Fallen Chapter 12: Sleepless Nights, a slam dunk fanfic

Chapter 12: Sleepless Nights

Author: Mitsui no Miko

That night, Sendoh couldn't sleep at all. He was disturbed by what he had heard.

Those words from Rukawa's lips. Why is it that Rukawa felt that way from him. Sendoh certainly didn't expect that from him. Who would have thought that Rukawa, of all people, would say that?

But the words were real. There was no mistaking it. He had heard them with his own ears. He had seen Rukawa's mouth forming those words.

"I love you, Akira…"

Akira. Sendoh's normally smiling expression distorted into one of confusion. Hearing his first name from his worst rival brought out uncertainty in him. So much that he wasn't the same Sendoh that he was before.

He tried his best to sleep, but he couldn't. "This can't go on forever," he thought. He had been sleeping like this for days now.

He turned on the radio, hoping for a distraction, hoping that something would lull him to sleep. Instead, he had tuned in to a station playing a track with a sultry woman's voice singing.

What on earth am I meant to do

In this crowded place there is only you

Was gonna leave now I have to stay

You have taken my breath away

Ooooh Is the world still spinning around

Ooooh I don't feel like coming down

It's in your eyes

I can tell what you're thinking

My heart is breaking too

It's no surprise

I've been watching you lately

I want to make it with you, with you, with you

Somewhere on the other side of Kanagawa, Rukawa pretty much had the same bout of insomnia. Recently, he had discovered that pop tunes do wonders for him, whenever he gets like this.

Destiny has a funny way

When it comes and takes all your cares away

I can't think of a single thing

Other than what a beautiful state I'm in