Where there is Love (Asahi x Reader)

S E V E N

We walked to the park together after I locked the house up and texted my father about where we were going. My father knew of Asahi despite not having met him. Ryu really could not shut up about him. The walk wasn't long, maybe 10 minutes. When we got there, it was somewhat busy. A few people were enjoying picnics, some were lying on the grass and laughing, and some were in couples, probably on a date. We reached an empty plot of the grass and Ryu was ready to rumble. He has loved volleyball for as long as I have played it and the idea of playing with someone who wasn't me was very appealing to him.

It was mainly a game of bump back and forth. We couldn't play an actual game but Ryu was fine with anything. Eventually, it evolved to 'monkey in the middle' and that got intense. Fast. It started with me in the middle but I switched out with Asahi quickly. Although Ryu was only 10, he has been playing for a while. Not just with me, but his elementary team, so his control and receives weren't terrible and I knew they would get better with age and practice. Ryu and I kept Asahi on his toes for a while, with sneaky tricks and slight cheating. He was a big guy, some dirty tactics had to be brought in. He caught on quickly to that and brought his own dirty tactic by picking up Ryu, throwing him over his shoulder, and stealing the ball from him before he could pass it back to me. 

"You cheater!" Ryu said while giggling from Asahi's shoulder, trying to wiggle out of his grasp.

"I am not the cheater here. You threw the ball under my legs so I couldn't get it with my hands!" Asahi countered, then started tickling my brother.

"Nee-chan, save me!" Ryu begged while gasping for breath. 

"I can't do that, you're the monkey!" I called, laughing myself. With that Asahi put Ryu down and set the ball to me. The rally between us went on for a while since Ryu was too short to get the balls from the air. He came up with a new plan of action and jumped into my arms as the ball came towards me, then he jumped down and picked it from the floor. That sneaky guy.

Ryu and Asahi seemed to have ganged up on me because I couldn't even get close to the ball. By now, they had moved closer to each other, keeping me from being in the direct middle and stealing it. Stealing Ryu's idea from before,  I practically tackled Asahi as the ball was headed to him, however, he was smarter than I had been, and held me, preventing me from picking the ball up from the ground. He then threw me over his shoulder.

"Ryu-Kun hit her with the ball!" Now I was at their mercy as Asahi held me while Ryu kept throwing the ball at me. We were all laughing until Asahi put me down.

"You guys are so evil." I tried to pout but giggles kept escaping. 

"Team boys! Girls suck!" Ryu cheered while high-fiving Asahi. 

"Whatever, I don't like you guys anyways." 

"Awww you don't mean that y/n," Asahi said throwing his arm over my shoulder. I raised my eyebrow at him. 

"I'll buy you ice cream." He persuaded. He really knew my weaknesses. 

"Fine. Anyways I got caught on purpose. The ice cream was my goal from the beginning." 

"Sure it was." He winked before picking up the volleyball and throwing Ryu over his shoulder. "Let's go get food now."

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 We ended up going to a little strip mall for early dinner/ late lunch as well. It was now 4 and we had just walked around for a while, not really looking for something to do until we came up to a restaurant. We ordered our food and unsurprisingly, Ryu started talking about volleyball again. He really loves this sport. 

"What's it like being the ace?" He asked while his mouth was filled with soba. I shot him a look that told him to stop talking with his mouthful.

"Well, it's a lot of pressure. I have to make sure I score a bunch of points and get past all the blockers with my spike. I love it, though. Plus, I am pretty powerful so that's a benefit." He joked as he enjoyed his ramen.