Wakiya Ushijima (Ushijima's younger sister)

Part 5

[A week after the incident]

Wakiya pov

I woke to the smell of something being cooked in the kitchen. I reached for my crutches and got out of bed rubbing my eyes about to leave my room when the door opened revealing my giant-like brother carrying a tray of what looked to be scrambled eggs. I smile widely at him and go to sit back down on my bed patting the spot next to me. 

"Sit!" I say happily as my brother handed me the tray and sat down. 

"Tendou is gonna pick us up in ten minutes so eat up and get ready." Wakatoshi commented stealing a bite of my eggs before getting up and leaving me to eat though not before ruffling my hair and giving me a small smile. 

When Tendou arrived me and my brother hopped in the car driving off to school. I wasn't able to play Volleyball at all and was at the most just allowed to watch. I had decided to watch the boys team to watch their libero practice. It was just an excuse to be near my brother. 

"Have a nice day Chibi!" Tendou called to me as he and my brother went off to their classes. Class was normal and boring as hell. 

After class I went to my brothers practice. As I watched him I began to think about ways to explain the incident and the real reason I had an injury. He would probably get really mad at me for being such a stupid idiot. I knew I had to tell him but I felt like it might tear us apart further. 

I watched my brother practice with his team until the last minute of practice when I began to gather my school things. When the team cleaned up I helped them put away the net as best as I could. Well I helped until Wakatoshi told me to go and take a seat and that I shouldn't strain myself. Even though it annoyed me that I was told I wasn't allowed to help I felt a surge of odd happiness, my brother had noticed me and sounded as though he cared for my safety. 

...

[7 weeks after the incident]

I was able to put some weight on my leg now. It felt weird since I hadn't done so in awhile. It was a Saturday and me and my brother were sitting in the park watching ducks in a pond. The atmosphere between the two of us was tense since I had told him I had something to say.

"So about my accident during volleyball..." I start my voice wobbling with nerves. I sucked in a deep breath and let it out before starting again. 

"It wasn't an accident, I meant to break my bone or at least get injured somehow. I- I did it to get your attention." 

"I'm sorry." I say adding the sorry for good measure. I felt horrible for doing so. I felt like those people who pretended to be depressed for attention. I honestly felt like punching myself in the face for doing what I had done and just for the sake of my brothers attention. 

Wakatoshi said nothing at first which made the atmosphere even more weird and suspenseful but when he spoke his voice was sad and distressed. 

"Wakiya Ushijima, why would you hurt yourself for attention. I don't understand, please explain further." His voice was calm but I could hear the confusion that was strung through his tone. 

"I felt as though the two of us used to hang out all the time when we were younger but now a days you hang out with Tendou only and you didn't seem to remember me. I know it was selfish and dumb to take things that far and injure myself like that but I felt lost. I didn't know what to do." I say a tear slipping past my eye. I felt my brother wipe it away and hug me. 

"Kiya, I would never forget about you. I'm in my last year of high school and am most of the time busy trying to get myself a good college to attend. I'm sorry you feel that way and I promise that on weekends me and you can hang out. I'll try my hardest to make time for you but you must understand that I have other things to do as well." he said to me. I nod my head and he let go of me letting me sit back on the bench and look at the ducks.

"Are you free the rest of the day?" I ask him hoping with all my might he'd say yes. I turned to face my brother and noticed a childish spark in his eyes, something I hadn't seen in awhile. 

"Indeed I am free the rest of the day. What do you wanna do?" He asked standing up, I stood with him thinking for a moment. A wide grin spread across my face as I spoke. 

"Why don't we act like kids for the day and go to the arcade or something fun like that. I can't remember the last time we went. I must have been in 6th grade or something." I say. Wakatoshi's eyes glinted playfulness and he nodded grabbing my wrist and beginning to tug me in the direction of the arcade.