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i had gotten akari to take a nap in the backroom for only 30 minutes which was enough time for me to get the line down to a reasonable amount of people. i was so stressed the past couple of hours with people in line, then those people in line would ask me about ushijima and aran, and on top of that, akari was begging for a nap. once i had gotten her to sleep, it was smooth sailing.

"thank you, have a nice day!" i smiled softly at the last person in line. i looked around and saw that there were still a few more people in the store. it was around 5 and i was so ready to go home. i bent down to see what akari was doing. after her nap, she came back to sit behind the desk with me on her ipad. "hey sunshine." i booped her nose and she scrunched it up. "mommy." she whined, annoyed that i was blocking her game. i rolled my eyes playfully and only ruffed her hair. "okay, okay. i'll just be up here, your highness."

i sat back up and pulled out my phone, finally able to check all my missed messages that aran was talking about earlier. i went through aran first, it was basically what he was telling me about when he burst through the doors of my job. i laughed it his exclamation points in like all of his messages.

i then moved on to ushijima. he was telling me about tendo. i face palmed as the memory of him showing up at the bar came back into mind. "how the fuck did i forget that." i mumbled. "forget what?" yachi asked, coming behind the desk. she waved to akari who gave her a mindless wave back before continuing to play her game. "you know the thing ushijima asked me to go to?" i started. she nodded, "the thing you said you might not go to?" i sighed. "yeahhh, i was having a great time until...he showed up." i hinted.

yachi furrowed her eyebrows, "who, armani?"

i glanced down at akari before looking back at yachi. she finally got the hint and her eyes widened. "no way!" i nodded and covered my face. "i knowwwww." i muttered behind my hands. "wait," she pulled my hands away from my face. "why do you sound upset? didn't you say that you wouldn't mind if he came back?" she asked.

"yeah i did but...i don't know. i haven't seen him in such a long time and i wouldn't know what to say to him." i explained. "just...talk." she put it simply. "about what? 'oh hey tendo, long time no see. oh! you have a daughter i never told you about, how's life?' like what?" i rolled my eyes. "okay, not like that, obviously. but like...i don't know. have you talked to ushijima?" she gave up trying.

"i was just texting him back. i hadn't responded to my text all morning and his text made me remember everything last night." i looked at my phone with concern. "god, i'm not mad at him but like i'm not prepared for this." i groaned. "hey, hey. it's gonna be okay." yachi rubbed my arm. "what are you scared about?" i thought about it. i was more scared about his reaction to him having a daughter and me not saying anything for 3 years. what if he wanted to be in her life and i robbed him of it?

but then again, he was the one to say he needed to focus on his team so if he couldn't focus on me then he couldn't focus on a baby. this wasn't the typical situation where the baby daddy knew and just said, 'fuck it, i dont want the baby'. the baby daddy doesn't even know and i'm struggling to even tell him.

i pursed my lips and texted ushijima back before exiting his contact and going to hinata's. "i didn't even remember that hinata gave me his number." i shook my head. yachi gave me a look of amusement. "really? you were that drunk?" she asked, leaning against the desk. "i feel some judgement." i glanced up from my phone screen to her before looking back. "i'm not judging." i hear her fading into the background as i read hinata's text messages.

hinata
ARMANI! IT'S HINATA!

hinata
I'M SO SORRY 🙏🏻

hinata
ushijima told me about tendo, i didn't know!