His first day at the academy had been rather bittersweet; the new place and all the new people together with having to spend more time than he could ever want with Oikawa had made his time an uphill climb and had brought his mood to a dangerously unbalanced mix of grumpiness and exhaustion.
He managed to find his way to the gym after dinner time, trainers squeaking on the wooden floor as he walked in and made the ball he'd kept from Karasuno bounce on the floor once, then twice before he settled in front of the wall.
"It's not the same as training with someone, but this should do for now" he sighed to himself, ball being thrown against the wall to practice quick receives for a while.
Volleyball always took his mind off of things. No matter how deep in his thoughts he'd been all day, all it took was the smell of the court and the feeling of the ball in his hands to change his mindset completely.