A Fling - Does It Mean A Thing?
Disclaimer: Slam Dunk belongs to Inoue Takehiko. It doesn't belong to me at all, except probably the three Sakuragi siblings.
Summary: Rukawa broke up with Hana because he didn't want her to be a distraction to his Japan Youth Camp. Set after Akagi, Mitsui and Kogure went to take their entrance exams, Miyagi became captain, and Rukawa's going to leave.
A/n: Expect OOC
Chapter 6
"Sakuragi!" shouted the person when he saw her.
"Sawakita Eiji! What are you doing here?" asked Hana hotly.
"Sakuragi, this is my apartment! What are *you* doing here?" asked Eiji back.
"I *live* here," Hana answered hotly.
"What's all this noise?" asked Ryuen.
"Onii-chan! What's this guy doing at our apartment?" asked Hana.
"Hey, Eiji, when did you arrive?" Ryuen asked calmly. "Well, you've met my sister,"
"This is your sister?" asked Eiji pointing at Hana.
"Yup, Hana, this is Sawakita Eiji, my housemate, Eiji, this is my sister, Sakuragi Hana,"
"We've met," both said coldly.
"Oh yeah, you met during the Shohoku-Sannoh match in Inter High," Ryuen said, now remembering when Hana sprained her ankle.
Hana, annoyed, strode off to her room, slammed the door, and dropped to the bed. Her eyes went to the Shohoku team's photograph, where Rukawa is hugging her shoulders, and while she and the rest of team smiles for the camera, Rukawa stay motionless, as usual. Hana traced her fingertip at Rukawa's face.
"Why does he have to look like you?" she asked the still Rukawa in the picture. "It's not fair, you know, everywhere I go, I see him, and get constantly reminded of you,"
A knock at the door brought Hana back to reality. She placed the framed photograph back at the nightstand and opened the door.
"Onii-chan, what do you want to talk about?" Hana asked while Ryuen entered the room.
"So, any attempt to forget Rukawa today?" Ryuen asked instead.
"Well, I think little of him, not much, but there's this guy, he looks just like Kaede, I mean, Rukawa, he has purple hair though, and a friendly attitude. My new friend, Vivian, whom reminded me of Haruko a lot, said he's really popular, and plays basketball," Hana answered.
"And onii-chan, why didn't you tell me that you are Kennedy High's ace player?" Hana continued. "They all lit up when I mentioned that Ryuen Sakuragi, or 'Ryu' to them is my brother,"
Ryuen chuckled. "I don't want you to know, so, did you get into the girl's club?"
"They give me three days to think about it,"
"Join it, you'll get a lot of experience, these people are tough,"
"I know,"
Ryuen silently went out of the room, when Hana's drifting off into space. 'She's probably thinking of the purple dude,' he thought.
*****
Back in Japan...
Shohoku High... (A/n: Japan and New York has a time difference of approx. 14 hours. So, I assume that this is afternoon in Kanagawa, on a different day)
"Minna! I got an email from Hana-chan!" Haruko announced to everybody.
"Really, Haruko?" asked Ayako.
"Yup! Hana-chan's adapting to life over there, she found a new friend, of whom she said reminded her of me, her name is Vivian Kishi, a pure Japanese-American, and she said she met the girls' basketball club captain, and she's probably joining the basketball club," Haruko said cheerfully.
"That's all?" Miyagi asked.
"Yup, sempai," Haruko answered.
"Oh yeah, Rukawa-kun, Hana met a cute guy at her new school," Haruko added. "His name is R.Len Xiao Tian Adam,"
Everyone waited for Rukawa's response. Rukawa glanced at Haruko, and everyone could see the hurt in his eyes. Is it hurt or is it...? Whatever it is, it meant that Rukawa *cares* about Hana still.
*****
Rukawa cycled home after practice. He couldn't believe Hana met a new guy. He arrived home, just in time to have somebody pull him back. It's Sendoh.
"You stupid, incorrigible bastard! How dare you break her heart?" Sendoh asked, and landed a punch on Rukawa's face. Sendoh continued to give Rukawa blows, but the latter didn't react.
Sendoh stopped when Rukawa didn't react. "You still love her, don't you?"
No response.
"Why did you do that to her?" asked Sendoh. "Any guy crazy for her would *die* just to have Hana circle her arms around their shoulders or waist, any guy crazy for her would just love to have her around,"
"She chose you instead of me, instead of the hundreds of male students who's crazy for her," Sendoh continued. "She gave you her affections, her love, her time, what more do you want?"
"Nothing, I want nothing. That time, I think she's stalling me, and a distraction to my practice, and so, we broke up," Rukawa answered. "I think she forgot me already, Haruko said she met another guy,"
"Rukawa, you love her! And she loves you!" Sendoh exasperatedly said. "Nobody could help to matchmake both of you up now, she's over there, you are over here. Save your love, save your relationship, if you love her that much,"
******
At New York...
midnight...
Hana woke up from her sleep. She dreamt that she's with Rukawa on a sandy beach, talking, and laughing. Holding hands as they walked together along the coastal shore, and just having fun. Slowly, Rukawa Kaede's face turned a little bit to R. Len Shigyo, but as they have the same nose, the same foxy eyes, the same mouth, the same face, the only different thing is their hair.
"What does that mean?" Hana asked herself.
Not knowing what to do, since she couldnt' fall back to sleep, Hana turned on the computer, and logged on to the net. She checked her mail. Haruko had replied her message.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Hana-chan...
Thank you for your email. I told your email to the rest of the team, and they told me to tell you that they are glad that you can adapt yourself there. I told Rukawa-kun about the new guy, and I don't know. When Rukawa-kun glanced at me after I said that, he seemed to be sad. Whatever it is, it's an emotion. Maybe he still loves you Hana-chan. The team can't wait for you to return home. Miyagi-sempai said he couldn't wait for his swift-steal princess to return to the court. Rukawa-kun's leaving for camp tomorrow, and he'll be back just in time for the Winter Championships as well. We all miss you here.
Haruko-chan
~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Does he really miss me?" Hana asked herself.
*****
The next day, at school...
Hana found out that she has the same classes with Billie in Advance Calculus and Chemistry.
"Hana, need a lab partner?" asked Billie.
"Yup, today's my first chemistry day," Hana answered.
"Sit here, there's only Len and I at this bench," Billie offered.
"Thanks,"
"By the way, what do you think of joining the club?"
"My brother gave me the consent already, I'll be joining the club today,"
"Good!"
"What's good?" asked Len.
"Hana just accepted my offer to play basketball for the girl's club," Billie said excitedly. "Be at the basketball gym at 3.30 pm,"
"Okay,"
*****
Japan...
It's night, and Kaede had already started packing up for his journey to the Japan Youth Basketball Camp in Yokohama.
"You could have the maid do that for you, you know?" asked someone entering his room.
"Aniki, why are you still up?" asked Kaede.
Rukawa Taka watched as his brother packed his stuffs. He strode over to the nighstand, where a framed photograph of a smiling Hana stands.
"Are you going to bring this as well?" asked Taka, holding up the frame. He oh so accidentally dropped it off.
"Aniki, what do you think you are doing?" asked Kaede, after he managed to save the framed photograph from crashing down to the floor.
"You still love her," Taka stated. "Don't deny it,"
"What's done is done, she got another guy now, there's no use of me fighting to get her back," Kaede answered.
"Kaede! You fought *Sendoh*, you fought everyone who tried to get her attention when both of you were couples, even if *some* of them are just her friends, and now, when both of you broke up, and you want her back, you just let it go," Taka exasperatedly said.
"Sendoh said the same thing, aniki," Kaede answered. "There's no use anymore,"
End of chapter 6
A/n: Okay, do you want Kaede to try and get her back, or not? He's hurting too, you know....
Disclaimer: Slam Dunk belongs to Inoue Takehiko. It doesn't belong to me at all, except probably the three Sakuragi siblings.
Summary: Rukawa broke up with Hana because he didn't want her to be a distraction to his Japan Youth Camp. Set after Akagi, Mitsui and Kogure went to take their entrance exams, Miyagi became captain, and Rukawa's going to leave.
A/n: Expect OOC
Chapter 6
"Sakuragi!" shouted the person when he saw her.
"Sawakita Eiji! What are you doing here?" asked Hana hotly.
"Sakuragi, this is my apartment! What are *you* doing here?" asked Eiji back.
"I *live* here," Hana answered hotly.
"What's all this noise?" asked Ryuen.
"Onii-chan! What's this guy doing at our apartment?" asked Hana.
"Hey, Eiji, when did you arrive?" Ryuen asked calmly. "Well, you've met my sister,"
"This is your sister?" asked Eiji pointing at Hana.
"Yup, Hana, this is Sawakita Eiji, my housemate, Eiji, this is my sister, Sakuragi Hana,"
"We've met," both said coldly.
"Oh yeah, you met during the Shohoku-Sannoh match in Inter High," Ryuen said, now remembering when Hana sprained her ankle.
Hana, annoyed, strode off to her room, slammed the door, and dropped to the bed. Her eyes went to the Shohoku team's photograph, where Rukawa is hugging her shoulders, and while she and the rest of team smiles for the camera, Rukawa stay motionless, as usual. Hana traced her fingertip at Rukawa's face.
"Why does he have to look like you?" she asked the still Rukawa in the picture. "It's not fair, you know, everywhere I go, I see him, and get constantly reminded of you,"
A knock at the door brought Hana back to reality. She placed the framed photograph back at the nightstand and opened the door.
"Onii-chan, what do you want to talk about?" Hana asked while Ryuen entered the room.
"So, any attempt to forget Rukawa today?" Ryuen asked instead.
"Well, I think little of him, not much, but there's this guy, he looks just like Kaede, I mean, Rukawa, he has purple hair though, and a friendly attitude. My new friend, Vivian, whom reminded me of Haruko a lot, said he's really popular, and plays basketball," Hana answered.
"And onii-chan, why didn't you tell me that you are Kennedy High's ace player?" Hana continued. "They all lit up when I mentioned that Ryuen Sakuragi, or 'Ryu' to them is my brother,"
Ryuen chuckled. "I don't want you to know, so, did you get into the girl's club?"
"They give me three days to think about it,"
"Join it, you'll get a lot of experience, these people are tough,"
"I know,"
Ryuen silently went out of the room, when Hana's drifting off into space. 'She's probably thinking of the purple dude,' he thought.
*****
Back in Japan...
Shohoku High... (A/n: Japan and New York has a time difference of approx. 14 hours. So, I assume that this is afternoon in Kanagawa, on a different day)
"Minna! I got an email from Hana-chan!" Haruko announced to everybody.
"Really, Haruko?" asked Ayako.
"Yup! Hana-chan's adapting to life over there, she found a new friend, of whom she said reminded her of me, her name is Vivian Kishi, a pure Japanese-American, and she said she met the girls' basketball club captain, and she's probably joining the basketball club," Haruko said cheerfully.
"That's all?" Miyagi asked.
"Yup, sempai," Haruko answered.
"Oh yeah, Rukawa-kun, Hana met a cute guy at her new school," Haruko added. "His name is R.Len Xiao Tian Adam,"
Everyone waited for Rukawa's response. Rukawa glanced at Haruko, and everyone could see the hurt in his eyes. Is it hurt or is it...? Whatever it is, it meant that Rukawa *cares* about Hana still.
*****
Rukawa cycled home after practice. He couldn't believe Hana met a new guy. He arrived home, just in time to have somebody pull him back. It's Sendoh.
"You stupid, incorrigible bastard! How dare you break her heart?" Sendoh asked, and landed a punch on Rukawa's face. Sendoh continued to give Rukawa blows, but the latter didn't react.
Sendoh stopped when Rukawa didn't react. "You still love her, don't you?"
No response.
"Why did you do that to her?" asked Sendoh. "Any guy crazy for her would *die* just to have Hana circle her arms around their shoulders or waist, any guy crazy for her would just love to have her around,"
"She chose you instead of me, instead of the hundreds of male students who's crazy for her," Sendoh continued. "She gave you her affections, her love, her time, what more do you want?"
"Nothing, I want nothing. That time, I think she's stalling me, and a distraction to my practice, and so, we broke up," Rukawa answered. "I think she forgot me already, Haruko said she met another guy,"
"Rukawa, you love her! And she loves you!" Sendoh exasperatedly said. "Nobody could help to matchmake both of you up now, she's over there, you are over here. Save your love, save your relationship, if you love her that much,"
******
At New York...
midnight...
Hana woke up from her sleep. She dreamt that she's with Rukawa on a sandy beach, talking, and laughing. Holding hands as they walked together along the coastal shore, and just having fun. Slowly, Rukawa Kaede's face turned a little bit to R. Len Shigyo, but as they have the same nose, the same foxy eyes, the same mouth, the same face, the only different thing is their hair.
"What does that mean?" Hana asked herself.
Not knowing what to do, since she couldnt' fall back to sleep, Hana turned on the computer, and logged on to the net. She checked her mail. Haruko had replied her message.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Hana-chan...
Thank you for your email. I told your email to the rest of the team, and they told me to tell you that they are glad that you can adapt yourself there. I told Rukawa-kun about the new guy, and I don't know. When Rukawa-kun glanced at me after I said that, he seemed to be sad. Whatever it is, it's an emotion. Maybe he still loves you Hana-chan. The team can't wait for you to return home. Miyagi-sempai said he couldn't wait for his swift-steal princess to return to the court. Rukawa-kun's leaving for camp tomorrow, and he'll be back just in time for the Winter Championships as well. We all miss you here.
Haruko-chan
~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Does he really miss me?" Hana asked herself.
*****
The next day, at school...
Hana found out that she has the same classes with Billie in Advance Calculus and Chemistry.
"Hana, need a lab partner?" asked Billie.
"Yup, today's my first chemistry day," Hana answered.
"Sit here, there's only Len and I at this bench," Billie offered.
"Thanks,"
"By the way, what do you think of joining the club?"
"My brother gave me the consent already, I'll be joining the club today,"
"Good!"
"What's good?" asked Len.
"Hana just accepted my offer to play basketball for the girl's club," Billie said excitedly. "Be at the basketball gym at 3.30 pm,"
"Okay,"
*****
Japan...
It's night, and Kaede had already started packing up for his journey to the Japan Youth Basketball Camp in Yokohama.
"You could have the maid do that for you, you know?" asked someone entering his room.
"Aniki, why are you still up?" asked Kaede.
Rukawa Taka watched as his brother packed his stuffs. He strode over to the nighstand, where a framed photograph of a smiling Hana stands.
"Are you going to bring this as well?" asked Taka, holding up the frame. He oh so accidentally dropped it off.
"Aniki, what do you think you are doing?" asked Kaede, after he managed to save the framed photograph from crashing down to the floor.
"You still love her," Taka stated. "Don't deny it,"
"What's done is done, she got another guy now, there's no use of me fighting to get her back," Kaede answered.
"Kaede! You fought *Sendoh*, you fought everyone who tried to get her attention when both of you were couples, even if *some* of them are just her friends, and now, when both of you broke up, and you want her back, you just let it go," Taka exasperatedly said.
"Sendoh said the same thing, aniki," Kaede answered. "There's no use anymore,"
End of chapter 6
A/n: Okay, do you want Kaede to try and get her back, or not? He's hurting too, you know....