Disclaimer: The characters in this story do not belong to me. They are created by Takehiko Inoue and in no part am I going to be held liable for those of you who feel offended or angry that I have changed their personalities, or if you feel that the story is not well projected. If you would like to post this in any website of yours, please contact me at Mirai@inorbit.com. Comments and feedback are very much appreciated. Feel free to drop me a line! ^_^ I hope you will like this piece. kinda silly, but quite fun to write! ^^ ermm. you will excuse my somewhat lousy command of English. ^^;; Gomen, ne. Anyhow, please feel free to read on.

Joyous sessions.

"It's getting late, Rukawa. Let's stop for today."

Rukawa bounced the ball as he wiped his sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand in a quick motion, "Last shot. Then we'll stop."

"All right then," Sendoh smiled a little and bent forward, ready to counter Rukawa. "Ready when you are."

The game went on and Rukawa was head-on with Sendoh, he attempted to dodge him after somewhat successfully faking a move, and Sendoh quickly reacted by turning around to chase him. As Rukawa was positioned to send in the next three-pointer, Sendoh caught up and deliberately knocked the ball right out of his hands. A little taken aback at the outright illegal move, Rukawa muttered in a surprised tone, "Hey! That was illegal!" And he narrowed his eyes at Sendoh.

Sendoh laughed as he fell back to the ground, after successfully slam dunking the ball into the hoop. "Always following the rules. Come on, it's just a bit of fun. Lighten up, will you? Games are meant to be fun!" he walked towards the panting boy and slapped him playfully on arm and ruffled his hair.

"You treat me like some kid. Don't play with my hair." Rukawa turned to smack Sendoh back, but missed. Sendoh ran away, laughing all the way. Annoyance sparked in Rukawa and he instinctively reacted by running after Sendoh in pursuit. Sendoh turned around a little to wink at Rukawa before running off again. "Come back here, you coward. Stop running like a kid. You'll pay for this!" Rukawa yelled out, somewhat softly, in his usual manner. He was gaining on him - tired as he was - and soon enough, he had him within an arms' reach and in a last burst of effort, he jumped and grabbed out to clasp the ends of his shirt - causing them both to fall to the ground.

Rukawa scampered up the facedown Sendoh and sat on his back, and flexed his fingers before he craftily started to ruffle Sendoh's hair. "He- hey! No fair!" Sendoh was still laughing and shot up to push and roll on top of Rukawa, who caused all his perfectly gelled hair to fall flat. Rukawa made a small noise in protest as he felt himself being pushed off and rolled on top of.

"Oof. Hey, get off me," Rukawa said, glaring at Sendoh.

"Aw, look.! You messed up my hair!" Sendoh sat straddling his stomach and touched his hair, pouting just a little.

"You deserved it."

"What? You're so mean, you cold-hearted kitsune-chan."

"...." Rukawa stared up at his friend, "Fox, huh? You been mixing round do- aho?"

"No. but you're still a mean one." Sendoh pinched his cheeks, much to Rukawa's annoyance.

"Hey! Quit it."

"And if I said no?" Sendoh drawled, smirking. Leaning down to prop his upper body weight with his hands; only to have his face came closer to Rukawa's.

Rukawa pushed him off roughly and they both scuffled about - arms and legs in a big tangle - rolling about on the ground, totally oblivious to the setting sun and people who would have been around, but weren't. It was late in the evening, the sky was getting dark and a soft breeze was blowing, they were tired from their usual Basketball practice sessions, which were held in a secluded area of the town near Sendoh's house four times a week. After much playful wrestling, the two boys finally ended with Rukawa on top, Sendoh's arms spread out at his sides in defeat.

"Phew! Okay, okay. you win," he panted out. "You never do give up, do you?"

"......" Rukawa just stared down at him, his eyes half-open from tiredness and panting heavily.

Sendoh smiled up at him, "Look, you're tired. Let's go back home. It's getting late too."

"You're tired too, you know," he grunted and clumsily got off the taller boy.

"Yes, yes, I am," Sendoh laughed again as he got off the floor to walk after the Rukawa who was ahead of him by a few steps. Stopping in his tracks, he admired the tall, lanky and absolutely sexy boy walking away when an impish thought suddenly crossed his mind. He grinned slyly and said, "You know, Kaede. I don't give up that easily either."

"Nn?" Rukawa managed to mumble out and was in the process of turning around before he felt all his breath knocked out from his lungs. Sendoh tackled him to the ground, catching him off guard from the side. The two boys fell again to the floor, Rukawa below Sendoh, who pinned him down and gripped his two hands by the wrist at the sides of his head tightly.

"Now, I have won, no?" Sendoh smiled. "I'm not that easy to beat."

"......." Rukawa glared up at him. "You're sneaky. Like Minami," he hissed softly, accusingly.

Sendoh smiled. "No. We-ell, maybe sometimes," he raised an eyebrow at the still flushed-and-panting Rukawa, "But not for the bad. The good."

"And what good does this bring?" Rukawa shot back, his vision blurred, but eyes still piercing deep into Sendoh's.

"Hmmmm.. Well, you can admit defeat." He said to the boy beneath him. He looked at Rukawa beneath him, his hands tightly beneath his grasp, his taut muscles beneath his body. his smooth, flustered face and quick, shallow, breathing. Not to mention, his glossy lips and musky, sweaty smell. Without realising it, he had recreated the positions from a dream he had of himself and Rukawa. He blushed a little and his buddy below twitched in response to the recollections of the dream.

"Che- And if I don't?" Rukawa mumbled out, still staring with his half-open eyes at Sendoh. His breathing was a little labored now and his eyebrows were knotted as if he were in pain or deep concentration. He was very tired having trained in the morning on his own, with the team in the afternoon and again with Sendoh that evening. Besides that, he only had a bowl of ramen for lunch and a tuna sandwich after team practice. Trying to come back to the situation in hand, he looked up and saw Sendoh's handsome face looming in front of his. Eyes widening slightly, he drew in a quick gasp of breath. By gods, he's gorgeous. Sendoh looked like an angel with the last rays of daylight shone over him, creating a halo, making him look radiant and angelic. A beautiful, sweaty angel. Rukawa mused in his mind before his thoughts trailed off as he was fixed upon the brilliantly dark blue eyes that he found himself so absolutely easily lost in.

Sendoh was silent for a moment and seemed to search his eyes. "Then. well, I'll have to." he inched closer to Rukawa, "punish you."

Rukawa felt Sendoh's lips linger above his, lightly brushing it, almost teasingly, before he felt himself bend forward a little to connect and ignite their passion. He drew in a quick breath; blue eyes widened a little, still lost in the depths of deeper blue ones. He felt Sendoh shift and release a hand to cup his cheek, the back of his head rested on the floor once more and he felt himself flush as Sendoh's body leaned closer to his - he could feel the heat radiating from the taller boy and it made his heart flutter and seemed to intoxicate him. The kiss was so soft. so gentle. Tantalizing. lingering. so warm and full of unsaid emotions. The kiss spoke for itself, their eyes unraveled the story, the emotions, the unrequited love - it unleashed all that was held behind barriers. That mere contact of soft flesh stirred the blood in their two bodies. The kiss seemed to go on for ages - it was better than he had imagined it to be. It felt so warm and soft. he felt even more light-headed than he was. After what seemed to be eternity, Sendoh released and went in again, connecting their emotions once more. He kissed his bottom lip, licking it once, sucking it lightly and parted his lips. Their tongues met and like in a dance of hot, slippery passion, their tongues explored the depths of each other's mouth, savoring it. Blood rushed to his face and he felt faint and undoubtedly aroused at the same time. He felt Sendoh's member pressing against his stomach. This is a dream, isn't it? If it is. let me never wake up. In dreams like this, I wake up only too soon - every time. His tongue met Sendoh's again and he felt his other hand be released and stroke his hair, the other still by his face. Rukawa reached up and ran his hand through Sendoh's hair, pulling him closer. Oh my gods. tell me this is real. But why would- He moved his hand to rest on Sendoh's muscular chest, feeling his beating heart beneath is. He suddenly felt dizzy. .so real.

They parted, both breathing heavily. Sendoh's face reddened furiously as soon as he realized what he had just done. The two of them stared, dumbfounded, at one another. "I. uh." he started to say as he glanced away from Rukawa's blue orbs and equally red face. He shifted a little to sit beside Rukawa instead of on top of him and Rukawa sat up, slowly. He opened his mouth to voice an apology, but before he could say anything, he saw Rukawa leaning towards him, falling into his arms. Then, he realized that. Rukawa had fainted.



End of chapter 1. ^^

Well, I hope you liked it. I'm not good at all that flowery and lovey-dovey stuff. but I hope it didn't turn out too bad. ^_^;;