Reigning in the Great King - Oikawa x OC Fanfic

Rock Meet Bottom

Rachel Brooks just arrived to the Miyagi prefecture from Canada, with no SIM card, no wifi, no idea where she was and the sun set like an hour ago...

In other words, the prime target for a robber and completely lost.

Lugging around her suitcase and duffel bag while trying to make sense of the minimal directions her dad gave to the house seems like a lost cause. At this point she just wanted her bed. Sighing, she shoved the paper of directions into her oversized hoodie and checked her progress so far.

Yep, still lost.

At this time street lights were flickering on and there was no one in the close vicinity. Was the universe giving her a cosmic "fuck you"? Stopping under a street lamp she pulled out her phone and hoped for some free wifi; lo and behold, none. At this moment Rachel was contemplating if she could just sleep on the spot and not wake up murdered or robbed because that would suck big time.

Murphy's Law; the title of her autobiography right now.

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Oikawa was really regretting staying behind to practice. It was a lot later than he expected to stay and his knee was starting to throb. He was not looking forward to the walk to the station as he locked the gymnasium.

Limping, he made his way to the entrance but that was as far as he went. Crap, it felt like his knee was on fire now. He stopped when he landed wrong on a serve and thought it wouldn't be to bad since he didn't keep going like usual but it seems like the adrenaline wore off. He was fucked once Iwa finds out.

Straightening himself out and leaning on the wall of the school gate he let out a deep breath and decided to call a cab. Trying to tough it out to walk home would be like signing a death wish knowing Iwa-chan.

Fishing out his phone he busied himself with looking up the number for the cab service until he was interrupted by a loud,

"Excuse me!"

Looking up from his screen he noticed a girl half way up the block. Under the light he took note of her casual wear consisting of an oversized hoodie, yoga pants and worn white sneakers. A loose bun seemed to finish her look and next to her was a large luggage and a completely stuffed duffel bag.

"Yes? Can I help you?" Oikawa asked as he did best to ignore the throbbing pain from his knee and plaster on a smile.

On a normal day he would've taken an interest with her since she seemed new. And new was always interesting to Oikawa. But right now he has other things to worry about and he really doesn't think he could walk from his current spot without screaming out in pain if he had to help her.

Thankfully he didn't have to move at all when the girl picked up her bags and carted them towards him.

"Hi, I'm Rachel Brooks and I was wondering if it's alright to ask of you to call a cab for me," Rachel said.

Oikawa chuckled at her impeccable timing. "You're just in luck. I was just about to call one. I'm Oikawa Tōru by the way".

"Oh my god thank you so much! You are literally my savior!" Rachel threw her hands up in exclamation.

Oikawa simply smiled at her antics as he made the call. She really must be desperate he mused. After confirming pick up at Aoba Johsai he raised an eyebrow at the sight before him. The girl was now just staring at him.

"Um, Brooks-san? The cab should be here in 10 minutes."

"Alrighty. Thanks again for this Oikawa-san. You have no idea how ready I was to give up on life before you came by. Also no need to call me by my last name. I'm not used to the concept yet and it makes me feel old," Rachel beamed up at him.

"Mmmkay," he hummed. "Then I'll call you Rae-chan! Feel free to call me by my first name too if its more comfortable for you. And it was no problem really."

"Well if I'm going to be Rae then I'll dub thee Ru-kun. Now we both have nicknames," Rachel smiled.

Even though Oikawa was mentally prepared to allow a girl, a stranger no less, to call him by his first name out of consideration he was definitely not ready for the nickname. Though he really only has himself to blame since he was the one to call her by a nickname first. But still, the sudden embarrassment from it came crashing. He was glad that he most likely wouldn't meet this girl again and be subjected as 'Ru-kun'.

He was pulled out of his thoughts when the cab arrived earlier than expected.

"Come on Ru-kun our cab is here," Rachel hollered as she helped the driver load her luggage into the trunk.

Oikawa froze once more. Did she just say 'our'? Were they splitting a cab? His knee was still stinging and his leg was starting to feel numb from the blood rushing down. How was he supposed to walk the short distance to the car without folding like a god damn lawn chair? Having a strange, foreign girl see him at his lowest was not on his bucket list.

"Rae-chan you go ahead. I'll just get another cab. It won't do if two strangers got in a cab together," Oikawa was secretly hoping that she wasn't a super carefree girl who gets into cars with strangers.

Rachel turned to him and quirked her brow.

"What are you talking about Ru? Splitting a cab is no big deal and we've already got  nicknames for each other. We're practically best friends in my books. Besides I'll be starting at your school next week. I noticed the name on your jacket earlier. See, nothing to worry about," Rachel listed off.

Fuck.

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So this is my first fanfic and I honestly don't know where I'm going with this but I'm going.

Let me know how it is so far!

Edited - 09/15/2020