On the day of the test, you walk into your class to see Tadashi waving you over.

"Hey Tadashi," you call out as you walk over to his desk.

"Are you ready for the test?" he asks.

"I think so," you reply, "and you?"

He nods as he responds to you and secretly gives you a wink so Tsukishima won't see. You look over to Tsukishima who's carefully studying his notes.

"Good luck, Tsukishima," you say pleasantly.

As he looks back up at you, you lose your breath for a second.

God, he's so intimidating.

"Why are you being nice for once?"

As he responds, an evil smirk forms on your face.

"Because I'm going to get a better grade than you this time," you say confidently.

Before either of the boys can respond, you walk away and go to your seat. Once you sit down, you look over at the boys who are still staring at you in both confusion and shock. Reflexively, you turn your head away in embarrassment.

I hope that seemed threatening enough.

Once practice ends, Hinata runs up to you dragging Kageyama with him.

"Y/N-chan! Thank you so much for your help!" Hinata exclaims.

"No problem, Hinata. Do you guys think you passed?"

The two boys nod.

"I think I did," Kageyama tells you "but I don't know about boke."

"Shut up, Kageyama! I definitely did better than you did!"

Uh- I'm not really sure what to say to them.

"I-I'm sure both of you did fine. You tried so no matter what you get I'll be proud of you!"

You watch as the boys' cheeks turn slightly pink.

"Oh, uh, sorry if I-"

"Hey first years! Come over here," your brother interrupts from the opposite side of the gym.

Before leaving, Hinata turns back to face you.

"You know Y/N you can call us by our first names. We're friends now!"

You watch as the two boys run towards your brother. As you walk over, you catch Tadashi and Tsukishima looking over at you. Since you didn't get a chance to ask Tadashi how he felt about his test, you walk over to him.

"Hi," you say happily to him "how do you think you did on your exam?"

"Good," he nods "I studied extra hard this time."

You smile at Tadashi's response.

As you compliment Tadashi, you notice Tsukishima tuning in to your conversation.

"How do you think you did, Y/N?" Tadashi asks.

"I'm sure I did well," you reply confidently.

I'm not sure if I did better than Tsukishima, but acting confident is better than thinking I did worse than him.

"How about you, Tsukishima?" you boldly ask.

"I did well," he says without looking back at you, "thank you for asking."

You and Tadashi make eye contact and give each other a confused look.

Did he just thank me?

One week later you wait anxiously in your seat to receive your test grade. You watch as Kaji-sensei walks around the room passing back the papers. You look over at Tadashi and see an excited look form on his face.

"Tsukki look! I got an A!"

Tsukishima nods to his friend as he receives his own paper.

"Very well done, Tsukishima. Top grade in the class again."

"Wow!" exclaims Tadashi.

Top grade... So that means that I didn't beat him again. Dammit. This kid must be some kind of monster.

You stare at the pair until a figure stands in your way, blocking your view from the boys.

"Good job, Y/N, only two points away from the highest grade in the class!" Kaji-sensei tells you.

The moment the papers hit your desk, you crumple it up in anger. Once lunch starts you stand up and leave the room, throwing out your exam on the way.

"Y/N," your teacher calls "although it is lunch time, I haven't dismissed the class yet!"

Without hesitation, you continue walking down the hallway ignoring your teacher.

You storm your way through the school until you get to the second gym. You sit on the steps outside, pull up your knees, and place your forehead down on them to hide your tears from the rest of the world.

Damn it. Is it too much to ask to have a better grade than him? He's got volleyball! He doesn't need to rely on his grades. In fact, it doesn't even seem as though he cares about his grades so what the hell?

A few minutes later you hear a sigh and something brush up against you.

"Go away," you tell them.

You hear a familiar boy's voice respond back to you, causing you to look up quickly to find out who it is.

"Tsukishima? What do you want," you groan as you hide your head again.

"What'd you get on the exam?" he asks you.

"None of your business," you tell him as you attempt to hide your tears.

"Two points less, right?"

"How'd you know?" you complain.

"I heard Kaji-sensei say so."

"Y-you heard that?" you say as you bury your face deeper in your knees.

"You know, Y/N, you still did very well. You shouldn't complain."

"I-I care," you sob "because it's important to me. I'm not super good at volleyball like you."

"U-Uh well thanks," you hear him say awkwardly.

Crap. I didn't mean to compliment him.

"It wasn't a compliment," you groan.

"Whatever."

You look up as Tsukishima stands up to leave.

"I'll let you be then," he says as he looks straight ahead.

"Wait," you yell as you grab on the corner of his shirt.

"I'm sorry," you cry.

For the first time, you allow him to see the tears streaming down from your eyes. You watch the shocked look on his face as he stares back at you.

"C-Can you just sit with me for a minute?"

You wait for Tsukishima to tell you off but instead, he sits down without saying another word. The pair of you sit in silence for a while.

"T-Thanks," you say to him.

While the two of you sit together, you lean your head on his shoulder.

I don't know why, but just sitting here with him is kind of comforting even though we aren't saying anything.