They finally arrived to the In they decided to stay at, after few hours journey from Hyogo to Tokyo. Its kind of worn them out even all they did were sitting inside the bus and nothing else. As soon as they arrived to the In, they loaded off their stuffs from the bus and entered the building. The building wasn't too luxurious neither other way round, but it was enough comfortable and suit for all of them. Since Ayumu was the only girl among them, their coaches had prepare a different room where its for Ayumu only so she wasn't need to worry about her privacy got invaded.

Or so she thoughtㅡ

" WOAH!! YUMU GOT THIS ROOM BY HERSELF!" Atsumu squealed, laying instantly on the wooden floor and became a star fish.

" THIS IS SO BIG TO YUMU ON HER OWN!" Osamu awed, looking around the room. The two were nothing dufferent than a pair of excited toddlers.

" She had her own balcony!" Atsumu excitedly piped out as he jumped to his feet and strode towards the balcony, sliding the door opened and breathed in the outside air. Then, Osamu joined him.

Ayumu shook her head as she looked at her twin brothers. She placed her stuffs at one corner with Kita helping her. Aran was there too, standing by the door.

" Yumu! Let us hang out in yer room yeah?" Atsumu and Osamu said in the same time, turning around to face their sister. Ayumu had no chance to reply yet whenever Aran butt in; " There guys. . .we have game tomorrow. Should I remind ya that?"

" Hmm....how bout me and Tsumu sleeping here with ya?" Osamu suggested and Atsumu's eyes automatically sparkling like twinkling star in the night sky. But the excitement was not last long when they got shiver to their spine as Kita literally looked at their way like he was ready to devour them.

" W-what? We're Yumu's brothers. There is nothing weird." Atsumu said, avoiding Kita's stare.

" Right, unlike if Kita-san." Osamu blurted out.

Ayumu glanced towards Kita who was hardened as a statue by her side. Aran from the door also had his eyes on Kita. The poor latter really had his tip ears reddened even his face was succeed hiding how embarrassed he was with Osamu's bluntness. The room instantly fall with awakward silenceㅡas Atsumu looked at his twin, his twin looked at him, the twins looked at Aran and Aran looked at them and the three looked at Kita at last.

"WAIT!!!" Atsumu and Osmau exclaimed at the same time. "Kita-san! Didya really plan to sneak in to Yumu's room?!!"

Kita's eyes automatically widened in surprise. There was no way he thought of do so. Noㅡno without Ayumu's consent. Kita knew his personality was not that nasty low but he could not stand for himself or deny the twins' statement when the two bluntness really took him out of his guard.

"Ya two really need to watch for yer words before spilling out or Kita will start to lecture yer guys later." Aran commented, putting the twins in alarm mood. They looked at Kita who now had his eyes looked at them with his usual blankly stare. The mood just now was disappeared as if Kita finally gained his conscious. And it was dangerous to the twinsㅡas whenever Kita finally conscious, there was no more chance to tease the captain. Plus, when they saw Kita about to say something, the twins instantly “bye-bye” their sister and ran away from the room, leaving the three behind. Its better for them to run away before Kita started to speak or more like "diss" them.

"I'll look for the others." Aran said, excused himself from the room. Kita nodded his head and Ayumu waved her hand towards him. Then, it was Aran's turn to leave. Ayumu pursed her lips as she checked over her stuffs, looking for nothing particular.

" All yer stuffs here?" Kita croacked out. "Didya left something in the bus?"

"N-no. Nothing left behind. All h-here." She said, smiled at him and turned towards her stuffs again.

"It's good then. We gonna have meeting with sensei later." He told her.

"Y-yeah. R-right." Ayumu said.

Kita observed her carefully. There was something off about her. He reached for the door and closed it as he approached her after.

"Miya, ya okay?" He held her shoulder.

"Yeah. I'm okay. Did I look like am not?" Ayumu let out nervous giggles, as well avoiding his eyes. Kita breathed out, firmly held both her arms so he could make the girl faced him.

"Yer look tense. Yer sure yer okay?" He asked again.

Kita really saw her throughly. There was no way she could hide it from Kita no matter how eager she wanna hide it from him. Her eyes were shaking when she looked at him and Kita knew he wasn't wrong when his hunch saying there something off about Ayumu.

"Tomorrow is the day, Kita. Less then 24 hours, yer guys will have yer first game for Spring Tournament. Less then 24 hours, yer guys will be on court. Less then 24 hours, I will sit beside sensei by the court side. Less then 24 hours, Kita." She said. Aside her eyes, her voice even shaking as well. The nervous-ness was thick over her voice. Kita softly smiled at her and held her now shaking hands.

"Yer that nervous?"

" Its not it obvious? Tomorrow will be my first ever time to set my feet on Spring Tournament Court." She retorted, gripping lightly upon Kita's hands. "How can yer guys; players can be all calm while I'm the manager is so nervous as hell."

"Maybe yer absorb all of our nervous-ness? That's why." Kita commented, only making Ayumu pulled a pout. It didn't ease her nerve at all. Looking on how she reacted, Kita pulled her into a hug.

" We will be fineㅡ"

"As long as we do the same thing as we done during our practiseㅡthat what yer gonna say right?" Ayumu said, butting in his words.

"Yeah. We already give everything we can during practise. We sharpen our skill too. We do everything we could. Now, its time to see what the result we get after all the practise we had even result is not everything."

Ayumu pushed him a little, forming a gap between them as she chinned up looking at the captain.

"Did ya even know what nervous is? Aren't ya too calm for this? " She questioned.

"What? Did I say something wrong?"

"When Aran-kun said yer are a robot type, he didn't lie." She said,poking his chest. Kita rose his brows, grasped her finger.

"A robot doesn't have feeling ya know. But I do."

That made Ayumu smiled. "But yer know, I don't mind to fall in love with a robot." She playfully wriggled her brows. Her statement drove Kita to heave a sigh. He loosened his arm around her and his grasp around her finger just now, taking a step backward.

"Seem like yer no longer nervous huh?"

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Inarizaki had a short meeting on discussing about the strategy, watching back some recorded videos and had a brief about theor upcoming game programm. The "short" meeting indeed ens after one hour and half, almost two hours anyway. After that, it was free time for them. The coaches suggested them to have proper rest or sleep early since tomorrow would be their first ever game, hence, most of the players already on their futon having a comfy conversation with one another. But there also some, who were having too much energy left, that Kita needed to step in to stop themㅡit was over a game video.

As Kita left from the washroom, he realised Ayumu was nowhere to be found. He thought of Ayumu perhaps left for bed already but Omimi suddenly came towards him.

"Shinsuke, Miya was looking for ya just now. She said about asking ya to tag along for a short night walk. But since she didn't see ya around, so she went by herself. And asked me to tell ya about this" Omimi informed him.

" Ouh, its that's so." Kita responded.

" Yeah. Yer not going to follow her? Don't worry about the others. I will look after them. The third years still up after all." Omimi suggested.

" Sure then, thanks."

Half of Ayumu's face was covered with her scarf around her neck. Her hands were deep inside her sweater pocket. She leaned at one of street lamp pole nearby and looked up to the night sky. White snow was free falling to the ground. Some would softly hit her and melted on her skin.

Spring tournament is near, which also mean the time to apart from Kita also near. Her brothers words somehow made their way back to her mind which Ayumu's eyes automatically fluttered close.

“ Third years gonna graduate after National Tournament. Which mean,Kita-san gonna graduate and yer going to continue school without him for two years at school. Are yer okay with that ? ”

Am I seriously okay with thatㅡ Ayumu opened her eyes again. The thoughts of saying good bye to Kita was bugging her for several days already. Being honest, the thought of tomorrow game wasn't hit her nerve much but “this”; saying good bye to Kita. Would she be fine without him? Not having him as close as she used to?

"Ayumu!"

Ayumu turned around to the direction where a voice called out for her, only finding Kita was jogging towards her. At that moment, she felt like things happened in slow motion. Only Kita and her were having normal motion. Her eyes softened as she looked at his face. That was the guy she fall with. The guy she wanted to be on his side. The guy who she didn't want to say good bye.

With the time left before the third years graduate,all she could do was staying by Kita's side and be with him everytime and every chance she could. Which also mean, the more they win the game, the longer time she could be on Kita's side. Winㅡ that's the only way.

" Gomen. I was at washroom just now." He said as he finally stood infront of him. Ayumu slightly shook her head with a soft smile on her face. Then, she took his hands in hers, grasping them gently as it succeed gained Kita's attention.

"We need to win." She suddenly said.

"Eh?"

"So that, I can watch yer guys play against Fukurodani."

So that, I can stay longer by yer side.

With a smile, he cupped her face,sending shiver to Ayumu's spine. His hands were cold like ice.

" Yer still with yer Fukurodani team thing?" He questioned, amused with Ayumu's admiration towards the Tokyo school.

" Of course. As a pay for us not having camp with them." She grinned and hugged Kita, surprising him. She held him closed, no wanting to let him go. As if Kita would melt like the snow if she loose a grip of him.

"Ayumu. . . Something happen?" He asked, concerned as he wrapped his arms around her. " Did yer still nervous?"

Ayumu closed her eyes, pressing her ear against Kita's chest. His heartbeat echoed calmly. She started to feel her eyes building water damp at her brim eyes.

"Erm. Still nervous." She croacked out.

Nervousㅡ of losing you, Shin.

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