A/N: Hello, welcome to Chapter 3 of Fallen Love! :D :D Thanks again to those who faved and reviewed, I really appreciate it, and I'm happy to know that you enjoyed reading it. This motivates me more to write more chapters! Ok...can someone pass me the hankie?

Prince of Tennis rightfully belongs to Takeshi Konomi.

This a Prince of Tennis story, I merely own my OC, Takahashi Hikari. There is a link to her picture on my profile.

Please tell me if you find any mistakes in the story, I will try to fix it ASAP. Please also tell me if Hikari begins to get Mary Sue-ish, and if the characters are getting OOC. Thank you!


~Fallen Love~
|Chapter 3|
-Gone With the Wind-


"Akaya-kun," Hikari jabbed her pencil at the paper again, "A-P-P-L-E, not A-P-E. Correct it, now." Akaya growled in response and began rubbing the paper ferociously, he grumbled in annoyance again as he tore the paper. Yukimura chuckled at his kouhai's annoyed face, Marui and Niou guffawed loudly, and ignored the glare that Akaya had shot them.

Sanada sighed and muttered, "Tarundoru," before he sipped his cup of green tea.

"Chances of Akaya doing that… 74.3%," Yanagi murmured, "The percentage increases by 18.7% when he's angry."

Hikari sighed and tapped Akaya on the forehead with her pencil. "Don't unleash you anger with other things, just calm down."

Akaya pouted and gave her what it seemed to be his best-puppy-dogs-eyes, "Please, Hikari-senpai! Can we stop this lesson now? It's getting annoying! And those mean senpais are making it even worse! They're laughing at me!" He whined. Yukimura chuckled again, looking rather amused.

Hikari raised an eyebrow, unfazed. "Puppy eyes don't work on me, Akaya-kun. And we're not stopping this lesson till I say so," she said firmly. She paused and added, "And as a matter of fact, your puppy-eyes looks horrible. You look like a cat dying." Akaya froze and slammed his head onto the table, and ignored his senpais' disapproved looks, though he had shudder at Sanada's one. Hikari sighed, and rubbed her temples. "Just work on spelling the fruits correctly," She muttered. Akaya groaned again.

"These strawberry shortcakes are pretty good!" Marui said happily, as he waved his fork in the air, "They're delicious! The cream is pretty good too, tasty." He took another bite, and licked his lips in relish.

"Chances of Marui gaining weight after this…69.3%" Yanagi murmured, his closed eyes peering at the mountain of plates on Marui's side of the table.

Marui fell open, and glared at The Data Master, "Are implying the fact that I'm fat!" He shrieked and pointed his fork at Yanagi, "How dare you tell that to a genius!"

"You mean a girl," Niou smirked as he twirled his straw around his fingers, "What a ball of fat. Puri~"

"Now, Now, Marui," Yukimura smiled pleasantly at the self proclaimed genius, "Don't talk with you mouth full, we don't want cake bits flying out of your mouth."

Marui grumbled and shoved the entire cake in his mouth. Hikari's eye twitched, as she stared at Marui chewing on his cake happily. 'How does he do that?' she thought, as she glanced at the mountain of plates beside him.

"I'm a genius," Marui answered, and smirked at her surprised expression, "And I'm a genius, if you wanted to know how I read your mind." He smirked again and shoved his nose in the air, "How's that for a genius?"

"Uh…very impressive?" Hikari answered. The self proclaimed genius looked pleased at her answer.

"Hardly," Niou commented dryly. Marui's pleased look faded, and he shot an angry glare at Niou, who mouthed the words 'Ball of Fat.'

"Tarundoru," Sanada muttered, and drained his tea quickly.

"Chances of Marui ordering another cake…100%"

"A slice of mango mousse cake, please," Marui yelled to a nearby waiter. Jackal sighed and mentally mourned the death of his wallet again. He peered into the contents of his wallet again, and his eyes flickered to the mountain of plates once again. He sighed. The manager of the café beamed his delight, his eyes flashing dollar signs as he imagined the cashier ringing of money soon, courtesy of Marui Bunta. The manager happily skipped to the kitchen, as he rubbed his hands together in delight.

"Mmm~ Delicious!"

"Marui-kun, please refrain from spitting cake crumbs over the table," Yagyuu said politely, as he pushed his glasses to the bridge of his nose.

"Yes, yes!" Marui said carelessly with a foolish grin to Yagyuu, ignoring the cake crumbs that flew out of his mouth and hit Yagyuu square on the glasses. Yagyuu sighed, and cleaned his glasses, in a refined manner.

"Tarundoru."

"Hikari-senpai, is this correct?" Akaya asked. Hikari swept over his sentences. A caeks is yumy. Me it like. Mari-senpai ate caeks alot. He is going to get fat. Hikari raised an eyebrow, 'Why is he good at English when it comes to insults, especially to his senpais?' She thought.

She sighed, "Akaya-kun, listen carefully. This is what I'm going to say, correcting your sentences. Cakes are yummy. Or A cake is yummy. I like it. Marui eat cakes a lot. He is going to get fat. Apparently, only thing you spelt right was the last sentence, when you said that Marui is going to get fat. Congratulations."

Marui spluttered, and wiped his mouth with a napkin. "I'M NOT FAT, BAKAYA!" he screeched, pointing his finger as he kouhai, "Why! Why out of all things, that you had spelt the insult right?" He shoved his cake in his mouth again and scowled heavily at Akaya. Akaya shrugged.

Yukimura smiled, completely amused. "Well done, Akaya-kun. You finally spelt a sentence correctly."

"Thank you, buchou!" Akaya beamed proudly at his beloved buchou, feeling extremely pleased that he had received a compliment from the buchou, and spelt a sentence correctly in English.

"That was excellent, Akaya-kun," Yagyuu nodded to Akaya, "Well done." His glasses glinted as the light hit it. Akaya beamed at The Gentleman, and grinned his thanks. Jackal and Sanada nodded in approval at their kouhai, though Sanada only did it because Yukimura was glaring at him, out of the corner of his eye. Akaya's grin broadened.

"Not bad, Bakaya," Niou smirked, "Though you could have done better. Like Marui the Gigantic Ball of Fat is a pompous, conceited, fat idiot. He enjoys bragging about him being an idiot, which he is. He likes to get fat, and gain 100kg per day. Puri~"

"What does that mean, Niou-senpai?"Akaya questioned to the silver hair Trickster. Hikari shook her head, unimpressed.

"Niou-kun, that was extremely impolite. Apologise, and do not put rude insults in Akaya-kun's head," Yagyuu said gravely. Niou rolled his eyes, "Puri~"

"Translation: Marui the Gigantic Ball of Fat is a pompous, conceited, fat idiot. He enjoys bragging about him being an idiot, which he is. He likes to get fat, and gain 100kg per day," Yanagi said quietly, "Niou, you enjoy learning insults in English, don't you?" He scribbled something in his notebook. Jackal sighed and patted his wallet reassuringly. Sanada lowered the brim of his hat and glared at Niou dangerously. His eyes obviously burned 100 laps, Niou once we step into the tennis courts.

"I'M NOT FAT!" Marui wailed hysterically, "Niou! That was mean! And I don't gain 100kg per day, and I don't get fat! And I'm not whatever the heck you just said!"

"Marui. Be quiet," Yukimura ordered, "People are staring at us." Sure enough, people were peeping their heads in their directions to find the source of the sound. Marui growled but never less stayed quiet, though he opted to glare heavily at Niou.

"Puri~"

"Hikari-senpai? Are you alright? You seem strangely quiet," Akaya commented as he poked his English tutor. He eyes travelled to Niou who was strangely staring at Hikari, often now and then. Quickly Akaya averted his gaze back to Hikari.

Hikari strained a smile. "Yes, I'm fine, Akaya. Just a bit…tired. I haven't gotten much sleep. I stayed up late, reading."

Akaya blinked at Hikari. "Are you quiet because of Niou-senpai?" he asked bluntly.

All of a sudden, everyone at the table became quiet. Yanagi had even opened his eyes to survey their reactions. Marui had his fork halfway to his opened mouth, and Jackal had stopped mourning his wallet, and stared open-mouthed. 'Tarundoru!' Sanada chanted in his mind, and sent Akaya a glare, but unfortunately he had failed to receive it. Yukimura smiled coldly at his kouhai, sending chills to everyone who saw it. But once again, Akaya failed to receive any of the 'signals/warning' that his senpais had been sending him. Yagyuu, dignified as always, simply pushed up his glasses with his fingers again.

Hikari stared at her kouhai, looking quite shocked. Her eyes were mixed of emotions, Sadness. Fear. Anger. Shock. She strained another weak smile again, which obviously seemed fake. "Ah, look at the time! I have to buy groceries for dinner, see you later!" She hurriedly stood up, and grabbed her school briefcase, and placed some notes on the table. "Here's at least half of the fees, Jackal." Jackal nodded dumbly in response.

"Hikari-senpai! Wait!" Akaya quickly tugged her sleeve before she could leave, "What about the English tutoring session?

Hikari hesitated at seeing her kouhai's worried face, full of concern for his senpai. She slowly pried off his fingers and strained a smile, "I think you did enough for today, Akaya-kun," she strained a smile which obviously seemed forced and strained, "Next one will be on Sunday, we will revise what you had learnt today." She gave a quick bow, "Thank you for inviting me." She turned on her heels and walked quickly out of the door.

Once as she had disappeared from sight, Yanagi quietly spoke, "100% she was lying… 100% she wanted to avoid the question and Niou."

"You, brat," Niou hissed as he glowered angrily at Akaya.

"Akaya-kun," Yagyuu pushed his glasses to the bridge of his nose, "You should always think before you leap. You had hurt your senpai's feelings, how very ungentlemanly."

"Akaya," Sanada fumed, as he glared at Akaya, if looks could kill, Sanada could've killed Akaya infinitely times already, "100 laps around the courts tomorrow."

"And 50 laps extra," Yukimura added, as he 'smiled' at his kouhai. Everyone in the café shivered as they felt the air drop down several degrees. Even the happy-go-lucky manager decided to cower under the counter table, obviously afraid of the suddenly tensed atmosphere, courtesy of Yukimura Seiichi.

"EHHH?" Akaya whined, breaking the silence, "Why, buchou? What did I did wrong?" Everyone sighed.


Niou laid on his bed, his head on his arms, and his eyes bored holes into the ceiling. A name kept flying into his mind, Takahashi Hikari. He scowled as he replayed the scene of Hikari breaking up with him, he could still the shock numbing him, he remembered the churn of his stomach and the look in her eyes. He blinked again, 'Her eyes… it was as if she was fighting with herself inside, as if she didn't want to do it.'

He smirked. "You still love me, don't you, Takahashi Hikari?" He sat up, and yawned as he waltzed to his window, staring at the mysterious, dark night sky. "No one breaks up with me, and gets away with it," Niou declared to himself, "You can be my toy, but you can't escape." He closed his eyes lazily, feeling the cool wind blowing gently, his hair flowing along.

"Ah! I'm so sorry!" A girl with shoulder length raven hair and bright cerulean eyes stammered, as she bowed to him, "I'm sorry for bumping into you!" she squeaked, and straightened, her eyes widened as she saw who it was. "N-Niou-san?"

The silver haired boy quirked an eyebrow, "Who else?"

A faint blush appeared on the girl's cheeks as she lowered her head, and started shifting her foot awkwardly, not knowing what to do. Niou smirked and gently grabbed her by the chin with his fingers, raising her head, "You're pretty cute," he remarked and released her.

The girl blushed heavily, her cerulean eyes casted down, and flickered from another place to another. Niou smirked again, "You like me, don't you?"

Her eyes widened, and her blush grew, "N-No, I don't!" she stammered, and quickly turned away, "Um…nice meeting you, Niou-san!" She quickly walked away.

Niou quickly strolled after her, and grabbed her shoulders and turned around. She gasped. "H-Hey! What are you doing!" She demanded, her eyes flashing in anger, "I already apologised! What else?"

Niou raised an eyebrow at her sudden outburst. The girl gasped and her hands suddenly flew to her mouth. "I'm sorry," her voice was slightly muffled from her hands clamping over her mouth. Niou slowly released her shoulder and only raised his hand slightly to caress a lock of raven black hair. She eyed his actions with curiosity, her eyes flickered with suspicion and…hope? But her cheeks were still red.

"No girl walks away from me. Maybe you can go on a date with as an apology?" Niou purred, as he leaned, his mouth inches away from her ear.

The girl's eyes widened. "B-But, I already apologised!" She stammered nervously as she recoiled away slightly, "And you don't even know my name!"

"What is it then?" Niou asked lazily, "And the date's this Saturday, 2pm sharp at the Mall's nearby park."

"H-Hey!" Her eyes flashed again and she shook her fist at him. He grinned mischievously at her. The angry look in her eyes faded, as her blush grew. "Takahashi Hikari," she muttered, "And Fine. I'll go." She turned her heard away in embarrassment.

Niou's grin broadened. "See you there, Hikari-chan." He flicked his finger at her forehead. She winced and glared at him. He turned around and walked away from her, and waved his hand at her, without turning around. She scowled and muttered under breath, "Nice meeting you too." But her blush had deepened.

Niou smirked as he continued to stroll down the hallway, and nodded at a nearby giggling group of girls who were staring at him intently. "Takashi Hikari," he murmured and smirked, "What an interesting girl. She's different from the others." He shrugged, "Another toy for amusement," he yawned and stretched his arms.

Niou opened his eyes. "And I was late for it, and strangely you didn't sulk or whine, especially when I called it off so suddenly."

Niou strolled to the entrance of the park, smirking and winking at the blushing girls that were staring at him. He noticed a familiar black haired girl sitting down on the bench, staring into space, her hands jammed into her jacket's pockets.

"Boo," he purred behind her.

She didn't jump into air like other girls did. Hikari merely turned around and glanced at her watch. "You're late by an hour," she whispered.

Niou shrugged carelessly. "So? I'm here, aren't I?"

Hikari blinked at him, and shrugged "I guess," she answered, and smiled, "So, where are we going?"

"Huh?" Niou scratched his head, "Where do you want to go?"

"I don't mind," Hikari answered, and averted her gaze from him. Niou frowned, usually other girls would immediately forgive him for being late, Hikari just seemed…cold, and somewhat uncaring.

"Let's take a walk around the park," Niou suggested, 'We can think of somewhere to go during the walk." He flashed her his infamous smile, which always sent girls swoon. Hikari just nodded, though a light blush formed on her cheeks. "Let's go then."

They walked down the pavement. Hikari just walked behind him, her head bowed and her hands were jammed into her pockets, not even budging. Niou glanced at her, his eyes reflected annoyance, "Hey, you alright, Hikari-chan?" He asked.

Hikari raised her head and smiled, "I'm fine," she chirped, "Just thinking of some stuff." Niou nodded, and his gaze averted back to front. Hikari raised her head, catching Niou winking at a girl. She bit her bottom lip, as the girl winked at him back. Niou grinned. Hikari watched with a neutral expression, an unreadable expression in her eyes.

Niou stopped suddenly and snapped his fingers as if he had remembered something. "Hikari-chan?" he turned around to face Hikari.

"Yea?"

"Sorry, I remembered that I had to help my mother with chores, and I need to take care of my little brother," Niou rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, and smiled at Hikari.

"Sure, that's alright," Hikari smiled at Niou, as a faint pink spread over her cheeks, "Thanks for today!" She smiled and bowed her head quickly, and turned to walk away.

Niou smirked, and strolled to the girl he had been winking at. "Hello, there," he purred and slung his arm over her shoulder. "H-H-Hello," she managed to squeak out and began blushing like crazy, and immediately clung onto his arm, as if she wanted him all for himself. Niou smirked again.

Hikari had walked several paces and turned to look at them. She closed her eyes, her face remained strangely emotionless. But her eyes showed mixtures of emotions as she opened them. She hurriedly turned around and walked away.

"That girl," Niou muttered, "She sure is interesting."


At the same time, Hikari stared at the same starry, night sky that Niou was staring at. She closed her eyes, relishing the cool, gentle, sweet wind that blew softly at her. Her raven black hair flowed in the direction of the wind, her bangs get messy and flying in her eyes. But she didn't care. She peacefully closed her eyes, and winced softly when she felt the wind getting stronger and she shivered, as quickly turn around, her bangs brushing her cheeks.

"The wind can be soft and gentle, huh…" she murmured softly, as she wrapped her arms around herself, "But it can also be wild and fierce…" She sighed, "For some weird reason it reminds me of Yukimura-san and Niou-san."


A/N: There you have it! Ahaha, Hikari's beginning to think about Yukimura Seiichi now xD

Here's another flaw that is notable in this chapter: Hikari can blush easily, i happen to notice that Mary Sues can CONCEAL their emotions VERY WELL, hardly any of them blush when they're embarrassed. And Hikari blushed a few times in those flashbacks, lol. Wait, is that a flaw? *facepalm*

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