Title: The Love Letter
Pairing: SenRu
Disclaimers: Slam Dunk does not belong to me. Only the story, though.
Authors Notes: This is my first SD fic. Hope you guys would enjoy this one. Comments welcomed!

Summary: One sunny Saturday morning, Rukawa Kaede received a mysterious love letter...from Sendoh Akira.

The Love Letter
by Archangel

Chapter Four

"Uhm, Rukawa-kun…can you wait here? I'll go change first…" Sendoh said as he slowly picked up his clothes. Rukawa nodded in reply. And with Sendoh's cutely nervous features, Rukawa can't help but do something that would ease his sudden flow of emotions…He went down to his knees and helped Sendoh pick his things up.

And gods they were so close. They could even hear each others breath, they could smell each others hair and gosh, Rukawa could even feel Sendoh's stare…wait a second…stare?! And as Keade slowly lifted his head, he saw Akira staring at him…staring with such enchanting eyes…/Will somebody stop me from this insanity for I can't take my eyes of his?/ Rukawa thought.

"Thanks, Rukawa-kun." And from that moment, Kaede is .001 near melting point…Akira smiled at him. And of course, like the usual keep-my-sanity-alive-guy, Rukawa gave him his regular expressionless look and answered in his casual monotone…"No problem."

After a few minutes, Rukawa still can't help but scold himself…/If I could only go home and punch myself for being such a jerk, I think I would've done so…I'm such a cold-blooded man. This expressionless voice and deadpan face of mine really pisses me off. I'm the duke of snob, prince of impassiveness and king of coldness. Jerk, Jerk, Jerk, Rukawa Kae-/ and his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Akira's voice…

"Hey Kaede?! Mind if we skip basketball for today? I plan to take you out on a date." It was Akira…Akira and a shiny red Porsche. It was Sendoh Akira in his shades…and it was already enough to turn Rukawa Kaede on…/so hot…so hot, Akira./

"Please? Skip basketball today, Kaede-kun?" /Shit./ He doesn't have the voice to talk. He was so mesmerized by Akira's look and fashion sense…not to mention his flirting styles and pleading words…/did he call me Kaede? And did he say date?!/

"Ok, I shouldn't have sounded too cool…Ehem..." Sensing that his Kaede-kun wouldn't talk and is constantly giving him that incomprehensible look, Sendoh went out of his car and made his way to where Rukawa was standing. Sendoh is wearing a white shirt inside his polo and with his jeans and shades…his hair half-gelled and is dangling in his eyes as the wind blows…/Do'aho Kaede…/ Rukawa said to himself.

And finally, as he was standing right in front of Rukawa, he took of his shades and looked at him with expectant eyes…"Kaede, can we skip practice today? And *smiles* would you go out with me? I'm kicked out of the house and I don't plan to go up the window to get in. I would rather go out with you than to do that. Would you come with me, ne, Kaede?" and his statement sealed with his precious smile...

/Could somebody tell me a reason to say no to this guy?! Coz I have no idea why I shouldn't. Not when heaven is in my face…not when Akira's around looking like this…well not that I'm turning into a maniac or anything…it's just that I'm admiring him too much as of the moment, physically yes (actually I do all the time) and his sweetness is something for me to note as well. And it makes me wonder, why do people say that I'm the woman magnet when I firmly believe that he's a better looking guy than I am and he has this personality that you just can't say no with…hn./ simply Rukawa Kaede.

And soon he found himself sitting right next to the gorgeous Sendoh Akira…inside his Porsche.

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Although the day was nice no less with a gorgeous looking date, this ride-to-eternity-special-driving-date was making Rukawa Kaede go crazy. It was too much for a day and he just can't stop thinking how to open up the topic about the love letter...

/Will he confess personally? And what will I say? "Yeah, I like you to, Akira" Nah. Sounds too overused. Smile? Nope. It would probably scare him to death and I'll lose my boyfriend without a kiss. Kiss…him? Gosh, I don't even know how!/

"You're blushing, Kaede. Anything to share?" And so he was. And reflexively, he did the stupidest alibi he does every time he's blushing…he slapped himself… "My cheeks are itching." Lame, Kaede…too lame.

"I see. Hmmmm…so, where would I take you, Kaede-kun? Do you have someplace in mind?"

Still to keep his poise and ever hard as rock image, he coldly replied, "You're the one who started this. You should know where to take me." And just as he said so, he felt his spirit poke him in the head, pinched his cheeks and punched his nose.

"Hehe, gomen, Rukawa-kun. I was just wondering if you'd like to go somewhere in particular. I could always drive us there. We have the whole day to ourselves anyway, right? The whole day?" Sendoh asked with a smile. Rukawa of course didn't reply. It was completely understood…he didn't have any choice. And Sendoh didn't know that it was Rukawa's utmost pleasure to be with him. Though calling him "Rukawa-kun" is slightly getting to Kaede's nerves. /Rukawa-kun again. Just when he was starting to give a new meaning to my name…he'd go back to calling me Rukawa-kun again./

"Have you eaten already? I'm really starving right now."

"I already drank." Said the master monotone.

"Ok, so let's go get a munch…my treat." And Sendoh turned into a corner and drove to the nearest coffee shop.

And that was the just the start of Rukawa Kaede's first out-of-basketball date with Sendoh Akira…