My Best friend Mitsui Hisashi
Introduction
It was in the third year of my junior school when I first saw him. It is strange because although he is a very popular basketball player in my junior school and I have heard a lot about him, I have not actually seen him in year one or year two, however I am not that much into basketball anyway, until that Monday...
It was a sunny morning, the birds was singing away happily with the sound of soft breeze blewing the leaves. I got up and dressed, ready for school, 'what a fresh morning to start the week', I thought. My friend Nina called me last night to watch the basketball game after school today, but I didn't agree to her because I didn't like basketball, and also, since we are now in our third year of junior school, I thought I should spend more time doing school work.
I waited for Nina at the usual place, next to a lamp post, just round the corner of my house, and as usual, Nina was late. All of this has became a routine for me, I was always the one who was waiting, and Nina was always the one who was late. We have been doing this since we was little and it is so difficult to think everything will change next year.
"Rei, so, are you gonna watch the basketball game after school or not?" Nina asked me. "I told you on the phone last night that I wasn't going", I answered. "Oh come on! Every body is going and it's gonna be fun!" She is getting tired of my boring life, which is going to school, come back home, do homework, eat and sleep, which was quite true, this is what I do every day except for watching a bit of anime and going shopping occasionally. I have never done anything else or thought about doing anything new because I felt comfortable staying in my daily routine.
"Come on Rei, come with us, you gotta stop being boring and spend more time in your social life. Besides, this is the only chance you'll get because I won't be here with you next year!" I didn't like thinking about next year, and just hearing that word makes me tremble. Next year Nina is going to a high school in America , and leaving me alone in Japan. I have always thought that Nina is going to the same high school as me, until that day when she suddenly told me that she is not going to a high school in Japan.
She had been a really good friend, she's trying to get me more involved with her other friends, so that I won't be alone when she's gone, but being the selfish girl I am, I didn't even try to make friends with other people. I just can't imagine life without Nina.
"Do you have to go to America?" I said flatly. "Of course! My parents have already set up everything, they're just waiting for me to finish Junior school and then I'm off." I have asked her that question many times and knew that I would get the same answer, but still I felt I needed to ask her that question at that moment.
Nina is a very popular girl at school, she knew every body and every one knew her. I am always next to Nina at school but suprisingly, not a lot of people knew me. Although Nina is very popular, she doesn't like talking about her love life. I have asked her that question many times before but she always say that friends and school work is what it is most important now, not love. Many boys likes her but I am surprised that she doesn't get attracted to any one of them.
Everybody likes Nina, even the teachers, her school work was always perfect and the best. I have always wondered why she is still best friends with me when she is so popular and I'm not. Maybe it is because we have been friends for so long and it would be cruel to leave me. Actually, my school work are not so bad, my written work are almost as high standard as Nina but it is the discussion work which is holding my grades down. We do alot of discussion work in my Junior school because the teachers think it is good practise before we go into the world of works. But I think it is my worst nightmare. When ever we have a discussion, my heart will be pumping so fast and loud that I thought everybody will hear it pumping. However, I haven't got the courage to skip the class, so I just sit there and say nothing and pray for the end of class to come soon. I don't know why, but I dislike explaining things, when a teacher asks me a question infront of the whole class, I just give a one word anwer, and I would say it very quietly, just incase I got it wrong. Maybe I am short of communication skills in my genes.
"My parents wanted me to go the America this year, but I thought I need to get you sorted out first before I go, so I am staying for another year, this is why I'm trying to get you to come to this basketball game! Hey! Don't change the subject, I asked you a question!"
I realised suddenly that I didn't have much time left with Nina, I won't see her any more, after this year, and I have to repay her for what she's done for me, and the only way is to make her happy, so I decided to go to the basketball game just for her. "Ok, I agree" I said.
*** End of intro***
Written by Kay
Comments: This is my very first attempt of a fanfiction, and you might think it's crap. If there are any problems or comments about this fanfic, please tell me!! This intro doesn't have a lot to do with Slam Dunk, but I need to write this to show what the girl's character is like, to get you more involved in the story. You may have noticed, I got the name, Rei from Evangelion, cuz I don't know any Japanese names!! ^_^ The next chapter's more about Rei's feelings towards Mitsui Hisashi, read it if you're interested!! ^_^