Hi, people! We're on for Chapter 3! Y'know what I think? It's like this fic is not too personalized… I mean, try my Fruits Basket Fic. You'll see what I mean… Anyways…

Title: A Dirty Basketball

Disclaimer: If if owned SD, I'd be filthy rich right now and I'd not have to go through fanfics if I wanted to realize this story, y'know.

Pairings: Umm, at the moment, uncertain. But this is not yaoi!

Time Setting: After Shohoku lost to Aiwa. Oh, wait! After the Interhigh was concluded. Yup, the champs are here. Of course, they're my creation. And here, the teams are still complete.

Fictional/New Character: A whole team, actually… Okay, a whole school. This includes the particular person I created, Aki Sendoh, Akira Sendoh's, umm… cousin… hehehe!

POV's: many, maybe most of my lead characters will have their own share

Summary: Another short summary… Here's the deal… Mitsui is not able to restrain himself and he kisses Aki in the boys' locker room located at the gym… Curious yet? Hey, don't look at this story like it's all green or something… It's still a "highschool love story…"

Chapter 3: Waiting for Nothing

NoRMaL PoV:

Sendoh, Rukawa and Mitsui got up at already around 7:00 AM…

"Hey, we're thirty minutes late already, you guys," Sendoh said in between large swallows of rice and viand.

"Who cares?" Rukawa mutters, looking down on his plate. (theory here: Rukawa was all gloomy and didn't care if they were late because Aki already left. ) They were eating inside the mansion's magnificent dining room. The hall was draped with red and gold curtains, utensils glittered all around; it was a particular room set in European style. (Kinda peculiar in Japan, ne?) It was like the dining area of kings and princes, as Mitsui loved to exaggerate. But the mansion they were in, and that included the dining room, all belonged to a certain punk girl named Sendoh Aki.

"C'mon, Sendoh. If Aki's this rich, you probably are as rich, or even richer, than this,"

"Yeah, I probably am, but am not. Don't worry, Mitsui, if you manage to marry off with Aki, you'll get all this,"

"Hah! Good you know your cousin and I have perfect chemistry! We're meant to be! We'll set the engagement soon!"

"Do ahou,"

"You're just jealous, Kitsune!"

"Whatever,"

"Yeah, dream on,"

"Aah! Sendoh, you, too?" As they chatted, or kinda quarreled, the phone rang. One of the maids (Told ya, Aki's a rich girl.) answered the phone, then handed it to Sendoh.

"Hello? Oh, yeah… Well, we kinda – slept in. I know, I know! Yeah! We're coming, don't worry! Huh? You're – not? You do ahou! Urusai! Like you do! A - Okay… See ya," Sendoh turned the phone off and handed it to the maid.

"Who the hell was that?" Rukawa said in his usual low tone.

"Huh? Why?"

"You were like, animatedly talking. Honestly, I thought you were going insane," Mitsui said.

"Shut up! Told ya, she really scares me… Dunno why I still like her…"

"Aki?" Rukawa's head suddenly looked up at Sendoh as he spoke.

"Er… Yeah," Sendoh, Rukawa and Mitsui got up and ready for training. So, usual daily routine goes. They train at the gym all day, you know that. But when it was time for going home, they didn't go up to the building to fetch Aki, as yesterday. Instead, Sendoh told Aki to go to the gym to them. Mitsui told Sendoh that it was kinda impolite and un-gentlemanly of him. But Sendoh was too lazy, even to think about what Mitsui said.

"Akira? A –! Gomen! Honto gomen nasai!" Aki ran towards the gym, went through its doors, to the boys locker room. She expected that her cousin would be there but instead, she ran into a towel-draped Mitsui. (Take note, only towel-draped… He he he!) The moment she saw him, she quickly apologized and made to close the door, but…

"A –, iie! Daijobu, Aki!" Mitsui stopped Aki from closing the door. He put his hand on the side of the door, and opened it to Aki. "It's all right. Come in," he said, gesturing Aki inside.

"Ha? Nani? Mitsui-kun?" That's – that's –"

"Men's shower and locker room, I know. But there's no one here. It's okay, y'know. Except if you still consider me as a stranger?"

"A –, that was not what I meant. It's just that – "

"Hey, you shouldn't worry about anything, except if you yourself are thinking something dirty about me… Ha ha ha!" Mitsui held his head high while laughing.

"Huh? O – Of course, not!"

"Well then, come on inside," Mitsui said while Aki stepped inside. When Aki entered, Mitsui firmly closed the door. He walked to his locker and rummaged through his things while Aki stared around. "Have a seat," He said, pointing a look at the bench in front of the locker.

"Huh?"

"Come on, don't tell me you're still shy," Mitsui said, wearing a grim smile.

"Whatever," Aki said, sitting down on the bench, far from Mitsui and his locker. She faced the opposite locker and stared into nothingness.

"So, how was the stalker thingy?"

"Huh?"

"Were you able to find out who the guy was yet?"

"Uh…"

"What's your problem? Why aren't you answering any of my questions? Your mind in a daze or something?" Mitsui yelled into his locker.

"Huh?"

"Will you quit those 'Huh's' already!" Mitsui turned to Aki now, blushing slightly, irritated by Aki's manner. Aki looked at him blankly, however. What he didn't realize was that Aki was indeed shy. Imagine yourself being alone in a closed room with a towel-draped guy… "Y'know…" Mitsui's voice suddenly calmed, and his eyes surveyed Aki differently. "You're cute," said Mitsui, looking into those shy, confused eyes. He then stepped to Aki's front and put his hand on Aki's neck.

"Huh?" Aki was surprised. She could still feel Mitsui'shand, even the finger tips, cold. He probably was just out of the shower for a few minutes. Mitsui suddenly lifted Aki's neck, making Aki stand up, to avoid being strangled by the hand, which had surprising strength in it. When Aki stood, however, Mitsui pinned her neck to the locker, leaned in, and kissed her roughly.

"Na – nani?" Aki said when Mitsui paused. She grabbed his shoulder, which was still coldand wet,and tried to push him away, but he, being an athlete, was just too strong for her. (I know, Aki's an athlete, too, but they say that men are stronger than women, ne? I'm a girl, so I don't believe that either. There are certain aspects where women are stronger than men. But I put the belief in for that sake of the fic. Ride on. ) Mitsui leaned in again, but…

"A – heeey…" (Prolonged "hey" ) Sendoh opened the door and ran into what he should not have seen. Mitsui turned to the doorway and saw Sendoh. His force on Aki lightened a bit. Aki took this chance to push him away. Mitsui staggered to the opposite locker. Aki ran towards the door and went past her cousin. Sendoh and Mitsui heard her running footsteps out of the court, until they faded.

"What are you doing here?"

"What were you doing to her?"

"Hey, I'm surprised. You're not gonna beat me to death?"

"Not today. Do you want me to?"

"You're really weird, y'know! I kissed your cousin, whom you've been over-protective of, already, and you don't even do as much as raise your voice at me?"

"Not that I don't care about Aki, but… I dunno. I mean, it's time she experienced something like that. I'll bet that's her first kiss,"

"Really? I'm honored," Mitsui does startled but happy face.

"She hasn't even had a boyfriend. I'll be mighty glad if she manages to get one,"

"And you'll be much more glad if that first boyfriend becomes me, ne? I mean, who could be better tp trust your cousin with but a friend?"

"Shut up. Don't make yourself believe just yet. She's picky with friends, so she'd probably be picky with men, too. Believe me, she was also picky even with relatives,"

"You mean, picky with you?"

"I'm gonna kill ya,"

"Haha! Just joking. Anyways, I think she was pissed off by what I did,"

"She probably already went home. Let's go,"

"Yeah, wait," Mitsui entered the shower room again and dressed himself. He got out and he and Sendoh went out to the court. They found Rukawa already waiting for them, so, the three of them went home.

"Where's Aki?" Rukawa asked, oblivious to what happened earlier.

"She – er – went home alone," Mitsui answered.

"Yeah, Mitsui scared her,"

"Shut up!"

"Why? What did he do?"

"Shut up, Sendoh!"

"Oh, he just managed to pin her to the locker and kiss her," Sendoh laughed.

"Shut up!"

"Do ahou!"

"Jealous Kitsune!"

End Of Chapter 3: Waiting for Nothing

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