That Sunday, Oikawa couldn't avoid babysitting Takeru and so he took his nephew to the park where they would meet the other kids that were on the team Toru was coaching. While waiting for his friend, Takeru suddenly noticed someone "hey, that's Yukine!"
"Who?" asked Oikawa not recognising the name.
"He's a classmate who really likes playing basketball, so we never talked much until the other day when he found out that I play volley and was super interested in it…so, turns out he's a cool guy!" answered Takeru enthusiastically while Toru thought how simple minded kids were. "HEY, Yukine!" shouted the young kid towards his new friend. The boy with dark brown hair and amber colored eyes saw him and ran in his direction.
"Osu, Takeru! Watcha' doin' here?"
"I'm meeting the other guys. We are gonna play volleyball!"
"Eh…" and that's when Yukine noticed the tall guy standing next to his classmate "Oikawa Toru! Aoba johsai's setter!" he screamed with a huge smile on his face as though he had just met a celebrity "How are you related to him, Takeru?!"
"Hum, he's my uncle…"
"Eh?! That's amazing", his eyes sparkled. Oikawa smiled and greeted the excited child "Domo, Yukine-kun."
"You know, I went to a lot of your games!"
"Are, Takeru told me you're more of a basketball fan~"
"Well, I am, but I became a volleyball fan thanks to my sister. She's the one who took me to a ton of games, not only yours, but Shiratorizawa's and Karasuno's too, although we still went to more of yours!" he explained quickly.
"Hum~ could your one-chan be my fan?~"
"Hai! She loves the way you play. She says you are really smart despite how you look and that is showed in your plays!" he quoted his sister proudly, not knowing he had just offended the great setter, who thought «Well I guess she's just a volleyball fan then…I don't know if I should feel good or bad about that statement…»
"Oh, there's my sister! She brought me here so I could play while she trains for her upcoming tournament "Hey, nee-chan!" a girl with dark red hair and amber eyes just like her younger brother turned in their direction and Oikawa thought while smirking «Of course…how am I not surprised?» Ayano walked towards them and greeted them "I see you've met my little brother, Oikawa-kun"
"Eh, you already know him nee-chan?! You move fast, huh?" Yukine pouted but smirked at the same time, kind of scaring her.
"I don't know what you mean by that brat, but yes, I already met him personally. He's a friend of Hajime, so it was probably going to happen someday" she smiled. "And you are?" she turned to Oikawa's nephew with a cordial smile, and the boy who was blushing for a while finally stuttered "Ta-Takeru!" which made Toru laugh (more like a "pft"). He then added "He's my nephew. I teach him and other kids volleyball"
"Oh, is that so? How generous of you~" she said while emphasizing the "you", obviously mocking him.
"Hum~ Are you sure you want to mock your volleyball idol? The one you went to see so many of his games?~" grinned Oikawa. She wasn't sure what he meant until she remembered «Yukine, you blabbered mouth!» and she blushed immensely; even her ears turned red. Toru wasn't expecting such an honest and intense response and ended up blushing too.
"You guys are weird…" Yukine interrupted the silence and Takeru nodded in agreement.
"A-Anyway, I should go back to running! Yukine, what are you going to do?"
"Wanna play with us, Yukine?" invited Takeru.
"Sure!" and thus, they started practicing while the other kids still hadn't arrived, with Toru supervising them.
Eventually the other kids started to appear one by one, and Oikawa had his hands full, but he would still glance in Ayano's direction once in a while, unconsciously, and she would do the same. One time they both glanced at the same time which lead them to quickly turn their heads around embarrassed «What am I, a child?!» they both thought, not sure if they were embarrassed about turning their heads, or about the interest they showed for each other…
END OF CHAPTER 6
