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Chapter 4
Sakuno
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She clutched his uniform close to her body.
'I don't know what's going on. I'm so confused. What happened before…I'm still so…terrified, it's still so fresh in my mind, but…Tezuka-senpai..he…I can't believe he could be so…tender. I'm so confused.' She thought. She decided to jump in the shower and wash away everything. Her pain, her fear, her confusion and her feelings.
Tezuka
While Sakuno was in the shower, he went downstairs and entered the shower down there. He felt the need to shower, due to how much training he did that day. He showered with speed then stepped out with a towel swathed around his hips. Water droplets trailed down his chest and back, while water dripped from his hair.
'How did it come to this?' He always thought that his attraction to her would remain unspoken and unthought of. He wasn't crazy about her, being the guy he was but, she did enter his thoughts occasionally since she along with Echizen came to high school. He hadn't seen her for two years, and she grown taller… slimmer. Her face had matured, her hair remained long but they weren't in pigtails no more. Being the strict, quiet and 'kept-to-himself' type of captain, no one knew these thoughts and feelings that went through him.
There were many girls who were said to be beautiful that were after him, but he simply ignored them for he found them annoying. If they weren't overly crazy about him and the tennis club, they would be so impulsive as to be provocative and act in ways he found indecent. But Sakuno…she walked the school grounds enjoying her surroundings. She was beautiful but seemed unaware of it. She was shy, but had character, and definitely different from being a first year in junior high.
But he never approached her, never spoke to her, for the reasons that, people would find it strange that the school student-sensei, the schools' best at everything hunk is talking to a girl, but even more…he knew that her feelings for Echizen still remained. For that one main reason, he stayed away from her. Sometimes he wouldn't even think of her, but if he caught a glimpse of her, his thoughts remained on her all day.
'I better get dressed. She might be waiting.' He dressed in dark pants and a blue buttoned up shirt. He left the buttons on his sleeves undone and the same with his two top buttons.
He stepped out of the bathroom with the towel around his shoulders rubbing vigorously at his hair already replacing his specs back in front of his eyes. He took the stairs two at a time as usual and reached his room to find it empty. He poked his head out the door to hear if it the water was still running. Sure enough it still was. He walked further into his room and began unpacking his school bag.
Minutes later her heard footsteps shuffling into his room and he turned from his knelt down position to look at her. Her hair was wet and fell messily but stylishly in her face and over her shoulders. The uniform, as he suspected before was more than just large on her, it practically floated about her. His shirt trailed past her waist and his shorts went down past her knees. He almost smiled at the sight of her in his uniform, but the one thing he forgot about was her injuries.
'How stupid could I be?' he mentally kicked himself. Her face was red fading into pink when she was slapped and there were scratches on her arms, legs and neck.
"Ryu-ryuzaki, sit down, I'll bandage you up." He said striding over to her. She just shook her head.
"I'm ok…please call my grandmother (and his heart plunged a little, thinking that she really hated being with him) I don't want to bother you anymore than I already have." She whispered.
"It's…alright. Just sit then." She obeyed him while he went to the kitchen to grab the phone. He dialled her number, but after no one picked up, he gave up and left a message.
'What should I do now?' (he has asked himself that so many times now) 'Ryuzaki sensei is not home, and she feels uncomfortable here, and I can't act myself around her.' All the while thinking this, he was using the antenna of the phone to scratch his head.
"Ryuzaki, no one is home." She remained silent. He wasn't sure if she heard him or not but he continued talking. "I'd take you home….but….I don't really want you to be home alone…after what's..happened." Silence was what she still gave him.
"Can….can I stay here then?" she asked timidly.
He was taken aback. He couldn't come out to make the offer, and yet he was surprised she asked. "It's fine with me…." Silence came up between them again.
"Since you'll be staying…I'll bandage you up, then I'll get you something to eat." He said before he left the room to get the first aid kit.
Msg to "Clarify" – thanks for the comment, but don't think about yourself like that. I'm sure your stories are better. Especially the recent TezuxSaku one.
Msg to Sandrix – I was wondering what's Ic? I'm not familiar with fanfix terms. =)
