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Title:  Kanagawa Blues

PART 6: Precious Declaration

He watched her as she walked out of the gym. He hopped on his bike and hit the road while singing, "Anata dake mitsumeteru deatta hikara imo demo zutto Anata sae soba ni ireba hoka nannimo iranai…" he breathed in because the next part was too high for his voice but he continued, "Yume no HIGH TENSIOOOON! OooooohAAAAARGH!!!" his bike swerved to some garbage cans on the side of the road and resulted with him crashing to them head first. He looked around; he was lucky nobody saw him.

He reached home. Before he could put his bag down, the phone rang,

"Hello" he answered

"Hello Koshino-sempai, this is Hikoichi."

"Uh, it's you, Hikoichi."

"So, we've heard…you've transferred to Shohoku."

"Ah, yeah…it was dad's decision, he thinks it'd be better this way."

"Yeah, well I guess you won't join our practice again, I mean, you don't have to, now that…"

"That's right, I was to go there yesterday to say goodbye to you guys but I had to go to Shohoku for the interview and stuff."

"It's Ok, Sendoh told us everything."

"So, er, how's it going? I bet he appointed Uekusa as sub-captain."

"Oh, yeah, we're doing fine. Sendoh did appoint him. He told us it was your choice."

"Yeah…"

"I have to go, I'm late for practice. Nice hearing you again, Koshino-sempai."

"Alright, same here, bye."

They hung up. Before he could make another move, the doorbell rang. "Hang on" he said. When he opened the door he was standing before his ex. It was Sendoh.

          "Ah, Akira, what are you doing here?" he asked politely.

          "You, er, forgot to, er, gather your stuff in the locker room, so I, er did it for you." Sendoh answered, he was sweating. Koshino didn't know what to say at the moment but said,

          "Yeah, I was to pick them up yesterday but I had to attend to something and, er, you really didn't have to. But thanks anyway, want to come in?"

          "Er, no, I just, er, I ma go now, I, er, we have a practice." He said as he turned to go.

          "OK, I'll see you around, I guess." He turned but Sendoh called back,

          "Er, Hiro-chan, I, er, I mean would you, er, I…I…" (Sendoh had a bad case of a stutter when he was a kid…)

          "I know, I'll see you, maybe some time."

          "Ah, OK. Bye."

After that, Koshino went to his room, his heart was beating really fast but he didn't know why. Perhaps because of Sendoh or maybe Ayako. He didn't mind,

Tomorrow I'll see her again… he thought.

Next morning he woke up quite early. He prepared himself for the practice and off he went again, singing on his bike. When he reached Shohoku High, the sophomores and Kirin were cleaning the gym. Sakuragi called out to him.

          "Ey, Kosh! Why so early? Do you wanna give us a hand or are you trying to impress everyone, eh?"

          "No, I just woke up quite early today. Where's Ayako-san, I mean everyone?"

Sakuragi studied him for a while, his lips curling into a sneer.

          "Ayako will probably arrive before the seniors and Mitchy. And she, well I guess, will be wearing something, er, sexy-I mean-daring, you know it's summer." Sakuragi said. Koshino blushed. Rukawa slightly shook his head and turned to Sakuragi,

          "Would you mind helping here or do you want her to hit us with her paper fan when she sees the floor?" he said as he mopped the floor.

          "Yes, I do mind cleaning. And if you excuse us, we're talking here." Sakuragi said rudely. But Koshino spoke,

          "I'll help, it's not a lot of work and I've done this before and-" he was cut short when Sakuragi pulled him by the sleeve. Rukawa sighed and muttered something under his breath, which sounded very much like Do-ahou. Sakuragi took Koshino outside the gym.

          "What are you doing and why did you take me here?" Koshino asked.

          "Nothing, I was just wondering if you care for a little walk. Ah, there's Ayako-chan!" Sakuragi pointed to the gate.

          "Where, where is she?" Koshino asked excitedly.

          "Oh, I thought I saw her, it was just a car. Hehehe."

Koshino snorted but Sakuragi went on,

          "You're in-love with Ayako-san. Hmm, you're in great trouble."

He told Koshino with a warning look.

          "What the hell are you talking about? We had just met and-"

          "Ryochin's going to kill you! I saw you yesterday, you were looking at her, no point denying."

          "What?! Of course I'd look at her, what d'you want me to do? Speak to her with my back turned on her?"

          "I know when a person's in-love, Kosh, you were scarlet like an apple. And guess what? Everybody thinks so even slow Rukawa. Ryochin's gonna kill you when he arrives."

          "What am I goin' to do? Sakuragi-kun, help…if Miyagi finds out, I mean, if she finds out."

          "Well if Miyagi finds out, he'll kill you right away, that I'm more than sure but I dunno about Ayako, I think she'll turn you down."

          "What!? Turn me down? It's more than I can bear!"

Sakuragi broke into a very wide evil grin.

          "Relax, it was a joke, only I, the genius knows about your secret. And I'm the only one who can help you here, I'm so experienced with this you see."

Koshino wanted to punch the lights out of him but he just rolled his eyes. He was about to say something when Sakuragi spoke,

          "Now, Kosh, tell me, how much do you like Ayako?" he asked as the corners of his lips reached his ears.

          "OK, I love the girl." Koshino said lightly.

          "What? I can't hear you." He scrunched his face in innocence and tried to get his ear next to Koshino's face.

          "I said, I'm in love with the girl!" He said before he could stop himself. Sakuragi's smile faded and he moved closer to Koshino. He continued,

          "I can't help it, Sakuragi, I see her face everywhere, and she was mine but it was just a dream! You see, when I entered here I was having second thoughts if I should join the team but when I saw her, she was beautiful and she likes basketball. And I thought, why can't she be mine, I mean there's no reason she couldn't like me, we both like basketball."

          "Ryochin also likes basketball—and Ayako. That makes you even. But they've known each other since first year. Ryochin liked her when he first saw her just like you. And Ayako, she has always been supportive to Ryochin, yes, you do stand a chance, but just a little." Sakuragi told him seriously.

          "I don't care," he said determinedly.

"Uh-oh, I'm in a fix," the redhead muttered when he remembered something.

"Why?"

"You're a nice guy and all but-"

"But what?" Koshino asked panicking slightly.

"You see, Ryochin's my friend too…" he said sounding worried and before Koshino could ask anything more, Sakuragi pointed to the walkway that led to the gym.

"Oh no, Ryochin's here."

TBC