Slam Dunk Fan Fiction ❯ Summation of Love ❯ Chapter 4

SUMMATION OF LOVE

 

WARNING: This is a fictional story, obviously yaoi. If you don't like these kinds of stories please don't attempt to read this.

 

SUMMARY: Rukawa is in love with Mitsui but his ego kept denying it, until one fateful night that would make a bond they thought could never happen.

 

DISCLAIMER: Slam Dunk is not mine. Please don't sue me for making this story.

 

 

Chapter 4

 

It was another Saturday and Rukawa planned to practice early at the court near their house. He quickly got up and prepared his things. As usual, he used his bike to go faster since it was quite far than expected. It was quarter to five in the morning so he was sure that nobody would steal the court from him.

Upon arriving there, he was surprised to hear someone practicing. He couldn't see who it since the grills were covered with vines but he was in no mood to let that person get the court all to himself.

He parked his bike and went straight to the court showing off his cold dark eyes when he nearly fainted seeing who that person was. It was none other than Mitsui Hisashi practicing all by himself.

Well, well, look what we've got here Kaede. Our beloved Mitsi-sempai is practicing alone in the untimely hour of the day. Isn't it a coincidence? A very good coincidence?

“Shut up.” Rukawa muttered under his breath. He slowly walked towards Mitsui trying to be calm when someone approached the ex-MVP, grabbing him by the shoulder. Rukawa suddenly halted and slyly hid beside the thick vines.

The man was a little taller than Mitsui but has the same small frame like his sempai. He couldn't fully recognize the person since his vision is partially blurred from where he is hiding and because the person has his back turned to him.

How dare he grabbed Mitsui-sempai by the shoulder isn't it? How you wish it was you there talking to him and not that.

Rukawa couldn't help but blush and wonder whom that person was talking to Mitsui so close. He can feel his hand curling into a fist just thinking who that was and why was he taking to Mitsui like that.

My, my, aren't we getting jealous…

“I said shut up.” Rukawa was staring at those two when someone spoke his name that surprised him. “I'm not jealous.”

If you say so…

“Rukawa-kun, what are you doing there?” Greeted a smiling face with a spiky hair. Sendoh Akira.

Rukawa was both surprise and starting to be furious when he saw his rival at the wrong place at a very wrong time.

“What are you doing here?” Was all Rukawa could say accompanied by his cold death stare. Unfortunately, Sendoh was one of the few people who weren't affected by his killer stare. He only chuckled and placed a hand on the younger boy's shoulder.

“Mou, it's early in the morning and your already having a bad mood.” Sendoh said.

“Get your hands off me.” Rukawa said, shrugging Sendoh's hand away from his shoulder.

“Ah… so stingy.” Sendo said. He remembered that Rukawa was looking at the court so he followed suite. He then saw Mitsui of Shohoku and Jin of Kainan laughing together. He then went into view and greeted the two players warmly.

“Hey, Sendoh what are you doing here? This is way far from your house isn't it?” Mitsui asked.

“Yeah”, Sendoh agreed with a big smile, “but the court there was already occupied by five people so I thought I'd better find another court. I'm quite sure that those guys wouldn't let me share the court with them.”

“Hisashi and me was thinking of having a game and since you're already here why don't you join us, Sendoh-kun?” Jin said.

“Good idea!”

“But we're only three. I think it's unfair if we play two on one.” Jin said.

“No! We have another a person who can play!” Sendoh said cheerfully.

“Who?” Mitsui and Jin asked in unison.

“Rukawa-kun!” Sendoh called and looked at the place where Rukawa was standing.

“Great! Then we can have a game now!” Jin exclaimed.

 

Rukawa looked at their direction as soon as Sendoh spoke his name. So it was Jin of Kainan who was Mitsui's companion. How the hell did they know each other? He didn't even notice during their game with Kainan that the two ever spoke a word. He then saw Sendoh and Jin talking cheerfully, thinking how much hate he has for Ryonan's ace player could only make Rukawa boil with anger when he saw Mitsui looking at him with a sincere smile on his face.

Rukawa couldn't help but blush like a girl. Seeing him smile like that makes him more attractive, making him fall for his sempai more. He then saw Mitsui walking towards him and he just stood there like a frozen doll.

“Hey, it's nice seeing you,” Mitsui said remembering what happened yesterday, “do you live near here?”

“At the condo”, Rukawa replied while throwing the direction of the five-story building with his arm.

“Really? I just live a few blocks away from there.” Mitsui said.

“Hey! Hisashi! Rukawa-kun! Come on! Let's play!” Jin shouted.

“Jin called him Hisashi?!” Rukawa thought.

How dare he, isn't it? First he grabbed him then he called him `Hisashi'?”

Rukawa was already boiling with anger and trying to control himself from murdering Sendoh Akira and Jin Soichiro right there and now. He was really going crazy over what was happening today when he just planned to practice all by himself.

Sendoh then stated their plan. He explained to the two Shohoku players that they would be paired against Jin and him. Sendoh further explained that it would be unfair to the opposing team if Jin and Mitsui would be paired.

“Because we're both long-range shooters?” Jin asked.

“Bingo!” Sendo smiled.

“Then let's start.” Mitsui said.

 

 

Thirty minutes later, the four of them were already panting heavily. The game was a tight race for higher scores so all of them had to exert more effort. Rukawa could see Mitsui enjoying the game, which annoyed him a little. He couldn't get off his mind what Jin called him a while ago. And much more to his annoyance that Sendoh showed up like a cursed mushroom.

“Rukawa! Look out!” Mitsui called. Too bad for Rukawa, the ball hit him right in the face and lost his balance. Mitsui ran towards him and knelt beside him, followed by Sendoh and Jin.

“Are you okay?” Mitsui asked. Rukawa went dizzy for a while that deprived him of speaking so he only nodded his head. He couldn't believe what was happening: he was thinking deeply how Jin was related to Mitsui that made him lose his concentration for the third time in this game. How dumb of him, he grimly thought.

“I don't think you're well enough to play the game yet, Rukawa-kun.” Jin said. That startled Rukawa.

“How did he knew?” Rukawa only stared at him half-questioning and half furious.

“Hisashi told me that you were sick during the past few days so…”

“I'm fine.” Rukawa replied quickly, avoiding any words coming out of Jin's mouth. He stood up only to fall back. He cursed thoughtfully. His ankle was aching. He tried again to stand but his head was already starting to ache, making him lose his balance and fall again when someone clasped him from behind. It was Mitsui.

“Here, let me help you.” Mitsui grabbed the younger boy's arm and put it around his neck to support him. Mitsui placed him on a bench and started to unlace Rukawa's left shoe.

Rukawa suddenly stopped his sempai, restraining his hand from what it was doing.

“I'm fine.” Rukawa said shyly.

“I know you are, Rukawa,” Mitsui said, “just let me check it. It was my fault that I threw the ball at you.”

Rukawa didn't tried to answer, he then let Mitsui continue what he was doing.

“I am in love with this man, kneeling before me.” Rukawa finally admitted. “But, does Mitsui-sempai have feelings for me, too?”

You'll know the answer if you asked him…

“Impossible.” Rukawa thought. Maybe Jin's his boyfriend that's why he called Mitsui by his first name.

Rukawa only sat there and stared at what they were doing. Sendoh already said goodbye to them, saying that he maybe late again for school if he didn't hurry. Mitsui then called out to Jin to look for his ointment in his bag.

 

Mitsui was quite worried about how Rukawa was acting since yesterday. The younger boy didn't really looked well when he saw him earlier, seeing how pale he still was.

He gently placed some ointment on the younger boy's ankle and covered it with gauze. He was glad to have some first aid kit on his bag always. He could see that the boy was still depressed although they already talked about it.

Well, he couldn't blame him, too. He also considered himself the loser two years ago, when he saw that the team could survive even without his help. How he blamed himself for everything coupled with what his mother was up to that time. He didn't know what to do, he couldn't even talk to someone about his problems. That's why he went to join a gangster and ruin other people's dreams. But Coach Anzai helped him come back to the team, and that's the second time Coach Anzai gave him hope.

Jin went home, too. He said that they were having a retest that day so he better go home early to review.

“You never change, do you Jin?” Mitsui asked.

“Some things don't, Hisashi,” Jin replied rubbing his neck sheepishly. “I'll go now, Hisashi, Rukawa-kun. Hey Hisashi, take care of him, it's your responsibility, you passed the ball to him.”

“I know.” Mitsui said. “Take care, by the way, say my hello to your mom.”

“I will.” Jin said and walked away.

Rukawa could only look at him, still thinking what relationship does he have with Jin. He already can't deny that he was starting to get jealous when he saw the two of them talking or joking around. He never actually saw Mitsui's brighter side, Rukawa never thought Mitsui was capable of laughing and joking around. Rukawa could almost smile at the thought.

“Is Jin your boyfriend?” Rukawa thought out loud, unconsciously verbalizing his thoughts. He sighed, thinking he will never know the answer as long as he lives.

Mitsui looked at him with astonishment and laughed. Rukawa abruptly looked at him, thinking why he was laughing like that for no reason.

“No, Jin is not my boyfriend, for goodness' sake.” Mitsui replied.

Rukawa realizing that he uttered those words awhile ago blushed furiously and looked away from Mitsui. He couldn't believe what was happening to him. He wanted to curse himself so badly because of his tactless actions.

“He's just my childhood friend.” Mitsui replied.

Rukawa was silent. He didn't know if he should be happy to know that or he should just kill himself for what he did.

“We grew up knowing each other and loving basketball.” Mitsui continued. “So why didn't we approached each other when we had our game with Kainan? For our team's sake.”

“For your team's sake?” Rukawa repeated.

Mitsui nodded. “We didn't want the other players of our team to think we're having an alliance. I just came back and I don't want others thinking that I want to sabotage Shohoku's basketball team.”

“That's all?” Rukawa asked. Mitsui looked at him and smiled, “Yeah that's all.”

“So, what about you and Sendoh?” Mitsui asked back.

The ex-MVP never thought Rukawa would ask about him and Jin. So he thought he should also ask some questions to the younger boy. Everyone thinks that Rukawa is secretive because he seldom speaks but at the moment while they were talking, Mitsui began to see who the real Rukawa Kaede is.

“There's nothing between me and him.” Rukawa said with disgust. “I despise him.”

Mitsui smiled. “Really? Maybe because the more you hate, the more you love.”

Mitsui was quite disturbed when he spoke those words. Is he praying that Rukawa would contradict what he just said?

“Hell no.” Rukawa said sternly. “I never even bothered to think that way of him.”

Mitsui was quite surprised when Rukawa said that. He didn't expect that kind of answer from him. Mitsui smiled, prolonged with a mirthful laugh. Rukawa stared at him and gave a small smile, too.

“Hey, I didn't know you could smile.” Mitsui said. Rukawa only blushed in reply that made Mitsui laugh again.

“Is that all?” Mitsui asked seriously, looking at the boy straight in the eye.

Rukawa nodded, “That's all.”

 

TBC