Disclaimer: Slam Dunk and the characters are not mine, it's a manga by Takehiko Inoue. I own this fanfic story and the original characters: Shin Yuki, Takagi & Taiga. I write as a hobby and don't make profits from these.
Have fun reading guys! This is dedicated to you fans of Slam Dunk! -ffnprez
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Chapter 1
Akira Sendoh yawned on his way to the front door. It was quarter to three in the afternoon on a Saturday and he was just napping when the doorbell rang. Alone in the house, he had no choice but to wake up and answer the door.
He raised an eyebrow when a bulky man greeted him on his front doorstep, just an inch shorter than his 6'4 frame, he reminded him of Sakuragi from Shohoku without the red hair and the crazy-eyes, the guy was calmly waiting and was carrying two duffel bags under each arm, pulling another luggage behind him.
"Hey man, so where do I put these?" the guy asked cocking an eyebrow at him,
"I take it you're fond of trespassing?" he asked in his amused tone, his posture relaxed, yet his eyes not betraying a single thought or emotion.
The guy smiled cockily, "Yeah, sorry about that, I've been ringing the doorbell a couple of times and—" Sendoh cut him off, the guy couldn't seem to decode the fact that he was trespassing.
"So you came to the front door hoping that it's unlocked too." He said with no threat in his voice, even so, the man felt more uncomfortable than if Sendoh had actually been angry, "Who are you?" the spiky-haired house-owner asked.
"I'm just doing my girl a favour, I kinda have somewhere I gotta go and I need to drop these off." the man said raising the duffel bags in his hands.
"Your girl?"
"Shin?" the guy said like Sendoh should've known already, before Sendoh could ask for an introduction again the guy spoke, "I'm Takagi, we're going out… kinda…" the guy was babbling to himself, "Anyway, uh, she's moving in with her…aunt or something?" he asked, clarifying like it's the first time it dawned to him that he's an unexpected visitor.
"Right, you can just leave her things inside," Sendoh unblocked the door and pointed at the living room, "I'll take care of it."
"Oh, great, thanks dude." the man breezed inside, then got out to take two more luggage out of his car, Sendoh was impressed and amused, it was convenient for the girl to make her boyfriend do errands for her.
Sendoh thought of helping out but the big guy looked like he got everything covered, when Takagi got all of the luggage he went to Sendoh to shake his hand, "You must be her cousin?"
Sendoh appreciated the gesture, the guy might not be so bad, just lacking some sense on ethics and manners, common to most ego-centric athletes, or in his case, trust-fund baby. Sendoh shook his hand and answered his question, "Something like that. Won't she be arriving today?"
"Probably tonight, she's got some project to attend to. Anyway, thanks again bro." he gave Sendoh a nod before heading out to his Black Camry, leaving Sendoh scratching his head.
With a sigh, he picked up two duffel bags with one hand and with his other, reached for the handle of a black briefcase. He was startled when it came undone mid-air, almost all its contents falling to the marbled floor, good thing he was fast enough to snap it close with his other arm.
"Damn." he cursed inwardly when different kinds of paintbrushes and four empty canvases fell to the floor. He placed everything back inside and noticed that the combination latch was loose and rusty, if he recalled correctly the guy was carrying the thing with both hands. He let out another sigh and resumed his work.
He finished moving her things upstairs, to the unoccupied room across his and his parents when his cell rang, it was his mother and he wondered if he's going to ever get the relaxation he needed that day. "Akira-kun, we'll be arriving late for dinner. We bought that special beef from Kyoto and the Uni Sushi you like so you have to wait for us. Did Shin arrive yet?"
"Ah, no, but her things were delivered earlier." he said, closing the door to her room and going to his room which was across the hallway.
"Oh good. We're bringing home something special for her first dinner." came the excited voice of his mother.
"Isn't she too young to drink Sake?" he said jokingly, knowing his mother, she'll do anything to make their guest comfortable. She's been looking forward to her moving since last month when she had that conversation with her best friend.
"Oh hush you. Anyway, see you later and don't you make a mess of the house."
"You take care."
Six hours passed consisting of a quick nap and a quick fishing trip to the sea side and Sendoh found himself eating dinner with his mother alone.
The girl was clearly drunk but that wasn't the only disturbing part, she was carried home by a different guy also claiming that they're together. Sendoh watched his mother fuss over the unconscious teenager.
"What happened to her?" His mom urged the guy to their living room so he could put her down on the sofa.
"Uh, a friend of ours had a club party and things got out of hand," the guy said, without any hint of repentance, "She was supposed to stay over at my place—"
"What? No way mister, young girls don't stay over night at a man's house unless they're married." the woman frowned, looking scandalised and ready to lecture.
"Oh-kay lady," the guy placed the unconscious girl gently on the couch before rolling his eyes at Sendoh's mother, "she's crashed at my place a dozen times and we haven't done anything she didn't want to, this isn't the 50's y'know." the guy was clearly a jock, he talked like one and he looked like one, with big muscular body and the certain air that he's untouchable.
Sendoh observed the man under hooded eyes and asked, "Are you drunk?"
"Uh- no?" the man said defensively, looking at Sendoh and standing at his full height but staggering a bit.
"Clearly," Sendoh said, getting tired of the man as a whole, he just wanted him gone so they could all go to bed, "And you drove here?"
"Nah man, my cousin's the DD, she's the one who told me to drop my girl off here."
"You let her drink?"
"You can't really say no to her."
"How did she get a drink anyway? She's underage." Sendoh said, his eyes steady, his voice firm.
"I bought it for her, like I said, she's not easy to turn down." the guy said, frowning, he felt like he's a cheating student being interrogated by the professor.
"I'm sure, especially when it makes it easier for you to get in her pants right?"
"Akira!" his mother snapped, "Stop that, bring Shin to her room while I'll talk to this young man here." she then turned to the guy who was clearly finding things a bit too troublesome now, "What's your name and what school do you go to?"
"Taiga Mashiro, I'm team captain of Shohoku's football team." he said proudly and Sendoh's lips quirked up a bit when he saw the guy puff his chest a bit, or was he imagining it. His mom on the other hand merely sighed, not the least impressed, she's had her experience dealing with more intimidating athletes, Sendoh's team captain, Uozomi, looked 100 times more formidable than this Taiga Mashiro, but she'd had him standing in front of her like a school boy whenever he turns down a dinner invitation at her house, in the end, he caves in and did as she wishes.
"Huh, that explains it." His mom began, Sendoh would love to witness the talk she's gonna have with him but he didn't want to bother himself with being in the same room as the cocky jock, he needed to rest for his game tomorrow and witnessing the Jock's humiliation was not worth his time.
"Alright, I'll leave you guys alone. Good night mom." Sendoh smiled at his mother.
Sendoh didn't look at the boyfriend while he lifted Shin from the couch like she weighed nothing. He walked up the stairs in his usual calm and cool demeanour, not sparing another glance at the man's direction.
He didn't know what to make of the situation, he didn't know what to think since it's none of his business and getting involved in other people's lives isn't one of his habits, but one thing's for sure, Shin Yuki definitely made a lasting first impression.
TBC