Title: Life, Newspaper, and Basketball
Disclaimer: Slam Dunk belongs to Takehiko Inoue. I'm doing this to improve my creative writing. (shucks) Please don't sue me.
Authors Note: Hello there pips! This is my first attempt of a RuHaru fic. There's just so little of them out there...tsk, so depressing...I don't know how I'm going to pull this fic off, since I'm no writer...
**by the way, this is an AU fic. Rukawa is nicer, I mean NICER! And he's social, heck; he's even a journalist! At the top of all the good things...ya know what I'm saying?
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CHAPTER 9: EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
"Hey, Rukawa! Wait up dammit!"
Kaede Rukawa kept on jogging. No his not deaf...he just doesn't want to face this person-yet.
"RU-KA-WA!!!"
Finally, Rukawa slowed down his pace to let the person catch up with him.
'It is inevitable after all...' Rukawa thought.
"Woah...I thought for a second there that you were trying to ignore me." his companion said, a little out of breath from trying to catch up.
"What do you want?" Rukawa said, still not facing his companion.
"I wanted to ask you something...about the party."
Rukawa stiffened, prompting him to face the person he was dreading to see at the moment.
"What about it?"
"Why did you left? So suddenly I mean."
'As if I'm gona tell you...' Rukawa thought, rolling his eyes.
"Don't give me that Rukawa."
"I didn't feel well, Hanamichi."
'Well, that's half the truth anyways..." he added to himself as an afterthought.
Hanamichi squinted his eye at Rukawa as if he was a specimen yet to be discovered.
"What now?" Rukawa said, getting impatient.
"Man, you were never good at lying." Hanamichi chuckled.
Rukawa raised an inquiring brow at his best friend.
"Ummm...ya know man, I may seem a jackass sometimes..."
"Sometimes?"
"Shut up and just listen!"
"Okay, okay..." Rukawa said raising both of his arms in the air as if saying 'do whatever you want.'
Satisfied, Hanamichi started his litany. To Rukawa's dismay of course.
"...Like what I was saying earlier before I was RUDELY interrupted, (making Rukawa roll his eye's again) you can't lie to me man, we've been friends for like how many years now? I know you so well man; I know when you're hungry, when you're sleepy or bored, or even horny man! Which means never, to the point that sometimes I believe your a homo." Hanamichi said smiling, he knew he hit a spot there.
"IM-NOT-A-HOMO!" Rukawa shouted.
Course they we're standing in a crowded place, and that made Rukawa turn into a color deeper than a tomato.
"Mind you own business!!" He shouted at them and started to walk with his hands in his pocket.
Hanamichi followed, laughing his arse off. Rukawa was shooting daggers at him all the while. They stopped at a bench and Rukawa sat down to cool his nerves off while Hanamichi stood in front of him, still laughing.
"Wow, I really made your day, didn't I?" Rukawa said sarcastically.
"No, I made my day!"
"At my expense you jackass!"
"Oooohhh, someone's grouchy today."
"That's thanks to you."
"At your service always."
Rukawa just shook his head. Its one of the reason why he's dreading to see Hanamichi, he was such a jackass...but he can brighten up Rukawa's day. Rukawa smiled at this thought.
"Okay someone's officially gone crazy." Hanamichi said as he noticed Rukawa's wistful smile.
"Not as crazy as you!"
"As much as it hurts my pride, yeah nobody's crazier that me! Nyahahahaha!!"
Rukawa just shook his head.
"Anyway, I really didn't feel well back then so I decided to leave early. Don't tell me you missed eh?"
"No I didn't."
Then Hanamichi suddenly turned serious.
"You're not telling me everything, I know it."
Rukawa remained silent.
"But I'm not gona push you on telling me."
Rukawa almost fell off the bench.
"Really?" Rukawa said, trying to tease Hanamichi.
"Really." he answered indignantly.
"Not curious?" he pressed on.
Hanamichi was silent for a while before answering, "Slight."
Hanamichi started walking, giving Rukawa no choice but to follow since it seems that their conversation was not yet over.
"The party was great you know. You really should have stay that night."
"There you go again Hanamichi, I really think you missed me that night." Rukawa smirked.
Surprisingly, Hanamichi didn't retorted. Instead, he was serious on what he has to say.
"Like I told you, I didn't miss you..."
Rukawa look at him, though all he could see was the back of Hanamichi, he can tell that he was serious. And it was not a good sign. Rukawa was about to say something but Hanamichi beat him to it.
"But Haruko did."
"CLANG!!"
Rukawa, who was clearly not expecting that, stumbled on a trash bin nearby. Hanamichi went to help his friend, obviously trying to stop the laughter that was building inside him.
"Jeez man, we're you sleeping on me AGAIN?!?"
"Shut up and just help me!"
After dusting himself off with litters, Rukawa took a deep breath and composed himself. Hanamichi just looked at him, wondering why his friend didn't saw a trash bin that big.
"What's gotten into you? You are so not yourself Rukawa."
"Thanks for news flash."
Hanamichi just shook his head, smiling. He has a feeling he knew the reason why Rukawa was acting like that.
"I think your jealous Rukawa." Hanamichi said flatly.
If there were a trash bin nearby, Rukawa would've hit it again.
'How could Hanamichi possibly know? he's the densest person I know!'
"Jealous of what?" Rukawa said, cautious of his choice of words.
After all, Hanamichi seems to be a human being with a sense of understanding on human relations today. That thought is horrific on Rukawa's opinion.
"What else? That I gave Haruko flowers that night!" Hanamichi said triumphantly.
Rukawa was about to protest when Hanamichi interrupted him.
"And you, you have no one to give flowers to. Aw man, I know it must've been hard for you to see me do that. Its not everyday that you get to give a special person in your life a flower ne Rukawa?" Hanamichi said, sounding sympathetic.
Rukawa's jaw was on the ground, well not literally. He really thought that Hanamichi knew his feelings for Haruko.
'I should've known, he's still as dense as ever.' Rukawa thought.
But Rukawa was happy and on the same time disappointed, for unknown reasons, that Hanamichi got the idea all wrong. He just shook his head and smiled. Looking at his friend's back profile, he can tell that Hanamichi was smiling while still blabbering about how sad it is for Rukawa's case not to have a special person in his life right now. Then Hanamichi turn around to face Rukawa, looking at him sadly.
"am I right or am I right?"
Rukawa bow down and hid his smile.
"Right."
Hanamichi burst into tears and went to Rukawa's side and patted him. Rukawa coughed with Hanamichi's heavy patting on his back.
"Aw man, I knew it. don't worry, you'll find somebody someday."
then out of nowhere...
"He doesn't have to, Hanamichi."
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…okay, I have no excuses why updated this so long…but there was a problem…^^
…yah I know I write long chapters, why's this short? This is just a teaser. I wanted to cut off the chapter at that part so you guys would think," who was that?" aren't you guys asking yourselves that question right now? I wish…^^
…the continuation, I'm working on it right now…hopefully, I'll be able to finish it before classes starts.^^
…again, sorry guys if this fic took a long time to be updated and it was short. But don't worry, this is the only chapter that will be short, the rest will return to normal when my brain does too.^^
Eliar Swiftfire thanks for the suggestion. I followed it in this chapter.^^
townberryas much as I would like to kill hanamichi, I cant…he's gona play a vital role for Haruko…oooppss….hehehehe
afrokaneit's a short chapter for, just for know…who's at the curtain? Someone who's gona teach rukawa a lesson…^^
Ginny W sorry bout this chapter ginny, but I really need to do this. Don't worry the next chapter will be long…because you guys ask for it-and your wish is my command.^^
micchanthanks for the support…readers like you are one of the reason why we writers do our thing.^^
maggiothanks for that, I love your fic also. On the part about Rukawa telling Haruko his feelings directly to her…ummm, the plan is surprisingly not that way.^^
Rookalmost like siblings ne?^^…coaxed you…okay…c'mon join the RuHaru pairing, okay, I admit, I'm not good at coaxing!^^
diwataoh they will know their feelings alright…(laughs evilly)…uhrm…