Next To Me | Akaashi x Reader x Ushijima

ii.i We Meet Again

"Hope you have a good day sir!" Exclaimed the barista as soon as the olive haired giant reached his freshly brewed take out coffee.

Today he has a photoshoot to attend, a thing his team usually do to promote their games and pay a little tribute to their fans as well. Ushijima Wakatoshi six years later still plays volleyball on a completely different court against the best of the best in all of Japan. Donning jersey number 11 for Schweiden Adlers, a top tier ranked team in Japan V. League; he had surely made a name for himself.

Giving the barista a nod, the opposite spiker went directly towards the door and roamed his way outside walking towards their team's building who happens to be nearby.

"Mister, mister can you help me please."  A tiny voice down below caused him to stop his trail.

A small force was tugging his shirt away from him. Still expressionless, he looked down and saw a tiny human being who was around 5 years of age pulling his clothing.

"I'm lost mister, can you take me home?"  She cooed

It wasn't visible enough for the others to see but Ushijima was really worried about the little girl's safety. It's a kid after all. He took a quick glance at his wrist watch to check the time and slid his phone out of his pocket.

I will be late, something urgent came up.

Was the message he sent to their team captain Fukuro Hirogami who's playing the middle blocker position.

"Are you alone?" He asked as he squatted below to reach the child's vision.

The little girl shook her head. "I was with mommy earlier but she was too slow." She said.

That made Ushijima raise his brow.

He carefully looked at the child's dress. She was wearing a school uniform with a cute pink back pack and and an ID slinging around her neck.

"I will borrow this." He said grabbing the kid's identification card and looked for an information he needed to call for the child's guardian.

The phone was ringing but no one seems to answer. Might be because the parent is busy looking for the child.

"Mister I'm hungry~" the tiny human being cooed.

Ushijima let out a sigh and carefully carried the girl back inside the café to give her something to eat as he was constantly trying to get in touch with her guardian.

"Hello?"

Relived that finally someone answered, he immediately got to his point. "Hello I'm Ushijima Wakatoshi. I happened to bumped into Sakura Sumiko-chan and we are here at a café in Otemo Road. She was lost and I was hoping if you could be her guardian as stated on her Identification card."

A faint cries and sobs can be heard at the other side of the line before the woman started talking again.

"Thank you very much for taking care of her! I will be there in 30 minutes. I can't thank you enough and I'm really sorry for the disturbance this has caused you." she said.