Disclaimer: Slam Dunk is owned by Takehiko Inoue. All characters are his except for my OC: Shin Yuki, Kogane (Shin's best friend), Taiga (captain of Shohoku Soccer), Midori and Takagi.
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Chapter 2.
Shin stared at the glass of water which was half…
"Half full or half empty?" Kogane, her same-age friend, sat in front of her after placing her order at the counter. They were in their favourite burger place in Kanagawa District, it was a bit pricey but worth it for the peace and privacy.
"I haven't decided yet. Actually, I have, it's half full," she paused and directed her bright sherry gaze at her friend, "of crap. Just like my life." she took a bite of her double cheese burger, extra cheese.
"Well, hey, at least it's not entirely full of crap. I take the credit for the other half of—"
"Piss." she said, taking a sip of root beer below her chin.
"Ha. Ha. Smouth."
"Smouth?" Shin cocked a silver brow at her.
"Smartass mouth." Kogane smiled her catlike smile at Shin.
"Thanks Kou-chan" She loved it when her best friend acted childish, people all thought she was bitchy, spoiled and scary, which may be true in some cases but with Shin, she's laid back and easy-going, the exact opposite of the first impression people often have of her because of her successful parents and the fact that she's over-the-top gorgeous.
Bright blue eyes, slim straight nose, her small pouty catlike mouth which made her face seem devilishly beautiful, pair that with gorgeous red hair and svelte modelesque physique, she's every guy and girl's fantasy.
The waitress placed Kogane's Frapuccino and chicken sandwich in front of her, Kogane didn't look away from Shin and her blue eyes turned serious, "So how's the new life with your new foster parents?"
"They're not my foster parents. The woman's my mom's best friend since high school."
"So kind of like us?" Kogane wiggled her brow in an attempt to lighten the mood.
"No, not like us. She's like a perfect trophy wife, which makes it weird, she's always smiling." she frowned, putting down her food to reach out for some nachos. It was unsettling, the woman really smiled at her the entire time that morning.
"Fine, whatever, you didn't answer my question. How is it?" Kogane asked, staring at her intently with her dark blue eyes.
"I dont know, I haven't settled in enough to say anything. When I woke up this morning only the Mrs. was there, her husband went on a business trip to Korea and her son went out, I think. One thing's for sure, I made a fool of myself last night, ugh.. I was dropped off- passed out drunk on their front door." Shin groaned.
Kogane's eyes widened at understanding, "Please tell me you didn't go to that disgusting seniors party." when Shin didn't answer, Kogane wheezed, "Shin!"
Shin knew her best friend would over react, "I can't help it okay, Captain was going to be there, which meant kiss-ass number one's tagging along." Shin paused, "Obviously, she saw it as an opportunity to make it look like she's cool and she belonged instead of the conniving, schemer she is."
"So to intercept her plan, you went with Taiga, made a point that you're a cool freshman and got wasted." There it is, the reason for her freaking out. Kogane liked to party but she didn't like Taiga and she made it known to the guy. Shin dated a lot of guys and Kogane disapproved half of them.
"I had no choice, if I want to be Team Captain by sophomore year I have to make them see me as one of them, an equal. Appearing with the captain of the football team to a Junior-Senior Private Party catapults me right up there. Getting wasted wasn't part of the plan though."
"Yeah right." her friend rolled her eyes, flipping her red hair over her shoulder. "You have the talent, you're the best tennis player in Shohoku, and you're the next hottest girl in Japan, that troll Midori has nothing on you."
"Networking and who you know still play a part on voting, if it meant playing Midori's game then fine." Shin said, gulping down her watermelon shake, "What do you mean 'next hottest'?!" she asked, catching up a bit late to her best friend's taunt.
"Next to me of course." Kogane's face shifted from joking to concerned, studying Shin's face, "You know that you can stay with me right?"
Shin smiled and raised a brow at her, "I'm not poor, nor destitute, and no, I owe you enough. I'm just not sure of this new family."
"Why?"
Shin sighed, "Staying at a relative's house was hell, I felt like a complete reject, a poor unloved child dropped on their doorstep like a piece of crap because her parents can't fucking grow up. How can staying with my mom's best friend be any better?"
"Well, just think about it, you'll turn 18 soon." Kogane said thoughtlessly in her effort to be optimistic.
"Two years isn't soon. I can't even get my money until I'm 21."
"This isn't like you. Quit bitching and come live with me."
"I can't do that to you, I can't keep on relying on you when I'm in a pinch. Besides I can't possibly ruin your parents' pristine image of me."
"Fine, but you know that you have somewhere to go to, and, whoever said anything about pristine?" Kogane wiggled her ginger brows.
"Hey!" Shin laughed, biting onto her burger.
It was late and Shin came back from a quick practice at the gym. She opened the door with the key they provided her, with her tennis bag slung behind her back, she was ready to collapse anywhere when she heard voices as soon as she stepped inside.
Her eyebrows slightly shot up when she saw the living room occupied by four giant men, all sitting on the floor, around the table, eating western-type dinner, burger, fried and pizza. They were wearing blue tracksuits, two of them had the jacket off and only wore their white undershirt. Must be the son's friends, now, Shin only had to figure out which one is Sendoh.
Since she was the intruder and basically, the outsider, it would only be polite for her to introduce herself, "Ah, konbanwa," she bowed a full 90 degree, before standing right up and giving them a smile, "I didn't realize there were people here, sorry for interrupting.. I—"
"Ah, Shin." a man interrupted her introduction for which she was grateful. She's never felt so awkward, still sweaty and still wearing her black racer back tennis tank top and peach Maria tennis skirt.
She looked at the man who she assumed to be Sendoh, one of the guys wearing a white shirt. He was tall at six foot four, lean and long, his skin was tanned yet had that alabaster-delicate look to it. She shook her head, was she checking him out? No. She was just pleased that the guy didn't look hideous. She looked up to smile at him and she was met with startling blue eyes paired with a warm and relaxed smile.
She returned the smile, "You know who I am?" then the realisation that he knew her because he saw her last night, while she was unconscious, self preservation and shame overcame her, and she gave him a distant smile. "Sorry if I disturbed you guys."
"Don't worry about it." he said, he stood in front of her, blocking her view of the living room and the others with his body, which didn't seem to be that broad from afar, but towered and dominated over her five foot eight frame up close, making her feel miniscule. "I'm Akira Sendoh."
"Oh, hajimemashite. I'm Shin Yuki. I… I'll be living here, but you already know that." she smiled up at him, trying not to cringe at the way they met, she could only imagine what he thought about her since last night when he saw her drunk at their doorstep. "So.. I didn't know you had company." again, he smiled at her with that sincere, welcoming face then he stepped beside her and turned to his friends,
"This is Shin," he said to the guys, "Shin, meet my team mates, second year, Uekusa and Koshino," he pointed at the guys sitting on the floor, "and Fukuda" he pointed at the one sitting on the couch, "He's a freshman."
"Oh hello, nice to meet you." she bowed again and in a polite manner she excused herself, "Sorry for disturbing."
"Not at all, we're just hanging out after a game."
"Oh, what sports do you play?" she asked out loud and she heard one of the guys choke.
"Ah, basketball."
"Ah, cool. I'll leave you guys to yourselves then. Have fun." she smiled at Sendoh, and then, like a switch, she have his friends an extra sweet smile before going up the stairs, calmly carrying her tennis gear which was almost two times her size.
As soon as the door to her room shut close, Koshino turned to Sendoh excitedly, wearing an expression of pure bliss, like the ace had never seen before.
"That's her!? She's the one living with you? No way! No way!" Koshino said in clear disbelief, "Why you?!" his absurd reaction puzzled Sendoh.
Uekusa, their other point guard turned to Sendoh as well, eagerly waiting for some kind of explanation from Sendoh who had no clue what was happening to his teammates.
"Whoa… I.." Sendoh chuckled, "Is she some celebrity?" he said, sitting back down in front of Koshino.
"You don't know who she is?" Uekusa asked, baffled.
"She goes to Shohoku and she's a year below us." Sendoh stated blankly, "How do you know who she is?" he cocked his head at Koshino.
"It's more surprising that you don't. Come on, white blonde hair and cinnamon eyes from Shohoku, don't you pay any attention to what the boys talk about in the locker room." Koshino sighed, visibly frustrated.
"Hmm, interesting." Sendoh sat back, listening intently.
"More than interesting. She went out with three guys from the soccer club." there was a familiarity with the way Koshino referred to Shohoku's Soccer club that made Sendoh raise his brow.
"I didn't know you were interested in Shohoku's dating news."
"What?" the shooting guard said in disgust, "No, I mean, I don't know about their soccer club, I was talking about ours, Ryonan. She went out with Ferdi, then Atsuto—"
"Their ace?" Sendoh clarified,
"Yeah and Hasabe. Hasabe said he hooked up with her when they were in Jr. High together." Koshino shrugged, "But that's not even news anymore, she also went out with the Captain of Kainan's Tennis Team. and someone saw her hanging out with some guys from Shohoku's soccer club too, she's just known around Kanagawa as the girl you wanna have fun with… if you know what I mean."
"What exactly do you mean?" Sendoh was curious now, who was this girl?
"I'm not saying she's easy, uh, she's just," Koshino thought about the words carefully, "Come on, look at her, you can see that she's not like the other girls right?" Koshino took a quick glance at the stairs she just climbed, "All the guys said she was really cool and they wanted to be serious with her but she bolts once they mention it.."
"So you think she's a challenge?"
"Well, not exactly. I didn't think it's possible for me to even meet her," Koshino rubbed his chin, "But, when I saw her tonight, here," he grinned, "I have a connection through you now, how about you set me up with her." Koshino said in a hopeful tone, like a lovesick puppy.
Sendoh digested the information he just heard, Shin Yuki, looks like she's more than just a handful.
"Right, why don't we first talk about your performance earlier?"
To be continued.
Hi everyone, a name change from Shin Yuki to Shin Yuki.
I find that the main character's personality and aura suits the name Shin more! Thanks
Thanks for reading :) R&R
