Author's Notes: Not many have made a fic like this, I'm starting to think that I should try to spread their love. nods thoughtfully

To my dearest best friend, Ryotski Menchi, this is for you. winku Not quite the drama you asked for.

Disclaimers: Slam Dunk isn't mine…

Perhaps

I slowly got up from the bed and sat on it. I glanced at the person beside me, the person who knows me the best, the person who I have shared my life with.

Who would've thought that I, of all people, would fall in-love? More so with a man? I never really knew how I have been attracted to him. Maybe it's his eyes, so full of concern and yet full of determination. Maybe it's also his breathtaking smile which never fails to render me incapacitated.

I gently caressed his face, tracing his soft lips that I have kissed for more than a million times. Ahhh… Maybe I do love him for the simple reason that he is himself. Funny, ain't it? Funny how love makes you feel accepted, cared for… and most of all… loved.

"Why are you still awake? Want another round?"

"Baka. I'm thinking about something."

"The reasons why you love me?"

I paused for a second. "Yeah." For countless nights, I have tried to come up with a sensible answer to the question, "Why do I love Mitsui Hisashi?" and yet, I still can't find a suitable answer for it. Maybe because it's far too indescribable that even the deepest and most meaningful words can't even explain why.

"And why I love you?" he asked again.

"Bingo, Hisashi."

Another question would pop in my mind whenever I think of that subject. Again, for countless nights, I have tried to come up with an answer. Guess I'll just leave it up to Kami-sama for Him to problem.

"Hey."

"Hm?" I turned around top face him, his eyes radiating with… love? Maybe I just really can't explain why I love him and vice-versa.

Perhaps… this is what you call true love, that even though you can't find reasonable answers to all those bugging questions, you still wake up with a smile, a smile radiating a different aura… one that soothes and shows love.

"Stop thinking about that and go to sleep. You're tired."

"Fine." I turned on the lamp and closed the lights. I lay down beside him, fingers entwined with his own.

"And…"

"What?"

"I love you for who you are, Kaede."

I simply smiled and put his hands on my heart, letting him feel how much I love him too. Thank God I don't know the answers to those questions, thank God I still can't find out why I love him…

… Thank God for giving me a person who loves me the same way I love him…

21March03

7:05p