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Three Shrewd Ways to Ruin a Wedding
"Are you sure this is what you want? What about your mom's happiness?"
Miyuki groaned, " Oh Sendoh. I do want my mom to be happy. But what bout me? I don't want to be related to him."
Sendoh laughed on the other line. "Him is Rukawa right?"
Miyuki clutched the phone tighter. She snickered, "Imagine that Sendoh. Rukawa is to be my stepbrother. World War III is about to commence."
Sendoh laughed loudly. He enjoyed talking to Miyuki. Even if they were from rival schools, they remained good friends. "So what are you doing about it?" He asked.
Miyuki gave a sigh of defeat. "Don't tell anyone but Rukawa and I formed an alliance. We plan to cancel the wedding."
Sendoh was silent. "What if it doesn't work?"
Miyuki chuckled. "Of course it will work. With my brilliant mind, it will work."
They both laughed.
"Oh, this reminds me. Is your brilliant mind going to be at the home game at Shohoku against us to take pictures?" Sendoh asked.
"Yup. I'll be taking pictures for our newspaper. Don't worry Sendoh. I'll take your pictures and blow them up to suit your ego." Miyuki laughed to herself. "Well I have to go Sendoh. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye then." Sendoh replied and hung up the phone.
Miyuki placed her receiver down and lay back on the couch. The door shut.
"Miyuki, I'm home." Her mom announced.
"I'm in the living room." Miyuki announced back.
Maya bounced into the living room. She smiled brightly, "Miyuki, are you busy tomorrow?"
Miyuki shook her head.
"Well," her mom started. "Yamato and I planned a late dinner tomorrow. We want you and Rukawa to come. At that new pasta place downtown."
Miyuki stood up hurriedly. "No way. Besides there's that basketball game tomorrow. I need to take pictures for the paper."
Maya rushed to her daughter and held her hand. "Come on Miyuki. Just give this chance! After the game, you and Rukawa can come join us. Let this be a happy dinner." Miyuki looked at her mom. Her mom was pouting and giving her puppy eyes.
Miyuki looked away. "Okay." She whined and walked away. She ran to her room and picked up the phone dialing Rukawa's number. Time for phase one.
Miyuki glanced at the scoreboard. It was 45-47 for Ryonan and there was ten seconds left in the clock. Miyuki snapped more pictures of Shohoku players.
"Now don't be family biased." Ayako replied teasingly.
Miyuki smirked at the manager. Why would I ever do that? She pondered and snapped a picture of Sendoh. "Go Shohoku!" She cheered loudly as Rukawa readied for a three pointer. He shot and scored.
His fangirls shouted, "We love you Rukawa!"
Miyuki congratulated herself as she took a great jump shot picture of Rukawa. "Yes!" She rejoiced as time ran out and Shohoku won by one point.
The players gathered at the bench as Ayako and Coach Anzai congratulated them. Miyuki avoided them all and ran to the middle of the basketball court. "Hey Sendoh!" Miyuki called out.
Sendoh paused and turned around. He smiled, "Hey, congratulations on your win."
Miyuki grinned, "I took pictures of you. I'll try to develop it tomorrow and give it to you."
Sendoh winked, "Aren't you going to keep some for yourself?"
Miyuki laughed and mock punch Sendoh on the arm. "I'll catch you later." She waved and ran back to Shohoku.
"Did you see me Haruko? I was the ace player tonight!" Sakuragai bragged to Haruko. He laughed like a fool and was knocked on the head by Akagi.
"Yes Sakuragi, I saw you nice and clear. You were really good." Haruko praised him then turned to Rukawa. "That jump shot was really good. You were awesome!" She complimented.
Rukawa looked at her and mumbled, "Thanks." His gaze averted to Miyuki who caught his eye. Then he turned away and headed for the locker room.
"Miyuki, I heard about you and Rukawa. Your parents are getting married?" Haruko asked curiously.
Miyuki gave her a fake smile and nodded. She didn't want to upset a friend. "Well Haruko, I've got to go. Bye guys." Miyuki waved goodbye and walked out of the gym.
Ten minutes later, Rukawa walked out, hair still wet and changed into a white polo shirt and black jeans. Miyuki put her baseball cap on to match her peasant blouse. "Finally. I was wondering, do you know where it is?" She asked.
Rukawa didn't say anything but began to walk to the restaurant. He asked a few minutes later, "What do we do about the wedding?"
Miyuki grinned. "First we have to know when and where their meetings are. Then we strike. Thinking of every possible shrewd way to ruin their night. In other words, espionage then sabotage."
Rukawa nodded. "That's good. I'll try to find out when he'll meet your mom again. And you'll 'change' their plans. We can't talk over the phone so just meet at school."
"At the rooftop. I know you always sleep there anyway. We'll meet there to talk about what we find out." Miyuki replied and paused when she saw the pasta place across the street from them.
"Well, we're here." Rukawa said and they both walked across the restaurant and walked in.
Miyuki took off her hat. "There they are." She pointed to a four seat table where a man and woman were seated." She and Rukawa made their way to the table and sat across each other. "Hi mom!" Miyuki smiled and hugged her mom. She turned to Yamato, "Hello sir."
"So how was the basketball game?" Yamato asked.
Rukawa and Miyuki shrugged in response.
"We won." Rukawa mumbled as he flipped through the menu. "I'm having spaghetti." He informed the waitress.
"I'll have fetucinni." Miyuki ordered.
Rukawa glanced at her, "Fettucinni? Don't be so fancy."
Miyuki rolled her eyes at him. "And what? Spaghetti? That is so boring. Even Sakuragi can think of better pasta. Fetucinni has more imagination!" She turned to the waitress. "I'm keeping my fetucinni."
"I'm sticking to spaghetti." Rukawa snapped.
The waitress fumbled nervously. She smiled and asked, "Lover's argument?"
Rukawa and Miyuki's eyes shot at the waitress. "How can we have a lover's argument when there isn't any love?" Miyuki retorted. Rukawa just snorted. The waitress hurried away with their orders.
Yamato and Maya sighed in exasperation. How could they have a peaceful dinner when their children were bickering like cat and dog?
Author Notes: Thank you for reading. Please review because reviews are generously appreciated. Next chapter hopefully coming out soon.