"Talking" Thinking

Friday

Satori's POV

Today's practice was running late, and it was starting to get close to time to pick up Sayuri. I just knew today was going to be the day Mr. Young was going to bring her here. However, right now we were taking a break and I knew it was the right time to go call Mr. Young.

"Semi, I need to check my phone real quick," I said, running out of the gym to the club room.

"Tendou, what the hell?" Sime yelled, looking pissed.

I got to the club room and searched my bag for my phone when I found it I saw I had already missed a call and a voicemail.

Beep Beep...You have one unheard message.

Hello, Mr. Tendou, it's Mr. Young. It's getting close to the time for you to be here, and I have a feeling you're not going to make it, so I'm just going to bring Sayuri to you. We should be there in about 10 to 20 minutes. You need to get things in order, Mr. Tenou, or we will have to ask you to find another daycare.

Beep beep...end of your message...

Crap, that was 10 minutes ago. They're probably here by now. I thought, taking my phone and running back to the gym.

Sayuri's POV

Nii-san was late to pick me up again, but Mr. Young told me to pick up my things that we were going to nii-san's school. I was excited, I wore my new jacket today hoping I would get to meet nii-san's team. It felt like it took forever to get to nii-san's school. When we finally got there, it took a while for us to find the gym. However, when we finally found it I took off inside.

"Wait, Sayuri, don't run off!" Mr. Young yelled from behind me.

"Nii-san!" I screamed, running into the gym, but he didn't answer.

I looked around to see everyone staring at me when I noticed Toshi-nii. I was fixing to run to him when Mr. Young placed his hand on my shoulder stopping me.

"Sayuri, you know better than to run off like that," he said, scolding me.

"I'm sorry," I replied, looking down, "I got excited to see nii-san, and meet all his friends."

"I understand, but it looks like he's not here right now," Mr. Young told me looking around for Satori. "Do you know anyone here?"

"I know Toshi-nii," I explained, pointing at him. "He helped me get to pokies off the top shelf."

"Can you be good and stay with Toshi-nii, while I look for Mr. Tendou?" Mr. Young asked.

"Yeah," I answered, running over Toshi-nii.

What I missed while all this was going on was everyone's eyes staring at me and Toshi-nii.

Wakatoshi's POV

We were all waiting on Satori to get back to finish practice when the little girl, Sayuri, from last weekend, came running in screaming. Not long after she ran in, a guy that looked like a teacher came in scolding her. She then pointed at me and came running over.

"Toshi-nii, I didn't know you actually played on nii-san's team," she exclaimed looking up at me.

"Mmm," I hummed my reply as she hugged my leg.

"Where is nii-san?" She asked, looking up at me, tears forming in her eyes.

I looked around the gym to see everyone just staring at us. I then noticed Reon walking over to use.

Reon's POV

We had all been surprised when a little girl with red hair and green eyes came running into the gym, but her calling Wakatoshi, Toshi-nii, really shocked us all. I was the first to recover from my shock and walked over to them. I heard her as Wakatoshi where her brother was, and could see the tears forming in her eyes

"Hi there, my name's Reon," I said, squatting down to her level.

"Hi," she replied quietly, tears shining in her eyes. "I'm Sayuri, have you seen my nii-san?

"Well, Sayuri, I don't know who he is," I explained, patting her head. "However, if you told me his name, I might be able to help."

She blinked at me a few times like she was trying to figure out if I was lying or not, then all of a sudden she got even sadder.

"Nii-san hasn't told his team or anyone," Sayuri said, looking down at the floor. "I don't want him to be mad at me."

"I'm sure if you're here, he won't get that mad at you, " I reassured her, patting her head smiling. "He probably had a good reason to."

"Really?" She asked excitedly, "You really think he wouldn't be mad?"

This kid is a lot like Tendou, going back and forth with her feelings. I thought, shaking my head, yes, smiling.

"Satori," she said, shocking everyone even more.

I froze staring at her with my eyes open wide with shock; hearing yells of "what" and "no way" behind me.

There's no way Tendou is an older brother. I thought, recovering from my shock when Hayato walked up beside us.

"Th... That ca...can't be true," He stuttered out as he looked Sayuri over. "Why didn't he tell us?"

"Nii-san has been protective since mommy and daddy left, " Sayuri said, looking away from everyone. "People use to be mean to him and he didn't want me to be picked on."

"We would have never picked on you," Hayato told her patting her head.

Everyone seemed to slowly come to their senses and started to swarm Sayuri.

Semi's POV
"Guys!" I yelled, getting everyone, that was scaring the poor girl, attention. "You're scaring her."

I heard a 'sorry' from everyone as I walked closer to the girl. I stood next to Wakatoshi with my arms crossed.

"You must be Semisemi," she said looking up at me, making me blush a little but I didn't show it.

"So, he told you about us?" Taichi asked in a calm voice.

Sayuri nodded and hid behind Wakatoshi's legs, and looked up at Taichi and me.

"I think you scared her, Taichi," I said, squatting down to talk to Sayuri.

"Tch," Taichi exclaimed, crossing his arms, "What do I care?"

"Taichi-nii didn't scare me," I pouted, folding my arms over my chest. "I just want Satori-nii."

"He should be back soon," Wakatoshi told her, placing his hand on her head.

"Okay," she said, smiling up at him.

"You said Satori has been taking care of you since you're parents left, right?" I asked, curious about how long he's been keeping Sayuri from us.

"Yeah, since I was this miny" she hesitantly replied, holding up a finger, "but I'm three now."

Kenjirou's POV

"Tch," I scuffed, standing farthest away from Tendou's sister. "This is stupid, we have practice to be doing."

She then looked up at me like she heard me and started to tear up. I could feel everyone staring at me. I felt panicked, as we all heard the gym door open again.

Please be Tendou. I thought as I turned to see who it was, and of course, to my luck, it wasn't Tendou.

"What I miss?" Goshiki asked as he closed the door behind him. "Also, whose kid?"

"It's Tendou's little sister," I told him, scowling.

"Oh," he said, walking over to Sayuri. "Who made you cry?"

Sayuri just looked up at him and pointed at me. I just froze in my spot and stared at her.

Did a three-year-old really just rat me out? I wandered as Goshiki walked over to me.

"You really are just a grouch, huh?" he asked, smiling at me.

"What did you say!" I yelled back at him.

We then started to argue, causing everyone to miss the door opening again and Tendou walking in.

Satori's POV

When I got there everyone was crowded around Wakatoshi talking to someone, and Goshiki arguing with Kenjirou. However, before I could even think about walking over someone called my name.

"Mr. Tendou," Mr. Young said, stopping me from going to where everyone else was, "I'm sorry to drop her off and leave, but I have plans."

"It's fine, thank you for watching her," I said as Mr. Young left.

"Nii-san," Sayuri yelled, sounding like she was crying.

I sighed and walked over to her and Wakatoshi. I picked Sayuri up and wiped the tears from her eyes.

"What happened, Little Monster?" I questioned, hugging her softly.

"Kenjirou-nii was being grouchy," she replied, pointing at him.

"I'm sure he didn't mean to be," I laughed, setting Sayuri down and smirking. "Remember what I told you about everyone."

"Hai," Sayuri exclaimed, nodding as excitement shone in her eyes.

"Oh, Really?" I asked, trying to sound skeptical. "Then who's who?"

"Semisemi, the salty mom. Taichi-nii is the quiet scary guy. Reon-nii, people call him Benkei. Hayato-nii, Mr. Libero. Kenjiroun-nii, can be grouchy and mean when upset. Goshiki-nii, future ace, and bowl-cut," Sayuri said, smiling while she bounced and pointing at everyone as she said their name. "Also, Toshi-nii, I like him the most, he helped me get my pokies."

"Tendou!" Semi yelled beside me looking red from anger. "Did you really tell your sister all that? Why did you not tell us?"

"Hold on, I'll explain everything," I said, picking Sayuri up and placing her by the bench, and opening her learning app on my phone. "Here, Little Monster, play this while we all talk."

"Okay, nii-san," she replied, grabbing my phone.

This is easy and hard to explain. I thought as I walked back over to everyone.

"Look, I know hiding her from everyone was stupid, but I was scared," I stated as I looked at my feet. "Sayuri is a lot like me when I was her age. She has a hard time making friends. I thought people not knowing the weird volleyball player from Shiratorizawa was her brother slash legal guardian would make it a little easier. However, even after two-year kids are still just picking on her."

"Nii-san," Sayuri said softly, pulling on my pants. "Are you okay? Do you need to sing our song?"

"Haha..." I laughed quietly, placing my hand on her head. "No, Little Monster, I'm fine. Why don't you go show Semisemi you serve, maybe he can help."

"Really?" she asked, running to get a ball.

"She can serve?" Taichi inquired, watching Sayuri.

"Not very well, but she loves volleyball more than Toshi does," I explained, smiling at Sayuri talking to Semi, and getting him to help her.

Later At Home

I just hope Sayuri doesn't tell them anything embarrassing. I thought as I tucked her into bed and kissed her head.

"Night Sayuri," I whispered, climbing into my bed.

"And sweet dreams Satori," she said as she turned over in her bed.

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