A/N: Hi guys!!!! I hope you still wanna read my story...!_! please? Jk! Well
anyway, things are starting to get along well between Helois and Rukawa.
Let's see what more can Rukawa know about his female counterpart, ne. ^_^
please review!!!!
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"hey! move out of the way!" someone yelled. "like duh! I got here first!" another person answered. Helois sighed. Kids are going wild about her brother's new business. She stepped out of the noisy place and went off to go home.
When she was about to turn around the block, she saw a couple of kids playing basketball by the park court.
"I wonder how the team is fairing." She murmured to herself and decided not to go home. She walked along the park, not thinking where will her silly little feet would take her. and silly as they can be, they brought her to a basketball court where Rukawa was practicing all alone. Nightfall was about to engulf the city and Helois was quite curious why their star player is still out playing his heart out.
Rukawa was concentrating intently that he did not notice someone just came inside the court and was staring at him. when he threw the ball for a outside shot, it came in and rolled off. his hands were on his knees and he was panting hard.
"I think you should not crouch. It makes it more difficult for the blood to circulate properly." he heard a familiar monotone voice. He turned around and saw Helois holding the ball. Rukawa's breath was caught up his throat. He straightened up and stared at her pretty face illuminated by the setting sun.
"with the looks of you, I think you should rest for a while." Helois said and walked towards him. "what are you doing here? I thought you've already gone home." Rukawa asked her while his heart taking up pace. "I came from my brother's shop. So noisy that I decided to take a little walk before the sun finally slipped down." Helois said. Rukawa walked towards the bench where his bag was and took a towel to wipe his face. He watched silently as Helois threw the ball up and stared in disbelief when it went inside the ring.
"I can see that you can play." Rukawa panted slightly. "not quite. Just took fancy of it when I was still young." Helois shrugged and retrieved the ball. Rukawa took a seat while Helois remained standing. "why are you still practicing? Showing off?" Helois asked him. Rukawa stared at her indifferent attitude. "none of you business actually." Rukawa returned the cold shoulder.
"wow. that's the understatement of the year." Helois said sarcastically while she threw the ball up again and it came in.
"well, you started it." Rukawa retorted. If he could not get Helois to talk good naturedly, might as well have her talk to him with a little aloofness. At least she's talking to him. "started what?" Helois shot him an irritated glance. "the unfriendly conversation, forgot already?" Rukawa replied.
"my, never thought you're this kind of ass." Helois scoffed. "never thought you can be this pain in the ass too." Rukawa responded. Silence engulfed them and Rukawa was startled when he heard her chuckling. He was even more bewildered when he heard her giggle. It was the first time he heard her do that. she was one of the untouchables of the school, like him but hear she is, laughing her heart out without any known reason.
"what are you laughing at?" Rukawa pouted. "nothing." Helois tried to control herself. "of course there is a reason. It there's none, I should bring you to a mental hospital." Rukawa told her but Helois just laughed harder. Rukawa could not resist the urge to smile. he felt like celebrating for he was the first person except from her family to see Helois laugh like a lunatic. He heard himself giggle then Helois paused and stared at him. then the two of them broke into fits of laughter until tears well up their eyes. a lot of people passing by kept staring at them like there are some psychos that escaped from a mental hospital.
"stop, stop!" Helois raised a weak hand. Their giggles died down but smiles were still plastered on their lips.
"you should have seen our faces." Rukawa told her. "I never imagined us doing this. imagine, the Ice King and Queen of Shohoku are laughing like crazy on an empty open court." Helois said while shaking her head. "I don't think you're an Ice Queen. You just don't want anyone bothering you, that's all. I don't think I'm an Ice King too. I just don't like people bothering me." Rukawa told her. "really?" Helois asked. She went towards him and sat next to him on the bench. "un." Rukawa replied.
"I don't like people who meddles with my life. They feel like they know you very well." Helois sighed. She stared at the setting sun.
"I hate people who wanted to disturb my sleep." Rukawa told her. "yeah. I heard that you're one of those who needed 18 hours of sleep a day." Helois said. "not quite." Rukawa corrected her. "what? You mean you needed more sleep than that?" Helois asked him. "I need 17 hours of sleep only." Rukawa told her. "you just deducted an hour." Helois said.
Silence engulfed them.
"how's Iris?" Rukawa suddenly asked. Helois snapped out of her reverie. " oh she's fine. She kept on rambling about you these past few days. It seems that you really captured that girl's heart." Helois said. "really?" Rukawa suddenly stared at her. "yeah. She's like, Nessan, you know daddy's like this and daddy's like that and so on and so forth." Helois imitated her sister. "where does she attend school?" Rukawa asked. "she goes to Little Angels Daycare center." Helois said.
"never thought I'd enjoy talking." Rukawa told her. Helois blushed but thanks to the waning sun, it was invisible. "neither do I." Helois said. Silence filled the place.
"maybe because we're so much alike that we can find something common in each other." Rukawa told her. Helois' face grew sober. Silence engulfed them as she grope for something to say. She sighed. "what was it like, Rukawa-san? What was it like being alone?" Helois asked suddenly. Rukawa looked at her. "well..." Rukawa started. Helois stared at her hands. "I don't know. I became so numb that I don't really know how it felt." Rukawa told her. Helois sighed and stood up. she picked up the ball and stared at it.
"I don't know what I'm building inside me..." she said. Rukawa stared at her. "maybe I'm trying to prove something to myself but I still don't know what it is." Helois said. "well, it can't harm you if you continue searching." Rukawa said. "it's not that easy. These past years made me callous. Maybe it's not worth it at all." Helois said and sighed.
"what are you talking about?" Rukawa asked. He's getting confused. " what?" Helois snapped out of her reverie. "You're getting off-course." Rukawa said. "oh, that. it's nothing." Helois shook her head. "you were saying about being callous." Rukawa stood up and started to come closer to her. "it's nothing, really." Helois insisted. Rukawa came near her and took the ball from her hands.
"a lot of people have been wondering what is really inside of Helois Tachibana and honestly, I am one of those persons." Rukawa said with a soulful voice. Helois sighed and turned her back on him.
"a lot of people don't know what's behind this mask, Rukawa-san. And they might be disappointed to see how hollow I am inside." Helois said sadly and started to walk away. Rukawa just stared speechlessly at her retreating back.
"konbanwa, Rukawa-san. It's getting late. You better get yourself home too." Helois said before disappearing completely from the park.
Rukawa sighed. ' I did not know it would be this hard to see through you, Helois. But still...' Rukawa mused while staring at the ball. Darkness engulfed the place entirely. Silent footsteps speak of unsaid emotions...
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Helois arrived right before dinnertime. after one minute, she has the gay Iris in her arms. "Nessan?" Iris asked. "hmm?" Helois murmured. "would it be ok if I visit daddy tomorrow?" she asked. Helois stared at her sister. "you're coming to my school?" Helois asked. The little girl nodded in enthusiasm. "I don't know Iris..." Helois murmured. "oh pretty please! Iris would not disturb him. I just wanna see daddy at school." Iris pleaded.
"he's a very busy man, Iris." Helois told her. "please! He'll have time for me. I'm his baby." Iris insisted. "we'll see Iris but I can't promise you. and besides, Nessan needs to stay up late at school to finish some homework." Helois said. "Oniichan will take Iris there! Oh please Nessan! I wanna go." Iris pleaded. "I'll think about it, Iris." Helois said in a stern voice.
The two of them were quiet during dinner. Hiro noticed that Helois is extra silent tonight. "so what happened after you left?" he asked. Helois did not utter a word. "I called home to know if you've arrived five minutes after you left the shop and Oba-san told me you're still not home." Hiro continued.
"I tarried off somewhere." Helois told him. "oh, ok." Hiro said with a not-so-convinced look. "ok, who wants dessert?" Oba-san asked, breaking the silence. "me!!!!" Iris cried. "ok angel, why don't you come with Oba- san to get our desserts?" Anzai-sensei said. "me get dessert!!!" Iris cried and jumped off her seat before running after her grandmother.
"aherm." Anzai-sensei cleared his throat. Helois looked up to him. "is everything ok at school?" he asked. "oh, everything's fine." Helois said with a monotone voice. "how fine?" her grandfather asked. "well, I'm staying late tomorrow to finish the term paper research that I've been doing." Helois told him. "how late?" Hiro asked worriedly. "I need to stay up until 7:30." Helois told him. "that's kinda late. Can't I talk you out of the 7:30 thing?" Anzai-sensei asked, looking concerned.
"I really need to finish this one, Oyaji-san. I have a lot of paper works ahead of me and I don't want this term paper to be on the way of everything." Helois told him.
"ok, but I'll have Hiro come and fetch you up. I'm not quite convinced of letting you walk home at night all by yourself." Anzai-sensei told her. " hai." Helois said. Iris and Oba-san came back bringing ice cream and cones. "Niichan, can I go to Nessan's school after class 'morrow?" Iris asked her big brother when she got back to her seat. "Iris..." Helois said in a warning tone.
Hiro turned to look at his baby sister. "and why are you going to Nessan's school tomorrow?" Hiro asked her. "I wanna see daddy." Iris told her. Helois sighed in resignation. Hiro cast a meaningful look to her sister. " don't you think he's kinda busy, Ri-chan?" Hiro asked her while taking in a spoonful of chocolate ice cream. "Iie, I will stay with Oyaji-san til school is finished. Then, I will watch daddy while practicing. I will cheer for him then I will come home with Oyaji-san after." Iris said. she looked at her grandfather with pleading eyes that the old man can't seem to resist.
"ok, but promise me that you would not interfere with the practice." Anzai- sensei told her. "yey!!!!!!" Iris cheered and leaped out of her seat to hug her Oyaji-san. "enough now, you must finish your dessert." Her Oba-san told her. Helois shook her head in resignation while taking in a spoonful of ice cream. Hiro was watching her intently, studying her gestures. Something is different with his sister ever since that skating day... he's curious to know who did it....
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Rukawa sighed as he stared at the ceiling. "I never realized it's so hard to dig up something out of a person..." he mumbled. The wind of the open window shook the key chain that was hangin on his lamp. "why are you shunning yourself away from me?" Rukawa muttered while looking at the key chain. Emotions flooded in his eyes as he stared lovingly at the skating shoes.
A/N: Hahahahahahaha!!!! Long time right? Please review!!! I don't want this fanfiction to die out!!!!!! please!!!!!!
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"hey! move out of the way!" someone yelled. "like duh! I got here first!" another person answered. Helois sighed. Kids are going wild about her brother's new business. She stepped out of the noisy place and went off to go home.
When she was about to turn around the block, she saw a couple of kids playing basketball by the park court.
"I wonder how the team is fairing." She murmured to herself and decided not to go home. She walked along the park, not thinking where will her silly little feet would take her. and silly as they can be, they brought her to a basketball court where Rukawa was practicing all alone. Nightfall was about to engulf the city and Helois was quite curious why their star player is still out playing his heart out.
Rukawa was concentrating intently that he did not notice someone just came inside the court and was staring at him. when he threw the ball for a outside shot, it came in and rolled off. his hands were on his knees and he was panting hard.
"I think you should not crouch. It makes it more difficult for the blood to circulate properly." he heard a familiar monotone voice. He turned around and saw Helois holding the ball. Rukawa's breath was caught up his throat. He straightened up and stared at her pretty face illuminated by the setting sun.
"with the looks of you, I think you should rest for a while." Helois said and walked towards him. "what are you doing here? I thought you've already gone home." Rukawa asked her while his heart taking up pace. "I came from my brother's shop. So noisy that I decided to take a little walk before the sun finally slipped down." Helois said. Rukawa walked towards the bench where his bag was and took a towel to wipe his face. He watched silently as Helois threw the ball up and stared in disbelief when it went inside the ring.
"I can see that you can play." Rukawa panted slightly. "not quite. Just took fancy of it when I was still young." Helois shrugged and retrieved the ball. Rukawa took a seat while Helois remained standing. "why are you still practicing? Showing off?" Helois asked him. Rukawa stared at her indifferent attitude. "none of you business actually." Rukawa returned the cold shoulder.
"wow. that's the understatement of the year." Helois said sarcastically while she threw the ball up again and it came in.
"well, you started it." Rukawa retorted. If he could not get Helois to talk good naturedly, might as well have her talk to him with a little aloofness. At least she's talking to him. "started what?" Helois shot him an irritated glance. "the unfriendly conversation, forgot already?" Rukawa replied.
"my, never thought you're this kind of ass." Helois scoffed. "never thought you can be this pain in the ass too." Rukawa responded. Silence engulfed them and Rukawa was startled when he heard her chuckling. He was even more bewildered when he heard her giggle. It was the first time he heard her do that. she was one of the untouchables of the school, like him but hear she is, laughing her heart out without any known reason.
"what are you laughing at?" Rukawa pouted. "nothing." Helois tried to control herself. "of course there is a reason. It there's none, I should bring you to a mental hospital." Rukawa told her but Helois just laughed harder. Rukawa could not resist the urge to smile. he felt like celebrating for he was the first person except from her family to see Helois laugh like a lunatic. He heard himself giggle then Helois paused and stared at him. then the two of them broke into fits of laughter until tears well up their eyes. a lot of people passing by kept staring at them like there are some psychos that escaped from a mental hospital.
"stop, stop!" Helois raised a weak hand. Their giggles died down but smiles were still plastered on their lips.
"you should have seen our faces." Rukawa told her. "I never imagined us doing this. imagine, the Ice King and Queen of Shohoku are laughing like crazy on an empty open court." Helois said while shaking her head. "I don't think you're an Ice Queen. You just don't want anyone bothering you, that's all. I don't think I'm an Ice King too. I just don't like people bothering me." Rukawa told her. "really?" Helois asked. She went towards him and sat next to him on the bench. "un." Rukawa replied.
"I don't like people who meddles with my life. They feel like they know you very well." Helois sighed. She stared at the setting sun.
"I hate people who wanted to disturb my sleep." Rukawa told her. "yeah. I heard that you're one of those who needed 18 hours of sleep a day." Helois said. "not quite." Rukawa corrected her. "what? You mean you needed more sleep than that?" Helois asked him. "I need 17 hours of sleep only." Rukawa told her. "you just deducted an hour." Helois said.
Silence engulfed them.
"how's Iris?" Rukawa suddenly asked. Helois snapped out of her reverie. " oh she's fine. She kept on rambling about you these past few days. It seems that you really captured that girl's heart." Helois said. "really?" Rukawa suddenly stared at her. "yeah. She's like, Nessan, you know daddy's like this and daddy's like that and so on and so forth." Helois imitated her sister. "where does she attend school?" Rukawa asked. "she goes to Little Angels Daycare center." Helois said.
"never thought I'd enjoy talking." Rukawa told her. Helois blushed but thanks to the waning sun, it was invisible. "neither do I." Helois said. Silence filled the place.
"maybe because we're so much alike that we can find something common in each other." Rukawa told her. Helois' face grew sober. Silence engulfed them as she grope for something to say. She sighed. "what was it like, Rukawa-san? What was it like being alone?" Helois asked suddenly. Rukawa looked at her. "well..." Rukawa started. Helois stared at her hands. "I don't know. I became so numb that I don't really know how it felt." Rukawa told her. Helois sighed and stood up. she picked up the ball and stared at it.
"I don't know what I'm building inside me..." she said. Rukawa stared at her. "maybe I'm trying to prove something to myself but I still don't know what it is." Helois said. "well, it can't harm you if you continue searching." Rukawa said. "it's not that easy. These past years made me callous. Maybe it's not worth it at all." Helois said and sighed.
"what are you talking about?" Rukawa asked. He's getting confused. " what?" Helois snapped out of her reverie. "You're getting off-course." Rukawa said. "oh, that. it's nothing." Helois shook her head. "you were saying about being callous." Rukawa stood up and started to come closer to her. "it's nothing, really." Helois insisted. Rukawa came near her and took the ball from her hands.
"a lot of people have been wondering what is really inside of Helois Tachibana and honestly, I am one of those persons." Rukawa said with a soulful voice. Helois sighed and turned her back on him.
"a lot of people don't know what's behind this mask, Rukawa-san. And they might be disappointed to see how hollow I am inside." Helois said sadly and started to walk away. Rukawa just stared speechlessly at her retreating back.
"konbanwa, Rukawa-san. It's getting late. You better get yourself home too." Helois said before disappearing completely from the park.
Rukawa sighed. ' I did not know it would be this hard to see through you, Helois. But still...' Rukawa mused while staring at the ball. Darkness engulfed the place entirely. Silent footsteps speak of unsaid emotions...
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Helois arrived right before dinnertime. after one minute, she has the gay Iris in her arms. "Nessan?" Iris asked. "hmm?" Helois murmured. "would it be ok if I visit daddy tomorrow?" she asked. Helois stared at her sister. "you're coming to my school?" Helois asked. The little girl nodded in enthusiasm. "I don't know Iris..." Helois murmured. "oh pretty please! Iris would not disturb him. I just wanna see daddy at school." Iris pleaded.
"he's a very busy man, Iris." Helois told her. "please! He'll have time for me. I'm his baby." Iris insisted. "we'll see Iris but I can't promise you. and besides, Nessan needs to stay up late at school to finish some homework." Helois said. "Oniichan will take Iris there! Oh please Nessan! I wanna go." Iris pleaded. "I'll think about it, Iris." Helois said in a stern voice.
The two of them were quiet during dinner. Hiro noticed that Helois is extra silent tonight. "so what happened after you left?" he asked. Helois did not utter a word. "I called home to know if you've arrived five minutes after you left the shop and Oba-san told me you're still not home." Hiro continued.
"I tarried off somewhere." Helois told him. "oh, ok." Hiro said with a not-so-convinced look. "ok, who wants dessert?" Oba-san asked, breaking the silence. "me!!!!" Iris cried. "ok angel, why don't you come with Oba- san to get our desserts?" Anzai-sensei said. "me get dessert!!!" Iris cried and jumped off her seat before running after her grandmother.
"aherm." Anzai-sensei cleared his throat. Helois looked up to him. "is everything ok at school?" he asked. "oh, everything's fine." Helois said with a monotone voice. "how fine?" her grandfather asked. "well, I'm staying late tomorrow to finish the term paper research that I've been doing." Helois told him. "how late?" Hiro asked worriedly. "I need to stay up until 7:30." Helois told him. "that's kinda late. Can't I talk you out of the 7:30 thing?" Anzai-sensei asked, looking concerned.
"I really need to finish this one, Oyaji-san. I have a lot of paper works ahead of me and I don't want this term paper to be on the way of everything." Helois told him.
"ok, but I'll have Hiro come and fetch you up. I'm not quite convinced of letting you walk home at night all by yourself." Anzai-sensei told her. " hai." Helois said. Iris and Oba-san came back bringing ice cream and cones. "Niichan, can I go to Nessan's school after class 'morrow?" Iris asked her big brother when she got back to her seat. "Iris..." Helois said in a warning tone.
Hiro turned to look at his baby sister. "and why are you going to Nessan's school tomorrow?" Hiro asked her. "I wanna see daddy." Iris told her. Helois sighed in resignation. Hiro cast a meaningful look to her sister. " don't you think he's kinda busy, Ri-chan?" Hiro asked her while taking in a spoonful of chocolate ice cream. "Iie, I will stay with Oyaji-san til school is finished. Then, I will watch daddy while practicing. I will cheer for him then I will come home with Oyaji-san after." Iris said. she looked at her grandfather with pleading eyes that the old man can't seem to resist.
"ok, but promise me that you would not interfere with the practice." Anzai- sensei told her. "yey!!!!!!" Iris cheered and leaped out of her seat to hug her Oyaji-san. "enough now, you must finish your dessert." Her Oba-san told her. Helois shook her head in resignation while taking in a spoonful of ice cream. Hiro was watching her intently, studying her gestures. Something is different with his sister ever since that skating day... he's curious to know who did it....
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Rukawa sighed as he stared at the ceiling. "I never realized it's so hard to dig up something out of a person..." he mumbled. The wind of the open window shook the key chain that was hangin on his lamp. "why are you shunning yourself away from me?" Rukawa muttered while looking at the key chain. Emotions flooded in his eyes as he stared lovingly at the skating shoes.
A/N: Hahahahahahaha!!!! Long time right? Please review!!! I don't want this fanfiction to die out!!!!!! please!!!!!!