A/N: C-ing how there R ppl out there missing Akira-kun like me I've decided to add him back in S I'm sorry, if I confused ppl w/ who's POV it was, it was always obvious to me (duh, since I'm writing it), I'll add it in.

NEways on w/ the story, it's been a while so lets hope I can get back into Ru's frame of mind.

Chapter 11

(Rukawa)

I stretched, 'Finally done my physics homework.'

"Soooooo, how have you and Hanamichi been?" Sendoh asked casually.

'Finally to the main topic. Why does he always have to blab on for like an hour before getting to the main question?' I wondered, "alright."

"Alright? You got to be more descriptive than that," he said.

"Friends."

"Still just friends? It's been like what…a month? I could've had two home runs in that time," he said.

'He plays baseball? Guess he must not be very good, I mean hitting a home run takes like 4 seconds, to only be able to hit two home runs…no wonder he plays basket-'

My thought was cut off as he said, "Is our cool, bring-it-on, Rukawa Kaede afraid to make a move?"

'Yes, I don't want to scare him off like you,' I thought but instead said, "do'aho."

He laughed, "Should I be taking that as a yes?"

"Where've you been?" I asked changing the topic.

Sendoh sighed, "The coach won't let me out of sight until I pass my next chemistry quiz. It's been studying and practise for me all month long. And the entire team's on me too, telling me I better pass. I don't even know why I'm taking chemistry, who cares that the symbol for gold is A-G and iron can be Fe plus or minus one."

'Obviously not you,' I thought and said, "A-U, plus one or two."

"Huh?"

'He really does need help in chemistry.' I thought.

"Why are we talking about school, it's so boring, back to the topic at hand. I think it's time to continue forward, friendship isn't good enough."

'I can live with being friends, but now that I'm friends with him I feel like I might actually have a chance. Hope…is that a good thing?' I wondered, 'but why do people say the friend zone is the worst place to be? I heard it's hard to get-'

"Ru, you there?" Sendoh asked.

"What?"

"Do you even still like him?" he asked suspiciously.

"Yeah."

"Then I'll help you. There's only one course of action left to be taken to help him understand his feelings," Sendoh said.

"What?"

"Kiss him."

"What?" I asked, 'I can't do that. He'll kill me…I'll probably die from a heart attack before that.'

"Kiss him. It works in movies-"

"Real life," I pointed out.

"You didn't let me finish, it works in real life too. I tried it."

'But I never tried it before. What if I suck? Is sucking good?'

"See you tomorrow," Sendoh said, "make your move or I'll be forced to make mine. Bye."

I hung up, 'Sendoh make a move? What kind of move? I really think he's trying to get me in trouble, you can't convince a guy they like you by kissing them, can you? Well I guess if you're a great kisser but…'

.

I was feeling extremely nervous and I got to look out to see if Sendoh's there. I took a deep breath and went out, 'He's not there! Yes! Maybe he couldn't get away.'

"Safe," I said.

Hanamichi walked out with me, "Good. So I guess I'll be seeing you tomorrow. I think he might have given up. What do you think?"

I shrugged, "See you tomorrow."

"Now that was a lousy good-bye."

Hanamichi jumped. My heart was pounding.

"Why are you hiding here? It's impolite to spy on people and why are you even here?" Hanamichi asked in one breath.

Sendoh looked amused leaning on the wall, "First of all, I hardly consider this hiding, I'm just waiting outside the gym as oppose to inside. And I'm here to see you of course, cute as I remembered."

Hanamichi flushed, "Don't call me that!"

"What? Cute? But it's the truth, would you want me to call you beautiful instead?" he asked, "Rukawa must not be a very good boyfriend. I mean, no good-bye kiss, not even an I'll walk you to your bike, why is that?"

"We don't need stuff like that. He knows how I feel!" Hanamichi said looking really squirm-ish.

"So desu?"

Hanamichi looked like he wanted to bolt. I'm guessing I should say something but what? Before I could Hanamichi blurted out, "We made out enough inside."

He turned beet red after that and I was feeling hot and uncomfortable.

"Oh? Your lips don't look swollen," Sendoh said reaching over to Hanamichi's lips.

Now I understood the phrase like a deer caught in the headlights. I surprised myself but managing to speak coolly, "Don't touch him."

"Oh, possessive."

"What will it take for you to leave me…us alone?" Hanamichi asked.

"Convince me," Sendoh stated, "I've been doing some spying and you two look like friends at the most."

"Just because we're going out doesn't mean we need the whole world to know," Hanamichi said, "you've been spying on us?!!?"

"But no one knows," Sendoh said ignoring the latter half of the question, "there's no intimacy at all."

"…"

"We don't have to be intimate in front of you!"

"You do if you want me to leave you alone," Sendoh said.

Hanamichi looked at me in exasperation, his eyes asking me what to do, 'This is my cue. I'm suppose to do something. Punch Sendoh? No I can't do that. Drag Hanamichi away with me? That'll do.'

Then I caught Sendoh staring at me expectantly and his words came back to me, make your move or I'll be forced to make mine.

'What is his move? I can't let him do it, whatever it is,' I decided and grabbed Hanamichi, then kissed him hard.

He was completely frozen, and rigid. I didn't want to let go but my brain was in control and I knew it was better to let go and run before he came to his senses and hit me. I walked away quickly.

TBC

A/N: My next update should be faster since I kinda know where I'm going to be going. This was a pretty long chapter, ne? Probably a lot of spelling errors since there was no rough copy, gomen about that.