First Meeting

The day was young and the sun was still high up in the sky. The tennis team had decided to make their way to a cafe for after practice treats.

"Senpai, I didn't know you liked sweets," Kyome stated poking her senpai-tachi in the side. The 3rd year jumped and smacked her hand away.

"Well, I don't particularly like them...but they have good coffee here," Kaname muttered sticking her tanned hands into her sports jacket. "You all better behave yourselves in here, I don't want any rough housing. Got that Kasumii?" She glanced over at her fellow 3rd year that scoffed and walked inside.

"Yippee, I want to get a strawberry yogurt parfait," Natsumi-Yuki giggled excited to eat somewhere new. Being the only second year in the group had it's ups.

"Sumi-chann~ let's sit over there!" Kyome pulled at her best friend dragging her towards a small table near a group of guys.

"Buchou said we had to sit together though," Natsumi looked back unsure noting her senpai taking a seat at the counter.

"It's not a big deal, as long as we don't cause any trouble~" She gushed and sat down looking over the menu. Natsumi huffed and sat down across from her and looked to the side catching the eye of a dark haired male wearing a blue jersey. His greyish-blue eyes quickly averted from her brown ones.

"I'll be your waitress today, what can I get you girls," She turned back Kyome and they both ordered what they wanted allowing the lady to leave.

"So, we have 3 more games before we make it to Nationals, excited?" Natsumi-Yuki shrugged. "Not even a little?"

"We've won Nationals so many times now, it's just getting old to me, I guess," The violetnette pursed her lips.

"You don't have to kill it, damn Sumi," Natsumi laughed lightly in response and let her eyes wonder to the other table again only to catch the males eyes again staring at her then quickly look away.

"Is it just me, or does that guy over there keep looking over here?" The tealnette asked nodding her head in the direction the table of guys were. Kyome didn't even bother to be discrete and glanced over seeing the dark haired male giving another sudden look with a small blush on his face, his cute blond friend saying something to him.

"The dark haired one with the fuzzy eyebrows?" Natsumi nodded bleakly. "Well I don't think he's looking at me, he's definitely staring at you girl," The short haired girl blushed brightly and shook her head.

"H-he can't be! He must be staring at you!" She spoke really quickly attempting to cover her blush. Her younger friend giggled.

"Do you think he's good looking?" Kyome knew how her picky friend was, and trying to get her a boyfriend was like trying to stop a starving baby from crying; near impossible. So this was a great chance to FINALLY, get her friend a guy that seemed to really be her type of guy.

"Ah well...from here he seems cute. I'd need to see him up close and talk to him in order to decide," The 1st year sighed and crossed her arms annoyed. "What?"

"You're too damn picky,"

"Well sorry for knowing exactly what I want,"

"You really expect to find exactly what you want this young?"

"Maybe, you never know! Love can show up at anytime!"

"Maybe it would if you opened your options up!"

The two girls went back and forth nearly scaring off the waitress who left them their food.

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From the guys side the blond had stood up against his senpais will and began to make his way over to the girls, hoping to get the tealnette to talk to his shy senpai.

'Maybe if he gets a girlfriend, he'll stop being so mean all the time,' He mentally grinned and approached the small table where the tealnette and violetnette were having an intense conversation.

"Excuse me ladies, mind if I interrupt?" Play it cool Kise, this ones for senpai.

"Oh hi, can we help you?" The violetnette questioned eying him up. He cleared his throat.

"Well, my senpai over there was checking your friend out here and I thought maybe you girls would like to join us?"Both girls looked at each other and leaned to the other side of the table to whisper to each other. The model turned around and gave his sweating senpai a thumbs up.

"No," Kise nearly fell.

"What do you mean no? I saw you looking back at him," Kyome glared at her friend who pouted her lips.

"I don't want to go over to him first. He needs to come to me, so I know if he really wants to talk to me and you're not pulling my leg," Natsumi stuck her spoon in her parfait and began eating completely ignoring the younger male now. Kyome gaped at her dense senpai who she could tell really wanted to talk to that guy.

"Alright, I'll just leave you girls then," He made his way back to the table, knowing that he was going to get yelled at for even approaching a girl that Kasamatsu-senpai thought was attractive.

"So how did it go? Is she going to come over here and woo our awkward buchou?" Moriyama asked. Kise quietly sat down on the furthest side from his fuming senpai.

"Well...you see... she apparently only likes straight forward guys,"

"I told you not to go over there Kise! I should hit you!" Kasamatsu irked punching the 1st year on the head.

"Oww! You already did senpai-tachi..." He rubbed his head lightly. His other senpais looked up at the violetnette that stood next to the table.

"I apologize for my friends rudeness, she doesn't get out much and getting her to talk to guys is ridiculous. So, I was wondering, if your friend would be willing to go over and talk to her once she gets back from our buchou. I think it'd be a great opportunity," Kyome said. "Oh, I'm Gato, Kyome by the way, the tealnette is Natsumi-Yuki,"

The boys looked at each other.

"Kasamatsu, I think this is your chance!" Moriyama held a shining look in his eye. "Be the first from our team to leave the barrier of singleness!" The dark haired captain gave his teammate a dull look and looked over at Kyome.

"I...um..." Shit he had no idea what to say.

"Senpai will go right over! Why don't you sit with us, Kyome-chan~" Kise invited his fellow matchmaker his seniors seat.

"If it's okay with your senpai," Kasamatsu was in a rut. It was 3 to 1... He looked to Kobori for help, but he was too busy on his phone to bother with the situation.

"F-fine..." He stood up from his seat with shaky legs and began approaching the tealnettes table seeing that she was finally back and looking around for her friend.

'What am I doing? Relax Yukio, you have this...' He feet stopped next to the table.

"A-ano," He gulped looking down at his hands. Natsumi's brown eyes looked up at him surprised. She made a small noise and collected herself.

"Oh, oh hi.. can I help you?" She nervously tucked a piece of hair behind her ear.

" it a-alright if I s-sit with you?" He stuttered mentally kicking himself for being so nervous.

Natsumi glanced over to his table seeing her best friend getting all buddy buddy with the blond that had come over before. She sighed and nodded her head.

"Sure, you can sit with me," She waved her small hand in a welcoming gesture. Kasamatsu quickly sat down across from her. A small silence ran over them as they both looked at their hands then up to each other.

"Kasamatsu, Yukio," Natsumi blinked. "That's my name," her lips formed a small 'o'.

"I'm Kawakami, Natsumi-Yuki, nice to meet you Kasamatsu-senpai," he nodded his head lightly in response. "So, I'm guessing you're in the same boat as I am? Your kouhai trying to set you up with a total stranger," Kasamatsu followed her glance back to his table where the two kouhai were spying.

"I..I guess so. Kise doesn't know when to stay out of my business," He scowled. Natsumi giggled lightly at his facial expression making him blush.

"That was cute," She laughed lightly making him turn even brighter. "Which school do you go too?" Kasamatsu tried to chill his face out.

"Kaijou," he quickly responded.

"Kaijou? That's not too far from here is it? I'm from Hyotei in Tokyo," That caught his attention, maybe he could make a little bit of small conversation.

"What are you doing in Kanagawa?" Good job Yukio, now just stop looking at her chest.

"Oh, it's the Kantou tournament this week, so we're staying for it. We advance onto our next opponents tomorrow,"

"What do you play?"

"Tennis, how about you?"

"I'm captain of our basketball team," Her eyes lit up.

"Basketball really? Sugoi, what's it like? Is it fun? Is it true that the games are really fast paced? What's your favorite part of the game?" Natsumi rushed through questions, excited to find a guy that liked a certain sport a lot. Kasamatsu all of a sudden shook off his fear and began explaining all odds and ends of the sport that he loved to play. From different positions, to drills and exercises that they need to practice. Soon the table was filled with small pieces of paper that contained strategies and other stuff that Natsumi and him and talked about.

"You play the guitar as well? That's so cool! I'm learning a little piano myself in my spare time," He grinned in response and looked up at the clock that read 2 hours since he had gotten there.

"Oh crap, everyone left already..." Natsumi looked around for her other teammates that all decided to vanish, even Kyome.

"She must have went with Kise and the others...that Kise..." Natsumi looked nerved. "W-what's wrong?"

"I don't know how to get back to our hotel..." She looked down quite embarrassed. After telling him where she was staying, he had told her that he'd bring her there, being the proper gentleman, and also wanting to continue their conversation. So, against her will, he payed for her stuff and guided her out the door in the direction of the large hotel they were going to be spending the night in.

"Italian or Mexican?" She asked.

"Italian,"

"Early or Late,"

"Early?"

"Movie or Ice Cream?"

"Where are you going with this?" He rose an eyebrow at the smaller girl.

"Just answer it!"

"Alright, um, movie," He felt like he knew where this was going. "D-do you want t-to go on a date this Saturday around noon?" The short haired girl blushed deeply. "I know it may seem kind of early, but we can talk some more,"

"We're here," She stopped looking at the building. "We can talk more about this later, I'm sorry," She rubbed her arm, before going into her bag and pulling out a pen. "Can I see your hand?" Kasamatsu blinked and handed over his right hand. Her smaller one soon grabbed hold of it sending shivers up his spine. The cool tip of the pen ran across the surface of his skin before being put away.

"Call me, okay?" She winked, kissed his cheek lightly and ran into the building as fast as her legs could take her. The older male turned the darkest shade of red and looked down at his hand.

You're really cute, please don't stop smiling.

Xxxxx-xxxxx Natsumi-Yuki

'Natsumi-Yuki huh?' He grinned to himself and turned around to walk on his way home. He'd just have to thank his nosy kouhai this time.

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