Shinichi nii-chan

Genre: Romance/Humor

Pairing: Maki X OC (Hoshino Shina)

Disclaimer: Slam Dunk is the intellectual property of Takehiko Inoue sensei.

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Chapter Two

Maki tried not to look too emotionally traumatized. "You mean you are going after ugly guys from now on?"

"Yes," She replied resolutely, a strand of mucus still suspended from her nostril.

"But Shina…."

"Don't worry about me, Shinichi nii-chan," She smiled a little, "I'll prove to everyone else that looks aren't everything," She patted his brown hair playfully, "Though nii-chan, you are pretty cute,"


She hopped off the sofa, leaving the fourteen-year-old Maki blinking and wondering what had happened. In a matter of seconds, the little depressed girl had hopped out of the Maki residence back to her own house.

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~ THREE YEARS LATER ~

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"Gyaaaaaaah~ Baka Nozaru! You people cheated! How could you get your seniors back to help?!" Yelled Sakuragi.

[Kiyota:"…?"

Jin: "…??"

Maki: "…??!!??"]

Sakuragi pointed at Maki, and started to yell again, "This old man!"

"Old man?" Maki could feel his veins throbbing again.

"Shut up, you baka!" Kiyota roared, his face redder than a monkey's bottom, "He's still in school, he's only seventeen!"

"Huh?" Sakuragi looked bewildered, "This middle-aged old man?"

"B..Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep~!" The referee whistled shrilling, "Both of you Jersey number 10s! Keep quiet before you get sent off!"

The slightly ruffled voice of Maki's filtered through the silenced gym, "Akagi looked older than I am,"

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"Hahaha…Bwahahhahhhhahahhahahahhahahahh~!" Shina laughed uncontrollably, tears rolling down her cheeks, "Nii-chan!"

Maki turned blue, "Stop laughing already,"

" 'Akagi looked older…' " She quoted, "Hahahahahahahahahaha! Shinichi nii-chan, I never thought you'd be taken for a middle-aged man," She looked up and down at Maki, who was sitting on his sofa, looking slightly pissed off.

He had bathed and changed into clean clothes, which were a large Tee shirt that looked over sized even on him, and Bermudas. She flopped down on the spot beside him, "Shinichi nii-chan, do you have any snacks in the house?"

"Yeah, pop over to the fr…" He sighed as she skipped off into the kitchen, "WATCH YOUR WEIGHT!"

Shina had started a long search for ugly boys that she could pester, and much to Maki's horror, she had absolutely horrid looking people sending her home every day. She wasn't exactly that pretty, if you'd call buckteeth, pimply faces, messy hair (that resembled a bird's nest) and slightly rounded figures pretty. But she wasn't too ugly either. She had really nice sweet brown eyes that only he seemed to notice. Also, she had a cute smile.

"I say, do you have any plans for the future?" Maki asked as she sat down beside him.

"Future? Hm… I want to go to your school, go to Tokyo University…" Shina replied thoughtfully, biting into a flake of potato chip, "…Then I'll go over to the USA to study Psychology."

"USA?" Maki raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I am going to leave Japan for a while," She smiled, "Don't miss me,"

He felt a trickle of sweat slide down the side of his cheek and wondered how that came about since the weather was cool.

"USA?" He repeated.

"Yes," She passed him a potato chip, "Don't look so depressed,"

"Don't worry, I'm not," Maki scowled uncharacteristically, making her laugh out loud.

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"Shina, I'm not picking on your boyfriends, but this one…" Maki frowned, looking out of the window.

"Huh? You are talking about Ookutsu? He's a nice person," Shina frowned too, defending her boyfriend.

"Okay, at least, tell him to comb his hair,"

"I like his hair the way it is, what's wrong with it?"

"It's totally…ugh…" Maki made a weird face, "His eyes are already so tiny, that hair covered even the mere bit of eyes that he had,"

"Shinichi nii-chan, I didn't ask for your comment on my personal preference," Shina replied shrilly.

"Okay, okay," He gestured soothingly, "I said nothing, but really…" He kept quiet upon her dark look again.

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~ ONE YEAR LATER ~

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"Shina?" Maki popped his head into the classroom and saw the petite girl sitting by the window. He went over to her. She put an arm around his neck briefly as a gesture of welcome, absently, and went back to her work.

"Loads of work?" He asked, concerned.

"Yes~" She sighed, "Shinichi nii-chan, I don't understand how you managed to cope with it all,"

"Oh, it's just time management," He smiled consolingly.

The bell went.

"Looks like I have to go," Maki patted her head, "Ganbatte,"

"Ja, nii-chan," She hugged his arm and clung onto it like a koala bear, "Nii-chan, do drop by some times okay?"

"Okay," He ruffled her hair, "Lookie, I really have to go."

"Ja…"

When Maki walked out of the classroom, he met the teacher who was just coming in.

"Maki? How come you are here?" The teacher smiled at his favorite student.

"I came to visit Shina, she's the little-girl-next-door that I had to look after," He returned the smile warmly, "My lessons start in another half hour's time, I got to rush,"

"All right, do drop by when you are free." The teacher patted Maki's shoulder affectionately.

The students in class stared at Shina, at the teacher, and at Maki.

"Shina, who's he? The sensei likes him so much!"

"Is he your boyfriend?"

"Couldn't be… How could Shina have a boyfriend that devastatingly sexy?"

"HEY~ what do you mean?" Shina pouted, "But he's not my boyfriend, hehe," She laughed, "He's my neighbour. The Onii-chan-next-doors,"

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[Author's note: If you are wondering why I'm skipping the years so fast, it's because the main focus would be on their grown-up years. Have fun reading it.]