THIRD POV

"Haah...."

Y/n sighed and once again held both her hands together to stop herself from smacking Atsumu. The blonde was releasing suggestive moans and sighs the whole time he was chilling the tub. Unfortunately for Y/n, she had to stay at his range– she was worried that if he might have another attack, she won't be there to help him through it.

She was sitting on the lid of the toilet, phone accompanying her as the sick player relaxes himself on bath full of soft bubbles and warm, steamy water. Atsumu was hesitant at first when she said she needed to be inside of the bathroom while he bathes, but he figured Y/n was too innocent and naive to do stuff like his thoughts suggests.

"Miya, tell me if you're done," She mumbled and scrolled through her social media, seeing a lot of her cousin's friend in each app. She sighed as she switched to another one.

Atsumu hummed and sunk deeper in the tub, eyes closed as he let himself relax as his manager suggested. He looked at her through his wet bangs and saw how she's too focused on her phone. The bubbles were covering him, sure, but of course Y/n respects him and chose to not look anyway. The only thing she needs to do is to be near him. She doesn't plan to do.... weird acts.

"Hey, L/n. Can ya please talk to me?" He asked.

She stopped for a while and shook her head, not looking at him. He frowned of course. Atsumu expected her to agree.

"But I'm sick– I need someone to talk to!" The omelette head whined.

She rolled her eyes secretly, "..."

"L/nnn," He continued to annoy her.

Riing.

He became quiet when he heard Y/n's phone ring. The boy looked away and let her answer it.

The girl answered the call with a blank stare and crossed her legs, slightly leaning back to the support of her seat. She remained quiet for a while and Atsumu got confused.

"Oi."

"What is it?" The girl lightly sighed.

Atsumu tuned them out as he boredly played around with the bubbles. The girl was too caught up in the call with whomever was it on the other side, she didn't even notice how the blonde frequently looks at her time to time.

Soon the call ended and Y/n pursed her lips. Atsumu gathered courage to ask.

"Who was that?"

Y/n accidentally looked at him but it was too late. The sight of Miya Atsumu naked with white coat of bubbles and soap covering him but his chest and knees were left exposed, and that damn wet hair as he looked at her with droopy eyes. She froze but regained her composture and looked away.

"You don't need to know,"She muttered and fiddled with her fingers, remaining quiet.

He frowned, "L/n, I was just asking..."

"....," She thought about replying to him or not.

These days I've been real bitchy and crap with boys. I think it's time to be friendly to avoid awkward situations..

"...It was just my aunt's son," She mumbled and used her phone again, narrowly and unconsciously avoiding Suna's message.

Atsumu raised a brow, "So, like, yer cousin?"

"Yeah....,"She nodded and finally replied to Suna with: 'He's taking a bath and conversing with me. Don't worry, tell the others he's fine and taken care of.'

She didn't know how dumbfounded Kita, Osamu, and Suna was when they saw the first text.

"Ooh, I didn't know ya had a cousin," He grinned and raked his hair with his long fingers.

Slightly flustered from the view of her peripheral vision, she huffed quietly, "Well, we're not that close so.."

"Ah! I know. While I take my time bathing, let's play Miya Atsumu; 20 questions version!" The blonde suggested with glee. She was surprised at how he can still be active even though his temperature went 39°.

She frowned, "Miya...you need to conserve energy. Don't talk too much."

"But talking to you is really fun and calming," He genuinely said with a small smile.

Y/n eyes momentarily widened as she turned her head to the side, not wanting him to see how she almost blushed. A strange sensation fluttered in her heart– no one has ever said this to her before.

Not when..

Ah, stupid thoughts. Push back that trauma and focus on Miya. Only him. Don't let yourself get vulnerable when he's the one that needs help the most right now. You can breakdown when everything is finished and you're alone.

......Stupid uncle.

"...Thanks, Miya," She muttered and looked down at the ground.

"Welcome! Anyways, I'll tell ya how this goes," He lightly cleared his throat, "I'll ask you a question first, then you answer. After that you ask me next, then I'll answer. The questions will go on until both of us had asked 10 questions each. Sounds cool?"

"Yeah, sure," She just nodded and decided to go with his flow.

He grinned, "Alright. What's your full name?"

"F/n (possibly your second name if you have one) L/n," She said, "What's your favorite day or night setting?"

The two rallied questions and answers to each other which they both surprisingly answered with ease. But the last question with one last answer needed made her freeze.

"Do you have any trauma?"

She gulped and compsoed her breathing, "....Um, yeah."

"Do you want to tell me about it?" He asked before his eyes widened in realization, "Ah– I'm stupid! Sorry, L/n! I should've not asked that.."

She shook her head, "It's okay. I need to answer it and stick to the rules right?"

"Ya don't have to if yer not comfortable about it yet. It's a tough thing to vent to a person yer not that close to," Atsumu frowned at her with concern  louding his eyes as he stared at the pretty girl.

She lightly chuckled, "Miya, since when were you this considerate?"

He whined, "L/n! I'm capable of being empathetic, ya know!"

"Right, right," She nodded and sighed.

"....," He waited for her.

"When I was...what was my age back then again? Ah, 5. My family went to a vacation with an extended family. It was really fun, with all the beach and volleyball on sand. I didn't get to play of course, I was still a child."

She bit her lip, "One time I was playing with my cousin who taught me the dangers of bacteria, and so he told me how alcohol and stuff works. But then.."

Y/n released a mild shaky sigh, "He was pulled away because he was invited to play. He refused, but his mom told him to eat if he won't play. Suddenly I'm left alone in the room we were conversing at."

"What happened...?" Atsumu carefully had asked her.

She shrugged lightly andlightly tapped her foot repeatedly, "I was alone. With no one there, pretty much unguarded. Then my uncle from my dad's side entered the room and I remembered that sickening smile. He was really....manipulative."

"L-L/n, are you sure you want to tell me about this?? This is getting personal and I–"

"Miya," She gave a slight reassuring smile, "It's fine. You're becoming my close friend and it's only reasonable to tell you about things that tick me off, right?"

"...Okay," He nodded, "Ah– but wait. I know this isn't the right time but... I don't really mind if ya called me by my first name."

She was taken aback but nodded anyway, "Oh, sure.. I guess it's only fair you call me by mine, too. If I get to call you by yours."

The girl continued when he just gave a grin and nod, "Sorry if this is inappropriate but...."

She gulped, "It's normal that a relative would play around with a kid... but not when he does it. Good thing he's in jail now. But that doesn't mean I can still be comfortable knowing he's getting released sometime soon.."

"He approached me and said childish things that would obviously get a child hooked up. But what he did after that was utterly disgusting. How he roamed his rough hands all over my body. Truly grotesque, I wasn't able to be comfortable for 5 straight years after that," She let out a bitter chuckle and refused to let her tears drop.

"My family was full of germaphobic persons. When I was a kid I didn't really mind the slight dirt, since it's not like it'll gravely affect my hygiene and threaten my life. In short I didn't have the phobia my family had," She frowned, "Had. But now I got a strange one."

"Strange one? Like what?" Atsumu's brows furrowed.

"Normally, germaphobic people tense and get irritated by even the slightest dirt, right?" She asked and he nodded.

Y/n fiddled with her fingers, "I'm traumatized at what my uncle did. And so, I can't stand it when old men attempts to touch me. Even if it's necessary like a handshake or hug, I make sure to coat myself with cloth and/or alcohol. I still get annoyed when other people touch me, though. I'm not sure if their hands were clean or not, and the thought of their touch and unexplainable bacteria they carry is...no."

"Eh?? But what about those times when we made contact with you? Remember how I hugged you before?" Atsumu was confused.

"I was wearing Suna's jacket which he later on said that he was perfectly clean and so was the hoodie. We didn't really make skin contact, but I do admit that it made me slightly uncomfortable even if it looked like I was unbothered that time," She admitted.

"Oh," Was all he could say.

"...Anyways, we finished, right? Are you done now?" She changed the topic.

He nodded, "Yes. Thank you for cooperating, I tried it once with Suna and he told me to frick off. When I asked Osamu, he just cringed and told me to talk to myself."

"Oh...," She nodded slowly and stood up to grab his towel.

Atsumu froze when he saw her small smile, but it was still enough to make his heart beat faster. She handed him the towel and left out of the bathroom to let him change.

"Hey, Y/n."

"Hmm?" Her hand rested on the knob as she turned around to see Atsumu halfly covered with a towel clinging on his hips. Her eyes widened as she whipped her head away and tried to remove his fit body image from her mind, "Atsumu, atleast tell me you're not clothed."

He lightly scoffed, "Of course I'm still not clothed. Anyway, may I ask why you cover your other eye? You look mysterious with it."

She shrugged and opened the door to exit, "That's another story. Get changed, Atsumu. I'll just clean your room and fix up your bed."

He just nodded and did what she said. The blonde smiled through out the whole time he was changing, he felt proud that he got closer to Y/n.

A strange sensation rippled through his body as if it were something unfamiliar but good. He let it, and so his heart freely danced around with joy and satisfaction.

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hiii sorry for the slow update,,,
my mind is at its usual instability

anyway, how was the chapter? (by the way, that's not all the trauma episodes y/n will have <;)

thank u for 25k reads btw!! as always, love you ♡