A/N: my apologies for the delays in updates. D: I'm always sick. -starts whining and being lame all over- anyway, I'm sorry, this is not beta read. I'm sure everyone's busy so I can't ask my betas to help me. Please forgive the mistakes.

Thanks for the subscriptions, faves, comments and everything. Sorry for not replying to all of them... I was busy flirting with the Doctor. I mean, -coughs and wheezes- I'm trying to flirt... haha well, you know. -awkward laughs-

Is this how I'm going to die? XD

Merry Christmas to those who are celebrating; for those who are not, then please enjoy your day! ~

(this chapter is hella lame too. -groans- This is what I get for not writing often..)

-Rhye

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

There was a knock on the door that pissed Tobio up to no end. He was trying his hardest to shut the crying baby up, but to no avail. In fact, she was being louder than she was before he changed her poop-filled diaper.

"Who?!" the irked raven asked the persistent person banging his door.

"Boss!"

Recognizing the voice, Tobio left the kid on his futon for a second before he angrily opened the door and without warning, gave the person a punch in the gut.

"Bughaa!" the man gasped.

"You're so annoying, damn you!" Tobio then turned his back on him, not even bothering to ask what he wants.

"I heard from the guys that they saw you holding a baby at the supermarket," he paused for a while to stare at the event unfolding right in front of his eyes. "...seems like it's true." He coughed and removed his shoes before entering inside the small studio apartment.

"This little thing was left in front of my apartment earlier. I don't know what to do with it; I was thinking maybe put it for adoption? I don't care," Tobio exhaled and drank a few sips of his now cold tea. "For now I have to make her shut up." Tobio pressed his temples while he sat on the floor. He then patted the baby's thigh, hoping she would stop crying soon.

Naoki; Tobio's supporter/friend felt a twang of pain in his chest. He knew Tobio couldn't afford to rear a child, but hearing him say he'll put a small thing for adoption-without a hint of doubt-pained him.

Among their group, he was one of those who got married very early and started a family right after he graduated from high school. Like Kageyama, he also had a surprise that he fathered a baby girl, so seeing him being so cruel to the small creature wailing, was hurting his parental pride.

"Boss, let me.." he knelt beside Tobio and while the other one was complaining how it's too troublesome, he still let Naoki gently carried her and cooed her with soothing sounds. After she was safely tucked in his arms, he stood up and looked around the grocery bags scattered about, searching for the bottle feeder and the formula.

"I didn't know what to buy, so I asked the lady at the store and she gave me this." Tobio held the freshly washed baby bottle and the small can of baby formula. To Naoki's relief, it was a formula for infants; seems Tobio wasn't all that heartless and uncaring after all.

"I don't have clean water here, I think letting her drink boiled water from the tap is no good, so I bought bottled water too," the raven muttered and Naoki nodded in approval.

"Boss, pour that water to the bottle up to 3-5 ounces. Then scoop the baby formula, hmm let me read."

"About two scoops, it says here." Tobio said which the other one agreed. He was busy cradling the baby in his arms and while Kageyama was moving efficiently to prepare her bottle, Naoki noticed the man's hands. They were shaking and he looked tensed. Now that he had a closer look, the raven appeared worried.

Naoki smiled a bit. Knowing his friend, he could easily guess that Kageyama was just scared and lost on what to do. He was not someone who would throw a kid out because he was broke and could not take care of her. His nervousness translate in his awkward way of speaking that sounded brash and harsh. Tobio, after all, is someone who can't express himself well.

"Here, it's done." Tobio said and gave the bottle to Naoki. The other one; however, grinned and asked the man to sit down. He did so, reluctantly.

"Here, I'll teach you how to feed her," he said.

"Wait! I don't know how to! Just, hey!" the raven was protesting because the baby looked rather small and it seemed like he hurt her earlier when he picked her up. He had no clue how to carry her the right way and he was scared that he would break her. Due to this fact, he was just patting her softly, not knowing what to do to make her stop crying. That moment, he was so sure that he hurt her and that she had a broken rib or two.

"You can't pick her up like how you pick up kids around one year old or so. You have to support her head and her back like this," Naoki placed the baby on the futon again, and taught Kageyama how to pick her up. Kageyama did what Naoki instructed. He lifted her arm to the side very slowly, so he can place his hand behind her head. He then supported the baby's body with the other arm.

When he was successful in lifting her up, the baby very noticeably, became a bit quieter. Kageyama breathe a sigh of relief and Naoki chuckled.

"What?" the angry Kageyama was back, but his anger had minimal effect now that his face was reddened. It might be because he didn't realized that he thinned his lips and nervously brought the baby close to his chest. Naoki could swear that he saw Kageyama kissing the baby's head.

"After that, you should place her on your arms, support her body like so.. Actually, the feeling will come naturally. Carry her how you think would be comfortable for her. Just make sure you support her head and don't shake her! Never shake a baby."

"Okay, 'got it," he steadied his arms and place her head to rest on his biceps and forearm. When she was secured, Kageyama readjusted her a few times and was delighted when she finally stopped crying.

"Look! She stopped! Ne! Look!" he beamed and Naoki nodded in delight as well. He could see the raven's lips curling upward in delight.

"That's great!" he nodded profusely, "..here, feed her. What time did you feed her before?" he asked. Tobio nervously took the bottle and brought it to her mouth, which, to their surprised, was sucked greedily. She looked really hungry.

"I didn't. This was her first bottle. I thought I should give her three times a day? You know… three meals.." the confused new Dad tilted his head.

"Boss! How many hours has she been in your care?!" Naoki flailed his arms a bit in panic.

Tobio was holding the bottle for her, a little happiness with mix feelings swimming inside him. He doesn't know what to do. He was glad to have her finally stop crying and was relieved when she started feeding. He thought for a few seconds, "I think four hours or so, why?" he asked.

Naoki opened and close his mouth; he shook his head, "You have to feed her every two hours. If she can't finish the bottle, then leave it. But the same amount of formula every two to three hours, Boss! No wonder she was crying so much! She's really hungry."

Tobio's eyes widened. He stared at her and back at Naoki. "But she was sleeping earlier," he said with a tint of worry in his tone.

"It doesn't matter," the man answered back. "You have to feed her even if she's sleeping, then after she's done, gently raise her and rest her head on your shoulders so you can help her burp the air out. When you think she's done burping, then let her sleep again."

"That's too troublesome." Tobio again spoke a rather insensitive remark, but his face said otherwise. If Naoki wasn't here, he would have feed her a few hours from then and who knows what could have happen; that scared the new Dad the most. Will the baby die of dehydration? Kageyama asked himself.

They we're silent after that, just staring at her, waiting for the small baby to finish her bottle. When she was done, Naoki taught Tobio how to burp her up. It was an awkward experience, yet he was thankful that he knew what to do. A while a go, he had no idea how to carry her, at least now he knew.

"You shouldn't bathe her, do that tomorrow. For now, clean her up." Naoki said, pulling out cotton swabs that he saw. He then arrange a mildly lukewarm water in a wash bowl and dipped some of the cotton. He then taught Tobio how to clean her which the new Dad did. All the while Tobio's hand never stop trembling.

Naoki could understand. He was new to all of this and this experience was overwhelming. For now, all he could do was to offer help.

"What's her name by the way?" a little late to ask, Naoki thought while he helped Tobio tidy some of his things up. He was familiar with the place, since he's always there with some of their friends.

"Her mother called her Chibi; she wrote in the note that she didn't gave birth in a hospital and she did not register her yet. So Chibi is all I'll call her for now." Tobio stood up and opened a window near his small kitchen to have a cigarette. The exhaust fan was helping him blow the smoke off the room.

Naoki pursed his lips. He stared at the child sleeping with oversized clothes and the things she has with her. It was obvious that the mother did care for her, for she had a few clothes with her-though old-were still embroidered with small flowers, hearts and stuff like that. And though it was lousily made, he can see that it was made with love.

"Do you have any idea who she might be? The mother I mean," he asked as he was getting ready to leave. He was about to get his small food cart ready.

Tobio took a deep drag of smoke and blew audibly. "I know," he said.

"Then?"

"I'm going to talk to her tomorrow," he said.

Naoki was about to say something, but decided to just close his mouth. He can see that this was also hard for the man. Tobio Kageyama isn't the type of person to abandon someone, and he proved it over and over throughout the years they've been together. As proof of his character, even though Tobio lost a few friends over high school, he gained a few more after. That's a feat, considering Tobio is unsociable and quick to temper.

"I see. Then I'll come back later this evening to bring you your dinner and I'll bring some of the old baby clothes I have at home. I'll message my wife to bring it over the eatery," Naoki smiled.

The man is a small compared to Tobio, around 175cm and very thin, his face was aged remarkably as well. You can easily see that life was not easy for him. Tobio can't help but wonder what would it be like if she keeps Chibi. Will he be like Naoki too?

"Thanks. Be careful on your way out."

.

That day, Tobio struggled back and forth, whether or not he should call home and tell the news.

In all honesty, he was not sure what to do with the kid. It was clear that he cannot raise her alone; he has no idea how to take care of such a delicate thing. And true that familiarity with child-rearing would come naturally and slowly; the problem is that he's poor, barely taking care of his basic needs.

This was not the life he wanted for himself, more so for his child.

He admits that he has no doubt that Chibi was his. Even for someone so young as she is, she looks like him. He saw pictures of himself when he was a baby, and the resemblance is striking. As to how he could sire her, it was probably that time when the condom broke. It was just a one time careless thing, his partner was also lost in pleasure like he was and they continued having sex despite discovering the err of the protection.

He was sure that it was her; she was the only woman he's been with for a while. Men were the recent partners he had after all.

So morning came, Tobio was headed for work while he left Chibi in Naoki wife's care. He already tried to call Chibi's mom, but were always redirected to voice mail. It was no wonder, he thought. She already left the kid in his care in an unofficial and rather cruel way-who would want to talk after that?

The whole day, he was filled with worry about how will he settle for taking care of the kid; the mother already gave her up, that was clear. During one of his breaks, he went to her previous work and learned she had already left months ago. He went to her apartment, but she was gone as well.

Tobio didn't know what to do. He lost communication with her after they'd broke up-there was nothing special with their relationship anyway. She was a co-worker at a part-time job he had, merely a week after and they already hooked-up. She's a rather carefree and happy person. Almost every partner Tobio had had the same character. It was probably because he like this kind of attitude and a cruel reminder of what-could-have-been with a certain person from the past.

He was debating really hard whether or not he would tell his parents or his grandpa about her. Call it selfishness on his part, but he realized that if he tell them, there was no doubt that they would want him to take responsibility. Because of his financial status, he still thought it was best for her to be sent for adoption. She would have a better life with others who were willing to give her a home.

He's also sure he can't love her like a father would.

.

It was the third day being with Chibi and Tobio adjusted quite well. He got an advance paycheck from his new work and paid part of his rent. The manager seemed to pity the young man when he talked to her in a polite tone, carrying a crying kid in his arms. When she learned the situation, she offered to babysit her when Tobio's at work which worked really well for him. He can't bother Naoki's family more than he already had. Naoki's wife helps her husband in running their small eatery and asking them favors often would hinder their business and source of income. So Tobio left for work that day breathing a bit easier.

Chibi is not an easy kid to deal with. She often cries whenever she felt no presence near her. As if she wanted some assurance that she won't be left alone again. Though it was hard for him to admit, the kid had slowly grown up on him. The feeling was rather strange for the young man. As if his mountain of problems got swept away in an instant whenever he sees Chibi. Learning how to bathe her, change her diapers, nurse her, put her to sleep, gave the young man a nice feeling. It's as if his own problems doesn't matter. The real problem was, he had difficulty leaving her in the morning.

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"Boss!" Tobio was walking downtown when he heard a familiar voice. That stopped him on his tracks. He was daydreaming about Chibi again, which was not good.

"Yo," he answered as the man walked side by side with him after he caught up with Tobio's long stride.

"This," the man near him was his friend since high school, same as Naoki. He works for some shady business that Tobio want no part with. Still, his friend is a nice person with a mean face. Such fate he had that he's always in the center of trouble because of this.

"This is?" Tobio asked as he looked at the piece of paper with written contact number and little info on it.

"It's the person you need to contact about the adoption for Chibi. I already filled him the details and he said he would help. The sooner you call him, the better."

"Hmm..." Tobio walked slower and stared at the paper for a few seconds before he carefully tucked it in the pocket of his shirt. "Thanks."

"No problem. Ah!" the man startled Tobio even so, the raven remained as calm as he could. "Boss, are you still looking for a job? You know Oyaji had his eyes on you, I also told him you're a good fighter! Care to reconsider?"

"Are we still talking about this? I'm not joining your gang. Believe me, grandpa would kill you and me."

"Ah, I guess that's true, huh? Still.."

"Thanks for this. I have to go, I'll call you later."

With that, Tobio left and went to work, always wondering when can he go home.

.

"What?"

"She seemed to have a bit of fever, I would help you out, but I'm also uhm,.." she paused, searching for the right words, "My child's in college and everything's expensive. All I can do is refer you a Pediatrician. I think she hasn't got any shots she needed and if what you said was true, then she hasn't been newborn screened yet." the landlady said while she handed Chibi back to her Dad.

"Okay, I'll think of something." Tobio felt himself sweat. It's true that she was warmer that morning. What irritates him was that he felt it and he didn't think there something nothing wrong with it. While he was biting his bottom lip in anger, he went and rushed Chibi to the clinic he was referred to.

After he told the receptionist the problem, he was given a form immediately, asking if he has insurance and all the other things needed for her care. This disheartened him even more. He doesn't have any of those. He didn't even have a name for her. His own flesh and blood, sick in his arms and he felt so useless.

"Would it be alright if I pay cash? I don't know her health card or any of those things you're askin' me. Her mom 's the one who does these things and she left..." the receptionist can see the trembles from the man's legs while he sat. His face was rather pale too; every once in a while, nuzzling his cheek on the baby's head. It was evident that he's young and lost on what to do.

"Don't worry. We also accept cash here and I can make a new record for her so you can come back here whenever she needed to," she offered him a small smile that seemed to send relief towards the young Dad.

"Why don't I take her so I can take her temperature and weigh her while you fill that up," she said and Tobio nodded and gently gave the baby.

Tobio looked at the form; standard questions asked and there was not a single thing he can answer.

First, he needed to name her. He had no idea what to call her, she just came one day and shook his life.

'A name for her. What should I call that Chibi. She's small, she cries a lot, she feeds a lot, the milk is almost gone. Damn expensive milk.'

Tobio stared at the baby being weigh not far from him. He and the lady were the only one there except for the Doctor in his office. He can see that the baby in her arms had flushed cheeks and she was rather small. It scared the life out of him knowing she was sick. He was sure that she got ill because he did not care for her properly. She was starting to cry as well.

"Name… how about," Tobio didn't realized he was crying. For a few days, he was overwhelmed with a lot of feelings and he only thought of his financial situation. He didn't-not even for a short while-think about the future of the kid. He is unfit to be a parent, that was concluded since she was only with him for three days and this is what happened to her.

"Miyako." Tobio uttered. "I think Miyako is good." He used the character of 'beautiful' for Mi, 'night' for Ya, 'child' for Ko (美夜子)

When he was done filling everything up, he handed the form to the nurse and she smiled seeing the young Dad's tear-stained face. She gave him some tissues and offered water.

"Beautiful night child, what a lovely name." she commented.

"..not."

She thought she heard him said something so she asked what was that and Tobio cleared it.

"She's not mine to keep, so that name is only temporary. I guess, since I haven't registered her yet."

She felt the sting of those words, but didn't say anything anymore, she just helped him and the little Miyako gets her check-up done.

The Doctor, an elderly man, was very thorough and though he did ask a lot of things Tobio couldn't possibly answer due to the fact that he knows nothing about the kid, the man understood the situation and was tactful enough to let the laboratory examination do the talking. Now the only question remains: How will Tobio pay for his bill?

"These are the things she needed for her stay here. We need to monitor her and of course the ward is free, but everything else is not. You need to buy the things listed there," the instruction given was clear.

"I understand," Tobio took off with the promise to be back in an hour or so. He needed to make money and do it fast. The Doctor was kind enough to give him an estimation of the cost of everything the baby needed. Selling his TV or pawning some of his things won't be enough.

"Hey, I need help." A call was made to the last person he wanted help with, but there was no choice; he was desperate. If he was really going to give Miyako away, the least he can do is make sure she got better and provide her the utmost care.

"Yeah? What can I do for ya?"

"Do you think you can be my guarantor for a loan? I need money, and fast!" Tobio sounded desperate and he did not care. He really was nervous and sweaty that his hands would not stop shaking. The cigarette he was holding was visibly trembling, making him struggle in lighting it.

"Er... Uhm, sure I can? How much are we talking about?"

"Well, you see..."

The conversation didn't take long. After a few minutes, Tobio had been already in front of a burly man, whose hands were busy counting money. He was reluctant to borrow from this kind of business since the interest kept piling up every ten days, (or what Yakuza called Toichi) but it was an emergency.

"Here, 200,000 yen. Are we clear about the details of the interest?" The man asked and Tobio nodded in response. It was practically robbing him blind.

"'K, be back here in ten days for your payment." there was nothing said after that. The business they were running is not something that asks a lot of questions. They knew how to find you and what to do in case you can't return the money. It was simple as that.

Distraught and in a hurry, Tobio Kageyama left the loan-shark's office, directly headed towards the pharmacy to buy everything he needed for the kid. That day, the clouds were heavy and it promises downpour. He needed to move fast and so when he's about turn around the corner to take the main road and walk, he was cornered by some people very familiar with him.

"What'd ya' want, bastard?" the raven was surely not in the mood to entertain the gang members from the other side of the town. Not in the past, and not now. Though they were always persistent into pestering them; Kageyama Tobio and his 'men', the raven didn't really mind their existence much.

When he graduated from high school, he just did things on a whim and went with the flow. That was uncharacteristic of him, but he was happy that way. Protecting his friends was all he did whenever he was involved in a fight. Though looking at others' perspective, he was fighting them to get the turf, mark his claim, or assume authority.

He was about to move past them, but seeing as how many of them gathered near, he was sure he needed to run with all his might. Fighting them would be pointless.

"Oi, oi.. Are you serious?" one noticed the sign from the building Kageyama Tobio just left a while ago. It was obvious too that he was taking care of a certain envelope tucked inside his jacket pocket.

"Shit," the raven muttered under his breath and analyzed his escape route.

There were nine people in total cornering him. On a regular day, he would just fight his way to them. He was taller and more intimidating anyway. There's always a 60 percent chance he'd win.

Today was different. Miyako needed him and he needs to hurry.

And so Kageyama punched the man nearest to him and send the one behind him flying by kicking him heavily. When he was done regaining his balance, he fled and ran with all his might.

Of course the men behind him were still following him, but that didn't stop him. First, he needed to shake them off.

"I'm being followed. I need help," the nearest one was his friend inside the loan-shark's building and for sure he would help. Kageyama was mindlessly running and looking back if they're still following him. He was good at running and so seeing them tailing him effortless honestly shocked him.

"And they suddenly got better, now of all days!" he exclaimed.

Kageyama was happy when he saw his friend at the end of the street, he was just about to exit. Having him by his side made him confident that they can at least trash the folks tailing him.

"Good, there were..."

He was; however, cut short when he felt that he was punched in the gut. It was painful enough to send him to his knees and knock the wind out of him. For good measure, he punched Kageyama again and then knelt besides the raven and frisked him, obviously searching for the money he just borrowed from their office.

"I'm sorry, Boss. This is just how we do things in the office. When you called me on the cell, the folks there asked me to take it on speaker phone. I'm really sorry about this, I really am..."

To be fair, the guy who just betrayed him never cries, and yet he had tears and holding back the choking sound. Kageyama should've known what kind of shady deal they pull through since there was no need for background check whatsoever.

"My..kid.. need that money.." he uttered, and the other man who was ready to take flight double take his steps. He was about to help Kageyama Tobio up; help him like how the raven used to help him in all of his past troubles, but he saw the three men advancing near them. If he loses his money; the money that was asked to be retrieved back, he'd be killed for sure. The same with Kageyama.

"I'm sorry, Boss. I really am.."

While he fled, all Kageyama could remember what his friend's voice calling over his cell phone. A few seconds and he felt the pain anew. The men caught up and started their assault. He got up, in fairness to him, and managed to land a few punches here and there, but as he was hit earlier, the men had the idea where to land their strikes and he got overwhelmed.

The police doesn't usually show up in such a place, but they did which surprised Kageyama. The dots connected and he realized it was his friend who made the call.

It's not he was not angry; of course he was. But he could understand. What would you do if you're in his situation? Kageyama would probably tell his friend what's the deal he's in. What if he's being closely monitored? He understood the situation and knew there was nothing he could do about it now. This may be the end of whatever they'd shared from their high school till now, but at least the man had the decency to call for help and not totally left him to die.

After spending a few hours inside the jail, he was cleared up because of the help a store near where it happened. CCTV was installed outside their establishment and it was clear that he was the victim. Though that wasn't really a big deal to the raven. He does not care whether they really charge him or not. What matters the most was he lost the money for the medicine for Miyako.

Kageyama, having no choice, walked towards the pharmacy with swollen face and nursing a painful stomach. "I'd like to get these medicines..."

The pharmacist behind the counter was an old man, and he thought Kageyama was going to buy medicine for himself. "This is all for an infant?" the old man made sure while he dispense the medicines and other medical stuff written on the prescription.

"Yeah.. How much?" Kageyama asked while looking down on the wallet he forcefully took from one of the men who knocked him out.

The total was given and he was short-way too short on money.

"Old man, I'm short on cash.. So.. I'll give you my shoes. It's a good work-boots." Kageyama said with a serious look on his face.

"Eh? Your shoes? Wait!" the ladies too, who were assisting the old man, were surprised at the raven's action. He looked like he's in deep trouble and in desperate times.

"I'll also throw this jacket… It's good and warm. Though I'm sure I'm still short… I'll leave my ID here with a promise I'll come back, please help my kid." he followed that one with a deep bow. He understood that life doesn't work that way, and that he needed to pay. But what can he do? He was late for a few hours and he doesn't have time to pawn his things.

The man stared at him before sighing and accepting his condition.

"Hey! We don't have to take his shoes! It started to snow tonight!" the old woman looked like she was the wife of the man.

"No. We can't give everything for free. He was willing to sacrifice this much, isn't that right?" the old man asked and looked at Kageyama which the young man nodded and smiled a bit.

"Thank you for your kindness, you really helped me out… I promise I'll be back." Kageyama was plenty thankful. Of course it doesn't look like the man was the greedy kind. If he was, he'd never accept such cheap offer. He was just glad that the person he asked for helped is an understanding man, probably a parent himself. Taking the shoes and the jacket was probably for Kageyama's pride as well, or something profound. Though the poor, young man did not understand it that deep enough. He's just glad he did not go empty-handed.

As he took the medicine with him, Kageyama Tobio desperately ran towards the clinic. He did not mind that his bare feet started to feel numb or the ground was slowly punishing him, he just wanted to arrive there faster.

"What the hell happened?" the poor confused receptionist was so shocked to see that not only did the young man was super late, he seemed to came from hellish place as well.

"This..." was all he could say. He brought everything needed for his child and while the woman took all of the items, she couldn't help but still worry.

After she brought the items back inside the room where the little baby was, she informed the Doctor the situation.

"We only have socks and indoor slippers that we used when we take them to x-rays, but please feel free to use 'em." the Doctor was nice enough to give Tobio something to cover his feet. He accepted it gratefully before he asked how was she.

"To be honest, we had to run a few tests. We went ahead and made an ECG test on her, since we can hear murmurs on her chest. I suspect it's some type of inborn heart defect, a 2D-ECHO would give us a clear view of her heart, so we can be sure where the problem lies…"

The Doctor was still explaining things to him, but he wasn't listening. He stopped focusing on other things when he heard the word 'heart defect'.

Such a small thing she is; having a heart defect. Tobio felt like his chest was being stabbed repeatedly.

"Will she be fine?" he asked. If it wasn't clear to him before, it was clear to him now… He really love the baby-his baby. He'd do anything for her.

"We can't say for certain at this point, right now, all we can do is get the test. Unfortunately, we don't have that kind of machine here." the Doctor isn't a wealthy man. He runs the clinic for years now, and saw all kinds of desperate situation. If he can, he'd help. He understood that the young man in front of him was desperate-he saw that kind of face a few times in the past. A face of a loving parent who'd do anything for a sick child. A parent that's willing to share even the last drop of their blood for their child, if that's what's going to save them.

"I know the mother ran away, but do you have a family you can ask for help? It's not going to easy for you to burden this alone."

"I..." There's his grandpa and parents, he can ask for help. He'd have to explain a lot of things, but he'd never forgive himself if he let the baby suffer because of his convenience. "I'll call my family… what about the baby? Does she need to stay here? I didn't know this was open 24 hours…"

"We're open the whole day. This is the only clinic that caters to uninsured patients after all.."

"Okay.. May I see the baby?" Kageyama asked before he left. When he was allowed to see her, he was given a robe, a face mask, gloves, foot cover, and hair protector so that he won't carry his germs near her.

He slowly entered the room and stared long at the sleeping baby with a small tube near her feet.

"What? What's that for?!" he panicked.

"That's IV. We had to. Her fever's really high." after the Doctor himself explained what they did to her when he was out, and every procedure done to her, he left the young father alone.

He just stared at her some more, feeling so guilty. How can he think of abandoning her? This sweet, little thing was already left by her mother, and now her father would do the same thing? It was unforgivable that he thought of this; Kageyama really wanted to punch his face.

"Sir?" the receptionist interrupted.

"Yeah?" he didn't even bother to look at her and continued to do soft stroking on the sleeping baby's hand.

"Are you sure about the name? The Doctor gave the baby free vitamins and free newborn screening, but we needed to finalize the name for the documents."

Kageyama Tobio felt the pain in his chest again. Not that he was sad, but he was happy. A lot of people helped him today, and that felt like a miracle.

He was used to people ignoring him and he ignored them back. He was used to be treated like a scum and he was okay with that. He already threw what dreams he had when he was young, and he couldn't trust people like he used to.

Yet having this baby, even though he was at the end of his ropes, felt like he was given a pair of…

"..Wings." Tobio said with a smile on his face, lovingly stroking his thumb on the baby's cheeks.

"Excuse me?" the receptionist had to clarify. She was holding a pen, ready to jot it down.

"Her name is Kageyama Tsubasa… An angel.. My wings."

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~Omake~

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"Oi, brat. Come 'ere." Hinata was washing Tsubasa's uniform by hand, like his Dad asked him to. He was annoyed and complained loudly, but still went and do it.

"What?" Tsubasa was busy playing in the living room with Kenma, it was obvious that she has no intention of going to the laundry room no matter how much Hinata asked her to.

"Who is this Miyako and why are you wearing her shirt, hm?" Hinata was wearing an orange apron, with matching red-orange bandanas, when he stormed towards the two. Soap suds from his hands dripped to the floor.

Kenma couldn't hold back the laugh and snorted at the sight.

"Hello, mother. You look good." he teased.

"That's me." Tsubasa answered.

"You?" Hinata placed his hands on his hips, "Didn't you took this shirt by mistake or something?"

"Nope," Tsubasa said calmly. She readjusted her glasses and curled her feet up, bringing her knees closer to her chest. Same with Kenma. Hinata couldn't help but think that the two looked like cats.

"Miyako was the first name I had before Dad decided on Tsubasa," she clicked her tongue and Kenma smirked. It seems the two are playing against each other and Kenma is winning.

"I don't understand, but whatever," Hinata shrugged. "By the way, both names are hella lame."

Tsubasa was silent for a few seconds before she said, "I know what I'll do when I grow old.."

"Hm?" Kenma asked. Both adults were confused by the sudden change of topic.

"I'd be a lawyer, so that I can sue Hinata-san from all the slandering and libel he does to me on a daily basis."

"Heh..." Hinata smirked back. "Try it if you can!"

"Don't worry, I'm keeping notes..."

"Still, your Dad sure is a sap. I mean, look at the characters he chose." Hinata ignored her last comment and showed the shirt to Kenma. The other one agreed that Kageyama is, indeed, a sap.

"You... I'm going to tell Dad on you..." Tsubasa said and this time, it was Hinata who snorted.

"Practicing your first case, oh great-lawyer-san?"

They laughed in unison.

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It is a test in which ultrasound is used to picture out the heart. It is capable of displaying a cross sectional "slice" of the beating heart, including the chambers, valves and the major blood vessels that exit from the left and right part of the heart.

Two-Dimensional Echocardiogram (2D Echo)