Remember The Time

by Hikaru

 

Part 2- Sesame Street

Rukawa Kaede entered his empty apartment. Switching on the lights, he threw his sports bag onto the sofa and walked straight to his bedroom. Exhausted, he fell onto his bed in a heap. His hand brushed away the long forelocks from his eyes then dropped itself onto his pillow. Sighing in content, Rukawa hugged the pillow to his chest, and fell into a deep sleep.....And dreamed of his past.

~*~

DINGDONG!!!

" I’ll get the door ma!!" Rukawa shouted out as he ran towards the door. His hand reached the knob and pulled the door open.
Hanamichi stood on the doorsteps, holding a package in his hands. He smiled at Rukawa.

" Hi Hanamichi-kun!!" Rukawa greeted him brightly.

" Hi Kaede, nice house..." Hanamichi complimented.

" Thanks..come on in! Ma wants to meet you," Rukawa said. He pulled Hanamichi inside and continued, " You’d probably be surprised when you meet her..."

" Why?" Hanamichi looked a bit worried.

" Aiyah, don’t worry....Ma really likes to have guest...it’s just that...never mind, you’ll understand once you’ve met her...," Rukawa said, still pulling on Hanamichi’s hand. Rukawa stopped in front of the living room and let go of Hanamichi’s hand.

Hanamichi took a look around the room. It was a cosy space, with several orchid plants hanging in one corner of the room. The drapes were pulled back and sun shined into the room. The carpet was soft, light blue in colour that matched the colour of wallpaper. There was a glass coffeetable in the center of the room, with leather sofas surrounding it. A woman was sitting on one the sofas, reading a book.

" Ma! Hanamichi’s here!" Rukawa announced loudly.

Hanamichi steadied himself, feeling a bit nervous. The woman got up and turned to face the two boys. Hanamichi gasped.
Her hair! It was red, just like his! She smiled at his startled expression.

" You must be Hanamichi.....Kaede has told me much about you." Her voice was so soft, it seemed almost fragile.

Hanamichi nodded dumbly. Rukawa’s mother laughed and ran her fingers through her long red hair that hung below her shoulders. She had deep green eyes that were framed by long lashes and a most warm smile.

" I thought I was the only one in Kanagawa with red hair," she said smiling, " Obviously, I’ve made a mistake." Rukawa’s mother patted Hanamichi’s head softly.

" See...see..what did I tell ya? Surprised aren’t ya?" Rukawa asked, laughing gleefully while jumping up and down around Hanamichi.

" Umm..nice to meet you Mrs. Rukawa." Hanamichi said politely, remembering his manners for once, " My mom told me to give you these." Hanamichi handed the package to Rukawa’s mother.

" Chocolates!" Mrs. Rukawa smiled as she opened the box, " Tell your mother that I thank you."

" Ok." Hanamichi replied, also smiling. He liked Mrs. Rukawa. She was really nice.

" Ma...Hanamichi-kun and I want to plaayy..." Rukawa whined.

" All right, dear. I won’t keep you here any longer," Mrs. Rukawa smiled at her son, " Go on you two..but don’t make so much noise!"

" ‘Kay Ma..." Rukawa grabbed Hanamichi’s wrist and pulled him out of the living room.

" Nice meeting you, Hanamichi!!" Mrs. Rukawa called out after them.

" You too, Mrs. Rukawa!" Hanamichi shouted out in reply.

Rukawa was still holding onto Hanamichi’s hand as they ran up the staircase. Rukawa stopped in front of a room at the end of the right corridor. " This is my big bro’s room..." Rukawa explained as he opened the door. Hanamichi saw a teenage boy of about 14 talking on the phone. The boy, also obvious to be Rukawa’s brother, had long jet black hair gathered at the back in a low ponytail. His eyes were a dark blue, and he was tall for his age. He was sitting on a director’s chair, his legs crossed on his table.

" Kaname, this is Hanamichi!" Rukawa shouted over the loud music.

" Yeah, hi, can’t you see I’m the phone right now?" Kaname asked, a bit irritated.

" Whatever...," Rukawa turned to Hanamichi and whispered, " Kaname has a girlfriend...he must be talking to her.."

Hanamichi grinned and followed Rukawa out of the room. Rukawa took Hanamichi to his room, just across his brother’s.
Rukawa’s bedroom was like any other bedroom, medium-sized, had a study table and chair, bed, and a bookcase. What was special about it was that there was a tv there.

" Wow, you’ve got your own tv!!" Hanamichi exclaimed.

" Only cause there’s no where else in the house to put it," Rukawa explained, smiling, " There’s another tv in the tv room."

" Oh..." Hanamichi looked around.

" Sit down....c’mon let’s watch something..." Rukawa said, jumping onto his bed. Hanamichi did like-wise as Rukawa turned on the set. Rukawa switched through the channels and finally settled on one.

" What’s on?" Hanamichi asked.

" Sesame Street!" Rukawa exclaimed, taking an Elmo plush toy from underneath his bed.

" Sesame Street?!" Hanamichi asked increduosly, " Don’t tell me you watch Barney too?"

" Nah...Barney copycated Big Bird...they should arrest him, you know.." Rukawa said, hugging his Elmo.

" We’re gonna watch Sesame Street?" Hanamichi asked again.

" Hey, it’s not bad...I really like the songs..you can sing along with them..I especially like the opening song.." Rukawa said, still hugging Elmo.

" Yeah...I like that song...I’ve only seen it once." Hanamichi said.

" Once?! Then how could you not like it?!"

" I dunno."

They were silent for awhile.

" You know...I want to go to the US some day." Rukawa said.

" US? Why..?"

" Cause Sesame Street is in New York..and cause I wanna be a great basketball player some day."

" Basketball?...Sesame Street is in New York?!"

" Yeah..!! When I get famous..I’ll invite you to the States and then we’ll both go to Sesame Street...how ‘bout it?" Rukawa asked, jumping on the bed again. He was smiling again.

" Really?" Hanamichi asked, suddenly intrested.

" Really."

" All right!!"

" All right!!" Rukawa turned to the screen, " Oh! It’s on!" He jumped off bed and started singing along to the song. Hanamichi just watched from the bed, laughing.

" Sunny days...sweeping the..dust away..." Rukawa sang loudly.

" It’s ‘clouds’, you dummy!" Hanamichi laughed.

" How can you sweep clouds? C’mon! Sing with me! ..My way..to where the air is..." Rukawa started singing again.

" SWEE~~~~EET!!!" Hanamichi finished for him, also jumping off the bed to join Rukawa.

" Can you tell me how to get...How to get to.. SESAME STREET??" They both chorused.

~Sesame Street...

~Sesame Street...

 

~*~

Rukawa awoke suddenly. What a dream....he shook his head. ‘ What did I dream about?’ Rukawa thought to himself.
Shaking the thoughts away from his mind, Rukawa got off his bed and walked out to his living room. He fell onto the sofa and reached for the control. Switching on the tv, he laid back against the sofa and watched the opening song to Sesame Street come on.

~*~

 

 

End Part 2

Hikaru’z notez:- I was thinking of making it the ‘Muppet Show’ at first...^^..but one morning, I woke up early and got to watch Sesame Street...so...I decided to make it Sesame Street...( I just love Ernie...^.~) Hope you enjoyed it...

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