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“Baby-owl,” Bokuto woke (F/n) up gently, “Wake up,”

(F/n) was sleeping on her side and moved to her back, groaning.

“C’mon,” Bokuto moved some of her baby hairs from her face, “It’s the first day of the training camp,”

(F/n)’s eyes shot open and she sat up quickly.

Bokuto chuckled, “Someone’s excited,”

(F/n) rubbed her eyes before she turned to her brother and put her arms out. Bokuto grabbed her gently and brought her to the bathroom to help her get ready.

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The night before…

“Are you sure your sister will be safe?”  Hiromi asked her son.

“She will,” Koutarou nodded, “The entire team has her back if something were to happen,”

Ronin raised his eyebrow, “Are you sure? Who will watch her when you guys have to play?”

“Kaori or Yukie,” Koutarou answered, “Even coach said he doesn’t mind,”

“Really?” Hiromi was surprised.

“How did you convince him?” Ronin asked.

Koutarou scratched his head, “I had Akaashi to help me,”

Hiromi and Ronin both looked at each other and thought the same thing, ‘I can’t say I’m surprised,’

“So…?” Koutarou was anxious, “Can she come with us?”

Hiromi and Ronin looked at their son before sighing, “If she comes home with some form of injury, she’s not going to practice anymore,”

Koutarou nodded, “You have my word!”

Koutarou then went to (F/n)’s room to tell her the news.

“Baby-owl!” Koutarou walked into the room and saw that (F/n) was rearranging her owl plushies.

“Brother-owl!” (F/n) greeted him with as much energy.

“Guess what?” Koutarou smiled and bent down to match her size, “You’re going on the training camp with me!”

(F/n)’s eyes sparkled and her jaw dropped, “Really?!”

Koutarou nodded and ruffled her hair, “Yep!”

(F/n) hugged Koutarou before running to her closet to find her backpack, “We need to pack!”

Koutarou chuckled, “You know how to pack?”

(F/n) nodded and went to her dressers and started grabbing random stuff to put in her bag.

Koutarou decided to let her have her fun and told her to pack while he went to his room to pack. When he finished he came back to (F/n)’s room to check (and fix) what she had packed.

In her bag, (F/n) proudly showed what she packed. She packed three random shorts, four shirts, one sock (not even a pair, just one), no underwear, two small owl plushies, and her owl baby blanket. Koutarou smiled at how proud (F/n) was and was gentle when educating her about how to properly pack (ignoring the fact that he called Akaashi beforehand for clarification and advice on what to bring).

“Okay you have enough clothes for the entire trip,” Koutarou told (F/n).

(F/n) held up two of her owl plushies, hoping to bring them.

“I think it’s best if you only bring one,” Koutarou told her.

(F/n) shook her head, “They are a pair,”

Koutarou sighed, “But what if you lose one, then what?”

(F/n) pursed her lips together, “But what if the other one gets lonely…”

Koutarou saw the look in (F/n)’s eyes and the pout on her lips. He stared at her before sighing, “Okay, but promise me you will keep an eye on both of them,”

“I promise!” (F/n) smiled, happy she could bring both owl plushies to the training camp.

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“Are you excited?” Bokuto asked (F/n).
(F/n) nodded as she skipped in front of her brother.

“Be careful!” Bokuto reminded her as they made their way to the school.

The two stopped when they were in Akaashi’s neighborhood and waited for him to show up. After a couple of minutes of standing by one of the streetlamps, they saw Akaashi walking towards them.

“Kaashi-owl!” (F/n) cheered as she ran up to him, ignoring that fact that it was early and people were still sleeping.

Akaashi smiled slightly and braced his legs as (F/n) practically crashed into him, “Good morning, (F/n),”

(F/n) put her arms up, nonverbally communicating that she wanted to be picked up. Akaashi obliged and picked her up. (F/n) rested her head on his shoulder as he walked toward Bokuto.

“Good morning, Bokuto-san,” Akaashi greeted him with a nod.

“Good morning Akaashi,” Bokuto returned the greeting and the two of them started walking to school. It didn’t take long for (F/n) to fall asleep again, which made the two volleyball players spark a conversation.

“I see your parents allowed her to come to the training camp,” Akaashi started since the last time the two talked, it was still undecided.

“Yep,” Bokuto remembered last night’s conversation, “I just have to make sure she doesn’t get hurt in any way and that she doesn’t lose her owl plushies,”

“Owl plushies?” Akaashi questioned.

Bokuto nodded, “She brought two of her favorite owl plushies. I tried convincing her to bring one but I caved and now she has both of them in her bag,”

Akaashi smiled, “Well, even if she loses one of them, I’m sure everyone would help her find it,”

“I guess that’s true,” Bokuto envisioned everyone at the camp helping (F/n) find her plushies.

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(F/n) woke up again when Bokuto and Akaashi made it to the volleyball gym where everyone was waiting. She rubbed her eyes and yawned. Akaashi felt her move and rubbed her back, “Are you awake now?”

(F/n) nodded and rested her head against Akaashi’s. Kaori and Yukie saw this and cooed at how adorable it was. Their coach came into the gym a couple of minutes later and explained the plan, which was just them riding their bus to Shinzen High and from then they would go with the flow. Once everyone was on board with the plan, they all went outside and walked to the bus.

“Do you want me to hold her? Yukie asked Akaashi, who was still holding (F/n).

Akaashi looked at (F/n) and (F/n) shook her head, tightening her arms that were around his neck.

“It’s okay,” Akaashi respectfully declined, “I’ve got her,”

They all filed into the bus and Akaashi sat by the window (mainly for (F/n) so she could see what’s out the window) while Bokuto sat next to him. (F/n) got situated on Akaashi’s lap and rested against him.

“Are you sure you’re okay with her sitting on you?” Bokuto asked him.

Akaashi nodded, “I don’t think she wants to move,”

They both looked at the fact that (F/n) was playing with Akaashi’s hands absentmindedly while she looked outside the window.

“You better watch out Bokuto,” Washio spoke up from behind, “She might like Akaashi more than you,”

Bokuto’s eyes widened and he looked at (F/n), who wasn’t paying attention. Within seconds, his hair deflated and his shoulders dropped. Akaashi looked at him, mentally cursing at Washio for triggering his emo mode so early in the morning. He sighed, which caught (F/n)’s attention. (F/n) looked at Akaashi and then her brother. As if (F/n) sensed it, she (with Akaashi’s help) moved to Bokuto’s lap and hugged him, resting her face on his chest.

Bokuto looked at his little sister, “Baby-owl?”

(F/n) picked her head up and scrunched her face up with a smile, “I love you, brother-owl!”

In an instant, Bokuto’s emo mode was gone and he smiled, “I love you too, baby-owl,”

Akaashi sighed in relief as he no longer had to worry about how to get Bokuto out of his emo mode.

‘At least I’ll have (F/n) to help me,’ he told himself as he looked at (F/n), ‘though, I do wonder if she too, has an emo mode,’

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“We’re here!” coach Yamiji said as their bus pulled into the parking lot of Shinzen High. Everyone filed out of the bus once it was parked and gathered around their coach. Bokuto let (F/n) back on the ground and she held the bottom part of his shorts as they all walked toward the high school. They were met by the coach of Shinzen High and he explained where they were going to sleep and which gym everyone was going to be in. The team ventured to find the room they were going to sleep in so they could put all their personal belongings in there.

“Come on (F/n),” Yukie gestured to her to follow her and Kaori, “You’ll be sleeping with us managers,”

(F/n) looked at her brother, who nodded, and she let go of his shorts and went over to Yukie and Kaori. Yukie picked her up and the three of them went to find where the managers would be sleeping.

Once everyone was done settling in, they all met outside of the gym. (F/n) was standing beside her brother, holding onto his shorts one more with one hand while the other hand held both of her owl plushies.

“Nekoma and Ubugawa are already here,” coach Yamiji explained, “We will be going against Shinzen once we all warm up,”

They all went inside the gym and were greeted with the sounds of volleyballs hitting the ground and shoes squeaking against the floor. Bokuto, being excited as he was, moved to the front, leaving (F/n) to hold onto Akaashi instead. Nekoma was closest to the door and noticed them come in.

“Well look who it is,” Kuroo stated with a smirk.

“Hey hey hey!” Bokuto went up to Kuroo and greeted with excitedly.

However, what both teams weren’t expecting was to see two miniature versions of both captains next to the team’s setters.

Next to Kenma was a little boy who looked exactly like Kuroo (minus the ridiculous hairstyle). He was holding onto Kenma’s shorts, hiding behind his leg.

“You have a little brother?!” Bokuto was shocked when he saw the said child.

“You have a little sister?!” Kuroo matched his energy as he was equally as shocked.

“Aww,” Kaori smiled and went beside (F/n), “Now you have someone to play with during this camp,”

(F/n) looked at Kuroo’s little brother and was taken aback when she saw his face. He was staring at (F/n) with pure shock and admiration. His eyes sparkled and his cheeks and ears were bright red.

Yamamoto smirked, “Looks like little Takumi is in love~”

Bokuto overheard this and looked at Takumi, then looked at (F/n), and then back at Takumi before looking at Kuroo.

“Oh hell no,” he shook his head at Kuroo, “Not gonna happen,”

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ahh, young love <3