Chapter 1

As a man who has lived fifteen years of his life lost in the ignorance of love, Rukawa Kaede who has shown fabulous talent at basketball but terrible at intimate relationships (not that he has had any yet) is officially in a dilemma existential while he looks at the countless amount of flowers in front of his eyes and can only sigh indifferently at the gaze of the flower shop clerk

— Need help? —The girl asked, Rukawa wouldn't admit it out loud but she did need it. Rukawa nodded quietly while the girl smiled at him — Are you looking for the perfect flowers to give to your girlfriend or are you looking for something for a family member or friend? — Rukawa felt a little uncomfortable after the girl deduced by herself that she was a woman although he couldn't blame her

— They are for a rather annoying idiot — he said, the girl looked at him surprised, Rukawa tried to erase the indifference a little — I have liked the idiot for some time and I want to give them flowers for a sincere confession, however I am a totally ignorant person in the theme of love—recognizes. His basketball skills may be high but if we talk about this kind of skills, Rukawa Kaede is just a dumb kid, even that dumb monkey knew more than him

— I see — the girl smiled embarrassed for having deduced that the flowers were for a girl, her mind is somewhat closed — Then today I will help you. What kind of feelings do you want to convey to those people? — Rukawa looked at her — You know, what do you want to tell him? The language of flowers is extensive and each one represents something different. If you explain to me what you want to convey to that person, I will choose flowers for you — The girl explained with a lot of work

Rukawa's mind went blank again. Buying flowers for Hanamichi had not been his idea, he had asked his mother for advice on confessions and she, perhaps thinking of a girl, had suggested giving her flowers or chocolates, so he ended up choosing flowers for something strange. What if Hanamichi didn't like flowers? Rukawa didn't want to think about it too much, he had to have a positive attitude. About the feeling he wanted to express was something pure and sincere

— I think it would be like a kind of pure or silly love — the saleswoman smiled a little surprised. Rukawa looked at her

— Wait a moment — the girl ran into the store. Rukawa didn't look away from her. When the girl turned around she was carrying in her hands a beautiful bouquet of tulips as white and resplendent as that spring morning — Tulips symbolize a pure and true. Although you are both still young and anything can happen, maybe looking at these flowers the person you love will take your proposal seriously and accept - Rukawa looked at the girl and then took out his wallet

— Thank you — he said, taking the flowers in his hands without changing his expression

The girl watched Rukawa walk away with a slow but decisive step and from her heart she asked for good wishes for him and for the person to whom she would give the tulips

Sakuragi hit the ground with her shoe as she missed a shot again. He had been practicing the same throw all day and still could not achieve something cordially polite, his mind was in another place or rather with another person. Preparing for a new shot that he failed again completely exhausted his patience

What was happening to the smelly fox currently? It was the first question that came to mind and it occupied much of his thoughts throughout this week. Rukawa Kaede was not the most expressive person, Sakuragi knew it, he acted indifferent to the entire environment around him, the only time he had shown or broken that apparent mask of indifference was only when he missed a blow, however for a whole week he had been acting strange and was in what seemed to be a bad mood and although Sakuragi's curiosity pushed him to find out what was going on in the smelly fox's head, when he asked him he was ignored for three days straight

And Sakuragi didn't know why this made her heart hurt a little, and apparently she didn't want to know either. Taking the orange ball in her hands again, she tried to make a clean throw, failing again on the spot and deciding that it had been too much entertainment for today

Taking the ball in his hands he prepared to gather his things and was ready to leave when the image of Rukawa carrying a beautiful bouquet of tulips hit his sight

— Stinky fox. What is that? —I point to the bouquet of flowers in Rukawa's hands. He frowned stupidly. He should have known, the dumb monkey is too much for all this, he should have been more subtle

— You're really stupid, aren't you? Can't you see they are flowers? Don't you know what flowers are? — Sakuragi, as innocent as she may be (in some things), noticed the apparent sarcasm in Kaede's voice and looked at him

—Obviously they are flowers, stinky fox. What I mean is why do you bring those flowers to our training facility? Is there a basketball rule that involves flowers? — That genius needs to know — Sakuragi hummed, Rukawa shook his head and quieted the voice in his head that told him to offend the silly monkey, he was there for another purpose

Sakuragi looked perplexed at Rukawa's next steps. Crouching gracefully in front of a stunned Sakuragi, Rukawa extended the bouquet of flowers towards Hanamichi, Haruko had told him that this would give a more romantic feel to the whole thing

— Big silly monkey... — he cleared his throat, erasing the words from his mouth. Sorry. Sakuragi Hanamichi Do you want to be my boyfriend? — He asked and then a certain redhead's world came crashing down

Sakuragi looked at Rukawa and then looked at the ball in his hands and like two idiots we are talking about, Sakuragi's first reaction was to throw the ball at Rukawa with such force to the point of losing consciousness for a few minutes

— Smelly fox Have you lost your mind? — Hanamichi shouted before noticing the blood pouring from Rukawa's head and the body not moving. He just killed the fox after it asked him to be lovers. Typical of two fools

— Hey Hey hey. Smelly fox, you better wake up, this genius won't take care of you — Rukawa frowned at the annoyingly loud voice that filled his ears. His head hurt a lot and the light from what seemed to be the infirmary was beginning to bother his eyes — Smelly fox, are you listening to me? Did the blow make you more stupid? Hey, Hey — Rukawa couldn't and threw his long, agile hand up to Sakuragi's mouth

—Why don't you shut up for at least two minutes, Sakuragi? I'm trying to adjust to the situation after you hit me with a ball — Rukawa cleared his throat. Hanamichi blushed, he hoped that like in cliché movies and dramas, the person who was hit had amnesia but it was obviously the smelly fox

— Hey, it was unintentional. Seriously, my nerves have that inertia to hit you — Rukawa mocked with a snort

—Hit me why? Why did I confess to you? Great idiot genius — there's still a part of Rukawa that doesn't accept that he lost his last allowance money to buy flowers for Hanamichi — It was the best way to reject me, idiot monkey. Couldn't you think of a better one? Although very original of you to hit me with a ball of my favorite sport to break my heart. I must applaud genius — Sakuragi was surprised when he heard those words. He had never heard Rukawa express or say as much as he did now. Apparently the smelly fox really likes it quite a bit

— Stupid fox. Who said I gave an answer? — Rukawa looked at him — I was so surprised that I threw the ball towards your face, it was a surprise due to inertia — Sakuragi blushed — Did you really like it? You're not trying to set this genius up — Rukawa also denied out of inertia

— I've liked you for a while, I realized after our fight so I decided to sneak up on you and then confess my feelings to you on Valentine's Day that's why I bought you flowers — Rukawa looked for the tulips and found them near her bed — The girl from the flower shop said they meant pure and true romance — Sakuragi looked at him with big red cheeks

— Oh. Smelly Fox Who would think you were a romantic guy? Although I cannot reciprocate your feelings one hundred percent for now, I will work hard so that in the future each of us can be one hundred percent lovers — Sakuragi said happily. In the end he realized that perhaps what he felt for Rukawa was neither hatred nor envy, it was something more and that the change in her heart every time she saw the sleeping fox was not anger

— Well then, let's both work hard to have a long-lasting relationship — he exclaimed — But don't think I won't get revenge for this. When I get out of here I'll kill you — Sakuragi laughed

For a long time there was no shortage of smiles in the infirmary, cheering up the atmosphere. The love of two idiots may seem illogical in the eyes of outsiders but when you really know the formula it transforms into the purest and truest love

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