"You should apologise to this lady here," Oikawa spoke.
"Thank you, Mr Oikawa. It's alright..." I speak and later turn to the waiter.
"Oh no, you spilt some sauce on your hoodie..." Marie loudly whispered. I slightly signed.
"Oh yes, you did," Oikawa spoke. I shook my head and signalled it was fine and not a big deal.
I unzip my hoodie since now it looked ugly and wrapped on my waist. I went ahead to keeping the supply boxes.
The waiter talked to Marie. "Oh yes, you must be from Glace. Thank you for the supplies."
Both Marie and I went ahead and thanked the buffet staff for choosing us.
Nonetheless, Oikawa kept standing, observing the interaction.
"I've never been a fan of salad, honestly." He spoke.
"You might like these," I spoke.
"why?" He asked. What wtf he means by why gosh
"Umm, cause..." I try to find an answer.
"Well, if it's your recipe, maybe I might will..." his tone was flirtatious.
I just awkwardly smile.
Marie finished talking to the manager and headed my way.
"Let's go y/n... shall we?" She askes, later eyeing Oikawa. Even she felt a bit intimated around him. He was definitely a very good looking boy.
I nod to Marie and try to walk away.
"Thank you for helping me. Hope you enjoy the salads," I greet.
"I promise." He gives a smile. I try to walk towards the before, but he stopped me.
"Y/n..." He calls out. I turn. I walk towards him a little while Marie waited near the door.
"Have my jacket. It's cold outside." He says. I tried to say it wasn't necessary, but it was too late. He was quick. He quickly put his jersey's jacket around my shoulders.
He chuckled a little. "Looks better on you than me."
"Uh...thanks, Oikawa.." I say.
"Call me Tooru..." He clarifies.
"Tooru," I repeat.
"Anyway, see ya...in", He greets and later walks off. Honestly, now I just found him confusing.
xxxx
Slowly we head back to the truck.
"You can go ahead and get back home. Thanks for helping me out." Marie says, then hugs me.
I notice something was wrong with her. She looked exhausted.
"It's my daughter." She spoke first. My eyes frowned.
"She is refusing to go to school. And work got me exhausted. 2 jobs and community college." She reveals. I hug her again. Marie was literally my inspiration. Being a young single mother and working 2 jobs and also college was not easy. I cannot imagine how easy I have it.
"Marie, you could have told me earlier. Thought you quit the other job." I say.
"it's alright, and it's just exhausting when Rei is home during my workdays. I cannot keep up with the deadlines for school..." She reveals.
"Marie cmon...just let me know. I'll spend time with her whenever I can." I say
"No, you also have tons of work." She reveals.
"Don't worry..." I say. I loved children. In fact, I wanted to be a child nutritionist. Children are mysteries, and I love mysteries. Every child is unique, and it always been a dream to work with children's development.
"I got you," I say later.
Marie nods with a wide smile with few tears near the corner of her eyes.
"I'll let you know when I need her to get a babysitter. Is that okay?" Marie says. I nod
"Okay, now off you go, rest plenty and study well." She continued. I hug her one last time before I leave.
I wave her bye and head home.
I grab something to eat and later sit down to study. I waited for an internship.
I got rejected for 4 internships—nothing for child nutrition. I was sad.
I looked for more internships near the field I wanted to work in, but nothing came up in my job profile. No requests. I frowned a little.
I applied for various organisations, including a sports one. I knew I wouldn't get in the sports one cause I have 0 experience in anything sports-related. I worked mostly with children and the elderly. I had no idea how sports nutrition worked. I also knew it wasn't for me.
I clicked the new email, and it revealed I got rejected there too. All hopes were lost. I slouch my head on the table and sign. Guess I'll be unemployed forever.
I had 2 more emails for confirmation—one for volunteer work and a sports nutritionist consultancy group. I hoped I get the volunteer work one. With that, I shut my laptop.
Exhausted, I try taking a shower. I realised I was still wearing the hoodie given by Oikawa.
As I turned it around, I realised the jacket jersey shirt said.
Oikawa Argentina #1.
Slowly the realisation hit, its the Argentinian team's buffet.
As I was processing that information. I saw my phone in the blink....
Email notification.
"Your internship application has been accepted. We are delighted for you to join our Sports Consultancy...."
Sports? Sp-sports?!?
Before I could breathe...
Twitter notification News Suggestion.
"Two high school opponents now World Cup Opponents: But first lemme take a selfie. Twitter is going crazy.."
Ushijima vs Oikawa
Japan vs Argentina
Under 25 Finals
I think I am going to die....... everything is a mess