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 9
New York...
Hana sat down on the bed, instead of falling asleep. Len *kissed* her, and she kissed him back.
"Do I feel anything?" she asked herself. Reminded of the hot full-on snog, she answered herself, "yeah, I do,"
"So now, what should I do?" she asked herself. "What would you do?" she asked the smiling photograph of Haruko, taken with her just before she left Japan.
She went straight to her pc, and logged on to the net. Not bothering to read Haruko's email, she composed a new email to Haruko.
~~~`
Dear Haruko-chan...
The guy that I told you about, Len, *kissed* me after our date ended! It felt soooo hot that its sizzling. There's just one catch though, I still couldn't forget Rukawa. I know I sound like I already do, but in reality, actually, I don't. I still look at his picture and say, 'why does he has to look just like you?' I don't know what to do, Haruko-chan!!!!! Can you please tell my problem to Ayako-sempai (WITHOUT ANYONE HEARING ABOUT IT), if you couldn't think about it.
Hana-chan
P.S. : I missed Shohoku too, don't worry, I'll be back in two or three months.
~~~~~~
Hana breathed a sigh of relief after that.
****
School...
English class...
"Hana, there's an Utada Hikaru concert in the Japanese embassy, do you want to go with me?" asked Vivian. "My uncle who works at the organising company gave me two free tickets,"
"Umm, I don't know, I don't really like Utada Hikaru that much, but I do missed listening to J-Pop though," answered Hana.
"So, can you go with me?" asked Vivian again.
"When is that?" Hana replied.
"Friday Night, at the Japanese embassy. I don't want to go alone,"
"You mean, this week's friday night?"
Vivian nodded.
"Sorry, Vivian, I couldn't, I've got something to do with my brother that night, thanks for the invitation anyway," Hana answered.
****
Chemistry class...
"Hana, there's an Utada Hikaru concert at the Japanese embassy, would you like to go with me?" asked Len.
"I don't really like Utada Hikaru," Hana answered.
"I want to listen to J-Pop, would you like to go with me?"
"Sorry, I've something to do with my brother that night, thanks for the invitation," Hana answered.
****
Basketball practice...
"Sakuragi!" shouted Honey.
"Yeah?"
"Let's have a one-on-one,"
"Sure," Hana answered.
"The first to get six points win, if I win, you must not walk with Len or go out with him ever again," Honey said.
"Is Len your boyfriend?" asked Hana. Honey shook her head.
"Well, that means it's ok, even if you win, he's not attached to you," Hana answered. "But if I win, I could be with Len anytime I like, eh?"
Honey gasped. "All right, let's have the match!"
****
Hana won against Honey with 6-2. Honey is fast, but Hana could see some flaws in her. 'No wonder Kerry's the regular point guard,' she thought.
"It's harder during with Kerry, no wonder she's the regular point guard," Hana said, panting.
"You are quite good as well, no wonder you beated Kerry," Honey answered. "Do you like R.Len?"
Hana nodded.
"I love him since I've met him, he's the cutest guy in middle school, but he went to a different school," Honey explained. "When I heard that he entered Kennedy, I was ecstatic, imagine, R.Len Xiao Tian Adam, the famous basketball player entering Kennedy! I told myself I am finally going to meet him and talk to him,"
"But you didn't,"
"R.Len is always surrounded with girls, particularly Billie, but now I know they are just best friends, but I just couldn't work up my courage to tell him so,"
"He just never notice you, eh?"
Honey nodded.
"You are quite beautiful, Honey, why not find some other guy? I'm sure a lot of guys out there likes you," Hana said. "I like Len as well, he's a gentleman, and he's everything a girl could ever want,"
"It's not easy if you've been in love with him for the past few years," Honey answered.
"I once had this huge crush on a guy back home. I thought it's love. Finally, he noticed me, I was so ecstatic-" Hana started.
"Who wouldn't?" asked Honey.
"Until, we had a date, and I found out that he's boring. He may be cute, and made my interest in basketball sparked, but he's boring, and I found out that, I don't love him at all," Hana continued.
"You are right, maybe the same thing might happen to me if R.Len noticed me, thanks Hana, for the advice," Honey answered.
*****
Home...
"No date today?" asked Ryuen, when Hana entered alone.
"Onii-chan, it's school night, what do you expect?" she asked.
"Oh yeah, there's an Utada Hikaru concert at the Japanese embassy, on Friday night, and Eiji and I are going there with our respective dates," Len said.
"Nani? But onii-chan..."
"Go there with Len,"
"But I just told Len that I couldn't go out with him because I've an errand to do with you!"
"Call him up, and tell him that your brother had other plans, and so, you are taking up his offer now,"
"And besides, I don't really like Utada Hikaru that much," Hana said.
"Okay, then you can stay at home..."
*****
The night of the concert...
Hana logged on to MSN. Haruko is online, and unfortunately, so do the kitsune...
The first thing that Hana did was block him.
~~~
(A/n: I know how MSN looks like, but to make matters simpler, I'll just do it IRC-type)
Hana-chan: Haruko-chan, how are you?
Haruko: I'm fine, thanks, what about you?
Hana-chan: same here, except in the inside.
Haruko: Have you figured out about this Len guy?
Hana-chan: I don't know, I like him though, but he looks like rukawa.
Haruko: Hmm, you sure your affections towards him is not because he looks like rukawa.
Hana-chan: That's it, I don't know, his hair is different though, and he's not as cold, he's quite warm and friendly.
Haruko: Hana, do you know what time is it?
Hana: Umm, 10 p.m. New York time...
Haruko: Plus 14 hours, it's Japanese time...
Hana: It's 1 p.m over there, right?
Haruko: Right.... and since its a Saturday, I'm going to prepare lunch for the family.
Hana: Okay, talk to you later, there's an Utada Hikaru concert here...
Haruko: Utada Hikaru??????? Why aren't you going?
Hana: I don't really like her that much. Well, ja ne.
Haruko: Ja.
~~~
Just before Hana logged out, she unblocked Rukawa.
****
Hana picked up her mobile phone, and dialed Len's number.
"Moshi moshi," said a guy's voice.
"Len?"
"Hana, where are you?"
"Home, I'm bored! My brother decided to cancel the errand at the very last minute,"
"I'll go there,"
"Aren't you at the concert?"
"I didn't go when you rejected my invitation, can I come to your house?"
"Yeah, ok,"
****
A few minutes later...
Hana opened the door for Len.
"Sorry for disturbing you," Hana said.
"It's okay, so, what do you want to do?"
"I don't know, I was bored,"
"Hana, do you know that I like you so much?" Len asked, and held Hana's hand. Hana gasped.
"I like you too," Hana confessed. Len's face brightened. "But..." As instantly as his face brightened just now, it felled.
"There's something I've to show you," Hana said and brought Len to her room.
"Who is this? He looks JUST like ME!" Len exclaimed after he saw Rukawa's picture.
"He's my ex-boyfriend, and yes, he looks just like you, except the hair and probably the eyes," Hana replied. "I like you very much, but I'm afraid that my affection for you is because I missed him too much. I don't want my affection to you is because of that. It's not fair for you,"
"But Hana, I like you very much,"
"Same here, Len, but..."
"No buts. If I can prove that I'm very different from him, would you like to go out with me, and be my girlfriend?" Len asked.
Hana was startled for a moment, but after that, nodded. "Prove to me that you are different,"
"Okay,"
****
The male basketball team, led by Len, is starting their match to win the New York's Private School's Basketball Tournament. Today is their first match against Cranberry High.
"Go for it, Len..." Hana said.
"I'm going to! With you at my side, I'm going to win," Len replied. "You'll see how different I play after this,"
Hana nodded. "Okay, I'll be supporting you at the audience,"
******
Hana watched intently as Len passed the ball to his teammates. He never scores, but his passes made everybody has an even score. Unlike her teammates, where everybody passes to Rukawa, Len passes to everybody, and seldom asked for a pass, unlike Rukawa.
"Does he ever scores, Billie?" asked Hana. Billie was watching with her as well.
"During second half, when nobody expects him to do so, he loves taking rebounds, as you can see,"
Len had just gotten another rebound.
"Yup, I could see that, he looks so happy when he got that rebound, but I thought he's one of the best players,"
"Len only scores during second half, and when the team enters quarter finals, to make sure he gets to be in the top 5 players and qualify Kennedy for the finals,"
'He showed me how different he is from Rukawa already, in more ways than one, his feelings, his attitude, his style of playing,' Hana thought. 'I should accept the proposal,'
****
"Congratulations for winning," Hana said to Len. Kennedy won 168-88.
"Thanks,"
"Len, you showed me just now, how different you are from Rukawa, and I've been doing a lot of thinking one of these days," Hana started.
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" asked Len.
"And I noticed that, ever since I know you, I've started to forget Rukawa, little by little. And I've come to love you as well,"
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" Len repeated.
"Ok," she answered.
Len's eyes brightened, and held Hana close. "Oh Hana, do you know how many times I dreamt that you said that?"
"You mean ok?"
"No, aishiteru,"
*****
End of chapter 9
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 9
New York...
Hana sat down on the bed, instead of falling asleep. Len *kissed* her, and she kissed him back.
"Do I feel anything?" she asked herself. Reminded of the hot full-on snog, she answered herself, "yeah, I do,"
"So now, what should I do?" she asked herself. "What would you do?" she asked the smiling photograph of Haruko, taken with her just before she left Japan.
She went straight to her pc, and logged on to the net. Not bothering to read Haruko's email, she composed a new email to Haruko.
~~~`
Dear Haruko-chan...
The guy that I told you about, Len, *kissed* me after our date ended! It felt soooo hot that its sizzling. There's just one catch though, I still couldn't forget Rukawa. I know I sound like I already do, but in reality, actually, I don't. I still look at his picture and say, 'why does he has to look just like you?' I don't know what to do, Haruko-chan!!!!! Can you please tell my problem to Ayako-sempai (WITHOUT ANYONE HEARING ABOUT IT), if you couldn't think about it.
Hana-chan
P.S. : I missed Shohoku too, don't worry, I'll be back in two or three months.
~~~~~~
Hana breathed a sigh of relief after that.
****
School...
English class...
"Hana, there's an Utada Hikaru concert in the Japanese embassy, do you want to go with me?" asked Vivian. "My uncle who works at the organising company gave me two free tickets,"
"Umm, I don't know, I don't really like Utada Hikaru that much, but I do missed listening to J-Pop though," answered Hana.
"So, can you go with me?" asked Vivian again.
"When is that?" Hana replied.
"Friday Night, at the Japanese embassy. I don't want to go alone,"
"You mean, this week's friday night?"
Vivian nodded.
"Sorry, Vivian, I couldn't, I've got something to do with my brother that night, thanks for the invitation anyway," Hana answered.
****
Chemistry class...
"Hana, there's an Utada Hikaru concert at the Japanese embassy, would you like to go with me?" asked Len.
"I don't really like Utada Hikaru," Hana answered.
"I want to listen to J-Pop, would you like to go with me?"
"Sorry, I've something to do with my brother that night, thanks for the invitation," Hana answered.
****
Basketball practice...
"Sakuragi!" shouted Honey.
"Yeah?"
"Let's have a one-on-one,"
"Sure," Hana answered.
"The first to get six points win, if I win, you must not walk with Len or go out with him ever again," Honey said.
"Is Len your boyfriend?" asked Hana. Honey shook her head.
"Well, that means it's ok, even if you win, he's not attached to you," Hana answered. "But if I win, I could be with Len anytime I like, eh?"
Honey gasped. "All right, let's have the match!"
****
Hana won against Honey with 6-2. Honey is fast, but Hana could see some flaws in her. 'No wonder Kerry's the regular point guard,' she thought.
"It's harder during with Kerry, no wonder she's the regular point guard," Hana said, panting.
"You are quite good as well, no wonder you beated Kerry," Honey answered. "Do you like R.Len?"
Hana nodded.
"I love him since I've met him, he's the cutest guy in middle school, but he went to a different school," Honey explained. "When I heard that he entered Kennedy, I was ecstatic, imagine, R.Len Xiao Tian Adam, the famous basketball player entering Kennedy! I told myself I am finally going to meet him and talk to him,"
"But you didn't,"
"R.Len is always surrounded with girls, particularly Billie, but now I know they are just best friends, but I just couldn't work up my courage to tell him so,"
"He just never notice you, eh?"
Honey nodded.
"You are quite beautiful, Honey, why not find some other guy? I'm sure a lot of guys out there likes you," Hana said. "I like Len as well, he's a gentleman, and he's everything a girl could ever want,"
"It's not easy if you've been in love with him for the past few years," Honey answered.
"I once had this huge crush on a guy back home. I thought it's love. Finally, he noticed me, I was so ecstatic-" Hana started.
"Who wouldn't?" asked Honey.
"Until, we had a date, and I found out that he's boring. He may be cute, and made my interest in basketball sparked, but he's boring, and I found out that, I don't love him at all," Hana continued.
"You are right, maybe the same thing might happen to me if R.Len noticed me, thanks Hana, for the advice," Honey answered.
*****
Home...
"No date today?" asked Ryuen, when Hana entered alone.
"Onii-chan, it's school night, what do you expect?" she asked.
"Oh yeah, there's an Utada Hikaru concert at the Japanese embassy, on Friday night, and Eiji and I are going there with our respective dates," Len said.
"Nani? But onii-chan..."
"Go there with Len,"
"But I just told Len that I couldn't go out with him because I've an errand to do with you!"
"Call him up, and tell him that your brother had other plans, and so, you are taking up his offer now,"
"And besides, I don't really like Utada Hikaru that much," Hana said.
"Okay, then you can stay at home..."
*****
The night of the concert...
Hana logged on to MSN. Haruko is online, and unfortunately, so do the kitsune...
The first thing that Hana did was block him.
~~~
(A/n: I know how MSN looks like, but to make matters simpler, I'll just do it IRC-type)
Hana-chan: Haruko-chan, how are you?
Haruko: I'm fine, thanks, what about you?
Hana-chan: same here, except in the inside.
Haruko: Have you figured out about this Len guy?
Hana-chan: I don't know, I like him though, but he looks like rukawa.
Haruko: Hmm, you sure your affections towards him is not because he looks like rukawa.
Hana-chan: That's it, I don't know, his hair is different though, and he's not as cold, he's quite warm and friendly.
Haruko: Hana, do you know what time is it?
Hana: Umm, 10 p.m. New York time...
Haruko: Plus 14 hours, it's Japanese time...
Hana: It's 1 p.m over there, right?
Haruko: Right.... and since its a Saturday, I'm going to prepare lunch for the family.
Hana: Okay, talk to you later, there's an Utada Hikaru concert here...
Haruko: Utada Hikaru??????? Why aren't you going?
Hana: I don't really like her that much. Well, ja ne.
Haruko: Ja.
~~~
Just before Hana logged out, she unblocked Rukawa.
****
Hana picked up her mobile phone, and dialed Len's number.
"Moshi moshi," said a guy's voice.
"Len?"
"Hana, where are you?"
"Home, I'm bored! My brother decided to cancel the errand at the very last minute,"
"I'll go there,"
"Aren't you at the concert?"
"I didn't go when you rejected my invitation, can I come to your house?"
"Yeah, ok,"
****
A few minutes later...
Hana opened the door for Len.
"Sorry for disturbing you," Hana said.
"It's okay, so, what do you want to do?"
"I don't know, I was bored,"
"Hana, do you know that I like you so much?" Len asked, and held Hana's hand. Hana gasped.
"I like you too," Hana confessed. Len's face brightened. "But..." As instantly as his face brightened just now, it felled.
"There's something I've to show you," Hana said and brought Len to her room.
"Who is this? He looks JUST like ME!" Len exclaimed after he saw Rukawa's picture.
"He's my ex-boyfriend, and yes, he looks just like you, except the hair and probably the eyes," Hana replied. "I like you very much, but I'm afraid that my affection for you is because I missed him too much. I don't want my affection to you is because of that. It's not fair for you,"
"But Hana, I like you very much,"
"Same here, Len, but..."
"No buts. If I can prove that I'm very different from him, would you like to go out with me, and be my girlfriend?" Len asked.
Hana was startled for a moment, but after that, nodded. "Prove to me that you are different,"
"Okay,"
****
The male basketball team, led by Len, is starting their match to win the New York's Private School's Basketball Tournament. Today is their first match against Cranberry High.
"Go for it, Len..." Hana said.
"I'm going to! With you at my side, I'm going to win," Len replied. "You'll see how different I play after this,"
Hana nodded. "Okay, I'll be supporting you at the audience,"
******
Hana watched intently as Len passed the ball to his teammates. He never scores, but his passes made everybody has an even score. Unlike her teammates, where everybody passes to Rukawa, Len passes to everybody, and seldom asked for a pass, unlike Rukawa.
"Does he ever scores, Billie?" asked Hana. Billie was watching with her as well.
"During second half, when nobody expects him to do so, he loves taking rebounds, as you can see,"
Len had just gotten another rebound.
"Yup, I could see that, he looks so happy when he got that rebound, but I thought he's one of the best players,"
"Len only scores during second half, and when the team enters quarter finals, to make sure he gets to be in the top 5 players and qualify Kennedy for the finals,"
'He showed me how different he is from Rukawa already, in more ways than one, his feelings, his attitude, his style of playing,' Hana thought. 'I should accept the proposal,'
****
"Congratulations for winning," Hana said to Len. Kennedy won 168-88.
"Thanks,"
"Len, you showed me just now, how different you are from Rukawa, and I've been doing a lot of thinking one of these days," Hana started.
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" asked Len.
"And I noticed that, ever since I know you, I've started to forget Rukawa, little by little. And I've come to love you as well,"
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" Len repeated.
"Ok," she answered.
Len's eyes brightened, and held Hana close. "Oh Hana, do you know how many times I dreamt that you said that?"
"You mean ok?"
"No, aishiteru,"
*****
End of chapter 9