Chapter 29: Talks in the Gym
"I can't believe my eyes and my ears awhile ago!" Ryota replied looking shocked. "Yeah! Imagine Sendo doing a thing a like that!" Mitsui replied in shock. "Or Rukawa in love with Veniz!" Ayako exclaimed.
"Who would have thought that Rukawa has a thing for Veniz? No wonder Haruko and Veniz had a fight, it's because Haruko noticed that Kaede likes Veniz!" Ayako replied looking at Haruko who was talking to Hanamichi.
"But the most surprising is Hanamichi! Seeing him there talking to Sendo, Fujima, Nobunaga and Rukawa like a father scolding his sons was amazing! He was calm but his tone is very stern! Plus the fact that he didn't clobber anyone of them! They stepped beyond the line and they got alive without alive!" Mitsui replied in awe.
Niki smiled and said, "Hey! That's exaggerating Mitsui-kun! Hana is not going to kill them if they stepped beyond line! He's not like that!" Ayako then asked, "I wonder what Hanamichi is thinking now? I bet he's furious knowing his rival Rukawa is in love with his sister!"
"Knowing Hana? He is not!" Niki replied surprising the others. Niki eyed them all saying, "Hello? Remember? He doesn't care who courts Veniz, as long they don't step beyond the line! So what if it's Rukawa?" Ryota smirked and said, "Yeah, I remember him teasing Veniz about Rukawa liking her!"
Ayako sighed and said, "I'm worried about Veniz! I bet she's so confused now!"
"You were good back there Hanamichi-kun!" Haruko replied. Hanamichi blushed and replied, "Really Ayako-chan?"
Haruko nod her head and said, "Yes! I know now that you really love your sister! You cared for her very much!" Hanamichi sighed and said, "She's my twin, my other half! What she feels I feel and that goes for her too!"
"How is she Hanamichi-kun?" Haruko asked. "She's still shedding tears! I talked to her that everything would be fine, actually that's all I could say! She was so depressed. The only thing comforting I could say are those words and a brotherly hug!" Hanamichi answered looking sad.
Haruko sighed and said, "Now don't get sad! Like you told her everything would be fine!"
"Nee Haruko-chan.are you okay that Rukawa is.you know." Hanamichi asked looking at Rukawa practicing his jump shots. Haruko sighed and said, "Yes Sakuragi-kun! I gave Rukawa up! The very first time I saw him smile and he smiled at Veniz I knew he liked him. And I knew that Veniz like him too when she rushed at him tending to him when he fainted in the Kainan game!"
Hanamichi smiled at her saying, "Good for you Haruko-chan!" Haruko blushed and said, "Arigatou!" then she asked, "Sakuragi-kun is it all right if Kaede-kun is in love with Veniz-chan?"
"I don't see a problem. It's not my concern really; I mean this is Rukawa's feelings and that is something I can't stop! I just hope he snaps out of his cold exterior and approach my sister and say something in what he feels!" Hanamichi exclaimed looking at his rival who just did a dunk.
Haruko then noticed that Kaede took a break in the locker room. She whispered to Hanamichi, "He just went to the lockers! This is your chance to talk to him!" Hanamichi stood up and said, "I know!" Haruko then joked, "Just don't head butt him okay?"
Hanamichi just smiled.
In the locker room, Rukawa took out a shirt from his locker and was about to change went Hanamichi busted inside saying, "Oi Kitsune!"
Kaede looked at him and demanded, "What do you want Odahou? Are you going to kill me for falling in love with your sister? Go ahead! It doesn't matter!" Hanamichi raised and eyebrow and exclaimed, "What the hell are you talking about? Anyway I got you to tell me your true feelings about my twin sister though!"
This took Kaede aback; he wanted to smack Hanamichi in the face for trapping him like that. "Common Kitsune, I always knew that you had the thing for Veniz! I'm not dense you know. If you really want things to be better for the both of you, go to her and spill out that thing you just told me!" Hanamichi exclaimed looking dead serious.
"Lucky I'm not narrow minded to think you're rooting for me Odahou or helping me out because that will be impossible!" Rukawa replied smirking at him. "Remember Kitsune, you stepped beyond the line! Make-up to what you did! Veniz is at the music room, crying her heart out!" Hanamichi replied leaving the locker room.
"ASSEMBLE!" Akagi cried. Hanamichi, Ryota, Mitsui and the rest of team assembled in front of Akagi. Akagi then took the attendance and double checked each and on the list and surprisingly exclaimed, "Where the hell is Rukawa?"
Hanamichi smiled and said, "At the music room!" Akagi went gorilla like and demanded, "And why he is doing there?"
Hanamichi shrugged his shoulders and said, "What else asking for an apology!" Akagi then asked again, "To whom?" Hanamichi sighed and said, "To Veniz? Who else?"
"Why the hell is he's going to ask an apology to your sister?" Akagi exclaimed. "Because he's in-love with her!" Haruko blurted out. Akagi stared at her then to Hanamichi. Hanamichi smiled at him saying, "Don't blame me! I didn't set him up! Blame cupid!"
Akagi shook his head and sighed. This is very unusual for Rukawa and what love can do to someone like him! ^_~!
"I can't believe my eyes and my ears awhile ago!" Ryota replied looking shocked. "Yeah! Imagine Sendo doing a thing a like that!" Mitsui replied in shock. "Or Rukawa in love with Veniz!" Ayako exclaimed.
"Who would have thought that Rukawa has a thing for Veniz? No wonder Haruko and Veniz had a fight, it's because Haruko noticed that Kaede likes Veniz!" Ayako replied looking at Haruko who was talking to Hanamichi.
"But the most surprising is Hanamichi! Seeing him there talking to Sendo, Fujima, Nobunaga and Rukawa like a father scolding his sons was amazing! He was calm but his tone is very stern! Plus the fact that he didn't clobber anyone of them! They stepped beyond the line and they got alive without alive!" Mitsui replied in awe.
Niki smiled and said, "Hey! That's exaggerating Mitsui-kun! Hana is not going to kill them if they stepped beyond line! He's not like that!" Ayako then asked, "I wonder what Hanamichi is thinking now? I bet he's furious knowing his rival Rukawa is in love with his sister!"
"Knowing Hana? He is not!" Niki replied surprising the others. Niki eyed them all saying, "Hello? Remember? He doesn't care who courts Veniz, as long they don't step beyond the line! So what if it's Rukawa?" Ryota smirked and said, "Yeah, I remember him teasing Veniz about Rukawa liking her!"
Ayako sighed and said, "I'm worried about Veniz! I bet she's so confused now!"
"You were good back there Hanamichi-kun!" Haruko replied. Hanamichi blushed and replied, "Really Ayako-chan?"
Haruko nod her head and said, "Yes! I know now that you really love your sister! You cared for her very much!" Hanamichi sighed and said, "She's my twin, my other half! What she feels I feel and that goes for her too!"
"How is she Hanamichi-kun?" Haruko asked. "She's still shedding tears! I talked to her that everything would be fine, actually that's all I could say! She was so depressed. The only thing comforting I could say are those words and a brotherly hug!" Hanamichi answered looking sad.
Haruko sighed and said, "Now don't get sad! Like you told her everything would be fine!"
"Nee Haruko-chan.are you okay that Rukawa is.you know." Hanamichi asked looking at Rukawa practicing his jump shots. Haruko sighed and said, "Yes Sakuragi-kun! I gave Rukawa up! The very first time I saw him smile and he smiled at Veniz I knew he liked him. And I knew that Veniz like him too when she rushed at him tending to him when he fainted in the Kainan game!"
Hanamichi smiled at her saying, "Good for you Haruko-chan!" Haruko blushed and said, "Arigatou!" then she asked, "Sakuragi-kun is it all right if Kaede-kun is in love with Veniz-chan?"
"I don't see a problem. It's not my concern really; I mean this is Rukawa's feelings and that is something I can't stop! I just hope he snaps out of his cold exterior and approach my sister and say something in what he feels!" Hanamichi exclaimed looking at his rival who just did a dunk.
Haruko then noticed that Kaede took a break in the locker room. She whispered to Hanamichi, "He just went to the lockers! This is your chance to talk to him!" Hanamichi stood up and said, "I know!" Haruko then joked, "Just don't head butt him okay?"
Hanamichi just smiled.
In the locker room, Rukawa took out a shirt from his locker and was about to change went Hanamichi busted inside saying, "Oi Kitsune!"
Kaede looked at him and demanded, "What do you want Odahou? Are you going to kill me for falling in love with your sister? Go ahead! It doesn't matter!" Hanamichi raised and eyebrow and exclaimed, "What the hell are you talking about? Anyway I got you to tell me your true feelings about my twin sister though!"
This took Kaede aback; he wanted to smack Hanamichi in the face for trapping him like that. "Common Kitsune, I always knew that you had the thing for Veniz! I'm not dense you know. If you really want things to be better for the both of you, go to her and spill out that thing you just told me!" Hanamichi exclaimed looking dead serious.
"Lucky I'm not narrow minded to think you're rooting for me Odahou or helping me out because that will be impossible!" Rukawa replied smirking at him. "Remember Kitsune, you stepped beyond the line! Make-up to what you did! Veniz is at the music room, crying her heart out!" Hanamichi replied leaving the locker room.
"ASSEMBLE!" Akagi cried. Hanamichi, Ryota, Mitsui and the rest of team assembled in front of Akagi. Akagi then took the attendance and double checked each and on the list and surprisingly exclaimed, "Where the hell is Rukawa?"
Hanamichi smiled and said, "At the music room!" Akagi went gorilla like and demanded, "And why he is doing there?"
Hanamichi shrugged his shoulders and said, "What else asking for an apology!" Akagi then asked again, "To whom?" Hanamichi sighed and said, "To Veniz? Who else?"
"Why the hell is he's going to ask an apology to your sister?" Akagi exclaimed. "Because he's in-love with her!" Haruko blurted out. Akagi stared at her then to Hanamichi. Hanamichi smiled at him saying, "Don't blame me! I didn't set him up! Blame cupid!"
Akagi shook his head and sighed. This is very unusual for Rukawa and what love can do to someone like him! ^_~!