Title: Lost & Found

Chapter: 6/15

Author: Yukijorou

Genre: Yaoi

Paring: Ru + Some girl (Fuyuzawa Miyabi), SenHana.

Rating: PG-13

Archive: SDBC, soon-to-be in Homepage.

Disclaimer: Belongs to Takehiko Inoue. ^^;;; HOW I wish the characters were mine. T_T

Warning: Blah. -_- Beware of the pink and purple porcupine.



1 Chapter 6: Love is Above All Else

All four walls of the enclosure were overcast by shadows, and the only visible light came from the crack of the door. The curtains were drawn, and light could barely be seen. A red hue glowed at the corner of the room, on top of a well-built figure.

"That hentai."

"The hentai likes the tensai and the tensai doesn't know what the tensai thinks. Jodan desu ka?" The figure sighed as his hand ran through the red hair.

"Oni-chan?" a feminine voice appeared outside. "Daijouba desu ka? You're been acting weird ever since you came home. Oka-chan called me to check on you." "I'm fine." "You wanna talk?" Sakuragi stopped and started to think. After all, he trusted his sister.

"Okay. Come in, Tsuki." "Hai." Tsukiko entered the room, her eyes trying to adapt to the darkness. "Turn on the lights." After the lights were on, what Tsukiko saw was not the hyperactive, warm Sakuragi Hanamichi, but a depressed, lonely one, with tears in his eyes.

"Oni-chan." She looked upset as she knelt next to her brother. "What's wrong?" "I don't know. That's the problem. Heard of Akira Sendoh, from the Ryonan basketball team?" "Yeah. I heard that he attracts girls like honey to bees. What about him?" The girl looked at Sakuragi quizzedly. The latter closed his eyes.

"He likes me. And I don't know whether I like him too." Tsukiko was taken by surprise. She had always approved of homosexuality, but her brother being one of them was a big surprise to her. He was the type who wanted girls to swoon over him.

"I think you do," Tsukiko said confidently. Sakuragi stared at her. She continued, "Because you wouldn't get so depressed over that if you don't like him." "That's true." Sakuragi laid his face on his palms. "Another problem is that I cannot accept myself for liking a guy."

"Love is boundless, don't you know? Come on, you should, because you're older and hopefully more mature than me. There's nothing wrong with it. Maybe it is against some people's views, but as long as you two love each other, who cares what others think?" Sakuragi looked at his sister gratefully and nodded.

Sendoh was outside the Sakuragi's residence and leaning against a lamp post. He had sent Miyabi home, but he did not feel like staying. Too much was in his mind. He looked longingly at the drawn curtains of Hanamichi's room, and wished that it would open so that he could see him. The weather was pretty fair, thank goodness, but the temperature was not exactly fantastic.

"Sumimasen." a woman startled him. *Not ANOTHER fan or something.* "I noticed that you've been standing here for quite some time while I was drying the laundry. Do you want to come in?" Sendoh smiled cheerfully. "Gomen. you are?"

"Namae wa Sakuragi Akiko desu," the woman smiled back. Sendoh was hit with realization that the friendly woman was Hanamichi's mother.

"Baka me. I should've known with that red hair. Where did that come from anyway?"

"Long story. I guess that you must be Hana-chan's friend, and it's getting cold here. Come in and have a cup of tea." "Okay."

"Hana! You have a visitor!" Mrs. Sakuragi shouted upstairs. Tsukiko looked at her brother and pulled him upright. "Come on. Maybe it is Rukawa-san or Akagi-san?" "Gori?" "Iya, I mean Akagi as in Akagi Haruko." "Sokka." "Let's go. I'll come with you." As the two went downstairs, Sakuragi was shocked and speechless to see Sendoh sipping a cup of tea.

Tsukiko was looking at him, fascinated. "Interesting hair." "Tsukiko, watch your manners!" Mrs. Sakuragi snapped at her and she whined about something related to free speech in the world. Both Sendoh and Sakuragi were oblivious.

"Sendoh," Sakuragi said, a hint of smile on his mouth. Sendoh smiled back.

~OWARI~

Author's Notes: No Kaede-kun included. ^^;;;

NOW you know why Tsukiko is such a

"celebrity", she seemed more mature than

Hana-kun here, although she was not

Really supposed to. =P