Volleyball: The Time of Resonance

The wooden floor of the gymnasium still retained the morning dampness, and the netting frame in the corner was covered with a thin layer of dust.

Kuroo Tetsurou pushed open the door to the training room and sniffed; there was a faint smell of dust.

Oh no, I forgot to close the window when I went out!

On the last night, when the event ended, Kuroo Tetsuro habitually opened the window to let in fresh air, completely forgetting about the training camp.

The boy with the black mohawk helplessly propped himself up on the door frame with his elbows to cover his face.

"What's wrong, Heiwei?" Hisense asked the person blocking the doorway who refused to go in.

"The windows weren't closed, and the training room is full of dust." Kuroo Tetsuya turned around, his smile slightly guilty and embarrassed. "Sorry, we might have to trouble everyone to clean up before we start training."

"Hey! Kuroo! Can you please stop being so unreliable?!" Yoru Eisuke said, clearly confused. He raised his right hand and clenched it tightly, as if he was about to punch Kuroo Tetsuro in the face.

One by one, Otoko's cats entered the volleyball room. Kozume Kenma, who always followed at the back, was replaced by Ginkawa Wataru.

I feel a strange, tingling sensation in my joints, it's a bit uncomfortable... I don't want to move, Yinchuan Mian also let out a big yawn.

There weren't many cleaning supplies in the volleyball room, enough for only six people at most. Kuroo Tetsuro put his hands on his hips and thought for a while. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the dust on the cabinet and had a flash of inspiration.

"You guys sweep and mop, I'll wipe the dust off the utensils and cabinets."

"Why are you the one to go?" Yoruichi asked. He thought the arrangements for the others were reasonable, but cleaning all the cabinets and machinery by himself was not an easy task.

Two people would be better, right?

"Why so many whys? It's simply because it's more convenient for me to be the tallest!"

"Black! Tail! Tetsu! Ryo!"

After enduring it for so long, Yoru Eisuke finally couldn't hold back any longer and punched Kuroo Tetsuro in the stomach.

The kind but mischievous black cat let out a miserable howl as it was punished.

Yinchuan Mian, at the back of the line, also peeked out and said, "Hmm, nothing's wrong."

He turned his gaze away and snuggled up to Kozume, who hadn't been distracted by the commotion from the other side.

With the tools distributed, the cleaning officially begins!

Hisense, Kozawa Grinding and Fuyong Zhaoping sweeping.

The three of them carefully swept the dust together and then into the dustpan. The dust was a thin layer, and it took them sweeping from left to right to accumulate into a small hill.

With his hands on his hips, Fukunaga Shohei placed the broom against the pile of dust and, very slowly and steadily, swept all the dust into the dustpan.

"Not bad, Fukunaga!" Yoru Eisuke patted Fukunaga Shohei on the shoulder.

Seeing that Fukunaga Shohei and the others had finished cleaning, Yoruichi Eisuke picked up a mop and prepared to leave.

...?

How come there's still a mop left?

Yamamoto Takeshi was already running towards the bathroom with a mop on his back. Yoruichi looked around and found a leg in a corner.

"Wataya?"

Behind the bench, a large sheep lay asleep on the ground.

Yoruichi reached out and ruffled the sheep's head. "Get up! Why are you so sleepy?"

Yinchuan Mian wasn't in a deep sleep. He opened his eyes when the other person touched him and slowly stood up.

"It's alright," Yinchuan Mianye replied, adding that she wasn't particularly sleepy.

"You should have slept well last night, right? You didn't have a chance to secretly stay up late." Yoruichi Eisuke asked, puzzled, as he grabbed the mop and headed towards the bathroom with Ginkawa Miyabi.

"?" This time it was Ginkawa Mina's turn to be puzzled. "How does Yoru-senpai know whether I slept well at night?"

"It's Heiwei. I took a picture of the two of you around 1 a.m. last night and showed it to you, showing off that I have childhood friends."

Yinchuan Mianye blinked her azure eyes. Oh, so Xiao Hei wasn't secretly playing on his phone last night; he was replying to messages.

Yinchuan Mian also didn't sleep well last night. I don't know why, but recently I've been feeling an itch and pain in my bones from time to time, especially when I'm sleeping. I'll suddenly wake up in the middle of the night from the pain.

He woke up yesterday when Xiao Hei nudged him, but because he was so tired and sleepy, he didn't say anything. He just opened his eyes a crack, looked around, and when he saw that nothing was wrong, he went back to sleep.

I feel terrible... Am I sick? Is it incurable? Anything related to bones must be a very serious illness...

Should I tell Xiao Hei to get it checked out? No, I'll talk to Mom first...

Although it's possible that it's unrelated, like a stiff neck or rheumatism... No, I'm still young, and I wear warm clothes in winter, how could I have rheumatism?

I haven't eaten anything I shouldn't have recently; everything I've eaten has been very green and healthy.

After washing the mop, the hardworking sheep started working alongside Yoruichiro.

There isn't much area to clean; it's mainly about removing dust. Since the morning training session isn't long, we won't be able to clean it thoroughly.

Less than a third of the morning training session had passed when the entire volleyball court was already cleaned up.

Kuroo Tetsuro brought back the basin after emptying the dirty water and hung the cloth over the edge of the basin to dry.

"Alright, let's begin our morning training!"

"Ugh, do we still have to do morning training?" Yinchuan Mianye's voice trailed off, sounding very reluctant, as if she thought the morning training was already skipped...

Lone Claw patted the sheep's head and they both sighed.

"Of course we have to train early in the morning, and we have to make up for any unfinished parts at night."

With a smile on his face and not a single word of tenderness in his mouth, Kuroo Tetsurou clapped his hands and called everyone to come outside and start their morning run.

Yinchuan Mian also habitually followed behind Heowei Tetsurou.

After walking a short distance, the sensation in my knee joint became more and more obvious. The pain changed from a dull soreness to a slightly sharp or pulling pain. The discomfort at the junction of muscles and bones intensified when I exerted force.

It wasn't extremely painful or unbearable, but... Yinchuan Mianye stopped, watching the figure running earnestly into the distance ahead.

It didn't just run slowly; it came to a complete stop.

Xiao Hei said that you shouldn't force yourself if you're not feeling well, and you should avoid strenuous exercise when you're not feeling well.

"Mianye?" Fukunaga Shohei noticed his companion had stopped. "What's wrong?"

The brown-haired boy shook his head. "I don't want to do early training anymore."

"Huh? Then I'll tell Kuroo-senpai later."

Fu Yong Zhaoping walked around Yinchuan Mianye and didn't find any bumps or bruises. Could it be a cold, fever, or stomachache?

Are you still in a bad mood?

After observing the area himself, Fukunaga Shohei found no problems and did not ask any questions rashly. He simply offered his solution.

Because Kozume Kenma hadn't fallen too far behind at the start, just as Fukunaga Shohei finished speaking, the boy with the bob haircut also came to Ginkawa Myaya's side.

"Maya, what's wrong with you?" Kozume Kenma noticed at a glance that something was wrong with Ginkawa Miaya.

Wasn't everything fine before the run?

With his blue eyes lowered, the boy stood there expressionless, his face somewhat pale. If you looked closely at his pupils, you could see that his gaze was unfocused.

A slightly cool hand touched her forehead, and Yinchuan Mian came back to her senses, staring at the lone claw grinding.

"It's knee pain."