Notes: To sLL: Sankyuu~~ ^^ You're the first person to review my fic. I'm not really good at writing POVs, so… well, but Makoto would be playing quite an important role in the story =)

Disclaimer: I don't draw that good. SlamDunk belongs to the one and only Takehito-sama

Cupid

 Chapter  4

It had been a month since the summer break was over. Rukawa cycled at his usual speed, falling asleep due to too much thinking. He had only one thing to look foward to. Hanamichi was going back to school today. It was during the redhead's absence in the month that he had realised his true feelings. Honestly, he was mortified at the fact that he liked the do'aho. He wanted to be more than friends with Hanamichi. It would not be an easy task, but it was worth it if Hanamichi could return his feelings. With that, he drifted off to sleep, speeding through the school gates, sending everyone in sight fleeing, as he directed the bicycle to his usual place. (wherever that may be^^;)

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Makoto grabbed her bag and lunch before sprinting towards Shohoku High. She cursed the late night job she got as a bartender, even though it only lasted from 11pm to two in the morning, it still robbed her of her well-deserved sleep. Praying to Kami-sama that she would not be late on the first day of school, she dashed past the gates of Shohoku without realising it. She only stopped to hear her name called out.

"Oi. Mak-chan!" Makoto turned around to see Youhei and the guntai. They called her Mak-chan like Hanamichi, but only when they knew that she was a girl. She hastily greeted them and then checked her watch. Oh no! Seven minutes before school starts! And she was supposed to meet her form teacher FIVE minutes before the bell rang! She desperately grabbed Youhei by the collar.

"Quick! Where's the teachers' office?"

"Second room on the left of that building on your right."

She mumbled her thanks and dashed for all she was worth, hoping that she would not make a bad first impression.

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'Year 1 Class 5...hmmm...wonder how it's like. Not Hana-kun's class though...' Makoto was lost in her thoughts as she followed the teacher to her new class. She was immediately brought back to reality when the door slid open.

"Class, this is Aoshima Makoto who has just transferred from Tamoda Private School. He would be studying here from now onwards. Aoshima-kun, have you anything to add?" Makoto just smiled and shook her head, glancing around, hoping to find someone familiar. Zip. " Very well, then. Please take the seat beside Akagi-san."

Akagi!? Akagi Haruko? Makoto glanced at the girl sitting beside her, who in turn gave her a friendly smile before introducing herself.

" I'm Akagi Haruko. Nice to meet you." Makoto stared at her, observing Hanamichi's current crush, from what she had last known. The type Hanamichi liked. Definitely. Youhei had shown her some of the photos the guntai took just when Hanamichi was about to confess his love to some of his crushes. Fortunately, Hanamichi was not present when she saw them.

"Nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you from Hana-kun."

"Really?" Haruko blushed. "You know Sakuragi-kun?"

"hai." Makoto replied simply, and then turned her attention to the teacher.

One hour into class and...

Damn! I can't keep awake! No....don'tsleepdon'tsleepdon'tsleep....zzzzzzz....

"Aoshima-san!" Makoto woke up with a start. She did not realise that she had fallen asleep. She took her face off her textbook and stared at the Mathematics teacher blankly. There was a popping vein threatening to burst on his forehead.

"Answer the question on the board."

The question? Makoto looked at the question and thought for a while.

" fx=sin(cos x +1)(sin x-1)"

The whole class gaped at the new student in awe. The Mathematics teacher raised an eyebrow in surprise and the popping vein immediately disappeared. So he was listening after all, he thought, as he turned back to the board.

'Wasn't that last term's work?' Makoto thought sleepily. She wasn't fully awake yet, but she could remember her work well. 'Oh well, that's an advantage of studying in a prestigious school. You finish a term's work beforehand.'

"...ZZZzzzzzzzzz..."

Haruko sweatdropped. Wow. This guy's smart. He knows Sakuragi-kun, wonder if he plays basketball?

tbc