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CHAPTER 13

Fukuda dribbled the ball as he wordlessly looked at the basket- he arched his arms and threw in a shot; the ball went in. A clap is what greeted him and he was made to look to see a jubilant Hikoichi walking towards him. "Nice Fukuda-senpai!" He grinned. Fukuda simply looked on and got the ball, dribbled it and did a reverse layup. He wordlessly caught the ball with one hand and stared when the door to the gym opened-it was Sakuragi, Mitsui, and Koshino. "Well, I'm not about to go easy on you, tensai." Mitsui cackled as Sakuragi simply hollered back while having his hands on his hips. "Nyahaha, I don't mind Micchy-kun. You could go ballistic if you want to and I'd still win, hahahah!" Mitsui sweatdrop and growled. Well, too much for being such a proud ass. Koshino simply twitched his lips and shook his head. In any minute now, the next round is about to start. Hikoichi took note of the time and looked at his watch. "Senpais we'll be starting in ten minutes! Please get ready to warm up!" The four boys nodded and went on to their own court to start dribbling and digging in some hoops. Ayako, Miyagi, Haruko, Kogure, Uekusa, and Ikegami found their spot on a nearby bench. "Ayako, who's battling it out on Block B?" Kogure asks the curly haired manageress of Shohoku. "Well, if my list serves me right, it's actually between Jin and Nagano, then Kiyota and Takano. Uh yeah, so that's basically about it." Kogure nodded. Haruko looked from left to right and nudged Ayako. "Uh, anou, Ayako-san, have you seen my brother though?" Ayako simply shrugged. "Saa, I don't know Haruko-chan, but I think he may be practising a bit with Uozumi-senpai." Ayako grinned to which Haruko simply nodded and smiled back.

"Nyahaha, I can feel we are about to claim victory today, Fukusuke!" Sakuragi boomed as he dribbled and made his so-called infamous 'commoner's shot.' Fukuda simply looked on and shrugged. "If that's what you're feeling then." Sakuragi laughed as he ignored his companion's flat remark. "Commoner's shot!" Sakuragi once again fired a layup and he was glad as the ball swished right into the ring. Fukuda simply snorted and waved him off. "There you go again." Sakuragi simply cackled and continued dribbling the ball. He frowned. "Oi Fukusuke, has that Spiky always been that… strong?" Sakuragi for some reason found himself asking nonchalantly about it. Fukuda sort of stiffened as he eyed the redhead now with sudden interest. Sakuragi has his eyes on the orange ball, seemingly thoughtful all of a sudden. Fukuda stopped and stared, truth is? He doesn't know what to say. 'Has Taichou always been that strong?' Well, apparently and technically, yes for the most part. He has known Sendoh for two years already- they both entered Ryonan High at the same time and while it's true that his skill is sometimes compared to that of Sendohs, Fukuda well knows that he's probably two or three notches down as with the Spiky-haired dude. 'Could even be five or ten notches down. Ch.' Fukuda inwardly mused. He sighed, "Yeah. He has been like that since first year." A pause. "Why?" Sakuragi knotted his brows and gritted his teeth. 'Kso, I really need to be stronger than that Spiky.' Sakuragi hned and turned his back. "Hn, the Tensai is just curious." He paused then smirked. "Besides, I can feel that I'm almost at Spiky's level anyway, nyahahah!" And Sakuragi continued to dash off to dribble and did another layup. Fukuda stared. He sweatdrop. 'Seriously? At par with him? Ch. Daydreaming bastard.' A few minutes more, Akagi and Uozumi can be seen entering the court- they were greeted by the people around them and Akagi signalled the whistle. "Alright, lets begin the first match!" The small crowd began to feel ecstatic as Sakuragi and Fukuda, Koshino and Mitsui made their way to the center. Mitsui walked slowly towards the bench- to Kogure in particular and gave his towel to the bewildered bespectacled boy. He smirked. "Kogure, hold this for me please. I'm gonna teach this redhead a lesson." Kogure simply smiled back and shook his head. "Good luck, Mitsui." The three-pointer simply nodded. "Gambatte, Mitsui-senpai!" Ayako cheered to which the guy simply winked back. Miyagi almost seethed in jealousy but he smiled nonetheless. "This time, I will be siding Hanamichi, Mitsui. Haha!" Mitsui simply shrugged. "Yeah, yeah, side the loser. Hahahah!" The bench peeps sweatdrop at the seniors' overconfidence. Ikegami simply found himself chuckling a bit as he began to stand up to be one of the chosen referee in place of Uozumi. Akagi chose to still be the referee because it is Sakuragi who was playing and he insisted on acting as the 'guardian' to the unpredictable redhead. Hikoichi adjusted his camera and readied himself for some shots. "Do your best, Sakuragi-kun!" Haruko cheered. Sakuragi's ears perked up, he looked at the corner and saw the object of his affection waving at him- he flushed as he, too, waved back while sporting that beet red face of his. He giggled like a school kid. "Ha-Haruko-chaa~nn! Thank you!" He put up a thumbs up and grinned. "Yosh, this is for you, Haruko-chan! Nyahahah!" Fukuda simply went bug-eyed at the familiar scene and readied himself. 'So this is what the face of love looks like. Hmm, I've never seen Taichou go ga-ga with the Rookie though.' Fukuda sweatdrop as his thoughts mulled once more with one certain spiky-haired dude and a certain fox-eyed rookie. Akagi started the whistle as he nodded in direction to Ikegami who nodded back and in no time, four players are once again back at the centre. This time it is between Fukuda and Mitsui. Sakuragi decided to annoy his own teammate, "Hehe, oi Fukusuke, you can still back out at the jumpball. Hahaha!" Fukuda looked back and snorted. "Says who?" Sakuragi clacked his tongue in annoyance. Ikegami held the ball in centre and raised it on their eye level and in a few sec, the boll was tossed up into the air sending two players flying up in hopes of tapping the ball to their respective corner. Mitsui has the upper hand as he was able to tap it on the left side right into the hands of… Sakuragi. The senior growled and scowled. "Nyahahah! Thanks Micchy-kun!" Sakuragi sped off while dribbling the ball as Fukuda ran beside him. The three-pointer ran behind them with Koshino as he seethed and cursed. "Kso! Come back here, you freshman!" Koshino scowled as well. "Ch, if I've known any better, you intentionally passed it to him because he's your teammate!" Mitsui went bugeyed and raised his fist-annoyed at his own teammate as well. "Shut up! You and your nonsensical theories, just hurry up and get that ball! CH!" Everyone on the bench blinked their eyes and sweatdrop. Even Ikegami and Akagi sighed in defeat. Looks like this is going to be a noisy game- since it mainly involves three of the most blabbering players on court. Fukuda snorted softly to himself. 'It's great that I'm not regarded as a blabber.'

Sakuragi dribbled on one corner- he was guarded by Mitsui who was smirking. Sakuragi for some reason found himself remembering Sendoh's words. Always dribble the ball away from the defender. He almost gasps at the thought and instantly turned his back on Mitsui as he continues to dribble while looking for an opportunity. Mitsui was dumbfounded, he was surprised at the almost accurate move the redhead made. 'Kso, so he knows how to protect the ball, eh?' He smirked. "C'mon Sakuragi, think you can pass on me?" Sakuragi gritted his teeth in annoyance, but he smiled. "Hehe, don't get too cocky Micchy, you might just regret what you say, nyahahah!" Fukuda was able to get away from Koshino's lose defense. "Pass!" he hollered as he extended a hand- Sakuragi winced; he was annoyed- truth is he doesn't want to pass but something made him do it- he passed to the surprise of the bench and Mitsui, and as Fukuda was getting ready for a layup, Mitsui cut in ready to block but Fukuda managed to throw back the ball back to Sakuragi who dribbled once, twice, before hitting the board for an easy two. The score now was 2-0. The bench hollered, clapped and cheered. Akagi was a bit stunned- but he smiled. He didn't expect that move from the redhead. 'Well, looks like someone's learning something at least.' He nodded and run towards the other end. "Nyahahha, Fukusuke that was the best decision you've made so far, ahahah!" Fukuda simply shrugged and snorted. 'Yare yare, I only passed because his so-called commoner's shot is the only shot he can execute and he's near the basket. Ugh.' Koshino has the ball and he's been dribbling in a constant pace, looking for an opportunity to even the score. 'Kso, who would have thought that the redhead knows some fancy moves.' He almost scowled- he took in a quick glance at the crowd and almost gasps. 'Wait a minute, where the heck is that Sendoh Akira anyway?' He ran forward but was guarded by Fukuda- Koshino frowned. "Hey Fukuda, we're teammates, aren't we?" Fukuda nodded. "Yep." Koshino smirked. "So, you might as well want to give way?" Fukuda sweatdrop. 'Seriously? I can't believe I am dealing with lovesick Aces, noisy redheads, and play tripping teammates. Ugh.' Koshino took in Fukuda's slight blankness as he drive past him surprising the number thirteen of Ryonan. Koshino dribbled with his right as Fukuda caught up with him. Mitsui evaded Sakuragi's defence and urged the Ryonan dude to pass him the ball. "Oi, Pass here!" Sakuragi frowned. "Teme Micchy-kun! Come back here!" Koshino did passed to a free Mitsui and the three-pointer lounge forward towards the basket; Fukuda was there alright so as Sakuragi. Mitsui's eyes widened as he was just seemingly blocked but seems like he has other thoughts in mind as he passed the ball behind him to a very much free and open Koshino who pulled in a jumper and voila, it was a tie. The bench clapped as well and the three-pointer could only grin back. "Hahaha, see that Tensai?" Hikoichi pumped his fist and hollered. "Yaay! Nice one Koshino-senpai!" Koshino simply grinned and slapped Hikoichi's hand as he ran back at the other side of the court. The game between these four players ensued for the next twenty minutes more.

Meanwhile in Block B, Kiyota dribbled in annoyance as he gritted his teeth. He was obviously being guarded by a very much taller Nagano- the tall player from Shoyo has that super serious look on his face. "Kso! Get away from me! Arrgh!" Most from the watching players on the bench sweatdrop. Jin softly chuckled as he tries his best to get away from his defender which happens to be the taller Takano. 'I wonder if height is the number one requirement in Shoyo though.' Jin inwardly muses. Hanagata and Takasago served as the referee from this game. Hanagata furrowed his brows. 'Hmm, seems like this first year guy of Kainan is very much similar to the redhead of Shohoku- just so happens that he has a few skills which the latter lacks, but basing on silly antics and rants- they're equals alright.' He sighed as he kept a straight face on and simply focused on the impending game. Maki sighed and shook his head while scratching his nape. He wanted very much to just go to the centre and bonk Kiyota on the head. "Arrgh, I said get out! Away from me! I hate you Nagano-senpai! Go awwwaaay!" Kiyota hollered. Nagano simply snorted and the next movement from the taller guy sent the wild-hair freshman from Kainan gaping. Nagano tapped the ball from him and started running at their own court. Kiyota blinked his eyes twice and looked at his now empty hand. 'Uh, what just happened?!' He fumed. "TEME, where's the ball!" Maki stood up and clenched his fist and almost lose his cool as he seethed in both anger and embarrassment. "What are you standing there, you idiot. The ball left you already. Go get it!" Kiyota was dumbfounded as he instinctively found himself nodding and scurrying while throwing expletives. The onlookers sweatdrop and sighed. "Teemmee, that's my ball Naaaggannoo-seenppaaiii!" Jin sweatdrop as the ball was passed to him and instantly he fired a three- the ball went in. Kiyota's eyes widened as he threw a fit in front of Jin. "Jinnn-saan! You said you wouldn't throw a three! You promised!" Jin softly chuckled and patted Kiyota's head. "I'm sorry Kiyota-kun." Maki clacked his tongue as his vision went grey. He felt a soft rub on his back though, from none other than Fujima Kenji of course. The blue-eyed Captain of Shoyo smiled. "Shinichi, I suggest you calm down, lest you want your blood pressure shooting up." He grinned and chuckled. Maki rolled his eyes and smiled nonetheless. "I can't believe I'm actually vying him to be my protégé." Fujima laughed. "Just imagine Akagi-san having two of these noisy freshmen in his team, aren't you a bit lucky already?" A grin. Maki simply snorted and smiled at his beau. 'You may be right, Kenji.' And so, the same as in block A, the game further ensued and in no time at all, Jin and Nagano won by three points. This sent Kiyota in frenzied as he pulled his hair and whined like a grade schooler. He berated Takano to no end but the tall player from Shoyo didn't mind him. Jin approached him and tried to console him by smiling softly. "Kiyota-kun, it's okay, we're off to the Nationals anyway." Jin smiled. Kiyota wailed. "NOO! I can't take this! Jin-saann, naanii?!" Jin sweatdrop. He couldn't think of anything else to say. It was a simple match up game, no bearing and all. Maki approached his two players and pat them both on the shoulder and sighed. "Well, good job both of you, especially you, Jin. I'm expecting the same kind of play in the Nationals." Jin simply nodded. "Sure, Maki-san." Kiyota simply frowned and slumped his shoulders. "Well, it's your turn to fight Hanagata and Takasago-san, Maki-senpai." Maki simply smirked and ruffled the younger guy's hair. "I supposed so." Kiyota simply frowned and pry away from the touch. "I think I want to watch that stupid redhead's fight. I bet he's losing. Ch. Watch with me, Jin-san!" Jin smiled and looked at Maki as if seeking permission to which the Captain simply nodded. "We will be starting in about twenty minutes anyway." And the two Kainan players exited the main gym. Fujima walked behind Maki with a ball in his hand. "Oi, do we practice now?" He grinned. Maki simply smiled back. "Depends on you, Ken." And Fujima simply chuckled. "We have taller opponents Shin, I suggest we threw in a few hoops." And the two players slash lovers started their usual warm-up by digging in some hoops. As Maki readied himself to fire away a jumper, his thought somehow flew to a certain spiky-haired dude of Ryonan. 'Sendoh, I wonder how you are both going to drive us to our limits tomorrow.' He threw in the ball and it went in without even touching the rim, Maki tugged his lips upward. 'I just can't wait.'

The elevator door opened and Sendoh found himself getting out and straight to their room. He was about to knock but decided not to. He twisted the knob and opened room five. "Rukawa-kun? Are you here, I thought you want to practise?" He said in his usual voice and demeanour. He walked further inside and simply stopped when he saw the pale rookie comfortably sleeping on his bed. Sendoh stopped and stared. He blinked his eyes twice. The rookie of Shohoku was not totally sprawled on the bed though, it seemed that he just fell asleep while sitting because his head was leaning on the headboard. Sendoh took in the moment to simply stare at his younger companion. Silence. It's odd really, when Sendoh comes to think about it, at first he wasn't very sure about the pale rookie from Shohoku. His unnerving silence, the aloofness, that stoic and equally lovely face that sports a cold stare, and the almost unfeeling nature of his…everything has been totally upside down. Sendoh's world has been turned upside down. He remembered he only agreed to this so-called trip because it's plain mandatory, but somehow, somewhere along the trip and up to until today, Sendoh knew that he was glad he has agreed to come. He tugged his lips upward as he found his feet walking slowly towards his own bed- he sat down at the edge and contemplated. You looked in love, Cap. Fukuda's words resonated in his own musings and the Ace found himself widening his eyes a bit. 'Love…' He inwardly found himself muttering. 'Am I… in love with…' Sendoh found himself looking at his left to see a still napping Rukawa-for some reason he found himself smiling. Sendoh knows- it's probably one of the riskiest underlying he will ever pursue but he knew all too well than to just stand there and do nothing, he knew as well, about those certain emotions that has been hovering around him for the past few days. You looked in love, Cap. Sendoh found his lips tugging upward. 'I guess I am, Kicchou.' And Sendoh knew as well, that in love, if you're never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means that you never take any chances. 'To win, you have to risk loss… just like in basketball. You'll always missed 100% of the shots you didn't take.' A pause. 'And I don't think I'd ever want to miss a single one… definitely not now.'

Sendoh's eyes found their way on Rukawa's hand clutching his phone- he smiled, and was about to stand up when he saw Rukawa's phone slipping out of his hand- the phone literally slipped already and for some unknown reason, Sendoh's instinct was to catch the phone- and he was able to do so- and he almost found himself biting his lower lip as the mobile landed on his large palm. 'What the-?! yikes, dropping an iPhone is never an option.' He found himself chuckling softly at his own thought. 'Sheesh, he's really asleep.' Sendoh, momentarily looked at the phone on his hand and placed it on top of the table beside his bed. If Rukawa was the light sleeper type, he would have woke up, because Sendoh decided to slowly lift the lanky guy's legs to place them on top of the bed and adjusted the younger guy's pillow so that he is now officially lying down on his side with one arm straight. He momentarily look at his own phone to take note of the time and find it to be almost 6PM. Sendoh slightly cringed. 'We'll be playing any minute now, do I wake you up?' He inwardly mused. He snorted softly to himself and was about to go to the washroom when his phone rang! Sendoh was almost taken aback because he forgot to mute his phone. 'What the!'

You lift my heart up when the rest of me is down

You, you enchant me even when you're not around

If there are boundaries, I will try to knock them down

I'm latching on, babe, now I know what I have found…

I feel we're close enough

I wanna lock in your love

I think we're close enough

Could I lock in your love…

(Latch, Sam Smith)

"Y-yeah?" Sendoh said rather a bit softly. It was his brother. Akito almost hollered at the other line. "Oi what took you so long to answer?" Akira snorted softly as he found himself sitting on the coffee table- palm on his face, but he was smiling. "I changed my ringtone- I wanna hear how it sounds." Akito chuckled on the other line. "Oh really? Hahahah! So it's not Bleeding Love anymore?" The player smirked. "Nope." Akito laughed, "So like, what's your ringtone now?" Akira paused. 'Seriously, does he need to know?' He clacked his tongue and almost rolled his eyes. Akito demanded he answered. "Oi, what's with the clacking of your tongue, the ringtone man, hahaha!" Akira rolled his eyes and tried to ignore his nosy brother. "Really now, how are you aniki?" Akira simply found himself asking. Akito chuckled on the other line. "I'm fine bro, and you?" Sendoh nodded as if his brother could see him- he smiled. "Never been better." He grinned. Akito laughed. "Oh really, what gives? How so? By the way, when are you coming home again?" Akira shrugged. "In two days, I'll be back. Last game tomorrow- then a small party at night then we go home the day after, before lunch." Akira paused. Akito chuckled some more. "That's cool bro, we really need to finish the shopping spree."

"Yeah, we needed to." Akira replied. Akito grinned on the other line, he was about to say something when his younger brother beat him to it. "Uh, aniki, I was wondering- do you possibly know any Italian restaurants here in Osaka?" Silence. "H-hello? Akito-nii, are you still there?" Akito softly chuckled. "Yeah, I'm still here idiot. Oh, an Italian restaurant? Heh, why?" Akira shrugged. "Nothing really. Let's just say I'm craving for some pasta." He grinned. Akito laughed. "Well, there's this one I know." Akira sort of perked up and he found himself listening intently at the voice of the speaker. Akito was about to say something when he instantly changed his mind. "Wait a minute, why are you looking for a restaurant anyway?" He grinned on the other line. "Are you going out tonight?" Akira smacked his forehead with his palm, grinned and scratched his nape. 'Dammit, why don't you just say it for Pete's sake.' Akira softly chuckled on the other line alerting Akito. "Yeah, I'm going out tonight." Akito furrowed his brows and smirked. "Like some sort of a date? Hahaha! With whom!?" Akira rolled his eyes. "With myself, I'm going out with myself. I'm in love with myself, I'm taking me on a date. Would that be cool?" Akito laughed at his brother's sarcasm, clearly he doesn't buy any of the words. "Sick bastard, now seriously? You going out with Ryonan peeps?" Akira softly chuckle and rubbed his eyes. "N-no, not really… I mean, I don't know." Akito paused then chuckled on the other line. "Alright I get it. You're going probably with someone who you haven't asked out yet, and you're not sure if she'll agree? Am I right or am I so right?" Akito grinned on the other line and laughed. Akira was a bit dumbfounded but he smiled nonetheless. 'She?' He chuckled inwardly to himself. 'I wouldn't really say she, bro.' Akira almost rolled his eyes. "You are right, but not so right- now give me the name of the place." Akito paused the laughed. "Ahahah, I knew it. Jeeesh, bastard. Anyway, try Osteria Gaudente, it's one of the best Italian restaurants out there. I've been there once- with the team from the office. They serve the best Italian cuisines out there, totally legit." He grinned at the other line. Akira nodded and smiled. "Wow, sounds like an expensive one, hahaha." Akito rolled his eyes. "Well, you're going out with a date, I presume, you want a cheaper place, I know one, too." Akito laughed. Akira snorted and shook his head. "N-no, it's okay. I'm up for this." Akira grinned. "Ch, do you have money, otouto? It's a bit pricy. Hahaha." Akito goaded his younger brother. Akira shrugged. "I have a credit card—you'll pay it anyway, hahahah!" Akito fumed on the other line, but of course he wasn't really mad. "Mom and Dad are going to pay for it. Am not paying for your date, bastard!" Akito added. Akira laughed softly and shook his head. "No, I can pay, I have my own savings so it's okay." Akito stayed silent on the other line but he's smiling. "Sure bro, that'll be cool." Akira sighed. "Well, I gotta go, I'll call you later aniki, thanks much."

"Wow, this is such an early time for a dinner date don't you think?" Akito prodded.

"Silly, I got a game- last for today." Akira answered back. Akito gape. "W-what? I thought you're out for a date!" Akito sort of wailed, suddenly he was feeling a bit confused and all. "Yeah, after the game of course." Akira grinned. Akito furrowed his brows, he is not sure what's going on in Osaka but something in his guts tells him that something indeed might be going on. 'Ugh, I am being redundant alright.' Akito mused inwardly. "Well, okay- good luck on the game and much luck on your… date, I guess." Somehow Akito was left to wonder. 'Sheesh, I wonder if they also brought Ryonan's cheerleaders in Osaka though.' A pause. 'Is my brother dating a cheerleader, maybe?' Akito scratched his head and sighed. He decided to just wait for that call that would most probably come off the next day. 'Better call me about your date bro.' Akito then grinned. Sendoh stared at his phone for a while. He sighed and looked at the sleeping form on top of his bed, then he looked at the time- it was finally 610PM. 'Oh shit.' Sendoh stood up and wordlessly approached the bed and without hesitating, tapped Rukawa's sleeping form by his arm. "Rukawa-kun…" Silence. This time, he shook him a bit harder this time. "Rukawa-kun?" The boy slightly fidget and his eyes fluttered- Sendoh found his lips tugging upward. Rukawa slowly opened his eyes and when he did, the first thing he noticed is that he's seeing Sendoh Akira's face- a bit up close. He felt his eyes widened. 'What the-?!' Rukawa suddenly hoisted himself up and almost felt adrenalin rushing to him. "W-what happened? What is it? What time is it?" Rukawa suddenly threw in a series of questions. Sendoh softly snorted and chuckled a bit. "Relax, Rukawa-kun." The aforementioned name looked around his current state and almost gape. He parted his lips slightly, as if dreading the answer to his question. "Wh-I mean, have I… fainted?" Rukawa hoped he didn't though. Sendoh stared for a while and wanting to slightly annoy the younger guy, nodded. "Yeah, after eating the mashed potato, you did, I carried you all the way here. I'm beginning to suspect if you have amnesia or something." Rukawa gasps. 'Shit, that can't be!' Sendoh shrugged. "You got everyone worried." A pause. "Oh, by the way- the game's ended. Technically, we lost. You fainted of course, and I can't battle Akagi and Uozumi-senpai on my own so… yeah." Rukawa was dumbfounded. Clearly, this can't all be true. Rukawa was about to say something when Sendoh wasn't able to hold it- he laughed. Rukawa's brow furrowed. "Hahahaha! Sheesh, I'm kidding, that was all a joke Rukawa-kun." The boy felt his jaw tightened. Sendoh continued chuckling as he covered his lips with his right hand, eyes cheery and all, shoulders shaking from mirth of laughter. Rukawa clenched his fist and the next thing he did was to grab the pillow behind him and whack Sendoh on the head. "You story-making bastard." Sendoh tried to get away from the whacking as he merrily chuckled while clutching his sides. "Damn you looked serious back there…" He wiped a few tears from his eyes and grinned. Rukawa felt his chest heaved slightly from the effort exerted and put his feet down on the carpeted floor. "Look, I came to look for you and I saw you sleeping- that's all. I thought you want to practise, but seeing you sleeping soundly- I didn't just have the heart to wake you up." Rukawa felt his chest race. Didn't have the heart to wake you up. Rukawa sweat drop. 'Sh- did I just drooled while sleeping though? Ugh.' Rukawa finally stood up and when he did- he went bug-eyed. 'Did I just slept on HIS bed?!' BADUMP. He did remember going inside the room and sitting randomly at the nearest bed, but he hasn't thought of sleeping on Sendoh's bed. Rukawa felt his ears burned as he fidget and stammered. "Uh, sorry for…sleeping on your bed." A pause. "I mean, you might want to sleep, but I'm on it so…" Sendoh chuckled softly and rolled his eyes. "Rukawa-kun, it's okay. It's not like it's my own bed. Besides, if I want to sleep I'd sleep on yours instead." He grinned. Rukawa nodded like a robot. "Right." He said flatly. Sendoh was about to say something else when his phone rang. He looked at it and saw Hikoichi calling him. Rukawa wordlessly looked at his left and saw his own phone and checked on it as well. 'I was reading Father's mail though- I fell asleep I guess.'

"Yeah, we're up here. Yup, be coming down, sure thing Hikoichi… thanks!" Sendoh grinned and ended the call. "Rukawa-kun, I hate to say this but we're up. Akagi and Uozumi-senpai's been waiting and everyone down there too." Rukawa looked up and furrowed his brows. "I haven't practised…" Sendoh rolled his eyes and snorted softly. "Aww c'mon, you know you didn't need to." He laughed and after a few sec more, both Aces went out of the room. They walked wordlessly until they reached the elevator. Sendoh pressed the down button and instantly the elevator door opened. While inside, Sendoh yawned. Rukawa looked up to his taller companion and saw Sendoh lazily scratching his cheek. He almost want to tug his lips upward- as he felt his ears burned. 'What gives, Rukawa-kun.' Truth is, he doesn't want to admit though, but he honestly thought that the Ryonan dude looked cute back there. He felt his chest race. 'Baka, Rukawa- just calm down.' "Good for you Rukawa-kun, you had a power nap." He smiled. Rukawa simply shrugged and absent-mindedly scratched his head as well. "I…well. Maybe." He furrowed his brows. "So, do we stick to the plan?" Sendoh stared- and smiled. "Uh, what plan?" Rukawa went bug-eyed. "You said I'd guard Akagi-senpai, and you'll take care of Uozumi-san." Sendoh chuckled. "Oh! Hahahah, that's a plan?" Rukawa clacked his tongue earning a chuckle from Sendoh. He adored the younger kid's reaction. "Haha, oh-okay, alright. No problem. You guard your senpai, I'll guard mine." He paused. "Unless of course if you want to take on Uozumi-san…" He grinned. Rukawa snorted. "Your Captain is 220 cm, Sendoh." Rukawa stated, implicating the major height difference- he can try to force the ball in but Rukawa would dig in much effort in doing so. Sendoh shrugged. "Well yeah, apparently he's that big. But you're faster than him." Rukawa simply shrugged. "I'll try." Sendoh simply grinned and soon after the elevator door opened and the two found themselves walking at the aisle towards the gym- once in front of the gym though, Sendoh stopped alerting Rukawa. "Rukawa-kun…" In all honesty, Sendoh too, is a bit unsure- he is sure but somehow, there is a little uncertainty in him and he almost hated the fact that he's entertaining it a bit. He found his lips tugging upward. 'Do I ask him out now…?'

Rukawa blinked. 'What?' He inwardly mused, but he certainly did not missed that certain tone in the Ryonan's Ace. It is as if he's about to say something. Rukawa remained passive as possible. He felt his fist clenched and unclenched. 'What? What is it? Why am I even bothered?' He inwardly kick himself. Sendoh thought that he'd most probably just asked after the game. Truth is, he doesn't really want to think too much while playing- like, what if, Rukawa doesn't want to hang out tonight? He'd be…down. Or so he thinks. Sendoh softly snickered. "…I was just thinking still about the transfer." Rukawa furrowed his brows. "Transfer?" Now, Rukawa was a bit confused. Only then Sendoh grinned. "You said you'd transfer to Shoyo because their school starts with S-H-O, right?" Rukawa found his lips parting slightly, clearly he doesn't understand as to where this silly question is going. 'Doahou, Sendoh Akira, what are you implying at?'

"If I changed my school name to Shonan, would you transfer?" And that probably did it- they both entered the gym as the people around them staring at their direction and much to their surprise, a laughing Sendoh Akira emerged while rubbing his head with Rukawa clenching his fist- -and sporting very much a bug eyed expression. 'Shonan? Who would want to enter a school named as Shonan? Ch, you're an idiot alright.'

"Senpai!" Hikoichi greeted their Ace. "Where were you guys?! Its 630 PM already!" Sendoh grinned and pat his kouhai's head. "Just around…thanks for the call." Hikoichi grinned as he shifted his gaze on the quiet Rukawa who was now adjusting his armband. "Rukawa-kun, gambatte!" Hikoichi chirped in. Rukawa simply looked at the exuberant freshman and nodded. Sendoh placed his things on the bench and yawned again. Rukawa looked at his senior. "Are you sleepy?" Sendoh grinned back. "A bit, yeah." Rukawa rolled his eyes. "Doahou, you should have taken a nap too." Sendoh chuckled softly. "Don't worry, once I get to that court, I'll be awake." Rukawa adjusted his laces. "Oh, how are you sure you're not going to snore in the middle?" Sendoh stood up and his next words made Rukawa's ears burned red. "Because, I'll be sharing the court with one of my most favourite player." Sendoh then chuckled softly. Just then, a ball was passed to Sendoh- and the spiky-haired decided to just run onto the corner and pulled on a jumper. The ball went it. And Rukawa? Well, let's just say he was suddenly having a hard time tying and untying his shoelaces. 'That-that was certainly…uncalled for, you baka, idiotic, Sendoh.' But he can actually feel his cheeks heating up, good thing he has his face down, else everyone would wonder as to why he's flushed. Rukawa would never admit it but, seriously? He thinks Sendoh's his favourite too.

The whistle blew. Start of the first half. The crowd was basically waiting for this one. Rukawa was about to enter the court when he heard the redhead cackle. "Teme Gori, I won a while back, I expect that you win as well, nyahahah!" Rukawa twitched his lips. 'So they won over Mitsui-senpai.' He cast a quick look at the three-pointer and saw indeed a scowling face. Then he caught the stare of Sakuragi- the redhead simply scowled at him and put on a thumbs down. "Boo!" Rukawa simply rolled his eyes and ignored the childish antic of the redhead. "Spiky! As much as I want to cheer you, I'm with the Gori now! Nyahaha!" Sakuragi hollered to which Sendoh simply grinned back. "No problem." The crowd chuckled. Sakuragi simply smirked at Sendoh. Rukawa was about to approached the centre when he stopped midway. He sweat drop- he noticed while looking at the three guys at the centre, that he was indeed the smallest of them all in terms of height. 'Ugh, I feel like I'm a dwarf, ch.' Rukawa shook his head and placed himself on the centre- the crowd started to hoot and cheered. The referees were Mitsui and Ikegami. Mitsui blew in the whistle and started to place himself on the centre. He smirked. "This is weird, I mean, why don't we just twist the game a bit?" Everyone sweatdrop. Akagi scowled. "Oi, what are you up to?" Sendoh too, scratched his head- he thought he was ready to jump. Mitsui laughed. "Look, you all looked absurd, I mean Akagi, and you big Boss Monkey, you guys are the best centres out there, I could just give the ball to either of you and let Sendoh and Rukawa defend!" Mitsui cackled. The crowd went bug-eyed. Akagi went bugeyed and Uozumi of course didn't like the way he was called as 'Boss Monkey.' Mitsui pointed his finger to the players. "I suggest, we toss coin instead, hahahahah!" The crowd all fell down on their seats. Kogure sweatdrop. He stood up and started walking at the center. "Uh, Mitsui, I think that's…" But Mitsui was determined. Rukawa went bug-eyed as he too, blinked back and shrugged. 'Yare yare, senpai sure is acting silly.' Sendoh chuckled and grinned. "He's got a point, there's no way I could win on you, Uozumi-senpai." The crowd laughed at Sendoh's statement. Kiyota was clutching his stomach. Even the redhead found it a bit hilarious. "Nyahahah! Micchy-kun you're the boss!" Mitsui simply grinned. "Well, what do you four say?" Akagi simply smirked and shook his head. "Alright, toss coin- and let's begin already because it's already late. We're supposed to have started at 6PM sharp." Uozumi too, nodded his head. "True that, and didn't you just said that you're going out tonight, Sendoh?" Rukawa's ears sot of perked up. 'H-he's going out?' He took in a brief glance at his teammate who was looking with an unreadable expression in his eyes. Sendoh simply smiled and shrugged. "Yeah, apparently." Rukawa wondered as to why didn't Sendoh told him about it though… 'Baka Rukawa, why would he tell you anyway?'

"Alright! Head or Tails!" Mitsui showed in a coin and cast a stare at Uozumi then to Sendoh. "Choose now guys." Uozumi smirked, "Let him choose, Mitsui." Sendoh was a bit dumbfounded. Mitsui turned to Sendoh, "Well Mr. Skittles, heads or tails?" He smirked. Sendoh contemplated for a while before turning to his companion. "Rukawa-kun, heads or tails?" A grin. Rukawa almost gasps, clearly he wasn't expecting the question. 'Ugh, why me?' The pale guy looked thoughtful for a while before a loud voice hollered behind him. "Teme, choose tails Spiky! You're companion is a Kitsune animal anyway, nayahaha!" Sendoh sweatdrop as his smile faltered a bit. He stared at Rukawa who was a bit frowning. 'Ch, doahou.' Rukawa shrugged, "Fine, tails." Mitsui laughed a bit, as well as Akagi and Uozumi and in no time at all, the coin was tossed upward and as Mitsui caught it with his right hand he tapped it over his left palm and opened it. He smirked. "Ball's yours…" And Mitsui tossed the ball to a grinning Akira Sendoh. The crowd cheered and laughed. Sakuragi fumed. "Teme Micchy-kun!" Rukawa simply snorted as he prepared himself for a probable run and gun offense. Uozumi decided to guard his teammate as Akagi placed himself in front of their own Ace. Akagi's thoughts at that time were a bit serious. 'This kid though, as much as I hate to admit it, but he will be one of the pillars to our team. But I refuse to be beaten, of course.' And he smirked to a stoic face Rukawa. "Rukawa-kun, I'm not going to be easy on you." Rukawa simply nodded back. "Same here, senpai."

"Lucky coin eh, Sendoh?" Uozumi started. Sendoh simply smiled while dribbling the ball. "No such thing as luck, Cap." He paused. "It's probably fate." And after delivering the last word, Sendoh charged right past to a bewildered Uozumi sending the bench in surprised. Akagi ran to assist Jun as Rukawa ran to chase his own senpai. Sendoh doesn't seem keen on passing the ball as he continued to charge straight to the goal. Akagi clenched his fist as his eyes widened a bit. 'Kso, he's really driving it hard.' Sendoh jumped up high as Uozumi used his broad body to try and stop their Ace-Sendoh's hands preparing for a possible layup but to Uozumi's surprise though, the ball was passed back to Rukawa who caught it instinctively and soon enough, the rookie fired a jumper for an easy two. The watching players went frenzied and they all clapped and hooted. Kiyota of course and Sakuragi weren't happy. "Teemmee! Gori! Boss Monkey, what are you doing!" Uozumi looked at the spiky-haired sophomore and simply smirked. "Never thought you'd start at third gear, heh." Sendoh simply smiled back. "First, senpai. I always start at first gear." He grinned. Uozumi was simply left to gape a bit- but he smiled. He was expecting this kind of play from their very own star player. 'Sendoh, I know it's such a waste that we were not able to make it to the nationals, but I know, that with you around, we will be there next time.' Akagi looked at the blank face of Rukawa in front of him. 'Hmm, how did he know that Sendoh's going to pass behind his back? Have they been talking about it, perhaps?' Akagi found himself musing about such thoughts as he dribbled the ball in constant pace. Rukawa's eyes was very keen on Akagi and the senior could only sweat drop. Rukawa too, somehow found himself going bug-eyed a bit. 'Ugh, senpai… this is a bit awkward, or isn't it?' Sakuragi marched on the edge and hollered while pumping a fist on the air. "Dammit Gori, charge for it, do not be afraid of that Kitsune!" Rukawa popped a vein as he gritted his teeth in annoyance. 'I hope a bug enters that loud mouth of yours.' Akagi squinted his eyes and instantly started attacking to the surprise of the people. Rukawa backed a bit as Akagi's broad and heavier body came in contact with him. Uozumi miraculously escaped Sendoh's defence and hollered, "Pass, Akagi!" Akagi ran towards their end and made an overhead passed to Uozumi- the big guy dribbled and jumped, clutching the ball with one hand as big Jun tried to ram the ball into the ring, but Sendoh's hand was there-still, he was able to put it in- the whistle blew to the much surprised of the crowd as well as Rukawa's. "Ball counted, foul, spiky!" Mitsui smirked and the crowd went ballistic as several hoots and groaned erupted. Sendoh was left to gape. "W-what? Seriously?" He clacked his tongue but smiled nonetheless as he scratched his nape. Uozumi and Akagi high-fived and big Jun was instantly sent on the line. Sendoh neared a passive Rukawa and grinned. "I got fouled." Rukawa shook his head, "Yep you just did. Isn't it a bit too early?" Sendoh laughed. "Yeah, I guess I am sleepy alright." Rukawa simply sighed and said nothing. The ball was passed back to Rukawa after one free throw from Uozumi making the score 3-2. Sendoh jokingly jogged on the side to the surprise of Mitsui. "Hey senpai, you called a foul on me." Sendoh grinned. Mitsui laughed and tapped Sendoh on the arm. "Hahaha, I saw a foul that's why I called it!" He grinned. Sendoh simply smiled back and went on the game. "Senpai, I'll foul Akagi-san, just you wait and see." Mitsui laughed as he waved off a playful Sendoh Akira. "Hahaha, do it dude, I'll be blowing the whistle!" From afar, Akagi gritted his teeth in annoyance. "Did they just mention my name?!" Rukawa nodded. "Uh-huh Captain."

The game between the four players on court continued for the next fifteen minutes more. Shots were simultaneously thrown in; when the two Aces delivered, Akagi and Jun sure made it to a point to come back. The first half ended with Sendoh and Rukawa leading for obvious reasons. The scores now were 50 to 45. Obviously, as much as Akagi and Uozumi wanted to take a rest, the redhead and Kiyota is at their backs trying very much to annoy them as the two monkeys berate the two tall centres into defeating the Aces. Sendoh drank from his tumbler and wiped his face with his own shirt. He was huffing a bit. Rukawa wordlessly cast an eye to the guy seating beside him and contemplated. Truth is, he wants to ask about Sendoh's whereabouts that night. 'It's only natural, right? I guess… we're friends after all this time and…' Rukawa knotted his brows- he almost hated the fact that he's being suddenly nosy about as to where the spiky-haired would go tonight. 'Weird, I'm acting really weird.' "Hey Rukawa-kun, do you have a sister or a brother?" Sendoh smiled. Rukawa was surprised at the question but he managed to stay passive. 'Why is Sendoh suddenly asking me random stuff? Shouldn't we be at least thinking of a way to widen the gap?' He slightly fidget on his seat and shrugged. "N-none. I'm an only child." He saw Sendoh's blue orbs widened. Rukawa looked a bit down and returned the question, "And you?" Sendoh smiled. "I have an older brother though. He's five years older. His name is Akito." Rukawa nodded. "Hey, maybe you should meet him sometime." Rukawa pouted a bit. 'Meet your brother? Like, why?' "W-why?" Rukawa muttered softly. Sendoh grinned. "Nothing. I want you to tell me whose better looking though." Rukawa found himself tugging his lips upward slightly as he playfully kick the older boy on the leg. Sendoh laughed. Rukawa shook his head. "Egoistic bastard."

"Don't you feel lonely?" Sendoh asks. Rukawa paused. "I mean, you're an only child and all…" Sendoh muttered softly, he wasn't trying to sound sympathetic and all- he was simply curious. Rukawa simply shrugged. "I'm used to it." A pause. "It's not like I could do anything about it, right?" Sendoh smiled. The boy was right. He nodded. "That's cool then, I'm glad you're doing fine." Rukawa simply snorted softly and shrugged involuntarily. 'Sendoh you are a weirdo.' But Rukawa felt his lips tugging upward. Somehow, it felt kind of nice to be sharing a bit of yourself to someone he honestly thought of as special. He felt his chest race as his ears burned a bit…too shy suddenly at himself for admitting the fact that the guy seating beside him is indeed special. "How about you…" Rukawa muttered softly, eyes looking ahead. Sendoh looked at his left. "Are you… close with your brother?" Sendoh softly chuckled and stretched his long legs. "Yeah, very much. We're really in good terms." He grinned. "Hey, you should visit me at home sometime, I really want you to meet him." Rukawa gasps as he shot a look at the taller guy. 'V-visit you?' Sendoh for some reason found himself saying the next words with utmost accuracy and sincerity. "I'm inviting you over to my house, Rukawa-kun. I want you to meet my brother." Rukawa was speechless. He involuntarily gulped. He looked down at his own shoes, feeling the thumping of his chest. "V-visit you?" He knotted his brows. "B-but why?" Sendoh softly snorted and smiled. "Didn't I said I'd cooked you a wafuu pasta?" He then grinned. Rukawa froze. "Are you serious?" Sendoh nodded. "Never been serious." BA DUMP. 'What the-?' Rukawa for some reason felt his thoughts went deranged. He suddenly wanted the half time break to end. "You, cook?" Rukawa somehow found his voice back there even though he's really getting all too giddy up inside. Sendoh nodded. "A bit, but not as good as my brother though." He smiled. "You cook, Rukawa-kun?" Rukawa simply nodded. "Yeah, I live alone. I should know how to cook." Sendoh softly chuckle and the next words sent again one pale, blue-eyed rookie in beet red as the final few minutes of the half-time break died down on them. "I bet you'll make a fine wife, sunshine." And Sendoh could only grinned and laugh as he stood, when a flushed Rukawa playfully threw the orange ball at his leg. "You just did not said that, ahou!" Sendoh simply chuckle back and smirked. "Oh I just did, hahaha!" Sendoh continued enumerating all of his observances while the pale kid simply listens helplessly. "I mean, you cook, you're neat, you're good at basketball, and you're a good photographer…wow." Rukawa went bug-eyed as he placed a hand over his lips. 'W-wife? Is this idiot…for real?' Rukawa stood up and childishly stomped his feet to a still laughing Sendoh. "And since you'd possibly make a fine wife, you definitely need a good husband." He grinned. Rukawa could not have been redder as he adjusted his armband while trying to scoff. 'H-husband? W-wife? Does he want me to get married?!'

Uozumi started at the center and stared to see a laughing Sendoh and a semi-flushed Rukawa. He paused for a moment- then he smirked. 'Looks like you're damn serious, Ace.' Akagi tapped his shoulder and nodded. "Let's go, Jun. Time to catch up." Uozumi closed his eyes and smiled. "Hey Akagi, lemme ask you something…" Akagi paused and stared. 'Now what?' Uozumi smirked. "What if your Ace… had a boyfriend?" Akagi paused. Then he went bug-eyed. "What do you mean?" Clearly, Akagi wasn't expecting that. Uozumi simply chuckled to the bewilderment of Akagi and shrugged nonetheless. "N-nothing, Akagi… I just thought that your team and mine, would probably meet most often than not in tournaments to come. Hahaha!" And Akagi? Well, he could only blinked his curiosity. 'Hmm, clearly I need to ask Ayako on this, it seems that Uozumi knows probably of something I don't? And did he just said, boyfriend? Our Ace?' He frowned. 'Hmm, it should have been girlfriend, right? I couldn't have been mistaken but…' He was just taken aback when he heard Sendoh chuckling while looking at an annoyed Rukawa. Akagi gasps. 'Wait a minute- does he meant…'

The whistle blew. Start of the second half.

"Alright, toss coin again, you know the drill." Mitsui held a coin in his hand and showed it to Akagi this time and Rukawa. Mitsui smirked. "You got to choose a while back Rukawa, so its Akagi's turn now. So, Akagi, heads or tails?" A grin. Akagi furrowed his brows. "Heads." And Mitsui flipped the coin up and caught it with his right hand and topped it over his left- he removed his other hand and grinned. "Voila! Ball's yours… Rukawa. Hahahaha!" Akagi and Uozumi sweatdrop. Clearly, seems like the toss coin thing isn't favouring them. Sendoh grinned and nodded. "Lucky us, eh, Rukawa-kun?" Rukawa simply snorted and rolled his eyes. "Ch, take back what you said a while ago." He muttered softly. Sendoh simply chuckled and waved him off, "What? The wife thing? Later, Ru- this is the final half, we have to finish this early now." Rukawa almost flushed as he dribbled and tried to contain the ball in his own hands. He dribbled slowly before changing pace and started dashing off to the basket- he pulled back though when Uozumi decided to take him on. Sendoh too, was surprise- Akagi tried to restrain him. Sendoh knows that Rukawa might have a small chance of getting the basket because of Uozumi's size and height. He tried to get away but Akagi's defence proved to be unbreakable and he could only watched a bit helplessly as Rukawa tries to penetrate Uozumi but to no avail. Rukawa shook his head and gritted his teeth. 'Kso, this guy is so big, I feel like I'm going to get crushed.'

"Don't let him pass thru you, boss monkey! Teme!" Sakuragi hollered like a madman. The crowd were chuckling and cheering and hooting to no end. It seems that they're enjoying the game. Rukawa sent a glare to the redhead who just happened to side with big Jun. Akagi huffed- truth is, he was a bit getting tired from guarding Sendoh. The guy is just persistent- and he may not want to admit it, but Sendoh's stamina is not something to be reckon with alright, the guy could continue to move and run, and dodge his defence and would still be smiling as if nothing happened. Akagi's eyes widened as finally Sendoh evaded him just in time for Rukawa to be squeezing in himself to get that basket. He was about to force in a jumper when he heard Sendoh shouted 'Pass' and Rukawa didn't know as to what literally made him pass the ball to the much surprised of the crowd. Kiyota gaped like a goldfish, Sakuragi fumed like a deranged looker, and Ayako found herself grinning. Fukuda's eyes widened a bit but he found himself smirking nonetheless. 'Well, if it isn't a passing sunshine.' Either he found Sendoh's voice comforting or trustworthy even on court, or the way they both held that stare on court as Rukawa made that pass—Sendoh did literally smiled and even winked at him. He honestly felt his chest thump that time. The spiky-haired guy pulled in a hook shot and the ball went in. The game continued for some minutes more and it has truly been intense. Rukawa, too, found himself tiring a bit but after a gruesome ten-fifteen-twenty minutes, Mitsui's blew in his whistle and the as the ball dropped to the ground, marking the end of the game.

Rukawa huffed as his eyes stared at the basket-lips partly open, sweat trickling down all over him. He was simply taken a back when a hand hovered above his head, only then, the noise of the crowd around them fully registered into him; and as Rukawa looked a bit up he met the gaze of his one and only roommate, Sendoh Akira- eyes staring cheerily back at him, lips curving into a smile. Rukawa stiffened as the proximity of their closeness looked rather suggestively like something else is simply about to happen. The next words made Rukawa's eyes widened a bit and his ears burning, but he really doesn't care now, or does he?

"And since we won tonight Rukawa-kun, would you mind if I… ask you out for dinner?" A grin.

'D-dinner?! H-he's asking me…out? Like… seriously?' Poor Rukawa-kun turned an adorable shade of red as a flash of light surprised the both of them.

"Say cheese, Taichou and sunshine." Sendoh was a bit surprised but he grinned back at an equally smirking Fukuda who took in their probably first photo together in Osaka. Fukuda scanned on the photo he just took and smiled nonetheless- Sendoh almost rolled his eyes and chuckled. Rukawa tried to glare but to no avail- he can feel his chest thumping wildly. "H-hey, why'd you do that for?" Rukawa almost hissed in between his teeth. Sendoh softly chuckled. 'Really Kicchou…' Sendoh inwardly mused. Fukuda paused, and smiled to the surprise of the two, "Let's just say that life isn't perfect… but it has perfect moments." He grinned and waved them off making a spiky-haired guy and a wide-eyed rookie feeling truly baffled but having one common thing at heart.

TBC

A/Notes: This chapter by far is the fastest chapter I have ever written. Hahaha. I honestly thought that it might probably take me a month or so before posting this but I guess, I was overly motivated that I started writing in this one and voila! Another chapter update! You see, I'm really trying to compensate here, and its all thanks to you, dear readers, followers! You guys make me happy. I mean, to be reading in these positive feedbacks… thank you so much! Huhu! ^_^ Well, don't ask me yet about chapter 14, hahah- that may take long. After all, it is the much-awaited 'date' night. I want it to be purr-fect. Hahahah! Again, please read and review if you happen to drop by. It means a lot to me. Salamat po! JAnd oh, yes, MY GIRL is definitely a new fic of mine JIts on the works already, I'll be putting more of it, once I'm done with Osaka. ^_^ Thanks!