"Talking" Thinking

Wednesday

Satori's POV

Semi and Toshi have been making me stay late for the past few days, and Sayuri has been staying after daycare hours longer than she is supposed to. Her caretaker, Mr. Young, has already yelled at me twice this week for it.

~Flashback~

"Semisemi, I'm leaving now!" I yelled, running out the door before he could answer me.

Man, I'm so much later today than I was the other day, and the lady next door couldn't pick Sayuri up today. I thought as I got to the daycare's front door.

"Gomen, Mr. Young, Captain held a meeting today and Semi talked forever," I explained as I opened to door.

"That's no excuse, Mr. Tendou," Mr. Young said, looking upset. "I had a date today and had to cancel it. Next time you're late or if I have plains I'm bringing her to the school."

"Hai," I replied, walking over to a sleeping Sayuri, and shaking her. "Hey, little monster, time to go home."

"No wake-up," she replied, turning over.

"Okay," I said, lifting her up off the floor and leaving to head home.

"Mr. Young, I'm sorry I'm late again," I told him. "But, next time if I am late, you can bring her to school. Just please call first, besides I've been hiding her from my team for too long."

"Good, also tomorrow, and the next day, the daycare will be closed," he explained locking the door behind us.

~End Flashback~

I'm skipping school and practice today to stay home with Sayuri. However, I need to find something to do tomorrow because I'll have to go to school.

Ding Ding... Shit, that's got to be Semi. What am I going to tell him? I pondered reaching for my phone.

SemiSemi#3: Tendou! Where the hell are you?

GuessMonster#5: I wasn't feeling well this morning.

SemiSemi#3: Fine, but You need to call coach and Ushijima.

GuessMonster#5: Yeah I know I was fixing to.

SemiSemi#3: Also, You better come tomorrow.

GuessMonster#5 has left the chat.

I think calling Coach Saitou, is my best bet. I thought, getting up out of the bed.

I checked to make sure Sayuri was still asleep and walked into the bathroom to call Coach Saitou and then text Toshi. I look through my contacts for his number. I clicked on it and it went straight to his voicemail.

This is Coach Saitou's voicemail, please leave a message after the beep.... Beep!

Hey, Coach Saitou, it's Tendou. I'm calling to tell you I won't be at practice today or tomorrow. Sayuri's daycare had to close today and tomorrow. However, I will be at school tomorrow. Tell Coach Washijou I'll run penalties tomorrow morning.

Press pound to end your call.

"Nii-san, I need to pee," Sayuri said from the other side of the door.

"Okay, Little Monster," I replied, opening the door. "I'll go make us some food."

I need to text Toshi, to let him know what's going on. I wondered, walking to the kitchen and getting the pancake mix out.

GuessMonster#5 has started a chat.

GuessMonster#5 added AceMiricaleBoy#1 to the chat.

AceMiricaleBoy#1: Satori this better be about why you didn't come to morning practice.

GuessMonster#5: It is... I woke up sick this morning, but I'll be at school tomorrow. I already called Coach Saitou to tell him, and to tell Coach Washijou.

AceMiricaleBoy#1: Fine, but I want you to do penalty runs tomorrow morning.

GuessMonster#5: Okay Toshi, I gtg.

GuessMonster#5 has ended the chat.

"Satori-nii, what are we having?" Sayuri asked as she climbed into her chair.

"You're favorite," I said, flipping the last pancake.

"Ice cream!" She yelled, jumping to her feet in the chair.

"No, you silly Little Monster," I told her, tickling her. "Chocolate pancakes."

"Hahaha... Nii-san, please!" she screamed, laughing.

I stopped tickling her and sat our food on the table.

"Sayuri, what do you wanna do today?" I asked, cleaning the chocolate off her face.

"What about daycare?" she questioned, looking at me innocently.

"Daycare is closed today and tomorrow, so I stayed home today with you, but he has to go to school tomorrow," I explained, watching our dishes.

"We've not been to the movies in a while, can we go?" Sayuri asked me, getting down from the table.

"Yeah, Sayuri, we can go," I replied as I walked into the bedroom to get our clothes ready. "However, some Little Monster needs a shower first."

Sayuri's POV

"No!" I screamed, running out of the bedroom. "I don't want a bath!"

Satori-nii was staying home with me today and he let me pick where we are going, but he didn't say anything about a bath.

"Sayuri..!" Nii-san yelled from the room. "We talked about this. You need to take baths."

"Gomen," I said as I walked into the restroom.

I took my bath and put on the clothes Satori-nii had laid out for me, while he took his shower. He forgot his phone on the bed, so I picked it up and started playing on it.

GuessMonster#5 reopened chat with AceMiricaleBoy#1.

GuessMonster#5: hekfhupBFyBgzegyzbprs

AceMiricaleBoy#1: Satori, what the heck are you doing?

Oops, I didn't mean to text anyone. I thought, placing nii-san's phone back on the bed.

Ring Ring Ring! It started going off as nii-son walked out of the bathroom. He picked it up and answered it.

"Hey, Toshi, what you need?" He asked, placing the phone between his ear and shoulder.

He then started to pack me a bag for the movies and our walk there.

"I didn't text you," Satori said, looking at me. "Ugh... I might have been asleep when I did it."

I'm in so much trouble now. I wondered, jumping off the bed and running to the front door.

"Hey!" Nii-san yelled at me. "I gotta go, bye!"

Satori then came running out of the room after me

"Ahhh...!" I screamed as he threw me over his shoulder. "Gomen, I didn't mean to."

Satori sighs and puts me back on the ground.

"Sayuri, what have I said about using my phone?" He inquired, squatting down to my level.

"Not to unless you're there," I replied, pouting.

"You're going to bed early as punishment," nii-san told me.

That's not fair! I yelled at myself. Nii-son talks on the phone all the time.

"I just wanted to be like nii-san," I replied, looking at the floor.

"I know," he said, patting my head, "but you need to learn the rules."

We then left to go to the movies. We went to see another action movie that nii-son likes. However, I fell asleep halfway through it, so it didn't matter what we watched.

"Hey, Little Monster, it's time to leave," Satori told me as he shook me to wake.

Wakatoshi's POV

I was on my way to practice when I got a strange text from Satori, so I called him. He answered after about the third ring.

"Hey, Toshi, what you need?" He questioned, sounding like he didn't know what was going on.

"What was up with the text you just sent me?" I asked, getting changed for practice.

"I didn't text... you" Satori replied, sounding confused. "Ugh, maybe I texted you in my sleep."

"Mmm..." I hummed in reply as I walked out of the club room.

"Hey!" He yelled, sounding like he was chasing something. "I gotta go, bye."

"Who was that Ushijima?" Reon asked, walking up behind me.

"Satori," I told him. "He sent me a weirder than normal text, but he said he did it sleeping."

"He has been acting weirder here lately," Semi said walking into the gym

"Well, let's get to practice," I said, clapping my hands.

After Practice

"Semi, you don't think it's because of that little girl do you?" I asked as we changed in the club room.

"I don't think Tendou would be able to keep something like that a secret for too long," he explained, leaving the room.

"Mmm, true," I replied as I locked the door

We then went to our rooms. I decided to text Satori to see what was up when I called.

Satori's POV

Ding Ding. My phone chimed as I placed Sayuri in the bed. I look down at it to see it was Wakatoshi texting me.

AceMiricaleBoy#1: Hey, what was up with you earlier?

GuessMonster#5: What are you talking about?

AceMiricaleBoy#1: When I called you!

GuessMonster#5: Nothing, just me being me. You know how I am.

AceMiricaleBoy#1: Right

GuessMonster#5: Well, I'm going to bed Toshi night.

GuessMonster#5 has left the chat.

Man, between Toshi and Semi, I don't think I'll keep her a secret much longer. I thought, getting into bed and going to sleep.

Thursday

Sayuri's POV

Today, Satori-nii had to go back to school, but the daycare was still closed, so he had to find a babysitter.

I just hope she isn't some mean, old lady. I thought, sitting on my bed, waiting for Satori to call me to the kitchen

"Little Monster, you're breakfast is ready!" He yelled from the kitchen.

I got up and ran to the table. I then tried to climb into my chair, but I felt someone pick me up.

"Hey," I exclaimed, looking at Satori. "I wanted to do it by myself!"

"Too bad," he said, placing me in my seat. "The babysitter will be here soon, so hurry up and eat."

Just as nii-san was cleaning up, there was a knock on the door. I ran to answer it, but nii-san got to it before I could. He stood at the door talking to someone, I tried to look around him to see who he was talking to. However, he was just too tall for me to see around, so I started to make a fuss about it.

"Nii-san, I wanna see who's at the door," I whined, pulling on his school pants.

"Miss Jane," he said as he let the pretty lady into the house. "Sayuri, this is your babysitter for today. So be good, and please don't do anything mean to her, okay?"

"Hai," I replied, hugging him. "Bye, nii-san."

"Bye, Little Monster," he stated, "See you later. Also, Miss Jane, I should be home right after school, so I can feed her supper and we had breakfast already."

"Okay, and don't worry she's in good hands," Jane told Nii-san as he closed the door.

I just stood there staring at Miss Jane, but then that got boring so I just sat on the couch watching tv.

"So, what do you normally do?' Jane asked, sitting down beside me.

"I like going to the park and playing volleyball," I answered, running to get my volleyball. "Look, nii-san got me a new one because a kid at daycare stole my old one."

"We can go at lunchtime and picnic in the park," she suggested, sitting beside me.

"Yay!" I screamed, jumping up and down on the couch.

Satori's POV

I got to school an hour early, so I could have time to run penalties. As I was getting ready for the club room Semi and Taichi walked in.

"Where have you been, Tendou?" Semi asked as he places his bag on a shelf.

"It's like I told the coach," I exclaimed nervously rubbing the back of my neck. "I was sick yesterday."

"Right," Taichi said, watching intensively.

Man, what do I do? I pondered, closing my bag and leaving the club room.

As I was walking out to the track to run penalties, I ran into Toshi.

"Satori," Toshi said as I tried to walk away acting like I didn't see him.

"Dammit," I stated under my breath, turning back around. "Yes, Toshi, you need something?"

"Where are you headed?" He asked just standing there looking at me.

God, why do I have to like him? I wondered, checking him out. However, he is looking really good today.

"I was on my way to the track field," I replied sarcastically as I turned to hide the blush I got from checking him out.

"Mmm, Just get your penalty runs done before school," he said, walking away.

I didn't reply to Toshi; I just turned and went to the track field and started running.

20 laps for one missed practice seems a little much, but who am I to question anyone. I thought as I was running my 12th lap.

"Eight more and I'm done," I said, running a little slower.

"Tendou!" Someone yelled from behind me.

"Ah!" I screamed, jumping a little. "What the hell, Semi?"

"Done yet, schools about to start?" He asked, looking smug.

"No," I replied as I ran away from him.

"How many more you got?" Semi inquired as he caught up to me.

Dammit, why can't I be a fast runner? I wondered not answering Semi's question.

Right as the first bell rang I was finishing getting dressed. I had to run to class before the late bell rang.

"Mr.Tendou, I need you to stay after class," the teacher said as I took a seat in the back of the classroom.

"Fine," I started, laying my head on my desk thinking of what Sayuri was doing right now.

Sayuri's POV

I was coloring on my bed when Miss Jane came and told me to get ready to leave the park.

"Keep on breaking them! What, you say? Their hearts. Keep on shattering them! What, you say? Their spirits," I sang as I changed into jean shorts, a green shirt, and my cowgirl boots.

I grabbed one of my hats and a brush so Miss Jane can help me put it on a ponytail.

"You ready to go Sayuri?" She asked me as I got to the living room.

"Almost," I told her. "Can you help me put my hair up?"

"Sure," Miss Jane replied, taking the brush and putting my hair in a ponytail.

"Thanks," I exclaimed, jumping off the couch, putting my hat on, and grabbing my volleyball.

We got to the park a few minutes later and I took off to the net area to play. Miss Jane found a table close to the net I was using.

"Miss Jane, do you wanna play?" I asked, running over to her.

"I'm fine, I will just watch you," she told me, setting her stuff on the table.

"Okay," I said, running off to play again.

I practiced my hitting for a while then I tried to serve it, but I didn't make it over the net. After a while, Miss Jane told me it was time to eat lunch. We ate our lunch and I was starting to feel sleepy, so we went home. However, on the way home, we passed a shop and I saw a jacket in the window that I wanted.

"Miss Jane, can we go to that store?" I asked pulling on her shirt and pointing back at the store we just passed.

"I don't know," she replied as she took out her phone, "but I could ask your brother."

She typed on her phone for just a few minutes and then it dinged.

"Well, you're brother said yes, but you can only pick out one thing while you're in there," Miss Jane told me as she grabbed my hand to walk back to the store.

"Yay!" I yelled, jumping up and down. "I already know what I want."

We went into the store and I ran to where they had the jackets. I looked around for a while and didn't see one that would fit me.

"What's wrong?" Miss Jane asked as she squatted down to my level.

"They don't have my size," I whined, pointing to the jacket I wanted. "I thought it would be cute to wear because it is nii-san's school colors."

"Well, if we get an extra small, you should be able to wear it for a while," Miss Jane explained, looking for an extra small in the jackets.

After a few minutes, she found one and went to pay for it. We went back to the apartment afterward and not long after we got back Satori-nii was home.

"Hey, Little Monster, I'm home," nii-san said as he walked into the kitchen.

"Nii-san!" I yelled, jumping into his arms. "I want you to see what I got today."

"Okay," he replied, placing me on his hip and walking over to the table. "Let me show Miss Jane out and pay her, then you can show me."

"Fine," I pouted as Satori set me in my chair at the table.

He then walked Miss Jane out and paid him. She told him I was good for her and that what I got at the store was a gift from her.

"Alright, what did you get today?" Satori asked, walking back to the kitchen.

I got down from my chair and went to our shared room to get my new jacket. I walked back into the kitchen and pulled it out of the bag.

"Tada!" I screamed, holding up a Shiratorizawa jacket.

"Wow, Little Monster, that's amazing," he exclaimed looking at my new jacket, smiling.

"I saw that it was your school colors," I explained, smiling at nii-san, "and thought that I could wear it to meet your friends and team."

"Sayuri, we've talked about this," Satori said, looking upset. "I don't think it's a good idea for you to meet everyone right now."

It's not fair, nii-san gets to see all his friends, and I've only got to meet Toshi-nii. I thought, getting in my bed.

"But, Satori-nii, I wanna see Toshi-nii again," I cried as nii-son tucked me into bed.

"I'll think about it Little Monster," he said, kissing my head. "Now goodnight"

"And sweet dreams," I replied as I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

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