MR LOVERMAN | TSUKKI

- one.

long time no see | one

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i looked out the window while my teacher was teaching us math. of course, i didn't pay attention, or understand, any of it. math wasn't my strong-suit, either because i didn't pay attention or because i'm just dumb. 

"sugawara? are you paying attention?" a voice called out. it took me twenty seconds and a tap on my shoulder by a stranger to get my attention. everyone in the classroom stared back at me as i sat in confusion.

"hm?" i hummed, straightening up my posture.

"that's what i thought." the teacher muttered, turning back to the blackboard. the class snickered at me shortly as i hid my face in my hands in embarrassment.

suddenly, the bell rang, dismissing everyone in the classroom. the teacher yelled over chatters about homework while i quickly packed up and took out my phone.

while i walked out the door, trying to leave as quick as possible. suddenly, my phone vibrated while i put in my earbuds.

message from koshi
my volleyball team wants dumplings after practice so i'll be home late. come to the gym, i don't want you home alone too long.

i groaned, not wanting to go to their gym. i had never met his volleyball team and wasn't planning on it anytime soon. i guess today was that day.

walking down the stairs and to the gym, i stood outside the door, taking a deep breath. before you could open the metal door, someone tapped on my shoulder, making me jump.

"ah!" i exclaimed, spinning around.

"i'm sorry if i scared you. i need to get in there, though." a girl with black hair and glasses said, smiling softly at me.

"oh, no it's fine." i stammered, moving out of the way to let her go in first. as she walked in, i slowly crept into the gym, staying by the sides. taking deep breaths, i looked around, hoping sugawara was already here.

"oh, hey y/n!" sugawara said, waving at me. i sighed in relief, waving back.

"who's that?" another boy asked, one with spiked up hair and a blond streak in the front. many people rushed into the gym.

"that's my little sister. she's a first year." sugawara informed, walking towards me. as he got closer, i frowned at him.

"why did you make me have to wait here with all these people!" i whisper shouted in his ear.

"i don't want you at home by yourself for so long." sugawara said, putting his hands on his hips. i sighed, but didn't say anything back.

"it'll be a while until i'm done." sugawara said, slowly walking away from me.

"it's fine." i dismissed, sitting down on the floor at the side of the gym. then, a pair of eyes caught mine. a blond boy with black glasses, turned to face me. he looked at me for a while, as if he were trying to remember me. his face looked quite familiar as well.

then, his face relaxed, almost as if something in his mind clicked.

"long time no see, l/n." he said. then it finally clicked for me. i knew him from middle school, kei tsukishima.

"hey, tsukishima." i mumbled loud enough for him to hear me. looking down, i tried to distract myself, but sugawara had caught my attention once again.

"how do you know him?" sugawara asked, turning towards me. tsukishima tried to answer for me.

"in middle school, she was lone—"

"shut up! you don't have to explain everything." i interrupted, not wanting sugawara to know the full story, since he can get pretty 'mom'-like.

in middle school, i had a group of friends, which turned out to be toxic and had dropped me. instead of just leaving me alone, they would sometimes make fun of me and tease me. i sat alone during break times and lunch.

one day, tsukishima had approached me, and invited me to sit with him. of course, still maintaining his blunt and rude attitude. i accepted his offer, because i really had no other choice.

after a while of this, we stopped since another girl wanted me to sit with her, and i became friends with that girl. too bad that she doesn't go to karasuno.

i sat there, scrolling through apps on my phone while listening to music while the rest of the people in the gym, the volleyball team, started practicing.

shit, my phones at 20%. i should stop using it before it dies.

i clicked off my phone, then looked up. suddenly, a volleyball came hurdling towards my face, which ended up hitting me.

"whoops, my bad, shortie." tsukishima said, laughing at my pain while walking towards me to retrieve the ball.

"don't call me that, idiot." i shot back, picking up the volleyball then standing up. he then looked down at me with an intimidating glare that could probably kill someone.

"hm, you look short to me, so why not?" tsukishima asked rhetorically.

"ugh, you dumbass!" i cursed, chucking the ball towards him, slightly wishing it would hit him in the face like it did mine. unfortunately, he caught it before it could hit him.

"thanks, shortie." he said, walking off. i glared in frustration as i sat back down, watching everyone play volleyball. i knew a little bit about it, since sugawara always talked about it.

jesus, this is gonna take so long.

—

hi i hope the first chapter
was okay. i want to kinda explain
a bit more of my head canon about
sugawara.
so basically sugawara is very protective
and likes to watch over y/n (or anyone in
general) and just acts like a mom bc he
didn't really have a parental
role model / figure  so he tries to compensate
for that. and also he doesn't want y/n to
be so affected by the absence of their mom
so he fills in that place.

i hope that made sense