Title: Remorse
Author: arisfilan
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: RuHana in the making
Warning: err… short chap?
Part I. Coming Home
Seven years have passed since he last saw Kanagawa. He felt happy that nothing much has changed. Spending the last 7 years in Tokyo to pursue his dream of becoming the no. 1 basketball player in Japan was years of grueling practice and extensive training. It wasn't at all waste for now he is planning to go to America to become the best player in the whole world.
Yet, he knows he has to come back, to return to the place where it all began.
Because when he's already in America there will be no turning back. There will be no what-ifs, no regrets, no remorse.
Being the sleepy-head that he always is, it was very odd for Rukawa Kaede not to sleep and think (maybe not the thinking part =P), while on board the plane, droning and lulling him but awake. He gazed out the plane window, and thought of the people whom he had left seven years ago. His former team-mates and Anzai-sensei.
He talked to Anzai-sensei before leaving, in fact he was the one who persuaded him to try his luck in Tokyo. Then he remembered Kogure, Mitsui, Miyagi and Ayako, who bid him goodbye on the airport. He was not able to talk personally to Captain Akagi, to explain and to make things clear. He knows that he has to, anyway.
And Sakuragi…
Rukawa took a deep breath, he wanted to talk to him. He even went to his house before his flight but the redhead refused to see him. It was hard leaving Kanagawa with all the emotions bottled inside his heart but he has to, for his own peace of mind… and for Sakuragi's.
Author's Notes:
Too short?
Gomen nasai! I'm a new fanfic writer and erm... don't worry I got 3 more chaps too put up, I'm having Crescent beta-read this before posting.
I hope you'll like it. REVIEW PLEASE!