A/N: I have made some minor changes. So, please read it again.

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It wasn't a very good day for Tezuka; he usually wakes up at 6 o'clock sharp whether the alarm clock goes off or not. But today he slept in and now he is running late for morning practice. He took a quick shower, finished his morning duties and got dressed up as quickly as possible.

He skipped doing Zazen today. He knew that his grandfather will be very angry with him for his tardiness. He _would_ face his punishment after school. Now, his priority is attending tennis practice, especially since he is the captain.

Ayana was setting the dining table when her son entered the room in a hurry; it was a surprise for her to see her usually well organized son in a rush.

"Ohayou Kuni-chan, you seem to be in a hurry do you want your Otou-san to drop you in school?"

"No thanks Kaa-san, I will go by bus as usual" he said while eating his breakfast. If only he knew what was going to happen in the bus-stop he wouldn't have declined the offer.

Same time in some other place

"Akiko-chan; come down and have breakfast quickly or else you will be late to school!" yelled her mother from the kitchen.

The girl in question was playing with her new pet hamster which she bought quiet recently after much pleading with her parents.

"Hai Okaa-san, I will be there in a minute". She really didn't want to leave her pet alone, she wanted to play with it some more and she also wanted to introduce 'Shasha' (that's what she named her pet) to all her friends in school.

Now, hamsters are pretty small, so why not take Shasha to school today? (Of course it goes without saying that she's going to do it without the knowledge of her parents and teachers)

He was waiting at the bus stop for the past ten minutes. That's when he noticed that the sky was unusually dark. It was probably going to rain and he didn't bring his umbrella with him. Now he can only hope that he would reach his school before it begins to rain. Not only that, he will probably have to cancel morning practice as well. This day can't get any worse.

Another five minutes passed by and still no bus in sight. He knew he was not going to make it to school on time. He had already called Ryuzaki-sensei and informed her that he will not be there for morning practice. Besides why is the road so empty? It's still early in the morning and so many unusual things are happening around him already, this is most definitely not his day. He caught sight of a small fur ball moving near his feet and that pulled him out of his thoughts.

Could it be a stray cat? No, it's too small for that. O it's a rodent!

"Shasha, quit running away from me!" a female voice shouted.

Following the voice, his gaze landed on a young girl, about the same age as him. She was wearing Seigaku's uniform. Her face looked a bit familiar as well.
"There you are Shasha! Don't worry me like that." said the girl after spotting the brown and white fur ball. She went closer to pickup her pet, all the while not even noticing Tezuka standing there. As if on cue, just as she bent down, the rodent hid itself inside whatever was the closest to it. At the moment, it was Tezuka; so it climbed into his pants.

The stoic façade he usually wore was now completely broken.

Tbc

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