Yay! Another -consistent- update. I'm so proud of myself. :D
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She was on night-duty at the kitchen, again, covering for Tomo-chan because her best friend had felt the need to dust all of Ryoma-kun's belongings. A storm cloud was gathering outside, and it wasn't long before the sky began to pour out buckets of rain.
The door from the outside opened, revealing a spiky-haired tennis regular, shaking rain water from his head and rubbing a soggy towel against his drenched shirt.
"Momoshiro-senpai, it's raining! What are you doing up so late?"
He looked at her, surprised that someone else was still awake at midnight, and whispered, pressing a finger to his lips, "I was practicing. And, don't tell mamushi about it, okay? Can't let him beat me, I just can't…"
"Here, I'll make some vegetable soup for you," she offered, opening the gas stove and lighting the vent underneath a pot of water.
"Thank you very much, Sakuno-san," Momo rubbed the back of his head, and more drops of water skipped onto the floor, "though I'm pretty sure I've had enough of Inui-senpai's terrible juice-things."
She laughed, "This'll be very different from that, Momoshiro-senpai."
As he gobbled up her vegetable soup, grinning like a madman and talking about how he would one-up Kaidoh the next day, Sakuno couldn't help not admiring Momo-senpai. He was so dedicated, willing to wake up at night and practice in bad weather.
When he fell asleep at the table, still mumbling, she took off her warm sweater and wrapped it around him, wishing him a silent good luck.
A/N: This is supposed to take place in that training camp the Seigaku Regulars participated in before the Kantou Regional Finals against Rikkai Dai. I'm pretty sure Sakuno was there, too. If not, this'll just be labeled AU. T.T
Anyhow, I guess the title here was supposed to be a bit more...deep than the other ones. XDD I have no idea what I'm rambling about.
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