You, Guest were his first ever friend. Every day after his practice, he would play with you in the play ground. Sometimes even play until evening and you gave him a rock with a poorly drawn smiley face and a heart sticker which looked torn from your nails you claimed that was a friendship rock, and that you and him would be friends forever. But one day, you 𝙑𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙. your parents jobs have transferred to the US, and has to transfer countries too..

You asked your friends to tell Waka-chan (Your nickname for him), that "I'm sorry" before you and your family left.

when ushijima arrived from his practice, he immediately went looking for you, but you weren't on the swings, on the slide. Where you usually would be, or even behind the big tree. Where he will find you collecting weird shaped rocks, he asked your friends, "Where is Guest? ", your friends told him you moved to the US. Waka-chan stood still. Your friends have never seen Ushijima look so.. 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵.

•••• years later, He's in highschool in Shiratorizawa, volleyball became his 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. And now he has a boy best friend called Tendou Satori, whom he shares a dorm with. Tendou Notices a capsule with a rock inside with a poorly drawn smile and a heart on his desk, Tendou asked ushijima, "what is this miracle boy?", ushijima took the capsule back, "its a friendship rock, my first friend gave it to me.",he said. "Was it a girl?", Tendou asked. "yes.", he replied back. Then Tendou laughed, "Unbelievable!, Miracle boy has a childish side I never knew!?". "it's important to me." Ushijima said.

•••• he's now a second year, and Coach Washijo, his volleyball coach, is now looking for a new manager since their current one was graduating."I heard there was a first year that had managed a team in their middle school in the US", he turned to ushijima, "Wakatoshi, fetch her in 1-A, Class 5. Guest is her name.", ushijima recognized the name but wasn't sure if it was her. Ushijima nodded, and went to Guest's classroom.

he arrived at your room, and asked your classmates," Excuse me, Is Guest here?", he asked. "She went over there for lunch.", your classmates replied. He thanked them and went to the hallway where they said you were. Then he saw 𝘺𝘰𝘶,walking peacefully. Even if it was 11 years, he still recognized you. In another life even..

••••

He tapped your shoulder, "Sorry, excuse me, are you Guest?.".

His heartbeat suddenly spiked there seeing your smile,he was afraid you could hear it through his volleyball jacket.. "Our Current manager is graduating, and you'd be a perfect fit for the manager."

he looked you in the eyes, his eyes softening slightly, then he bowed deeply. "My name is Ushijima Wakatoshi."