-- THE NEXT DAY AT PRACTICE --
The team, except Suga, was working hard during afternoon practice. For whatever odd reason Ukai wasn't paying attention, he was on the phone.
"Why isn't Coach Ukai helping the team?" Suga asked as he sat next to Rose
"Hmmmm, it must be an important phone call to take it during practice…" Rose said
"EVERYONE GATHER AROUND!!!" Ukai had called after hanging up and turning back to the team
"What's wrong coach?" Daichi asked
"So…" Ukai paused
"He looks nervous…" Rose stated
"Why would he be?" Suga asked
Rose only smirked in response, "I think I know…"
"Look, of course there are things you guys don't know about me…" Ukai said, "one of those things is that I have a daughter…"
"WHAT?!" Said everyone in the room except Rose
"Yeah, yeah, yeah… very shocking…" Ukai continued, "but my mate couldn't find a babysitter for today, so she's going to be joining us…"
"Whooooooooa!! Coach Ukai! We're gonna meet your daughter and your mate?" Hinata sounded excited
"Yes… but…" Ukai paused and flushed, "you've already met my mate…"
"WHAT??" Again everyone except for Rose
Suga glanced over at Rose, "You already knew all this? And who and all that?"
"Yeah, I read over their case, I am the head of the department for volleyball omegas so each case comes through me…" Rose explained, "of course I had no clue who they were at the time, but their case was my favorite because their story is the cutest…"
"DADDY!!" A cute little voice travelled through the gym. A little girl with chocolate brown hair ran over and grabbed Ukai's legs in an endearing hug
The whole team was quiet staring at this adorable little being that burst in, "Where's mom?" Ukai asked
"He's outside…" she frowned, "He was walking too slow…"
Ukai sighed and crouched to face his daughter, "You knew you were supposed to stay with mom until you got here…"
"Sorry daddy…" she pouted
"TOMOE!" Another voice panted
The team looked over to see Takeda Sensei standing at the entrance to the gym, they all thought the same thing, ~There's NO WAY!!!~
"Mommy!!" The little girl ran over to Takeda Sensei and grabbed him in a hug
"Tomoe, you know you can't run off like that!!" Sensei scolded the little girl
"I'm sorry mommy…" Tomoe poured again, "but I wanted to see daddy!"
"I know but still…" Takeda heaved a heavy sigh
"Anyway, Tomoe…" Ukai called and grabbed her small hand in his and brought her over to stand in front of the team
"I'm Ukai Tomoe!" She smiled brightly, "Please take care of me!" The sweet little girl bowed politely
"It's nice to meet you!" They responded excitedly to her
"Alright! Back to your drills!" Ukai shouted
Takeda Sensei took his daughter's hand and brought her over to sit next to Rose and Suga. She sat quietly watching the team for about 20 minutes before she got restless. She stood up from where she sat and stood directly in front of Takeda.
"What's wrong sweetie?" Takeda asked
"I want to play with them too!" She practically vibrated with energy and excitement
The whole team paused and practically fell in love in that moment. Ukai glared which told them that if they didn't keep practicing he'd give them extra diving practice, which got the team moving again.
"Sweetheart…" Takeda sighed, "You're too little to play with them…"
"But…" she eyed the floor
Takeda looked into his daughter's eyes, "Tomoe… we'll play when we get home okay?"
"But…" she started but broke eye contact, "Okay mommy…"
"I'll play with her…" Suga said, "If you don't mind Takeda Sensei…"
Tomoe looked up at Suga and smiled with pure joy.
"Sure Sugawara-san, just be careful of your condition…" Takeda smiled. Looking at his daughter he said, "You can play with Sugawara-san but be careful of his tummy okay?"
"Yes mommy!!" She smiled and followed Suga to the other side of the gym where they just hit a spare volleyball between the two of them
After practice was done Ukai gathered the team, "Good job guys, you practiced well today. I know you all have some questions regarding Tomoe, so go ahead and ask…"
Hinata's hand automatically shot up.
"Yes Hinata?"
"How old is she?"
"She's 5…" Ukai said
"How did you and Takeda Sensei meet?" Suga asked
"Um… well…" Ukai couldn't find the words, "Ask Sensei, I don't really remember…"
"Liar…" Takeda shot back
"How old are you two anyway?" Noya asked
"I'm 26…" Ukai said platonically
The team looked at their Sensei as he refused to say anything.
"Ittetsu, come on…" Ukai said, "It's not even that bad…"
"It will be if you tell them!" He shot back
"I'm sure it's not bad…" Asahi smiled sympathetically
"Mommy is 29!" Tomoe shouted from her spot on Asahi's lap. The 5 year old really took a liking to him, which was unusual because most kids were afraid of Asahi
"WHAT?!" The team started laughing
"So you graduated before Coach Ukai even got to high school?" Tanaka laughed
Takeda Sensei couldn't help the blush he felt creeping up on his face from all the embarrassment.
After the laughter died down some began directing their attention to a Kageyama deep in thought.
"I got it!" He said more than likely coming to a decision, "Cougar!"
The team stayed silent for half a second before the gym erupted with uncontrollable laughter. Kageyama looked around extremely lost as Noya and Tanaka patted his back. Takeda Sensei could be seen hiding his face in his hands, blush reaching his ears.
"Did I say something wrong?" Kageyama deadpanned
"It's rather rude to call someone a cougar don't you think?" Suga giggled
"I SAID THAT OUT LOUD?!" Kageyama was hit with the sudden realization, "I AM SO INCREDIBLY SORRY SENSEI!!" He bowed deeply to the embarrassed omega
"I-it's alright K-Kageyama-san…" Takeda shook his head
"So you never answered my question, how did you meet?" Suga asked
"Would you like me to tell them Sensei? I can explain to them so you can get Tomoe-chan back home…" Rose said walking over to them and glanced over at the yawning 5 year old
"How do you know what happened?" Ukai asked
"I'm Lotus's boss…" she smiled
The couple's eyes widened, "HIS BOSS?!"
"Yup, when he made the report about you two and how you were a successful case, of course I had to read through it!" Rose smiled, "Lotus had a stroke of bad luck until he had Takeda as a charge…"
"What do you mean?" Takeda asked
"We try to keep the number of cases we lose to a minimum, unfortunately, about 95% of all cases that were lost were under Lotus' care…"
"What do you mean lost?" Daichi asked
"Those omegas died…" she said
Everyone went dead silent. ~Died?~
"It was very hard for him…" Rose said, "There was a specific year that he lost ALL his cases… he took a mental health leave and just came back this year…"
"That's awful!" Asahi whined
"He still remembers you…" Rose smiled at the Ukai family, "He wishes he could come see how big Tomoe is but he's stationed halfway across the world, with very successful cases."
"It's good to hear that he's come back from that…" Takeda smiled
"He was gone for 5 years, he even found a mate and had a baby of his own!" Rose smiled
"That's wonderful!" Takeda said gleefully with a gently smiling Ukai behind him
"ANYWAY! Back to my question please?" Suga asked
"Oh right! I'll tell you what happened…" Takeda smiled sheepishly, "So because it's late I'll give you the shortened version…"
"I had just graduated with my Associates Degree in Education, so I was looking to intern at a high school for a year, and I was accepted here at Karasuno…" Takeda explained, "I shadowed a modern Japanese Literature teacher who had a 3rd year class… and that's where we met, because Keishin is terrible at literature…"
"Aw that's adorable!" Suga said dreamy eyed
"Then how did you two get together?" Hinata asked
"We got together when Keishin graduated, he had asked to court me… we were married two years after that…" Takeda smiled
"And a year after we were married, we had Tomoe…" Ukai added
"Takeda Sensei, why don't you have the last name Ukai?" Tsukishima asked
"Because the parent/teacher board didn't approve it yet…" Takeda rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, "Once it's been approved then they will change it…"
"I see…" Tsukishima said
"Because on all legal documents I am Ukai Ittetsu…" Takeda smiled shyly, "but the school would rather the students call me Takeda Ittetsu…"
"So wait! I thought Coach Ukai had a girlfriend in his third year?" Yamaguchi said
"He did… but we got together at the END of his third year…"
"Ittetsu was just a jealous hoe…" Ukai snickered making a joke
"Absolutely…" Takeda deadpanned and went to wake up Tomoe
The entire team began laughing at their coach's reaction to his mate's all too serious response.
"So are you and Sensei going to have anymore kids?" Suga asked
"No, I think Tomoe is enough for us…" Ukai said smiling at the little girl that was currently refusing to leave Asahi's lap
"Don't be so sure of that…" Takeda taunted his alpha
Ukai looked at his mate and frowned, "What does that mean?"
"The decision has already been made, you can't change your mind now…" Takeda was finally able to coax the 5 year old away from Asahi
With that statement Asahi and Suga made eye contact, they understood what their sensei was trying to tell his mate.
"What decision Ittetsu? We haven't even talked about this yet…" Ukai was getting irritated, he didn't want to have this talk in front of the team
"We didn't talk about Tomoe…" Takeda said turning to meet Ukai's eyes
And with that, Daichi and Noya looked at each other then at Suga and Asahi who nodded in return. They got it too.
"Tomoe is already here!" Ukai was beginning to raise his voice
"Do I really need to spell it out for you?!" Takeda was beginning to raise his voice as well
"Yes, please ENLIGHTEN me!!" Ukai was irritated and the whole team knew
The four that had already figured it out and braced for the two words they knew were coming.
"I'm PREGNANT!" Takeda yelled at his alpha and stormed out, leaving a very stunned Ukai and a cowering Tomoe clutching onto Asahi's shoulder
Ukai didn't say anything, didn't grab his daughter, or his family's belongings, he just ran. He ran after his omega. They were having another baby. Ukai caught up to his mate quickly and wrapped his arms around him. There was an uncomfortable silence as Ukai waited for Takeda to start speaking.
"Do…" Takeda felt broken, "do you not want this baby?"
Ukai's eyes widened and he turned Takeda around, "Of course I do! How could you think that I didn't?!"
"You said we weren't going to have anymore…" Takeda felt tears welling up
"I mean that we weren't going to TRY for more…" Ukai hugged his mate tightly, "but of course if you got pregnant again I wouldn't mind…"
Ukai could feel Takeda shaking in his arms, "How long have you known?"
"A week…" Takeda sobbed
"Did you go to your OB-GYN?" Ukai asked
"Yes…"
"How far along are you?" Ukai soothed his crying omega
"14 weeks…" Takeda pulled away from the embrace, "I'm already into second trimester…" he smiled
Ukai grabbed Takeda in a tight embrace, he snaked a hand down to caress his mate's belly and felt the very small growing bump. How did I not notice it before? After a brief kiss they walked back to the gym to see the soon-to-be mother and would-have-been mother consoling their crying daughter.
"Mama! Papa!" She ran straight for them, "please don't fight!!"
Takeda dropped to his knees and hugged his 5 year old, "Oh honey we aren't fighting…"
Ukai and Takeda apologized to everyone in the room before packing up and taking their daughter home, after Suga exchanged contact information with Takeda. Pregnant omegas like to keep in touch and updated.
