Teinousha
Author's Notes: Ohayo! Second part's up! Due to a rather looooooooong paragraph phrasing, I decided to cut this part off into chapters. The chapters are based on the following days after the first part, Troubled Hearts. The Silver Lining series is next. Each chapter for each day. Arigato!
Ms. Shinri-chan, again, this is for you.
BTW, for Ms. Olivia Y's review, I would just like to say that I feel exactly like you do in KoshSen/SenRu love triangles, and rest assured, I am not going to delve much into this pairing… Just read on and enjoy! Arigato!
Guys, thank you for the support on the first chap. Please enjoy!
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Part II- The Silver LiningShould I? Would I?
T-chan
Should I tell him, would I have him,
Singing in sweet romance?
Should I ask him, would I have him,
Dancing dear love's cancans?
Should I seek him, would I find him,
With open arms and gay
Should I hold him, would I keep him,
Forever in my arms to stay?
Should I grin, would he smile?
Should I hope for a while?
Should I wish, would he stay?
Would my wish keep him at bay?
Should he ask, would I say no?
Should he gloom, will I let go?
Should I look, would he come back?
Should it be too late, will I live my lack?
Should I let him, would I miss him,
As much as I hope he'd miss me too?
Should I look, would I find him,
Happy in love with someone new
Should I dream, would I somehow,
Hope to forget him too
Should it be fate, would it be too late?
For a love to be for us two
(A stupid poem, perhaps, but it does rhymes, and match the mood of my story. Gomen.)
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The next day (Tuesday)…Koshino made his way across the school grounds towards the gym for their early morning practice. The crisp, cold air was enough to bring chills to his spine, but for a totally different reason. The reason? Sendoh Akira, Ryonan ace and heartthrob, was standing not 6 feet away, looking for all the world like the ever-cheerful man that he is.
Koshino sighed. He deeply considered whether it is practical enough to do his plan right then and there, or should he wait for another chance as perfect as that time. It seems, the two of them had been too early for practice, and while Koshino knew it was not intended, he figured that it was as good a sign as he could get.
Here is his chance...
He took a deep breath, before he found the voice to speak. "Sendoh... can we talk?" His determination can be seen from the way he uttered those words. He looked so... resolved; his very willpower threatening one to disagree at their peril.
Should I tell him, would I have him,
Singing in sweet romance?
Should I ask him, would I have him,
Dancing dear love's cancans?Sendoh blinked at that, but complied. He followed Koshino towards the back of the gym, where the two can presumably get their privacy. There was a flight of stairs situated in the side, surrounded by the lush, green trees (just remember in the TV series). Koshino took his seat on the uppermost step, and waited for the ace to do the same. Sendoh sat down right beside him.
"Yo! So, what's gotten you so high?" Sendoh asked cheerfully, leering at his best friend as if that's the most natural thing to do… Well, it is for him. Koshino was feeling more or less… tense at their nearness.
"I-I… I-" He gulped. Man, he just lost an entire night's practice speech, just by sitting in close proximity with the ace. He wondered if he would be able to pull the rest through… He cleared his throat to start again. "Uhm, Aki-Sendoh… We've been… uhm," he frantically looked at everywhere else but his friend, deftly looking for some sort of help or assistance. Maybe he should have written his speech in placards and had posted them somewhere in front of him. At least, it seemed reading is easier than trying to make something out, when the speech you've memorized for the entire night yesterday suddenly went down the drain with your conviction. "I mean… You're my best friend and…"
"Kosh? Daijobou desu ka? You look sick."
"Huh?" Sendoh's question apparently was a much-needed diversion. As much as he forgot his speech, he also forgot what he's been able to make out of the speech, no matter how useless sputtering they were. Apparently, that's as good as speech as he could make when it was required for him to make it from the heart. He sighed.
"Kosh… you ran off in the rain yesterday. Are you okay? You're actually getting red." Instinctively, Sendoh reached out for Koshino's hands, only to let them go at once. "My God! You're all cold! Daijobou desu ka?"
Blink. 'He cared!' That is enough to bring some sort of celebration inside him. Koshino barely kept the urge to cry, if he hadn't bitten his lip to muffle any sound from being produced. "H-Hai! Daijobou. Daijobou!"
"You sure?" Sendoh was still looking at him weirdly, but Koshino was too caught up in his own world to notice it. "Well, if you say so. Anyway, what did you want to tell me?"
That apparently got his attention... Koshino froze. Just as suddenly as all his vexations had disappeared, is as soon as they came plummeting back down in his stomach. He clammed up once more… "I… Oh yeah… the-the speech I…"
Koshino twisted his fingers together, nervously racking his brain for something to start off. He found the words, but apparently, his courage had ran off…
"Kosh?"
"I..I can't do this!" And Koshino quickly stood up, and ran off away from that place, leaving a very confused and concerned Sendoh looking at the path he'd gone to, blinking every once in a while… again!
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TBCAuthor's Notes:
Sorry if I cut this off. The fic was getting to be rather long. Please enjoy it anyway, and please don't forget to review.
Fic inspired by Ms. Shinri Ayase-chan's review, and dedicated to her. Thanks for your review.
This is also for Karin-chan. Thanks for beta-reading this, and thanks for the comments.
Please review!