Learning from defeat is part of growing towards victory.

After a catastrophic and humiliating defeat against a strong team, you and the Karasuno women's team took a lot of responsibility for the defeat. You felt extremely horrible that it wasn't enough to win, I mean... It was a truly humiliating defeat, considering that you lost with an absurd difference in points. But as always, Sugawara was there, as he always was.

He made a point of supporting the women's team, since you were really hurt, but his focus remained on you. The boy made a point of following all your training sessions that he could, and even going out with you to train together in his free time. Sugawara was really going out of his way for you. You managed to beat other weaker teams in the championship, but imagine the surprise when you fell against that exact same team?

I mean, what a surprise it was when you guys won the game. It was a close and competitive game, but at the end of it all, you played excellently well. The boy's heart felt like it would explode with pride and Sugawara screamed when the whistle announced your victory, and screamed even more when he saw the medal being placed around his neck, shouting praises like "Beautiful, wonderful and perfect." In fact, you didn't even know what they were. You were friends, but you clearly liked each other...

When you jumped out of the gym, Sugawara was already waiting for you outside with a smile bigger than his face.

"See? I told you you won, my princess!"

He shouted as he watched you approach him.