Pairing: Ruhana/Hanaru? KoshSen/SenKosh A bit of SenRu?
Warning: SenRu fans, please don’t read it… ^^ Oh yeah… Just warning you, they are ALL OOC!!! Heheh…
Disclaimer: All these characters used are not mine… I’m just twisting them around… I’m happy with that… ^^
A/N: I’ve had a bad day in school… So forgive me if it’s not nice… Gomen ne… But I know all of them are OOC… Sigh………
Love Problems
Some background information… Rukawa and Hanamichi have become good friends over the past 2 years and Sendoh likes to challenge Rukawa to a game of one-on-one quite frequently. Koshino and Sendoh are still best of friends in University… …
I need to tell him today! If I don’t, I’m going to go crazy! “Rukawa! One-on-one today?” Rukawa nods and I smile. “Ja, same court, same time, okay?” Another nod. I wave and exit Shohoku High. I couldn’t concentrate the rest of the day and I was feeling very nervous. Finally school ended and after waving a goodbye to Hiroaki, I speed off to our usual court. He was there, early as always, because University ended one and a half hours later than Shohoku High. I smile and rub the back of my head. “Gomen, have you been waiting long?”
“No.” With that, he carried on with his shootings. He stopped at his lay-up and tossed the ball to me. That was usually his cue to telling me when to start the game. I put down my bag and stepped on court. I bounced the ball, and then faking a left, I proceeded to the right. Unfortunately, Rukawa was faster and was there before I could pass. I bounced the ball again and used my body to make sure he could not get the ball. When I tried to turn and shoot though, he managed to slap it away from my hands and run after the ball, before bouncing it and shooting a lay-up. I smile and commented that he had improved. He just retrieved the ball and carried on with the game. I decide to tell him about my feelings. But first, I have a game to win, even if it’s against the guy I love.
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This is good practise… Now what is that Sendoh doing? “Rukawa, I have something to tell you…” I nod. I sit down and waited for him to speak. “I… I love you.” What? What did he just say? …
“I don’t feel the same.” Being direct hurts less…
“Nani? But… we can always try out… I know that you might not love me as I do with you, but you are my friend already and… Can’t we just try it out? Or… Or are you against gays?” I stare at him. If I was against gays, wouldn’t I be against myself?
“Chotto.” I cut him off short. “That’s not it. I have someone else in mind already…”
“So…sou…” He tries his best to put on a smile. Wow, he’s quite brave… I expected him to be heartbroken or something… He can control his feelings well… “So… Who is it?” He’s trying to change the subject… Alright, I don’t want to hurt him too much. “So who is the lucky girl?”
“He’s not a girl…”
“Wow… Who’s the lucky guy then?” That do’aho… Who else? sigh
“I don’t want to tell you…”His smile faded a little.
“So… sou ne… Ja, I think I better go. Mata, ne!” He gets up, smiles, waves at me, then walks off. Today has been a tiring day so I pick up my basketball and walked towards my house. I hear a familiar tune and I turn around.
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Ha… I feel much better now that I cleared that up with Haruko-chan… She was the only girl out of 51 girls who accepted me when I told her that I loved her… Yet now I told her that it was most probably just a crush… I ‘m just glad she found someone else too…
~*flashback*~
”Sakuragi-kun, it’s okay… I was wondering how to break this news to you… I guess you wouldn’t mind, ne! I have been in such a tight fit the last month… Now I can finally tell you… I… I like Yohei-kun… I never felt like that with anyone else before… I think that this is true love… Gomen ne, Sakuragi-kun…”
“Haruko-chan… Daijoubu… That Yohei better treat you nice or I’ll kill him!” Haruko smiled.
“Hai, I’m going to tell him later. Saa, ja mata, Sakuragi-kun!”
~*end flashback*~
A sound of someone dribbling a basketball interrupts my thoughts. I walk towards the court and I see Rukawa and Sendoh playing a game. I see Sendoh shooting a three-pointer before the game ended, from what I could hear, Sendoh winning by 1 point. Sendoh and Rukawa then sat down before I hear Sendoh talking. “I… I love you.” What?! I quickly walk away. I shouldn’t be eavesdropping on their conversation like that, especially when it was when Sendoh confessing his love to that kitsune… NANI?!!! CONFESSING HIS LOVE??!! Ku’so… I turn around, and to my dismay, I saw Sendoh walking out of the court, smiling and waving towards Rukawa before his back was facing me and walked away. Don’t tell me… that… that both of them are going out together? I guess I should be feeling happy for him… What sort of a friend would I be if I tried to break them up? I walk towards Rukawa’s house, taking the long way. I needed a bit more time to think of what to say to him and to give Rukawa some time to walk home as well. After thinking of what to say, I started singing my ‘Ore wa tensai’ song. It was only then I realized that I was nearing Rukawa’s house. All of a sudden, a familiar figure turned towards my direction and looked at me. Kaede! I put on a smile and walked up to him.
“Kombanwa! So where did you go just now?” Kaede looked at me. I knew how to read his feelings through his eyes and there wasn’t anything that showed that he was going out with someone he loved. “Eto… Is there something wrong? Wanna talk about it?” He just nodded and opened his door. I walked in after him and closed the door behind me. My parents had divorced and I lived with my dad, but then he passed away, Kaede too, was an orphan. He lived alone in a house and I knew that he was often lonely. I sat down on the sofa, which was joined by Kaede seconds after. “So… What’s wrong?” Kaede told me everything and I felt somewhat relieved. So he had rejected Sendoh… I smile and patted his back. “So, care to tell me who’s that guy?” He looked at me, surprised.
“You… you’re not against this sort of relationships?”
“No, as long as it’s true love…” Kaede smiled rarely, but this time he smiled like he did that very often. I know he only smiled in front of me, and no one else probably even knows about his real feelings. “So… Who’s that guy?” His smile faded and he looked down.
“It… it’s…”
“It’s? … Daijoubu!! Take a deep breath! Even if you say it’s me, I wouldn’t freak out and leave you! I’m your best friend, remember?!” His heart seemed to lighten up a bit. Did he catch my hint? I don’t think so… Oh well… “So who is it?” I smile, hoping to lighten the tension.
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How can I tell him? I look at him, then noting re-assurance there, I hug him, whispering “That person is you.” I hear him gasp a ‘Nani?!’ before he pushes me away from him, still holding my shoulders. I close my eyes, hoping that I wouldn’t get too emotional right now. That would be the last thing I would want right now.
“Kaede?” I open my eyes. Kaede? He still calls me by my first name… So he doesn’t hate me? “Can you repeat that?” Eh? Re…repeat?! … Okay… I look down, not wanting to look at him in the eye. “Kaede, please look up. I want to see if you’re lying.” Hn… He thinks I’m playing with him? sigh I look up into his eyes and repeated what I had said. He smiles brighter and I look confused. He hugs me like how I did with him and tells me something. “Kaede, I love you.” My eyes widened and I quickly whispered a ‘Me too’ into his ear. When he pulls away, I smile at him. I’ve smiled twice in a day! Wow… A miracle… He approaches me and kisses me on the lips. I return his kiss and then snuggled with him on the couch after we pull away for air.
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Where’s that Akira?! He was supposed to meet me after he played his one-on-one with Rukawa! I need to know his opinion on my idea! We need to pass up our project in 3 weeks time!! I look up from my watch and notice someone with spiky hair coming towards me in a distance. I already knew what was going to happen. He will apologise, scratch the back of his head, smile and then say that he forgot the time. Hn. “Akira! Get here now! You’re late!”
“Eh? Hontou? Gomen…” He had put up a smile but the moment we entered his house, his smile faded. What’s wrong with him now? I look at him as he sat down. Usually he would ask if he could take a break first, saying that he hadn’t eaten since recess, but this time, he just sat down, took a pen and some paper and then stared at me. “Let’s start.” Even his usual joyal look had disappeared. He acted normal around me, not putting on a happy façade but just a normal nice smile. Yet he was not smiling and did not look one bit happy. Something’s wrong with him. I sat down next to him and put down my bag. He must have thought I was going to take my project materials out of my bag as he took our project file from under the table. Instead, I stop him and turned him towards me.
“Akira! What’s wrong? You look like you are going to cry any moment! Did something happen?” He looked into my eyes with desperation. “Are… Are you alright?” Sendoh looked down. “Let’s take a rest for now… We’ll continue with our project later, k? Anyway, I’ll be staying over since today’s a Saturday.” He just nodded. The usually talkative guy was now refusing to say anything. “Akira? What happened just now?” Sendoh looked up again into my eyes, as if asking if I really wanted to know. I gave a re-assuring nod. He sat on the couch next to me and poured out everything, talking about the love he had and then the plan to confess, and finally, the pain of rejection. I just patted his back as he started to cry. So that was why he was acting so different during school today. That was the reason why he was late for our appointment… Rukawa’s case sounded a lot like mine though… Some girl had came up to me and confessed her love to me, but I had told her that I was in love with someone else already. So that was most probably how she felt now… Like Akira… But I guess I should be happy for her, at least she is now someone else’s girlfriend… but me? All I can do is try to comfort my love one while he is devastated by his rejection… sigh Akira is still crying and is totally oblivious of my presence. I hug him tight as he cries on my shoulder. “You still have me. I’ll be by your side forever.” He hugs me back and his crying softens. sigh He didn’t catch my hint… All of a sudden he tenses and pulls away.
“Hi… Hiroaki? You… you mean you… you…” So he DID catch my hint. Oh no… Now it’s my turn to get rejected… I just nod. Akira knows that I never lie to him… I wonder what he is going to do.
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Nani?! I look into Hiroaki’s eyes as he nod. Why didn’t I notice it before? He was always there for me… Yet I was too busy with Rukawa… Gomen ne, Hiroaki… I cease my crying and start thinking. After 10 seconds, I had understood everything. Hiroaki had dropped so many hints along the way yet now was the only time that I had caught the hint! Oh my gosh… The first hint he dropped… that… that was in the end of our year 2 in Ryonan High! Oh dear… How can I face him now? I have let him down… I even told him about my crazy love for Rukawa… What will he think of me? Wait… If I’m thinking like that… That means that I… I… I am in love with him? “Hiroaki… Gomen ne… I… I should have noticed earlier… I must have hurt you for the last 2 years…” I notice his eyes widen.
“How… how did you know that it started 2 years ago?!”
“I just thought about it… I was so stupid not to have noticed all your hints… Your first hint, now that I think about it, was dropped 2 years ago… Gomen… You must have suffered…” Hiroaki looked at me with soft eyes.
“That’s okay…You… You don’t feel the sane right? That’s okay… I’ll wait.” Hiroaki? You don’t mind waiting?! You have waited for 2 years!! Baka! I start to shake my head.
“Iyada… Iie… That’s not it… You CAN’T wait any longer! You have waited for 2 years! I have liked Rukawa for only about less than a year… And I couldn’t take it anymore… How can you take it?! If I were you, I would have gone bonkers by now! I have been thinking just now and I feel the same! Don’t you get…” I couldn’t say anything more as Hiroaki cut me off with a kiss. My eyes widened and I slowly melted into the kiss. It felt so nice… So this is how it feels to be kissed… I was getting out of breath and I guess Hiroaki could feel it as he pulled away.
“Are… Are you okay?” I started to pant and I knew I was blushing. Finally I got my breath and Hiroaki started to talk as I look up at him, his cheeks stained pink. “You needn’t get so agitated.” He smiled and I knew straightaway that I had always been in love with him.
“Can we do that again?” I smiled. Hiroaki smiled back at me.
“You’re finally smiling! I was so worried for you… You looked as if you couldn’t smile at all and your smiles were all forced onto your face just now! You look all better already!” I guess he didn’t hear me… I face vaulted but realized he HAD heard me when the stain on his cheeks darkened to a bright red. I look at him hesitantly and he finally looked up, leaning closer to me to kiss me again. Hiroaki… Thanks for always being there for me… He had pulled away from me and was looking at the table. “You’re welcome…” I look at him, confused. “You thanked me right?” Oh no. Did I say that out loud? I smile and gave him a hug. He hugged me back and then pushed me away. “Now that you’re alright, do you want to carry on with our project?” What?! The project?! But… that’s in 3 weeks time! Ano baka…
“Iyada! We can do that some other day! We’re almost done… and there are still 3 more weeks… Let’s rest! You haven’t eaten, am I not right? I haven’t either! So can we just eat first or some…” Hiroaki giving me another kiss cut me off again. Did he have to do that so often? I’m going to get addicted to him… This time I returned the kiss and I could tell he was surprised as my tongue slid into his mouth after he thought he was going to pull away. But after that he didn’t seem to mind. As we both got out of breath, I withdrew my tongue and we pulled away. “Hiroaki, I know you can barely control yourself now… But don’t do that so often!” He looked into my eyes. “I’m going to get addicted to you if you don’t stop doing it so often!” He gave a cheeky smile. The last time I saw him do that was when we were just kids. What… What’s he thinking? “Na… Nani yo?”
“You know, that doesn’t sound like a bad idea at all!” NANI??!!!! I back away from him and ran into the kitchen. Inside, I locked the kitchen door and leaned on it, embarrassed from that situation. But… I like this Hiroaki… the more open, more sensitive, less hot-tempered, cheekier Hiroaki… I smile. Suddenly, Hiroki appeared in front of me as I looked up. “Akira… You forgot you got a bar counter… I climbed in through there.” I wanted to run out again but all of a sudden he grabs a hold on me. “Akira! I was kidding!” I took a deep breath and heaved a sigh of relief. I turned around to look at him and he continued. “I won’t do it to you, you know that. Unless you’re prepared, I’ll never hurt you or do anything against your will. Unless you’re talking about our schoolwork…” I frown. I was hoping he wouldn’t say that… Crap. I notice him starting to laugh. “You have no idea… no idea how cute you look!” His face turned red as he spoke in between his laughter. Baka… I stuck a tongue out at him and that only caused him to laugh even more. Very soon he clutched at his side going ‘oww…’ I stopped sticking my tongue out and chuckled.
“Hn. Serves you right for laughing at me!!” He sat on the floor, bent down and clutched the sides of his stomach. After a few seconds, he stood up again and turned towards me.
“Akira, are we still going to eat?” I nod vigorously.
~*~
Haha… Akira… When as the last time I laughed like that? I have been doing what I haven’t been doing in many years today. I’m… I’m actually acting normal… Akira gives me a totally different effect I guess… An effect that allows me to open up… I see him get out some food. “AKIRA! Stay away from cooking! I’ll do the cooking! Remember the last time you tried to cook?!” I shuddered as I remembered that time when the kitchen almost got burnt down. He pouted at me but I didn’t relent. “Out of the kitchen Akira.” He walked out of the kitchen with feigned dejection. I shake my head and start cooking. After our lunch, I hug him and confessed my love. “Akira, aishiteru.” He looked at me and smiled again.
“Aishiteru, Hiroaki.” I caressed his face looked into his eyes.
“Akira… You have no idea how long I have wanted to hold you and touch you like this…” His eyes showed happiness. I kiss him again, making sure I don’t exert too much pressure. Just soft, gentle but firm. I slipped my tongue into his mouth and caressed his tongue lovingly. I could feel as jolts of pleasure jolted through both our bodies. After a while, I pull away and looked up at him. He placed his hands on my butt and pulled me closer. Wait. My WHAT?! I tensed up, but luckily, he didn’t do anything else. He just held me intimately and lovingly. We settled down on the sofa and then I opened my mouth to speak. “Akira, maybe we would like to do our project now?”
“Nani? Ima?” I nod. “Uun… Iyada yo…” He started to whine.
“Fine… Just 10 minutes okay?” He smiles brightly and I sigh. After 10mins, they just sat in a really intimate position and talked (about normal stuff, like what’s new).
“Ne! Hiroaki! Isshou ni Rukawa to Sakuragi to geimu shite mo ii? (Can we go and play games with Rukawa and Hanamichi?)” Sendoh noticed Koshino frown and quickly continued. “Don’t worry! They are together now! Besides,” Sendoh’s tone became softer. “I have you.” Koshino blushed profusely.
“Akira! Do you realise that we are in public?”
“So?”
“Akira!”
“Nani o?” Koshino sighed. “Eh? SAKURAGI!! KOCHI YO!! (here!)” Rukawa and Sakuragi walked towards them and then they went to the arcade to play. They acted like they way they used to, Sakuragi the loud and irritating, Rukawa the icy cold guy, Koshino the always irritated boy and Sendoh the smiley. (^^;;;;;) But after they parted ways, Sakuragi and Sendoh went to Rukawa and Koshino’s house respectively. What they did there, I’ll leave it to all of you to decide. ^^
A/N: So… Err… How was that? ^^ I kinda liked it… But I personally think it’s too sappy… =( Gomen to all the readers who are reading my ‘Bodyguard’ ficcy… My writer’s block just ended and I can’t get the idea for that fic… Lots of other ideas… but I only got a small part for the next chapter on that fic… Gomen ne… Oh… And err… Although I liked this fic (kinda), I’m doing this at 1.30a.m. (For the last part, from the Koshino and Sendoh part onwards) and so it might not be that good… Gomen minna! I better go… yawn Not that I can sleep anyway… zzzzZZZZZ...