Synopsis of Chapter 5: For the brigade to leave him alone, Rukawa's only plan is to have a girlfriend – a fake one. He got Shinobi to agree, that she'll pretend. But will it work?
It was lunch break. Rukawa, instead of going to the rooftop like he always does, went to Shinobi's classrom. He went inside straight to Shinobi's desk.
"Hey, Shinobi! Mind if I stay here during break?"
"You… here?" she saw every girl in her class have pleading eyes, telling her to say yes. "Oh, sure."
So he took a sit next to Shinobi.
"Hi Rukawa… I heard about your accident. I'm really sorry." One of his admirers said in a flirt way.
"Oh, don't worry about it. No harm done." He replied.
The other girls who saw Rukawa reply also planned to talk to him. Thanks goodness Shinobi made a way out of the situation by…
"Rukawa, I just remembered. Didn't I tell you I'll be needing your help on something?"
"What? I don't recall."
"Please…"
"Ok, if you really need help."
After that she brought him to the rooftop.
"What are we going to do here?" he asked.
"Nothing, I just said it so that you won't get killed by those admirers. They really like you even if you're cold to them, just imagine their longing for you if you speak to them."
"But I…"
"Not another word…" she said covering his mouth. They spent the remaining time talking to each other. This time, Shinobi's not the only one talking, and this is when Rukawa wanted Shinobi to call her by his first name Kaede.
"Shinobi, I don't want them to think that I'm a snoot, but I don't want to get killed by their undying affections. What am I supposed to do?"
"I don't know, maybe tell them that you have a girlfriend already." She replied in a joke manner.
"That's it! If they knew that I have a girlfriend, they'll give up."
"Don't be so certain. And I was just kidding."
But he didn't listen to her.
"Are you willing to help me?"
"In any way I can. But I don't think this will work and I told you, it was a joke."
"Great! You'll pretend to be my girlfriend in front of the masses, agreed?"
"Agreed. Hey, wait! Why me?"
"Well, since they started rumors about us dating, why don't we show them how right they are."
"I don't think so. You can ask other girls. But not this one, oh no!"
"Oh come on, please… it's just pretending."
"If it's the only way… ok. But, if you think of another plan, this will be over."
"Agreed."
Dismissal time, Rukawa went to Shinobi's classroom again.
"Will you be watching our practice?" he asked.
"Of course I am. I want to show you how supportive I am."
"Then, let's go."
They held hands while walking to the gym, whispering to each other.
"You're a great actress."
"You're not half bad yourself."
Murmurs are heard everywhere they go. Some girls got green in jealousy. Some got red in anger. But some blushed feeling happy for the "COUPLE". Yes, Rukawa's plan worked. They think they are a couple. When they arrived at the gym everyone's jaw dropped.
"Wow! I know you two treat each other sweetly, but even in my imagination, not this sweet." Ayako said.
"So I guess the rumors are true." Kogure said.
"What rumors?" Rukawa asked.
"Rumors that you and Shinobi are dating…" Mitsui replied.
"That's not true!" Shinobi reacted negatively. Rukawa gripped on her hands reminding her of their plan.
"We're not only dating, we're already a couple." She continued.
"NANI!!!!???" everyone shouted in surprise. Haruko almost fainted like most members of the Rukawa Brigade.
"We don't believe it!" The leaders of the Rukawa Brigade (Ru, Ka, and Wa) shouted.
"You have to give us proof first." Ru demanded.
"What kind of proof?" Shinobi asked.
"Kiss him." Ka told her.
"On the lips." Wa continued.
"NANI! Kiss him on the lips! NO WAY!!!" Shinobi thought.
She faced Rukawa and whispered, "How do you plan on exiting this?"
"Just kiss me." He replied.
"NANDA TO? Are you out of your mind?!"
"Just do it."
So they attempt on doing so until…
"Stop!" Ru demanded.
"We can't bear to see him kissing another girl." Ka said.
"It's so painful." Wa cried.
"Don't worry Rukawa our darling, we respect your decision on having a girlfriend." Ru said.
"That's right. But don't worry, we will remain faithful to you." Ka continued.
"We will always be your brigade." Wa finished.
With that they cried their way out of the gym.
After practice, Rukawa and Shinobi cycled home.
"I still can't believe they actually fell for it!" Shinobi said.
"I told you, it'd work."
"But I won't forgive you if your brigade didn't want us to stop."
"Oh, you mean that kissing stuff?"
"Yes. You know that in our family, the first man to ever touch your lips with his is the one you'll spend your married life with."
"Meaning your first kiss has to be your husband?"
"Yup."
When they reached Tanima Mansion they ate dinner and proceed with doing homework.
"You know what, my sensei said that my performance is improving." Rukawa said.
"Good for you. That means you don't have to worry about getting kicked out of the team because of poor school work, like always."
"I told you this new me was better. And thanks for helping me with the admirers problem."
"No sweat! Anytime."
AN: what do you guys think? Ending of this series is fast approaching… but I'm still considering ideas. Anyway RnR… let's just wait for whatever I get inspired with…
To: Dana Jones - Thanks for the review,,, glad you liked it! And thanks for the suggestion,,, i revised the amnesia thing and invented a personality switch thing,,, again thanks!
To: SD avid fan - you reviewed again,,, thanks! i didn't end it in one post because i lack ideas,,, and i felt like making readers see the first part so they may tell me their ideas,,, and like the others, your ideas are very much welcome!
To: Meitsi - you're right! that's from lion king,,, hehehe,,, forgive me cause i can't think of an original dialogue... don't worry i'll try my best to come up with original works next time,,, thanks for the review!
To:chocomouse - thanks for the suggestion,,, i appreciate it... but unfortunately i can't put that up here... coz i've read fanfics with that kind of scene... and they might think i copied their idea,,, we don't want that to happened now do we? nyway,,, juat as i've said, i appreciate your suggestion! thanks!
