Rebound {LaMelo Ball FF}

Ch. 1🏀

Kai

"Kanani, are you up? Wake up, i kaʻu kaikamahine." I heard my dad say as he walked into my room. I remained under my covers until he snatched them off of me. "Get up, palaualelo iwi." He spoke in his native language. He was from Hawaii, and Hawaiian was his first language before English, so he taught it to me and my older brother when we were younger as our first language.

"Dad, I'm up. Oki maʻa mau." I said as I buried my face in my hands while I curled up into a ball.

"No one is yelling, Kai. It's time to wake up, school starts in a couple hours. Get up. Koke."

I groaned as I sat up. I didn't feel like moving at all; I just wanted to lay in bed all day, but I knew Dad would never let that happen.

"Don't forget to turn in your sign up slip for your basketball tryouts to the office. It's downstairs on the island counter." He told me before finally leaving my room.

I sighed as I got up and made my bed before going into my bathroom and turning on my shower to very warm water. The heat of the water instantly woke me up as the warm sensation felt so good on my tired skin and bones. After I washed myself up with my vanilla body wash, I washed my hair with my shea butter shampoo and conditioner my dad ordered from back home for me.

Once I was done, I turned the water off before wrapping a towel around my head, then I put on my shower robe before stepping all the way out of the shower. I washed my face in the sink with my face towel that I put soap and water on, then I rinsed my face off when it was clear.

I put on a pair of black briefs underneath my robe, then I took my robe off to put on my black sports bra. I never liked wearing girly underwear, so I felt much more comfortable wearing boxers and briefs.

My iPhone began to ring from my room, so I went to see who was calling, and it was my cousin Tokyo. "Aloha, hoa hānau." I greeted.

"Hey, cuz. Are you ready to your first day?" She asked me. She was a junior at Chino Hills High School, my new high school that I was going to start today.

"Kinda, but I'll deal with it, I guess." I shrugged, as if she could see me.

"Don't worry. Just remember, if somebody messes with you, come tell me."

I chuckled. "I can handle myself, Tokyo. But thanks. I'll see you at school."

"Okay, aloha."

"Aloha." I hung up, and I went to my closet to see what I wanted to wear. I picked up my Chicago Bulls throwback jersey, trying to see what else I could wear with it. I sighed. "I guess this will do."

When I finished getting dressed, I grabbed my backpack and phone before jogging downstairs to the kitchen. "Dad, I'm ready!" I announced as I walked into the kitchen, where I smelled my favorite breakfast being cooked: