Chương 31: Chapter Twenty-Eight: Another Reunion!?
If you were to ask Bodhi at the start of the day if he would be reuniting with his childhood babysitter in Tokyo of all places, he'd call you batshit crazy for one, and two, tell you the woman herself was the second most unpredictable person next to himself, so in the end he would believe you.
He wouldn't like it, but he would believe it.
"Booki-bear! The hell are ya doin' here!" Saeko Tanaka screamed at him.
"Sae-sae? What-" before Bodhi could question his former babysitter on what she was doing here, she had launched herself at him and put him in a headlock, or as she liked to put it, "A hug any man would love".
To the side, you could see many stunned faces from both Seijo and Karasuno, who were about to have their final bout of the day against each other. They could all see Bodhi being smooshed against the chest of a well-endowed woman, and many of them grew blushes, but none more so than Nishinoya and Tanaka. For two completely different reasons mind you. The blush on Nishinoya's face was so extremely visible you could mistake the endlessly energetic libero for a tomato, Tanaka on the other hand looked ready to blow, with steam even starting to come out of his ears.
"HEY! PRETTY BOY! HANDS OFF MY SISTER!" Tanaka yelled. To which Bodhi responded with the most obvious of motions, swinging his arms way wide, telling Tanaka that this wasn't his doing, as the woman had a death grip on his head. He couldn't escape even if he wanted to. Saeko really was just built differently.
"So why ya here Booki-bear? You never responded before!? Didn't I teach you better than that?" Saeko said, giving the man currently dying by suffocation a lecture.
Bodhi having had enough, stopped swinging his arms around and placed them on her shoulders, pushing her away so he could breathe. A big gasp came from Bodhi, filling his lungs with air once more. After catching his breath Bodhi finally responded to the woman before him, who despite the height difference between, looked up at him like he was still that 9-year-old kid, she used to babysit.
"Sae-sae, I'm a volleyball player, remember? I made you practice with me a couple of times before I moved. Remember?" Bodhi told her like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Saeko pondered for a moment, before making a fist and slamming it against her hand, making an 'aha' sound. "That's right! You were pretty gungho about all the stuff back then, look at you now though! Booki-bear grew up some eh?" she started before a sly look came across her face.
"You going to keep your promise from all those years back? I believe you said you would, 'Take care of big sis Sae-sae' when you older? You even proposed back then, ring and all, damn near swept me off my feet," she said in a seductive and suggestive tone, gently running a finger along his jawline.
*SLAM*
That caused Bodhi, Saeko, and everyone else nearby to look at the source of the noise, and they found both Nishinoya and Tanaka passed out on the ground, having fainted from what Saeko just said.
"M-m-m-marriage!?..." Nishinoya mumbled out.
"N-n-n-no, not the pretty boy…" Tanaka slurred.
Saeko just laughed seeing the two in such a state. The people around them also began to laugh too, although most were still processing what she just said.
"Anyhow, it's good to see you Booki, I gotta get going now, just had to drop off the ginger and Mr. Serious," Saeko told him, gesturing to the two boys who just entered the gym, although they were looking a little worse for wear.
Bodhi looked towards the door, where he saw two people walk in, a taller boy around 5'11", he gathered he was the serious one, judging from his face in a perpetual frown. The other kid-
"Ginger! You owe me money ya fuckwit!" Bodhi yelled out, before he could think more about the ginger short stack in front of him, it just brought up memories of how the ginger caused him to swerve on his bike and scratch his paint.
"Huh?" Hinata said, before looking at Bodhi a little more, the brutal drive here clearing from his mind, "It's you! The guy who nearly hit me with his bike! I don't owe you nothing!"
"Ho ho, is that how it is a punk?" Bodhi said taking a step towards the two boys. "You're the one who came jumping out of an alley at breakneck speed without checking both ways!"
Let everyone reading this know that Bodhi is a stickler for road safety. Having been given a license so young he understood the importance of road safety and awareness. He knew cars wouldn't check twice for bikers and the like, so he had to make sure he was always aware of his surroundings and the dangers ever present on the road. So, he could safely say it wasn't his fault and all the Ginger's.
"Ok, let's cool it there Booki-bear. I guarantee Hinata didn't mean it, so just forget about it yeah?" Saeko told him, to which Bodhi just stared back wide-eyed.
"But he's the one at fault!? I'll have to shell out $400 for it to be fixed!" Bodhi shot back.
It was true, that was the quote the guy at Komaki Motors told him, and despite motorcycles having less surface area to paint and do detailed work on, they still cost several hundred dollars, labour was included in that but still, his point stood.
"I-I-I D-don't have that kind of m-money," Hinata stuttered out, he was just a first-year in high school, how the hell was he supposed to have that much money?
"Don't worry about it Booki! I'll talk to Sayaka about it! Get it all cleared up, you guys still live at your old house yeah?" Saeko said.
"What- yes we do, but how will that help with anyt-"
"Shhhh, I said I'll take care of it? Yes?" Saeko said the air chilling as she did.
Bodhi gulped, having seen this side of the usually relaxed and hyperactive woman one too many times. "Yes, big sis Saeko. I'll leave it to you."
On the sidelines, the people watching the conversation between Bodhi and Saeko had one collective thought.
Damn, he's whipped…
"Good! Now Karasuno! Kick his ass!" Saeko cheered as she strolled out of the gym.
"Tch! Damn Sae-sae. Always gotta have the last word," Bodhi said.
*FWEE!*
The whistle sounded from the referee, who for this match was Takeda, wanting to have a go at it. "So, uh, can we start now? The other teams have already begun?"
Karasuno and Seijo looked at the other courts and saw that they were all in motion already.
"Yes, let's begin," Coach Irihata said with an annoyed look on his face. He wished Bodhi wasn't at the center of every commotion that was happening today, he was starting to get a headache from it all.
"Alright! Seijo won the toss, although that was a few minutes ago, so they will serve first! To your positions!" Takeda announced.
Kageyama and Hinata who had just arrived looked to their coach with pleading eyes, just begging for him to let them play. Ukai just stared back at them unblinkingly, Ginger has beef with this guy too? Small world…
"Alright you're in, we gotta start winning some sets, go and play till you drop!" Ukai roared, sending in his strongest weapons.
"Bodhi man, you really are a lucky piece of shit," Kindaichi said rather bluntly.
"The hell!? Why?" Bodhi questioned.
"Piece of shit."
"Asshole."
"Womanizer."
"Lucky bastard."
"Asshole."
"Hey! That was already said! And it isn't even my fault! She was my babysitter! She used to do that all the time! I swear I got brain damage from lack of oxygen in my youth!" Bodhi complained.
"Bastard."
"Stupid lucky bastard."
"Asshole."
"AGAIN NOT MY FAULT!"
"Alright! Stop the bickering, with Kageyama back that quick will no doubt be back, so be wary of it, alright gentlemen?" Coach Irihata told them. For this match, it was once again the starters playing, minus Bodhi, who from the match before and gone a bit too hard and the coach opted to rest him. They didn't even win, Fukurodani had evened up the score on the day to two sets a piece.
"Yeah we know coach. It won't be much of a problem this time though," Matsukawa stated, the air of assurance around him was enough to sway the people around him. He had been improving by leaps and bounds since Bodhi's arrival, and having practiced with a player at Bodhi's level, the speed of the minus quick wasn't as daunting as before.
"Okay then, blockers, listen to Matsukawa for the timing on the quick. Oikawa, use Kyotani a fair amount in this set. I'd like to see what he can do against Karasuno," Coach Irihata told his team.
"You got it, coach, Mad-Dog be ready," Oikawa replied.
*FWEE!*
"Match start! Karasuno vs. Aoba Johsai! Seijo serve!" Takeda announced, both teams moving into position and preparing for what would be their 5th match against each other today, Seijo had won the previous four, so Karasuno was hoping for a different outcome this time, after all, their main setter and the greatest decoy were back!
Next time: Karasuno Vs. Seijo Round Two!
Author Note:
Alright, so as some of you may have noticed, I haven't posted in a while for this story and the reason why?
Honestly, there isn't really a reason why, have you guys ever felt just like nothing before? Not in a depressive, off myself kind of way (I would know lol). But just meh?
That was me the past week, just meh…
So, I do apologize for not posting but I'll get back into the swing of things, not to worry. I ain't abandoning this, some of you may think that, but I ain't.
Till next time!
-Daedalus19
P.S.. Did anyone get that Komaki Motors reference? Pretty good anime in my opinion. If you know what it is comment here...
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