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“Psst,” a gentle whisper slowly brought (F/n) out of her unconscious.

“Hmm,” (F/n) shifted and stretched her legs out, only to relax and slip back into unconsciousness.

“Baby-owl~” Bokuto shook her gently, “It’s time to wake up~”

(F/n) shifted again and yawned.

“C’mon,” Bokuto gently picked her up. (F/n) groaned and sleepy warped her arms around his neck. She rested her head against his shoulder and tried going back to sleep.

“Someone’s not a morning person,” Washio said as he saw (F/n) refuse to wake up.

“She wasn’t like this yesterday morning,” Bokuto mentioned.

“That’s because she was excited,” Akaashi reasoned.

Bokuto then took her to the bathroom to freshen up. (F/n) sleepy washed her face, the cold water waking her up more than what she expected. Once she was done, Bokuto carried her back to the room to get her dressed and ready for the day.

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A boy smacks his tray down on the table.

“Hey, Tsukishima,” It was Noya, “Eat up or you won’t last,”

Tsukishima hid his smirk with his hand, “Look at you, you are such a fatass,”

“What’d you call me?!” Noya walked to Tsukishima’s side and started pressing Tsukishima’s glasses against his forehead.

“Stop it!” Tsukshima tried pushing him off, “You’re going to break them,”

Meanwhile, (F/n) was walking with her tiny breakfast tray to the table where her brother and the rest of the team sat. She was taking careful steps and everyone who spotted her cheered her on and made sure nothing would make the girl trip or drop her plate.

“You got it (F/n)!”
“Good job!”

(F/n) smiled at the encouragement and finally made it to the table.

“Good job Baby-owl!” Bokuto cheered as he grabbed her tray with one hand and placed it on the table. (F/n) then moved and climbed onto the seat and sat between her brother and Akaashi.

“I did it!” (F/n) put her arms up in celebration.

Akaashi smiled at her gently, “You did,” he then placed her bowl of rice closer to her, “Now, you can eat to celebrate,”

(F/n) nodded and started to dig in. She and her brother had the same facial expressions when eating. Absolute bliss and gratitude were written on their faces as they ate their food.

“Oi Takumi, where are you going?” Fukurodani’s table heard Kuroo’s annoyed voice. Some of the members turned around to see what the rooster-head captain was yapping on about. Their eyes landed on a very determined Takumi, making his way to their table, and everyone could only assume that (F/n) was the reason he was heading in that direction.

“Um,” Takumi was no behind Bokuto, (F/n), and Akaashi.

The three of them turned their heads around to face him.

“M-may I sit with you guys?” Takumi asked politely, his face turning bright red.

Bokuto looked at him and squinted his eyes. He looked at Akaashi, who looked at him and shrugged.

“(F/n),” Akaashi looked down at the girl, “Why don’t you answer,”

(F/n) looked at Akaashi before she looked down at Takumi.

“Okay,” (F/n) nodded and patted the space next to her (which Akaashi provided as he scooted over). Takumi smiled and he set his tray on the seat. Akaashi grabbed the tray and placed it on the actual table so that Takumi could sit down. Takumi parkoured onto the table and sat down next to (F/n).

“Make sure you eat Takumi!” Yaku shouted from Nekoma’s table.

“I will!” Takumi said back, grabbed his bowl of rice, and started to eat it.

Bokuto looked at the two children and was a little irked at the closeness of the two. He saw that Akaashi was also staring at them but with amusement instead. He sighed and continued eating his food.

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“What was your nightmare about?” Takumi asked (F/n) as he sat on the chair next to coach Nekomata.

(F/n) was on a chair next to Takumi. She swung her legs back and forth and sighed, “People kept saying Brother-owl was going to leave me and that he doesn’t love me anymore,”

Takumi frowned, “That’s not true,”

“I know,” (F/n) looked at him, “But it felt real…”

Takumi saw her sad look and reached his hand over. He placed his hand atop (F/n)’s hand (which was gripping the edge of the seat).

(F/n) looked at their hands and then looked at Takumi.

Takumi’s face was red and eyes darted everywhere else but (F/n)’s face, “I-if you have a nightmare, you can always talk to me,”

(F/n) looked at him, not really knowing what to say.

“OI KUROO!” Bokuto shouted, “GET YOUR BROTHER’S HAND OFF MY SISTER!”

(F/n) turned her head and saw that her brother was fuming in flames while Akaashi desperately tried calming him down.

“Bokuto-san, they are simply children,” he tried reasoning.

Kuroo, on the other hand, was laughing his butt off.

“Young love,” he said aloud, “You’ll be calling me your brother-in-law sooner or later Bokuto!”

Takumi and (F/n) both looked at each other with confused expressions before going back to their conversation of dreams and nightmares.

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“C’mon you cannot deny that it’s cute,” Kaori whispered.

“I’m calling it,” Yamamoto whispered, “They will be getting married,”

“Absolutely not,” Bokuto whisper-yelled.
“Shh!” Yukie shushed him.

“Bokuto-san, you can’t say it’s not cute,” Akaashi looked at him.

Both Nekoma and Fukurodani were surrounding (F/n) and Takumi. See, what had happened was, the two scooted the chairs closer together, almost turning them so they could face each other better. Eventually, due to (F/n)’s nightmare and Takumi’s lack of energy, they both ended up falling asleep. Takumi rested his back against the chair (nothing out of the ordinary). (F/n) however, managed to lay her head on Takumi’s lap and Takumi unconsciously rested one of his hands on her head.

That’s what pissed off Bokuto the most.

“Well, it would be better if they took a nap in a more appropriate setting,” Coach Nekomata added his input.

“Why don’t I stay with them in the manager's room,” Yukie offered, “So they can get proper rest,”

“Are you sure?” Coach Yamiji asked.

“Mhm,” Yukie nodded and looked at Kaori, “You can handle everything by yourself, right?”

Kaori playfully scoffed, “What do you take me as? An amateur?”

“I’ll carry (F/n),” Bokuto announced as he carefully picked (F/n) up and off of Takumi’s lap.

“I’ve got Takumi,” Yukie said to Kuroo, who just nodded in permission and watched her pick him up.

The two then ventured out of the room and made their way to the manager's room. Once they got in, Yukie quickly fixed the futon that (F/n) was sleeping on and placed Takumi on it. Bokuto bent down and gently placed (F/n) next to Takumi.

“I’ll take good care of them,” Yukie told Bokuto.

Bokuto nodded and placed a small kiss on (F/n)’s forehead before he got up and left the room.

Yukie sat on her futon and decided to read one of the books she brought to pass the time. She’d glance over at the two every now and then to see if they moved or woken up. One out of the many times she glanced over at them, Takumi had shifted closer to (F/n) and unconsciously grabbed (F/n)’s hand, holding it. (F/n), in response to this, turned her body to face him.

‘They’re so cute,’ Yukie mentally squealed before she turned her attention back to her book.

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“So he went from Yaku’s attention to (F/n)’s,” Kuroo sighed as he wiped off his sweat with a towel.

“Don’t be such a baby,” Kenma muttered.

“You try having a sibling who hates your very existence,” Kuroo tried justifying his sadness.

“It’s because of that haircut,” Kenma shot back, watching as Kuroo’s soul left his body in defeat.

Kuroo was acting like this because Takumi refused to be near him ever since (F/n) had started letting him near her. And whenever Kuroo tried to separate the two, Yaku would have to be the one to convince him to leave.

“It’s just a phase,” Yamamoto told Kuroo, “My sister went through the same thing with me,”

“Yeah,” Kai agreed, “He’ll grow to love you, eventually,”

Kuroo sighed for the hundredth time as he watched Takumi and (F/n) bounce some of the stray volleyballs. Occasionally, (F/n) would spike the ball and it would bounce off the floor, onto the wall, and then fall right back in her hands. Takumi watched her with pure admiration and asked if she could teach him how to do that.

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It was now dinnertime and while most of the players went to the cafeteria to eat, some players stayed behind to continue practicing.

In the 3rd gym of the school, Kuroo, Akaashi, Bokuto, and Lev stayed back. (F/n) and Takumi were taken to eat dinner, but rushed back to be with their brothers (it was (F/n) who rushed back and Takumi just followed).

“Kaashi-owl!” (F/n) tugged his shorts.

“Yes?” Akaashi looked at her.

“Can you teach Takumi how to spike? He’s asking me and I don’t know,” (F/n) explained the situation and asked.

Akaashi furrowed his brows in amusement, “Of course,”

Akaashi went over to the corner of the gym where (F/n) and Takumi were playing with all the spare (and dead) volleyballs. Takumi watched as Akaashi instructed him on what to do, using (F/n) as an example to demonstrate what he was explaining.

“I’m going to hold the ball up, and I want you to hit it as hard as you can,” Akaashi said as he grabbed one of the volleyballs and held it in front of Takumi. Takumi hesitated for a few seconds before taking a deep breath and smacked the volleyball with all his might. The trio watched as it went considerably far and bounced off the floor at a considerable height.

“I did it!” Takumi exclaimed as he looked at (F/n) to see her reaction.

(F/n) stared at the ball that he had hit before she looked at Takumi, a little spooked at the fact he was staring at her.
Takumi pouted at the lack of reaction from (F/n), but his pout went away when Akaashi patted his head, “You did a good job,” Akaashi complimented him.

Akaashi then left the two alone to continue their shenanigans to deal with Bokuto and the rest of the gang.

“Oya?”

“Oya Oya?”

“Oya Oya Oya?”

(F/n) and Takumi both stopped what they were doing and looked at the trio who seemed to be looking at a certain player near the gym entrance.

‘Tall,’ (F/n) caught a glimpse of who it was and remembered that she had bumped into him on the first day of camp.

“Who is that?” Takumi asked (F/n) since it looked as if (F/n) knew who it was.

“Dunno,” (F/n) shrugged and walked over to the trio, Takumi hot on her trail.

“Do you mind if I ask you something?” the two children stood on the sidelines as they watched the new player walk in.

“Yes, sure,” both Kuroo and Bokuto answered simultaneously, making their younger siblings look at one another with raised eyebrows.

“Thank you very much,” the tall, blonde player bowed his head and continued.

While watching Kuroo and Bokuto get very passionate (and irritated) by what the blonde player had been talking about, Takumi and (F/n) silently judged their older brothers and how they interacted with one another and the new guy.

“All right!” Bokuto and Kuroo were now right next to the new player ((F/n) and Takumi learned his name was Tsukishima), “We’ve answered your questions. So block for us, okay?”

“All right. Come now,” Kuroo placed his hand on Tsukishima’s back and pushed him toward the court.

“Wait, I..” Tsukishima tried protesting but it was too late.

(F/n) and Takumi glanced at each other once more, wondering where this would lead.

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im back! sorry for the wait, last week was rough but im all good now <3