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"Rukawa block Mitsui!"
The game had just began and the ball was already in the other team's hands. Toru turned to the right to see a brown haired girl, a little shorter than me, flailing her arms near her sides. So this must be Haruko...
"Toru chan!" Kogure shouted. Looking ahead, Rukawa had got hold of the ball but was being blocked by both Mitsui and Sakuragi. With a quick boost of speed, I went past Haruko and ran to our side of the court just a little beyond the centre line. Waving my hands above her head, she signaled to Rukawa.
Turning completely towards me, he made a fade-away shot, or throw? The ball smoothly landed in my outstretched palms. Quickly turning around, I realised that I was just barely inside our court, almost on the centre line. In a quick flash to my left, Ryota was a few feet ahead of me, gradually inching towards me. The captain was already at the basket.
Looking around, I decided to take a risk. I began to take one step forward. As expected, Ryota Stretched out his arms to snatch the ball. Quickly, I took my step back and slowly let the ball slip from my fingers.
Time seemed to have stopped in the gym. No sounds, not even whispers could be heard. Everybody watched as the ball flew across half the court and gracefully went into the basket, without touching the rim. Then almost immediately, the gym errupted in absolute chaos.
"That was the most amazing shot I've ever seen!"
"No one, not even Mitsui can make such a shot."
"I don't think even Maki of Kainan Dai can make such a long range shot!'
"Toru chan." I turned around to see a smiling Kogure patting my shoulder.
"That was a very good shot."
"Thank you sempai." Toru gave a small bow.
"Okay team, let's get back to the game." Ayako yelled, bringing everybody's mind back to the game at hand.
The game went on smoothly for both teams from then, but was ultimately won by Kogure's team. Rukawa had scored 28 points and Toru had managed to score 27. As practice ended, Toru to the new shower room that had been built specially for the girls.
"You are a good player Toru chan. If you don't mind me asking, when did you move to Japan from India?" Haruko was wringing the water from her hair with a pink fluffy towel. Her blue eyes sparked with curiosity.
"I came to Tokyo a month back and moved into my home here in Kanagawa just last week."
"So...why did you come to Kanagawa?" She asked tentatively, as if afraid I would snap at her for asking too many questions. I gave her a bright smile and said, "my brother lives here, so I just moved into his house."
"Oh I see. Well, it's my birthday this Saturday and I'm having a party at my house, would you like to come?"
"Of course. I'd love to." She quickly scribbled down her address on a srap bit a paper and held it out to me. I took it from her and read it. It was so close to where I lived. Just three streets away.
"Okay then. I'll see you at practice tomorrow Toru chan!"
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