Disclaimer: I hereby announce this 'I do not own Slam Dunk, never did, never will' I know many will be disappointed, but too bad-lah!





They got back to Sakuragi and his gang's cabin. Slowly, Sakuragi put Rukawa down and woke him up. "Kaede, what happened to you? Why are you crying there?" Sakuragi asked hurriedly, concern about his lover. Rukawa did not answer first. He took a few minutes, trying to calm himself before speaking, trying to form sentences in his whirlwind brain. Finally, he open up his mouth to speak. But, before he could do so, a loud laughter interrupted him. Sakuragi and Rukawa looked up and saw Takamiya laughing at a joke Noma just said. Annoyed, Sakuragi threw a pillow at the unsuspecting Takamiya. It hit him straight at the head, knocking him over. Takamiya tried to hit Sakuragi back, but the other 3 held him tight. They knew that Sakurgai wasn't in a very good mood and the consequences of making Sakuragi angry is bad with a capital 'B'.





Sakuragi turned back to face Rukawa's pale face. "You were trying to tell me something, Kaede?" Rukawa nodded, and started again, "When I went back to my room." and again he was interrupted, this time with potato chips dropping all over him. Sakuragi had had enough. He got up, picked Takamiya (A/N how could he?) and kicked him out of the room! Then he did the same to the other 3 laughing clowns. (A/N I don't think I need to mention the great 'ship-quake' they caused) That gave Sakuragi and Rukawa some peace in the room, especially after the 4 of them finish begging to be allowed back into the room.





With the peace left in the room, Rukawa can -at last- tell Sakuragi his story, "When I went back to my room."

Flash back

"Mother? Why are you here? It is late, you should be sleeping," Rukawa said, after a few minutes of silence. "Oh, so you do know it is late? How could you, Kaede? How could you embarrass me in front of so many people?" Mrs. Rukawa scolded. Rukawa was confused. "What do you mean, mother? What did I do wrong?"

"What did you do wrong? Let me tell you. First if all, you were rude to your fiancé. Then, you did not listen to me and danced with that- that. that low class boy! And for good ness sake, he is a BOY! You should be dancing with a girl like every normal teenage boy does! Poor Haruko was left alone because you ignored her. What is wrong with you?"

"Mother, I love Hana. He is someone who really know me and I love him. And he loves me too!"

"It doesn't matte who you love. You must marry Haruko Akagi. She will be your wife. And you better treat her properly from now on!"

"I don't want to marry Haruko. I want to stay with Hana. He is so kind and sweet. Why can't you get to know him better?"

"I refuse to know someone who will turn my son's life upside down! If you don't marry Haruko on the day we had set up, you will not be a member of the family anymore!"



end of flash back



".And then she told me that I am a disgrace to the family. What should I do, Hana?" Rukawa poured out his story to Sakuragi, who was also close to tears. Sakuragi rubbed his eyes, where tears were threatening to fall. He was hugging Rukawa the whole time Rukawa told his story. He did not know what to say. In front of them were 2 cups of steaming hot chocolate which Sakuragi made for them earlier, stolen from a certain fat boy in from the same room. (A/N we know who it is, don't we?)



Sakuragi took his cup of hot chocolate and sat back thoughtfully, thinking of ways to comfort Rukawa and also answer his question. He wondered what Rukawa was thinking so, the took a look at Rukawa.who was.sleeping on Sakuragi's bed (A/N duh! What else do you think Rukawa will do? He probably finished up his word quota for the week and won't talk for a long time) Sakuragi smiled and bend over to kiss Rukawa on the lips. Rukawa stirred but did not wake up. A contented smile played on his lips. To Sakuragi, Rukawa's sleeping position looked like some kinda God and he got a great idea. He got up, nearly knocking Rukawa's cup over and went to his bag. Took out an art block and stated doodling.



He doodled for a few hours, minding his own business, occasionally admiring Rukawa's looks. Rukawa suddenly open his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Sakuragi's eyes staring straight back at him. "Hi! Good morning!" Sakuragi greeted. "Morning?" Rukawa sat up quickly. He look at the watch Sakuragi gave to him. "It can't be!" but it really was 7 a.m. "I have disturbed you for so long. I will go back to my room now!" Rukawa got up so abruptly that he knocked the now cup of now cold chocolate, spilling chocolate everywhere. "Oh no! I am so clumsy! Let me clean this up for you!" Before Sakuragi could stop him, Rukawa had already started wiping the floor with a cloth he found on the table. The more he wipe, the dirtier the floor became. Wondering what was wrong, he look at Sakuragi, who was trying hard not to laugh. "What is wrong?" Rukawa asked. "Well, it just so happens that you took my cloth that I was using to clean my brushes," Sakuragi answered with an amused expression.



Rukawa sat on the floor, sighing exasperated. "What is happening to me? Why everything I did is wrong?" he complained, half to himself. Sakuragi scouted over to Rukawa, "No, you did not do everything wrong," he comforted. "What didn't I do wrong?" Rukawa asked hopefully. Sakuragi pretended to think for a moment, then with a big smile on his face, he said "Choosing me as a boyfriend." he said, looking right into Rukawa's eyes. Rukawa slumped into Sakuragi's hands. "You ego-maniac conceited guy." he said jokingly, glad that he did not make a wrong choice when he started going out with Sakuragi. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Sakuragi smiling at him. Then he shifted his eyes to the drawing in front of him. Rukawa's eyes grew wide. "Wow! Did you draw this, Hana?" he asked.



Sakuragi blushed at Rukawa's admiring expression. He gave a small nod. "This fox.this snow white fox is really beautiful! Hana! Why didn't you tell me that you can draw this well before?" Rukawa asked.

"There just wasn't time. Did you know that as I drew this fox, I was thinking of you?"

"Huh? How come?"

"Well, your skin is as white as snow, and when the moonlight reflected on you, it looks absolutely amazing. Not to mention that you do look like a fox. And you were feeling sad, like this fox that I drew, it is howling at the moon, as if crying"

Rukawa let Sakuragi's words sink in for a moment. "That was.really.a nice thing to say. I still can't believe you drew this of me!" after some hesitation, he asked "Can I keep this?" by that time, Sakuragi already have a huge grin on his face. "Sure! Just let me finish it up a little!" Rukawa sat in silence as Sakuragi made a little adjustment on the drawing. "Oh no! I was supposed to get back to my room!" Rukawa said. Sakuragi caught Rukawa's hand as he stood up. "Don't go. Stay with me" Sakuragi pleaded. Rukawa wanted to go back, but one look at Sakuragi's puppy eyes pleading him melted his heart. He sat back down. "Alright, I will stay for a while." Sakuragi beamed. "Yippie!" he cried like a small kid. They could hear a strange noise. "What is that? Did you hear it?" Rukawa asked, wondering the source of the noise. "Er.its just my stomach wanting breakfast" Sakuragi said sheepishly. Rukawa smiled and they got up to go to the cafeteria.



Sakuragi open the door and something fell onto the floor. The impact of it shook the whole ship (Not again!) they look down and saw Sakuragi's friend laying on the floor (A/N I don't need to say who!) The others were also sleeping on near the cabin's door. "What? They slept here the whole night? Why are they so dumb?" Sakuragi muttered. Rukawa looked troubled. "Because of me, the all had to sleep outside instead of the comfortable inside." Sakuragi cast a look at Rukawa. "Don't be silly. They could've slept somewhere else, but they didn't" Youhei who had just woke up heard Sakuragi, "We wanted to, but everytime someone opens the door, they say 'you're with that mad red hair guy who kept us up half the night. Go away!' So, we had to sleep here" Sakuragi laughed out loud. "See! It's actually my fault that they didn't get to sleep in other cabins!" trying to reassure Rukawa. Rukawa gave a smile, but he kept on apologizing all the way to the cafeteria.



Later, Sakuragi and Rukawa had a little 'cruise' around the ship, watching out for Rukawa's mother, admiring beautiful scenery, and then ate lunch. They were nearing the ice-land thingy placey, so they were getting colder. Sakuragi had one hand over Rukawa's shoulders and Rukawa had his hand hugging Sakurgai's waist as they walked up and down the ship. Then as the evening appear, they sat in a secluded corner and make out. Between kisses, they managed some talk, but barely. Then, an idea popped into Rukawa's head. "Hana, would you do me a favour?" he asked, when they came up for air. "Anything for you, Kaede." Sakuragi said, gasping for air. They were feeling very hot and sweaty despite the cold air. "I want you to draw me tonight," Rukawa said, so fast that he jumbled his words together. Sakuragi smiled. "Sure! It would be an honour to do so" and then they went back to kissing, trying to suffocate each other with their lips joining together. After many kisses, Sakuragi suddenly say "Think of how you want me to draw you" Rukawa thought for a while and smiled a sly smile. "I already know how I want you to draw me" Sakuragi said a soft good and continued kissing.



TBC

We already know how Rukawa wants Sakuragi to draw him, don't we?'

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