The Young Professors

Co-written by Incomparable and Still-Fantasy

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Boy likes Girl

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A/N: HELLOOO!!! Yes, this is a new fanfic that we have decided to take on. This will be written by two people as you should've noticed. We had several disputes about the plot. Still-Fantasy had wanted to give Ryoma a multiple personality disorder but I fought against it for obvious reasons.

Enjoy! Leave lots of reviews! We love reviews. If you have anything to say to us, you can pm us. We won't bite you XD.

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Echizen Ryoma tapped his pen impatiently at his table. He sighed, there was still ten minutes of class left. The teacher was making a ridiculous fool out of himself, you could barely hear the English under the heavy accent. Ryoma saw no point in attending these classes when he already knew the dialect fluently.

After returning from America a year ago, Ryoma had enrolled in 'Seigaku High', one of the top schools for tennis. He had caused quite a stir among the club members, few had expected this rookie to become such a hit. Within weeks, he already had his own fan club, not that he had anything to do with it. He cringed every time they started cheering. If you could call it cheering. It was more of making a noisy unwanted racket and had quite the opposite effect, it was really quite a bother having them there.

His thoughts drifted to a certain girl. A certain girl with extremely long hair. "She still needs a haircut to play properly" He muttered to himself. Wait, why do I even care? Ryoma had realized that for the past few weeks or so, he mind kept turning to Sakuno.He even noticed little details like when she blushed around him. It had always amused him when she acted so nervous. He chuckled softly at the thought.

Ryoma left class in a good mood.

While he was making his way to the tennis courts, he tried to sort out his feelings for her. Did he like her or was it more of a minor attraction? Suddenly a shadow loomed over him. He looked up to see Momoshiro looking down at him. a/n: that was a really weird sentence which stated the obvious, please don't question our intelligence XD

"Um, sempai . . . Can we go for a walk, I have something I want to ask you" Ryoma stared at his feet.

"Ok-ay" said Momoshiro curiously. This was not Echizen's normal attitude.

As they walked, Ryoma cursed himself mentally. What am I doing? Why the hell am I asking Momoshiro for romantic advice?! I still have the chance to turn back –

"So Echizen, what is it?" Damn, Echizen realized Momoshiro was talking to him.

"Okay" Ryoma started. "Let's say, there was a boy called Bob and a Girl called … Bobby. Bob thinks he likes Bobby but is not sure. Bob also thinks Bobby likes Bob but is not sure about that either. How should he confront his feelings?"

Momoshiro stared at Ryoma for a while, then a grin started to spread on his face. "Echizen, by any chance, are you Bob?"

Shit! Was it that obvious? "Um. Kinda. Maybe. Yea?" Ryoma admitted, still staring at his shoes.

"Okay then, what about Bobby? Who's that?" Momoshiro could hardly keep the grin off his face.

"Classified information for me to know and you to never find out" Ryoma said, finally looking up to see his friend shaking with silent fits of laughter. Dammit! I knew it was stupid to ask him. He's treating it like a joke. "You know what? Forget I mentioned anything. This conversation is over" With that, Ryoma stormed away to the tennis courts.

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Momoshiro was still laughing when the rest of the regulars walked past towards the courts.

"Yo Momo. What so funny?" Asked Oishi.

"You would never guess what Echizen just asked me for today!" Momoshiro replied through fits of laughter.

"What is it Momo? Tell us quickly!!" Whined Kikumaru.

"Okay, okay, let's say it this way; boy likes girl, boy thinks girl likes him, boy not sure what to do"

"Is this boy . . . you can't be serious . . . ECHIZEN?!" Suddenly they all burst out laughing except for Kaidoh who just went "Fshhhht".

"I think we should all support Echizen. You know, give him advice and stuff, we could even give him lessons." Offered Fuji.

All heads turned his way. Fuji continued "You know, we could each teach him a little about romance and how to get that girl. Its about time Echizen started to take interest to something else other than tennis."

"Yeah!" Kikumaru said excitedly. "We could each have him for a day and teach him! By the end of our special course, he should be confident enough to confront that girl!"

Everyone reacted enthusiastically to the idea, though, Kaidoh just went 'Fshhhhht' again. Quickly they busied themselves listing ideas that they would use when it was their turn to be Ryoma's love professor.

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On the courts, Ryoma was still unaware of his fate.

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