The Wait
by Rien
Standard disclaimers apply
Chapter 1: Everyone Needs Someone
Japan, 1999
So this is Shohoku... I said to myself as I walked through the gates of my new school. Everything is well and nice. I smiled at the thought and walked towards my new classroom.
"Ohayo.." a voice said.
I looked at the source of the voice and smiled at her. She looks cute... Maybe I should add her to my list..
"I'm Akagi Haruko. Would you like to join in the basketball club? I think you're tall enough, and you can be like Rukawa Kaede!"
"Who?"
"Rukawa Kaede."
Who the hell is this Rukawa anyway? I don't have time for this nonsense..
"No thanks, I'm not in to clubs..." I said and walked inside my classroom.
I turned around and saw her face. She looked at me with pleading eyes that could make a normal man cringe with guilt but, I'm not a normal man.
"Hey, Hanamichi!"
I looked an saw my best friend reserved me a seat beside the window. I should thank him once for doing this to me everyday... I smiled and waved back. I sat beside him as always, always since our elementary years.
*flashback*
"Ne, Hanimichi, you can sit beside me!" little Yohei said.
"Hai, arigato Yohei!!!!" I said and smiled.
*End of Flashback*
Ever since that day, we've become best of friends and stuck around with each other through thick and thin, mostly thin though. But even he, my best friend doesn't know why I liked the window seat, my whole being, my loneliness that drives me to punch the walls when I'm alone in my room or slash my wrist in frustration. He doesn't even know that real Hanamichi Sakuragi.
I gazed outside the window and didn't paid any attention to the teacher that was lecturing. My mind is full of thoughts that would surprise even my friends that thought that knew me. They don't know me, I concluded it to myself.
"Hanamichi... Hanamichi..."
I looked at Yohei and grinned and whispered my apologies for not answering him.
"Nani?"
"It's lunch time already, where do you want to eat?"
I shrugged as I walked out from the classroom and bumped to a muscular guy that seems to be the leader of the gang that was behind him. His eyes were on fire.
I side stepped and walked away. He apparently didn't take my walk away reaction very lightly. He grabbed my collar and looked me.
"You ungrateful bastard! Your mother didn't taught you how to say your apologies?" he shouted at my face. If I wasn't really bored, I would have laughed at the situation I was put in.
"Actually, she taught it to me..." I began.
He smiled. The bastard actually smiled. Maybe he thought that I would say sorry for what I did. For God's sakes! It was only a bump, nothing serious. This is only a bully that needed a lesson from our gang.
"..but she also taught me who should I say my apologies to. You're not included in that list." I smirked.
His shocked face was the nicest thing I saw all morning.
"YOU!!! ROOFTOP NOW!!!!"
He let go of my collar. He motioned his gang to follow me. Ch! They are just followers!
"Hanamichi.."
"Don't worry Yohei, I'll handle this." I said smiling.
I ate first before fighting, of course. I'm not that stupid to fight and not think about my health.
I climbed the stairs that lead to the rooftop. I opened the door and saw all the knocked out bodies of the gang that I was supposed to fight. And in the middle is a raven haired boy with icy blue eyes, like a fox that would easily outwit a hunting dog beacuse of its stupidity.
I wonder if it would burn like a liquid fire if given enough passion to sustain it. I thought. Woah! Why did this stupid, fox-eyed boy affecting me like this? I took a step forward to look more closely.
What the...?
He glared at me. He actually glared at me! I'm going to teach him a lesson that he would never forget!
I suddenly grabbed his colar and punched him and use my famous head butt to silence him. But apparently he didn't fall but stood there, just stood there as if nothing happened. Yeah, sure, there was blood dripping from his head, but he just stood there!
I head butted him a few more times, but it seems that he is resistant to everything I do. Chikuso!
"Rukawa-kun!"
I looked behind me and saw Haruko, tears streaking her face. Behind her was Yohei and the other ready to fight. She grabbed her handkerchief and ran to the man named Rukawa. She tried to wipe away the blood but the other man simply walked away, not noticing her.
I gazed at him until the other walked away, leaving me with a angry girl.
"Why? Why did you hurt him like that?" she asked.
I was dumbfounded by her question. Who was she to question me? She don't know anything to cry like that!
"Haruko-san.." I started but clearly, she didn't hear me. She ran towards the door.
"Basketball.." I whispered.
"What was that Hanamichi?"
"Basketball Club, maybe I should join."
"I thought you're not in to clubs?" Yohei smiled and I smiled as well.
"Well, maybe I can do something for a change..."
"I bet you 1000 yen Nooma that Skuragi would not be admitted!"
"Nani????" I started and went after the others for betting against me. They should not take me lightly! I'll show them! I'll kill them!!! I've settled for a head butt instead and it worked out just as fine...
And I'll see that blue-eyed kitsune again...
by Rien
Standard disclaimers apply
Chapter 1: Everyone Needs Someone
Japan, 1999
So this is Shohoku... I said to myself as I walked through the gates of my new school. Everything is well and nice. I smiled at the thought and walked towards my new classroom.
"Ohayo.." a voice said.
I looked at the source of the voice and smiled at her. She looks cute... Maybe I should add her to my list..
"I'm Akagi Haruko. Would you like to join in the basketball club? I think you're tall enough, and you can be like Rukawa Kaede!"
"Who?"
"Rukawa Kaede."
Who the hell is this Rukawa anyway? I don't have time for this nonsense..
"No thanks, I'm not in to clubs..." I said and walked inside my classroom.
I turned around and saw her face. She looked at me with pleading eyes that could make a normal man cringe with guilt but, I'm not a normal man.
"Hey, Hanamichi!"
I looked an saw my best friend reserved me a seat beside the window. I should thank him once for doing this to me everyday... I smiled and waved back. I sat beside him as always, always since our elementary years.
*flashback*
"Ne, Hanimichi, you can sit beside me!" little Yohei said.
"Hai, arigato Yohei!!!!" I said and smiled.
*End of Flashback*
Ever since that day, we've become best of friends and stuck around with each other through thick and thin, mostly thin though. But even he, my best friend doesn't know why I liked the window seat, my whole being, my loneliness that drives me to punch the walls when I'm alone in my room or slash my wrist in frustration. He doesn't even know that real Hanamichi Sakuragi.
I gazed outside the window and didn't paid any attention to the teacher that was lecturing. My mind is full of thoughts that would surprise even my friends that thought that knew me. They don't know me, I concluded it to myself.
"Hanamichi... Hanamichi..."
I looked at Yohei and grinned and whispered my apologies for not answering him.
"Nani?"
"It's lunch time already, where do you want to eat?"
I shrugged as I walked out from the classroom and bumped to a muscular guy that seems to be the leader of the gang that was behind him. His eyes were on fire.
I side stepped and walked away. He apparently didn't take my walk away reaction very lightly. He grabbed my collar and looked me.
"You ungrateful bastard! Your mother didn't taught you how to say your apologies?" he shouted at my face. If I wasn't really bored, I would have laughed at the situation I was put in.
"Actually, she taught it to me..." I began.
He smiled. The bastard actually smiled. Maybe he thought that I would say sorry for what I did. For God's sakes! It was only a bump, nothing serious. This is only a bully that needed a lesson from our gang.
"..but she also taught me who should I say my apologies to. You're not included in that list." I smirked.
His shocked face was the nicest thing I saw all morning.
"YOU!!! ROOFTOP NOW!!!!"
He let go of my collar. He motioned his gang to follow me. Ch! They are just followers!
"Hanamichi.."
"Don't worry Yohei, I'll handle this." I said smiling.
I ate first before fighting, of course. I'm not that stupid to fight and not think about my health.
I climbed the stairs that lead to the rooftop. I opened the door and saw all the knocked out bodies of the gang that I was supposed to fight. And in the middle is a raven haired boy with icy blue eyes, like a fox that would easily outwit a hunting dog beacuse of its stupidity.
I wonder if it would burn like a liquid fire if given enough passion to sustain it. I thought. Woah! Why did this stupid, fox-eyed boy affecting me like this? I took a step forward to look more closely.
What the...?
He glared at me. He actually glared at me! I'm going to teach him a lesson that he would never forget!
I suddenly grabbed his colar and punched him and use my famous head butt to silence him. But apparently he didn't fall but stood there, just stood there as if nothing happened. Yeah, sure, there was blood dripping from his head, but he just stood there!
I head butted him a few more times, but it seems that he is resistant to everything I do. Chikuso!
"Rukawa-kun!"
I looked behind me and saw Haruko, tears streaking her face. Behind her was Yohei and the other ready to fight. She grabbed her handkerchief and ran to the man named Rukawa. She tried to wipe away the blood but the other man simply walked away, not noticing her.
I gazed at him until the other walked away, leaving me with a angry girl.
"Why? Why did you hurt him like that?" she asked.
I was dumbfounded by her question. Who was she to question me? She don't know anything to cry like that!
"Haruko-san.." I started but clearly, she didn't hear me. She ran towards the door.
"Basketball.." I whispered.
"What was that Hanamichi?"
"Basketball Club, maybe I should join."
"I thought you're not in to clubs?" Yohei smiled and I smiled as well.
"Well, maybe I can do something for a change..."
"I bet you 1000 yen Nooma that Skuragi would not be admitted!"
"Nani????" I started and went after the others for betting against me. They should not take me lightly! I'll show them! I'll kill them!!! I've settled for a head butt instead and it worked out just as fine...
And I'll see that blue-eyed kitsune again...