You thought that studying a semester abroad in Brazil would be a lot easier than it was. There was a language barrier, and you hardly knew the other students from your college who had also come along.

Watching beach volleyball from a distance was kind of like a comfort to you. You’d been a manager for the team at Karasuno, so it was familiar.

You just really weren’t expecting to see Shoyo there. You hardly recognized him at first. He looked different. Good different, but still different.