Rukawa : *tugs out his t-shirt and shorts, then the letter slithers out and drops to the floor* Huh?! What the hell? A letter?

He rubbed his thumbs against the paper of the envelope and flicked it over to see who it is who wrote to him. There was nothing, though, nothing but a minuscule heart sticker.

Rukawa : Love letter?! Who could possibly sneak around to pop it in my bag?

Who could've done it but those who are in the club. Well, it could be one of those Rukawa groupies, but that was kinda strange too, though. All of the times he had placed his bag carefully inside the changing room. Everybody knows that it is locked. It must've been one of the members in the club; the freshmen perhaps.

With no interest in reading, Rukawa inserted it back into his sport bag and walked over to the gym, all dressed and ready for another daily practice.

Meanwhile…

Sakuragi : *cold sweats*

Youhei : Oi, Hanamichi… Are you alright? What's up with those cold sweats on your head…

Sakuragi : *stutters* Maa… Daijoubu… Nyahahaha! *walks away stiffly*

Tsukimiya : *munches on his favorite tortilla chips* I think he's nervous to hear Haruko-chan's answer…

Youhei : Hnn… I'm tired. Let's go home.

***

Haruko : Mou… has Rukawa-kun read the letter already? I don't think so… Demo, hopefully he did…

Akagi : Where's that Sakuragi?! Is he gonna be absent again?!

Ayako : Aah! Here he is, Sempai!! *tows Akagi's shirt and points towards Sakuragi*

Akagi : *walks slowly, looming Sakuragi* Sakuragi…

Sakuragi : *tries to put off that worried looks* Aaah! Gori! Did you missed me already? Nyahahahaha!!

Akagi : Baka!!! *fist flies and hits Sakuragi straight on the head*

Sakuragi : Itai!!! Teme, Gori!!! *looks around and realizes that everybody's laughing* Teme, minna!! This ain't funny—

Haruko : Sakuragi-kun!!

[the music of horror plays in Sakuragi's head]

[try listening to Jaws' theme song ^^]

Sakuragi : *face turned blue, beads of cold sweats began to drip down to his chin* Ha…ruko…san?

Haruko : Sakuragi-kun… Where have you been yesterday? Are you sick?

Sakuragi : (thinking) Oh no! The letter!! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!!!!

Sakuragi : Aaaa… iie, H-haruk-ko… san!

Akagi : Of course you didn't! You just wanna take a day off, don't you?! How dare you!!! *another fist thumbed onto Sakuragi's head, hard* Now for punishment of being late and skipping practice, run 40 laps around the whole courts!! Go!!!

Sakuragi : What?!!!

Akagi : (voice calmer but sounds threatening) Or I suppose you prefer… hmm? 60?

Sakuragi : Ack!! Hai hai!! I'm going, Gori, I'm going!!!

And there he goes, running around 30 times, circling the whole 2 courts inside the gymnasium. While running, Sakuragi stole glances at Haruko, who was watching him from afar. He blushed to himself.

Sakuragi : (in his head) Oh no… What would she say?! Darn it… I have a bad feelings towards this!!

Haruko : *glimpses back and forth at Rukawa and Sakuragi* Mou! I don't think there's an improvement between the two. Oh no! What will I say to Sakuragi-kun?! I think I better apologize later on. Yeah, I suppose I should talk to him…

***

The practice kept going under Akagi's instructions. All of the practice, Sakuragi was overrun by his uncertainties. He kept looking back at Haruko and lost focus on the rehearsal. His shoots went out of place, none of them went through the hoops. His dribbles were not in a steady pace too. It kept getting faster yet slower, in other words, out of place. Most of them were startled about Sakuragi's unusual behavior today. Not only he didn't do well in the practice, he kept silent and calm; not like one of those days when he was so strident and so bigheaded about himself.

Ayako : Haruko-chan, Sakuragi Hanamichi is acting so strange today, doesn't he?

Haruko : Un… *nods faintly* (thinking to herself) This is probably because of me. There weren't a lot of wrangles between Rukawa-kun and Sakuragi-kun too. I really do need to apologize to Sakuragi-kun!!

Ayako : Maa… *walks over to Akagi* Sempai, I think they need a break. Most of them are weared out, I suppose. Why not let them breathe fresh air or something?

Akagi : Yeah… I think they are, since Sakuragi, who had more stamina than any others, were tired himself. *folds his arms* Alright! You people, go take a rest for 5 minutes.

Mitsui : Nice timing… I nead a beverage. Oi Sakuragi, go to the canteen and buy us some Pocari Sweat or Mountain Dew, will ya? *veers to Miyagi* Miyagi, want some?

Miyagi : Sure! Buy some, 'kay, Hanamichi? I'll pay you later on after the practice!

Rukawa : He don't got no money so better give 'em now… *sips his private can of Pocari Sweat*

Mitsui : Sou yo! Ne, Miyagi? That's right, right? Here, *stands up and place Sakuragi the money on his palm*

Miyagi : Hehehe… Sou sou… I'll borrow money from you first, Mitsui-san. Mine's upstairs. Okay?

Mitsui : No prob. Saa, Sakuragi. Go! Buy us some drinks. Don't come back without our orders, Hanamichi!

Sakuragi : H…Hai… *walks out*

Miyagi : Ara? What's wrong with that dude today?

Mitsui : …Sure he is strange *shrugs*

Rukawa : *watches him as he goes away* Do'aho… (thinking) Hm… I'm bored… Alright, I'll just read that crap so that I don't have anything to do with it later on…

He grabbed his bag and pulled out the letter. Recklessly he tore it open and drew the paper inside the envelope out. He read it carefully, since it could barely be read.

Rukawa : What the?! This sure are not girl's writing… *continues to read*

Rukawa : …Time goes, I never know… *reads fastly* If it can show you how I feel… Aishiteru…. *grimaces* The hell… *tries to read the name of the writer*



a.n :: hehe… end for today… :P

I like to leave things hanging! ^__^

Okay, I'll be kind…

PREVIEW :

Haruko : Ano… Sakuragi-kun… I can't… That letter…

Ayako : Did any of you happen to see Rukawa?

Sakuragi : Zukon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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that's enough… want some more, check out the next chap =P

Other infos ::

Well I got this thing inspired when I was writing poem… Then I started to think, why not make a poem for my fic? Well… I don't know, since the poem that I had wrote is about heartbreaking and one-sided love, I guess I'll just make this a stupid Hana fic, since I'm tired of making original characters. Hehe… Neways, I'm planning to make a song for Sakuragi later. In other words, it means that later on @ the other chapters, Sakuragi's gonna sing! Yes!! Sakuragi's gonna sing!!

I was listening to Eminem's Without Me while writing this fic. It's such a cool song though the lyric's kinda offending… hehe… Anyways, it's rhythm and melody helped me to make such atmosphere in this chapter. ^^ Hmm… This fic's title, yeah yeah, I got it from Pink's new album and a song. Heheh… Copyright Pink, man, don't sue me!

See u @ the next chap… dun furget to review. It'll be very very accepted. Thanx for those who had posted reviews for the previous chapter :: angel007_ph, Kanon*Altrui, and Nellie. Sorry that I haven't got the chance on reading your ficcies. I promise I will later on! I believe it would be a lot of fun.

That's it for now, PoPoCHi's signin' out! Peace out! ^__^