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“An ice cream crepe. There’s a new ice cream shop down the street.” They clean up and bundle up before leaving the restaurant. “Do you want me to grab the stroller for Keiji?”
“No. No need for it. Let’s get ice cream and go home.” Rin replies. They walk past a few shops and restaurants before crossing the street to the ice cream shop. Osamu held Keiji the whole time.
“They have some good flavor combos. Which one do you want?” Osamu asks. The ice cream is served in a cone with a crepe filled with whipped cream and toppings. Keiji just looks around.
“I’m leaning towards the dark chocolate and mint chip one. You?”
“The peach and mango one.”
“Got it. Go sit down.” Rin goes to order and pays. Osamu and Keiji take a seat and play while they wait for Rin. Since the ice cream shop is busy, it does take their order a while to be ready. “Here you go, Samu.” Rin hands him his peach and mango ice cream with a crepe. Rin takes a picture of them before they devour them.
“Have a bite, Rin?” Osamu hands his cone over to Rin, who does the same. “Yours is good. Rich and sweet.”
“I can say the same for yours too. Fresh peaches and mango, so good.” Rin savors the taste. Keiji stares at them. “Do you want to take a bite?” Keiji nods. Osamu brings Rin’s ice cream closer to him. Keiji takes a lick. Rin hands Osamu his cone back and takes his back. Keiji takes a lick into Osamu’s ice cream.
“Is it yummy?” Osamu asks as he continues to eat his ice cream. Keiji nods. Rin and Osamu continue talking and planning out their upcoming trip, while watching Keiji observe everyone in the ice cream shop.
Keiji nods off in Osamu’s arms. “We should head out soon.” Rin takes the trash on the table and throws it away. Osamu wraps Keiji in his blanket. They walk towards where they parked the car. “What do you want for dinner?”
“Soup sounds so good, especially after walking in this cold wind.” Osamu unlocks the car. Rin starts the car and blasts the heat. Osamu buckles Keiji in.
When they arrive home, Rin takes Keiji to put him down in his room to sleep. Osamu pulls ingredients out for dinner. Rin uploads all the videos and pictures from earlier, especially the one where Keiji fights Osamu over the onigiri.
“I see that you tagged me in your videos.” Osamu says after getting a notification about being tagged in it. He reposts them onto his account.
They cook the soup and let it simmer. Keiji wakes up, so they bring him down to watch TV with him. “Tsumu, what do you want?” Osamu answers his phones.
“Samu, you’re coming to the home game tomorrow, right? I saw that you’re a food vendor.” Atsumu says.
“I’m not going to be the one running it though. A few other employees will be running it. I’ll just check in on them a couple times throughout the game.” Osamu replies. He puts Atsumu on speaker.
“If you’re not running the food stand, will you be able to watch Ko and Shin for us? They want to go to the game, but I don’t know who would be able to watch them in the stands.” Atsumu asks.
“Tsumu, I was going to make Osamu bring Keiji to the stadium for the game, so he can watch it in person. I already bought noise muffling headphones for him just in case.” Rin responds. “I’m sure Samu can handle watching Ko and Shin.” Osamu sighs.
“Perfect, I’ll have their bags ready for them then. Thanks! See ya at the game!” Atsumu hangs up.
“You love to torture me, don’t you?” Osamu deflates.
“It’s because I love ya.” Rin responds as he picks up Keiji into his lap. “Keiji baby, do you want to go Dada’s game this weekend? Do you want to see me play?”
Keiji squeals and nods. “Dada, ball!” Rin kisses him.
“You get to hang out with Papa while you watch me play. This will be your first time in the stadium.” Rin pokes Keiji’s nose. “You’ll get to eat -”
“We’ll be with Shin and Ko too, watching Tsum Tsum and Omi Omi.” Osamu cuts Rin off, knowing he will say onigiri and does not want Keiji to bother him for more onigiri. They play around a bit more before they eat their soup. They have their nightly bath time before going to bed.
Saturday, Home Game: MSBY Black Jackals v. Schweiden Alders in Osaka
“Look Keiji, we’re putting on Dada’s number to support him.” Osamu says as he dresses Keiji in MSBY Black Jackals merch. It was a gift from Kuroo on his birthday. Keiji smiles and roars at Osamu.
“Papa, too.” Keiji points to his MSBY crewneck. “Dada.” Keiji wants Osamu to put his MSBY merch on too.
“Mine’s in my room. Let’s go put it on and wake up Dada.” Osamu lifts and carries Keiji back to the master bedroom. “This one is mine. Help me put it on?” Keiji nods and stands on the bed to help Osamu pull down his hoodie. “Now, we’re ready. Let’s wake up Dada.” Keiji turns around and body-slams himself into Rin, who grunts.
“Dada, up! Dada, game!” Keiji pats his dad. Osamu moves to see Rin’s face and gives him a kiss.
“Babe!” Osamu ruffles Rin’s hair. “We let you nap in peace. Come on, lunch is ready. All we need is you.” Rin smiles at Osamu and turns to grab Keiji.
“Good morning you two. It’s too early to be causing trouble.” Rin ruffles Keiji’s hair, who copies Rin. He notices that Keiji is already dressed for the day. “Is that my jersey and number you’re wearing?”
“Dada!” Keiji points to his shirt and pants. Osamu flexes in his hoodie.
“All for you to remember who are your biggest fans!” Osamu continues to flex. Rin laughs at him.
“Okay, macho man. Get out of my way so I can get ready.” Rin gets out of bed to get ready. Osamu takes Keiji to finish lunch. “Wow, even my favorite lunch. It must be my birthday.”
“Happy Dada!” Keiji squeals as he munches on his lunch. They leave for the stadium after they finish lunch and clean up. Kiyoomi, Atsumu, Kotaro, and Shinsuke meet them inside the stadium. Kiyoomi, Atsumu, and Rin have to leave a little earlier to warm up and get some practice and strategizing in before the game. The game is in a couple hours. Keiji stays in Rin’s arms because he doesn’t want his Dada to leave yet.
“Keiji, Dada is going early, so he can get ready for the game. We’re leaving to get Onigiri Miya ready. C’mon baby.” Osamu takes Keiji out of Rin’s arms. Keiji pouts at them. Rin gives both of them a kiss and hug before heading off with Kiyoomi and Atsumu, who hug and kiss Kotaro and Shinsuke before going to warm up. Following Osamu, Kotaro, Shin, and Keiji head over to the Onigiri Miya stand. Keiji squeals excitedly when he sees the stand. “We’ll have some during the game okay? Not now though.” Osamu puts Keiji down to help set up the stand. Kotaro and Shin play with Keiji by the stand.
“Dada!” Keiji thinks he sees his dad because Rin was wearing a MSBY hat and gear. The man Keiji sees is also wearing a hat. He gets up to follow him, trying to get his attention. Kotaro looks up and scans the crowd for Keiji after noticing Keiji is not next to him.
“Uncle Samu! Keiji is missing! He was right here and now he’s gone.” Kotaro says in a panic. Osamu immediately panics and looks around for Keiji and places he could be hiding by the stand. He walks around the crowd looking for his now toddler.
“Ko and Shin, stay close to me, we’re going to look for him.” Osamu says as he takes his nephews’ hands. They head to security to inform them that Keiji is missing. “This is his first time at a game. This is what he is wearing today. Decked out in his dad’s merch.” Osamu shows the officers a picture of Keiji.
“He is the son of MSBY Suna, right?” The officer asks.
“He is. He’s my son also. He has his stuffed owl plushie with him.” Osamu confirms. The officer radios others to search for him. “This is my number if you find him. I’m going to keep looking for him.” They exchange contact info before going to search for Keiji.
Meanwhile, with Keiji.
“Dada sstop!” Keiji calls out to the man he followed. The man turns to walk in a different direction. Keiji sees that the man is not his dad and becomes sad. He begins to panic because he realizes he’s lost and he can’t see where his Papa is. He begins to cry and pushes through the crowd. He ends up heading towards the locker rooms.
“Hey little one. Are you okay?” Keiji looks up and sees a man kneeling down. Keiji shakes his head. “What’s wrong? Are you lost?”
“Dada! Papa!” Keiji cries out as he pulls onto his crewneck.
“It’s okay. I can help you find them. Is that okay with you?” The man pats Keiji’s head. Keiji nods. The man lifts Keiji up and notices he’s in MSBY gear. “Are you a fan of MSBY?”
“Dada, game!” Keiji points to his shirt with tears in his eyes.
“Your dads are fans of MSBY. They’re good players.” The man walks towards the Schweiden Alders locker room to get the other players to help him.
“Ushiwaka! You’re back with a KID?!” The Schweiden Alders coach calls out. The players all stare at him and start laughing.
“Leave it to Ushijima to randomly come back with a kid.” “Did you kidnap him because he’s wearing MSBY merch?” “Where did you find this kid?” “Why’s he crying?”
“He’s lost and I’m trying to help him find his dads, but I need your help.” Ushijima states.
“Alright, let’s go help him reunite with his family. Did you get his name at least?” The Schweiden Alders captain commands.
“No, I don’t think he’s old enough to say his name.” Ushijima replies. “He did say his dads are MSBY fans though.”
“That’s a start. Let’s head to security.” The Schweiden Alders team heads out.
In the MSBY Black Jackals locker room.
“Samu, repeat what happened slowly.” Kiyoomi answers his phone. “Okay, where are you right now? We’ll come to you. Stay put.” Kiyoomi turns to Atsumu and Rin. “Keiji's missing. He was with Osamu, Ko, and Shin at the Onigiri Miya stand before walking off into the crowd. They’re trying to find him. No luck on the cameras because Keiji was walking through the crowd.”
“Oh my god!” Rin felt his heart drop. He walks out with his phone.
“Rin, wait!” Atsumu calls out. “Kiyoomi said Osamu’s by the rest area right now. We’ll go together. Tell them to postpone the game for a bit. Keiji’s more important.” The MSBY coach makes some calls to postpone the game for a bit. The MSBY team all go looking for Keiji.
“Samu, over here!” Atsumu calls out to his twin with Rin running up to them. “Hey, we’re here to help.” They look around for Keiji.
“It’s not your fault, okay, Samu? We should have used his stroller, but we didn’t. Something like this was going to happen one day. We can find him.” Rin cups Osamu’s face crying as he brings their foreheads together. “Please don’t blame yourself.” Osamu nods and kisses Rin before they go back to searching for Keiji.
“Kiyoomi, any luck?” Atsumu answers his call. “What do you mean the Alders coach knows where Keiji is?” Osamu and Rin get closer to Atsumu. Kotaro and Shin are holding onto their dad. “Hold on.” Atsumu puts his phone on speaker.
“The Alders coach said that he knew where a kid that fits Keiji’s description and picture is. He said to meet them by the Alders locker room. He’s calling all his members to come back because one of them found him.” Kiyoomi repeats. “Head over to the East Wing locker area A.” Not even a moment to spare. They run over there to see that Keiji is in the arms of none other than Ushijima Wakatoshi.
“Keiji! Baby, are you okay?” Rin and Osamu approach Ushijima. Keiji turns towards the direction he heard his name from and sees his Dada and Papa. He begins to tear up. Ushijima puts Keiji down. Keiji immediately runs to his Dada and Papa, with tears on his face again.
“Dada! Papa!” That’s what Rin and Osamu hear when they pick Keiji up into their embrace.
“It’s okay, baby. We’re here now.” Osamu rubs Keiji’s back. “Thank you, Ushiwaka.”
“You're welcome. I thought he meant you were fans of MSBY when he kept pointing to his shirt, not that you’re a MSBY player. I’m sorry if only I figured that out faster.” Ushijima apologizes to them.
“No, you kept him safe and that’s all we ask for.” Osamu thanks Ushijima. Keiji turns around in Osamu and Rin’s arms and waves at Ushijima. “What do you want to tell Ushiwaka, Keiji?”
“Tank you! Ushi!” Keiji waves at him. Ushijima waves back.
“Thank you so much for allowing the game to be postponed. We are grateful.” Rin and Osamu with the other MSBY players and coach bow to the Alders team.
“Let’s all take a recess until the game begins. We’re happy we were able to reunite your family. Be prepared to play.” The Alders coach addresses them before walking towards their practice area.
“Alright, let’s reconvene and strategize.” The MSBY coach says as they walk to their practice area. “No more surprises, okay?” They all laugh a little.
Both teams warmup in their specified locations. Osamu has taken Keiji, Shin, and Kotaro to their seats to watch. “Shin, Daddy and Papa look so cool!” Kotaro exclaims. Shin nods in agreement.
“Don’t waste your cheering before the game starts. Save some for the game, Ko.” Osamu remarks as he adjusts Keiji on his lap. They do have four seats for all of them, but they’re using Keiji’s seat to hold all their jackets and bags. Also, because Keiji can’t see the court. Osamu puts the noise muffling headphones on Keiji, who tries to pull them off. Once Keiji succeeds, the crowd goes wild, which scares him. He tugs on Osamu’s shirt. “Do you need help putting them back on?” Keiji nods, and Osamu readjusts the headphones on Keiji’s head.
The first serve goes to Atsumu. “Go Daddy!” Kotaro and Shin cheer. Atsumu gives them a wave and smiles before getting into his position. First two serves are a service ace. On the third serve, the Alders dug it up and set up a spike for Ushijima, who got blocked by Kiyoomi and Rin. Keiji cheers with his family and claps his hands with excitement.
“Hey, isn’t that Miya Osamu and the kid that fought him for his Onigiri?” A fan recognized Osamu and his family.
“Yeah. That’s them. Should we go up to them?” Another fan answers. They look at each other and nod. They move up to where Osamu and his family are sitting. “Excuse me, hello. We’re fans of Onigiri Miya, and we recognized you.”
“Well, hello. Thanks for enjoying Onigiri Miya.” Osamu replies politely.
“We were wondering if it’s okay to get a selfie with you.” One of the fans asks.
“You can, but I want neither of my nephews or son in the picture. They’re young and I’m not risking anything.” Osamu states. The fans nod. “Keiji, I’m going to have to put you down for a sec.” Keiji looks at his dad confused since he can’t really hear him properly with the noise cancelling headphones on. Osamu gets up and places Keiji down on the seat. Keiji stares at his dad overwhelmed because he does not understand what’s going on. Osamu stands to take the selfie with his fans quickly.
“Thank you. We appreciate it.” The fans thank him and walk away.
“Yer welcome.” Osamu turns back around and sees Keiji whimpering and sniffling. “Keiji, are you okay, baby?” He puts his hands on Keiji’s cheeks as he kneels down. “Oh, baby. Papa’s sorry. He didn’t mean to worry you like that.” Osamu lifts Keiji into his arms and settles back into his seat, rubbing Keiji’s back and brushing his curls.
At the same moment, MSBY and Alders are taking a break since the Alders called for a time out. Rin sips on his water as he hears the game plan. He looks up to check on his family and sees that Osamu is comforting Keiji. “Wonder what happened.” Kiyoomi approaches Rin. “He was cheering and clapping a few moments ago.”
Rin turns to Kiyoomi. “He was smiling a bit earlier too. I hope he’s okay and that bringing him into a stadium is not overwhelming him too much.” Rin sees Kuroo on the sidelines and approaches him. “Hey Kuroo, can you do me a favor?”
“Yeah, name it.” Kuroo responds.
“Can you check on Keiji for me? He was cheering earlier but looks like he’s crying now from here.”
“Yeah, no problem. Hey guys, I’ll be right back. Iwa can hold down the fort.”
“You idiot. I can handle this even before you said that.” Iwaizumi calls him out. Kuroo heads up to the stands and the section where Osamu and the boys are seated.
“Hey Osamu, is everything okay up here? Checking in since this is Keiji’s first time at a game.” Kuroo asks.
“I think Keiji thought I was going to leave him when I put him down to take a selfie with fans. I didn’t want him, Ko, or Shin in the picture, so I got up to block them.” Osamu continues to rub Keiji’s back.
“Makes sense. It looked like something bad happened from the court. Let me if I can do anything to help.”
“Appreciate it man. Tell Rin that we’re doing fine. You can tell him about the fan situation to ease his mind. Keiji baby, can you wave to Dada? He’s looking at you.” Osamu turns Keiji to face the court and waves to Rin. Keiji waves shyly to him. Rin waves back at them. Keiji’s eyes are slightly red from his tears. “Oh baby. Papa’s got you.” Osamu continues to smooth Keiji as they watch the game. Kuroo heads back to the court and informs Rin on what happened.
MSBY wins the first set 27 - 25, giving them a break. They now have to switch sides, but Rin is happy that this side allows him to see Keiji and Osamu better. MSBY starts their serve with Kiyoomi.
“Ya got it! Babe!” Atsumu cheers for his husband. Kiyoomi sighs and looks up to see Shin and Kotaro jumping and cheering. He smiles and throws the ball into the air to complete a strong jump serve. The MSBY crowd goes wild in their cheers.
“Did you see that Uncle Samu?” Shin looks in awe. Kotaro is excitedly screaming. Osamu nods.
“That’s a strong serve. Would not want to be on the receiving end.” Osamu cringes at the thought of how painful it would be to pick up that serve. The Alders fail to pick up the ball. The ball curves out of bounds giving MSBY the first point in the set.
“Go Omi Omi!” Keiji cheers in his father’s arms. Osamu kisses his head.
They continue in the set. Ushijima is up to serve now.
“My arms are going to fall off now.” Atsumu complains.
“That’s if you don’t run away from it.” Rin remarks. Atsumu grunts by the net.
Kiyoomi receives the serve. “Atsumu, it’s yours now.” He manages to get the ball nice and high for Atsumu.
“With pleasure, Omi.” Atsumu sets the ball to Barnes. The Alders is not able to block the ball. The set is turned around when Alders lead in points. MSBY catches up to them with another deuce.
They keep going back and forth until the Alders win the second set 30 - 28. They take a break and switch sides for the third set.
After the Alders win the third set, Keiji starts to nod off in Osamu’s arms. Osamu adjusts Keiji and covers him with his blanket they have packed. Keiji sleeps through his Dada’s spike that scores the fourth set for MSBY. The final set goes to MSBY.
They all shake hands and thank each other for playing and head over the locker rooms to shower and go home.
“Atsumu, hurry up. Kotaro and Shin are waiting for us.” Kiyoomi calls out to his husband. The PR manager has a quick meeting with them before they go out to dinner.
“I know you all want to eat and celebrate, but I wanted to inform that we will begin our TikTok campaign to encourage young athletes and will be doing some sponsored posts. You will have the freedom to record them yourselves if you choose and do what you want, but the PR team and I will review them before you publish them. We just don’t want anything inappropriate being promoted.” The PR manager finishes. “Thank you. That was a great game. Have a great night. Eat. Rest. See you on Monday.”
The MSBY team walks out to the lobby area to reunite with their families.
“Daddy!! Papa!!!” Kotaro and Shin run to their fathers excitedly. Kiyoomi catches Shin, Atsumu catches Kotaro. “That was so cool!! Can you teach us how to do that?” Kotaro animatedly recreates the spike his Papa did.
“All in good time, Ko. Let’s get dinner first.” Kiyoomi states. They put their sons down and walk to Rin and Osamu.
“That was a great game, Rin.” Osamu kisses Rin. Osamu is still holding a sleeping Keiji. “He knocked out before the fourth set. He had a blast cheering for you though. He might wake up soon.”
Rin kisses Keiji’s head and rubs his back. “Thanks Osamu. He worried me the whole game because of what happened earlier and after that fan interaction.”
“Let’s go eat with the team. I should wake him up. He did not take a nap earlier by the way. I didn’t want to tell you that before the game.”
“He didn’t take one at home. Why? My poor baby. He must have been so tired today.” Rin coos.
“He was so excited to get ready in his MSBY gear. He slept in the car until we got to the stadium, which was a power nap.”
“We should wake him up so he can eat. Keiji, baby, wake up. It’s Dada.” Rin wakes up Keiji, who rubs his eyes and turns his head to rest in Osamu’s neck. “Oh baby. We have to eat. Keiji.” Keiji stirs and sees his Dada.
“Dada, game.” Keiji turns to lean into his dad’s arms. Rin kisses his head and holds him.
“Thank you baby. We’re going to get dinner with the team, okay?” Keiji nods. They all head out to the parking lot to get into their cars and drive off to the restaurant their team reserved a room at.
“Took you guys long enough.” Meian states as they walk into the reserved room. “We went ahead and ordered sides and drinks for everyone.”
“Nice to see you too, Meian.” Kiyoomi replies as he sits with Kotaro next to him and Shin next to Atsumu. Rin and Osamu sit by Barnes and have Keiji sit in Rin’s lap.
“We had to wake Keiji up again. He was falling asleep in the car.” Osamu says and hands Keiji an eggroll to eat.
They talk about their highlights in the game and catch up on life since they practice all day and talk about sport sponsors.