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After the medal ceremony, the reporters had started hounding the medallists, (Japan, Brazil and India). Shouyou, Akio, Arata-san, Junpei-san and Coach had already developed a strategy for this, Divide and Conquer.
They had decided that, Akio would always be accompanied by Hiroto-kun, Arata-san would take the local live news stations, Junpei-san would give written interviews to the Japanese media and live interviews to the International media and Hinata would mainly focus on the International media because he had spent many years abroad and had a decent grasp on spoken english.
Soon Shouyou was approached by a foreign girl with red hair, blue eyes and fair skin. “Hello Mr. Hinata, I am Lily, Lily Goldstien from ABC News, may I please get 5 minutes of your time?” the girl introduced herself. “Hello Miss. Goldstien, please call me Hinata and yes, I could give you 5 minutes of my time,” Shouyou responded. “Then please refer to me as Lily instead of Miss Goldstien and follow me for some quiet,” Lily gestured towards a corner near the court. Shouyou and Tobio followed her and when they finally reached their destination, Shouyou requested, “Lily would it be fine if my fiancé Tobio joins us too?”
“Of Course Hinata, Mr. Kageyama is free to join the interview,” Lily assured Shouyou. “Now can we begin with the interview. By the way, can I please record the audio so that I can complete writing the article later,” Lily requested. “Of course, of course, you can record this interview,” Shouyou agreed.
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The Transcript of the interview between Hinata Shouyou, Kageyama Tobio and Lily Goldstien
Hinata Shouyou: HS
Kageyama Tobio: KT
Lily Goldstien: LG
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LG: First of all congratulations Mr. Hinata and Mr. Kageyama for both your gold medal in Indoor Volleyball as well as your engagement.
HS: Thank you Ms. Goldstien and please call me Hinata
KG: Thanks for the congratulations Ms. Goldstien and it’s just Kageyama to you. I remember, you were one of the first reporters who asked for my interview in my first Olympics in Rio
LG:I remember, now 4 years later, you are here as the winner. I also remember asking about your rival right? Life has such a way to bring everything into a circle
KG: Yeah you did ask about that, Now I would like to present to you, My Rival and my fiancé Hinata Shouyou
HS: YOU SPOKE ABOUT ME UWAHGGG! YOU DID MISS ME!!
KGShut up boke!
LG: Anyways, Hinata congrats on your win in Beach Volleyball also, you were called the Ninja Shouyou back in Brazil where you trained for it right? And why did you learn it in the first place?
HS: Wow, you were born to be a journalist. First of all, Thanks again. Secondly, yes they did call me Ninja Shouyou back in Brazil. Thirdly, I learnt beach volleyball because I wasn’t a well-rounded player back in highschool, I was a good decoy and a great attacker, but my defense skills were horrible. In beach Volleyball you have only yourself and another teammate to trust, so to be a good Beach player, you gotta be good, or at least decent, in every part of the game. So there I honed my overall skills and developed my own playstyle.
LG: So how was it playing against the brazilians in the finals? Did you feel some sort of attachment to the country that essentially taught you all about the sport you were playing today? Or was it an advantage because you knew their playstyles?
HS: Honestly playing against the brazilian team felt no different than playing against any other team. Did I feel any attachment towards them? Nope, I am wearing Japan’s uniform and was playing alongside Akio-kun, and my loyalty always lies with the team whose jersey I am wearing and the teammates who are playing by my side. It wasn’t exactly an advantage but I did know the basic strategies because the assistant coach was actually my coach during my stint in Brazil.
LG: Thank you for your answers as well as your time, I would like to conduct a follow-up, more in-depth interview with you in the future, but right now the time won’t permit for more questions.
HS: Thank you for calling me, and please contact my manager about that interview. Bye!!
KT:Good night
Interview end
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After all the interviews, the Beach team decided the celebrate the next day because everyone was exhausted and wanted to do nothing but eat and sleep. So, Tobio and he walked up to their room, ordered room service, ate and then started cuddling. “You were amazing out there y’know,” Shouyou heard Tobio whisper as he was falling asleep.