Gojo's Little Brother Wants to Play Volleyball

Blurb: (I accidentally published the last bonus chapter before setting it as a bonus, so it defaulted to a regular extra chapter, QAQ. I've now replaced it with a standalone new extra. Feel free to skip it if you're not interested. The original bonus chapter is in the next chapter, so please click through manually.) Born into one of the Three Great Families, Gojo Hoshi was meant to become a jujutsu sorcerer, following the path laid out for him. But he didn't like exorcising curses and wanted to live an ordinary life instead. His older brother, Satoru, supported him, stood up to the family's objections, and arranged for him to enroll at school. So Gojo Hoshi moved to the quiet little prefecture of Miyagi and joined Karasuno. Back then, Karasuno was still known as "the fallen powerhouse, the crows who can't fly." The volleyball club didn't think much of his application. The new student looked frail and quiet, so they assumed he'd joined simply for fun. But when Gojo Hoshi served his first ball, its tremendous force and lightning-fast attack stunned everyone present. "H-how long have you been playing volleyball?" Gojo Hoshi blinked. "About a month?" "..." Damn genius! * After a practice match against Nekoma, Gojo Hoshi walked over to Kuroo with a volleyball in his arms and an eager look on his face. Kuroo: ...? "Hey, little guy from Karasuno, can I help you? Want to learn how to block?" Gojo Hoshi: "Could you say, 'Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void'?" Kuroo: "I don't know what that means, but... Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void." Gojo Hoshi: That's exactly it! Exactly! Then he shared the recording with Satoru. That evening, his older brother Satoru called him. "Hoshi-chan! Why are you settling for an imitation out there? I can say it for you as many times as you want, you know! No, no, no, we're absolutely going to fall asleep on the phone together tonight!" * After meeting the Miya twins from Inarizaki, Gojo Hoshi sent Satoru their photos and told him how jealous he was. That very night, Satoru showed up with two matching brother outfits. "Come on, come on, Hoshi~ We can cosplay as twins too!" Gojo Hoshi looked at his brother, who stood well over 190 centimeters tall, fell silent for a moment, then turned him down. "At least in terms of height, we don't look much like twins." So the next day, Satoru brought him a pair of height-boosting insoles. "..." I want to kill my brother. * On the day Karasuno made it to the national tournament, his older brother Satoru brought all his classmates from Jujutsu High to cheer him on. The white-haired high schooler waved glow sticks and shouted excitedly, "Go, Hoshi-chan! You're the best, Hoshi-chan! Big Brother's right here~ Wink~☆" His classmates: "Satoru, stop embarrassing yourself. This is a volleyball match, not a concert. Hoshi will be embarrassed." Satoru: "No, he won't! This is love from his onii-chan. Hoshi-chan would never hate it!" The Karasuno players looked at the handsome but childish white-haired boy in the stands, then at Gojo Hoshi, who calmly waved back. Karasuno players: Somehow, Hoshi seems more like the older brother... Idea recorded on 2023.10.26 The cover uses a template. *Content Warnings* 1. My volleyball knowledge comes from the original series. I'm not a professional, and I don't know much about volleyball, qwq. If there are any errors or bugs, I'll get down on my knees and apologize in advance! I'm so sorry, and thank you so much for understanding, sob sob. 2. I originally planned a fifty-fifty split between the Jujutsu Kaisen and volleyball plots, but now the volleyball plot will probably take up more of the story. There will be matches and everyday life, with the main story taking priority. The pacing is very, very slow, and daily life and interactions make up a fair amount of it. 3. Since the protagonist joins Karasuno and plays in matches, inevitably _(:з"∠)_ one of Karasuno's original players will get less time in the match storyline. When I wrote the blurb, I was only thinking that I had to get the protagonist onto Karasuno and hadn't thought it through. It wasn't until I tried outlining the story that I realized what this meant... I'm truly, truly, truly sorry! (In fact, if the protagonist joins a volleyball team and plays in matches, this would happen at any school. It just feels especially serious at Karasuno, since readers know the Karasuno volleyball team better.) Anyway, I'm truly, truly, truly sorry! I can't avoid or argue against this. It's my fault, orz. 4. The pairing is set: Suga. I ramble a little about the pairing in the author's note for chapter 86, but it's not important, so you don't need to go out of your way to read it. 5. Out of character, out of character, out of character (repeating it three times because it's important). I'm not Gege Akutami, so I can't reproduce the characters perfectly. Their actions and logic are based on the original series plus [this story's plot]. I'll do my best to stay true to them, but can't truly reproduce them. I'll inevitably add my own interpretation while writing. We don't have to agree on our interpretations, and you don't need to insist that I write the characters the way you imagine them. Thank you! (Bows three times.) (Comments of that sort will be deleted, so please understand.) *//* Here's a list of my upcoming and completed stories~ You can find them under the "Derivative Works" section on my profile. [Upcoming Stories] "Gojo's Little Brother at Nekoma" Derivative BL A parallel-world story where Gojo Hoshi joins Nekoma's volleyball team! This time, he'll experience volleyball's [connections]! "Volleyball Boyfriend Dating Journal" Derivative BG A series of sweet little romances, featuring an orange-loving puppy, a calico cat, Kageyama the flying fish, and more. [Completed Stories] "My Boyfriend Is a Mad Scientist" Derivative BG The male lead is Kusuke, a twisted, obsessive, gloomy ghost of a man with a pathological fixation on romance. He causes trouble early on, then falls hopelessly in love. A sweet two-person romance. "The Mission Is to Win Over 5t5" Derivative BG Who knew I'd actually succeed in winning him over? He really did give himself away. A sweet romance with 5t5. "Villager B Wants to Get Closer to Gojo" Derivative BG A brooding, obsessively devoted girl secretly loves Gojo. It might look angsty, but it's actually sweet! "My Boyfriend Is a Cursed Speech User, So Cool!" Derivative BG A mischievous girl x a white-haired cursed speech user. A truly pure, innocent sweet romance. So sweet! "(Crossover) Taking on Saiki" Derivative BG A sweet romance where Saiki is pursued first. =w= Even though she's the one chasing him, Saiki is super indulgent. "What Happened to Me While Hopping Between Two Parallel Worlds" Derivative BL Hopping back and forth between completely different A and B worlds! Theme: When you choose something you love, give it your all and work hard with all your heart.