STEPBROTHER (HAIKYUU X KUROKO NO BASKETBALL SUMMER CAMP)
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Akashi turned to Ushijima, "It must have been nice, when someone was waiting for us at home."

But before Ushijima could give any reaction, Akashi immediately shifted the topic of conversation at that time. He remembered his words that would not be weak anymore, so he immediately shifted the subject before Ushijima again pityed him.

"So, do I have to wear a Character Costume in your match? Where did the match seem to be held?" ask Akashi.

"Yes, you have to follow the rules. At least do it gradually if it's too difficult, I won't force you at all." Ushijima reached into the pocket of his uniform and handed Akashi a piece of paper.

"The location of the match in Karasuno. And this is Tendou's phone number, you can call him if you need anything. He said he was willing to help you," replied Ushijima who seemed to have planned everything. He asks Tendou for help, Tendou is not a Starter player who could help Akashi a little later.

"It seems like I should be getting ready to be laughed at tomorrow" lamented Akashi who could already imagine his appearance tomorrow, but that's what Ushijima is looking forward to. He wanted to see a different version of Akashi from the word creepy.

"Guji-san!" call Akashi and point to a shop across the street.

"Look, I think the shop is pretty unique." Akashi's attention seemed to be centered on the Shop, he did not pay attention to his steps that could have hit Batu if not removed by the hunt by Ushijima.

"The shop? It's not a Shop, it's a Zombie House." Ushijima remembered very well that he had been invited by the father to such a place, for him it felt unattractive and boring. But not for Akashi, he looks sparkling to see some people who are waiting in line to enter the three-story building by installing two shophouses that are deliberately rented to widen the size of the building.

"Zombie House? Is that interesting? And what are we going to do there? You see, I'm seeing a lot of it, it must be really nice to be in it." Akashi was still stunned, his eyes could not be separated to look at the building.

"Usually every rule is different, do you want to try?" ushijima asked without intending to tell Akashi that the place was really unpleasant. While Ushijima may have rejected Akashi's wishes, he felt sad when he saw Akashi who never seemed to be invited to such a place since childhood. And it's possible that Akashi has never done a family outing before.

"Can." Akashi nodded, he walked first to the place. Ushijima can only give up, it seems difficult to refuse the request of the sister lately.

"Excuse me, we want a list to get inside." Ushijima immediately registered Akashi and himself when he arrived there, for him this is nothing new to be asked for information about the game. Even if there will be a change, the Game staff will tell Ushijima themselves.

"How many tickets on deck?" asked the guard staff who happened to be his desk in front of the entrance of the building, it was clear from the outside how crowded the first floor was to be a waiting room for participants of various ages. And some of them choose to wait outside, because they can not sit.

Obviously Akashi who saw the current situation already understood very well that the turn will feel long, the queue must also be very long and waste time. Until finally, he chose a shortcut to use his power in winning the turn to play.

Akashi immediately gave some sheets of money that had the highest amount to the ticket sales staff.

"Sorry, we only provide Regular tickets. So, you can queue up according to the turn that has been applied in the rules." The ticket sales staff smiled kindly, he looked uninterested in Akashi's offer of VIP tickets. Obviously this makes Ushijima want to laugh, surely he can imagine the embarrassed face of Akashi who gets rejection.

"A queue all that time? If so I don't play," complained Akashi who was actually already embarrassed, he immediately turned around and left from there. Unlike Ushijima, he immediately paid for the two tickets before stopping Akashi from leaving the place.

"Basic selfish! You are more concerned with your ego than you want" lamented Ushijima who immediately gave a ticket to Akashi.

Akashi stops his steps, he glances at the ticket sales staff who are serving other customers. Then, he took the ticket from Ushijima's hands.

"Thank you, but waiting is exhausting. You're not supposed to buy this ticket, nor am I interested in trying it."

Ushijima wrapped his hands around Akashi's shoulders, "Then accompany me to play, let's just say I want to nostalgia for this ride."

"Let's get in line!" invite Ushijima who makes Akashi unable to resist, after all he knows how much interest Akashi to try the Zombie House. And it seems that Ushijima's persuasion was successful, inevitably Akashi was willing to wait in line to enter the Wahana. Every now and then they buy some snacks to wait in line. They also chose not to sit and wait in the line, he said so as not to be dragged by others in the queue and not to lose interest in playing.

Up to almost half an hour long they queue, finally they get a turn as well. It is clear that the happy face of Akashi is impatient to enter the vehicle at this time, unfortunately his happiness was marred by the Wahana guard staff's statement informing him that the number of people who could enter the Wahana was 5 members of the group.

Meanwhile, they were just the two of them when they came here. So, inevitably they had to find three more people to enter the Wahana together. Fortunately Ushijima did not lose his mind to realize Akashi's wishes, he immediately ran over to a couple and his 7-year-old daughter just came to try the ride.

I don't know what Ushijima said at the time, but it seems he was able to attract the attention of the small family to be together with them to enter the Wahana. Even the little girl was much more carefree, as there was no need to queue for too long.

And in the end, the five of them were allowed to enter the room by wearing a lamp bracelet as lighting there. Of course Akashi is the most enthusiastic person there, he even goes first compared to his group and makes other visitors follow Akashi's footsteps.

Initially they passed through the hallway displaying a little dim lighting, followed by the screams of the zombies who sounded thirsty and hungry. But the most attention-grabbing at this time is Akashi's attitude that changed far from usual, he instead seemed excited and did not stop praising every thing that passed him. Followed by the little girl who was also no less excited, as if Akashi and the little girl had the same frequency.

At the same time, Ushijima just followed Akashi's footsteps without giving any expression. From the beginning he was not interested in entering this vehicle, he also did not show fear and instead felt amused at the attitude of married couples who embrace each other because of fear. As if Ushijima wanted to laugh at them at this moment, he could see the contrasting difference between a timid husband-wife couple and his extremely brave daughter with high enthusiasm.

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This is roughly the picture of the pestle that Ushijima and Akashi entered the ghost house/zombie 🤭