Be a heartthrob in Slam Dunk

"No, I don't believe Rukawa Kaede would do such a thing..." Chie shook her head, eyes flashing with tears, looking at Mitsui in disbelief.

Chie's tears burned his heart, making him unable to say harsh words, so he could only follow Chie's words to comfort her: "To be honest, I don't really believe that he is that kind of person..."

Before Mitsui could finish his words, he was interrupted by Chie: "I will confirm it myself!"

After she made her attitude clear, she turned around and ran back to the dormitory, not even thinking about going to class.

At that moment, Chie sent an email to Rukawa Kaede: "Kaede, if you are lonely, remember to tell me. Winter vacation is coming soon, I can go to the United States to see you..."

However, this email just disappeared, and there was still no reply after a week. After that, she sent several similar emails intermittently, all with similar fates.

During this period of time, Chie's food was tasteless and she was absent-minded about everything she did. She also had trouble concentrating during review for her final exam. This seriously affected her performance in the exam, causing her exam results, although not failing, to be less than ideal.

After finally getting through the exam, she got Miyagi's contact information from Ayako and asked about Rukawa Kaede.

"I, Rukawa and I don't live together, so I don't know much about his situation..." When Miyagi heard Chie's voice, he guessed that she had probably heard about Rukawa Kaede in Japan and came to him for confirmation.

"Miyagi-senpai's school is near his school. I heard that the house you rented is only one block away. I don't believe that you haven't moved around."

"Yes, there was movement! But how can I say, I, I didn't pay attention to Rukawa's movements..."

Miyagi was struggling to respond to Chie's question, but another voice came to Chie's ears from the microphone——

"Hey, are you talking about Rukawa Kaede's secret lover? He looks pretty decent! But he seems to be much older than Rukawa Kaede..."

Chie's tears instantly burst into tears. She knew that the person on the other end of the phone was speaking to the simple and top high school student in Japan - Eiji Sawabita.

Later, Miyagi's angry curses and Sawei's painful cries came over the phone, but they were unable to affect Chie's mind. It was as if her soul had been sucked dry by the devil, and she turned into a broken doll that silently shed tears and lost her mind. Sobbing, choking...

After Miyagi gave Zebei a harsh lesson, he wanted to go back and comfort Chie, only to find that the call had already been hung up. He wanted to call Chie back, but she wouldn't answer the phone.

She couldn't understand how Rukawa Kaede, who was so possessive and cared about her before, could change his mind within a few months.

Even if you don't love me anymore, don't you need a word to break up? He didn't even say a formal farewell. He seemed to have evaporated and disappeared from Chie's life.

Chie couldn't accept Rukawa Kaede like this, nor could she accept that her first love ended without a problem.

So, she decided to go to the United States. She wanted to see with her own eyes how Rukawa Kaede developed a secret lover, so that she could give up her heart.

A few days later, when everything was ready, Chie contacted Miyagi again, hoping that he could host her while she was in the United States, so that she would not be a girl who was unfamiliar with the place in the United States.

But Miyagi said that he happened to be going to another city for training at that time, so he asked Sakuragi to receive Chie.

Sakuragi Hanamichi did not expect that Chie would go to the United States for Rukawa Kaede. Although he was a little happy to see her after such a long time, he felt unworthy and sad for her when he thought that she came because of Rukawa Kaede's change of heart.

Sakuragi's mood switched back and forth among complicated thoughts, and time quickly came to the day when Chie came.

Sakuragi drove a borrowed jeep to the airport early to wait for her.

When he saw Chie coming out of the designated exit, his heart was pounding, pounding, pounding.

The girl who had been throbbing throughout his adolescence came towards him in a graceful and graceful way.

But upon closer inspection, his face was full of haggardness, and his originally bright eyes were dulled by dark circles. She stared straight into the distance, as if her eyes were unfocused.

Sakuragi walked up to him, and she didn't notice him until he stood in front of Chie.

"Sakura, I didn't expect to meet again under such circumstances..." She forced a smile and laughed at herself.

"If you can't laugh, don't laugh; if you don't want to talk, don't talk. If you're sad, there's no need to force a smile. Anyway, no matter what kind of you you are, I won't care about you..."

"Well, thank you..."

Sakuragi Hanamichi took the luggage from Chie with one hand, held her hand with the other, and walked towards his Jeep.

……

"Chie, what are you going to do? Are you here specifically to make it clear to the fox?" Sakuragi asked cautiously.

"Speaking clearly may make me feel more sad..." Chie's eyes shone with tears and she took a deep breath and said, "I have thought about it for a long time. I just need to see with my own eyes whether the thing is true and let myself give up." alright……"

"Since he hasn't been willing to make it clear to me until now, forget it. I don't want to force him. We can just quietly retreat to the relationship between ordinary people..."

Sakuragi turned the steering wheel and sighed: "Although I think it's better to ask clearly. But since you have thought about it, I respect your choice..."

"Besides, the security situation in the United States is not good at night. I will accompany you..."

Chie turned to look at Sakuragi and said gratefully: "Thank you! This kind of thing shouldn't bother you..."

"You don't bother me at all. What bothers me is that dead fox!" Sakuragi Hanamichi glanced at Chie when he mentioned Rukawa Kaede.

Chie sensed his gaze and said calmly: "You don't have to be careful. Negative emotions such as sadness, boredom, and pain have passed in my heart, although I don't know if they will happen again..."

"Well, I know you are strong. Anyway, go to my place and take a rest first. You look very tired..." Sakuragi drove Chie to his apartment.

Perhaps it was related to the insomnia and long-distance running for the past few days. The moment it touched Sakuragi's pillow, Chie fell asleep. In the end, it was Sakuragi Hanamichi who woke her up in the evening.

The two hurriedly ate the sandwiches made by Sakuragi and headed to Rukawa Kaede's residence.

Sakuragi and Chie stood opposite Rukawa Kaede's apartment. They saw Rukawa Kaede opening the door for a yellow woman in red...

Chie waited anxiously, thinking that as long as this girl came out soon, she would choose to believe Rukawa Kaede and communicate with him well.

However, time passed by minute by minute, half an hour, one hour, three hours...

This year, the winter in North Carolina was extremely cold. It was during the Christmas holiday, and winter was approaching. The whistling cold wind carried snowflakes and hit Chie and Sakuragi. However, the cold was not as cold as Chie's at this moment. My heart is cold...

She shivered and stood under the tree, thinking that if she waited a little longer, maybe the girl would come out.

Although she didn't want to question Rukawa Kaede, at this moment she felt that as long as the girl came out before midnight, she would go in and have a good communication with Rukawa Kaede.

But in the end even this extravagant hope could not be realized.

Sakuragi looked at her tearful eyes and her increasingly trembling body, feeling extremely sour in her heart - she was doing this not for herself, but for the person who was both his enemy and friend.

He gently patted the snowflakes off her body, opened the fly of his down jacket, wrapped her in his own down jacket, warmed her with his body temperature, and stayed with her quietly until she became disheartened and could no longer support her. …

The sky was about to turn white, and Chie whispered feebly in a hoarse voice: "Sakuragi, let's go..."

She really didn't have the courage to see what kind of attitude that girl would walk out of Rukawa Kaede's apartment...