Author's Note:
Before we proceed to the story. I would like to introduce myself. I'm Elly! I'm a wattpad fanfic author. This story is originally published in wattpad but I had an idea and republished here in this platform. I've been reading for a very long time now but I never attempted to write or publish story. Actually, I did, my old account named TheAwkwardWriter and there's a story named Seven Years Gone, it's a Ghost Hunt fanfic and I'm unable to retrieve the story because I forgot what email add I used for that account and the password also. Anyways, this story has 45k reads in my wattpad account. I hope you enjoy the complete version of this story. Have a good day! :)
(Name) was there when it all happened. How her life was ruined by one guy. She'll never forget the face of that person. She's supposed to be angry with him, despise him and stop loving him but she can't.
Instead, she was thankful for him. Even though he lied, cheated and ruined her life. When he left her broken, she was blessed with someone else. A person who would change and give her life a new meaning.
It was a start for her.
When she heard her cry and held her in arms, she knew she it was the beginning after her tragic end. That day she shed a tear, not in sorrow but in happiness.
"What should we buy, Keiko?" (Name) asked as she cradles her 6 months old daughter around her one arm and the other is pushing the grocery cart.
Her daughter replied with a gurgling sound, making her chuckle. It was weird for her to ask a baby, but she was happy to be with her.
"Oi, Daichi, have you seen Hinata and Kageyama? They run off somewhere." She heard a familiar voice and name over to the other side of the aisle she's in.
Is that Koushi-senpai? She thought, quickly heading to the other side.
"No, I haven't, I thought you were doing fine looking after them." She smiled as she saw two familiar figures standing in the middle.
"Koushi-senpai! Daichi-senpai!" She called out, approaching the two.
The two young men turned around in surprise to see their kouhai, whom they haven't seen after graduating in senior high school.
"(Name)-chan?" Sugawara said, earning a smile from her.
"Oh! (Name)!" Daichi grinned as he waves at her. His smile turned into a confused one when he saw the baby she's carrying around her arm.
"It's been a while senpai!" She said, not minding their reaction.
"Yes, it has been. Um," Sugawara seemed to be curious about the baby. "Is she your sister?"
"Hm?" she looked down at her daughter, "oh no, she's my daughter." She replied back as if it's something normal for a 19-year-old girl to have a baby at such a young age.
Sugawara and Daichi couldn't help but hang their mouths open upon hearing her reply. Their facial expressions saying is-she-serious-look and they don't know what to say.
(Name) giggled, she was expecting something like that. She was used to seeing these kinds of expressions upon hearing her revelation.
"I know it's hard to believe it but it's the truth senpai-tachi. This my daughter, (Last Name) Keiko and she's 6 months old." She happily introduced.
Sugawara shook his head lightly and smiled, then approached them. He held the baby's hand then squeezed it and then introduced himself.
"Hello, Keiko-chan, I'm your uncle Sugawara Koushi. It's nice to meet you," Keiko giggled and reached for him.
She heard Daichi chuckled, "isn't she a cutie," he said. Pinching her baby's cheeks lightly, obviously, he was having this so called cute aggression towards the tiny one.
"Ah! There they are Kageyama!" (Name) immediately recognized the orange haired boy.
He used to be the shortest member of the Karasuno VBC back when she started being the first year manager, but seeing him grew almost 6 inches in a short period of time they haven't seen each other.
"Oi, calm down, boke. It was your fault we lost them," another familiar face popped out of the opening.
The scowl on his face hasn't changed since then. (Name) noticed his height difference from before and now. Kageyama, as always was way taller than Hinata. He's probably around Tsukishima's height when the megane was still in high school.
The freak-quick duo approached their senpai-tachi without noticing her presence.
"Hinata, Kageyama, where have you been?" Sugawara asked with worry.
"Sorry, Suga-san, I just went to buy something for my sister."
"I apologize for running off as well, Suga-san." Kageyama bowed his head to his senpai.
"Oh yeah, Kageyama, Hinata, do you remember (Last Name)-chan?" Sugawara asked, stepping aside to let the duo see your face.
"Ah! (Name)-chan!" Hinata happily points a finger at her, "it's been awhile!" He was about to jump and give her a hug but he was stopped by Kageyama.
"Boke! Can't you see she's carrying a baby?" Kageyama scolded the ginger head.
Hinata apologetically smiled at her, she waved it off and said it was ok because he wasn't able to notice the baby in her arms.
"Speaking of baby, is this your sister?" Hinata asked, holding her baby's tiny hand.
"She's my daughter," (Name) answered, smiling.
Kageyama's eyes almost jumped out of his eye socket upon hearing her answer. Hinata's mouth hanged open, that flies can almost get in. Daichi and Sugawara just sheepishly smiled at their reaction. They can totally relate with them since not too long ago their reaction was the same as them.
Kageyama shook his head, "I'm sorry, (Last Name). It was rude for us to be reacting like that."
"It's alright. I get that a lot from the others."
"Yeah, sorry about that (Name)," Hinata said. "But you know what, seeing your baby right now, her eyes reminded me of someone. She looked like, Tsukishima,"
(Name)'s smile faded in an instant upon hearing the megane's name. The people she was with quickly notices it and give each other looks. They easily read her reaction and they know Tsukishima was the reason.
"Speaking of that tall bastard, aren't you two still together when we graduated in high school?" Kageyama asked.
(Name)'s eyebrows furrowed and she couldn't answer the king's question.
"Um, why don't we pay for the grocery and catch up in a cup of coffee?" Daichi suggested immediately.
They all agreed, even (Name). They paid for the things at the counter then made their way to the nearest coffee shop inside the mall.
After settling and ordering their foods, silenced has settled between the five of them before Sugawara broke it off by asking what happened between (Name) and Tsukishima.
Of course, even if she wants to avoid talking about the subject; she also knows that she couldn't hide it any longer. Sooner or later everyone will discover about her daughter and ask about child's father wouldn't be easily avoided.
"Well, as you know, Kei—I mean, Tsukishima and I have been dating ever since our first year of senior high until we graduated. Um, a year ago, exactly before graduation. We talked about, moving together in one apartment while studying in college. We did, for a month that is—and well, within those days...um...we...uh..." (Name)'s cheeks flushed, since she wasn't used to revealing private things to anyone that they did it. But then again, she remembered that it doesn't matter anymore. What's done is done.
"We did it. A few weeks after that—he decided to cheat behind my back with another girl. I believe you know this girl, Hinata, Kageyama. Her name is..."
The duo gulped as they waited for the name to be revealed, "Sakamoto Nanami,"
"Eh? SAKAMOTO-SAN?!" Hinata was genuinely surprised.
"Figures that Tsukishima would go for a girl like her. I mean she's really popular among the male population back when we were in high school." (Name) felt a pang of pain inside her chest. As if an old wound being reopened again.
Even if she wanted to disagree with Kageyama, but the fact remained that it was the truth. Tsukishima left her for a more attractive girl.
(Name) was on a verge of crying which Hinata noticed. He kicked Kageyama by his shin and pointed the teary-eyed girl. Kageyama internally panicked because he didn't mean for any of his words to hurt the young woman with them.
"I...uh...I mean that it was stupid of that tall bastard to leave you. You're more worth it than that Sakamoto. You're more faithful and loving that her. I bet she doesn't even know how to be loyal." Kageyama immediately explained.
You forced a smile, "it's alright, Kageyama-kun. I'm alright, I have survived without him. Even if he left me, there was someone who gave me a reason to strive hard in life. I want to give Keiko the life she wants. I want her to grow up healthy and raise her to be a good kid."
(Name) felt a warm hand on top of hers. She looked up to see Sugawara with one of his soothing and caring smiles. He used to be the one comforting her when she was sad or struggling in managing the volleyball team or even after an argument with Tsukishima.
She couldn't help but cry without drawing anyone's attention around them. She sobbed softly while she was being comforted by the four.
Hinata and Kageyama offered to play with Keiko while Sugawara and Daichi talked about what she will do next. How they will be able to help her with her problems since she was still their kouhai.
Why?
They also found out that she'll be starting her second year of college in the same university as them. Well, most of the karasuno volleyball members were offered a sports scholarship in the same university she's enrolled in.
"You know that there's a possibility that you would be seeing Tsukishima. Are you sure about this?" Suga asked, making sure she isn't going to make another mistake in studying at the same university with her ex and the father of her daughter.
"I really don't care if we meet or not senpai. I'm doing this for my daughter and our future together as a family." (Name) was determined to continue her college education at a university.
She wasn't able to finish her first year of college inside a classroom; instead, she finished it by just staying at home. Luckily, University of Tokyo offered home-school based programs, which helped her during her pregnancy.
"So, you took up nursing? Yamaguchi's taking up the same course too. He'll be able to show you the ropes around the university. I'll contact him later and tell him about your situation." Daichi said.
(Name) was thankful for his supportive senpai-tachi. She couldn't pull her first day without their help. She was able to breathe freely now.
"(Name)-chan! Keiko-chan's won't stop crying!" Hinata was in a panic without Keiko in his arms. Soon, a loud cry was boomed all over the shop and (Name) had to apologize.
She gently took Keiko from Kageyama who was struggling to calm the baby down.
She started cooing which calmed her daughter until she fell asleep. She approached the stroller and let the baby sleep peacefully without disturbing anyone.
"We should probably head home now. I'll see you tomorrow senpai-tachi, Hinata, Kageyama." She said earning nods from them.
It has been a long day for them after all the revelations and meeting their old friend.