❝ 𝐈 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐔𝐋𝐓 ❞

❝ Loose yourself from a painful past.

Forgive. Open yourself up to people.

Let go & find freedom. ❞

~ Cheryl Hale

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who had two very special treasures. She put them both in a box and always held them dear. One day, she saw a pretty new treasure and wanted to add it to her collection, so she reached for it. But the box slipped from her grasps and her treasures shattered. She lost everything.

After the abrupt decision to quit the Kyudo Club, Shirazome Ichika's life turned topsy-turvy when she left her rural country life behind and moved in with her grandfather to the colourful and bustling city of Tokyo. Enrolled at Metropolitan Nekoma Highschool, she unexpectedly stumbles upon Boys' Volleyball Club - a group of chaotic oddballs of the school - before promptly receiving an invitation to become their club manager.

From keeping the rowdy boys of the volleyball club in check to taste-testing all of the new and best foods in town, every minute of Ichika's life is about to be spent dealing with the highs and lows that come with her new urban, eclectic lifestyle. Not at all helped by the laid-back yet scheming captain of the club, Kuroo Testurou.

But the further the days pass her by, the closer those knotted and frayed connections she left in the countryside come back to haunt her. And Ichika could only be left wondering:

How can she move on from the past?

𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗭𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗞𝗔

Class 2-3. Nekoma Boys Volleyball Club's Manager. Caring and Responsible but she can be a bit of a Tease.

𝗞𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗢 𝗧𝗘𝗧𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗨

Class 3-5. Nekoma Boys Volleyball Club's Captain. Laid-back and Scheming but he's very Reliable when it comes down to it.

-ˏˋ 𝗞𝗢𝗭𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗠𝗔 ━━━ Class 2-3. Nekoma Boys Volleyball Club's Setter. Quiet and Composed. Kuroo's best friend of many years.

-ˏˋ 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗔𝗞𝗜 𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗔 ━━━ Class 2-3. Going Home Club. Sociable and Trendy. Has known both Kuroo and Kenma since elementary school.

-ˏˋ 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗔𝗠𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗭𝗨𝗞𝗜 ━━━ Class 3-5. Nekoma Boys Baseball Club's Manager. Cheerful and Friendly. Very popular at school.

-ˏˋ 𝗡𝗘𝗞𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗔 𝗬𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗙𝗨𝗠𝗜 ━━━ Nekoma Boys Volleyball Club's Coach. Carefree and Wise. Enjoys making playful jabs at others.

-ˏˋ𝗔𝗞𝗜 ━━━ Ichika's cat. Black fur and blue eyes. Very protective of his owner.

Thank you to my dear friends Carol, Vivi & Sophia on Tiktok, as well as a personal friend of mine, Hana, for beta-reading. Without you guys, I'm sure this story would've been a hot, grammatical mess.

Thank you to my close friend Jonathan for supporting me and hyping me up in every project I've taken on. Without your encouraging words, I'm sure I would've been way too insecure to continue writing.

Thank you to my best friend Rebecca for being my final rational brain cell. You may find it annoying, but your presence during my 3 a.m. existential crises is what keeps me sane.

Thank you to my close friend James for being my advisor, not only in this story but for all of my writing in general. Without you, I'm sure I wouldn't have ever gotten out of my head, and this story would be without a direction or form.

And a big thank you to all of you guys, on Tiktok, on Wattpad, on Quotev & on ao3 for getting me this far. For voting, for participating in the comments. And now, for reading this story. I sincerely hope you guys enjoy this story, and it can somehow affect you in a positive way.

╭┈── 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 ── ;; ✑ ༢

╰┈➤ ❝ [ 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡. ] ❞

❛ ○ ○ 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 ⇒ 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲. 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲, 𝗮 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱.

❛ ○ ○ 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒓 ⇒ 𝗶 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝘆𝘂𝘂!! 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼 𝗶 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀/𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲. 𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗲.

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