Title: The Love Letter
Pairing: SenRu
Disclaimers: Slam Dunk does not belong to me. Only the story, though.
Authors Notes: This is my first SD fic. Hope you guys would enjoy this one. Comments welcomed!

Summary: One sunny Saturday morning, Rukawa Kaede received a mysterious love letter...from Sendoh Akira.

The Love Letter
By Archangel

Chapter One

The ambiance in Sendoh's house was happy. There was a party going on dedicated to him for being the new captain of the Ryonan High Basketball Team. There were all sorts of food, balloons, gifts, and not to mention beer. The guys of Ryonan High were in an all-out happening…

"Akira, how does it feel to be the new captain? Do you think it would add to your undying sex appeal?" Koshino jokingly asked.

"Yeah. It's cool. But I'm not quite sure if he'll notice the added sex appeal." Sendoh sadly replied. Koshino understood, Sendoh was referring to Rukawa, his forever *eternal* crush. It took one whole sleepless month for him to realize where his feelings for Rukawa reside. And it took Koshino a whole lot of phone calls from Sendoh in that whole month alone.

"He would be a total jerk if wouldn't notice. You'll be the perfect boyfriend anyone could ask for. Money, brains, heart, face, and power, you got to share some blessings, man!" And that was true. Sendoh Akira is the perfect boyfriend. But to Sendoh, he may be the perfect boyfriend to anyone but never to Rukawa, yet never did he know that Rukawa thought of Sendoh the same way Koshino thought of him…perfect.

"Might as well get drunk tonight, its one hell of a party anywayz!" Sendoh said.

"I'll drink to that." Replied Koshino. And the entire night was spend to drinking and laughing, eating and chatting. The guys danced and sang in their drunken state, until finally Hikoichi's sister, Yayoi, initiated a "truth or dare".

"Ok, ok…to whoever this part of the pen points to will get to be first. Game!" And so the pen rolled down…rolled down to Koshino.

"Truth or Dare, man." Sendoh was the first to ask. He sure was having a great time on this truth or dare thing. He could finally make Koshino speak out!

Knowing the fact that Sendoh wanted to know who his girlfriend was, which was Sendoh's ex, he chose the dare instead. "I know what you're thinking, Akira. Dare."

Either Truth or Dare, Sendoh already had a plan in mind for Koshino. With a smirk, he said, "Ok, then. Since you're quite defensive about it. Take off all your clothes."

And Koshino Hiroaki had no option to back out though his whole body, mind and soul demanded him to do so.

And so he was naked. With all kinds of shame, most especially to Hikoichi's sister (*also hoping not to write something about him*), he rolled the pen which now pointed to Uozumi.

So, the guys had fun. Drinking while having fun, that is. Everybody in the whole basketball team decided to sleep over Sendoh's so the fun really never ended. And not only did they have a whole lot of fun and excitement on knowing each other's secrets, they got over-drunk which made their well-hidden secrets come out of their systems.

After an hour…

"Ok, here goes…" Fukuda said. And the pen rolled down…this time to the extremely drunk Sendoh Akira, who already finished off ten bottles of Corona.

"Time for my revenge." Koshino said to himself. For him, this is going to be the perfect opportunity to give in to what his friend Sendoh really feels. He had a strategy in mind, and believed that it would absolutely work for his drunken friend Akira.

Sendoh is currently in the state of speaking without thinking, and he's the perfect prey for Koshino. He didn't even ask him Truth or Dare, he just went straight to his plan. "Fine. So, would you tell us who's your everlasting…undying crush? Who you think about every night? You told me that, right Akira?"

And so the drunken Captain of Ryonan High Basketball Club said it out loud, "Rukawa Kaede. I love Rukawa Kaede."

And everyone was shocked, Hikoichi's sister was broken hearted, but Koshino, on the other hand was happy about it. "Finally…" He said to himself.

Since their righteous-but-not-so-righteous-at-the-moment captain, is still in a speak-no-think state, Koshino still took advantage of it…

"And where's the letter you plan to give him before? You said you had one, right Akira?" Asked Koshino.

"In my wallet." Was the reply from the semi-unconscious Sendoh before falling into a deep sleep.

And the whole basketball team raced for Captain Sendoh's precious wallet…while their unknowing captain is sleeping peacefully…

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In the middle of the night, Koshino went on with his hidden agenda…well, not after an exchange of information from Hikoichi. Hikoichi was the one who won over Sendoh's wallet and took the letter. Now Koshino had to tell Hikoichi of the identity of his girlfriend in exchange for the mysterious love letter and Rukawa Kaede's home address…

He now went on his way to the Shohoku district, specifically to where Rukawa lived.

And thus the mysterious love letter was on Rukawa's door, waiting to be open for Rukawa's eyes to see.