Gyuumajo's back in business! *grins* I've been spending too much late nights scribbling, drabbling & finally, I managed to piece together something readable! Sorry for that. I'm a slow writer, I know…

I own nothing. Maybe except the OC & the plot. Others? Not mine…*sob* 'Tis too bad for me!

Well, anyways, enjoy~!

Why did it turn out this way? Despite all that I'd done, it still turned out wrong. Why doesn't it always have to happen on me? I swear, life itself is out to get me! But why!? We're back to the starting point…why?

Maybe I did something wrong…

Maybe I didn't work hard enough…

Maybe I didn't put my heart into it…but that's the same as not working hard enough, isn't it?

Why then? Why!?!?

"WHY!?!" I screamed at the raring seas, trying to hear myself above the crashing waves.

"You got some powerful lungs there," I started in surprise. I was quite sure no one came here much, or even at all, but my recent failures made me double myself tremendously.

Grinning sheepishly in return, I retorted as best as I could. "Well, I've got lotsa practice. Whenever I'm free, I'll scream for the heck of it…" I hope he could hear the sarcasm…

"Oh?" the dark haired guy before raised an eyebrow. I have a feeling he was going to elaborate but the elaboration that I sensed never came. "Sorry, that was rude of me. I'm Mito Youhei."

"Fuyutsuki Shira,"

"I don't recall a lot of people coming here at all…"

"Funny, I could say the same. I'd always thought I'm the only one in Kanagawa who knew this place,"

"Well, frankly, me too." He paused, an amused look on his face. I swear, if he says something stupid… "Say, how long have you known this place?"

"Since I was, like, seven. I think…why'd you ask?"

"Hey, same here! I can't believe after all these years, we never met each other!" I was shocked! I've been sharing my secret place for 10 years with a guy?! I was sharing my secret place that not even my best friend knew about for 10 years with a guy!?!? Jeez!

"Fuyutsuki-san?"

"H…hai!" I blinked. "Ten years & we've never met. Not even a glimpse of each other's shadows. We're really not meant to meet huh?"

"Don't think that way! I would definitely prefer to think of it as we were not meant to meet until now. Whoever's controlling fate, destiny & the likes must have his or her reason for not letting us meet earlier."

"Really?" Another surprise. This Mito Youhei guy doesn't strike me as a particularly religious person. I'm not a particularly religious person myself but strangely, his words struck a chord deep within me when usually I would say it sounded corny. What's wrong with me today?! I can't be fazed by this…this dark mysterious stranger in t-shirt & jeans with that easy smile & laid-back attitude…can I? "Well, maybe as you'd said…we were only meant to meet now & only now. For whatever reasons we might never know in this lifetime."

"That's the spirit! So, why are you screaming just now? I'm sure you don't just scream for the heck of it, even if it was what you claimed to do,"

"…"

"Come on. It'll feel much better if you say it out. Believe me,"

"…I blew up my chemistry lab, okay? My parents got a letter of warning from my school, third one this year & they have to pay the fines for destruction of school property. And, on top of it, I'm in suspension from school for 3 days. 3 whole days!" Did I just say what I just said? I'm not known as the sarcastic psycho shrewd from the graves beyond for nothing…How could he tear down those emotional blockade I worked so hard on so easily?!?! Or…am I really getting softer? …Iyada~!!! I refuse believe I'm being 'tamed' by a person whom I'd just met for less than an hour!

"You blew up your school lab?! Wow!!" The awe I sensed from him felt real enough, although, I didn't think that was anything to be proud of. "Well, as for me, I'm in suspension too, from fighting in school," He added hastily. "It's for a good cause though."

"*sigh* Oh well. At least yours is for a good cause…" I moaned miserably, covering my face with both hands. "How am I going to face the rest of the school population!? I'm so humiliated!!"

"Don't feel humiliated! There's nothing to be ashamed of because…how many people managed to blow up school labs?! In fact, you should be proud of yourself!"

"What sort of weird theory is that?!?!" I chuckled in spite of my current predicament. By now, all my façade of being the killer bitch from hell was washed down the drain, thanks to a certain Mito-san. *glares inwardly*

"Phew! Finally got to see you laugh. For a minute there, I thought I met a female Rukawa,"

"Rukawa…isn't that the super rookie from Shohoku? …Wait a minute, you mean you're from Shohoku too?!"

"Uh huh!" Oh no… "What's wrong?"

"My parents…they're going to let me finish this term in my current school, which will end in another few more days, before transferring me to…*gulp* Shohoku High,"

Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no…

"You're really transferring to Shohoku? That's wonderful! We might not be the best in anything other than Judo & possibly basketball… but we've got some good people in there. And they don't judge others much there. They just go about doing what they're supposed to do,"

"If you say so…"

"And…" An odd sparkle entered his eyes.

"And?"

"We have enough labs for you to blow up!" He retreated a yard. Good for him. He really knows how to push a girl's button without getting hurt.

"Mito Youhei~!!!!" I yelled at him, not feeling angry at all actually.

"Hey! I'll even help you!" he called back, grinning. "Then we can go fishing on our 3-day suspension together!!"

End? T.B.C.??

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