The Great King -「大王様」

Chapter 6

夏休み
Summer Vacation

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The summer training camp of the volleyball teams finally arrived. Kageyama Tobio doesn't reply often but he keeps me updated of what they're doing.

The other day, Oikawa ranted the whole night on the phone about Kageyama Tobio asking volleyball advice from him. Earlier on that same day, Oikawa was convincing me to visit Takeru with him, but I refused because Yui and I already had plans. That may have affected his anger towards Kageyama Tobio. Oikawa and I always watch over Takeru together. That may have put him in a bad mood to begin with, that's why he got annoyed of Kageyama Tobio's presence. He should really calm his nerves more.

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及川徹
会いたいなの？

Oikawa Tooru
Do you miss me?

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Is he trying to piss me off?

I typed in my reply.

内山夕暉
全然ない

Uchiyama Sekki
Not at all

Without having to wait for his reply, I could already visualize him pouting at his phone screen muttering "酷い (Bad)" to himself. He's such a kid.

I looked over my shoulder and found Takeru peeping at my messages. My goodness! Like uncle, like nephew!

"誰ですか？(Who's that?)" he asked innocently. One thing I like about Takeru is that he respects me more than his uncle. That's probably because I'm more normal than Oikawa. But then again, Takeru himself doesn't know that he's growing up to be like his uncle.

I flipped my phone to close and replied, "徹君だ (It's Tooru-kun.)" For a moment, I froze in my place as I heard myself call him by his first name. It's not often that I say it, and this time it had a different feel. Is it because he confessed the other night?

That. Other. Night.

As gentleman as he is, I felt him climb out of bed to lie down on a futon on the floor beside the edge of my side on the bed. In the end, he chose to not sleep in the same bed as me. It made my heart feel warm, but annoyed at the same time. Oikawa himself is annoying as a whole, that's the answer.

Takeru's eyes sparkled with delight. "徹はキャンプ居るんだね？(Tooru is at camp, right?)" I could still not get used to how informal this kid calls his uncle. But of course, they're close enough for Takeru to be able to call him that freely. Shocked, the only thing I could do was to nod in response. "俺もキャンプしたい (I want to camp too)," he added.

"君と徹君は同じだ (You and Tooru-kun are the same)," I said.

With just that one sentence, Takeru got fired up just to deny it. "全然似てない！。。です(We're not alike at all! .. *formality*)," he exclaimed. As usual, I'll just let him be. It'll take years before he finally realize he's a mini Oikawa.

As Takeru was wrapping up his summer homework, Oikawa made a call.

"もしもし俺の恋人〜 (Hello, my lover~)"

"恋人じゃない！そして、君の甥は聞こえるんだ (I'm not your lover! Plus, your nephew can hear you)," I cut him off before he adds in any more flowers fo his words.

Ever since that night, he's always found the courage to call me lover even if we're not. It's not even a major issue for me to stay angry at him. But he seriously should not get used to calling me that.