Heya! So this is another random scribble I did and probably a short one.
To change the mood of my writings, I'd probably pause the Sannoh Stuff (the other fic i wrote) and write some commonly written theme using one of the commonly used Chara's here, our dear antisocial fox, Rukawa.

DISCLAIMER : Following the word itself "fanfiction", I do not own anything in this fiction and credits belong to the rightful creators of the manga: Inoue Takehiko, the publisher, the broadcasting company of the anime and etc.

7:30 am.

"Samu-i!"

The shivery autumn breeze blew along the placid, morning streets of Kanagawa.

"It's been a couple of months since we've gone to high school. How fast time flies..."

"Yeah... and winter's soon to approach."

"...and someone here still can't make it out of the friendzone hahahahaha!"

The infamous and notorious Sakuragi Gundan on their way to school with their usual boisterous chattering. Hanamichi from his unusual tranquil mood, had his ears twitching upon hearing the word "friendzone"

"NAANDAAATOOO?"

"AAAAHHH! RUUUUUN!"

The red headed beast has awakened and started chasing the rest of the group including Yohei who had made it ahead of the gang, where the lardball Takamiya, like always, tripping over nothing, being left out by the gang behind.

KABLAAAAAM!

"Holy shit!" Yohei and the rest dashed back to aid their comrade, both Okusu and Noma, pulling Takamiya's arms, dragging him along the rough pavements just so none of them gets slaughtered and eaten alive by the raging red headed beast Hanamichi who had been in an inherently upset mood previously.

"COME BACK HERE, WORTHLESS PIECES OF SHIT!"

The typically agile and infinitely-powerful Hanamichi had finally decided to put himself to a halt, reminding himself of his newly recovered grave yet glorious, back injury he got during their victorious battle against Sannoh Kogyo.

"'Tch. Ya'll just got lucky." Hanamichi scoffed as he turned his back to take that pleasant route instead, lined by tall, fiery red maple trees, that seemed to be burning from afar while being struck by the morning sun rays.

"Rukawa no yarooo..." He muttered under his breathe with contempt followed by a throaty, choked growl.

Eversince he came back from the rehabilitation, he was not yet able to completely go back to his usual strenuous routine. How he wish he could join their drills again, show-off to Haruko and beat the crap out of Rukawa right in front of her, specially now that Haruko though, is already the second team manager.

And since he have never been yet into the rehearsals ever since he came back from the rehab, it's all about Rukawa now. Although yes, Hanamichi still regularly attends the basketball club rehearsals every after class dismissal, he have never been actually included to their dry-runs and drills, which is actually WORSE, as he can witness every single move Rukawa does that makes the crowd go crazy, specially the apple of his eye, Haruko.

But then again, no matter how he denies it to himself, he knew...

that Rukawa is still better than him at some point.

And that's where all of these bad temper and moody moments were coming from.

SWIIIIIISSSSH!

The wind swooshed against his ear, passing by him in a rapidly, like something running in top speed, could be a vehicle, passed by him.

It was a bicycle.

"Rukawa?" Hanamichi uttered.

Speaking of the devil. As he squinted to make sure if it was indeed that grouchy wild fox he saw, he noticed something else instead.

It was a girl, wearing a blue school uniform, distinguishably Ryonan's, sitting at the back seat of the bicycle. Her right hand holding her satchel bag tight, while her other hand holding the rider's shoulder, her head leaning against his back. She had a long, silky straight black hair that flew with the wind and her skin as white as snow.

She was gorgeous...

Hanamichi froze, perplexed as his eyes followed the bicycle's direction.

"Kae-chan! Dont be too hasty!"

Hanamichi could still hear a little from what that mysterious girl voiced out, while she was playfully slapping the rider's back, teasing him to slow down a little.

And her giggles started to fade as they slowly disappeared down the horizon, heading to the Train Station.

"Ru-...Rukawa... and... a girl... together?!"

It was a really strange, and shocking sight. Someone as ultimately insensate and stoical like Rukawa, was hanging out with an undeniably attractive person from the opposite gender!

"Unbelievable..."

"Rukawa, dating a girl..."

"Even called him 'Kae-chan'... (giggle)"

"This is a scoop! (nods)"

Out of nowhere, Hanamichi's ever loyal buddies reappeared witnessing the entire scenario.

" that was 'what the fuck' worthy... (nods)... EEEEHH!" Hanamichi blurted out upon realizing his trusty comrades are back.

"I'M-GONNA-FUCKIN'-KILL-Y'ALLLLL!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

"Kae-chaaaan!"

She screamed.

She was about to fall down the bicycle by the exact moment the rider named, Rukawa Kaede made a sharp turn around the corner eventually holding the bicycle to a stop, that gave out a loud screech.

"Down." Rukawa bid her with his cold usual monotone to get off the bicycle. They have finally made it to the Train Station so that this girl can finally take her ride to Ryonan before she could get late from her classes.

"That was fucking dangerous you know!? What if I fell down? You, mean grouchy old fox!"

Rukawa just rolled his eyes. "Ill fetch you at 5. Wait for me at the school gate."

And then he started rolling down the street, heading back to his school, Shohoku.

END OF CHAPTER 1

NOTES:

*In this one, Gori and the rest did not retire.
*I dont know Ryonan's school uniform for girls. So assuming their jersey is blue, their uniform could be blue too.
*If you have read my other fic title [One on One], this happened before it did.