STEPBROTHER (HAIKYUU X KUROKO NO BASKETBALL SUMMER CAMP)
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One of the unnamed thugs gave a straight punch to Ushijima and made Ushijima immediately move backwards to avoid the blow that would hit his face, The attacks don't stop there, because some other thugs attacked Akashi from various directions, which made Akashi almost cornered if both hands did not move instinctively to fend off every blow that wanted to hit him.

"Basic shit!" mizuki, who was furious with his own men, immediately intervened by giving a hard straight punch to Ushijima's nose in a row.

With the attack from Mizuki's men who continue to attack Ushijima and the surprise attack from Mizuki itself makes Ushijima not have time to dodge, the blow hit Ushijima's nose hard, causing him to step back by holding his painful nose and dripping blood.

Ushijima stared intently at Mizuki, he felt his pride was really hurt at this moment. Without thinking much, he immediately moved forward towards Mizuki and delivered a half round punch towards Mizuki's head.

Ushijima immediately took advantage of this opportunity to grab the neck of Mizuki who had a body size slightly smaller than him, along with a hard blow to Mizuki's nose and stomach that failed to be fended off by him, it seemed that Ushijima was really angry this time and continued to attack blindly.

Not only that, he also did not waste the opportunity to take the stone that was nearby. The size of the stone was the size of a fist, he immediately threw the stone in his hand into Mizuki's nose until it broke and threw it randomly to the left.

Fortunately, Mizuki's men immediately came to help, one of his men even took the initiative to push the kitchen knife into Ushijima's shoulder which made him scream in pain.

Ushijima immediately released his grip from Mizuki, he looked back and repelled the straight punch that Mizuki's men gave him and threw it to the outside.

For Ushijima, there was no time for him to pull the knife that was still stuck in the shoulder other than letting the pain spread on the body. He was also not a fool who would pluck out at will and allow himself to lose a lot of blood.

However, due to being too busy fighting Mizuki's men. Once again he did not realize that this time Mizuki was helped by one of his other men were preparing a neat rope that they immediately snares around Ushijima's neck, at once Ushijima fell to the ground and tried to move here and there to release the trap.

Not to mention the pressure from Mizuki's body behind Ushijima made the knife that had previously stuck into it become more and more pushed deeper until it made Ushijima scream in pain.

"Stop, you can kill him!" ryo's orders that make Mizuki hastily release the rapiah rope scream that strangles Ushijima's neck, immediately Ushijima lying on the ground coughing . His neck began to blush because of the rope, but still Mizuki whose anger had not subsided could hit Ushijima's stomach lucky with her feet.

Ushijima was completely helpless at this moment, he only let the pain begin to befriend him and did not intend to get back up immediately. Until a hard hit on his face that makes him really drooped weak with eyes that began to fade and panic Ryo who did not have the intention to hurt Ushijima so far.

"Let's get out of here!" take Mizuki who looks calm, as if she is familiar with the current situation and forcibly pull Ryo to leave Ushijima alone.

Ushijima, who was slowly unconscious, clenched his hands together, shed tears and hurriedly used the rest of his energy to contact his father.

"A blank building behind Teiko Junior High, please Pa! The open bleeding on my shoulder started to seep, call an ambulance and don't tell Mama" said Ushijima before he was unconscious.

And when Ushijima opened his eyes again, he realized he was already on the bed. With a middle-aged old man talking to the Doctor beside him.

The doctor immediately hurriedly checked Ushijima's vital signs, then the middle-aged man who looked like his father seemed to smile with relief when the Doctor said that Ushijima was fine.

The stab wound did not hit his vital part, fortunately not Ushijima's injured left shoulder so he can still use his left hand to play volleyball after the break of several weeks.

"What really happened to you, Wakatoshi?" ask the father, when the doctor left the room.

"No, you didn't tell Mama, did you?" ask Ushijima.

"Thank you, Pa. Sorry, I've worried you."

"It's okay, I'm not mad at you. But you have to explain to me, what really happened? Although I have rarely seen you lately, I still love you and would not be willing if something like this ever happened to you again." Ushijima's father ruffled his hair, however, he was a small child in the eyes of his father even though he was now almost mature age.

"I just want to protect someone" Ushijima said.

Ushijima's father smiled, "It turns out you now have a very important person in your life, you do look like me. In the past, I would also be willing to sacrifice everything I had just for that person."

Ushijima looked into his father's eyes, "Who is that man, Pa?"

"Of course that person is you, Wakatoshi. You are my only child who is the most important in my life" replied Ushijima's father.

"Stop lying, Pa. If I'm important, then what about your son now? You never even tried to meet me, I almost thought you'd dumped me if I hadn't listened to the boy's curses that night."

"I'm not lying, Wakatoshi. It seems that you were mistaken, I didn't want to visit you but I just got fired and had to work hard to find a job to support your mother and stepbrother. On the other hand, I also have to save savings for your future and every time I intend to meet you at school or the mansion, he said, somehow I feel disappointed with myself and my pride is hurt if you let your mother's family will look down on me, I don't want you to be ashamed of me plus I don't want to have a long argument with your mother."

"I'm sorry I was so bad thinking about you, you should have come clean to me. Help me sit down, Pa!" tukas Ushijima began trying to sit assisted by his father.

"It's okay, I never once blamed you." Ushijima's father smiled.

"Then, who's that kid you mentioned? Is he the one you said was important?" ask Ushijima's father.

But the question seems to make Ushijima's ears turn red, he still feels ashamed to admit that Akashi is his most important sister at this time. And apparently, he was still not fully aware of it.

"Can we go home now, Pa?" tanya Ushijima tried to shift the conversation.

His father just smiled, then nodded. " Are you okay coming home now?"

"If I don't go home, your ex-wife will come looking for me and blame you again. I don't like to see your fight drama, it's like seeing the Korean drama Penthose house and Sky Castle alone."

Ushijima's father laughed amusedly, he did not expect his son could still remember his favorite Korean drama until this moment. He ruffled Ushijima's hair in shame, then helped Ushijima get out of bed.

"Then we eat together before we go home, let's just say that my apology has been ignoring you for months."

"Obviously you have to pay for all your lost time to me, Mr. Ushijima." Ushijima still had time to mingle the father who was only avenged laughter booming from his father.

The Father and Son couple looked as familiar as ever, no one expected that the phone call to his father could fix the somewhat fractured relationship. It seems that the actions of Ushijima who tried to protect Akashi get a reward that is worth the sacrifice, it can be said that the closeness with his father back is the top payment. His sacrifice to protect Akashi.