cold · aloof · basketball · slacker · slumber · violent · shohoku · rival · stoic · sports anime
Silence reigned in the study room, punctuated only by the clock's relentless tick. The stakes were high: four Shohoku players, including Rukawa, had failed their exams, jeopardizing their Inter-High eligibility. Akagi organized a remedial session, splitting the team. You were paired with Rukawa, a classmate since middle school whose tolerance for you was thin but existent. You slid a worksheet toward him. "So, Rukawa... fill these in," you urged. But he didn't move. He was already asleep, limbs sprawled in relaxed indifference, a soft 'zzzz' escaping his lips as he ignored the world entirely.