Chapter 8 : Sendoh waiting... ...
The week passed quickly. When the basketball team returned to Shohoku High, they received a shock. One guy stood outside the gates of Shohku High, waiting...
"Sendoh! What are you doing here?" Akagi walked towards him, asking at the same time.
"Nothing much, actually, I was waiting for Rukawa." Sendoh replied casually.
Everyone turned and stared at Rukawa, who was looking more innocent than anyone else.
"Unbelievable! Sendoh and Rukawa are actually... ..." Mitsui exclaimed as they were walking into the basketball court.
"We're back An-sei!" The Shohoku team shouted. Sakuragi, who had just finished his last throw, immediately stopped jumping about (like a monkey) and took a glance at the team to find Rukawa.
"Michhy, where's Rukawa?" Sakuragi approached Mitsui and asked in a soft tone.
"He went out with Sendoh already." Mitsui said, laughing. "Sendoh was waiting for him at the gates of the school... ..."
"How romantic!" Ryota continued, and he too, started laughing. The both of them then stopped suddenly. They wondered,"Why Sakuragi wanted to see Rukawa that much?" and stared at Sakuragi.
Sakuragi, on guessing what their point was, shouted back in an angry tone,"NOTHING! I just wanted to have a 1 on 1 match with him again and i will not lose to him this time because i am ten-sai!" Sakuragi did not want them to find out his secret. After that, he walked away, with Mitsui and Ryota standing there, feeling puzzled.
Meanwhile, Sendoh and Rukawa ended up at the basketball court in the park. Rukawa had refused to speak to Sendoh after he had been waiting outside the school gate, especially telling Akagi that he was waiting for him!
"Come on, don't be mad. I really missed you. Haven't seen you for a week seemed like years...." Sendoh said, then moving towards Rukawa and gave him a light kiss on his cheek. Rukawa smiled a little and it was the first time Sendoh ever seen him smile like that. But Rukawa quickly returned back to his usual cool look.
"Let's have a match. Loser treats dinner!" Sendoh said, straight after snatching the ball away from Rukawa and did a dunk.
"I'm not going to lose!" Rukawa cried out and threw his stuff out of the court, showing full concentration and they started playing... ...
End of Chapter 8
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