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Your 10 year old daughter angelita plays on a mostly boy travel basketball team that has a energetic coach, and a bunch of even more energetic boys. So as a result of this normally you would drop angel at the door and come back after the two hour practice was over. But since the newest dad of the team came you started to stay around a little more often.
A blond stonic business man named Nanami Kento. that looks like he wouldn’t be the type to go to every practice and game for their kid, but he does. (how hot was that, an attentive man) somehow the most stonic and serious man has the sweetest child to ever exist.
And you don’t know if this is on purpose or just subconscious but you also started to dress better to the practices and games. You were a young single mom that barley got to get out of the house, so you take your opportunities.
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Saturday, practice,
Goal : talk to him atleast once
By the time you finished putting your daughters hair into two curly pigtails she is scrambling around the house to find a pair of basketball shoes.
“Angel,” you called out to her holding her pink foam ja’s that you feel like you paid a fortune for. And she somehow never wears. “Why don’t you wear these baby?” You asked
“I wanna wear my Kobe’s” she practically hissed back with a small scowl on her face.
“Don’t give me that attitude,” you hissed back, “we have to leave in 10 minutes. So find the shoes or your wearing these.” You said as you started to move to your room to put on your jewelry.
“Mommy, where’s my headband!?” Angel yells as she throws her clothes all over her room.
“I don’t know, after last game where did you put it?” You ask as you put on a pair of earrings, you don’t even know why you try anymore she loses everything.
“I can’t play without my headband!” She cry’s, she was a huge fan of Allen iverson, said that every nba player should be as stylish as he once was.
“Well good thing it’s a practice” you said slipping your addidas on, “come on, there’s gonna be traffic” you said holding the ja’s up because she definitely did NOT find the kobe’s.
She reluctantly toke the shoes and put them in her bag with a sulk, you always wonder ‘hmm when is her attitude gonna calm down?’ It never happened.
“Hurry up, pleaseeee. I’ll be in the car” you exclaimed as you walked out the house and slipped on a pair of sunglasses.
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When you get into the car angel shortly follows, “ma hurry up we’re gonna be late.” She said to you as you put on lipgloss.
“Now you care about being late?” You scoffed as you started to drive, when you see a message from your mom you ask angel, “honey can’t you check what mama wants?” You said looking in your rear view mirror.
“She asked if I could stay with her this weekend.” Angel said.
“What’s the verdict?” You ask.
“Yeah”
“Then text her that.” You said as you turned on the radio.
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When you get to the practice Angel runs out of the car before you can even shut off the car. The doors to the building weren’t even open because the coach [satoru Gojo] was always late.
While most of the kids were running and playing on the playground a few feet away you were standing with the parents, out of the corner of your eye you see your target, Nanami.
“Nanami?” You broke the silence, his ears perking up at his name.
“Yes?” He says, controlled, calm and confident with his words.
“Do you know when the next game is?” You ask, you know exactly when the next game is but you wanted to find a reason to talk to him.
“I believe it’s on Wednesday.” Nanami says back, leaving not much room for more conversation.
“You know this schedule is practically taking up my life.” You start dramatically, pouring just slightly. “I’m a journalist. So my schedule is flexible…” you said even though he didn’t ask.
“Hmm.” He replays.
“Where do you work, Nanami?” You asked
“I work corporate.” He says, “my schedule has been shaped around this,” He nods.
Omg that was so hot of him. Is what you thought, then he remembered you weren’t sure if he was still with Yuji’s mother. You were a lot of things but not a home wrecker. “Really? Does your wife work a less flexible job?” You asked.
“Oh I’m not married.” Nanami clarified, “Yuji is ah- adopted. So.” He said looking back over to Yuji.
“Oh really?”
“Yeah, it was hard with the process being single and all but they deemed me stable enough.” Nanami said with the slightest bit of softness laying under his blank expression.
“That’s great, Yuuji seems like a good kid.” You say looking over at Yuuji who was playing tag with a couple of kids, running with a smile on his face as they couldn’t catch up to him.
“He is. Angelita seems like a nice kid aswell.” Nanami said, probably out of courtesy because Angel couldn’t keep her emotions in check for anything.
“She’s… good most of the time.” You smile back.
And just as the conversation was going, the coach Gojo came walking in late of course. Hugging a lot of the moms expectedly, it was said he slept with quite a lot of them before.
“Sorry I’m late parents. I had something to get too back home.” He waved to the parents who weren’t hot and younge momentarily.
He looked at you, coming closer with a stupid smile on his face. Yall had become pretty good friends in college, which was part of the reason angel was on this team in the first place. “Ms. [L/N], pleasure to see you missy.” He gives you a small sideways hug which you never returned and a small kiss on both sides of your face, courtesy of course.
“Okay! Come on children follow coach satoru!” He said gathering the children into the gym, giving angel a small hug because he practically watched her grow up.
“Well, ill see you later.” You say looking at Nanami after you said bye to angel.
“You too.” Nanami says as he tails into the gym with a small polite bow
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When it was 8pm and gojo decided to pump fake every parent in the room, asking if they could watch film real quick. Knowing no one would say no. Now you were standing against the wall of a gym as you looked over to Nanami momentarily.
“I doubt I’ll have time to cook dinner tonight.” You say mostly to yourself, but really hoping Nanami would hear.
“Hmm, yes. This is taking a long while.” He said looking tired with gojos shananigans himself.
“Gosh, satoru.” You say under your breath.
“Do you know Coach Gojo personally?” Nanami asked.
“We are college friends, went to a the same university”
“Oh, I know Gojo from school aswell, highschool.”
“I would like to say he’s annoying but my daughter loves him.” You say with a sigh, “she always want to see uncle satoru.” You chuckle.
Nanami lets out a soft chuckle, the first you’ve heard from him. It sounded sweet.
“I’m probably just going to give Yuuji pizza.” Nanami said in response to your other comment. “There’s a place down the corner that has pizza and ice cream.”
“Hmm, maybe me and angel will come along.” You said sweetly, the opportunity falling into your lap.
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“Mommy, why do we have to get pizza? I want empanadas.” Angel sulked in the car, drinking water simultaneously.
“Yuuji will be there, you guys can talk.” You offered,
“You just wanna see his dad. Yuuji says your always talking to him.” She says with a small smile on her little face
“.. Stay out of grown folk business.”
“So I’m right.”
-
When you got there Yuuji and nanami were still ordering, when you and angel step behind them in line Nanami turns around, “oh it’s okay I got it.”
“Okay.” You smile “thank you.”
When you sit down it doesn’t take long for Yuuji and Nanami to trail behind. Soon enough Yuuji and angel were playing some Roblox game on their phones not even worrying about their parents.
“So.. uh, does angels dad every come to her games? Or is he too busy with work?” Nanami ask casually.
You didn’t know how you felt about telling Nanami you were no longer dating the man who got you pregnant at 17, let alone have shared custody with the man.
“Oh no, I have full custody. He’s not in her life.”
Nanamis eyes widen just the tiniest bit, you nearly didn’t notice because you blinked, “oh. Well I’m sure your more then enough for her.” He says without making much of a fuss of it.
That comment made you feel good about yourself. “Thank you, you too.” You replied with a smile.
This was perfect. You were both single, the same age, it was practically meant to be. And he had a kid so that toke a huge weight of your back with the concern that some men wouldn’t want that.
After a few moments of silence and glances back and forth he says, “can’t believe some man would give up a nice lady and a beautiful baby.” Nanami glanced up at you momentarily checking if you heard him,which you definitely did. “What a fool.” He adds on.
“What a fool.” You repeat his words back to him with a laugh.
“Mommy I want ice cream.” Angel says looking up at you while she played with Yuji on Roblox.
“You didn’t ate yet honey, after you eat sure.” You said
“Yuuji do you want ice cream?” Nanami asked looking at the dessert menu
“After dinner,” Yuuji says with a smile, pride as if Nanami had already taught him why it’s bad to eat desserts first. Nanami ruffles his hair softly.
“I want cherry.” Angel says looking at Nanami as if you weren’t going to get it.
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After everyone ate pizza and a some ice cream it was 9pm when you were all walking out of the restaurant.
“This was fun.” You say with a shameless smile, “see you at the game next Wednesday!” You say as you guys parted ways your daughters hand in yours as you walked to your car.