Aniki and Saltyshima (Tsukishima Kei x Reader)

Part 17: Overprotective Brothers

I hear Yamaguchi asking me for my phone when it suddenly starts to ring. Yamaguchi picks up the phone and answers it before talking to my brother in a panicked voice. "N-n-Nat-ch-chan she's crying!!!!! I d-d-don't know what to do!!!" He says and I chuckle lightly at his blushing face before hearing him saying, "Gomen Tsukki!- Uh, I mean Oikawa!" He replies with fear in his eyes and voice before he hands me the phone.

"Do I need to come to pick you up?" He asks gently with irritation in his tone and my inability to stop crying gives him his answer. "Ok, sis, Hajime, and I will be there soon ok? Just hold on Imōto, we'll be there soon and everything will be fine." He tells me soothingly before hanging up and that was when someone else finally had the guts to approach me.

"Nat-chan! What's wrong?" I hear Suga's voice say and I'm still clutching my phone with a death grip until the third-year crouches down next to me. He gently takes the phone from my hand when Noya comes speeding down the hallway with Tanaka.

"WHO HURT OUR PRECIOUS KOHAI!!!!!!!" They scream causing me to laugh slightly, momentarily forgetting all my troubles. That was when the pain triples as Suga called my brother and was explained what happened.

"Tsukishima huh? He told me about it too," He says and I start crying fresh tears at the mention of the boy's name as the memories replay themselves in my mind.

"Why?" I manage to croak out and I grab onto the closest person which happens to be Noya. The shorter boy must've been shocked out of his mind because it took him a couple of seconds to register what happened.

"Hey, it's ok Cello, don't worry I'm here for you," He says while wrapping his arms around me. He strokes my hair awkwardly while Daichi stops Tanaka from complaining about how his shorter friend was the one being hugged by a "hot girl".

I suddenly feel the arms that were wrapped around me fall off my back. I look behind me to see why Noya stopped hugging me and expect to see a very angry Aniki behind me but then again, even I can get surprised. It was Kei, he had been glaring daggers into Noya but when his eyes met mine they became cold yet beautiful. His eyes reminded me of snow, delicate, cold, gentle, and strong. As they looked at me they seemed like if I stared too hard, I would make his eyes melt.

I quickly looked away when I saw his eyes harden to the point that they could slice through steel. I look behind me and I see Daichi hovering over me, having a staring contest with Kei. I let out a hearty laugh at their antics and then am being tickled by Daichi. I start to roll around kicking everywhere as the team's dad tickled me. When he stopped he kissed me lightly on the head at the same time as Suga. "YOU DON'T GET TO GLARE AT THEM YOU DAMNED BRAT," Aniki tells Kei in a scarily calm voice. I feel a shiver run up my spine and suddenly I'm holding onto Aniki's waist while riding an electric scooter.

The entire ride home is silent as I hold onto Aniki with Nīsan next to us on his own scooter. I feel more tears well up in my eyes and I bury my helmet into Aniki's back. "Stupid, stupid, stupid!" I scold myself quietly before continuing. Why would I let him hurt me like that!? Why would I let myself cry like that!? Why couldn't I just smile and stay strong until I was alone!? WHY!??! I think as I let out more tears. They slowly stop as we do at my home and I take the helmet off my head, my cheeks still stained with my tears, along with the glass of my visor. 

I stare at the sky for a second trying to calm myself down. Stop caring Natalie!!! It's not like he cares!! Just sing your song. I think and the song that worked for so long to hide my monsters was replayed in my head. I felt the walls around my heart going up, my usual smile replaced with a straight face. I could feel the weight of my hair, the pain in my eyes, the disgust I would feel if I looked into a mirror. It's time for a change. I think and climb off the back of the bike. My name isn't Natalie anymore, no that name means Christmas, something warm and happy to so many. No, my name must have a different meaning, my name will be Crystal. I think and when I looked at my brother his usual warm eyes were filled with fear. 

"I want to change Aniki, I need to change," I told him and ran inside. I ran up to my room and texted my new mom.

Me: Hey mom? Remember how you wanted to change my first name before? Well I want to now. Can I please be Crystal? May I also get my hair cut and dyed?

Mom: Sure! Of course! But I don't think that you can get your hair dyed because of your school. We'd need to move you to another one.

Me: Fine, just cut then. Can I go get it cut now?

Mom: Already made an appointment! You need to be there in 20 minutes alright, have Iwazumi take you.

Me: Ok, thanks mom.

I finish texting her before I saw myself in a mirror and almost vomited. No, I can't stand being that weak, pitiful girl anymore. I think before pasting a evil smile on my face. I run out to Nīsan and toss him my phone before grabbing my helmet from it's hook and placing over my head. I sit down behind him as he drives me to the haircut place and I enter. "What do you want dear?" The stylist asked me and I pulled at the end of my hair.

"I want to have my hair about an inch long," I tell her and she smiles at me before sitting me in chair. As she cuts away my peanut butter blonde locks I feel a sense of empowerment. The last lock is cut and once it hits the ground I look in the mirror. I need to stop it with these contact lenses, they really don't suit me well.  I think and my Nīsan then drives me home without saying a word.

I take out my contact lenses and and place them in their container as soon as I get home. I place the glasses on my nose and I swear, Aniki looks like he's about to cry. "Imōto, what happened?" He asks and I can't bring myself to respond.

I just fall into our normal routine until the doorbell rings. I head over to answer it and see Yamaguchi in the doorway. "Yama! Hey, I'm so sorry for what happened today! I didn't mean to break down, please forgive me!" I say and bowing at the boy. His face is covered in a light pink blush as he begins to talk to me.

"Nat-chan? I was wondering if you could tell me about you're dad?" Yama asks while I hide my face on his shoulder. I pull away and invite him inside before taking a deep breath. 

"So, um, I think I'll just tell you the whole story Yama. If that's ok with you of course!"  I say and he nods and I hand him a cup of hot chocolate. "Ok, well I'm just going to start from the beginning. So, I was born as a reason for my birth mother to get out of her mom's house. Then my birthfather, he abandoned me and my younger sister Vanessa with our mom. We ended up moving into her parents house. When I was about 4 years old, she abandoned me with Vanessa and our younger sister Madison.  My dad died when I was 12 and he was the only person in my entire family that I lived with, that seemed to care about me. My mother, well she was verbally abusive, and she even gave me this scar on my arm from her belt," I saw rolling up my sleeve and showing him the imprint in my flesh of the thin piece of metal.

"Whenever, someone says certain things to me it triggers memories of her and I break down mentally. I've never felt like I wasn't bloodied bruised and broken because of that. She even took out a baseball bat once and threatened me with it. She broke my door with that bat. Then when she found out that I wasn't mentally sound, she used that as a threat. She would say things that were basically, getting help is bad, keep it to yourself, you worthless, faking, bitch. That's practically a direct quote. She only ever made it sound like the things that brought me joy were bad. She even used to say that she thought I would get myself pregnant by the time I turned 14, or 16. I still find that kinda funny because, I had my first kiss the day Oniichan went back to work," I say with the slightest smile on my face. 

"Kei, may never know this but, whenever he says that my family sucks, that it's the worst. It reminds me of my mother and I can't help but thank all my lucky stars that I have a family as loving as I do. But, now I don't want to be he weak girl who breaks down in the hallway. Or can't stand up for herself," I say before chuckling lightly. "In fact, I almost vomited when I saw the girl I had become. That's why I got this haircut, I never want to be weak again," I tell the boy and he dismisses himself soon after with the slightest hint of tears in his eyes.

Tsukishima POV:

I stare at my phone in shocked silence as I hear Yamaguchi say goodbye to the girl I've fallen for. "Tsuki, I got a picture of her too, if you want to see that," Yamaguchi says and I feel the scratch in my voice as I start to cry. She's been through so much and I just broke her even more. I'm the worst person ever, I can't even show the person I love I care! I think as Yamaguchi hangs up and sends me a picture of her with short blonde hair and her glasses on. I better get some sleep, the training camp is tomorrow. I think dragging my mind away from the girl that I've fallen so deeply for.