STEPBROTHER (HAIKYUU X KUROKO NO BASKETBALL SUMMER CAMP)
31
"Are you okay, young master?" tanya Kento is an Akashi family driver and Akashi's personal driver.
"It's okay, Kento-san. Thank you for driving me and you don't have to pick me up, I'll take a taxi later." Akashi smiles.
"Okay, young master Akashi." Akashi slowly got out of the car and moved into the gates of the university without waiting for his private car to leave.
Akashi is not a person who likes to wait, because waiting is a very unsettling job and a waste of time. And he is also not a person who likes to apologize when it is too late and make others wait for him.
And by now, Akashi was 10 minutes late from the promised hour. But, it was not the slightest problem for him who even walked casually down the university.
Fortunately, he has smart thinking for children his age, so he does not need to waste time anymore to add to his delay. Where by capitalizing on the address written on the piece of paper, he managed to find the place without the slightest obstacle. Although there was Mayuzumi who was chatting with one of his colleagues who wore a sports uniform and a cane in his hand.
"You're always late, Akashi!" maluh Mayuzumi who immediately realized the arrival of Akashi.
"I won't apologize for my delay, Senpai."
Mayuzumi let out a long sigh, "I know that, it is no longer worth discussing. It's futile to complain in front of people like you, if you weren't my former captain then I wouldn't have needed to care about you anymore."
The sports-clothed youth smiled, then spoke loudly in Mayuzumi's ear until it was clearly heard in Akashi's ear.
"You're still ashamed to confess your concern for him, Mayuzumi."
"Shut up, Rei!" tukas Mayuzumi who immediately cleared his throat and shifted the topic.
"Oh yes, Akashi. Meet my friend Rei Tsubaki, one of the Paralympic national Judo Athletes who won 2nd place in the national event a few months ago." Mayuzumi helps Rei to shake Akashi's hand.
"Greetings, my name is Rei Tsubaki. Nice to meet you, Akashi Seijuro. Mayuzumi has told me a lot about you" Rei said with a friendly smile.
"Mayuzumi-senpai told me what about me?" akashi asked Rei, then shifted his gaze to Mayuzumi. "And what does all this mean, Mayuzumi Senpai?"
"You want to explain it or I'll explain it, Mayuzumi?" ask Rei.
"Let me, please" replied Mayuzumi who immediately put her backpack and novel book on one of the empty benches near them.
"I've heard from Mibuchi, Hayama and Nebuya, that you're still hesitant to train together again in the team. And my goal now is to introduce you to Rei, it's possible that Rei could be a good example for you to be even more confident about all the things that have been taken from you. In addition, Rei will also provide you with provisions to improve your abilities." Mayuzumi patted Rei on the shoulder, as if giving a gesture for Rei to speak.
"Yes, Akashi. You will not be in vain to come here today, because I will help you to get back up and give you a little bit of provisions. Moreover, we are both blind, even though you are still lucky to have one working eye. But I think there's no reason for a potential athlete like us to give up just because it's no longer normal like everyone else."
Akashi laughed amusedly, he could not lie that he actually did not like being pitied like this by others.
"You guys are really funny, do I want to be pitied by you guys? Do you want to demean me now, Mayuzumi Senpai?" akashi Tukas.
"Calm down, Akashi. I just want to help you, you misunderstand that kind of negative thinking."
"Then I refuse to accept your help, Mayuzumi-senpai. Besides I also do not ask to be helped by anyone, I am Akashi Seijuro who can in every way. You don't need to bother with me, either" said Akashi, who went straight from there, clearly grumpy face.
"Hey, Akashi! Can you appreciate a little help from someone else?" tanya Mayuzumi ran over and tried to block Akashi from going any further.
"I'm sorry, Senpai. But I think you've been really outrageous, so please let me get out of here now rather than later our friendly relationship deteriorates." Akashi commemorates Mayuzumi.
"I am not threatening you, nor will I put my heart into this matter for the future. But I hope next time stop trying to help me with something stupid like you're doing."
"Stupid? You think... Or maybe you're looking down on Rei? You are indeed a proud and cruel person huh," said Mayuzumi.
"I didn't say anything at all, you concluded it yourself, Mayuzumi Senpai. I just don't want to be loved let alone trained by people like him, I don't mean to insult but I'm not a paralympic athlete. Later on, I'll be a basketball athlete for normal people! You should know that, senpai."
"Take care of your words, Akashi." Mayuzumi tries to hold back her emotions, she can no longer stand Akashi's haughty attitude and Akashi's insults towards Rei as if he was reminding her of him in the past.
"You don't know anything about them, they're the ones who fight the most than you or any other normal athlete to win. And for Rei, he is the most special person who will make you envious of him. I'll make sure you'll be so embarrassed to have looked him in the eye."
"Then tell me, what privilege does he have that makes me ashamed, envious and guilty?" ask Akashi.
"Follow me now!" invite Mayuzumi who immediately attracts Akashi to enter the campus environment even deeper.
Until the footsteps of the two stopped at a large building that read Sports Building above the gate, Mayuzumi did not say anything at that time other than pulling it to enter.
And along the corridor of the building is clearly displayed a variety of trophies ranging from small size to the size of a Human body, even the corridor walls are also decorated by photo frames and charters covered with glass.
Right in one of the familiar-looking photos, Mayuzumi stops her steps and forces Akashi to pay further attention to the photo. The photo shows Rei Tsubaki dressed in Judo clothes with a gold medal around his neck and a charter bearing the title 1 in his hand. At the same time, Akashi also saw a picture frame next to the previous photo where the photo shows Rei once again in a judo suit and a charter bearing the title of 2nd champion for the national Judo sports paralympics and a pair of sunglasses which covered both eyes.
In an instant Akashi instantly realized the difference between the two photos, but he still did not understand the purpose of Mayuzumi showing this to him.
"What does all this mean, Mayuzumi-senpai?" ask Akashi.
"You must understand what I mean, Akashi. You must have realized that Rei was not a disabled person from birth, he also had bad luck a year ago. He had a fatal accident like the one you had back then, "tell Mayuzumi who made Akashi a little interested.
"Rei is actually my senior generation, he is the most talented Judo athlete and is predicted to be gold to bring the name of our country to the international scene in the future. In addition, he is also an outstanding student in the academic field in the campus. But fate said otherwise for him, a year ago he had an accident due to physical violence committed by the opposing party against him and made both eyes Rei suffered severe injuries to the point of blindness." Mayuzumi patted the two junior's shoulders softly.
"But he is not a man who is drawn into a slump, even he has never hated the opponent who has harmed him at all. Indeed, he was forced to leave college to undergo mental and physical treatment, but he was never discouraged and decided to switch to being a paralympic athlete to realize his dream. And just so you know, sometimes he often trained with his other friends and did not hesitate to give tips and help them to prepare for the Judo championship for normal people like us."
"And you want him to help me right now?" ask Akashi.
"Yes, I told her everything about you. And I've also told you about the power you have, Rei said that he's interested in helping you and has a good idea to improve again. " Mayuzumi put both her hands on Akashi's boat, hoping that her junior would understand.
"Listen yes, Akashi! I know you are a great and talented person, even Rei himself admitted to that. And your strength is very special, but there is no harm in receiving the help of others occasionally. Who knows what Rei gave you could help you someday?" adamant Mayuzumi who is still trying to convince Akashi, he takes his hand off Akashi and hopes Akashi will accept their help.
"I don't understand you, Senpai. Why do you bother doing all this to me? But obviously, I'll reconsider. Then I'll go home." Akashi immediately left, he thought he did not have any answers to Mayuzumi's offer of help. And he was also never used to being helped by others, moving alone with his efforts was the belief that the father taught him.
Meanwhile, Mayuzumi again approached Rei after failing to convince Akashi in full, there was Rei who was sitting while waiting for the arrival of Mayuzumi.
"You're such a freak, is that boy the most precious person in your eyes that you've made it this far from your comfort zone and missed reading your book?" ask Rei.
"He was the one who first recognized my abilities and existence back then, you know how desperate I was to the point of almost resigning from the Rakuzan Basketball team. At least because of that kid, I can feel the golden years of being a regular team in Rakuzan. And of course you know that I thought of him as my own little brother" said Mayuzumi who immediately took back her books and backpack.
"Oh yeah, I'm sorry for what he did and said to you. And I hope you still want to give him one more chance when he changes his mind" Mayuzumi said.
"No problem, I also still have a lot of interest in teaching him the technique." Rei smiled as he walked away followed by Mayuzumi next to him. It seems like Rei has a new technique to give Akashi, but still it all comes back to Akashi's decision.