I Was Reborn in Slamdunk as the Main Protagonist! But Why Am I Short!

Chapter 8

It's been a while since that day in the hospital. Here he was drinking his bottle of water on a shaded bench while watching his friend still dribbling the ball while moving sideways as if trying to run his imaginary defender.

Sakuragi watches as rukawa makes a couple of turns before he makes a lay up, and as usual it went in the hoop. Rukawa tried a different style of shooting and dribbling, trying to practice his different kind of shooting, hook shot, jump, free throw, and as usual it went in.

Rukawa took the ball and dribble it outside the circle and he jump. The ball made a high arc before it went to the net, as usual it was 3 points.

Sakuragi just sigh at this guy's talent. He knows how talented Rukawa is and how serious he is when it comes to basketball.

He knows because for how many months they were together, he noticed every inch of this guy's characteristics.

He is lazy in everything beside basketball!!

Thus he also knows how sleep deprive this bastard is.

If he isn't playing basketball, he is always asleep.

If he is not sleeping in the park, then maybe he is at the basketball court.

That's how sakuragi knows where Rukawa is currently at.

Fuck! He even knows this bastard loves tomatoes!!  Sakuragi grumble in his thought.

Meanwhile Rukawa is walking towards him while wiping the sweat out from his face. He sat down beside him while opening his water bottle for him to drink.

He lean on the bench and close his eyes to feel the breeze on his face. Since it is summer, the weather is very hot to play out under the sun for a long period of time so everytime the two play one on one, although it is onely a couple of minutes after it starts. You can see the sweat figure of the two and both boys are breathing heavily as they play together.

Rukawa glances at what he now called a 'friend'. He noticed his weird behavior for a couple of days and he didn't know what's going on.

It started since monday, although he still wear those smiles and laugh boisterously, it still feels odd. As if its missing something.

Rukawa frown at what he thought.

He did ask whats the problem but the redhead said that there is no problem, and he laugh.

But still he can't shake this feeling that the redhead is hiding something and he is not telling him.

' but why though? What problem is it that this tomato suddenly feels different as if... '

'....... As if he is sad...' rukawa narrows his eyes from the answer.

He glance at sakuragi. Although there is still a smile forming on his lips, you can see that his eyes were a bit dull compared to the sparkling eyes he showed when they first met.

and rukawa did notice that his whole atmosphere is sad, downcast as if the whole person is crying.

..but why?

Rukawa frown in displeasure.

He did not know what had happened to the redhead but he is not liking it.

'such an unsighty face..'

With that thought, he grabbed a handful of those soft hair and angrily messed it up.

"Wha...! H-heyy!!! Stop it!! H-heyy! W-whats this all of a sudden!!" Sakuragi yelled as he tried to stop the hand that was messing on his hair.

After a couple seconds the hand that is messing on his hair stops and sakuragi finally grabs those with his two hands fearing it will act again and look at the owner with a huff annoyance.