Tomoko
It was supposed to be a fun practice match played between the girl's and boy's volleyball teams. It was an unusual play, seeing as the girl's league and boy's leagues never worked together and the strengths of each gender tended to be different, but the coaches had decided to use that difference to their advantage. Though the game was, of course, serious as all games were (especially for the girl's team who was desperately trying to step up their game after a tough loss the year prior) it was mostly for fun. And fun it had been until things took a sudden turn for the worst.
With a particularly harsh spike from Tomoko's fellow wink spiker, a spunky blonde named Koda Nishiki, Kageyama had been pushed into an awkward save. It had all seemed fine at first, an impressive dive set to make an impressive recovery. But his dive was followed by a crack sickening enough to make Tomoko's stomach twist, the eyes of all those watching widening. Though some in the gym had only been playing for a few years or less, all knew that sound was not normal.
Tomoko had been worried the moment she'd heard the sound, eyes widening and motherly nature kicking in as she watched her boyfriend's arm hit the ground. The sudden blow of the whistle, loud and sharp in the echo of the gym, only made her concern worse.
"Are you ok?!" Wasting no time to duck under the net and drop to her knees, sliding over to where Kageyama was huddled on the floor, Tomoko began to look him over. He was obviously in pain, brow scrunched and teeth fitted firmly between his teeth. She knew he'd probably try to hide it, to keep playing, but there was no concealing it from her. And, judging by the worried faces of his teammates (and the frantic yelling of Hinata and Noya, barely lessened by the insistences of Suga) and the way the coach was looking at him, Tomoko doubted he was about to fool anyone else either.
"Tobio-chan..." Tomoko's voice was gentle, but not near so gentle as her hand as it gingerly came to rest on his arm. Her touch was feather light, hovering high above the part Kageyama seemed to be favoring. It almost seemed like she was afraid to break him. Really, she was afraid to put him in any more pain than he already was, to somehow worsen the injury he had clearly just sustained.
It was soon decided that Kageyama was to see the nurse so she could assess how bad the injury was before deciding how to proceed. Either way, should the stubborn setter agree or not, it was clear that he wasn't getting back on the court until everyone was sure he was ok.
"I can take him to the nurse." Tomoko offered, waiting for a nod from the coaches before taking Kageyama's uninjured arm and gently tugging at it, coaxing him to stand and follow her.
Looking the pained setter over again sympathy and worry once again touched Tomoko's face, lips lowering into a gentle frown. She hated to see him at all unhappy, and seeing him in obvious pain was worse. The fact that she couldn't do anything to properly comfort him only magnified the feeling.
"Come on, the faster we go the faster we get back." Voice lowering to a honeyed coo as she spoke to Kageyama. Tomoko tired to be reassuring, giving the arm she now held a gentle squeeze and forcing a small, lopsided smile. She was a bit less gentle in trying to enforce her words, however, tugging lightly at his arm and refusing to let go as she all but dragged the stubborn first-year towards the doors of the gym.
It wasn't until they had exited those doors, the heavy metal swinging shut behind them, that Tomoko finally allowed herself to fuss. It had taken nearly all of her restraint to stop herself from doing so in the first place, but she knew how easy it was to embarrass poor Kageyama - and that her fussing would likely slow the process of getting him to actually head towards the nurse.
"What happened? Are you ok? How badly does it hurt? Let me see." Kageyama was soon bombarded with an onslaught of questions, Tomoko's voice taking on a more serious note as she all but interrogated her boyfriend. Ever so gingerly she touched his arm again, brow furrowing as she examined the skin. Though it was a bit reddened from impact what stood out to Tomoko was not the colour. Rather, it was a slight protrusion of his skin. Small, enough for her to have overlooked in the flurry of her earlier panic, but definitely there. It took all she had not to run her fingers over the bump, knowing it would hurt.
"That... doesn't look so good. Try not to move too much, ok?"
Ukai
The beginning of the day had been fairly normal for Ukai. Waking up at an ungodly hour of the morning to the blaring of an alarm, rolling out of bed with bleary eyes and sluggish limbs before eating breakfast and getting to work. He had some things to take care of for the family before heading to the store for a few hours, squeezing in the work (though it was ever so tempting to skip out as no one usually bothered to show up.) It was a pleasant surprise to him when the bell above the shop door tinkled, shocking him awake. When his girlfriend walked in, smiling broadly and greeting him with a gentle kiss. She was kind enough to keep him company through his early morning shift and while he did notice her texting rather a lot he thought nothing of it. After all, there was little to do in his shop to early.
She was kind enough to stick with him during much of the afternoon, even bringing him lunch before he left to Karasuno. Claiming she had plans with friends at a place nearby she'd walked him there and they'd said their goodbye's before Uaki headed for the gym for volleyball practice. The team had their match against the girl's today, so they'd have to be extra watchful... and just like that, Ukai was in coach mode.
Walking in Ukai found that, as usual, he was the second person to reach the gym. Takeda had gotten their first to unlock the doors and was getting what he could ready - prepping the scoreboard, readying the benches for those who were sitting out.
As usual Rei was one of the first to arrive, given some extra responsibility today with the way the match was set up.
"Good afternoon." Ukai greeted her shortly after Takeda, giving her a polite nod. He finished what he was doing before walking over to her, sitting on the bench next to her.
"So we have our match with the girls team. This is an oppertunity to see how the team adapts to a different style, so take notes carefully." Ukai gave Rei a few such reminders before the game started, wanting to ensure that they took the oppertunity for all that he could be. He had agreed to coach this team and he was going to give them his all. They had a lot of raw potential, but getting it up to par was going to take a lot of work. He was sure it would be worth it in the end, though.
As the rest of the team arrived, girls team mixing in with them, they began to warm up as usual. Aside from the presence of the opposing team all was normal. It was an average day, uneventful and Ukai expected it to stay that way - that was, until he heard an echoing crack and found their star setter down for the count.
Ukai could tell shortly after that the injury was pretty serious. Kageyama was still down and clearly in pain. Ukai found his lips thinning, arms crossing over his chest as he crouched before the setter. If this injury was as bad as it had sounded the team was in trouble. But their first priority was absolutely Kageyama's wellbeing and Ukai was quick to insist that he head to the nurse's office to get checked out. They could only hope things weren't as bad as he feared.
Once Tomoko offered to take Kageyama and they left Ukai found himself sighing, hand mussing his hair as he settled back onto the bench. With that the girl's team lost their ace, but nobody was about to argue. After all, she was probably one of the few people who would actually be able to convince him to leave. He was crazy stubborn, that one.
"If Kageyama is down for the time being we might have to change up our strategy." Ukai turned to Rei again, sharing his concerns with the manager. They would have to work out something new, and with Kageyama's genius and potential taken away from them that could be quite a problem. Sugawara was talented, but it still wasn't the same. Hopefully though, Rei would have some suggestions. She was rather mature considering her age, and intelligent at that. She was good to talk to about the games - which was nice, as Takeda, well-meaning as he was, knew very little about the game itself.