Rukawa's Secret Passion
pt 10

Warnings - back to writing short chapters again... opps ^^;;.

Sendoh yawned widely, resting his chin on his hands as his eyes grew heavy.
Bloody authorities...
The teacher up at the front of the class was donning on and on, and practically no one in the class
was listening. You can't blame them really, and the teacher made no effort to capture their
imaginations.
Maths was a compulsory subject, all school students in the country were required to learn it, but
seeing as all the students at Shohoku all wished to become dancers, this lesson was considered
as a nice opportunity for a nap.
In fact, only one person in the room was sitting upright and attentive at the back of the classroom,
a few desks away from Sendoh.
The boy was huge, his shoulders broad and his height immense. In fact, he seriously resembled
a gor-
"Akagi."
"Sir?"
"Please come up and solve this problem."
As he got up, Sendoh realised that the boy was much taller than himself, and he picked his way
with grace through the rows of sleeping students.
Sendoh had seen him at the show rehearsals during the last lesson. He was a good dancer, yes,
even if he looked a bit odd, but questioning Rukawa, Sendoh had discovered that Akagi was not
so much a dancer, more a choreographer.
"Oh? I didn't know Shohoku did those courses?"
But Rukawa had already fallen asleep.

When the bell finally rang, signalling the end of the maths lesson, there was a huge surge of people
towards the door. Sendoh was the last one out except Akagi who was in deep discussion with
the teacher about why he only got 95% on his last homework. Sendoh tried not to look at the
glaring fail' written on his own homework as he stuffed it hurriedly into his bag.
Sakuragi was standing outside the classroom when Sendoh emerged, surrounded by a group of
friends.
Sendoh turned green when he saw how close one particularly good looking boy was standing to
him.
"So where's lova boy eh?" The boy joked, putting a hand on Sakuragi's arm. "Don't tell me
he's dumped you!!"
Sakuragi laughed, "Why?" He questioned "Would you lose the bet?"
"Hanamichi! How could you /think/ such a thing!! I'm your /best friend/!"
"Yeah, whatever Yohei." Sakuragi shrugged the boys hand off.
"Hana, listen, me and the boys fancy going you-know-where tonight. Join us, I'll pay, you can
consider it your birthday present!"
"Yohei!" Sakuragi hissed in an urgent whisper. "We almost got caught last time! We
shouldn't..."
"Ahhh... loosen up Hana! You've been really uptight recently, it must be that icy guy getting
to ya!"
Sakuragi threw him a disapproving look.
"Yohei's right..." Another boy with an odd looking moustache spoke up, "a night in town
would do you the world of good. We'll go check out the chicks... beat a few punks..."
"Yeah!" Yohei threw an arm over the red heads shoulder, "You need a break, time to relax!"
Personally, Sendoh couldn't see how beating up guys was meant to be relaxing, but then, he
wasn't part of the gundam.
"Hmmm..." Sakuragi looked at his fist, "Okay... count me in..."
"WAHOO!" His surrounding friends cheered and threw confetti.
"...BUT" Everyone stopped their celebrations and looked at him. "We'll have to be back early,
definitely before 3am."
"What? Why?" A few boys whined
"Because I say so! And besides..." He began to walk away, throwing a wink over his shoulder,
"...got some catching up with my boyfriend to do ^^."
He disappeared into the crowds and wandered off. The gundam dispersed, discussing
arrangements for that nights venture.

Sendoh's first thought was that he could follow them that night, but then the thought of
Sakuragi's face if he was spotted put him off the idea, besides the fact that he was seriously
shattered.
A growl from his stomach told him it was lunch time, so, clogs turning in his mind, he followed
the smell of food towards the hall.

~tbc