Sakuragi
Is it just me or is every pair of eyes staring my way as I walk down the hallway en route to class?
Two girls halt their conversation abruptly as I pass, and turn to stare.
Oooookkaayyyyy. So it is NOT just me.
*sigh* yare yare~
Is it the hair again? I should think that after 3 whole days of seeing me, people would have somewhat gotten used to it. Obviously, I'm very much mistaken.
"Ano...anata wa Sakuragi Hanami?"
I almost jump a foot in the air. A pretty girl is smiling sweetly at me. Shocked, and somewhat annoyed at having been startled to such an extent, I manage to nod and mumble a reply.
"H-hai. Watashi wa Sakuragi Hanami desu."
The girl's smile widens. I stare blankly at her- force of habit. It takes a while before my brain registers anything.
Oh. She's smiling at me right? So that means I'm supposed to smile back...right? Um.
And so I smile.
Haruko
Onii-chan wasn't lying when he said that her hair was just screaming for attention. From a distance, it had the effect of the licking flames of a raging fire. Up close, it just rendered you blind.
Onii-chan left out one significant detail though.
Sakuragi Hanami is gorgeous. Drop-dead gorgeous.
Even with that crooked smile on her face.
Sakuragi
I'm lost. What am I doing here? Did the girl spring from the floor tiles just to smile at me? Why is she even smiling for starters? Was it something I did? Funny, I don't recall doing anything amusing. Unless of course, she finds my strolling down the hallway entertaining. An explanation, anyone?
Haruko
She's just staring at me, waiting. Um, waiting?
*think*think*think*
Sou desu! I very nearly forgot! I wanted to ask about basketball!
Sakuragi
"Ano, Sakuragi-san, watashi wa Akagi Haruko desu. My brother's the basketball captain," the girl introduces herself, bowing slightly.
Erm, okay.
"Onii-chan told me yesterday that a girl had signed up for basketball. That's a first in the entire history of the club!"
Oooookkkkayyyy.
"When onii-chan told me it was you, I couldn't believe it! I mean, I believe it! But I couldn't believe it!" she gushes, her words stumbling over each other.
Huh? I blink stupidly.
"I just find it hard to believe that you're going to play basketball for Shohoku!"
"Matte ne," I hold a hand up. My head is spinning like a frisbee in the air.
"Hai?" she cocks her head at me, eyes wide and puppy-like.
"Ano..you mean it's an all-boys team?" Oh the nerve of that geek in glasses! Fancy asking me, a GIRL to join a boys' club! Never have I felt so insulted in my life! And I actually thought him a nice guy! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr......
"Hai! You mean, you didn't know?"
I shake my head.
"Sou desu." Pause. "Daijoubu desu! I'm sure you'll feel comfortable there! My onii-chan's a very nice person! I know he'll take good care of you! And Kogure-san! And Ayako-san as well! They're all very nice! You'll feel you belong in no time!"
The girl, Haruko, looks so foolishly eager, hopeful, and so painfully sincere that I didn't have the heart to tell her that I had actually crossed her brother upon first meeting.
So I do what I usually do when faced with a hopeless situation.
I smile.
The school day is over. I'm hanging around in class waiting for Haruko. She promised to come by so we could go to the gym together.
That reminds me.
Akagi Haruko has apparently taken me under her wing. She introduced me to her friends during break and helped me locate my classes for the day. Not only that, she suggested I hang around with her group of friends till I'd made my own.
I hadn't missed that hopeful look when she said that. She obviously wanted us to be friends. Fine by me. I don't go around making friends anyway.
Oh, here she is with Fujii and Matsui.
We're walking towards the gym. Haruko and Matsui are talking about someone called Rukawa. Odd. I seem to have heard the name before. Oh yes. Now I remember. That's the name practically half the female population of Shohoku have on their lips. Rukawa.
What's so special about him anyway?
Haruko
"Sakuragi-chan," I ask her. Yes, we discovered that Sakuragi's the baby amongst us. "Do you know who Rukawa is?"
My cheeks flame up at the very mention of the name.
She shakes her head disinterestedly. "Iie. Suman."
I inhale deeply......before I relate his entire biography to her.
Sakuragi
Whoa. She seems to know everything about him. Impressive or obsessive, depending on how you look at it.
"Ano, matte ne, Haruko-san," I frown slightly, "if he's as handsome as you say he is, why haven't I noticed him before?"
I mean, let's face it- which girl doesn't like to gawk at cute boys?
She freezes in her stride. Erm, did I say something I shouldn't have? I turn back to look at her questioningly. Her eyes are trained on someone. I follow her gaze.
"Rukawa," I hear her whisper.
I raise my eyebrow in question. THIS is the great Rukawa?
For before me stands the very boy I used as refuge yesterday.
And it appears he's fallen asleep while walking.
*CRASH*
I wince. Ouch. That must hurt.
Rukawa
I rub my aching head. What did I crash into this time?
Haruko
Poor Rukawa! He's rubbing his head as he sits in the midst of fallen bicycles. I must see if he's hurt.
Rukawa
Stupid bicycles. Why on earth are they parked in the middle of- - oh. I am not where I thought I am.
"Rukawa-kun!" A girl runs up to me, a worried expression on her face. No. not again.
"Rukawa-kun daijoubuka?" she asks.
I groan inwardly. The others are due to arrive any second now...
*GASP*
"Rukawa-kun! Daijoubu desu ka?"
"EEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!! Rukawa-kun's hurt himself!"
"Are you all right Rukawa-kun?"
"Rukawa-kun!"
"Rukawa-kun!"
"Will you marry me Rukawa-kun?"
The other girls turn to stare at the culprit. Well whad'dya know? It's a group of boys. Dear God, what is the world coming to?
Sakuragi
I can't help it. Honest. I really tried not to laugh but who am I to deny fate? I'm only human after all.
Mito
She's laughing. Hanami is actually laughing. We got the girls' attention, but instead of saluting our brilliance, or laughing at Rukawa's SLIGHTLY disgusted expression (he looks less sleepy than before, so I take it that he's disgusted), we're all gaping at her. As in slack-jawed, eyes- wide sort of gaping.
Sakuragi Hanami is actually laughing.
And, is that a pig I see in the sky?
Sakuragi
The boys are gaping at me. Due to my transient giddiness, I grin in response.
That sure set their jaws moving and sent me into another fit of laughter. What're they trying to imitate? Puffer fishes?
Haruko
*blink*
Ano....... Sou desu!
"Rukawa-kun! Daijoubuka?" I hear myself repeat for the umpteenth time.
Like before, he ignores me and gets to his feet, brushing the dirt off his uniform.
*swoon*
Matsui
And she calls them bimbos.
Fujii
Mou....
Rukawa
Well, if everything's fine and dandy, I'll be on my way now.
Freaks.
Mito
After we finally got over our shock, we decided to follow Hanami and her friends. The pretty one, Haruko, told us they were going to the gym for basketball practice.
I asked Hanami and she just grinned in response. I don't know what's gotten into her, but I'm glad of it.
Anyway, we're hurrying to the gym now. Well, to be more precise, the rest of us are, and Hanami is just sauntering after us as if she's not the one who's late, but us.
*sigh*
I guess it's too soon to hope for anything.
Sakuragi
Well here we are. Shohoku's gym. And here's the basketball team. Oh my, what a pathetic bunch of weaklings. Am I in the wrong place? I mean, this looks more like the chess club than the basketball team.
"Sakuragi-chan!"
I turn. Oh. It's the geek from yesterday. I look him over. Yes, he surely must be the captain of the chess club. And I am NOT mistaken. This IS the chess club.
"You're actually here!" he greeted me cheerfully.
I barely even nod a response. Perhaps I heard him wrongly. He had probably invited me to join the chess club, and so that's why I'm here. But where are the chess sets? And why the gym? Come to think of it, Haruko said something about basketball practice in the gym didn't she? What in the world is going on?
"Ano, megane-kun," I begin. He looks slightly taken aback but gets over it quickly. "Am I in the right place?"
He blinks at me, not comprehending.
"I mean, is this the basketball team?" I ask, slightly exasperated.
He nods dumbly and opens his mouth to say something but someone beats him to it.
"I take that as a personal attack," drawls a husky voice from the doorway. I turn slowly.
To see a totally hot guy leaning against the doorframe, arms folded across his chest. His eyes move up and down. Obviously, he's checking me out.
Mitsui
So, this babe comes in with her followers and snorts at the team. Sure, she's a beauty and everything, but an insult to the team is an insult to me. And surely I can't overlook that.
Sakuragi
He's sauntering over, looking as if he's the hottest thing on earth and everyone should just shut up and submit to him. It's infuriating!
So what if he's hopelessly cute, it doesn't give him a reason to smirk and put on an attitude! So what if he's got a totally hot body? He's got no right to walk as if he owns the place! And so what if he's standing right in front of me, eyes fixed on my face? I'm not going to let him have his way! Hah!
I feel my cheeks heat up under his intense gaze.
Damn it.
Mitsui
She can't resist me. No girl can. And so, I take the opportunity to return her insult.
Sakuragi
He's leaning forward and tilting my head up. My eyes widen and I open my mouth to protest. Only to be silenced with a kiss.
How vexing! Who the hell does he think he is? His arms go around me. I try to pull away but he's too strong! Damn it! Damn HIM!
Why doesn't my body respond? Pull away dammit! PULL AWAY!!!!
He deepens the kiss.
I moan in reply.
Mitsui
This babe sure is something. She's actually resisting me, but that makes it even better.
When I deepen our kiss, she moans. It's almost inaudible, but I catch it all the same. She leans deeper into the kiss, but she's still holding back.
Give me time, baby, and I'll make you open up.
Haruko
Sa-Sakuragi-chan....... I didn't know she knew Mitsui-san.
Matsui
Oh my.
Mito
Whoa. That is one sizzling kiss.
Okusu
*nose bleed*
Takamiya
*nose bleed*
Noma
*nose bleed*
Everyone else- Yasuda, Kakuta, Shiozaki etc
*gaping* M-Mitsui-san.......
Kogure
*on the verge of fainting*
"M-Mitsui! What are you doing to Sakuragi-chan?"
Fujii
*faints*
Rukawa
I thought that Gori said practice started promptly at three thirty? Funny, I don't hear a single basketball bouncing in the court. In fact, I don't hear anything. I slam my locker shut. All right. I'm done changing. Let's go see what's up.
Haruko
The door to the changing room is opening. Onii-chan! It has to be him! I hope he doesn't get mad at Sakuragi-chan! It's not her fault! She's just happy to see Mitsui-san! No! I think they're both very happy to see each other! Onii- - Rukawa-kun?!!!!
Mito
Can you believe it? Rukawa just walked out of the changing room and he's frozen in place. I don't think he's seen anyone making out like those two are, before.
That should explain the shocked expression on his face.
Rukawa
What the- -?
I'm shocked, really. What is the redhead from yesterday doing with sempai?
Not that I care. I mean, I'm just appalled that they're actually kissing on court. While we're supposed to practice. Where I'm supposed to practice.
So I casually select a ball from the cage and hurl it across at sempai's back.
*THUD*
He jumps back, breaking their kiss. If looks could kill, I would have been buried six feet under by now. I try not to flinch under his glare.
Mitsui
The nerve of that rookie! He's just a puny freshman! How dare he throw the ball at me, especially when I was progressing with the babe! I'll teach him to respect his seniors!
Sakuragi
He broke the kiss. I'm grateful that it didn't get any further than that, but I can't help feeling a little disappointed at the same time.
Am I supposed to thank Rukawa for that?
Kogure
"Maa maa Mitsui. Rukawa just wanted to make you stop erm, well, just STOP," I motion frantically for Yasuda to help me hold him down.
"I don't care! How dare he throw a basketball at me!" Mitsui was trying to shake himself free. I hold on to him for dear life.
"Look at it this way!" I wrestle his arms down, "if Rukawa didn't stop you Akagi will!"
Mitsui went limp immediately.
"All right," he relents, "when you put it THAT way."
"I knew you'd understand, right Rukawa?"
The boy just snorts.
Sigh. It's gonna be a tough year ahead.
Sakuragi
I'm all changed- - dressed in my athletic gear. I hate wearing these ridiculously short shorts that ride up my posterior. And this absurdly tight sleeveless polo! Hell, I feel like some sort of cabaret dancer!
What's worse is that the boys are all gawking at me. Yes, even Mito and gang. Damn it. I know I'm hideous what with my gangly arms and legs and all, and the damn attire's not helping at all.
Bloody hell.
Mitsui
My, my, this babe's got legs that go on forever and a truly sexy body to boot. It doesn't hurt that she's totally gorgeous as well, what with her copper curls and liquid brown eyes......just you wait, honey. I'll make you mine.
Haruko
Sakuragi-chan is really beautiful. I've never seen someone nearly as pretty as her before. Not even Ayako-san. I wish I were half as beautiful as Sakuragi-chan. Then maybe Rukawa-kun would look at me.
Rukawa
They're all slobbering over her.
Dogs.
Ayako
I'm held up for a while and this is what happens- none of them are training. I knew something was wrong even as I made my way to the gym. The moment I entered, I knew that this was a serious problem.
We now have a girl in the boys' team.
Captain, where are you?
Is it just me or is every pair of eyes staring my way as I walk down the hallway en route to class?
Two girls halt their conversation abruptly as I pass, and turn to stare.
Oooookkaayyyyy. So it is NOT just me.
*sigh* yare yare~
Is it the hair again? I should think that after 3 whole days of seeing me, people would have somewhat gotten used to it. Obviously, I'm very much mistaken.
"Ano...anata wa Sakuragi Hanami?"
I almost jump a foot in the air. A pretty girl is smiling sweetly at me. Shocked, and somewhat annoyed at having been startled to such an extent, I manage to nod and mumble a reply.
"H-hai. Watashi wa Sakuragi Hanami desu."
The girl's smile widens. I stare blankly at her- force of habit. It takes a while before my brain registers anything.
Oh. She's smiling at me right? So that means I'm supposed to smile back...right? Um.
And so I smile.
Haruko
Onii-chan wasn't lying when he said that her hair was just screaming for attention. From a distance, it had the effect of the licking flames of a raging fire. Up close, it just rendered you blind.
Onii-chan left out one significant detail though.
Sakuragi Hanami is gorgeous. Drop-dead gorgeous.
Even with that crooked smile on her face.
Sakuragi
I'm lost. What am I doing here? Did the girl spring from the floor tiles just to smile at me? Why is she even smiling for starters? Was it something I did? Funny, I don't recall doing anything amusing. Unless of course, she finds my strolling down the hallway entertaining. An explanation, anyone?
Haruko
She's just staring at me, waiting. Um, waiting?
*think*think*think*
Sou desu! I very nearly forgot! I wanted to ask about basketball!
Sakuragi
"Ano, Sakuragi-san, watashi wa Akagi Haruko desu. My brother's the basketball captain," the girl introduces herself, bowing slightly.
Erm, okay.
"Onii-chan told me yesterday that a girl had signed up for basketball. That's a first in the entire history of the club!"
Oooookkkkayyyy.
"When onii-chan told me it was you, I couldn't believe it! I mean, I believe it! But I couldn't believe it!" she gushes, her words stumbling over each other.
Huh? I blink stupidly.
"I just find it hard to believe that you're going to play basketball for Shohoku!"
"Matte ne," I hold a hand up. My head is spinning like a frisbee in the air.
"Hai?" she cocks her head at me, eyes wide and puppy-like.
"Ano..you mean it's an all-boys team?" Oh the nerve of that geek in glasses! Fancy asking me, a GIRL to join a boys' club! Never have I felt so insulted in my life! And I actually thought him a nice guy! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr......
"Hai! You mean, you didn't know?"
I shake my head.
"Sou desu." Pause. "Daijoubu desu! I'm sure you'll feel comfortable there! My onii-chan's a very nice person! I know he'll take good care of you! And Kogure-san! And Ayako-san as well! They're all very nice! You'll feel you belong in no time!"
The girl, Haruko, looks so foolishly eager, hopeful, and so painfully sincere that I didn't have the heart to tell her that I had actually crossed her brother upon first meeting.
So I do what I usually do when faced with a hopeless situation.
I smile.
The school day is over. I'm hanging around in class waiting for Haruko. She promised to come by so we could go to the gym together.
That reminds me.
Akagi Haruko has apparently taken me under her wing. She introduced me to her friends during break and helped me locate my classes for the day. Not only that, she suggested I hang around with her group of friends till I'd made my own.
I hadn't missed that hopeful look when she said that. She obviously wanted us to be friends. Fine by me. I don't go around making friends anyway.
Oh, here she is with Fujii and Matsui.
We're walking towards the gym. Haruko and Matsui are talking about someone called Rukawa. Odd. I seem to have heard the name before. Oh yes. Now I remember. That's the name practically half the female population of Shohoku have on their lips. Rukawa.
What's so special about him anyway?
Haruko
"Sakuragi-chan," I ask her. Yes, we discovered that Sakuragi's the baby amongst us. "Do you know who Rukawa is?"
My cheeks flame up at the very mention of the name.
She shakes her head disinterestedly. "Iie. Suman."
I inhale deeply......before I relate his entire biography to her.
Sakuragi
Whoa. She seems to know everything about him. Impressive or obsessive, depending on how you look at it.
"Ano, matte ne, Haruko-san," I frown slightly, "if he's as handsome as you say he is, why haven't I noticed him before?"
I mean, let's face it- which girl doesn't like to gawk at cute boys?
She freezes in her stride. Erm, did I say something I shouldn't have? I turn back to look at her questioningly. Her eyes are trained on someone. I follow her gaze.
"Rukawa," I hear her whisper.
I raise my eyebrow in question. THIS is the great Rukawa?
For before me stands the very boy I used as refuge yesterday.
And it appears he's fallen asleep while walking.
*CRASH*
I wince. Ouch. That must hurt.
Rukawa
I rub my aching head. What did I crash into this time?
Haruko
Poor Rukawa! He's rubbing his head as he sits in the midst of fallen bicycles. I must see if he's hurt.
Rukawa
Stupid bicycles. Why on earth are they parked in the middle of- - oh. I am not where I thought I am.
"Rukawa-kun!" A girl runs up to me, a worried expression on her face. No. not again.
"Rukawa-kun daijoubuka?" she asks.
I groan inwardly. The others are due to arrive any second now...
*GASP*
"Rukawa-kun! Daijoubu desu ka?"
"EEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!! Rukawa-kun's hurt himself!"
"Are you all right Rukawa-kun?"
"Rukawa-kun!"
"Rukawa-kun!"
"Will you marry me Rukawa-kun?"
The other girls turn to stare at the culprit. Well whad'dya know? It's a group of boys. Dear God, what is the world coming to?
Sakuragi
I can't help it. Honest. I really tried not to laugh but who am I to deny fate? I'm only human after all.
Mito
She's laughing. Hanami is actually laughing. We got the girls' attention, but instead of saluting our brilliance, or laughing at Rukawa's SLIGHTLY disgusted expression (he looks less sleepy than before, so I take it that he's disgusted), we're all gaping at her. As in slack-jawed, eyes- wide sort of gaping.
Sakuragi Hanami is actually laughing.
And, is that a pig I see in the sky?
Sakuragi
The boys are gaping at me. Due to my transient giddiness, I grin in response.
That sure set their jaws moving and sent me into another fit of laughter. What're they trying to imitate? Puffer fishes?
Haruko
*blink*
Ano....... Sou desu!
"Rukawa-kun! Daijoubuka?" I hear myself repeat for the umpteenth time.
Like before, he ignores me and gets to his feet, brushing the dirt off his uniform.
*swoon*
Matsui
And she calls them bimbos.
Fujii
Mou....
Rukawa
Well, if everything's fine and dandy, I'll be on my way now.
Freaks.
Mito
After we finally got over our shock, we decided to follow Hanami and her friends. The pretty one, Haruko, told us they were going to the gym for basketball practice.
I asked Hanami and she just grinned in response. I don't know what's gotten into her, but I'm glad of it.
Anyway, we're hurrying to the gym now. Well, to be more precise, the rest of us are, and Hanami is just sauntering after us as if she's not the one who's late, but us.
*sigh*
I guess it's too soon to hope for anything.
Sakuragi
Well here we are. Shohoku's gym. And here's the basketball team. Oh my, what a pathetic bunch of weaklings. Am I in the wrong place? I mean, this looks more like the chess club than the basketball team.
"Sakuragi-chan!"
I turn. Oh. It's the geek from yesterday. I look him over. Yes, he surely must be the captain of the chess club. And I am NOT mistaken. This IS the chess club.
"You're actually here!" he greeted me cheerfully.
I barely even nod a response. Perhaps I heard him wrongly. He had probably invited me to join the chess club, and so that's why I'm here. But where are the chess sets? And why the gym? Come to think of it, Haruko said something about basketball practice in the gym didn't she? What in the world is going on?
"Ano, megane-kun," I begin. He looks slightly taken aback but gets over it quickly. "Am I in the right place?"
He blinks at me, not comprehending.
"I mean, is this the basketball team?" I ask, slightly exasperated.
He nods dumbly and opens his mouth to say something but someone beats him to it.
"I take that as a personal attack," drawls a husky voice from the doorway. I turn slowly.
To see a totally hot guy leaning against the doorframe, arms folded across his chest. His eyes move up and down. Obviously, he's checking me out.
Mitsui
So, this babe comes in with her followers and snorts at the team. Sure, she's a beauty and everything, but an insult to the team is an insult to me. And surely I can't overlook that.
Sakuragi
He's sauntering over, looking as if he's the hottest thing on earth and everyone should just shut up and submit to him. It's infuriating!
So what if he's hopelessly cute, it doesn't give him a reason to smirk and put on an attitude! So what if he's got a totally hot body? He's got no right to walk as if he owns the place! And so what if he's standing right in front of me, eyes fixed on my face? I'm not going to let him have his way! Hah!
I feel my cheeks heat up under his intense gaze.
Damn it.
Mitsui
She can't resist me. No girl can. And so, I take the opportunity to return her insult.
Sakuragi
He's leaning forward and tilting my head up. My eyes widen and I open my mouth to protest. Only to be silenced with a kiss.
How vexing! Who the hell does he think he is? His arms go around me. I try to pull away but he's too strong! Damn it! Damn HIM!
Why doesn't my body respond? Pull away dammit! PULL AWAY!!!!
He deepens the kiss.
I moan in reply.
Mitsui
This babe sure is something. She's actually resisting me, but that makes it even better.
When I deepen our kiss, she moans. It's almost inaudible, but I catch it all the same. She leans deeper into the kiss, but she's still holding back.
Give me time, baby, and I'll make you open up.
Haruko
Sa-Sakuragi-chan....... I didn't know she knew Mitsui-san.
Matsui
Oh my.
Mito
Whoa. That is one sizzling kiss.
Okusu
*nose bleed*
Takamiya
*nose bleed*
Noma
*nose bleed*
Everyone else- Yasuda, Kakuta, Shiozaki etc
*gaping* M-Mitsui-san.......
Kogure
*on the verge of fainting*
"M-Mitsui! What are you doing to Sakuragi-chan?"
Fujii
*faints*
Rukawa
I thought that Gori said practice started promptly at three thirty? Funny, I don't hear a single basketball bouncing in the court. In fact, I don't hear anything. I slam my locker shut. All right. I'm done changing. Let's go see what's up.
Haruko
The door to the changing room is opening. Onii-chan! It has to be him! I hope he doesn't get mad at Sakuragi-chan! It's not her fault! She's just happy to see Mitsui-san! No! I think they're both very happy to see each other! Onii- - Rukawa-kun?!!!!
Mito
Can you believe it? Rukawa just walked out of the changing room and he's frozen in place. I don't think he's seen anyone making out like those two are, before.
That should explain the shocked expression on his face.
Rukawa
What the- -?
I'm shocked, really. What is the redhead from yesterday doing with sempai?
Not that I care. I mean, I'm just appalled that they're actually kissing on court. While we're supposed to practice. Where I'm supposed to practice.
So I casually select a ball from the cage and hurl it across at sempai's back.
*THUD*
He jumps back, breaking their kiss. If looks could kill, I would have been buried six feet under by now. I try not to flinch under his glare.
Mitsui
The nerve of that rookie! He's just a puny freshman! How dare he throw the ball at me, especially when I was progressing with the babe! I'll teach him to respect his seniors!
Sakuragi
He broke the kiss. I'm grateful that it didn't get any further than that, but I can't help feeling a little disappointed at the same time.
Am I supposed to thank Rukawa for that?
Kogure
"Maa maa Mitsui. Rukawa just wanted to make you stop erm, well, just STOP," I motion frantically for Yasuda to help me hold him down.
"I don't care! How dare he throw a basketball at me!" Mitsui was trying to shake himself free. I hold on to him for dear life.
"Look at it this way!" I wrestle his arms down, "if Rukawa didn't stop you Akagi will!"
Mitsui went limp immediately.
"All right," he relents, "when you put it THAT way."
"I knew you'd understand, right Rukawa?"
The boy just snorts.
Sigh. It's gonna be a tough year ahead.
Sakuragi
I'm all changed- - dressed in my athletic gear. I hate wearing these ridiculously short shorts that ride up my posterior. And this absurdly tight sleeveless polo! Hell, I feel like some sort of cabaret dancer!
What's worse is that the boys are all gawking at me. Yes, even Mito and gang. Damn it. I know I'm hideous what with my gangly arms and legs and all, and the damn attire's not helping at all.
Bloody hell.
Mitsui
My, my, this babe's got legs that go on forever and a truly sexy body to boot. It doesn't hurt that she's totally gorgeous as well, what with her copper curls and liquid brown eyes......just you wait, honey. I'll make you mine.
Haruko
Sakuragi-chan is really beautiful. I've never seen someone nearly as pretty as her before. Not even Ayako-san. I wish I were half as beautiful as Sakuragi-chan. Then maybe Rukawa-kun would look at me.
Rukawa
They're all slobbering over her.
Dogs.
Ayako
I'm held up for a while and this is what happens- none of them are training. I knew something was wrong even as I made my way to the gym. The moment I entered, I knew that this was a serious problem.
We now have a girl in the boys' team.
Captain, where are you?