Aran looked at Miya Atsumu: "For real?"
Miya Atsumu puffed out his chest, looking extremely smug. "Of course it's true. Do you want the two of us to kiss right in front of you?"
No need for that, but it's good news," Aran said, taking out his phone. "It's a shame Shinsuke left last night; I'll have to tell him the good news.
Aran laughed while patting Miya Atsumu, Hinata was also scratching his head and grinning foolishly.
It's for all sorts of reasons, but anyway, thanks for your help, Oikawa-senpai, don't worry, Oikawa-senpai, I definitely won't let dating get in the way of playing volleyball!
It was too late for Oikawa Tooru to cover the microphone; Hinata's words had already been heard loud and clear by the people on the opposing side.
The surroundings fell into an eerie silence. Hinata, whose intuition had always been very sharp, silently stepped back half a step to distance himself from Oikawa Tooru, while watching him with a hint of nervousness.
What's going on? Why isn't Oikawa-senpai saying anything?
That's right, Oikawa-senpai seemed to have experience with heartbreak; does his behavior mean his relationship with Atsumu-senpai isn't very good?
Before Hinata could finish processing all those messy thoughts in his head, a voice he was incredibly familiar with suddenly came from Oikawa Tooru's phone.
“Let Miya Atsumu prepare himself for what's coming!”
Then, with a beep, the call was disconnected.
Hinata blinked. "Hikari-kun?"
That's right, he hasn't told Hikari-kun about this yet. He'll mention it when they head back in a bit..
But what did Oikawa-senpai and Hikari-kun say? Why did Hikari-kun tell Atsumu-senpai to wait?
Oikawa Tooru tried hard to smile. "I'm doomed."
Setting aside what happened before, he had no interest in whether Miya Atsumu lived or died.
But based on what Hinata just said, Hoshiumi probably already believes that he was the mastermind who brought those two together.
They clearly said they were going to break them up at first, but it turned out like this..
He won't be deprived of seeing Miya Atsumu's first-hand ugly photos in the future, will he!
No!
In the Karasuno High School gymnasium far away in Nagano, Hoshiumi Hikari was so angry that he kicked the doorframe in front of him.
Just as he was losing his mind and about to walk out of the gymnasium in his volleyball shoes, Hirugami reached out and grabbed him by the collar. "Hikari-kun, where do you think you're going?"
"Let me go! I'm going to Kobe! I'm going to tear that bastard Miya Atsumu to pieces!" Hoshiumi struggled violently in Hirugami's grasp.
Where does he get the nerve to act so big! To make Shoyo call him brother!!
And another thing, Oikawa-senpai and I are mortal enemies from this day forward!!
He knew it! No one can be trusted! They're all spies sent by Miya Atsumu!
Hirugami felt like he was about to lose control of Hoshiumi: "Calm down, calm down, we're going to crush them at IH."
“Ah.. IH.”
"Speaking of which, in yesterday's semifinals in Miyagi Prefecture, both Shiratorizawa and Aobajohsai suffered an upset and were eliminated," Miya Atsumu said, looking up at Miya Osamu.
Miya Osamu froze for a moment. "You watched it?"
This person was away from home all day yesterday and didn't come back at night; he suddenly returned today only to pick something up.
But.. he thought he was out on a date with Hinata, it turns out he was watching a match?
Miya Atsumu nodded. "Of course, I watched it with Shoyo."
We watched the live broadcast together at Hinata's house during the day, slept together at night.
—It was simply a perfect day.
Watching Miya Atsumu grab the tablet charger and stuff a change of clothes into his bag, Miya Osamu couldn't help but click his tongue. "So, who's playing in the Finals?"
"It's Karasuno and Date Tech." Miya Atsumu zipped up his backpack, then quickly stood up and headed out the door.
I won't be coming back to stay tonight either, please let Mom know.
Miya Osamu raised his voice: "Pudding—"
Miya Atsumu replied decisively, "It's all yours!"
Miya Osamu was satisfied, hoped that Miya Atsumu wouldn't be home on weekends in the future.
That way, he could have double the pudding for two days! It was absolutely perfect!
Author's Note:
Hoshiumi: Traitor! They're all traitors!! [Anger][Anger][Anger]
Chapter 305: The 305th Fox
On the way, they bought some drinks and snacks at a convenience store. Miya Atsumu used the keys Hinata had temporarily given him this morning to open the door to the Hinata family home.
“I'm back—"
Sitting on the living room floor, Hinata leaned his upper body back and poked his head toward the door, looking toward the entrance: "The match has already started, they're introducing the starting lineup. Atsumu-ge, hurry up and come here!"
Miya Atsumu quickly kicked off his shoes and jogged inside. "Coming, coming!"
Watching Hinata, who was lying on the floor trying to practice his tosses while watching the players on TV, Miya Atsumu chuckled. The moment the ball slipped from Hinata's hands, he snatched it out of the air with one hand and pulled it into his arms.
Hinata sat up abruptly, staring intently at the bag in Miya Atsumu's hands.
Miya Atsumu had already placed the volleyball on the sofa beside him and was taking the items out of the shopping bag one by one, placing them on the coffee table: "Sparkling water, ice cups, snacks."
"Long live Atsumu-ge!" Hinata quickly unwrapped the cups and poured the drinks, then scrambled onto the sofa on all fours to sprawl out comfortably.
It wasn't that hot in this season yet, not quite time to turn on the air conditioning without restraint, but it felt very muggy around their house, at a time like this, an iced drink was nothing short of salvation.
Miya Atsumu was also sprawled out on the sofa quite ungracefully, just as Kageyama Tobio, wearing number 2 jersey on the television, stepped up.
[Number 2, Kageyama Tobio, position is Setter.]
[In yesterday's Semifinals, he led his team to a 2:1 victory against Aobajohsai. His ability to orchestrate the Quick Attack is incredibly strong, repeatedly executing brilliant attacks that left the opponents' Block struggling to keep up.]
Additionally, this player is extremely skilled at serving. Looking at the data from the current entire IH tournament period, his serve scoring rate is far ahead of the rest. He is already the undisputed strongest Setter in the prefecture.
Hinata sat up, grabbed a bag of potato chips and held it in his arms, then shuffled over to Miya Atsumu's side and used his shoulder as a pillow.
He narrowed his eyes, watching Kageyama stand beside Enoshita Chikara, took a fierce bite of the potato chips in his hand. "I feel like Kageyama has grown taller again?"
Last time we met, Kageyama seemed only a little bit shorter than you, Atsumu-senpai. He must be the same height as you by now.
Miya Atsumu denied it bluntly, "No way, it's just your illusion. I'm growing in height too."
Although.. even though he is a year older than Kageyama and might not have grown quite as much, he would never let Kageyama catch up to him!
Despite what Miya Atsumu said, Hinata was also very dissatisfied: "Damn it, what on earth is that guy eating to grow so fast?"
He won't even be as tall as Kageyama was when they first met by the time he reaches adulthood..
Miya Atsumu reached out and took the cup from Hinata's hands. "This carbonated drink isn't good. I'll go get you some milk to help you grow taller."
Hinata surrendered: "No—"
Don't take away his source of life during this season—drinking ice-cold milk has a fifty percent chance of giving you diarrhea!
After successfully convincing him to let him keep the sparkling water, Hinata found a comfortable position and continued to huddle by Miya Atsumu's side.
Watching the people from Date Tech enter the court one after another, he asked, "Which side is Atsumu-ge rooting for?"
Miya Atsumu looked up thoughtfully and replied, "Hmm.. Date Tech, I guess."
Hinata nodded: "I think so too."
Although he was personally closer to everyone at Karasuno, after watching yesterday's match between the two sides, his rational judgment was that Date Tech was still a bit stronger.
Judging from the matches played between Karasuno and Aobajohsai, his personal assessment was that Karasuno currently lacked the ability to effectively overcome Date Tech's block.
Kageyama's setting skills are indeed very strong, Karasuno also has powerful serves, Nishinoya-senpai is also very skilled at counterattacks.
However, Date Tech's block is both high and tight. If they can't secure points through their serves and subsequent defensive coordination, Karasuno's offensive level will make it easy for them to fall into a state of being unable to break through.
In the end, Date Tech will likely still hold the advantage.
Miya Atsumu nodded in agreement. "Right now, Karasuno only has a Setter and a Libero with particularly outstanding skill levels; they are really lacking in offensive options."
However, their Middle Blockers have decent height; let's see if they can develop it.
The match between Karasuno and Date Tech could be described as long and grueling, as Hinata suspected, the situation had devolved into a stalemate where Karasuno was unable to score.
In such a tug-of-war, the attacking side bears the greater pressure, this accumulated pressure inevitably translates into serious errors.
The long whistle blew, the score for the Third Set ended at Date Tech 30:28 Karasuno, with Date Tech winning the championship and advancing.
Standing by the sidelines, Coach Unabara nodded. "Both sides played well; Kageyama's and that Libero's performances were both commendable."
Coach Hiya held the same view: "Date Tech's system is very mature; even Goshiki from Shiratorizawa couldn't break through their block, so it's normal that Karasuno can't take them down."
Especially Karasuno, who has such skillful ways to deal with blocks. It would be even better if that glasses-wearing Middle Blocker could be a bit more agile, or if they could switch to a Right Wing Spiker who could provide better support.
It is difficult to overcome this kind of complete back-row follow-up block through brute force alone; a large portion of Karasuno's scores come from Kageyama's Second Attack and the simultaneous repositioning of the Wing Spiker and Middle Blocker.
Date Tech is not very good at dealing with lineups that have too many variations; specifically, there are gaps during the rotation between the front and back rows, which actually provides an opportunity to exploit.
Watching on TV, Miya Atsumu raised a hand to stroke his chin. "That's just as I thought. However, Karasuno is somewhat unexpected; the Ace and the two Middle Blockers have both made great progress."
Hinata nodded: "Koganezawa and the others are very strong. That scary-looking senior's blocks are very precise and dangerous."
Watching the way that person blocked, he didn't know why he always felt like the opponent wouldn't be easily fooled by many feints, being a bit like Tendo-senpai and a bit like Hakuma-senpai.
If we truly face off.. we might have to rely on height and speed to decide the outcome.
However, this blocking pressure was unexpectedly not as strong as Karasuno's, is it a matter of having a different style..
The sound of the door opening came from the entrance, followed shortly by Hinata's mother's voice.
I'm home.
Welcome back!" Hinata shouted, leaning over the back of the sofa. "Mom—Atsumu-ge is staying here today too!
Immediately after he and Atsumu-senpai confirmed their relationship, he told his family. Although his father and mother seemed surprised, they both agreed.
The only one who strongly expressed opposition was Xiaoxia; she even cried once because of this matter.