A Lawyers Seven Sins | Haikyuu!!

CHAPTER ONE

Chapter 1:
The Lawyer and the Scientist

Frustration.

Frustration was the only thing Akaashi Keiji was able to comprehend on this day, throwing the door to his flat shut, his books scattered across the floor in his living room.

Stepping over them, he made his way towards the leather sofa in the middle of the room, where he immediately plopped down in exhaustion.

His professor, a middle-aged, white woman in her fifties, made his life a living hell.
As an openly gay guy in Japan, the world sure treated him harsh.

His body felt heavy when he tried to stand up again, grabbing his binder in the process, before slumping against the wall. Silent tears escaped his eyes, rolling down his face, as he clinged onto the folder in his hands.

Slamming his head against the wall, he sobbed, curling up in a small ball and crying into his knees. College was using up all of his willpower, and his usually stoic face was twisted in pain.

That was, until a booming voice on the other side of the wall spoke up.

"Are you okay?"

Keiji slowly lifted his head, taking a deep breath.
"No, obviously." He sighed, leaning against the wall and staring holes into the ground.

"Well, do you want to talk about it?"

He looked at the wall, taking another deep breath before he broke down in tears again. The emotions suddenly spilled like water from his lips.
"I won't pass my exams, my professor is absolutely horrible, she hates my guts, I can't get myself to take care of anything, I just absolutely HATE everything that is happening in my life right now! I get so much shit for being gay, like it's anyones business!"

The person on the other side stayed quiet, listening to his complaints in silence. After a bit more of emotional ranting, Keiji sighed heavily, closing his eyes.
"I'm sorry for bothering you with this. I don't even know you."

"Hmm.. Sounds harsh. I'm sorry that you have to go through all of that. I mean, I don't know what you are graduating in, but maybe I can help you with your exams! Exams are the most stressful thing to happen, right? What are you majoring in?"

Keiji blinked, rubbing his eyes.
"You're not wrong there, I guess. I'm studying law."

"Is that so? I'm studying physics, so maybe I can't exactly help you study, but we can be study partners! That would be fun, right?"

He slowly got up, barely able to balance his weight against the wall, but still successful to not fall over again.
"Everyone hates me. I'm sure you will, too."

"Why would I? You seem like a nice guy."

"I'm really not."
Silence.
He groaned, picking up his books and folder, placing them on the moving boxes that are preventing anyone from walking through the room like a normal person.

"I'm going to sleep. Please refrain from blasting your heavy metal after 12 tonight, alright?"

"Sure thing, sorry! Good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bedbugs bite!"

Akaashi sighed again, a small smile on his lips.

"Good night."
Taking off his tie, he made his way to the bedroom, plopping down onto his bed. As soon as his legs hit the mattress, he fell asleep, the exhaustion taking over his body.

[ - ]

It was only 7 AM when his phone shook him from his thoughts. He checked the display, and an unknown number called him. He knew who was calling nonetheless, and his heart started racing as he placed the cup of coffee down on the table before grabbing his phone.

"Hello, this is Akaashi Keiji speaking?"

"Good morning! This is Sugawara Koushi speaking, secretary of the police station in Edogawa. Are you free this morning? I was asked to call you, since today would be your first day of the internship, but we.. Well, we need some help with a case that came in this morning, and we thought you might be interested in helping out! Of course, if you are busy this morning, we can go back to the original plan."

His breath hitched as he grabbed the phone tighter.

"Of course I'll come! Let me get ready real quick, I'll be there in 15 minutes!"

They hung up, and Akaashi has never been faster to put on clothes and grab all the things he needed.

Leaving his flat, he made his way downstairs to leave the dorm while also calling a taxi. As soon as he left through the front door, the cab came to a halt in front of him, and he got in, telling the driver to drive him to the police station in Edogawa.

[ - ]

As soon as he entered the station, he was greeted by a white-haired man in his early thirties.

"Good morning! We talked on the phone this morning. I'm Sugawara."
He smiled the sweetest smile Akaashi had ever seen in his life, and they shook hands while the younger male looked around.

"So, what can I help you with this early in the morning?"

The secretary smiled another angelic smile before looking at the elevator.
"Our boss, Iwaizumi Hajime, will explain everything to you."

The doors opened, and a tall, handsome man in a black suit came walking towards the pair. He started smiling as he noticed the student.
"You must be Akaashi Keiji. My name is Iwaizumi Hajime. Welcome to the team."

They shook hands, and Keiji thought his hand was broken. He had an insanely tight and strong grip that Akaashi definitely wasn't used to yet, and he simply nodded while smiling.
"I'm sorry to make this short, but we have to get going to the crime scene now. Here's some background information and everything we found out until now, we'll be taking my private car."

The officer gave him a folder with papers and then started walking out of the station, Keiji hurriedly followed him. They entered an underground car park and got into a black sports car, before driving towards their goal.

"So where exactly are we going? Oikawa Studios?"
Iwaizumi nodded, adjusting his tie with one hand while driving with the other.

"One of the employees working there was killed. Now, the whole tower is in a panic, especially Oikawa Tooru himself. He's still young, and he's scared to lose everything he achieved. That's why we're going there undercover; the public can't know about this."

Keiji looked at Iwaizumi before slowly nodding, looking out of the window again.

This morning, he still didn't have any idea about what was going to happen whatsoever - and in what kind of big mess he was getting himself.

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Hello! It's Chris.
I hope you enjoyed this first chapter. I'll upload an actual cover as soon as I get the chance to do so. The fanart at the top is something I drew while I was progressing the story with my girlfriend. I don't think she has an actual wattpad account she uses, but hey.
Thank you so much for reading, and I'll see you soon!

- 8th of May 2020