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This Time Around
Part 9
~SENDOH AND RUKAWA'S DATE~
Sendoh (walking beside Rukawa): I believe I didn't catch your name… /trying to start a conversation/
Rukawa: I believe my name doesn't held any importance to you… /rolls her eyes/
Sendoh: Mind if I call you Kaede?
Rukawa stiffened when Sendoh mentioned her real name.
Rukawa: …
Sendoh (smiles): I believe you don't mind… /sighs/ Can we stay at the park for a little while… /smiles/ I'm tired… If that's ok with you…
Rukawa: Whatever you say… /follows Sendoh to the nearby park/
They sat in the swing. There stretched a long silence. Neither one of them wanted to break it… Then suddenly—
Sendoh: You know, you're just like him…
Rukawa (raises her eyebrow in question): Him?!
Sendoh: Yeah, you're just like Rukawa. I'm sure you knew him already… besides you belong to the same team, right?
Rukawa: …
He continued…
Sendoh: He's the greatest basketball player ever. He's a great guy. I'm sure he's got a bright future ahead of him… Count to think of it, he just looks like you… same cold cobalt blue eyes… pale skin, raven black hair… hell, you even got his basketball skills… You know what? I've got his weird feeling that you and Kaede are the same person… Funny don't you think?
Rukawa (too stunned to say a word): (to herself): This freak actually looks up to me?! Or is it that I'm only hearing things?!
Sendoh just stayed in his place… swinging himself back and forth… He knew the person beside him DOESN'T WANT TO TALK at all (let alone be with him in the first place)… but it didn't matter. How could he ask for more?
Then suddenly Rukawa decided to talk… much to Sendoh's surprise…
Rukawa: What if I tell you I am Rukawa Kaede?
Sendoh: I don't know. Certainly, you're not him. You're a girl he's not.
Rukawa: Listen, what if I'm really Rukawa?
Sendoh (examines her from head to foot): You look a lot like him… but it's HIM not HER… /smiles/
Rukawa: You don't believe me, don't you? /sounds serious/
Sendoh: It's evident enough. I believe in what I see…
Rukawa: You remember the first time our school had a game against yours?
Sendoh: Yeah…
Rukawa: I was there… wearing jersey number 11… it was a close match… /thinks of their first game/
Sendoh (to himself): IS SHE OUT OF HER MIND? /continues to listen/
Rukawa: After the match, you came to me and said…
Sendoh also thinks of their first match…
Sendoh and Rukawa (at the same time): Nice game Rukawa! But you need to practice with your life in order to beat me.
Sendoh (disbelieving): What the—
Rukawa: And I completely ignored you. The second game we had was in the finals… You really got into my nerves… The third was yesterday… I thought you've already noticed something strange when you haven't seen the REAL Rukawa Kaede on court, but instead a girl who looks hell like him.
Sendoh (to himself): Now she's talking…
Rukawa continued…
Rukawa: I already corrected that do'ahou yesterday when he regarded me as KAEDE instead of KARA… because… the truth is… I. Am. Rukawa. Kaede…
Sendoh (staring at her): If you are really Rukawa… why are you… why… how… /he stammered/
Rukawa (smiled much to Sendoh's amusement): It's a long story…
Then she narrated the whole story, which Sendoh found quite crazy, but nevertheless, he gave in. It was past 9 in the evening when both of them decided to go home.
Sendoh (to himself while walking Rukawa to her house): I'm really lucky. I maybe one of the few people whom have the privilege of seeing the other side of Rukawa… his more human side… /smiles to himself/
Rukawa (to herself): He's not that bad after all… /smiles to herself/
When they've reached her residence…
Sendoh: Thanks for the time. See you again next time.
Rukawa: Yeah, I'll beat when that time comes. /smiles/
It was like the world stopped when they looked into each other's eyes… They've tried to break the trance but their urge is much stronger… [I suck at these parts…] And they kissed.
Sendoh (breaking the kiss): Gomen… Sakuragi might kill me! /smiles sheepishly/
Rukawa (blushing): Don't tell me you actually believe that do'ahou?!
Sendoh (question marks above his head—anime style): You mean—
Rukawa: Yeah, whatever… Go home now. I don't want people to see me bringing a guy inside my house… [Rukawa lives alone]
Sendoh: Hai. Hai.
With that he already left. Rukawa just watched his retreating figure.
Rukawa (sighs): This is too much for me… /then goes inside the comforts of her house/
To be continued…
People! This is not SENRU despite of what was written above… well, just for your information… ^__^ Anyway, please review… THANKS!
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