Disclaimer: Slam Dunk does not belong to me but Yukiko and April does.
This chapter is quite 'saturated' with conversations and rather long. Hope that you won't feel bored. Lean back and enjoy the story! $_$*
First day of School
It was the start of the new school term, the first day for Hoshiko at her 'new' school--- Shoyo High. It was also the day when she got to know the Shoyo Basketball Coach/Captain/Ace 'better'.
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Hoshiko had been staying with Yukiko and family, her 'tourist guide' cum host for her stay in Japan. (Yukiko studied in Shoyo too of course.) They were taking a crowded public bus to school in a beautiful morning, when streaks of fluffy clouds stretched across the cerulean blue sky. Yukiko was busy describing to Hoshiko about Shoyo (haven't finish after the endless chatting), while Hoshiko focused her attention on the scenery outside, nodding in agreement sometimes to please her.
Just then, a tall and charming guy boarded the bus. Yukiko greeted upon seeing him. Hoshiko turned her attention towards them and was startled for a few seconds. " What the.....!" she exclaimed.
Yukiko, on seeing Hoshiko's sudden change in expression, teased her, " Wow, got a target so quickly? Interested in him? "
Hoshiko rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, " Hahaha, very funny. He is not my type. Moreover ....."
The guy squeezed through the crowd and came over to the two ladies. " Konichiwa! Oh! Yukiko-san, is this the friend you have been talking about all these while? I'm Fujima Kenji from 3/1. Nice to meet you. We've seen each other before, haven't we?" he greeted cheerfully, giving a warm smile. Hoshiko was wondering if this guy is mad. He could still smile at her and after that embarrassing event at the music store.
"Yeah, hello. Such a coincidence " was Hoshiko's curt and cold reply.
Yukiko, surprise to know that Hoshiko had made friends, especially the most popular guy in her school, wanted to question her but refrained, preparing to bombard her with endless questions later on.
"Oh, so you've known each other. That saved me the trouble of introducing each other." Yukiko concluded.
They maintained an awkward silence for the rest of the journey. Out of a sudden, a screech brought the bus to a forced halt. All the passengers jerked and someone lost her balance.
Hoshiko lost her footing and nearly hit her head onto a pole. Just before she got a blue-black on her head, a strong and firm hand pulled her to safety. There was a dramatic silence for a while.
"Get your Hands OFF me!" she shrieked, breaking the silence. Her face was as red as cherry, till the tip of her ear.* She's a little too sensitive isn't she?*
Fujima let go of his hands immediately. Feeling humiliated, he retorted, "Excuse me, it was you who had staggered and nearly fallen into me. I was just being nice to support you in case you might injure yourself. Such an ungrateful person. "
"Then you could have shun away!!!"
"If I had done that, you would have hit the pole and killed some poor brain cells. No thanks for 'saving' you, but instead, unreasonable accuses. I wonder if I had offended you in my previous lives."
Before Hoshiko managed to utter another word, Yukiko reminded her that they were in the public. Hoshiko kept quiet, but was fuming with silent rage.
When the three students got off the bus, Yukiko immediately apologise to Fujima on Hoshiko's behalf. Hoshiko of course did not acknowledge it and even stuck out her tongue at Fujima. *0*
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The first thing Hoshiko did when she reached the school gate was to go to the General Office. Honestly speaking, Hoshiko was a rather easygoing person. She had actually forgotten about the bus ride and had returned to her cheerful self.
After meeting the principal, a nice old lady, who gave a short introduction to the school, Hoshiko was overjoyed to know that she was in the same class as Yukiko.
When Hoshiko's form teacher Miss Suzuki was introducing her to the class, she was scanning the class to look for Yukiko. However, in the midst of her search, her vision landed on the brown hair guy. Her eyes narrowed and she muttered " What!? That stupid fellow is here?"
Fujima, on sensing Hoshiko's stare, smiled weakly. However, Hoshiko was immediately reminded of the bus ride and returned him a vicious glare. Refusing to be outdone, he gave her a hateful stare. While the teacher was talking, everyone's attention was turned to their intense glaring competition which could kill anyone with the 'sparks' produced.
Miss Suzuki noticed the on going commotion and decided to end the introduction. However, she arranged for Hoshiko to sit next to Fujima, complicating matters eventually. Both of them uttered, " WHAT!?"
The teacher, 'surprised' by their chemistry, chuckled," hoho, I think your will make a good pair for projects. Do work well. Fujima, take care of your new friend."
Fujima mumbled sarcastically, " More like enemy I suppose."
Hoshiko wanted to ask for a change of place but dare not for fear that the teacher might know of their quibble. She could only answer a soft 'yes' and walk reluctantly towards her seat.
Yukiko was observing all the happenings and was worried that both of them might eventually get out of hand. She could only hope for recess to come before she could talk to Hoshiko.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* For the rest of the day, both of them did not bother to look at each other, left alone converse. Feeling vexed enough from the morning incident, neither of them would want to face each other for the rest of the day. But fate seems to enjoy playing on them. Being in the same class for both of them was bad enough. Sitting next to your 'arch enemy' was a torture.
Just then, Fujima's pen accidentally rolled over to Hoshiko's table. Hoshiko stopped listening to the teacher's lecture. She was staring at the pen. Fujima, on noticing the weird behaviour of Hoshiko wrote on a piece of paper, " What are you looking at now? Haven't you finish from just now?" Hoshiko then wrote " your pen crossed over the borders". Fujima immediately retrieved the pen. He continued with,
" Gomenasai. But must you be so calculative?"
" This is my area of territory. You have invaded my land."
" Need not be so serious? I don't want another argument of any kind."
" I am not so unreasonable. Just remember that this is the line of division. One must not cross over this border. This is my rule with my partners."
"I suppose it only deals with me right?"
"How did you know? Hmm, you are not stupid."
"Well,.... "
Fujima had not finished writing the sentence when the teacher noticed that they were passing papers around. The teacher immediately walked over to their table, which was at the end of the class. Lucky for them, Fujima was fast and kept the paper before the teacher caught them red-handed.
" Fujima, what is .................... ?( well, I cannot think of any question which is challenging.)" the teacher asked.
He answered perfectly and was awarded with a round of applause from the class. Bent on catching them, the teacher inquired what they were doing. Fujima quickly replied that he was 'teaching' Hoshiko because she did not understand the question. Hoshiko was surprised at his answer but in order to escape punishment, she nodded her head in agreement (rather reluctantly). With no proof, the teacher let them off with a warning.
After the teacher went away, Fujima replied in the piece of paper : See? I told you I was clever. Hoshiko, at being 'humiliated' at being stupid was seething in anger and stepped on Fujima's foot forcefully till he cringed in excruciating pain. He could do nothing but to bear it for he did not want another outbreak to happen. Lucky for him, the rest of the day was considered peaceful to a certain extend.
During recess:
Yukiko was showing Hoshiko around the school with some of her best friends, namely Rie, Aiko and Imai. Yukiko was desperately trying to know what had happened to Hoshiko and Fujima but Hoshiko only shrugged it off.
" Please, if you are my friend, let's not talk about that egotistical peacock. Let me enjoy my recess. I still have to see him for the rest of the day!"
" But Fujima is a sought after for many girls, their dream prince charming you know. How is it that you dislike him so much? " Rie asked out of curiosity.
"Maybe your didn't see his true self. He is so full of himself and a wolf in disguise actually. He is pretending to be such a perfect man. As a saying goes ' never judge a book by its cover.' " Hoshiko answered 'as a matter of fact.'
"You seem to understand him rather well? Aiko joined in.
On the other hand.
Fujima's best friends, Hanagata and Hasegawa were waiting for him outside his class. When they saw Fujima limping out of the class, they were at a loss of words.
"Omg! Are you okay? Does your legs hurt?" asked Hanagata when he finally recovered from shock.
" How did you hurt yourself? Fall when you walk down the stairs? Quite impossible though." Chipped in a puzzled Hasegawa.
Fujima finally replied in anger," I met a vicious chicken who stepped on my leg on purpose! Never been so down on my luck before."
Both of them could only stare at each other helplessly while strings of question form in their head. Who could anger the super calm Captain?
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~* Wow! Hoshiko is really very vicious right? Hahaha, actually she isn't that bad. See how the story goes!
P.S. Please review this fic!!! Please tell me if this is too 'draggy'. I accept any kind of comments. Thank you! (",)
This chapter is quite 'saturated' with conversations and rather long. Hope that you won't feel bored. Lean back and enjoy the story! $_$*
First day of School
It was the start of the new school term, the first day for Hoshiko at her 'new' school--- Shoyo High. It was also the day when she got to know the Shoyo Basketball Coach/Captain/Ace 'better'.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Hoshiko had been staying with Yukiko and family, her 'tourist guide' cum host for her stay in Japan. (Yukiko studied in Shoyo too of course.) They were taking a crowded public bus to school in a beautiful morning, when streaks of fluffy clouds stretched across the cerulean blue sky. Yukiko was busy describing to Hoshiko about Shoyo (haven't finish after the endless chatting), while Hoshiko focused her attention on the scenery outside, nodding in agreement sometimes to please her.
Just then, a tall and charming guy boarded the bus. Yukiko greeted upon seeing him. Hoshiko turned her attention towards them and was startled for a few seconds. " What the.....!" she exclaimed.
Yukiko, on seeing Hoshiko's sudden change in expression, teased her, " Wow, got a target so quickly? Interested in him? "
Hoshiko rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, " Hahaha, very funny. He is not my type. Moreover ....."
The guy squeezed through the crowd and came over to the two ladies. " Konichiwa! Oh! Yukiko-san, is this the friend you have been talking about all these while? I'm Fujima Kenji from 3/1. Nice to meet you. We've seen each other before, haven't we?" he greeted cheerfully, giving a warm smile. Hoshiko was wondering if this guy is mad. He could still smile at her and after that embarrassing event at the music store.
"Yeah, hello. Such a coincidence " was Hoshiko's curt and cold reply.
Yukiko, surprise to know that Hoshiko had made friends, especially the most popular guy in her school, wanted to question her but refrained, preparing to bombard her with endless questions later on.
"Oh, so you've known each other. That saved me the trouble of introducing each other." Yukiko concluded.
They maintained an awkward silence for the rest of the journey. Out of a sudden, a screech brought the bus to a forced halt. All the passengers jerked and someone lost her balance.
Hoshiko lost her footing and nearly hit her head onto a pole. Just before she got a blue-black on her head, a strong and firm hand pulled her to safety. There was a dramatic silence for a while.
"Get your Hands OFF me!" she shrieked, breaking the silence. Her face was as red as cherry, till the tip of her ear.* She's a little too sensitive isn't she?*
Fujima let go of his hands immediately. Feeling humiliated, he retorted, "Excuse me, it was you who had staggered and nearly fallen into me. I was just being nice to support you in case you might injure yourself. Such an ungrateful person. "
"Then you could have shun away!!!"
"If I had done that, you would have hit the pole and killed some poor brain cells. No thanks for 'saving' you, but instead, unreasonable accuses. I wonder if I had offended you in my previous lives."
Before Hoshiko managed to utter another word, Yukiko reminded her that they were in the public. Hoshiko kept quiet, but was fuming with silent rage.
When the three students got off the bus, Yukiko immediately apologise to Fujima on Hoshiko's behalf. Hoshiko of course did not acknowledge it and even stuck out her tongue at Fujima. *0*
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The first thing Hoshiko did when she reached the school gate was to go to the General Office. Honestly speaking, Hoshiko was a rather easygoing person. She had actually forgotten about the bus ride and had returned to her cheerful self.
After meeting the principal, a nice old lady, who gave a short introduction to the school, Hoshiko was overjoyed to know that she was in the same class as Yukiko.
When Hoshiko's form teacher Miss Suzuki was introducing her to the class, she was scanning the class to look for Yukiko. However, in the midst of her search, her vision landed on the brown hair guy. Her eyes narrowed and she muttered " What!? That stupid fellow is here?"
Fujima, on sensing Hoshiko's stare, smiled weakly. However, Hoshiko was immediately reminded of the bus ride and returned him a vicious glare. Refusing to be outdone, he gave her a hateful stare. While the teacher was talking, everyone's attention was turned to their intense glaring competition which could kill anyone with the 'sparks' produced.
Miss Suzuki noticed the on going commotion and decided to end the introduction. However, she arranged for Hoshiko to sit next to Fujima, complicating matters eventually. Both of them uttered, " WHAT!?"
The teacher, 'surprised' by their chemistry, chuckled," hoho, I think your will make a good pair for projects. Do work well. Fujima, take care of your new friend."
Fujima mumbled sarcastically, " More like enemy I suppose."
Hoshiko wanted to ask for a change of place but dare not for fear that the teacher might know of their quibble. She could only answer a soft 'yes' and walk reluctantly towards her seat.
Yukiko was observing all the happenings and was worried that both of them might eventually get out of hand. She could only hope for recess to come before she could talk to Hoshiko.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* For the rest of the day, both of them did not bother to look at each other, left alone converse. Feeling vexed enough from the morning incident, neither of them would want to face each other for the rest of the day. But fate seems to enjoy playing on them. Being in the same class for both of them was bad enough. Sitting next to your 'arch enemy' was a torture.
Just then, Fujima's pen accidentally rolled over to Hoshiko's table. Hoshiko stopped listening to the teacher's lecture. She was staring at the pen. Fujima, on noticing the weird behaviour of Hoshiko wrote on a piece of paper, " What are you looking at now? Haven't you finish from just now?" Hoshiko then wrote " your pen crossed over the borders". Fujima immediately retrieved the pen. He continued with,
" Gomenasai. But must you be so calculative?"
" This is my area of territory. You have invaded my land."
" Need not be so serious? I don't want another argument of any kind."
" I am not so unreasonable. Just remember that this is the line of division. One must not cross over this border. This is my rule with my partners."
"I suppose it only deals with me right?"
"How did you know? Hmm, you are not stupid."
"Well,.... "
Fujima had not finished writing the sentence when the teacher noticed that they were passing papers around. The teacher immediately walked over to their table, which was at the end of the class. Lucky for them, Fujima was fast and kept the paper before the teacher caught them red-handed.
" Fujima, what is .................... ?( well, I cannot think of any question which is challenging.)" the teacher asked.
He answered perfectly and was awarded with a round of applause from the class. Bent on catching them, the teacher inquired what they were doing. Fujima quickly replied that he was 'teaching' Hoshiko because she did not understand the question. Hoshiko was surprised at his answer but in order to escape punishment, she nodded her head in agreement (rather reluctantly). With no proof, the teacher let them off with a warning.
After the teacher went away, Fujima replied in the piece of paper : See? I told you I was clever. Hoshiko, at being 'humiliated' at being stupid was seething in anger and stepped on Fujima's foot forcefully till he cringed in excruciating pain. He could do nothing but to bear it for he did not want another outbreak to happen. Lucky for him, the rest of the day was considered peaceful to a certain extend.
During recess:
Yukiko was showing Hoshiko around the school with some of her best friends, namely Rie, Aiko and Imai. Yukiko was desperately trying to know what had happened to Hoshiko and Fujima but Hoshiko only shrugged it off.
" Please, if you are my friend, let's not talk about that egotistical peacock. Let me enjoy my recess. I still have to see him for the rest of the day!"
" But Fujima is a sought after for many girls, their dream prince charming you know. How is it that you dislike him so much? " Rie asked out of curiosity.
"Maybe your didn't see his true self. He is so full of himself and a wolf in disguise actually. He is pretending to be such a perfect man. As a saying goes ' never judge a book by its cover.' " Hoshiko answered 'as a matter of fact.'
"You seem to understand him rather well? Aiko joined in.
On the other hand.
Fujima's best friends, Hanagata and Hasegawa were waiting for him outside his class. When they saw Fujima limping out of the class, they were at a loss of words.
"Omg! Are you okay? Does your legs hurt?" asked Hanagata when he finally recovered from shock.
" How did you hurt yourself? Fall when you walk down the stairs? Quite impossible though." Chipped in a puzzled Hasegawa.
Fujima finally replied in anger," I met a vicious chicken who stepped on my leg on purpose! Never been so down on my luck before."
Both of them could only stare at each other helplessly while strings of question form in their head. Who could anger the super calm Captain?
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~* Wow! Hoshiko is really very vicious right? Hahaha, actually she isn't that bad. See how the story goes!
P.S. Please review this fic!!! Please tell me if this is too 'draggy'. I accept any kind of comments. Thank you! (",)