Chapter 9
As if I care
April 5, Friday morning
-=RUKAWA=-
Erk… THAT is really interesting.
I've just learned that klutz girl is basically the one living at our front.
Like what? For almost a week now? …and I haven't even noticed.
Yeah, like I care.
But we're going to be neighbors, for God's sake!
And her room is the one across mine… I saw her this morning.
Crap.
I wasn't able to sleep at all last night… that weird nightmare I had the last time is fulfilled.
Shit.
Why is she always making a hell out of me?
And since when did her presence become a big deal to me?
. . .
Total bullshit.
-=ALAINA=
THAT is totally INHUMAN! Why do I always get the bad luck??
That fag ass is MY neighbor???
I thought sitting in front of him in class already sucks.
And now, my life's going to be a total hell.
Damn him.
Damn everything.
I don't think I can handle school today.
-=SENDOH=-
Now, that's the real shocker.
I didn't know Rukawa lives there.
Alaina got even more tantrums.
She didn't even thank me when I handed her the keys.
Yeah, like she has to. Considering the fact that you're the one who forgot.
Well, ehehe… whatever.
Atleast she got to come inside.
-=MITSUI=-
She cares for me.
Wow. I guess she's really different. She's the first girl ever to hate that fox boy.
I really got it hard on her. Whoa! I fell hard… first time.
I can't explain… it's… blissful? Nah… amazing? Total cloud nine? Or all mixed up?
Unexplainable… right word.
First time I felt this way. Yeah, I never knew this feeling ever exists… until her.
Well, I got eyes on others before. Crushes, flings, and all that. But THIS is totally different. SHE is different.
I'm repeating myself, ain't I? And I'm sorry cause I'm not getting tired thinking of her.
Maudlin. You're getting mushy again.
Hmm… Whatever. I hope she got home safely. I could have driven her to her place, if only I didn't act exaggeratedly. She's too worried that I'm still not feeling well.
Oops. Stupid thought.
Well, I DIDN'T totally ACT exaggeratedly. I'm not weak. It was really painful at first… but when I saw her reaction, it was priceless. Like I'm the only one whom she cares about. And I'm hoping she did it first time, for me. Only for me.
Whoa. Guess I'm really in-love.
-=RUKAWA=-
She's absent.
Good. Atleast no one's blocking my front.
I can sleep peacefully now.
. . .
Must sleep.
. . .
Zzzz.
-=HARUKO=-
I learned Alaina shouted at Rukawa-kun yesterday. I didn't know she could do that.
Poor Rukawa-kun.
I can't blame her. Maybe Rukawa-kun wasn't feeling well yesterday. After waking up and doing a dunk? His eyes must have been blurry that's why he didn't see Mitsui-sempai.
Yeah, that must be it.
-=AYAKO=-
"Kitsune is really a cross-eyed! It happened too many times already. He didn't even see Micchy under the basket… Nyahahaha! He doesn't deserve to be vice-captain! Come on oyajii, don't let your pride off, you know the tensai is always capable of everything. Nyahahaha!"
"Ho ho ho."
*Splat*
"Itai!"
He still needs to learn proper respect.
"Sakuragi Hanamichi! Back to your basics."
"Teme! Basics again?? The tensai already knows it. I've been doing it for more than a year now."
Hmm… too talkative. Good thing he still knows how to follow. He's back at the side court doing basics. He should practice a lot more.
I wonder what happened to Alaina. She didn't show up today. Didn't see her anyw-
"Oi Rukawa, have you seen Alaina anywhere? She's your classmate, right?"
Huh?
I was having second thoughts asking him because of what happened yesterday. But Ryota beat me to it.
"Absent."
Oh. Bad… I got it answered, anyway.
-=ALAINA=-
Time flies. Students must have been dismissed from school 3 hours ago.
I didn't attend my classes, obviously. The only thing I did was sit on my wide-ledged window and look blankly at whatever my eyes look upon – presently, at the night sky.
Well, I told aunt I'm not feeling really well. Good thing she took it. I'm such a good actress.
So much for flattering yourself. You still got bigger problems to think about. Like your parents' separation, atleast?
Oh that.
I thought I'm over it… Being here for almost a week actually freed me from thinking too much about it, until yesterday. It just popped into my head.
Yeah, I actually care. While they're thinking that I DON'T care.
Weird?
Well, that's the only thing that would let them do it easier. They raised me, and being such a barricade would be too much. That's their wish? Grant it. Atleast their everyday bickering would be off my earshot.
Yeah, and they can goddamn NOT care of what I want to do too. They should be fair, right?
Life is better without them, anyway.
So why the faggy leech is it bugging me much?
Because next week, your mother's going to visit you there with her 'new' husband. And dad's going to call you to say that he's going back to Italy and only visit me if he gets the chance, which might be only after 2 years.
That's what would happen. I can sense it. I'm a good forecaster.
And pretending that I really want mom to follow me here really helped.
Yeah, right.
I think I like Aunt Sandra better.
-=RUKAWA=-
*thud*
"Kuso.."
Another crash. What's new?
I groggily reached for my unscratched bike - immuned to scratches, hmm.
Now, where am I?
I looked around, realizing I'm standing in front of my house. Good.
Something caught my eyes, though. And out of unwilled wits, I turned to the opposite direction.
Alaina.
Sitting on her window, arms wrapped loosely on her folded legs, her head resting on the window sides. Blank look.
She seems too occupied, not even noticing I bumped to the post in front of her. She should have been glaring or laughing her ass off at me by now.
Could she still be thinking of what had happen yesterday? Moron, she didn't even think that basketball players aren't weak enough to be injured by a hard ball… even if it's a strong force on the head. Blood isn't a proof of severe pain. That Mitsui surely fooled everyone on the court. All I heard are sarcasms from my teammates, specifically that 'aho. Kuso.
No reaction. She's still staring at the night sky.
Staring.
Yeah, I realized I'M the one staring.
No big fuss, she didn't even notice my presence, anyway.
Weird thing is, I actually noticed a lot of her. As if I care… when I really don't.
And hey, did I just call her 'Alaina'?
-end of chap-
A/N
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I'm sleepy… it's only one in the afternoon and my head's drifting so I'm really not sure of what I placed here. Okay, okay, the truth is I didn't sleep last night… I was tired doing a group project - shooting a sitcom, that is. You see, that's the weird thing about me… the more I'm exhausted, the more I can't sleep.
Weird, huh? The way I am.
And I think the story is too cliché, don't you think? Oh well, this is my fic anyway. Hehe… egoistic, am I? Hmm... nonsense again. Guess I should really sleep now… bye! -.-