Maddy collapsed on the couch. She was so tired from practice. Coach had made the whole team run suicides for half an hour and that was only as a warm up! It was really ridiculous and half her team hadn't even done twenty minutes worth before they passed out.
She sighed. At least it was over. Her phone vibrated and she shifted to answer it.
"Hello?"
"Hey honey."
"Hey dad." She sighed again, seeming less interested.
"What's this now? Not happy to hear my voice? Well if that's how you feel then I'll just go then." He whined into the phone and Maddy smiled. She could practically hear him pouting.
"Alright then." She said and there was a slight gasp. She giggled as if she could see him with a hurt face and his hand pressed against his chest in horror.
"So cruel." He whined. I only called to say that I would be coming home early today. Do you want take out?
"Sure."
"Pizza?" He asked even though the answer was obvious.
"Of course, you crazy man!" she squealed and he chuckled lightly. She loved when her father laughed. His laugh was so warm and happy. Always.
"How was practice, baby girl?" He asked.
"I died."
"Haha, I understand. Basketball can be hard."
"A little warning would've been nice a while ago, sir." she groaned and he laughed again.
"Mad's, you've loved it ever since you were young."
"I know, I know."
"Okay I'll be home soon. Love you."
She blushed and looked down. Even though she was all alone, it was hard to tell her dad she loved him.
"I...I love...you too..." she stuttered, looking around.
He laughed greatly, knowing she had trouble saying so.
"Bye."
"Yeah. Be safe." She ended the called and after a good minute or two decided to take a bath.
The hot water had been nice on her sore muscles and she'd heard her father come home just as she slid on her t-shirt. She decided to get a bit of reading in before he came upstairs.
She opened up her favorite book and was just at the end of the first page when there was a slight knock on the door and she called out. "It's open."
Her father peeked his head in, a smile covering his lips.
"I'm home." he smiled.
"I can see that." She barely looked up from her book.
He rolled his eyes at his daughters lack of affection. He stepped inside and sat next to her on the bed.
She didn't move so he leaned over her and gave her a small kiss on the forehead.
She grumbled and leaned over onto him, giving in and he laughed nuzzling her.
"Pizza." he said. That was all it took before they both bolted downstairs and had their dinner.
After that, they sat and talked for a while before she noticed she dark circles under her father's eyes and immediately ordered him to bed. He grumbled a said he would only to sleep if she gave him a good night kiss and this made her refuse, which made him whine and finally she gave in and gave him a kiss on his cheek.
He went to bed and Maddy decided to go to sleep as well.
She made her way up the stairs she could already hear her father snoring from his room. She smiled and opened her bedroom door, closing it softly.
"Um, konichiwa." A voice unknown said.
She looked over to her desk and saw nine tiny faces staring back at her.
"Um...hi." she waved at the small wobbly little doll looking things.
"Um...tell me little doll things, am I hallucinating here?" she stepped forward to get a better look at them all.
Nine little bodies all wobbly like babies on her desk. One wobbled up the edge of the desk and looked up at her, his big blue eyed wide and unsure.
"Ano, um do you speak Japanese?" He said. His accent was strange to her and she didn't understand his language.
"Um, sorry little guy. I don't know what you're saying." she shrugged.
His big blue eyes began to water and he looked down at his tiny feet.
"Ah! No no no no! Don't cry sweetie." She reached out and rubbed his tiny head with her index finger, ruffling up his hair.
He blinked up at her with watery eyes and began to blush.
"Beautiful." He said something again and she looked down at him in question.
A pink haired girl wobbled over and bopped the blue hair one on his head.
She giggled and looked over at the other little things.
There was a green haired one with little glasses to match him and a little blonde one who stood on some of her books, dancing around all funny.
She turned a bit, looking at the other little ones. A small purple one that was cuddling the soft fur of her stuffed bunny and a darker skinned little one had pushed the blonde one over, the little devil.
There were also a red hair one and a brown haired girl. The little red haired boy was looking up at her his fierce eyes were hard to take him seriously with his chubby little cheeks and wobbly stance.
But that was only eight...where was the ninth one?
She stepped closer to her desk noticing a little chubby redhead standing on her chair, looking as if he were giving orders.
She got a closer look and saw his mismatched eyes stare back at her before he went on directing the others.
"Such a cutie." She smiled poking his chubby belly making him tilt over and swat at her finger.
"Stop that! I order you!" He looked flustered but Maddy didn't understand.
"She can't understand us, Aka-chin." The sleepy little purple one said opening his big sleepy eyes.
"It would be better if we could speak English." The light blue haired little boy looked up at her again.
"Kagami-kun, you can speak English right?" the brown haired girl said waving at the redhead next to her.
"A-a little." He looked a bit embarrassed and his cheek turned red.
Maddy giggled which made him blush even more and turn away.
"Well ask her if she can help us." The brown haired girl waved at him again.
He groaned but slowly turned to Maddy.
"C-can you help...us." He said, his accent quite overpowering.
She giggled again and placed her index finger on his head.
"Sure." she smiled and there were sighs of relief all around. "Don't know how much help I can be, though."
"You were actually good for something, Bakagami." The darker skinned one said.
"S-shut up, Ahomine! You aren't being any more helpful, you idiot!" The redhead fired back, his face still hot.
"You picking a fight, Bakgami?"
The two of them charged at each other and it took the blue haired boy and the brown haired girl to hold back the fiery redhead, while the purple haired one, who was much taller and bigger than the others, held the dark skinned boy back easily.
"Mine-chin, not in front of Usa-chin."
The dark skinned boy groaned and mumbled something. "Put me down."
"Um, do you little guys have names?" Maddy asked, poking the one who could speak English in the stomach. He blushed and swatted at her hands.
"M-my name is...Kagami..." He stuttered and glanced around him at his friends.
"This is Riko and Kuroko." He gestured to the brown haired girl and the blue haired boy.
He stopped there and soon was hit over the head by a certain dark skinned boy.
"Baka!"
"Ah! That's not nice!" She plucked the dark skinned boy up and dropped him in a conveniently placed jar. He squirmed trying to get out.
"Oi! Bakagami! Tell her to let me out." He shouted.
"He said he wants out." Kagami grunted, rubbing his head.
"Well you can tell him that bad boys get time outs." She shot a glare at the dark skinned boy as his face began to get red when Kagami told him what she'd said.
"Let me out!"
"Shut up, Ahomine." Maddy smiled, ruffling the little one named Kuroko's hair. He hugged her finger softly. She giggled. They were all so tiny, just the right size to fit in her hand.
She lifted him up and place him in the palm of her hand and tickled his tummy, making him fall back, a bit of a smile on his face.
She managed to get all of them together and she wrapped them all in a big cloth with Kuroko and Momoi snuggled together, Kagami resting just a little away and little Mura, who was the biggest sleeper of them all, took up most of the space.
They whined, saying it was too cramped and that they wanted somewhere else to sleep.
"I want to sleep in her bed." Akashi pointed, his stance demanding, but he looked so cute that she couldn't help but laugh when Kagami translated.
"Alright all of you..." She gathered them up in her arms and laid on her side, letting them choose where they wanted. Kuroko and Momoi were still together cuddling near her hand, while Kise was under her pillow already ready to hibernate. Kagami just crashed in the middle of the area an began to snore a bit. Mura had made his way up to her shoulders and was snuggled into her neck and Midorima had placed himself in a convenient place on her bookshelf. Akashi had demanded his own bed but had to settle with a small pillow for himself. She was about to close her eyes to sleep when she heard something.
There was a small whine from the edge of the table and she glanced over at the small dark-skinned boy whining because he was at the darkest end of the desk.
"This isn't fair! It's dark..." He whined and began to cry. "...a-and scary."
Maddy made no sound, but opened her eyes and searched for the dark for the small tiny body. She could see him. He was shaking horribly and she could see the the shrieks of tear that ran down his face.
"Are you going to be a good boy?" She asked, watching him closely. hearing him sniffle and nod rapidly. She giggled then lifting herself off the bed, careful not to drop Mura or disturb the others on the bed. She walked over to the desk and scooped him up out of the jar he cradled her thumb, curling both his arms and legs around it. He whined, wanting all of her attention. She giggled and kissed his soft hair and he whined internally. She wiped a few tears that clung to his cheeks and smiled. There was a small whine from next to him and she felt Mura nuzzle into her "Usa-chin, I want attention too." He grumbled. She didn't know what he said, but she could heard the want in his voice.
She kissed the soft haired one in his hand and ruffled Mura's hair.
"All right, sweeties, time for bed."