STEPBROTHER (HAIKYUU X KUROKO NO BASKETBALL SUMMER CAMP)
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"Eat a lot, son." Ushijima's stepmother poured a teapot of water into Akashi's glass. He's really very polite and friendly. Not to mention, the atmosphere of dinner in this family really made Akashi stunned.

He felt envious to see this little family life before him, an atmosphere he so desperately craved as a child.

"You ate a lot too, Wakatoshi. Mama heard from your father that you will be a great athlete in the future. So, Mama wants you to eat a lot."

Ushijima just nodded, he was still very awkward around his stepmother. Although he could not resist the fact that he was a little happy to get a little attention from a mother.

"So, how's your school? The lancarkah?" asked Ushijima's father to Ushijima.

"Okay, I think it's pretty good. Soon I will be graduating from school" replied Ushijima.

"Well, that's great. Mama and Papa hope that your graduation exam can be smooth." Her stepmother Ushijima clasped her husband's fingers.

"Yes, even your mother has prepared a special gift for your graduation."

"Why tell Wakatoshi first, it should be a surprise." Her stepmother Ushijima patted her husband gently.

"No need to bother, I'm old enough not to accept the gift. " Ushijima was embarrassed to see the behavior of his parents who even made out in front of him.

"It's okay, Wakatoshi. This gift as a form of affection and support Mama for you. And your sisters also help make it, you really have to accept it later."

Ushijima could only nod, he turned to Akashi who seemed happy to enjoy the atmosphere of the Ushijima family was very warm.

"Oniisan! Can I have my toys fixed?" pinta a 6-year-old boy to Ushijima. Not long after, a little girl who seemed to be the twin of the boy also ran over to Ushijima.

"Haruto grabbed my hair earlier, can you please tie my hair back?" his door to Ushijima even became awkward and made himself inevitably obey the wishes of his two half-sisters.

"Mama said that Oniisan was a great brother, we were very happy to meet Oniisan." The little girl praised Ushijima.

"Truely, Haruto also wants to be taught to play Volleyball with Oniisan."

"It's like you should learn to get closer to your two younger siblings, Wakatoshi." Ushijima's father tried to persuade his son and make Ushijima can only smile. He knew very well how to put Ushijima in order to feel welcome in the family and it seems Ushijima received both the kindness of his father and stepmother, as well as his two half-sisters.

Akashi could only smile at Ushijima's happiness, Before he finally said goodbye to leave the dinner table first, he did not want to linger there and made him feel jealous.

But instead of going to the room, Akashi chose to relax for a while on the porch while staring at the screen of his phone. He seemed to be thinking about something right now, when he remembered the warmth of the family earlier. I don't know why the shadow of that moment can never disappear from its shadow.

For a long time he looked at his cell phone and back and forth glanced at his uncle's mobile number. Eventually, he decided to call the number. Fortunately the call was picked up without needing to spend much time, as if her Uncle Kenta's secretary could already predict that Akashi would call her.

"What's wrong? You changed your mind?" ask Secretary Kenta.

"No, I stick to my previous stance."

"You sure?If that's your decision, why did you call me? Or do you want to threaten me again?" ask Secretary Kenta.

"I don't intend to threaten you anymore either, I just want to ask you something."

"Where are you right now, Uncle?" tanya Akashi who can listen to the noise from the location of Kenta's existence.

"Hospital, I have to take care of your brother. He's in bad shape, because of your intolerable arrival."

"So, is he dead?" ask Akashi.

"You are outrageous, however he is your brother. And thankfully he's fine right now, you don't deserve to be happy right now."

"Then I'm really disappointed to hear it" said Akashi, who seemed to ignore Yuki's situation. And actually the reason he contacted Secretary Kenta wasn't for that.

"Yes, it's up to you. If there's nothing else to talk about, I hang up. I have to attend an important dinner meeting with your father's client" told Secretary Kenta, who works as Masaomi's accomplice. But Akashi immediately stopped him from ending the call.

"There's something I want to ask you again!"

"What else, Seijuro?"

"Did Grandma really hate me? I mean, does your whole family really hate me?" ask Akashi.

"Yes, all the family members from my brother's side hate you so much. You just breathe, it's like it's been making them claustrophobic seven circumference."

Akashi clasped his phone tightly, he could no longer lie to himself that he was just a child worth hating. Until an unexpected answer from Secretary Kenta makes his feelings slightly better.

"Except me" Secretary Kenta continued.

"Why don't you hate me? It's not that I've always threatened to kill you, I'm even the cause of your sister's death." Akashi tried to expect nothing more from his question.

"Who said I never hated you? In fact, I used to be the one who hated you more than anything in the world, you were not just a fetus that almost put my brother's life at risk. But, you're also the baby who's been desperately defended by my sister and stole all the attention of my sister and Yuki."

"Then?" asked Akashi who was trying to be calm. Never once thought of him, that Uncle who had always trusted him so far had hated him that much.

"I'm not a hypocrite, Seijuro. I hated it that much. But everything changed immediately, when I saw you crying in a dark room with a thick stack of books and a bruised back that night."

Akashi chose to remain silent, as Secretary Kenta finished his words.

"That night you were supposed to celebrate your birthday, but you made your father angry about not using the spoon properly. You know what I'm talking about? You were still in elementary school at the time" Secretary Kenta told me.

"I know."

"That's how I learned to forgive you, I think you're just kids who don't deserve to be hated. Adults like us are very bad," said Secretary Kenta, laughing. But not with Akashi, he only showed his calm face which began to wipe away all forms of his angry feelings.

"If you were my father, I would have grown up lovingly. Right, Uncle?" akashi asked who immediately stopped Kenta's laughter.

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