Elbow resting on her desk, cheek resting on the palm of her hand and a happy, heavy sigh escapes her lips. Eyes day-dreaming, all other senses cast aside. "Hello? Anyone there?" Her friend's hand waving in front of her, snapping back to reality while the brunette shook her head for a moment and all attention was brought to her raven-haired friend, Honoka. A soft smile coming from the brunette's face, "you were day-dreaming again."

"Sorry, were you saying something?" The girl day-dreaming was Shinoa Evans, a half-Japanese girl. "No, don't worry." Honoka laughed, "were you day-dreaming about your boyfriend again?" Guess she got caught, "boyfriend?" Her classmates overheard, girls coming in after they had lunch. "Tell us what he's like!" Another girl said, most of them grabbing chairs to sit around her, "uh-" didn't seem like she had a choice since Honoka's loud voice caught girls' attention but at the same time, a few boys wanted to know too. "Damnit." She muttered underneath her breath, "he's very kind and caring."

"No, no! De~tails." Sighing, Shinoa knew she had to tell them what he was like, plus they all probably wanted to see what he looked like too. Unless Honoka opened up that mouth of hers, she wouldn't need to show them. "Okay well, he's smart, Captain of the Tennis team, the Student Body President, tall and really attractive. He's also forgiving and generous too! When it comes to his Captain duties, he's strict but also lenient on them if they really work hard enough plus also he's very respectable amongst everyone...he's also a bit popular with girls so many of them." Which still baffled her when he wanted to be with her, someone who was rather plain and not as smart - which was what she thought.

"He always smells so nice and he's romantic on our dates," another happy sigh forms. "He's also fluent in English and German too. He also went abroad...oh! His star sign is a Libra too." A giggle following, "you know that's pretty lucky considering Libra's are highly compatible with Leos!" Which she felt lucky for her star sign to be a Leo.

"Damn! You are lucky!" Envy coming from her classmates, "does he have any attractive friends?" Honoka asked, just wanting a boyfriend too. "Oh definitely! His friends are just as handsome as he is."
"Let me come with you!"
"Same! I want to see them." Her female classmates feeling all excited, wanting to see what they looked like.

"Plus, he's charming and I love just being around him. He's soft and warm, it's nice being in his arms and getting his kisses." Hearing the female students going 'aw' with how sweet and romantic he seemed with her describing him. But because of that, her classmates wanted more details besides what kind of guy he was like and how romantic he could be on dates. Teenagers.

"What's he like in bed?" One of her classmates asked Shinoa's eyes rolled - the girl had like two boyfriends in the past and was currently dating another three at the same time. "Uh, gross!" As if she'd want to do something like that, and clearly her expression showed how she felt. "I won't do that with him until he's ready, but...I'd rather just hold hands with him and go on dates." Which was always much nicer than what her classmates said. Why couldn't they understand she was happy with how her life was with her boyfriend?

"Hey, Evans! Is he a good kisser?" She didn't understand the point to such a question and how one could compare to someone else. "Um...I don't know. He's just as good as my ex-boyfriend, I guess."
"What? EX-boyfriend?!" The others exclaimed, "come on! Show us pictures." They demanded, as the brunette sighed and took her phone out. Showing them a photo of her handsome ex then one of her boyfriend.

"Damn, they're both hot! What did he do to dump you?"
"I didn't dump him, he did." Her eyes staring down at the photo of them together, they were so happy and she finally could be with the guy she wanted but it went all downhill. Her heart sinking when just remembering what happened, he left her to pursue his dream; long distance didn't seem like an option and it broke her heart, crying herself to sleep many nights as she wanted to get over it, get over him. Remembering how he made her cry before, they were neighbours after all and she never let him see how hurt he made her feel.

Whilst through the sadness was comfort in her boyfriend, the man that cared about her and held her in his arms. His warmth made everything better which helped her slowly get over him which got her to learn to love him.

In the darkness, tears were falling down her face as eyes were slowly becoming red and cheeks puffing up. Saltiness dripping to the ground, her gentle skin darkening in purple and the touch of numbness arriving. "That idiot!" "She deserves it!"

Laughter and humiliation filled the air, children watching and pointing. Crouched on her knees and defending herself as best as possible, quickly as adults rushed in to stop the harm of a child. "She cheated!" Her bully, the boy that beat her growled then cried to his mother; unknown that they'd meet again. However, his memory of her faded while her anger grew ever strong. Unable to forget, able to make her skills better and forgetting why she played tennis in the first place. Her hands shook, unable to pick up a racket...scared to play. She won U8 tennis tournament, her opponent beating her - he was a sore loser. Words echoing, lingering in her mind at what he said. "She cheated."

She knew she didn't, she knew better than that. Shinoa had learned tennis since she was five, from her father. A pro tennis player, ranked in the top 10. Keiran Evans. "Come on kid! There will always be people who will put you down, that shouldn't stop you." His words in attempt to cheer her up didn't work, her mother, Minako whose family loves all sorts of sports, her parents majoring a love for martial arts suggested to take it, to boost her confidence and make her want to play once more. At six, it was where she began to play judo.