the screen, replied her brother's message. Her brothers really concerned yeah? She shook her head and put her phone back on the table.

It should not be something she needed to get surprise onㅡsince they were her brothers. Of course the brothers would make sure their sister had good time at the school. Plus, they were so excitef having her in the same school which they had no chance to be three years ago.

If Too-chan and Iwa-chan could do the same thing, ofc my own brothers could do the same thing too. Or more than that.

Talking of which, by mentioning of Too-chan and Iwa-chan, her smiled grew smaller. Now she missed them. Not only the twoㅡbut the others too. It just; by remembering of Atsumu and Osamu somehow reminded her towards the other two.

They were Ayumu's senpai back in junior high. Since Ayumu had no one to lean on like having her brothers with her at the moment, both Too-chan and Iwa-chan be one for her. Eventhough they only had one year to be in the same school together as Too-chan and Iwa-chan were in third year at that time, still after that, the two still taking care of her. To them, Ayumu was their little girl. And always be.

“I'm hoping to see you at Seijoh.” Too-chan said with a smile as he was sitting together with Ayumu and Iwa-chan at playground marble seat. Ayumu looked at him with a smile. She felt so small sitting in between the two.

“Wait for me yeah.” she saidㅡ

At that moment, the thoughts of going back to Hyogo didn't come to her mind yet. She was planning already that after junior high at Kitagawa, she would enter Aoba Johsai High School, joining the other friends of hers (boy volleyball team members) as well as Iwa-chan and Too-chan. But, thing not always go like we expected too.

Ayumu didn't say that making last minute desicion to going back to Hyogo and stay with her parents and her twin brothers after three years she stayed with her grandmother at Miyagi; was a wrong desicion. She was happy with the desicion she made because she would go back again and have reunion with her brothers. . . but half of her heart was hurting to leave the place that her heart started to get attach to.

"I hope you guys don't hate me." She whispered to herself. Then, back in her head she could listen Iwa-chan's voice.

“You know what similarity of us? It's volleyball.”

That's it. . . She picked up her pen again, and wrote the club determindly. Hoping, she did a right choice, choosing it. After done it, she folded the form and slided it between her notebook pages. She stuck her pen over the notebook cover and stood up from her seat. It was time to go back to class.

As she was walking on the path towards the exit, someone from her peripheral view caught her attention that enough making Ayumu stopped on her track. From where she stood, she could see the guy was struggling to reach a bookㅡperhapsㅡwhich obviously out of his reach. He kept on be his tiptoe and arm reached up to the shelve. It was kinda strange view to see a guy having problem to reach a book up on the shelve.

Anyway, that wasn't Ayumu's big concern. Her big concern right now was, that guy was the same guy from the hallwayㅡwho wittness everything on that day. Pursing her lips as she slightly tilted her head, she held tightly her book against her chest as she walked towards the guy then.

Once the guy felt someone approached him, he stopped struggling. His big eyes looked at her with blank gaze. Ayumu had no idea either he remember or not about her. His brows then slight rose upwards, giving a hint to Ayumu to start talking.

"Ion know ya remember me or not. But. . .I'm the girl from the hallway that time. Yer saw me sneezing." Ayumu spoke. . .she was waiting for his reply but he didn't show any sign of speaking so Ayumu went on. "To make it clear, let me tell ya one thing. I grow up with two guys in a house. So, it might be not so polite for a girl sneezing like that..but I'm aware that I am a girl so I will change the habit,ofc. I'm not always like that yeah. So, please don'tcha think I am unpolite girl or immoral girl or having bad assumption of me. I'm a good girl. Please believe me."

And the guy still not talking. He just had his eyes looked at Ayumuㅡwhich now Ayumu felt like she just make herself to go for another round of embarrassment by talking alot infront of him. Ayumu waited for a few more second. . .still had no words from him.

"Okay then. Sorry for talking too much. I just want to clear the misunderstanding. So, I will get going first. Thank you for yer time." Ayumu said and left the spot. Even Ayumu had make herself clear to him that she would leave, the guy still talked nothing. He just nodding. . . . . . .

At least, it better than not giving any response.

Ayumu took her leave then but her feet suddenly stopped by their own accord. She gave a last glance over her shoulder towards the direction just now. The guy was still in her sight. . . He proceed with his struggle to reach his book that he stopped a few minutes ago. Ayumu face crumpled as she was thinking. She looked around her; there were not so many people around here. This spot was at the back one so, student barely came here.

Glancing back towards the guy, she sighed. Just by looking at him struggling to reach the book already made her tired. Ayumu went back towards him which surprising the guy. Ayumu went to him with a stool that she found between the shelve as she made way towards him.

Ayumu put her things on the shelve and settled up the stool on the floor. Then, she stepped on it.

"Which one?" Ayumu asked him, giving quick glace over her shoulder.

"It's on the right." He said. Upon his voice, Ayumu seemed like she was just be under spell. Yesㅡshe about being sarcarstic as she wanted to say dude, so ya have voice huh?I thought ya don't but when his voice escaped from his throat, he sounded so gently and endearing.

She needed to snap herself to the reality so the guy would not going to give another assumption about her. Ayumu turned to look at the shelve and took the mentioned book. After that, she stepped down from the stool and handed the book to him.

"Ya should just take a chair nearby or the stool at next shelve to help you get the book." Ayumu said, took her things with her.

"I know ya'll say such thing. Ya even thought it was a rare view seeing a guy struggling to reach a book, don'tcha?"

Welpㅡ she was surprise that the guy was right.

"If by the view already make ya think that way of me, then I no need to say more if I use stool to reach the book. It will hurt my guy pride too after all." He added.

Ayumu's brain stopped working by his statement. She wasn't expect the guy would say that.

"So ya rather struggling for one hour or more which mean yer going to waste one hour knowing ya'll not getting a book without asking help or using stool or chair?" She asked.

"Yeah." He answered instantly.

Ayumu had no word to say about that. And she saw it was not worth to argue about it with him either. So, she just nodded. She picked up the stool with her other hand as the other already held her book.

"Whatever but I want ya know. . .asking help from people is not harm anyone. I'm leaving now."

Not awaiting for him to say a word, she left the scene after putting the stool at its place again. She was a little disappointed to as she got no thanks from the guy. She knew she just left him like that but if he really felt thankful from her helping and wanted to say thanks, he would stop her already. But, he didn't.

Bet, by saying thanks also hurt his guy pride huh?

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