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Disclaimer: I do not own the Prince of Tennis nor its characters. They're Konomi-sensei's.
I only own my little OC Oshitari Kouki.
I apologize for any grammatical errors and typo. I did recheck this twice but nothing is perfect, except Shiraishi. Worship Shiraishi! All Hail Shiraishi! *shot*
Anyway, enjoy!
Ch2: My Name is Ecstasy?
A little black haired girl stood in front of a door, which led to a room under infirmary title. She knocked and opened it. There was nobody but a boy on the same age as her inside. He looked to her as she came in.
"Are you a heath care committee member?" He asked.
The Kouki nodded.
A very smile grew on his face. "I'm glad that there's somebody else who is serious about joining this committee."
"What do you mean?" she asked, a bit confused. "Isn't there one representative in every class?"
"Yes, but I think they're not really serious about taking this role. They don't even come here although we're all told to." His smile turned into a pout, which could easily make everyone who saw it get a heart stroke and go 'Aww…' That also worked on Kouki, it was very lucky of her being able to hold the fangirl-ish squeal. "So, why are you joining this committee? Mind to share?" The pout had turned back into smile again.
Kouki smiled sheepishly. "Uhm. Not really sure about that. I think it's because taking care of injured people has become one of my daily routine since I was young. I used to take care of my cousins. They fought a lot and had a lot of scratch in result."
"Hee.. I see." The boy nodded as he heard the explanation of a simple reason. "My name is Shiraishi Kuranosuke, by the way. Nice too meet you."
"I'm Oshitari Kouki. Nice to meet you too." She replied.
"Oshitari… Kouki?" Shiraishi looked through the list of committee members and finally spotted the name.
"Yes? What about it?" She asked nervously.
"Cute name you have." He smiled to her.
Kouki blushed. It was the first time someone ever said that her name is cute. Actually, she disliked her own name. It sounded like a boy's name. So why did he say that it was cute?
"Really?" she asked, her cheeks went pink.
"Yes. It's ecstasy."
"E- Ecstasy?"
Shiraishi just chuckled instead of explaining more detail, making the girl become more curious.
'Now. Why did he say it was ecstasy?' Kouki asked herself as she recalled the memories of her first meeting with Shiraishi on the first grade. At that time, she hadn't even knew that he had played tennis, until some days later she had saw him on tennis court while waiting for Kenya. Without realizing, she had fallen in love with Shiraishi, much because of her constant meeting with him around the infirmary, Kenya's stories about him, and his determination in tennis.
For more than two years, she had been spending time with him and she loved it every time they talked together, whether it was only two of them or with other friends. But, was she really satisfied with it? With only friend title? Just as Kenya had stated before, they were graduation soon. It was indeed only early summer of the year, but Shiraishi's attention was entirely focused on the upcoming national tournament. After that, they were still a lot of his club issues and exams. She also tried her best to deny it, but she knew that eventually, Shiraishi would date a girl. And she knew she couldn't bear to see him with another girl.
What should see do? Should she confess her feeling to him? No, she wasn't brave enough to do that. However, standing still like this would only guarantee her or losing him at the end.
As far as she knew, Shiraishi always rejected every confession he received. Did Shiraishi love somebody else? Or did he just too concern about tennis at the moment so he wasn't feeling like dating? She would love to choose the second one as the reason. It was more Shiraishi-ish and she would have her heart crushed into pieces if Shiraishi did love somebody. No chance for her.
"Now if it isn't Kouki…" someone greeted her, making her come back from the deep thought.
"What are you doing here Kou-rin?" asked the other with girly voice.
Kouki turned to ones who greeted her. It was the double players, Koharu and Yuuji, followed by Chitose and Gin.
"N- nothing." Kouki answered nervously. She was caught spacing out and that was kinda embarrassing.
"Really?" Chitose asked again.
"R- really." She grinned, tried to convince her friends but she failed.
"Liar." Yuuji stated.
"You were spacing out, Kou-rin. I saw you sighed several time. What are you thinking about?" Koharu bounced in excitement.
So she had been sighing all the time? What did he mean by several time? It couldn't be they had been watching her all the time, right? She really hoped they hadn't done such a thing. "It's really nothing, Koharu-san."
"Let me guess," The tanned skin guy stepped closer to her, followed by the others. Kouki stepped back in consequence and unconsciously pinned her own self onto the wall behind her. "It's about Shiraishi."
Kouki blushed in instance. The guys laughed.
"Seems that I'm correct." Chitose said in satisfaction.
"W- Why?" How did he could guess it correctly?
"It's readable on your face." He grinned.
'Damn, does my face is as easily readable as newspaper's headline?' She shouted in her mind as her cheeks turned even redder. She did blush a lot today.
"Anyway we all know you like him. Everyone knows," Yuuji stated casually as it was nothing. It was really nothing for him, but it was everything for Kouki. "Except Shiraishi himself, I think…. And Kinchan." He added.
"Now, now. It's okay. We'll totally support you." Koharu giggled.
Gin nodded in silence.
"That's why we'll tell you a handy and trustable information." Chitose winked, and then he whispered something at Kouki's ear.
Kouki blinked as she heard the secret words.
Now or never.
Yeah, this chapter is kinda OC-centric. Being Kenya's cousin made her somehow befriend with the extremely friendly tennis club members. And her constant blush towards Shiraishi surely made everyone realize her affection toward the captain, everyone beside the clueless super rookie of course.
IMAGINE SHIRAISHI AS ICHINEN! *squeals*
Sorry if this chapter is short. It's even shorter than the last one. I also deeply apologize if I made the canon characters OOC.
About the ecstasy thing, let's save it for later. I'll tell you for sure... eventually ;9 (Spoiler: it has something to do with the title Red Chrysanthemum)
Does the OC turn annoying and make you twitch? Do you think she's Mary-Sue? please tell me what do you think about her. Critiques are always loved!
