After classes, at the park…,
"Are you sure you'll transfer schools? Why now?" Choutaro of Hyotei was asking a girl.
"If that's her decision, we can't do anything about it." Shishido said to his kohai. "Whatever the reason is,--" he said towards the girl.
"I get it. Don't worry!'
"Feel free to call us anytime."
"Thanks"
At the same place, the Golden Pair of Seigaku was there too.
"Oi, Eiji! What's wrong?" A dude with 2 cool bangs asked his red-haired companion.
"Don't worry Oishi, I'm okay! See!" he then displays a very big smile on his face. "Oh ya! Thanks for this ice cream! Strawberry is one of my favorites!"
"Eiji, please, tell me if you have any problems, okay?"
Eiji nodded. "See you tomorrow!"
He bade goodbye.
The two friends separated ways. While walking, Eiji was deeply thimking about something. On the other hand , was still worried about his partner and thought, "Eiji's acting weird these past 2 days. I wonder what happened."
Wednesday morning came and the sun was shining brightly over the half of the Earth.
At the tennis courts of Seishun Gakuen, there, the members were again training vigorously especially the regulars.
Morning Practice: Eiji and Oishi are currently playing a singles practice match.
"Oishi, 5 games to 3. Change court!" The ampere announced. The players change courts. "Oishi to serve."
"Somethin' wrong?" Oishi served the ball. Eiji returned the ball easily while looking at Oishi with eyes that a persona of Eiji that seems mad and confused. "Stop asking Oishi! You're getting so annoying, you know?!"
"Love-15!"
Though that return Eiji made was easy to counter, Oishi wasn't able to move, looking at those eyes. This caught the attention of the other members of the club. From afar…
"Eh?! Oishi-sempai and Kikumaru-sempai are fighting?! You have to be kidding me!" A noisy (with 2 years experience in tennis) freshman, Horio stated. "This is a very bad sign!" Everybody started creating chatter, Horio's voice was the loudest. Our sophomore 'mamushi' got pissed to the freshman nagger. Kaidoh glared at him with dilated pupils.
"You better shut up, Horio! You don't know what Kaidoh-sempai can do to you!" Katsou warned. Horio immediately covered his big mouth with his 2 hands for he was afraid of his sempai.
"This is very unusual, right Echizen?" a sophomore with a porcupine-like hair, Momoshiro asks his prodigy kohai, Ryoma.
"Umm…, unusual…" Ryoma then drank his Ponta. It was more 'NO comment' tone.
"What do you think happened?"
"Why are you asking me? I'm not a stalker like Inui-sempai! So ask him not me!" Echizen recommended.
Momo approached his 'stalker-like' sempai, Inui. Inui was scribbling on his green notebook collecting data, calculating.
"Neh, Inui-sempai, do you have any idea?"
Inui stopped writing and his glasses shined. "There is a 66 that he knows something's gonna happen that he doesn't like; 30, it's because it's about a friend; and 4, because he's just annoyed."
"Sou desu ne… But how do we--"
"All you have to do is give him space and wait for him to be back to his happy self!"
Ochibi and the ever-smiling tensai overheard everything Inui said and agrees.
Oishi and Eiji's match just ended. "Game and match, Oishi. Six games to four!"
Fuji approached Eiji. "You better recover soon, Eiji. We're worried about you." Fuji said to his teammate with a smile.
"I know that!"
Dismissal. Eiji didn't attend the afternoon practice. Anyway, Coach Ryuzaki knows about it.
Momo, curious, asks his coach, "Sensei, why isn't Eiji-sempai here?"
"He told me not to tell anybody, so I'm sorry. Go back now to your practice!"
"H..hai!!" Momo went running and started practicing.
Actually, Eiji didn't gave no particular reason to his coach. He only said that he needed some time off. Ryuzaki gave him a chance because it was written all over his face that there was something wrong. "I hope he'll recover sooner."
The next morning, Thursday, in a certain sections of the second year, news was spreading that a new student is coming.
"Have you heard? They say a new student is coming and she's going to be in our class!" a girl started.
"I thought that person's a guy!" another girl reacted.
Shut it up classmates! Anyway, we're gonna know sooner or later!" the sections class president ordered.
That was Momoshiro's section.
"Eh? A new student?"
Author's note: Oh ya, they didn't have morning practice. I forgot... sorry…
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In the third year rooms…
"Eiji's absent?"
"Yeah…unfortunately." Inui reported.
"Is that so?" Oishi said in dismay. "Did he say any reason?"
"No. but I think he's not feeling well…"
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The new student has arrived! She's a second year and is assigned in Momo's section!