Hey guys okay so I'm going to try to make this one really interesting okay? No promises xP

By the way it's not very good because I have no patience at all to edit, I always post my first drafts, but I still hope that you enjoy it xP

I don't own PoT or any of the characters, just one OC… actually, two… ;) you'll see!

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" Quitting tennis! " Ryuzaki-sensei exclaimed, almost choking on the coffee that she was calmly drinking a few seconds ago. " Just that, no explanation, no… anything! "

" Gomen. " the boy replied as he looked coldly into the old woman's eyes, and proceeded to walk away.

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" What do you want ? " Ryoma pretended not to be completely aware of the reason of his friend's sudden anger. He pulled his cap down to hide his afeared expression, and felt cornered by the shadows of his upper classmen.

" Psssh… " Kaidoh-sempai hissed at Echizen's attempt to push them away through ignorance.

" You shouldn't say things like that, Echizen… " Momo-sempai shook his head. " You shouldn't…"

" Ochibi, I've never been so mad at you, nya~! "

" You've become a coward, pshhh…"

" You can't worry your sempais like that, you can't!"

" Ochibi, say something, nya~!"

"Ne, Echizen, we just want to know a little bit more about what's really going on." Oishi-sempai confirmed the group's thoughts with his statement and an encouraging smile.

" This data may be useful…"

" Daah!" all of them jumped at the unexpected sight of Inui.

" I-Inui!" Oishi stammered. " Where did you come from?"

" We're your best friends!" Momo-sempai whined. " Please talk to us!" The silence that followed tore up the sempai's heart, and cut off the bonds that he had for so long made inumerous efforts to keep. He felt as if he was no longer considered a friend by Echizen, and with that in mind, his heart slowly turned to stone, to prevent itself from breaking.

" So that's how it's going to be. " he said in an unusually deep and serious voice. He walked away firmly, leaving a dark, gloomy atmosphere amongst those who remained.

" Echizen, you could at least have said that you didn't want to talk about it." Oishi-sempai said, well within his mother-hen spirit.

" I don't wanna talk about it. " Ryoma snapped cynically, and left four of his sempai astonished by how his attitude was colder than it had ever been.

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Ryoma left Seigaku that day and headed straight to the park. I'm on time, he thought happily, but this mood was quickly washed away by all of the other thoughts that rushed into his mind.

" There you are… " was all Echizen could manage to say at the sight of the trembling young girl, who seemed to be lost in her abstract world, driven by the silent tears that streamed down her face. She looked into the horizon as if a ghost had passed by her, and her tone of skin was now more pale than ever.

" You're thinner… " Ryoma continued, trying to break the ice that had been formed by the awkwardness of the situation. " You really have to eat, I mean, especially now and … all … "

" Don't talk about it! " the girl barked as she snapped out of her thoughts, her voice giving away the fact that she could burst into tears at any moment. Ryoma sat next to her and embraced her, and the coldness that the girl had been holding as a shield before was quickly broken.

She cried willingly into his sleeves, and there they stayed for the next four hours.

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" What are you going to do about it? "

" Ryoma, I… I'm not giving up on this… I can't…"

" You don't need to do-"

" I don't have the right to do this to a human being, Ryoma… "

" I understand. "

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WOW that was shitty :P but I really just wanna start this off already, I mean, it's 10 PM and I'm supposed to be enjoying Orlando, and for a 3 min chapter, I consider it good… xD

You shall review o0 !