(The blurb may be changed later, but the setting will remain the same.)
My name is Mochizuki Chiyuki...
And I'm a guy. (Emphasis.)
Ever since childhood, he's had the girl's name Mochizuki Chiyuki, and he's been mistaken for a girl again and again.
"Chiyuki, this is the men's restroom. Girls aren't allowed in here."
"I'm a guy!"
"Um... classmate, this is the boys' volleyball club. The girls' club is next door..."
"I'm a guy."
"Chiyuki, I-I like you!"
"I'm a guy..."
Even when he shaved his hair down to a buzz cut, even when he put on the ugliest men's outfit he could find, there was always some idiot who mistook him for a girl, then looked at him with pity...
But
He really is a guy! Is it his fault that he's handsome? Is it his fault that his name sounds like a girl's?
After going from furious to calmly correcting people, he'd been through so much. Just when he finally learned to take it in stride, he started growing taller...
After a growth spurt during puberty took him to 187 centimeters, people no longer mistook him for a girl so easily. So he deliberately chose a powerhouse volleyball school far from the place where all those embarrassing memories had happened.
He thought he could finally leave the past behind for good. But on the very day he joined the club
"Are you the new girl manager?!"
Mochizuki Chiyuki, who hadn't been mistaken for a girl in ages, was furious. Was this guy with hair like dried grass blind? He was 187 centimeters tall!
The carefree high school life he'd dreamed of, where he could slack off to his heart's content, seemed to be slipping away from this very moment...
Especially after he met the ace of the Fukurodani volleyball team
When Bokuto falls into negative mode:
"Stop setting the ball for me!"
He has to get the crowd to cheer him on from the stands.
When Bokuto gets so used to hitting straight shots that he forgets how to hit cross-court:
"I think I forgot how to hit a cross-court shot..."
He has to offer encouragement and praise at just the right moment.
When Bokuto forgets his lunch and gets so hungry during evening practice that he can't hit the ball:
"I don't have the strength to spike anymore..."
He has to keep food for feeding owls in his bag at all times.
Fukurodani... How terrifying!
They can turn a high school boy in his prime into a babysitter...
And Konoha, that jerk who offended him on his first day in the club, needs to stop coming over to hit on him.
He's a guy!!!
The first time Konoha saw a photo of Mochizuki Chiyuki, he fell in love with "her" at first sight.
Chiyuki was a lovely name, her green eyes were beautiful, and her short, curly black hair was adorable. Her gorgeous looks were simply perfect.
She was also a great cook and an excellent student. She was always sharp-tongued, but in truth she was gentle, considerate, dependable, and attentive. She could patiently coax even someone as difficult as Bokuto.
Th-This was his ideal type!
But the one thing he regretted was
Why was his ideal type a guy!!!
"Come on, Konoha-senpai, you need to stretch and get a massage after exercising, or your muscles will be sore tonight."
Watching the young man come over to help him stretch and massage his muscles, Konoha lay back peacefully.
Maybe a guy...
could work too.
Years later, at a welcome party for new players on the Black Jackals.
"Why do we still have to take care of Bokuto even after turning pro?!"
The poor rookie had been latched onto by an owl and let out a despairing sigh.
"Hahaha, Chiyuki, Chiyuki, I want to eat your cooking."
The cheerfully oblivious volleyball idiot was in high spirits.
"I don't want to be the volleyball idiots' mommy!!!"
Note:
1. Chiyuki is in the same year as Akaashi, and one year younger than Konoha and Bokuto.
2. He played setter until his second year of middle school, then decisively switched to opposite hitter after growing taller. A tsundere beauty and a guy who mothers everyone.
3. He's beautiful and striking, but 187.6 centimeters tall.
4. Pairing: Konoha. Chiyuki is the top.
5. There are lots of scenes of him taking care of Bokuto, since they still play for the same club after turning pro.
6. Apologies for any out-of-character moments and for my original character details.
7. The author has never played volleyball. All volleyball knowledge comes from the original work and the internet. Please point out any factual errors.
8. Mochizuki Chiyuki
Theme: Eat well, sleep well, and take good care of yourself.
