A/N: Chapter 3 up!
Fuuko and Ganko arrived at the gym and jumps back as soon as they entered. The crowd goes wild. They were cheering for a Sendoh guy then a group of girls wearing headbands were shouting 'Rukawa, Rukawa, L-O-V-E Rukawa'. Fuuko looked at them incredulously. Fuuko grabbed Ganko's hand to find a sit but Ganko didn't budge.
"Ganko-", Fuuko's mouth dropped to the floor. Ganko stood there, eyes wide as saucers and she is practically drooling. Fuuko scratched her head and laughed inwardly at Ganko's reaction. "Ano, Ganko, you may want to sit over there?" Fuuko said while pointing to two empty seats.
Ganko looked at Fuuko and then smiled sheepishly. "Gomen ne Fuuko-nee." She blushed furiously and looked at the floor to hide her very red face.
Fuuko led them to their seats. On their seats Fuuko's looking for her brother while Ganko's looking at the game, to her left then to her right. "I can't believe this! There are so many bishounens here!"
Fuuko is still looking for her brother. "Mm, so far Shohoku's leading and there's so little time left. But looks like Ryonan's not too far behind. Mm, that Sendoh guy is good. The Rukawa guy too. He even has a fan club. Speaking of, I wonder how Mi-chan's doing. He acted so strange when we're at the train station. The fridge boy even smiled at me. Geez, I think pigs will fly, the sky will fall, it'll be the-" Her train of thoughts stopped to she saw, Mistui Hisashi collapsed on the floor.
Ryota is having a hard time getting passed the Ryonan's players. They just doubled team him, then Hanamichi called him. He passed the ball to Hanamichi and then Hanamichi threw the ball to Akagi. But the pass is too high. The ball ends up in Ryonan. Sendoh moves towards the basket. Akagi tries to stop him gaining himself his 4th personal foul. But despite it, Sendoh still managed to shoot the ball and gets another free throw. The whole gym cheered for Ryonana. Then the referee blew his whistle- referee's time out. Mitsui Hisashi collapsed in the floor. The whole gym went silent and his teammates rushed to his side. Kogure subbed him off.
"Mit-chan!" Fuuko yelled while the whole gym cheered for Ryonan. Long before the referee blew his whistle, Fuuko ran off to go to his brother. Ganko was left there looking worried. 'So Mitsui-san is Fuuko-nee's brother…' Ganko thought.
"Nani! Then I've got a bishounen for a brother? Sugoi!" Ganko said happily while she holds her face and blushing furiously. A/N: Picture Sakura from CCS when thinking of Yukito People around her had sweatdrops in their heads and looked at her like she lost a screw in her head.
In the hallway, Fuuko found Mitsui panting in the stairway.
Mitsui's POV
'Two years, I let myself slipped off during those times. All the times I could've practiced so as not to let my skills in basketball go to waste. But-'
I was cut off from my musings when I heard a voice I haven't heard for years. "Mit-chan, daijobu desu ka?"
"Fuu-chan?" I smiled as I saw her face. She is still as beautiful as ever. I came to her and hugged her tightly.
"Fuu-chan , I've missed you!" I pulled away and my smile faltered as I remembered what happened. "Gomen Fuu-chan, I-"
She shook her head. "Iie Mit-chan, it's alright." She said to me sweetly and hugged me. I led her back to where I was seated before, enjoying the silence until…
"You know, this is the first time I've watched you in a game. And I'm very disappointed." She said in a scolding manner. And in effect she pouted as continued her lecture. "I thought you would at least let me see what a Mitsui Hisashi is made of." She pouted more.
I looked at her. My heart feeling guilt again, I was about to apologize when I saw something in her eyes. I let her continue.
"Of all the things you could be out of the game, you just had to collapse. I expect better than that Mit-chan. I would've expected you to get kicked out because of your tight and aggressivnse. But no, you just-"
I cut her off and hugged her again. I smiled at her lovingly. "Thank you imooto." I told her with all the sincerity in my heart.
She returned my smile and leaned to my shoulder. We just enjoyed the silence and the company of each other. Already I feel my strength coming back. I always wonder how she does that. When I have done something not right, she'll just scold me, telling me I shouldn't have done that. Then she'll tell me what I should've done. Funny, when someone else told me that, I'd snap at him or her. If there's one thing I don't want, it's being told of what I should and should not do. I hate it when people point out my mistakes. But when it comes from Fuuko, I feel like she's offering me her support, urging me to go and continue where I left off. To go beyond my limits and continue to fight the good fight. I smiled again. Then I got the shock of my life when she stood up abruptly. I looked at her questioningly.
"Mit-chan, what else are you waiting for? Don't tell me you're not going to show me how you really play? Or do you want me to tell Recca that I can beat you in basketball now that you're old and aging?" She said in that challenging voice of her complete with her famous stance, hands on hips, feet apart, standing almightily.
I looked at her. Who in the male world would say no to her, mocking, challenging, and all that? Well I haven't before, so why start now? I stood up and gave her a smirk. "In your dreams Kirisawa, in your dreams." I gave her a wink and ruffled her hair.
TBC...