Separating Despite of Love
by Rien
Chapter Four: Still Loving You
It's been four weeks since that conversation, in other words, it's been four weeks since I last talked to Rukawa. Since my ankle healed and the bandage taken off, there is no more excuse for Rukawa to accompany me home. I don't know what to do. I wanted him to be happy but what Haruko said was true. I'm keeping him from being happy and finding the right person for him. I love him too much to keep him to myself, so I kept silent about what Haruko said to me. I know that she likes him too so I guess she knows that I'm keeping Rukawa from others.
After practice, I walked home to rest. My limbs are very sore from all the jumping and running we did in the practice. I turned to the corner and saw two familiar figures in the cafe window. A brown haired girl sitting across a raven haired boy... HARUKO and RUKAWA! My eyes widened with surprise. I didn't know that Rukawa liked Haruko, maybe she's the one for him. I smild and left the figures to what they were doing. Eventhough I smile, my heart is breaking once again. It's not easy to accept that your 'ex' has a new person while you are on your own. The next day, I didn't confront Rukawa with that little scene in the cafe. I really wanted him to be happy.
"RUKAWA... RUKAWA... L-O-V-E... RUKAWA!!!" the Rukawa shitenai screamed in delight as the practice game with Ryonan started. I rolled my eyes is distaste. I looked around and saw that Haruko was there, and as usual, she was eyeing Rukawa with hearts in her eyes. As the game was about to begin, Rukawa dragged me towards the locker room.
"Nandayo, Kitsune?!?!? Don't you know that the game is about to begin?" I screamed at him. What came over the stupid fox anyway?!
"I need to talk to you later..." he simply said then walked out again. Question marks flew around my head with that statement. Maybe he's going to ask about Haruko, I thought then shrugged it away. I let my body and mind concentrate on the game. After the game, all of the team memebers are already walking home while I stayed in the locker room and waited for Rukawa. I sat on the bench because i can not trust my knees when he asked about a certain brown haired girl.
"Do'aho.." he said.
"What is it, kitsune?"
"Why didn't you tell me about you 'little' conversation with Haruko?" I was stunned. I didn't say anything to not make matters worse. And how did Rukawa found out anyway?
"What are you talking about?"
"When she said that you're still persisting, that you're not letting me go even if our relationship is finish..." I know by now that my face have paled. This shouldn't happen. Maybe this is a nightmare. Maybe I'm just dreaming. I wanted to pinch myself when Rukawa walked towards the bench I was sitting and sat on it as well.
"How..."
"She accidentally slipped when we were talking about you. I know something was going on when you said those things. That bitch is going to pay if she said another word about you and me again!"
"Rukawa, don't worry, I can understand her. She likes you very much..."
"So what if she likes me? I don't like her!"
"Demo... I saw you and her on a date yesterday... on a cafe..." He raises an eyebrow and smiled.
"That's not a date... I wanted to confirm my instinct, besides, I told her that I'm still in love with you... and I know you're still in love with me too so don't bother lying...."
I blushed in response and bowed my head once again. I saw a glinting silver in his ring finger. I smiled at the ring that he's still wearing. We walked home together telling stories that interests us like basketball, basketball and more basketball...
by Rien
Chapter Four: Still Loving You
It's been four weeks since that conversation, in other words, it's been four weeks since I last talked to Rukawa. Since my ankle healed and the bandage taken off, there is no more excuse for Rukawa to accompany me home. I don't know what to do. I wanted him to be happy but what Haruko said was true. I'm keeping him from being happy and finding the right person for him. I love him too much to keep him to myself, so I kept silent about what Haruko said to me. I know that she likes him too so I guess she knows that I'm keeping Rukawa from others.
After practice, I walked home to rest. My limbs are very sore from all the jumping and running we did in the practice. I turned to the corner and saw two familiar figures in the cafe window. A brown haired girl sitting across a raven haired boy... HARUKO and RUKAWA! My eyes widened with surprise. I didn't know that Rukawa liked Haruko, maybe she's the one for him. I smild and left the figures to what they were doing. Eventhough I smile, my heart is breaking once again. It's not easy to accept that your 'ex' has a new person while you are on your own. The next day, I didn't confront Rukawa with that little scene in the cafe. I really wanted him to be happy.
"RUKAWA... RUKAWA... L-O-V-E... RUKAWA!!!" the Rukawa shitenai screamed in delight as the practice game with Ryonan started. I rolled my eyes is distaste. I looked around and saw that Haruko was there, and as usual, she was eyeing Rukawa with hearts in her eyes. As the game was about to begin, Rukawa dragged me towards the locker room.
"Nandayo, Kitsune?!?!? Don't you know that the game is about to begin?" I screamed at him. What came over the stupid fox anyway?!
"I need to talk to you later..." he simply said then walked out again. Question marks flew around my head with that statement. Maybe he's going to ask about Haruko, I thought then shrugged it away. I let my body and mind concentrate on the game. After the game, all of the team memebers are already walking home while I stayed in the locker room and waited for Rukawa. I sat on the bench because i can not trust my knees when he asked about a certain brown haired girl.
"Do'aho.." he said.
"What is it, kitsune?"
"Why didn't you tell me about you 'little' conversation with Haruko?" I was stunned. I didn't say anything to not make matters worse. And how did Rukawa found out anyway?
"What are you talking about?"
"When she said that you're still persisting, that you're not letting me go even if our relationship is finish..." I know by now that my face have paled. This shouldn't happen. Maybe this is a nightmare. Maybe I'm just dreaming. I wanted to pinch myself when Rukawa walked towards the bench I was sitting and sat on it as well.
"How..."
"She accidentally slipped when we were talking about you. I know something was going on when you said those things. That bitch is going to pay if she said another word about you and me again!"
"Rukawa, don't worry, I can understand her. She likes you very much..."
"So what if she likes me? I don't like her!"
"Demo... I saw you and her on a date yesterday... on a cafe..." He raises an eyebrow and smiled.
"That's not a date... I wanted to confirm my instinct, besides, I told her that I'm still in love with you... and I know you're still in love with me too so don't bother lying...."
I blushed in response and bowed my head once again. I saw a glinting silver in his ring finger. I smiled at the ring that he's still wearing. We walked home together telling stories that interests us like basketball, basketball and more basketball...