Next Gen. (The rivalry continues)

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I rang the doorbell at my uncle's house. It gave a loud sound that probably caught someone's attention. The large wooden door creaked open, revealing aunt Aki. 

" Natsuki-chan!" she stepped out and pulled me in a hug. I still can't understand why women love to give random hugs to anyone. It's awkward enough to catch people off guard. I could only laugh at aunty. 

" Natsuki nii-san!" I could hear Chii's high pitched voice all the way here and I braced myself by covering my ears. Mom laughed and greeted my aunt with a hug as well but I was too caught up in trying to find my cousin. A little girl went past aunt Aki, her face lit up with obvious excitement. Her little arms suddenly wrapped around my leg. 

" nii-san, let's play! I have new toys. We can play with my new dolls-" She rambled. Her eyes lit up like stars and I can't help but look at her in awe. Yes, she may be annoying most times but she's my cousin. Dad chuckled and bent down to meet Chii eye to eye. 

" How are you Chii?" he asked, the gentle tone in his voice caused Chii to smile from ear to ear. 

" I'm super good. Uncle, can you play with me? Dad already played with me and he's kind of boring." I pursed my lips to prevent myself from laughing. The number of times she has dissed her father for the last few days is astounding. 

" Even my own daughter tells me that I'm boring," uncle walked towards us with a small teacup in his hand. 

" Uncle!" I ran towards him and showed him my newest award, pointing my finger at it and showing him my proudest expression. 

" You see? I got the award!" I couldn't help but jump up and down. Uncle let out a few chuckles and patted my head. 

" Good job. Though sometimes I wonder where you get your energy from," he commented. My mom went up to him.

" Trust me, I don't even know." both laughed and walked past us. People are really hard to please these days. I sighed. 

Just when I thought I was free from my cousin I felt Chii's clutch around my leg. I looked at her with a smile. 

" Chii-chan, let's eat first then I'll play with you all day." 

" Really?" I nodded my head and smiled. 

We all surrounded the dining table, munching on Aunt Aki's deliciously cooked meals while telling each other stories and such. I picked up a piece of onigiri and suddenly remembered what happened earlier. 

" Uncle. Do you remember my friend Leon? Our team's setter?" I asked him. He looked above like he was trying to remember. He lifted up his spoon and stuffed his face, looks like he doesn't remember him at all. 

" Well, it turns out his father is the one and only Oikawa Tooru!" choked up, uncle coughed a few times before responding. 

" What?" he drank a few sips of water and looked at me seriously. 

" I know right? He showed up after our match. No wonder Leon is such a beast at setting." I couldn't help but feel impressed. Who knew my best friend was the son of Puerto Rico's best setter. Uncle stayed quiet, and so did everyone else. So I continued rambling. 

" Too bad you missed my zero tempo attack, uncle." his eyes widened as if what I had just said was unbelievable.

" And he was the one who set it to you?" I nodded my head. 

" That's impressive," I smiled excitedly. " I believe his uncle and Oikawa-san taught him that." 

" He's pretty much good at everything. If I hadn't joined the team, he'd be the opposite player." my mom cleared his throat and smiled at me.