Chapter Two: Troubled
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"Quite well actually~" she winked at him as she turned and thought, 'Today seems like a great day~! I can't wait to see who'll I go up against next~!'
"Heh, she's not half-bad. Kabaji. Let's have some fun." he stated as he watched Hiroki with interest. "Care to play with me?"
"Osu..." Kabaji followed behind Atobe and went onto the court.
"I don't see why not. However you'll have to actually try or at least move. I won't accept a lousy and loafing "king" get in my way." she glared at him with a smile as she raised her racquet over his figure form afar.
"So be it. I'll try in this round. Kabaji you-" he paused and looked at her and then felt a smile curl at the end of his lip.
"Nope, he'll have to play too." she interrupted him without caring about his statement he was going to say.
"Fine, fine." he stated as he tossed the ball to her, "Ladies first."
"I'm honored." she sarcastically spoke as she tossed the ball into the air and collided the racquet and the ball together.
The sound of their breathing began to loosen, it wasn't on the same tempo, making a more heavier sound. While Atobe and Kabaji were only sweating bits from their forehead, surprising the regulars. Atobe smiled, satisfied that he won, and looked at Hiroki who smiled with satisfaction.
"6 games to 4!" the referee stated as he blew on his whistle. "Atobe-Kabaji pair wins!"
'She's not bad at all, in fact I think she's better then some of the team members.' he thought as he walked up towards the net. "Good game. Your names' are?"
"Hiroki Otonashi. Pleased to meet you. Keigo-san." she stated as she shook his extended hand.
"Miya Sanada." she just nodded and shook hands with Kabaji, who just nodded as well.
"Well then Hiroki. That was a nice play back there." he acknowledged her for her skills, nothing more. 'I didn't expect that kind of move…'
Just as Kabaji lost his balance, due to the balls hit on the knee, he manages to hit it back and made a lob. Hiroki jumped towards the ball and aimed towards Kabaji's left side, since he was still picking himself up, making a score.
"5 games to 4!" the referee reminded as the game continued.
'This is why I never liked playing doubles. I won't be able to rule the court.' he thought as he closed his eyes and walked away.
"Hey, they're pretty good. Right Atobe-san?" Gakuto stated as he held his head up with his palms.
"Better then you are that's a fact." he stated as he left off with a slight chuckle.
"Wha-!" Gakuto twitched his brow in annoyance and walked away from the tennis courts. "That bastard…"
As lunch came around Kintaro rushed into class 2-5 and began holding Rika's hand in front of everyone. Causing people to assume that they're going out, surprising them all since Kintaro's a bit slow in the head. Until he launched out towards the room while screaming about food.
"Oh…Never mind they're not going out…" they all laughed as they began to settle for lunch.
"Move out of the way Zaizen! Kenya! Foods calling for me!" he exclaimed as he pushed everyone that tried to stop his "ambition".
"Hey I think you're running to fast Kintaro." Kenya laughed as he watched them run through crowds.
"He's an idiot like you…" Zaizen said as he walked towards the snack bar with Kenya.
As they stood in line Kintaro cheered and wondered what to get for a long time, twenty minutes, while Rika began trying to catch her breath. Zaizen and Kenya were behind them and felt pity upon Rika, seeing that she's been dragged for the whole day practically.
"Oh oh! I want this one! No no…I want this one! I change my mind, Grr! This is so hard! Why don't I just buy all of them!" Kintaro greedily thought as Rika glared down on him.
"Kintaro! I won't buy you all of them! Only three and that's it!" she interrupted while she crossed her arms over her chest and shook her head.
"Aww…Okay…I'll take these three.." he pointed to them a bit sadly but he thanked Rika with a hug. "Thanks Ri-chan!"
'I'm so happy I managed to make sure that he didn't rob me from my allowance.' she thought as she walked away towards the classroom to finish her bento. "Today….SUCKS!" she loudly announced as she heard someone make a remark.
"You're making your self look like a retard so just stop doing that." Zaizen stated as he began to order.
"Bleh! Like I care…" she stuck out her tongue and walked away -stomping actually- towards her classroom to finish her obento.
"That girl…" Zaizen sighed as he walked back to class with Kenya.
Time passed quickly as Hiroki sat underneath the tree and felt rather bored since Rika wasn't there to talk to her, Miya wasn't a close friend of Hiroki that well. Although many of her friends offered a place for her to hang out she refused, she wanted to think about things today.
"Eh! You're getting expelled! And worst of all moving to the Kansai region?" Hiroki spoke in disbelief and continued to shake her head. "This isn't fair! I-It's not your fault though, it…it was theres'!"
"Sorry Hi-chan…Tell Miya I managed to get them to stop bothering her." Rika said as she smiled and walked away with her luggage. "If they do, tell me. I'll come back."
"You….You didn't have to fight them Rika…." she murmured as she began to sniffle and sob. "This is the worst day….ever…My parents were yelling, getting mad at me, and now my best friend is going to move."
The day of graduation where you're suppose to smile and wish for a better next year, was a misfortune to those two. The sun settled down on the horizon and watched as they left no words and anything else, only belief that this will turn out okay one day.
"I hate reminiscing…..Especially if it's only on thoughts that mean something to me at least…" she sighed as she sat up and clenched onto her knees. "Well whatever…" she muttered as she sighed with anguish.
Watching her from the roof top happened to be Atobe, who was in need of some fresh air. "That's…Hiroki." he whispered to himself as he watched what she was doing in the middle of campus.
"Atobe-san what are you doing?" one of the regular members asked as they then stated, "The meeting is going to start."
"Yea I know, I was just about to go don't worry about me." he stated as he turned towards the regular and walked towards the meeting.
As the day passed Rika sat in her seat and waited for everyone to leave. Zaizen came in with an irritated expression as he walked towards the dazing-off-to-wonder-land petite. After every speck of words that came out from his mouth, none reached through her ears, made him twitch his brow.
"Hey! Rika! Are you listening to me!" he yelled, managing to catch her attention.
"….yea…" she gave an unsure smile before she saw him sigh. "Oh! It's…you…"
"Come on there's club practice after school." he stated as he sat against another seat and looked at her stand up.
"Do I have to go?….I'm not even in the club." she beckoned as he followed her and yawned.
"Yea." he replied softly.
Silence was all that took place in between those two, although they seemed slightly bothered . The courts were quite far, so it became a horrible position to stay quiet in.
"Ugh. I hate awkward moments like these." she muttered as she waited for him to catch up, and walked next to him. "So…How's your life?"
"Same old. Same old. Nothing new really." he said, boredly. "You?"
"Well…It's exciting living with my grandparents. I mean it's better then living with my parents…And this area seems pretty nice. So I guess my life is more fun." she replied cheerfully and found his eyes locked on her's.
"You ran away from home huh?" he said, curiously yet somewhat worried.
"Huh? Oh. Haha. Nope. I guess you can say that my parents didn't want me anymore so…." her eyes were now focused on the ground ahead. "I…I got into a lot of fights when I was in elementary…That's why."
"Oh so you basically didn't grow up. You still stayed immature." he stated as he closed his eyes and walked ahead.
"Yep I sure am~!" she jerked her right leg underneath his and tripped him. "Whoops. Didn't mean too."
"Why you little….." he growled furiously as he clenched his hand into a fist.
He managed to regain his composure as soon as he saw the team practicing out on the courts. Kintaro seemed irritated by Kenya's presences and leaped with joy when he saw the two coming. Of course, the Baka couple, were enjoying their times together as always.
"Koharu~" the male spoke as his face flustered with delight.
"Yuuji~" as well as the other, whom held the hand of Koharu, "Let's spend another Love Love Day together~"
"Yes, of course my lovely Koharu~" as they rubbed onto each other's cheek like a lovely dovey couple.
"Senpai-tachi…I'm scared. Are you guys okay?" Rika and Zaizen replied as they gave a blank expression.
"Of course you two~ We're just madly in love~!" they skipped towards them and began to nudge onto their arms.
"Get off of me…Ugh! Senpai!" Zaizen complained as Yuuji began teasing him. "Senpai, please knock it off!"
"Mou~! You're no fun Zaizen-kun~" Koharu stated as he held onto Rika's neck, "He's such a push over, right Ri-chan~?"
"Ahahaha….Y-yea." she stated as gave a wryly smile and gave out a fake laughter. "S-Senpai I need to change…Can you let go?"
"Okay Ri-chan~ Yuuji~ Let's go!" Koharu stated as Yuuji left Zaizen pissed and glaring at them from afar. "Ara~! It seems like Zaizen-kun is mad."
Kintaro and Kenya began to bug Zaizen even more, so he took it out on them. While Rika sighed of relief and walked towards the locker room, hoping her bra wouldn't get stuck. As she walked in she heard girls' scream and kick her out of the room.
"Get out! You pervert! Out!" a red-head stated as she pushed Rika out with her eyes closed. "Kyaa!"
"Kyaa!" they all shouted, while the male tennis players looked at the collapsing Rika fall to the ground.
'I'm a girl though…Besides I'm not interested in female body parts…Well whatever I'll just play in my uniform…' she sighed, she's been sighing for sometime today, as she walked towards the court with her racquet.
"Ri-chan? You're not going to change?" the coach wondered as he noticed her "Really? You're going to ask?" face and just laughed it off. "Oh yea sorry about that, they didn't know a girl was in tennis already."
"Well I'll just play in my uniform." she stated as she passed by Kintaro and the others.
"Did you perhaps…get your shirt stuck on your bra again Ri-chan?" Kintaro asked, sighing since he'll be the one to undo the knot. "I guess I'll help you again. Mou…."
"E-EH!" they all shouted as the guys widened their eyes at them both. "Kintaro you saw a girl's bra! No way! Before your senpais!"
"Kin-chan…You're growing up." Shiraishi stated as he sniffled and patted Kintaro's head.
"What, isn't it normal?" Kintaro asked, not knowing what they're talking about. "I thought you guy's seen a girl's bra too."
"N-Nee~ Ri-chan do you need help? I'll help you this time." Kenya asked, being gifted with a flick on the forehead.
"Leave her alone. Shessh senpai-tachi…You guys are so immature sometimes…" he announced as he stood in front of a cheery-bright-red Rika. "Not to mention stupid." he whispered softly.
The team picked on Kintaro, being jealous senpais, as they began to talk about what they meant earlier to Kintaro. Although all they could get out of Kintaro was a smile, he was ignoring what they said, and walked away. They gave up on Kintaro as they began to talk about something else.
"Sensei! Someone was trying to peek when were where changing! Do something about it!" the red-head that pushed Rika yelled as she pointed at the team.
"It wasn't the team, it was me…" Rika stated with a "Give-me-a-break-already..." face as she sighed her 100th sigh of the day. "I can't stop sighing…I knew this day was going to suck." she muttered as she walked towards a court.
"E-Eh?" the red-head looked confused when Rika spoke.
"Sorry, I forgot to mention that she's been in the tennis club for a while, her name's Rika Ishida." the coach stated as he pointed to Rika, who was playing against Gin.
Although Gin accepted the match be began to worry about Rika, since he had so much power. So in the end he decided to just give light passes to her instead. However if he took her lightly she would be offended however he didn't care.
'I'm sorry Rika-san. But I'm going to take you lightly.' he thought as he began to serve with a light pass.
"Senpai! Please don't take me lightly!" she made a slice as she passed back the ball.
The ball flung past Gin's face and made a faint scratch on his left cheek, leaving him shocked. Rika pouted as she spun around and muttered cusses and sighed her 101st sigh. Although the team played against her before she's never gotten mad before until now.
'Sorry Gin-senpai…But since you can handle power I'm going all out! I'm going to rage out right now.' she made a light smirk as she turned around. "15 love."
The brunette anticipated that Gin still won't give it his all so she'll make him serious by force if she has too. His next server was quiet stronger but Rika returned it again with another fast pass, scratching his arm.
"Senpai…I'm a little pissed. So, please try~" she smiled, yet he felt the vibe of her destructive aura. "Okay~?"
'I sometimes think she's like Zaizen….Or even coach when he's mad…' he thought as he nodded, timidly, and served the next ball.
Rika sighed and shook her head as she thought about the horrible past days she's had and accidentally made the ball spike up under Gin's chin, making him fall back. The girls that watched screamed and caught the other players' attention. Rika bit her glossy pink lips as she ran towards the fallen Gin.
"Sorry Senpai! I didn't mean too. I'm so sorry. So sorry Senpai…" she repeatedly apologized as she helped him up from the ground. "S-Senpai are you okay? I'm so sorry, I was so mad today I-"
"It's okay. Hahaha. You're quiet strong you know." he accorded her as he stood up laughing. "I'll play against you for real then."
'R-Really! Alright! I've always wanted to play against someone seriously." her eyes lit up with enjoy as she hopped on one foot and cheered, to everyone's surprised they never seen her this happy unless Koharu and Yuuji did something quiet hilarious. "Wh-What?" she asked as she gave a semi-smile at the team.
She stared at the others who seemed to smile seeing her smile as well, she enjoyed tennis as much as anyone in the club. Zaizen smiled timidly with a mix expression that had an wryly smile in it as well, wondering why she's so happy for a serious match with Gin.
'What's with her? Hah she's weird.' he thought while smiling and shaking his head as he severed.
"Yay! I won! Alright!" she cheered out loud as she imitated Kintaro's jump if he won, expect she closed her legs. "Thanks so much Senpai! I've never had that much fun since 5th grade."
"Good game, I'm surprised you managed to hit back the Hadokyus." he stated as they shook hands over the net. 'Seriously, not everyone can. Especially girls, they're a bit to hard on them.'
"It's luck, I just happened to be in perfect condition." she smiled as she bowed towards her Senpai. "Let's have another match one day."
"Yea I wouldn't mind." he chuckled as his grin became wider.
As they talked the new members -two females- of the tennis club got to know the other members and walked around. They found Kintaro cute and rather innocent in almost anything that boy's understood, since he didn't know, when he talked to them. They were nice -at least for now- towards everyone in the club and walked up to Rika and apologized for the earlier conflict between them.
Yay! Second chapter! I have no idea what to do with the two new OC's I suppose I'll make them fall in love with one of the members. I'm not quiet sure so for now I'm still trying to see if I can handle Zaizen's attitude as well as Atobe's . If you have any idea what to do for the next chapter please and I mean please tell me some ideas...*sigh* I'm having trouble with Atobe's so that's why there's not much of Hiroki's story...
Atobe: I need more story time, after all I am the King of Hyotei!
: I'm trying! Just wait, please...You're so hard to do, I mean Hiroki like hates you so yea...
Atobe: How can anyone hate the great Ore-sama!
: Probably because you haven't showed her your affectionate side yet...*hint*hint*
Atobe:What? I always show it~
: Yeah...To yourself. Anyways...Close it Zaizen!
Zaizen: Review and give her ^ some ideas for the next chapter.
I would appreciate it! You can also give me some OC details for the red-head and the other girl. *sweat drop* Thank you!