STEPBROTHER (HAIKYUU X KUROKO NO BASKETBALL SUMMER CAMP)
10

The sound of the Whistle is blown loudly by the Referee which signifies the game of basketball has ended. The score at that time was won by a narrow margin by Rakuzan who managed to be 1 point ahead of Shutoku.

The victory clearly caused a happy cheer from Rakuzan's team, especially Akashi who could not stop smiling when glancing at his scoreboard. And it feels like this is the first time Rakuzan's team has played basketball with a win without even feeling as depressed as ever, he can feel that his seniors also seem to enjoy the match practice.

"It's a shame, this time we haven't been able to beat them. Right, Shin-chan?" tanya Takao who could only shake his head with a wry smile, he was actually a little annoyed at not being able to defeat Rakuza yet. However, he also feels happy that Rakuzan can finally win the bet at this time because he will not be willing to see the former captain of Kiseki no sedai it will be humiliated by Volleyball teams like Ushijima.

"Shut up, Takao. Next time, I'll make sure I beat Akashi." Midorima fixed his glasses, then he approached Akashi and gave a helping hand as a sign of congratulations to his friend.

Akashi replies to Midorima's hand without hesitation, not even forgetting to show his smile to Midorima.

"I'll make sure to beat you before this summer is over, Akashi. And I'll make sure that your necklace will be returned soon, " said Midorima, holding the pendant she was wearing.

"I'm waiting for your promise, Midorima." Akashi stopped smiling, he immediately walked away to his team with a confident pace. Midorima could only smile at the captain's back, which was too difficult to reach, for him, Akashi was the only friend he had so much respect for, although now the position of Akashi is slightly shifted by the presence of Takao and other Shutoku Team. But still, Midorima's only dream from a long time ago was to keep his promise to Akashi and prove that he can get praise from the Captain.

Meanwhile, Akashi wishes his sincere thanks to the members of Team Rakuzan. His unmoved eyes gave warm gazes in turn to Mibuchi, Hayama, Nebuya and Mayuzumi.

"You don't have to thank me like this, Akashi." Hayama was slightly distracted by Akashi's gentle demeanor.

"In any case, you have my senior colleagues, so there's no harm in me being respectful to you, right?" ask Akashi.

"Just as for Sei-Chan," replied Mibuchi with a smile, in contrast to Mayuzumi who immediately walked away from there holding Novel in her left hand.

He seems not too interested in excessive drama like this, especially the attitude of not caring too much Mayuzumi who often makes himself never considered to exist by some people completely unchanged. Until his steps are stopped by the call of Akashi who fully calls his name. Reluctantly, Mayuzumi looked back.

"What's wrong? Not that the match is over, I also did not help you much in the match." Mayuzumi was not interested in getting a thank you request from the captain.

"I need to talk to you, Senpai. Do you have time?" akashi's clear question makes Mayuzumi cuman can just sigh.

"What are you talking about, Akashi?"

Akashi did not immediately answer, he was like giving orders first to his three senpai. As soon as the three seniors walked away, then he approached Mayuzumi who was not too far in front of him.

"What do you whisper to them?" ask Mayuzumi wonder.

"I only asked the Senpai to monitor the Ushijima-San Volleyball match" Akashi replied.

"Why?" asked Mayuzumi as she walked slowly away from the Basketball Court.

"Because I made a bet yesterday with them. Besides, there's something I want to ask you, Mayuzumi Senpai."

"Talk, I don't want to waste too much time with you to make me lose every second of reading this new novel" said Mayuzumi, who showed her reading novel in front of Akashi.

"Mayuzumi Senpai! I was just wondering, Do you still hate me?" akashi's obvious question caused Mayuzumi to laugh amusedly, she felt it was very strange to listen to such a question coming out of Akashi's mouth.

"You're not wrong to say, Akashi? Why are you even questioning something stupid like that?"

"I'm just wondering, did what I did in the past still hurt your heart or was I basically just a jerk in your eyes?" ask Akashi.

Mayuzumi was surprised to hear that, he could not hide both his wide-eyed and the corner of his lips that stopped smiling in an instant. He didn't seem to like it when someone asked him such a question.

"I don't want to give you any answers, Akashi." Mayuzumi frowned, she felt that there was no reason for her to come out to Akashi and she was not happy to tell anyone about such privacy.

"You should tell me, Mayuzumi Senpai. You know what it's like to let someone else keep hatred for you, I almost feel like having a nightmare every time considering how cruel I did in the past."

"You should learn to forgive your own past, Akashi. And stop questioning such stupid things, even if there is an effect you are accusing others with your naive thinking." Mayuzumi immediately left, still unable to believe what he had just heard. Though clearly he never harbored hatred for his junior, but even Akashi seemed to doubt his sincerity as a senior at this time.

Akashi himself immediately silenced to hear Mayuzumi's words, he began to feel very guilty when thinking about what Mayuzumi had just said. However, he had not been able to tidy up his background feeling, not long ago bad news from Mibuchi who ran up to him made his anger feel raging.

"Sei-Chan, the Shiratorizawa Games are over. They have also won the Volleyball match today" said Mibuchi, half-screaming.

"really? Then, I should approach Ushijima-San immediately." Akashi immediately walked calmly to the Volleyball court, he was a little tense when thinking about who would win the bet.

And it seemed that Ushijima himself had also been waiting for Akashi's arrival, he seemed to smile with satisfaction seeing Akashi approaching him with displeased eyes. And without further ado, Ushijima started a conversation between them while giving Shiratorizawa's score paper.

"It turns out you also won this match, Ushijima-san." Akashi smiled cunningly, he could feel the aura of hatred from Tim Shiratorizawa himself who was not happy about his presence.

"You have the same victory, Sei-Chan. That means you guys dong series," said Mibuchi who is already next to Akashi.

"No, Mibuchi Senpai. This time I actually lost the bet, I have been defeated by Ushijima-San." Akashi showed his flat face, displeased eyes but he did not hesitate to reaffirm his defeat this time in front of Mibuchi or Tim Shiratorizawa himself.

"What do you mean, Akashi?" asked Nebuya who had just come after after replenishing his energy in the dining room.

"You remind me if the result is a series, then we can see based on the calculation of the time how fast the first score is achieved. And it turns out Ushijima-San managed to score his first scoring win with 20 minutes, while it took us 30 minutes to get the ball into the Shutoku ring."

"That means Seijuro-chan lost the bet" continued Satori who looked carefree.

Akashi who could not accept this defeat could only be silent, he seemed to try to resist his frustration and let out a few long sighs.

"So, can we start now with the punishment?" tanya Akashi stared intently at Ushijima.