A/N:
Sorry minna! I know this took a long, long time to be updated. I just finished my finals. Whew! ^__~
So this is it! Chap 6!! Maybe it's not really good, but please tell it anyway, when you have the time to review.
So here goes! Chap 6!
Ta-da
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Making Amends..
Koshino struggled free from Sendoh's tight embrace. Although it felt good to be in them, he didn't want the other guys gossiping around them. And indeed, after a valiant attempt to look over his shoulders, a lot of his new teammates were looking agape at them, and some were just smiling knowingly.
"Sendoh! Let me go, you baka!" Koshino hissed at him, and Sendoh reluctantly let go.
"Sorry, Kosh. Just missed you and everything.." Sendoh cooed, batting his incredibly thick eyelashes at him.
Koshino's face flushed bright red.
"Shut up!"
"Hey, I forgot. I got this for you." Sendoh said proudly, holding the package in his hand. "I know you like them."
"Huh? Thanks." Koshino took the package from the beaming Sendoh.
"Let me guess. From the size and shape of this thing, I can already know what's inside."
"Really? Wow Kosh! You're too cool. Alright, go ahead then, guess!" Sendoh said happily, clapping his hands like a small child. Koshino shook his head. Sendoh looked like a total dumb head. A totally hot, kawaii dumb head.
"Baka Sendoh! That's not cool! It's obviously a cd, for heaven's sake!" Koshino said, as he unwrapped the cd.
"Maa.. You're such a meanie. Anyway, you like 'em?"
Koshino finally unwrapped Sendoh's gift for him, and when he saw that it was Redhot Chili Peppers, his favorite band, he smiled.
"Redhot! And their new Cd! Arigato, Sendoh!"
"Haaha. Anything for you."
Koshino can't help blushing again. It took him a while to get himself out of his reverie.
"Wait, I just remembered.. I'll introduce you to Kenji here. Huh? Where's Fujima?" Koshino asked, looking around for the absent Fujima.
"He's not here. He actually fled sometime ago." Hanagata answered for him.
"Why would he do that?" Koshino said, totally perplexed. "I really wanted him to meet Sendoh.."
"I guess the feelings aren't mutual then." Hanagata said, a knowing look in his eyes.
"What feelings? What's supposed to be mutual?" Koshino asked, getting annoyed. He hated being talked to in riddles.
"Well, you know very well that Ken-"
"Let's go Kosh." Sendoh interrupted Hanagata. He felt that he wasn't going to say something nice then. Sendoh felt the yes of Hanagata on him and he met them straight on. There was a long silence after that. Koshino cleared his throat.
"Wha? Oh, okay. Well, just tell Fujima for me then, Hanagata." Koshino finally said.
"Tell him what, exactly?"
"That Koshino will not be able to finish his trainings today. He and I will go somewhere else. Tell that to him." Sendoh said, quite smugly.
"Okay, whatever you say mother hen."
And Sendoh turned, grabbing Koshino's things and heading out the door. Koshino merely stood in the center, looking dumbfounded.
'What the heck was that?'
"Kosh! Let's go!" Sendoh's loud voice was calling him from outside. Koshino glanced at Hanagata who just shrugged his shoulders, and finally went out of the gym. Hanagata watched the two best friends from outside.
"Koshino, don't break Kenji's heart or you'll have to deal with me."
Fujima sat huddled in a secluded bench outside the gym. He was thinking things over. He mulled at the vision of Sendoh hugging Koshino, and Koshino's unreluctant face as he let himself be swept off his feet. He remembered how Koshino looked so happy when he caught sight of his best friend. So, he was right in suspecting that his Hiro-kun had been secretly in love with his best friend. Isn't that the reason why Hiroaki Koshino was so pissed off when he came to Shoyo? He was there to see for himself. But he actually thought that he could make Koshino forget. And he actually thought in succeeding. But he was wrong. Slowly, tears started to form in his eyes.
'Where would that leave me now, Hiro-kun? Don't I mean anything to you?'
The tears started to flow, and the wind just blew in his face, making him feel more cold and alone.
Once outside, Sendoh tugged at Koshino's arm excitedly.
"Hey, I know. Let's go out!" suggested Sendoh.
"But we are already out, baka." Koshino replied.
"I know.. I know.. I mean let's go really out!"
"You mean you'll treat me to lunch?"
Sendoh was in the process of nodding his head when he realized that he was actually didn't bring enough money with him.
"Maa.. To tell you the truth, I really don't have enough money right now. You know I've bought that gift of yours on impulse that I haven't paid attention that I'm low on cash right now.. Gomen, Kosh-kun!" Sendoh said shyly, scratching his head as he apologized. Koshino was reminded again at how breathtaking Sendoh was.
"Oi, I was just kidding. I'll treat you to lunch, then."
"Really? Wow! You've really changed a lot, Kosh-kun!"
"Don't push it, Sendoh Akira."
"Teme Kitsune! You are such a show-off! A total egotistical maniac!" Sakuragi raged, sitting on top of Rukawa, clutching the other's shirt.
"Do'aho! Get off me!"
Pow!
Blam!
Crash!
Slap!
"Bakero Kitsune! I just wanted to talk to you! Is that really hard?!"
"Why should you?! You've never talked to me before, so why start now?" Rukawa asked monotonously, panting a bit. The sentence might be too long for the one-word-a-day kitsune.
"Be.. Be.. Because.." Sakuragi started, but stopped short. He really didn't know why either.
"Ironic, huh? Don't you remember Sakuragi? Don't you remember that you don't talk to me? Ever since the first day you saw me, you hated me and my guts. Your first greeting to me? A punch in the face, do'aho. A punch." Rukawa continued, not caring I the least if he wasn't in his usual cold self.
"Ki..Kitsune." Sakuragi stammered, feeling quite lost. Rukawa was always called the prince of ice. And he was well-deserved for that. He rarely showed his emotions.until now. Rukawa was flustered in the face, and the cold blue eyes were starting to show some of the pain and anger that he'd harbored for so long.
"I've always tried to reach out to you but guess what? Insults were thrown at me instead. I've needed your friendship and companionship but all you ever did was scorn me and my existence." Rukawa said, words were harshly dragged out of his mouth. Sakuragi just stared at him soundlessly. It was all he could do. Rukawa forged ahead.
"Isn't it enough that I suffer and bear my pains alone? Do you have to add to it by hating me for a reason that I didn't even understand or knew? Do you have to do it again and again, over and over just to make me more miserable than I already am?! Do you really hate me that much, Sakuragi?"
"A..Ano.. You know why, kitsune.. Haruko."
"Let's stop pretending! Let's all stop pretending! I don't want for Haruko to like me. I didn't make her to. And believe me Sakuragi, if I'd only found a way to make her start liking you so you wouldn't hate me, then I've done it a long time ago."
At this point, Rukawa's voice broke, and the tears that he kept for so long started to fall. All his frustrations and depressions finally crumbled down and he couldn't hold it any longer. He knew that he just had to let everything go. He pushed the unmoving and shocked redhead atop him, and he sat upright, hugging his knees to his chest; back turned away from Sakuragi. Both were silent for a long time. Then Rukawa spoke, barely above a whisper, his voice hoarse and low,
"But I'm only human do'aho. I can't control her nor her feelings. And I can't control mine, too. 'Cause no matter how many times you've hurt me by making it clear that you despise me, I still loved you all this time and its tearing me apart."
Then Rukawa, dropped his head on his knees, and he started sobbing. Shudders ran through his fragile body. There, he'd said it. He freed himself already. It felt good, somehow. If only..
Then suddenly, two strong arms encircled him from behind, and he vaguely felt a light shaking hand remove his tears away. Deeply surprised, he turned around and found himself staring into chocolate brown orbs that he'd been dreaming of.
"Hanamichi?" Rukawa asked confusedly.
"That's good Kitsune; you called me by my first name."
"De..Demo.."
"Look kitsune, its okay. You don't have to cry alone anymore. I'm here now, ne?"
"What about Haruko?"
"I forgot her a long time ago, Rukawa."
"A..Ano.. What about Sendoh?"
Sakuragi frowned at this. "What about smiley?"
"Don't you like him?"
Sakuragi smiled tenderly at him. "No, I don't like him kitsune. You know why?"
"Why?"
"'cause You are the one that I like."
Sakuragi held his gaze, just to make sure hat Rukawa knew that he wasn't joking. Rukawa regarded him tearfully for a moment, and then threw himself into Sakuragi's chest, sobbing again. Sakuragi tentatively placed around his hands Rukawa, and leaned his cheek against the kitsune's hair. He breathed in deeply, inhaling the other's scent, feeling happy and contented for the longest time.
"That was delicious, ne Koshino?" Sendoh asked his friend, tapping his stomach, which was loaded with burger, shakes and fries.
"Stop tapping your tummy! You'll just throw up the food we ate then I'll have to feed you again!" Koshino scolded him.
"Stop worrying, worry-wart. I'm never the type to puke." Snedoh replied happily. They walked silkently after that, until they reached a familiar place.
"Hey, let's go over there!" Sendoh said, pointing to the Sakura tree up ahead. The tree was beside a placid lake. They have spent a lot of time there. Usually, Sendoh was with his rod, and he would fish. Koshino would just sit there, accompany him and they would talk for hours until the sun sets. It was their favorite place in the world well, next to basketball courts anyway, and their sanctuary for most of the time.
Koshino looked over to where Sendoh was pointing at and the place also stirred up memories from him. It was in this place that he actually enjoyed to the fullest being with Sendoh. His best friend would just sit near the lake and fish, although he never did get any bite. As for him, he would sit under the great big, beautiful tree, where he could admire Sendoh in silence. He discreetly watched Sendoh, memorizing how his eyes would lit up as he shared a story, and his smiles always make him feel good inside. And there were also these rare occasions that he didn't bring his blasted rod with him, and they would both rest undet the Sakura, with Sendoh playfully lying on his lap like a lover. He would of course act pissed and irate but deep inside, he fought this great urge to run his hands through that spiky mane, and trace Sendoh's lips with his fingers. It was indeed, a precious place for him.
"Oi, I said, lets go sit there. Don't you wanna go?" Sendoh's voice jolted him back to reality.
"Sure. Let's go. It's been a while since we were last there."
"Good. I wish I've brought my rod along. Just like the old times, ne?"
"Hai." Koshino replied, taking a seat next to Sendoh.
Everything was silent, and even the birds were not making any noise. Wind blew softly from their faces, and fallen blossoms flew at their feet. Feeling rather sleepy and tired, Koshino leaned his head on the crook of Sendoh's shoulder and closed his eyes. He felt Sendoh chuckle and place an arm around him. Koshino blushed hard from the contact.
A sigh escape Koshino's lips, and a deep contentment filled his heart. But after a while, he heard Sendoh making noises.
"Koshino! The time! What's the time?!"
"Nani? Time? What time?" Koshino asked dazedly.
Sendoh didn't answer and jerked Koshino's wrist. Then he slapped a hand across his forehead.
"Oh no!! I'm sooooo late!!"
"Huh?" Koshino asked, totally lost.
Sendoh just tilted his head, obviously trying to think a way to explain things.
T.B.C
A/N:
Yay!!! That's it for chap 6! I'm sorry, I guess I didn't really wrote the hentai part, ne? I hope none was disappointed! ^__~
Please review soon okay. I really appreciate all those who are so nice enough to review this ficcie!! Thanks again. And please give me ideas on how to continue this. You know I love to please you guys! Thanks, ja ne! ^__^
Sorry minna! I know this took a long, long time to be updated. I just finished my finals. Whew! ^__~
So this is it! Chap 6!! Maybe it's not really good, but please tell it anyway, when you have the time to review.
So here goes! Chap 6!
Ta-da
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Making Amends..
Koshino struggled free from Sendoh's tight embrace. Although it felt good to be in them, he didn't want the other guys gossiping around them. And indeed, after a valiant attempt to look over his shoulders, a lot of his new teammates were looking agape at them, and some were just smiling knowingly.
"Sendoh! Let me go, you baka!" Koshino hissed at him, and Sendoh reluctantly let go.
"Sorry, Kosh. Just missed you and everything.." Sendoh cooed, batting his incredibly thick eyelashes at him.
Koshino's face flushed bright red.
"Shut up!"
"Hey, I forgot. I got this for you." Sendoh said proudly, holding the package in his hand. "I know you like them."
"Huh? Thanks." Koshino took the package from the beaming Sendoh.
"Let me guess. From the size and shape of this thing, I can already know what's inside."
"Really? Wow Kosh! You're too cool. Alright, go ahead then, guess!" Sendoh said happily, clapping his hands like a small child. Koshino shook his head. Sendoh looked like a total dumb head. A totally hot, kawaii dumb head.
"Baka Sendoh! That's not cool! It's obviously a cd, for heaven's sake!" Koshino said, as he unwrapped the cd.
"Maa.. You're such a meanie. Anyway, you like 'em?"
Koshino finally unwrapped Sendoh's gift for him, and when he saw that it was Redhot Chili Peppers, his favorite band, he smiled.
"Redhot! And their new Cd! Arigato, Sendoh!"
"Haaha. Anything for you."
Koshino can't help blushing again. It took him a while to get himself out of his reverie.
"Wait, I just remembered.. I'll introduce you to Kenji here. Huh? Where's Fujima?" Koshino asked, looking around for the absent Fujima.
"He's not here. He actually fled sometime ago." Hanagata answered for him.
"Why would he do that?" Koshino said, totally perplexed. "I really wanted him to meet Sendoh.."
"I guess the feelings aren't mutual then." Hanagata said, a knowing look in his eyes.
"What feelings? What's supposed to be mutual?" Koshino asked, getting annoyed. He hated being talked to in riddles.
"Well, you know very well that Ken-"
"Let's go Kosh." Sendoh interrupted Hanagata. He felt that he wasn't going to say something nice then. Sendoh felt the yes of Hanagata on him and he met them straight on. There was a long silence after that. Koshino cleared his throat.
"Wha? Oh, okay. Well, just tell Fujima for me then, Hanagata." Koshino finally said.
"Tell him what, exactly?"
"That Koshino will not be able to finish his trainings today. He and I will go somewhere else. Tell that to him." Sendoh said, quite smugly.
"Okay, whatever you say mother hen."
And Sendoh turned, grabbing Koshino's things and heading out the door. Koshino merely stood in the center, looking dumbfounded.
'What the heck was that?'
"Kosh! Let's go!" Sendoh's loud voice was calling him from outside. Koshino glanced at Hanagata who just shrugged his shoulders, and finally went out of the gym. Hanagata watched the two best friends from outside.
"Koshino, don't break Kenji's heart or you'll have to deal with me."
Fujima sat huddled in a secluded bench outside the gym. He was thinking things over. He mulled at the vision of Sendoh hugging Koshino, and Koshino's unreluctant face as he let himself be swept off his feet. He remembered how Koshino looked so happy when he caught sight of his best friend. So, he was right in suspecting that his Hiro-kun had been secretly in love with his best friend. Isn't that the reason why Hiroaki Koshino was so pissed off when he came to Shoyo? He was there to see for himself. But he actually thought that he could make Koshino forget. And he actually thought in succeeding. But he was wrong. Slowly, tears started to form in his eyes.
'Where would that leave me now, Hiro-kun? Don't I mean anything to you?'
The tears started to flow, and the wind just blew in his face, making him feel more cold and alone.
Once outside, Sendoh tugged at Koshino's arm excitedly.
"Hey, I know. Let's go out!" suggested Sendoh.
"But we are already out, baka." Koshino replied.
"I know.. I know.. I mean let's go really out!"
"You mean you'll treat me to lunch?"
Sendoh was in the process of nodding his head when he realized that he was actually didn't bring enough money with him.
"Maa.. To tell you the truth, I really don't have enough money right now. You know I've bought that gift of yours on impulse that I haven't paid attention that I'm low on cash right now.. Gomen, Kosh-kun!" Sendoh said shyly, scratching his head as he apologized. Koshino was reminded again at how breathtaking Sendoh was.
"Oi, I was just kidding. I'll treat you to lunch, then."
"Really? Wow! You've really changed a lot, Kosh-kun!"
"Don't push it, Sendoh Akira."
"Teme Kitsune! You are such a show-off! A total egotistical maniac!" Sakuragi raged, sitting on top of Rukawa, clutching the other's shirt.
"Do'aho! Get off me!"
Pow!
Blam!
Crash!
Slap!
"Bakero Kitsune! I just wanted to talk to you! Is that really hard?!"
"Why should you?! You've never talked to me before, so why start now?" Rukawa asked monotonously, panting a bit. The sentence might be too long for the one-word-a-day kitsune.
"Be.. Be.. Because.." Sakuragi started, but stopped short. He really didn't know why either.
"Ironic, huh? Don't you remember Sakuragi? Don't you remember that you don't talk to me? Ever since the first day you saw me, you hated me and my guts. Your first greeting to me? A punch in the face, do'aho. A punch." Rukawa continued, not caring I the least if he wasn't in his usual cold self.
"Ki..Kitsune." Sakuragi stammered, feeling quite lost. Rukawa was always called the prince of ice. And he was well-deserved for that. He rarely showed his emotions.until now. Rukawa was flustered in the face, and the cold blue eyes were starting to show some of the pain and anger that he'd harbored for so long.
"I've always tried to reach out to you but guess what? Insults were thrown at me instead. I've needed your friendship and companionship but all you ever did was scorn me and my existence." Rukawa said, words were harshly dragged out of his mouth. Sakuragi just stared at him soundlessly. It was all he could do. Rukawa forged ahead.
"Isn't it enough that I suffer and bear my pains alone? Do you have to add to it by hating me for a reason that I didn't even understand or knew? Do you have to do it again and again, over and over just to make me more miserable than I already am?! Do you really hate me that much, Sakuragi?"
"A..Ano.. You know why, kitsune.. Haruko."
"Let's stop pretending! Let's all stop pretending! I don't want for Haruko to like me. I didn't make her to. And believe me Sakuragi, if I'd only found a way to make her start liking you so you wouldn't hate me, then I've done it a long time ago."
At this point, Rukawa's voice broke, and the tears that he kept for so long started to fall. All his frustrations and depressions finally crumbled down and he couldn't hold it any longer. He knew that he just had to let everything go. He pushed the unmoving and shocked redhead atop him, and he sat upright, hugging his knees to his chest; back turned away from Sakuragi. Both were silent for a long time. Then Rukawa spoke, barely above a whisper, his voice hoarse and low,
"But I'm only human do'aho. I can't control her nor her feelings. And I can't control mine, too. 'Cause no matter how many times you've hurt me by making it clear that you despise me, I still loved you all this time and its tearing me apart."
Then Rukawa, dropped his head on his knees, and he started sobbing. Shudders ran through his fragile body. There, he'd said it. He freed himself already. It felt good, somehow. If only..
Then suddenly, two strong arms encircled him from behind, and he vaguely felt a light shaking hand remove his tears away. Deeply surprised, he turned around and found himself staring into chocolate brown orbs that he'd been dreaming of.
"Hanamichi?" Rukawa asked confusedly.
"That's good Kitsune; you called me by my first name."
"De..Demo.."
"Look kitsune, its okay. You don't have to cry alone anymore. I'm here now, ne?"
"What about Haruko?"
"I forgot her a long time ago, Rukawa."
"A..Ano.. What about Sendoh?"
Sakuragi frowned at this. "What about smiley?"
"Don't you like him?"
Sakuragi smiled tenderly at him. "No, I don't like him kitsune. You know why?"
"Why?"
"'cause You are the one that I like."
Sakuragi held his gaze, just to make sure hat Rukawa knew that he wasn't joking. Rukawa regarded him tearfully for a moment, and then threw himself into Sakuragi's chest, sobbing again. Sakuragi tentatively placed around his hands Rukawa, and leaned his cheek against the kitsune's hair. He breathed in deeply, inhaling the other's scent, feeling happy and contented for the longest time.
"That was delicious, ne Koshino?" Sendoh asked his friend, tapping his stomach, which was loaded with burger, shakes and fries.
"Stop tapping your tummy! You'll just throw up the food we ate then I'll have to feed you again!" Koshino scolded him.
"Stop worrying, worry-wart. I'm never the type to puke." Snedoh replied happily. They walked silkently after that, until they reached a familiar place.
"Hey, let's go over there!" Sendoh said, pointing to the Sakura tree up ahead. The tree was beside a placid lake. They have spent a lot of time there. Usually, Sendoh was with his rod, and he would fish. Koshino would just sit there, accompany him and they would talk for hours until the sun sets. It was their favorite place in the world well, next to basketball courts anyway, and their sanctuary for most of the time.
Koshino looked over to where Sendoh was pointing at and the place also stirred up memories from him. It was in this place that he actually enjoyed to the fullest being with Sendoh. His best friend would just sit near the lake and fish, although he never did get any bite. As for him, he would sit under the great big, beautiful tree, where he could admire Sendoh in silence. He discreetly watched Sendoh, memorizing how his eyes would lit up as he shared a story, and his smiles always make him feel good inside. And there were also these rare occasions that he didn't bring his blasted rod with him, and they would both rest undet the Sakura, with Sendoh playfully lying on his lap like a lover. He would of course act pissed and irate but deep inside, he fought this great urge to run his hands through that spiky mane, and trace Sendoh's lips with his fingers. It was indeed, a precious place for him.
"Oi, I said, lets go sit there. Don't you wanna go?" Sendoh's voice jolted him back to reality.
"Sure. Let's go. It's been a while since we were last there."
"Good. I wish I've brought my rod along. Just like the old times, ne?"
"Hai." Koshino replied, taking a seat next to Sendoh.
Everything was silent, and even the birds were not making any noise. Wind blew softly from their faces, and fallen blossoms flew at their feet. Feeling rather sleepy and tired, Koshino leaned his head on the crook of Sendoh's shoulder and closed his eyes. He felt Sendoh chuckle and place an arm around him. Koshino blushed hard from the contact.
A sigh escape Koshino's lips, and a deep contentment filled his heart. But after a while, he heard Sendoh making noises.
"Koshino! The time! What's the time?!"
"Nani? Time? What time?" Koshino asked dazedly.
Sendoh didn't answer and jerked Koshino's wrist. Then he slapped a hand across his forehead.
"Oh no!! I'm sooooo late!!"
"Huh?" Koshino asked, totally lost.
Sendoh just tilted his head, obviously trying to think a way to explain things.
T.B.C
A/N:
Yay!!! That's it for chap 6! I'm sorry, I guess I didn't really wrote the hentai part, ne? I hope none was disappointed! ^__~
Please review soon okay. I really appreciate all those who are so nice enough to review this ficcie!! Thanks again. And please give me ideas on how to continue this. You know I love to please you guys! Thanks, ja ne! ^__^