Chapter 67 - Bad Day (1/2)

Kageyama Shun was having a bad day. The same Kageyama Shun who loved to follow routines so that his day would be organized was having a chaotic day.

His bad day started with a case of awful bed hair, which he wasn't able to settle down. Shun got into a fight with his hair first thing in the morning.

Shun: ”Damn you, unruly traitors. If it wasn't because I like your color, I would have shaved you clean.”

Shun sighed as he put down the comb.

Shun: ”You leave me no choice. I have to call for help from the higher-ups.”

Shun glared at his hair in the mirror.

Shun: ”This is not going to be pleasant.”

Shun proceeded to the dining hall and called out to his last resort.

Shun: ”Mom, can you help me with my hair they won't settle down.”

Shun's mother had very long and silky hair. Her hair reached her lower back, and she loved to style them into different hairstyles whenever she had the chance.

Maybe it was because Shun had the same hair color as her, she particularly liked to style Shun's hair.

Shun's mother, who had just finished setting up the breakfast, whipped her head towards Shun with stars in her eyes.

Mom: ”Oh, Shun. Have you finally seen the light? Come, mom will make sure you have the best hair in the school today.”

Shun stepped back one step seeing his mother's expression and thought that he had made a mistake.

Shun: 'Maybe just going like this won't be bad.'

But he knew it was too late, so he warned her.

Shun: ”Mom, I don't want a new hairstyle. I only want my bed hair to settle down. So, please don't do anything that might make me late for school. Understood?”

Shun's mother nodded with a smile that was so wide that her eyes seemed that they were closed.

Shun gulped before sitting down a chair, and the rollercoaster of hairstyles began.

He was successful in convincing her, and in the end, his hair was back to his usual style.

Shun ate his breakfast, and then the second incident of the day happened.

Shun looked at the clock and saw that he was almost late, so he wolfed down his food, and then picked his glass of milk and proceeded to gulp it down and then burned the inside of his mouth.

Shun ran to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of cold water, and drank a mouthful, and kept it in his mouth.

Shun: 'This is going to be a bad day, isn't it?'

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Shun was right; his day gotten worse as he reached his classroom just in time to listen to his roll call.

He was not technically late. But this was the first time he had not arrived at school with a respectable to spare.

He apologized to the teacher and sat down at his seat. He took out his books and then looked for his friends.

Inuzuka: 'You arrived later than me. How does it feel to be on the other side for once.'

Shun felt ticked as he saw him grinning like that. Shun grinned like that each time Inuzuka arrived late.

He turned to Shikamaru, who just nodded.

Shun nodded back and thought.

Shun: 'Shikamaru is a true friend.'

Shun felt that maybe this would be the end of his bad day and turned his face towards Hikigaya's seat.

Hikigaya looked at Shun and mouthed the words.

Hikigaya: 'Are you finally coming to our side. Join us and become listless as a cloud.'

Shun proceeded to bang his head on his desk and got a scolding from the teacher.

During the lunch break, Shun was not able to taste his food as his mouth was burnt.

He then lost five games of shogi and six games of Go against Shikamaru.

Shun: ”Why did I agree to play against you.”

Shikamaru had his head on the desk and lazily said.

Shikamaru: ”For some reason, you were confident that you would beat me today. Then you lost once, then twice, thrice, and at the fifth time, you demanded to change the game. After that, you lost six times in Go.

By the time end of our matches, I wasn't able to differentiate between you and Inuzuka. You were so angry that you looked like Inuzuka when he gets into a fight.”

Shun also rested his head on the desk and sighed sadly at his day till now.

Shun: ”To think I will be able compared to Inuzuka.”

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In front of him was Coach Koetsuji and Captain Mibuchi. Shun was sweating bullets, avoiding eye contact with both of them.

Coach Koetsuji: ”So, Kageyama-kun. I heard that you invited a first-year member of the second-string to the first-string yesterday.

And I heard this not from you but the second-string coach. Would you care to tell me why wasn't I informed about this yesterday.”

Shun cursed himself in his mind as he remembered what happened.

Shun wanted to tell the coach, but he wanted to go home to watch the finale of his current favorite TV series.

He contemplated what he should do and remembered that he had given Kurumatani a week to answer.

Shun: ”One week is long. I can always tell the coach tomorrow. Let's go watch the finale~.”

Shun didn't think that him talking to Kurumatani would be such a big deal. Shun ignored the fact that he had called out Kurumatani in front of the whole second-string.

Shun looked towards the coach and said.

Shun: ”Hahaha~, I was going to tell you today. Sorry?”

Coach Keotsuji sighed and asked.

Coach Koetsuji: ”So, why did you invite Kurumatani Sora.”

Shun straightened up his back and said.

Shun: ”Kurumatani Sora has an excellent court vision. He can see the full-court and the position of the players from different perspectives. Do you remember Kuroko Tetsuya from Teiko Middle School?”

Mibuchi remembered the player with a low presence.

Mibuchi: ”The invisible boy who you stopped from passing? Yes, I remember him, what about him?”

Shun explained about Kurumatani.

Shun: ”Kurumatani would be able to counter Kuroko Tetsuya, as he can see all players which will include Kuroko. If we substitute him in when Kuroko Tetsuya comes in, then I wouldn't have to be occupied with him.