Chapter 9

'I can't believe that the stupid kitsune agreed to help me. Guess I should try to be nicer to him, but he's such a…jerk,' I thought, 'and that Sendoh! Doesn't he have practise? How can he have the time to visit me every other day and bug me?! Ugh! Wonder if I can just beat him up and scare him off.'

"Oi, Hana-kun!"

I cringe.

Ayako was staring at me.

"Why are you here, Sendoh?" Mitsui asked suspiciously.

"Because Hana-kun's here."

Images of me running over there and head butting him unconscious ran through my head. That'll make him shut up. But then another image of him grabbing me and kissing me came to my head, "No!"

"Baka," Rukawa said.

I was about to retaliate but then Sendoh was here, 'But not yell at the kitsune…must not yell…'

"Why are you acting so weird today?" Ryota asked, "your usual response should be running over to Sendoh and accusing him or spying, then slamming the door on his face."

"And…" Mitsui added, "your response to Rukawa should be: teme, kitsune!"

"Nyahahahaha!!! The tensai isn't afraid of spies, they can spy all they want. And I will not waste my breath on a stu-Rukawa."

"That doesn't sound like you," Ryota said.

The guntai rushed over and began touching my forehead, "He must be sick today!"

"Very sick!"

"We must take advantage of the situations and-"

Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Four unconscious body laying on the ground, 'I feel all better now.'

.

I stuck my head out and looked around, 'Ok, everyone's gone…well, except the person I want most to leave, Sendoh.'

I sighed and went out pressing myself against the wall hoping he wouldn't notice, but no such luck.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"Practising how to walk against the wall of course. Nyahahaha!"

"Oooook…" he said, "I went home and thought about the stuff you said and there's something I don't get."

"What?"

"Didn't you use to hate Rukawa because Haruko liked him? Even if you did start liking guys shouldn't it be someone like Ryota, Kogure, Hikoichi, or myself? Someone you didn't despise?"

'Why did he have to go and ask that? Must think from someone else's perspective. Someone dumber than the tensai and doesn't see through the kitsune's façade. The guntai! But it's hard for me to think as idiotic as them.'

"I'm waiting…"

I sighed, "It's not Rukawa's fault that Haruko likes him. He did nothing to encourage her…"

I had to spit out the next part, "Her admiration for him is…understandable and there's nothing he can do about it. Why would I despise him for something out of his control?"

'I despise him because he's playing hard to get which only makes Haruko like him more. The sly kitsune. Dumb show off, trying to make me look bad.'

Sendoh still looked suspicious, "Why do you like him then? You two are like complete opposites."

'Now I got to praise the dumb kitsune?! No! I will not do that! I refuse!'

"Can't think of any, huh? I knew you were lying," Sendoh declared triumphantly.

'I guess it's better than being harassed by Sendoh 24/7,' I decided, "there's so damn much to choose from. I don't know where to begin."

"Begin anywhere."

"He's sly," I began, 'wait suppose to name him good points not bad, but it's not like he has any good points.'

I looked at Sendoh's smug face and took a deep breath, "He's a…good basketball player, he's a pretty good fighter…"

"Continue."

"He's good looking and cute," I said wanting to puke."

"But I'm all of those things and more so. Well, all of them except the fighter thing, I believe we should make love and not war."

'Make love!? Make love?!?! Aaaaaaaaaaah! Save me!!!'

"Baka," came a voice behind me.

"Te-"

"Not you. Him," Rukawa stated looking at Sendoh.

"Oh…"

Sendoh laughed.

"Do'aho," Rukawa said.

"Wait. I'll walk you home," I said eager to escape from Sendoh.

~TBC