“Look, the drool really stayed there this time.”
Hearing this, Hinata suddenly stood up and lunged forward before Miya Atsumu could react, sitting directly on his lap.
Under Miya Atsumu's curious gaze, Hinata looked Shoyo up and down, then suddenly reached out and hooked his chin, mimicking the way Atsumu-ge had just done.
“Atsumu-ge, you look like you're looking forward to being kissed by me.”
Looking at the familiar curve of Hinata's lips, Miya Atsumu fell silent, momentarily wondering if he should restrain himself a little in front of Hinata.
Hinata's learning ability.. is just a bit too strong!
Seeing that he didn't respond for a long time, Hinata scratched his chin with his fingers, looking somewhat dissatisfied.
You have to finish the necessary procedures; Atsumu wasn't like this afternoon.
Miya Atsumu cast those nonsense thoughts aside and said quite shamelessly, "Yes, so can Shoyo kiss me?"
Who cares, Shoyo is clearly seducing him right now!
Shoyo was satisfied. He moved closer, reducing the distance between himself and Miya Atsumu, wrapped his arms around Miya Atsumu's neck. "Since it's your request, Atsumu-ge, I'll reluctantly agree."
Just as Miya Atsumu was preparing to receive Hinata's kiss, Hinata suddenly lowered his head and bit down on his Adam's apple.
This time, Miya Atsumu truly lost his composure.
Miya Atsumu tilted his head slightly, his hand sliding under Shoyo's shirt to stroke the spine revealed by his hunching, touching the shoulder blades that looked as if they could sprout wings.
“Shoyo.. don't bite.”
Hinata pulled back his strength, but in truth, aside from that first actual bite, it was nothing but kissing and licking.
But even so, the sensation of that sensitive area being touched made it even harder for Miya Atsumu to bear.
However, Hinata's little retaliation wasn't actually too much. After gnashing his teeth against Miya Atsumu's Adam's apple for a while, he lifted his head and, with a sudden surge of strength, pushed the slightly tense Miya Atsumu—who had been completely under his control—down onto the bed, before sitting himself on top of him.
Hinata cupped Miya Atsumu's face in his hands and leaned down to kiss him.
As Hinata's tongue probed inside, Miya Atsumu, having regulated his breathing, raised his hand and cupped the back of Hinata's head.
Thinking of the spot on Miya Atsumu's mouth where he had bitten him, Hinata's movements were very restrained. So, taking advantage of the gap when Hinata let out a soft moan, Miya Atsumu smoothly seized the initiative, stroking Hinata's waist and back while kissing him back.
Hinata panted, using his hands to prop up his body and pull away from Miya Atsumu.
Feeling the obvious sensation beneath him, Hinata knew that he seemed to have gone a bit too far.
He raised his hands, laboriously pushing away Miya Atsumu's face as he leaned in: "Atsumu.. I can't, tomorrow.."
Hearing this, Miya Atsumu gave a light click of his tongue, but he still let go of Hinata and lay back down.
Hinata asked, "Do you need my help?"
Miya Atsumu waved his hand dismissively and pulled Hinata down to lie beside him, wrapping an arm around him: "Just let me hold you for a little while."
He reached out to grab his tablet, intending to watch some matches from Itachiyama and Karasuno to calm down. "I'll get even tomorrow."
Hearing this, Hinata thought for a moment before saying seriously, "The day after tomorrow, then."
Miya Atsumu froze for a moment. "Huh?"
Hinata cruelly said something quite heart-wrenching: "It feels like Atsumu-senpai might not have much energy when he comes back tomorrow?"
Having understood the implication in Hinata's words, Miya Atsumu fell silent for two seconds, before reaching out in a fit of exasperation to tickle Hinata: "What are you talking about? Your Atsumu-ge is doing just fine!"
Wrong, wrong, I was wrong, Atsumu-ge!
I—was—wrong—
Chapter 344: The Three Hundred and Forty-Fourth Fox
Miya Atsumu raised his hand and patted Kumagai's back: "Nice play."
Kumagai raised a hand to scratch his head and gave a light smile. "It was Atsumu-senpai's suggestion that was good."
However, his initial expectation was that he would take over as the setter when Miya Osamu diverted his energy to bolster the defense. But after stepping onto the court, he suddenly felt.. Hinata and Miya Atsumu didn't think that way; these two had a much more straightforward and aggressive playstyle.
Hinata poked his head through the middle of the two of them. "A proposal? When did Atsumu-ge make a proposal? It couldn't be that you two, Akuma, were discussing something behind our backs, could it?"
No, it was just a simple tactical adjustment," Miya Atsumu said, shrugging his shoulders. "But Shoyo, that set you just made was quite good; you've reached about a fifth of my level.
Hinata puffed out his chest proudly and held up a finger toward Miya Atsumu. "Of course! That was taught by High School's Best Setter."
Miya Atsumu curled his lips into a satisfied grin, reaching out to use the back of his hand to wipe a bead of sweat from Hinata's chin: "But that guy's back set was terrible; I'll teach you personally when we get back."
Hinata chuckled and explained simply, "I just saw that Akuma was in a decent position, so I passed to him. It was definitely a rough set."
Kumagai's breath hitched as he silently cast aside the speculations about Hinata that had just risen in his mind.
He knew that when Hinata had just called for him, he probably hadn't thought about anything at all; it was most likely just because he saw the ball passing by and it happened to be easy for him to handle.
Rather than the word "thinking," he felt it was more like a terrifying intuition based on instinct.
Glancing at the Inarizaki side as they readjusted their positions, Ogihara turned his head to look at Inamoto beside him. "Inamoto, don't you think the setter is terrifying?"
Inamoto, who had been watching Hinata walk toward the serving position, was stunned for a moment. "Huh?"
Is he scary? I don't think so.
Ogihara Ayato said very seriously, "Think about it, even though it's a position meant for coordination, every single one of their serves is incredibly fierce. Most of them are calm and rational, yet they inexplicably have an endless supply of strength, as if they could smash a hole right through the floor.."
As he spoke, he pointed at Miya Atsumu on the opposite side, then pointed at Kumagai, who had just come up from the back.
Inamoto, who had also faced Kumagai's previous play head-on, fell into silence.
Inarizaki's number 3 is more deceptive in appearance than Miya Atsumu. Although it is known that he can play Dual Wield, there is still a gap between his serve power and this kind of close-range spike.
He was truly stunned just now, he really wanted to ask Kumagai where he got such immense strength from.
After a long silence, he said, "Is it possible that the gorilla is an anomaly among setters?"
Ogihara looked at him, then looked at Inarizaki's two setters, glanced at the Karasuno and Fukuda General cheering sections in the stands, finally shared a silent look with Inamoto.
It was obvious that in this court, Inamoto was the outlier among the setters.
Inamoto's expression twisted.
Hinata had already walked to his approach position and raised his hand toward the Head Referee.
The Head Referee gave him a slight nod, then raised his hand to signal the serve and blew his whistle.
The three people at Itachiyama responsible for the first receive stared at Hinata, their expressions very calm.
Currently, their back row defense is the strongest at this stage, so handling Hinata's immature serves is naturally effortless for them.
Hinata was certainly very clear about this as well.
He knew he wouldn't be able to break through the block of Komori and the others, even given his own power level, he wouldn't be able to disrupt the opponent's subsequent offensive rhythm. In that case, his only option was to take an unconventional approach.
He couldn't do a jump float serve, nor had he ever tried it, but if he were just tapping it to aim for the net.. he was still confident he could do it.
After practicing this kind of serve thoroughly, he was one hundred percent confident that he wouldn't hit Miya Atsumu in the back of the head!
Miya Atsumu, who had his hands behind his head to provide cover for Hinata's serve, felt a chill on the back of his neck.
The next second, the sound of Hinata's approach and his jump just before the baseline echoed in his ears, a strong gust of wind rushed toward him from behind, closing in.
Bang!
The ball struck precisely on the top edge of the net above Miya Atsumu's head, causing the entire net to shake before the force of the impact sent it tumbling over and dropping down toward Itachiyama's court.
Inoamato, who was directly underneath the ball, hurriedly raised his hands to make contact with it.
His reaction was quite timely, his own excellent ball control allowed him to successfully control the ball in such an emergency.
Inamura breathed a sigh of relief: "Great play, Inamoto!"
As the setter and opposite, he quickly stepped forward, filling the gap left behind when the setter was unable to manage the subsequent play.
The serve didn't have much of an impact, leaving Hinata feeling a bit disappointed, but he could only quickly adjust his position to prepare for the subsequent defense.
Ishikawa, having rotated to Position 4 in the front row, raised his hand and spiked the ball, smashing it toward Hinata's position.
With Miya Atsumu already at the front row to block, it was clearly best to target Hinata, who would be the most difficult to handle.
Glancing at Hinata out of the corner of his eye, Miya Osamu confirmed that he could handle himself, so he had no intention of worrying about him anymore.
Although his current playstyle leaned more towards the role of a libero, he wasn't truly a libero; compared to covering for Hinata like before, it was clearly better for him to be the one to spike this ball.
Thinking this, Miya Osamu decisively stepped forward and leaped up to attack behind the three-meter line.
Noticing his movement, Miya Atsumu did not hesitate for long and immediately gave the ball to him.
At this stage, Miya Osamu, whose strength was no weaker than Kumagai's, raised his hand and smashed the ball down in a powerful spike, his target also aimed directly at the gap between Inamoto and Ogihara Ayato.
But the two of them were already highly vigilant against Miya Osamu; they ensured their bodies were taut as they jumped, so the ball was not sent flying.
The ball hit Inamoto's hands and popped out toward the edge of the court.
Komori rushed after the ball and successfully touched it with one hand just as it flew past the railing.
As he hit the ball toward the court, he quickly pulled his hand back while bracing against the ground, then turned his body so his back would hit the railing to prevent injury.
"Nice play!" Inamoto lowered his center of gravity slightly and jumped to set the ball.
Having secured the ball, Ishikawa precisely seized the slight moment of error when Ginjima lunged toward it, hitting the ball off his fingers.
After a loud thud, he hit the ball straight out of bounds, scoring by tooling the block.
Watching the score gap narrow to a single point once again, Miya Atsumu's expression was not very pleasant.
He turned his head to look at Miya Osamu: "You would have been better off covering Shoyo just now."
Miya Osamu raised an eyebrow slightly, looking at Miya Atsumu expressionlessly: "He would have been even worse in that situation."
Itachiyama's back row defense is well-prepared, their front row block is incredibly tight; if he goes to cover for Hinata, he will inevitably obstruct Hinata's approach path.
Without sufficient preparation, it would be absolutely impossible for Hinata to win against Itachiyama's block in a head-to-head confrontation.
However.. he really should have used tooling the block to send the ball into the stands just now.
Miya Osamu's movements paused slightly, but he ultimately said to Miya Atsumu, "I'll score the next point."
Miya Atsumu clicked his tongue lightly. "You'd better be able to back that up."
"There's no way to pull ahead at all." Looking at how the score remained tightly contested without either side showing any sign of a scoring run, Hoshiumi frowned.