Against all odds
Sorry it took some time to post this thing. It is because there are sooo many activities in the school. Thanks for the reviews and gomenasai for the wrong grammar because I did not use Microsoft Word and I really suck when it comes to grammar.
Disclaimer: I really hope I own Slam Dunk but I don't. The one who own this is some guy whom I don't know. Please tell me who he is.
Chapter 4: "I love her!"
Rukawa was silent the whole time when Suzume and he boarded the train. "Hey Rukawa, before we go home could we stop for a while because I wanted to buy an anniversary gift for my grandparents tomorrow?" Suzume said to Rukawa because she noticed Rukawa's weird behavior.
"Sure" was all Rukawa could say
'Is he mad at me? I hope not. He sure is different today, I wonder what's wrong.'
'This is getting worse. The more time I spend time with her, the weirder I feel inside me. This is bad. I don't want to fall in-love to anyone.' Rukawa said to himself.
"You know it's kind of weird because there are a lot of girls who are head- over-heels for you and.um.how can I say this.don't even notice them. How come?" Rukawa looked at Suzume in a weird way.
"Huh?" Suzume blushed when she realized that she asked Rukawa a personal question.
"Gome, it's just that you're so quiet when we boarded the train." Suzume ducked her head because she was ashamed to see Rukawa.
"Well it's because they're annoying." Suzume was surprised at what Rukawa said.
"What did you said?" Rukawa turned dotted eye. "I was just answering your question."
"What question?" Suzume said in a confused way.
"The one about those annoying cheerers."
"Oh, that.well'.to tell you the truth they are really annoying except for the girl with the brown hair beside those weird boys that sat beside me."
"Haruko?" Rukawa was confused at what Suzume said. 'What does she have to do with those annoying women?'
"So that is her name, Haruko. I think she has a crush on you that's why I included her in one of your admirers."
"That is not a surprise for me. I know that a long time ago and I think that idiot and Haruko are perfect together." Rukawa said flatly.
"Idiot?"
"Sakuragi."
"Why do you say so?"
"Isn't it obvious."
"You're right. Still, why don't you choose just a single one?"
"I just told you why, and why are you asking me such weird questions?" Rukawa replied without changing his facial expression.
"Because I noticed that you aren't a social type person and I could count all of your friends in my fingers. No offense."
'I she worried about me, and if she did, why?' Suddenly one of Rukawa's cheerleaders, that have a "WA" in her shirt, came to them. "Who do you think you are sitting next to Rukawa?" she said in an angry tone.
"Are you talking to me?" Suzume asked innocently.
"Yes, I'm talking to you."
"Well, it just happen that I am.um." then Rukawa suddenly spoke up.
"My best friend. Why is there any problem?" Rukawa looked at the cheerleader coldly, which made her scared to death. Evil huh?
"Nothing.uh.I'm sorry," the cheerleader said in a plastic tone "I didn't know I thought you were somebody else. Well goodbye." The cheerleader went away but before she went out of the scene, she looked at Suzume in a cold way. Suzume noticed this and she gave her a smirk.
"Talk about possession. Do you think her name is WA?" Suzume said in a dotted eye.
"Beats me."
"Do you really mean what you said to her?"
"What." Rukawa blushed at that moment because he is not used at the way Suzume is looking at him in a weird way.
"That, I am your best friend."
"."
"Well?"
"You don't want it."
"You mean it."
"Yeah." Suzume was speechless because she couldn't believe on what she had heard from Rukawa. Both of them didn't talk to each other because of what happened.
'I can't believe that I said that to her. This is getting worse she's not talking anymore.'
"Thank you. Now I have to learn self-defense." Suzume said breaking the silence between them.
"Why?"
"In case I got beaten up by some wild cheerers and if I did not do it, the next thing I know I'll end up in the hospital."
Both of them laughed at Suzume's joke. After that, they went to a figurine store to buy a gift. The place is filled with wonderful figurines from angels, animals, and nature but one figurine caught Rukawa's eye. It was a figurine of a couple sitting on a bench. The head of a girl is resting on the shoulder of the guy.
"That's a wonderful figurine." Suzume said coming out of nowhere. Rukawa was surprised at what Suzume did. "It will be a perfect present for my grandparents." After Suzume gift-wrapped and purchased the gift, Rukawa and she went to an ice cream shop to celebrate Rukawa's victory on the basketball tournament. Suzume had a chocolate chip flavor while Rukawa had a Rocky road one. Can't help it I'm wild about chocolate. "What would you do if I join the Rukawa fan's club?" Suzume said while laughing. "I would sue you."
"Really?" Suzume said with a smirk on her face.
"I don't like the look on your face right now," suddenly Suzume splat her ice cream on Rukawa's cheek. "Hey, that's not fair!" and Rukawa did the same to Suzume. Both of them ended up laughing. "Look at your face." Suzume said. "Look who's talking"? Rukawa replied.
@@@At Suzume's home@@@
"I'm home." Suzume went to the living room to greet her grandparents. The style of the living room is just only simple: a couch, center table, side table where the phone was placed and a television at the front of the couch. It is wallpapered in light blue, which can make the room very comfortable. She found her grandparents sitting on the couch watching television. Don't know what they're watching. "Hi grandma, hi grandpa." Suzume said while kissing both of them in the cheeks not noticing a piece of paper dropped in her pocket. Suzume was rummaging something in her bag so she didn't notice her grandfather picked the paper up. When her grandfather and grandmother looked at the paper, their face went blank from anger.
"Where have you been?" her grandfather asked coldly.
"School. I have a meeting." Suzume replied in a confused way. 'From the looks of their faces it seems to me they've known where did I went. Hope not.'
"Really" her grandmother said.
"Yeah." Suzume tried to put her best facial expression to hide her lie. 'God, I really hate lying to them but part of what I said was true. Right?'
"And how can you explain this?" her grandfather said while holding the paper to her face. The paper turned out to be a seat number at the basketball game.
Suzume was stunned at how did the seat number came out from her pocket. 'Damn, I knew I forgot to do something. I'm dead meat.' Suzume bent her head down because she knew what was going to happen.
"How many times do I have to tell you, stay away from basketball but did you listen to us? Suzy, basketball is not a good sport and it's not right for you. Try finding other sports that amuse you, just stay away from basketball. " Her grandfather said
"Suzy you have to listen to us. Just like what we said to you past few years, basketball will not do well for you and it will never will. We are doing this because we know what's good for you." Her grandmother said tenderly.
"What's good for me? No, you don't know what's good for me. Never." Suzume suddenly blurted out. "What, you know is how to make my life miserable. I mean basketball is the best thing that had ever happened to my life and you are taking away from me. How could you? I always taught you were the best family I ever had and now your doing this to me. I hate you guys!" after that Suzume ran upstairs to her room with tears coming out of her eyes.
@@@Rukawa's home@@@
"I'm home." Rukawa said flatly. He was just going to his room when Ruriko suddenly cornered him. "So, you're home" Ruriko said with an evil glint in her eye. Rukawa doesn't like what his sister is doing to him and never will. 'I have a bad feeling about this.' Rukawa thought to himself.
"So?" Rukawa said flatly.
"I didn't knew that this Suzume is really beautiful especially her hair and her eyes. It seems to me she is not a Japanese. Right?" That statement surprised Rukawa only one question popped into his mind and that is how did she know? Ruriko watched Rukawa struggle to find answers to his question. Ruriko smirked, "I watched your game and when the game is through I wanted to congratulate you and tease you but I saw you chasing some girl so I decided to congratulate you when you get home."
Rukawa blushed when Ruriko said the word chasing. "For your information dear onee san, I am not chasing Suzume. It just happened that I have something for her."
"What? A kiss?"
"Shut up!" Rukawa said angrily. He went to his room and shut the door behind him.
"Why did she come back here?" Rukawa said to himself.
@@@An hour later@@@
"Suzy, where you going?" asked her grandmother. Suzume was wearing a blue sleeveless shirt with "BAD GIRL" written across on it and slacks.
"Outside, for fresh air." Suzume said flatly. Her grandmother felt sorry for what she did earlier but she never let her emotions show. "Okay, but be sure to be back before dinner." Suzume never answered her grandmother she just went away. She doesn't where she is right now all she knew is that she had to get away. Suddenly she heard someone calling her name. "Suzume!" she looked around but she saw no one. "Up here!" she saw Rukawa waving at her in their terrace. "What are you doing here?" Rukawa asked. He was wearing a red shirt with matching pants. "Umm. nothing."
"Hey! Are you Suzume?" Ruriko appeared out of nowhere. Rukawa was shocked when Ruriko suddenly appear beside him.
"Umm. yeah." Suzume replied with a large sweat-drop in her head.
"Hey, why don't you join us for a chit-chat?" Ruriko asked with a grin on her face. Rukawa prayed that Suzume won't agree because for him Onee san + Chat = Death.
"Sure." Suzume said with a smile. Ruriko's grin became wide when Suzume said yes.
'This is the end for all of us.' Rukawa thought with a black cascades that surround him. "Well, aren't you going to open the gate and take Suzume here?" Ruriko asked impatiently. Rukawa went away to open the gate. When he opens the gate for Suzume he noticed that Suzume had been crying. Suzume realized that Rukawa knew she was crying she suddenly turns away.
At the balcony, Suzume was fascinated at the wonderful view it shows. You can see the whole street on it while the sun prepares to set. "You really are beautiful, don't you know that?" Ruriko suddenly said. Suzume suddenly blushed at Ruriko's compliment. "By the way I'm Kaede, Ruriko, Rukawa's onee chan, but you can call me Ruriko."
"Nice to meet you Ruriko? You really have a nice house. The view in here is wonderful."
"Not as beautiful as you are." Rukawa mumbled to himself. Little did he know Ruriko heard what he said. "Wait till you see when it gets dark." Ruriko said. Rukawa was hoping that by some miracle somebody or something would send Ruriko away. "Do you know that we used to play here when we're still kids?" When Ruriko begin to tell their story Rukawa began to back away. "I remember back then in that place, there used to be a tree in there," Ruriko points beside the terrace. "Rukawa love to sleep under the shade of it. One day while he still sleeping with his mouth open, he didn't notice the bird popping in the tree and.(Laughs).the poop (laughs) shoots into his mouth and then I said three-points." Both the girl ends up laughing after she said that. Rukawa was sending dagger-look to his sister. "Suzume, don't you mind my asking but. do you love. Ru." suddenly her cell phone rang. "Excuse me," Ruriko went away of their earshot. Rukawa let out a sigh when Ruriko went away. "I'm Suzume but I have to go now. There had been an emergency at the clinic. Please tell mom I'll not joining you for dinner." Ruriko went to her room without waiting for Rukawa's reply.
Rukawa and Suzume are quiet for a moment while watching the sunset. "You have a cool sister. I wish I could have someone like her." Suzume said while watching the sunset with a lonely face. She didn't notice that Rukawa was looking at her face in a worried way. Behind them Ruriko passed by but when she saw the way Rukawa look at Suzume a smile crept up on her face then she went away.
"Are you all right?" Rukawa asked in a worried way.
"Yeah. Why did you asked?"
"I don't know, maybe it's because your face has no life in it."
"Don't worry about me I'm just fine." Suzume said. Rukawa is still not satisfied at Suzume's answer but he just let it pass. They spent the whole day talking and looking at the stars.
@@@8:30 pm, at Rukawa's house@@@
"I should go now. I'm sure grandma and grandpa is worried about me. Ja." "Jane." Rukawa escorted Suzume outside their house. "Wait, do you want me to walk you home?"
Suzume just smiled at Rukawa, "Thanks but I can manage."
"You sure?"
"I'm sure." After that, Suzume went away. Rukawa was watching Suzume leave when her sister suddenly pops out beside him. "So have you already said you love her."
"Onee san! You scare the hell out of me!"
"So? Have you already told her?" Ruriko said ignoring Rukawa's remark.
"It's none of your business and by the way I thought your coming home late?"
"Well, the problem was solved easily thanks to your genius sister. Nyahahahaha!" Ruriko said in a Sakuragi-like manner.
"Where the hell did you get that expression?"
"From your red-haired friend." Ruriko said with a smirk. "You are hopeless, onee san." They went inside to have dinner. After dinner, Ruriko and Rukawa went to the balcony just to have fresh air. "You really care for her don't you?" Ruriko said.
"Are you trying to annoy me again?"
"No." Rukawa looked at Ruriko in a suspicious way, looking for lies but he found nothing. "Why do you say so?" Rukawa asked in a serious way.
"The way you treat her." Ruriko plainly said. "A person like that is very rare and is hard to find. Don't let it go because if you do you might end up like me. Think about it bro, okay," with that Ruriko left. Questions begin to fill Rukawa's mind.
'Onee san is right; I do care about her a lot. Demo naze? Naze? Naze? I usually don't care about people especially women, except for my mother and onee san. Moreover, sometimes whenever she's around I feel I'm going lose myself.' Rukawa thought to himself. 'My man, this girl is changing your life and you don't even notice it. To tell you the truth she is the best thing that had ever happened to your life. Don't you dare deny it!' his inner self said. 'Yeah, all of my life I taught basketball is the best thing that had ever happened to me but I was wrong.'
'You said it my man. Now repeat after me "I Love Her." Now you try it."
'What! I don't.lo.love her.'
'Why do you have to make it so hard? It's so obvious you love her even if you don't say it.'
'.' Rukawa lost the battle to his inner self. Then Rukawa smiled at the thing he just realized.
"I love her! That explains everything from my weird actions through my sudden attachment to her. I Love her!" Rukawa said aloud.
"SHUT UP! MY BABY IS TRYING TO SLEEP IN HERE!" the lady from the next door shouted.
"." Rukawa blushed at that moment. 'Wait, did my sister said, "...end up like me"? What does mean?'
NOTES: Celebrate good time come on! Hurray! At last, I've finished this fic. Sorry for the wrong grammar in this fic. In the story, hmmm. what does Ruriko mean by that when she gave advise to Rukawa? Rukawa already admitted he really loves Suzume. I just found out the ending of Slam Dunk, everyone sort-of break-up. Too bad, they lost in the inter-high, but I don't want that to happen here in my fic okay. Well, watch out for my next chapter. It may take long because I really have to study for entrance exams. I really HATE it. Mr. Anonymous sorry about that let me fix that line, "In Japan, people don't call each other in their first name except if you are close to the person or a relative or something like that. The moment Suzume called Rukawa in his first name that means they are close. Okay I have to study right now but don't worry I will find time to finish this thing. Jane!!!
Sorry it took some time to post this thing. It is because there are sooo many activities in the school. Thanks for the reviews and gomenasai for the wrong grammar because I did not use Microsoft Word and I really suck when it comes to grammar.
Disclaimer: I really hope I own Slam Dunk but I don't. The one who own this is some guy whom I don't know. Please tell me who he is.
Chapter 4: "I love her!"
Rukawa was silent the whole time when Suzume and he boarded the train. "Hey Rukawa, before we go home could we stop for a while because I wanted to buy an anniversary gift for my grandparents tomorrow?" Suzume said to Rukawa because she noticed Rukawa's weird behavior.
"Sure" was all Rukawa could say
'Is he mad at me? I hope not. He sure is different today, I wonder what's wrong.'
'This is getting worse. The more time I spend time with her, the weirder I feel inside me. This is bad. I don't want to fall in-love to anyone.' Rukawa said to himself.
"You know it's kind of weird because there are a lot of girls who are head- over-heels for you and.um.how can I say this.don't even notice them. How come?" Rukawa looked at Suzume in a weird way.
"Huh?" Suzume blushed when she realized that she asked Rukawa a personal question.
"Gome, it's just that you're so quiet when we boarded the train." Suzume ducked her head because she was ashamed to see Rukawa.
"Well it's because they're annoying." Suzume was surprised at what Rukawa said.
"What did you said?" Rukawa turned dotted eye. "I was just answering your question."
"What question?" Suzume said in a confused way.
"The one about those annoying cheerers."
"Oh, that.well'.to tell you the truth they are really annoying except for the girl with the brown hair beside those weird boys that sat beside me."
"Haruko?" Rukawa was confused at what Suzume said. 'What does she have to do with those annoying women?'
"So that is her name, Haruko. I think she has a crush on you that's why I included her in one of your admirers."
"That is not a surprise for me. I know that a long time ago and I think that idiot and Haruko are perfect together." Rukawa said flatly.
"Idiot?"
"Sakuragi."
"Why do you say so?"
"Isn't it obvious."
"You're right. Still, why don't you choose just a single one?"
"I just told you why, and why are you asking me such weird questions?" Rukawa replied without changing his facial expression.
"Because I noticed that you aren't a social type person and I could count all of your friends in my fingers. No offense."
'I she worried about me, and if she did, why?' Suddenly one of Rukawa's cheerleaders, that have a "WA" in her shirt, came to them. "Who do you think you are sitting next to Rukawa?" she said in an angry tone.
"Are you talking to me?" Suzume asked innocently.
"Yes, I'm talking to you."
"Well, it just happen that I am.um." then Rukawa suddenly spoke up.
"My best friend. Why is there any problem?" Rukawa looked at the cheerleader coldly, which made her scared to death. Evil huh?
"Nothing.uh.I'm sorry," the cheerleader said in a plastic tone "I didn't know I thought you were somebody else. Well goodbye." The cheerleader went away but before she went out of the scene, she looked at Suzume in a cold way. Suzume noticed this and she gave her a smirk.
"Talk about possession. Do you think her name is WA?" Suzume said in a dotted eye.
"Beats me."
"Do you really mean what you said to her?"
"What." Rukawa blushed at that moment because he is not used at the way Suzume is looking at him in a weird way.
"That, I am your best friend."
"."
"Well?"
"You don't want it."
"You mean it."
"Yeah." Suzume was speechless because she couldn't believe on what she had heard from Rukawa. Both of them didn't talk to each other because of what happened.
'I can't believe that I said that to her. This is getting worse she's not talking anymore.'
"Thank you. Now I have to learn self-defense." Suzume said breaking the silence between them.
"Why?"
"In case I got beaten up by some wild cheerers and if I did not do it, the next thing I know I'll end up in the hospital."
Both of them laughed at Suzume's joke. After that, they went to a figurine store to buy a gift. The place is filled with wonderful figurines from angels, animals, and nature but one figurine caught Rukawa's eye. It was a figurine of a couple sitting on a bench. The head of a girl is resting on the shoulder of the guy.
"That's a wonderful figurine." Suzume said coming out of nowhere. Rukawa was surprised at what Suzume did. "It will be a perfect present for my grandparents." After Suzume gift-wrapped and purchased the gift, Rukawa and she went to an ice cream shop to celebrate Rukawa's victory on the basketball tournament. Suzume had a chocolate chip flavor while Rukawa had a Rocky road one. Can't help it I'm wild about chocolate. "What would you do if I join the Rukawa fan's club?" Suzume said while laughing. "I would sue you."
"Really?" Suzume said with a smirk on her face.
"I don't like the look on your face right now," suddenly Suzume splat her ice cream on Rukawa's cheek. "Hey, that's not fair!" and Rukawa did the same to Suzume. Both of them ended up laughing. "Look at your face." Suzume said. "Look who's talking"? Rukawa replied.
@@@At Suzume's home@@@
"I'm home." Suzume went to the living room to greet her grandparents. The style of the living room is just only simple: a couch, center table, side table where the phone was placed and a television at the front of the couch. It is wallpapered in light blue, which can make the room very comfortable. She found her grandparents sitting on the couch watching television. Don't know what they're watching. "Hi grandma, hi grandpa." Suzume said while kissing both of them in the cheeks not noticing a piece of paper dropped in her pocket. Suzume was rummaging something in her bag so she didn't notice her grandfather picked the paper up. When her grandfather and grandmother looked at the paper, their face went blank from anger.
"Where have you been?" her grandfather asked coldly.
"School. I have a meeting." Suzume replied in a confused way. 'From the looks of their faces it seems to me they've known where did I went. Hope not.'
"Really" her grandmother said.
"Yeah." Suzume tried to put her best facial expression to hide her lie. 'God, I really hate lying to them but part of what I said was true. Right?'
"And how can you explain this?" her grandfather said while holding the paper to her face. The paper turned out to be a seat number at the basketball game.
Suzume was stunned at how did the seat number came out from her pocket. 'Damn, I knew I forgot to do something. I'm dead meat.' Suzume bent her head down because she knew what was going to happen.
"How many times do I have to tell you, stay away from basketball but did you listen to us? Suzy, basketball is not a good sport and it's not right for you. Try finding other sports that amuse you, just stay away from basketball. " Her grandfather said
"Suzy you have to listen to us. Just like what we said to you past few years, basketball will not do well for you and it will never will. We are doing this because we know what's good for you." Her grandmother said tenderly.
"What's good for me? No, you don't know what's good for me. Never." Suzume suddenly blurted out. "What, you know is how to make my life miserable. I mean basketball is the best thing that had ever happened to my life and you are taking away from me. How could you? I always taught you were the best family I ever had and now your doing this to me. I hate you guys!" after that Suzume ran upstairs to her room with tears coming out of her eyes.
@@@Rukawa's home@@@
"I'm home." Rukawa said flatly. He was just going to his room when Ruriko suddenly cornered him. "So, you're home" Ruriko said with an evil glint in her eye. Rukawa doesn't like what his sister is doing to him and never will. 'I have a bad feeling about this.' Rukawa thought to himself.
"So?" Rukawa said flatly.
"I didn't knew that this Suzume is really beautiful especially her hair and her eyes. It seems to me she is not a Japanese. Right?" That statement surprised Rukawa only one question popped into his mind and that is how did she know? Ruriko watched Rukawa struggle to find answers to his question. Ruriko smirked, "I watched your game and when the game is through I wanted to congratulate you and tease you but I saw you chasing some girl so I decided to congratulate you when you get home."
Rukawa blushed when Ruriko said the word chasing. "For your information dear onee san, I am not chasing Suzume. It just happened that I have something for her."
"What? A kiss?"
"Shut up!" Rukawa said angrily. He went to his room and shut the door behind him.
"Why did she come back here?" Rukawa said to himself.
@@@An hour later@@@
"Suzy, where you going?" asked her grandmother. Suzume was wearing a blue sleeveless shirt with "BAD GIRL" written across on it and slacks.
"Outside, for fresh air." Suzume said flatly. Her grandmother felt sorry for what she did earlier but she never let her emotions show. "Okay, but be sure to be back before dinner." Suzume never answered her grandmother she just went away. She doesn't where she is right now all she knew is that she had to get away. Suddenly she heard someone calling her name. "Suzume!" she looked around but she saw no one. "Up here!" she saw Rukawa waving at her in their terrace. "What are you doing here?" Rukawa asked. He was wearing a red shirt with matching pants. "Umm. nothing."
"Hey! Are you Suzume?" Ruriko appeared out of nowhere. Rukawa was shocked when Ruriko suddenly appear beside him.
"Umm. yeah." Suzume replied with a large sweat-drop in her head.
"Hey, why don't you join us for a chit-chat?" Ruriko asked with a grin on her face. Rukawa prayed that Suzume won't agree because for him Onee san + Chat = Death.
"Sure." Suzume said with a smile. Ruriko's grin became wide when Suzume said yes.
'This is the end for all of us.' Rukawa thought with a black cascades that surround him. "Well, aren't you going to open the gate and take Suzume here?" Ruriko asked impatiently. Rukawa went away to open the gate. When he opens the gate for Suzume he noticed that Suzume had been crying. Suzume realized that Rukawa knew she was crying she suddenly turns away.
At the balcony, Suzume was fascinated at the wonderful view it shows. You can see the whole street on it while the sun prepares to set. "You really are beautiful, don't you know that?" Ruriko suddenly said. Suzume suddenly blushed at Ruriko's compliment. "By the way I'm Kaede, Ruriko, Rukawa's onee chan, but you can call me Ruriko."
"Nice to meet you Ruriko? You really have a nice house. The view in here is wonderful."
"Not as beautiful as you are." Rukawa mumbled to himself. Little did he know Ruriko heard what he said. "Wait till you see when it gets dark." Ruriko said. Rukawa was hoping that by some miracle somebody or something would send Ruriko away. "Do you know that we used to play here when we're still kids?" When Ruriko begin to tell their story Rukawa began to back away. "I remember back then in that place, there used to be a tree in there," Ruriko points beside the terrace. "Rukawa love to sleep under the shade of it. One day while he still sleeping with his mouth open, he didn't notice the bird popping in the tree and.(Laughs).the poop (laughs) shoots into his mouth and then I said three-points." Both the girl ends up laughing after she said that. Rukawa was sending dagger-look to his sister. "Suzume, don't you mind my asking but. do you love. Ru." suddenly her cell phone rang. "Excuse me," Ruriko went away of their earshot. Rukawa let out a sigh when Ruriko went away. "I'm Suzume but I have to go now. There had been an emergency at the clinic. Please tell mom I'll not joining you for dinner." Ruriko went to her room without waiting for Rukawa's reply.
Rukawa and Suzume are quiet for a moment while watching the sunset. "You have a cool sister. I wish I could have someone like her." Suzume said while watching the sunset with a lonely face. She didn't notice that Rukawa was looking at her face in a worried way. Behind them Ruriko passed by but when she saw the way Rukawa look at Suzume a smile crept up on her face then she went away.
"Are you all right?" Rukawa asked in a worried way.
"Yeah. Why did you asked?"
"I don't know, maybe it's because your face has no life in it."
"Don't worry about me I'm just fine." Suzume said. Rukawa is still not satisfied at Suzume's answer but he just let it pass. They spent the whole day talking and looking at the stars.
@@@8:30 pm, at Rukawa's house@@@
"I should go now. I'm sure grandma and grandpa is worried about me. Ja." "Jane." Rukawa escorted Suzume outside their house. "Wait, do you want me to walk you home?"
Suzume just smiled at Rukawa, "Thanks but I can manage."
"You sure?"
"I'm sure." After that, Suzume went away. Rukawa was watching Suzume leave when her sister suddenly pops out beside him. "So have you already said you love her."
"Onee san! You scare the hell out of me!"
"So? Have you already told her?" Ruriko said ignoring Rukawa's remark.
"It's none of your business and by the way I thought your coming home late?"
"Well, the problem was solved easily thanks to your genius sister. Nyahahahaha!" Ruriko said in a Sakuragi-like manner.
"Where the hell did you get that expression?"
"From your red-haired friend." Ruriko said with a smirk. "You are hopeless, onee san." They went inside to have dinner. After dinner, Ruriko and Rukawa went to the balcony just to have fresh air. "You really care for her don't you?" Ruriko said.
"Are you trying to annoy me again?"
"No." Rukawa looked at Ruriko in a suspicious way, looking for lies but he found nothing. "Why do you say so?" Rukawa asked in a serious way.
"The way you treat her." Ruriko plainly said. "A person like that is very rare and is hard to find. Don't let it go because if you do you might end up like me. Think about it bro, okay," with that Ruriko left. Questions begin to fill Rukawa's mind.
'Onee san is right; I do care about her a lot. Demo naze? Naze? Naze? I usually don't care about people especially women, except for my mother and onee san. Moreover, sometimes whenever she's around I feel I'm going lose myself.' Rukawa thought to himself. 'My man, this girl is changing your life and you don't even notice it. To tell you the truth she is the best thing that had ever happened to your life. Don't you dare deny it!' his inner self said. 'Yeah, all of my life I taught basketball is the best thing that had ever happened to me but I was wrong.'
'You said it my man. Now repeat after me "I Love Her." Now you try it."
'What! I don't.lo.love her.'
'Why do you have to make it so hard? It's so obvious you love her even if you don't say it.'
'.' Rukawa lost the battle to his inner self. Then Rukawa smiled at the thing he just realized.
"I love her! That explains everything from my weird actions through my sudden attachment to her. I Love her!" Rukawa said aloud.
"SHUT UP! MY BABY IS TRYING TO SLEEP IN HERE!" the lady from the next door shouted.
"." Rukawa blushed at that moment. 'Wait, did my sister said, "...end up like me"? What does mean?'
NOTES: Celebrate good time come on! Hurray! At last, I've finished this fic. Sorry for the wrong grammar in this fic. In the story, hmmm. what does Ruriko mean by that when she gave advise to Rukawa? Rukawa already admitted he really loves Suzume. I just found out the ending of Slam Dunk, everyone sort-of break-up. Too bad, they lost in the inter-high, but I don't want that to happen here in my fic okay. Well, watch out for my next chapter. It may take long because I really have to study for entrance exams. I really HATE it. Mr. Anonymous sorry about that let me fix that line, "In Japan, people don't call each other in their first name except if you are close to the person or a relative or something like that. The moment Suzume called Rukawa in his first name that means they are close. Okay I have to study right now but don't worry I will find time to finish this thing. Jane!!!