A/N : In this story, I made Sendoh attended Shuhoku ^^

CherryPop0120 : Where have you been?! I thought you disliked my stories. And thanks for seeing the potential that I was about to crack open (?).

Kurasseq : Oh, thank you~


Tiring. Today was tiring than ever. Aside from the entrance ceremony, Akizuki still had to unpack her things out of their respective boxes. Right now, the only thing in her room was a bed and a study table. Other things like clothes and books were still in the boxes.

'As I thought, it's easier if I just chose one of the schools in Tokyo.'

Akizuki thought about today while lying down on her bed. She rested the back of her right palm on her forehead. Why was Akashi attended Rakuzan? Out of thousands of school, why did he have to be in the same school, not to mention the same class as she is?

Her ringing cellphone brought her back to reality. She reached for the cellphone in her pocket without reading the caller's ID.

"Hello?"

"Aki-chan!" The other side sounded happy to hear her voice.

"Aki-kun!" Akizuki rose up from her position and smiled widely. "I missed you!"

The male laughed at her remarks. "That's your own fault for going to Kyoto." He was looking outside of the window. From where he stood, he could hear the children's laughing happily while their mothers kept on reminding them to be careful.

Aki just shrugged. "Well, you know the reason I moved to Kyoto." Her tone went down a notch, as if asking him to understand her situation. "Anyways, how's your new school?"

The spiky black-haired just nodded, acting like she could see it. "I know. That's why I didn't stop you even if I wanted to." His eyes were now locked onto the pictures of him and her in striped blue and purple chamomiles yukata respectively during their last summer festival in middle school. "Hm…the school is okay so far."

"I see." Akizuki took a deep breath before asking, "Are you going to join the basketball club?"

Silenced.

"I've heard Shohoku's basketball club is pretty strong."

Still silenced. Akizuki could probably hear the sound of artificial crickets creaking due to the long pause between them.

"Sendoh Akira?" Akizuki called in case her friend is still there.

"Hm." Was only his short reply to indicate he's listening. "Akizuki."

"Yes?"

"Remember when you said you liked me the best when I played basketball?" Sendoh too, took a deep breath before continuing, "I don't know if I could continue with it."


Class 1-A was quit merry today. Indistinct chatter about what clubs should they joined, introduction to meet new friends or latest gossips could be heard like bees swarming – noisy but not understandable.

Not long after Akizuki took her seat, a man in his forty came in. He was wearing a grey shirt with a bluee -black tie. His hair was bald at the front. All students were back to their seats.

"Okay. I'm sorry about yesterday's absence. I'm your homeroom teacher, Kurano-Sensei. Pleased to meet you."

"Pleased to meet you too!"

"Okay. Before we continue with today's attendance, I'd like to choose class rep. Anyone?" His eyes scanned the whole classroom, expecting to see in case there are any volunteers. But when he didn't see any, he just said, "If there's none, then I'll just randomly pick two of you."

Groans could be heard from the students. But, Kurano ignored it.

"Excuse me, sensei." All eyes focused to the raising hand. "I'd like to be the class representatives."

"And your name is?" Kurano sensei opened his thick-covered attendance book, looking for the boy's name.

"Akashi Seijuro."

"Akashi-kun. Akashi-kun." His finger was trailing from the above to the lowest before stopping at number 16. "Ah yes, Akashi Seijuro-kun." He nodded before turning to his class. "Now that we have the boys' rep, we need the girls' too." He started to scan any distinctive or unique name to pick, but Akashi already saved him the trouble.

"Excuse me, but I'd like Hayakawa Akizuki to help me."

Now, all eyes turned to her. Akizuki swallowed whatever words she was currently having at the tip of her tongue. She knew that any objection would be futile, and that's the reason why she didn't lift her gaze from the floor.

"Hayakawa Akizuki." He nodded. "Okay. So for the boys, Akashi Seijuro and for the girls, Hayakawa Akizuki." Kurano closed the attendance book and started to write something on the board.

"Today, we'll start with…." All students' attention now focused on their teacher.


Akizuki was breathing heavily after she put down the stack of paper on the Kurano's sensei's table. Seriously, she didn't know what had happened in her high-school life already. She was thinking about laying low, but thanks to a certain red-haired, her plan was foiled. And now, she had to work side-by-side with him.

Speaking of him, where is that stupid Akashi by the way?

Akizuki returned to her classroom to pick up her bag and went straight for home. She needed shower and food and some sleep, and she needed them fast. But as she opened the sliding door, a pair of heterochromatic eyes greeted her from a distance.

"You're done with the paperwork?"

She was thinking about ignoring him, but knowing it's not a good idea, she just responded with a slight nod before walking towards her desk and grabbed her bag. As she was about to leave, Akashi said something that really, really, and really wanted to use his own scissors to cut him into two- no three parts and let crocodiles ate them.

"It's a good thing you leave the weaklings and came to Rakuzan, where the Kings gathered."

Akizuki clenched her bag tightly while gritting her teeth. Akashi could clearly see she was trembling, containing herself from lashing at him. Sendoh's words were echoing in her mind. Finally, she chose to walk away instead of wasting her time and breath on him.