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flies of butter
During lunch break
''We'll be having intra-school matches 2 days from now to decide who will be the regulars this year'' Haru told them as she threw an onigiri in her mouth.
''So we're gonna find out who's gonna be in the regulars again! This will be fun'' she laughed showing how exited she was.
''I suppose from the third years it could be both of us, Fishido-san the buchou, Mukina-san the fukubucho, Mia could get in too. The rest should be 2nd years, it will be interesting to see how good last years 1st years have gotten'' Tama added with a smile.
''I could totally get the buchou spot'' Haru claimed.
The other three girls looked at each other and grinned.
''No way in hell'' Midori laughed at her '' if that happens chaos would rule.''
''Hmmm...'' Haru who was obviously disappointed in hearing this kind of news stopped stuffing herself. ''I'm going to be a regular!'' she said after a moment full of confidence.
''Ganbatte'' Sakura encouraged her.
''That reminds me'' Haru started talking again as she had finished most of her lunch already. ''Midori why don't you join any clubs this year and become the captain? YOU could do that you know.''
''No thanks, too much work and responsibility, You know my three 'L''s of lifestyle.''
''Live, Laugh, Love'' Haru said with a smile ''Aww man, you do realise that you're the only one of us who isn't an important part of a club.''
''Why should I be?'' the green-eyed girl grinned at the thought.
''I think Haru is trying to say that it's a shame that you're in no clubs.''
''Part-time does it for me'' came the answer, ''besides I can't suddenly become a part of an unknown club, since in happy-go-lucky-ness I'm one step behind Haru and that already means something.''
''Hey what's that supposed to mean?''
The girls laughed and continued their discussion about something else.
After class Midori found herself sitting in the classroom and staring outside the window. Everyone had already left for their clubs. She had no part time today so she had the whole evening free. 'Lucky me huh? I have so much free time'
She sighed.
In middle school everything seemed to pass by much faster. She hadn't met Haru and the others then. She can't actually remember any friends with whom she could pass time as fun as with them. Haru and Tama were probably on the tennis court or running laps, while Sakura was some-place drawing or helping the student council to think up decorations for the cultural festival.
Midori sighed as she finally got up and going. Not sure at all where to go, she decided to wander around. Her class was in the middle of the 3rd floor of the west building. It was the one furthest away from all the club-rooms and it took the longest time to get to the gym as well. That's probably the reason why she walked through rarely there, or almost never, if you didn't count gym. As she walked outside school the soccer field came in to her line of vision. 'Soccer' she grimaced 'that and American football, football or rugby or whatever it's called, are the sports you would never catch me play.'
She turned away and saw the track-and-field club. Indoor sports like basketball and sumo she couldn't see from here. 'Such a shame' she chuckled a little when she remembered how she once went to the girls sumo club to spread gossip about a certain thing. It was the first time in her life when she actually used the power of gossip. And the last one as well.
'Ah well, might as well go and see what tennis practice is like' she decided in her thoughts and tried to guess which way it was, since she had been to the girl courts...once?
After a while the 'thump', 'boing' or 'dadan' (which one you prefer) sound could be heard and the decision came that, that way are also the tennis grounds...unfortunately...those were the tennis grounds for guys. 'Why the hell are there two separate tennis grounds anyway?' she glared at the imaginary culprit in front of her. 'Hmm...might as well keep on walking.' Unfortunately the voice of evil stopped her.
''Ah Hoshiwa-chan, it's a surprise to see you here.'' the brunette standing on the other side of the green fence smiled at her.
''Can't I take a walk without being commented?''
''Oh so you got lost?''
''Huh?'' Midori eyed him suspiciously
''Well that's the best reason I can think of''
'I am so not asking this guy where the girl courts are...never in hell'
''I'm just walking around.'' she told him and left.
'Why...' the girl thought to herself as she walked further away from the tennis courts, '...did I have to let him of all people see me there, he might actually use the fact that I somehow wondered there as a reason for making me that damned manager.' she sighed inwardly, remembering the first of Fujis tortures.
(during their 1st year)
''You haven't seen the bishounnen group together?'' Haru leaned in to ask quietly.
''Huh?...ah no...why?'' being Midori, she rarely paid atention to beuty or style. A bad habit she promised to get rid of. Someday.
''You've missed on the biggest eye-candy in the whole school! Maybe in the whole town!'' she whispered quietly fearing that the girl on the other side would hear her. ''I mean...Fuji-san, Eiji-san, Tezuka-san, uwaaaaaaaaaaaa...'''
''All right...now you're exaggerating...''
''Am not!'' she looked over her shoulder blushed and turned away to look in the opposite direction.
''What the hell was that?''
''Don't look back now, don't look back, don't look ...''
''Huh?'' and well you can pretty much guess what she did, with a raised eyebrow she looked back. Right into the eyes of Fuji Syusuke. Unlike her friend, she didn't turn away, didn't see why she should. They stared at each other for 10 humming seconds (*) and then both of them looked away.
''All right he's pretty when his eyes are open...so?''
''Pretty? Did you know that he opens his eyes only in a tennis match? And only when he's serious?''
''Err...how does he live then?''
''Huh?'' with the blush gone she looked questioningly at Midori.
''Well...how does he live with his eyes closed?''
''…''
''…'
''…''
''All right enough of that, besides, tennis? Aren't you in the tennis club as well?'' Midori tried changing the discussion towards a different topic.
''Yep! And I'm a regular!'' she said with a toothy grin.
''Seriously? As a first year? Nice. Wait...isn't the competition high here?''
''Midori-chan...the freshman regulars this year were last years national champions in jr. high. Well the guys anyway.''
''…''
''You mean you didn't know that? Why did you come to this school then?''
''Closest to home..?''
Haru eyed her suspiciously, since she was absolutely sure that her friend was lying.
''I'll give you my egg-rolls if you stop asking me about it.''
''Hmm...deal.''
And so their friendship continued.
-**-**-(still a flashback only a week or so later)-**-**-
Classroom. During the start of the lunch-break
''Hoshiwa-san?'' a boys voice called out from behind her. When Midori turned around she was mildly surprised to see that it had been Fuji, who called her.
''Yes?''
''I wondered whether I could ask a favour from you.'' he asked her with a light smile.
''What kind of favour?'' suspiciously now she looked at him. 'I have a bad feeling about this for some reason. He looks nice, bu that smile disturbs me.'
''Well...about that, could you simply come around by the tennis courts after the lessons?''
Realizing, that she had no part-time today, she unfortunately had no reason to say no.
''Umm...well all right.'' she gave him a light nod and watched him go back to his seat, still uncertain of what had just happened. The look of awe and love from one side and the look of pure envy and hatred from the other somehow slipped past her.
''Midori!'' the owner of one of the looks was immediately in front of her face with eyes full of sparkles.
''When did it happen?''
''When did what happen?''
''You know...'' Haru grinned a bit. ''Why else would he ask you anything?''
''Huh? Because we're classmates...probably? No really what are you talking about?''
''Fuji-san never asks, ANYTHING from ANYONE, especially not from girls, since they do everything that could be done before he can blink.''
'Another disturbing fact' she thought to herself. ''Err...I honestly don't know?'' after a bit of thinking she added, ''Maybe he needs target practice?''
This confused Haru. ''Huh?''
''Umm...never mind, I'll go and see and then tell you.'' Midori told her as the teacher came in.
''All right'' Haru managed before they stood up
(As you've might have guessed, after class.)
One way or another Midori found the way to the boy courts, despite the fact that she had never been there before. 'Fuji should have waited for me, if he really needed a favour, not leave me here to wander' she mentally mumbled as she neared the courts. Then after looking around and spotting the main culprit standing and talking to an elderly lady (**), who Midori recognized as the coach, she went to ask him about the favour. But before she could get as far as to open her mouth the elderly lady glanced at her and asked.
''You're the one?''
''I'm the one what?'' she asked back, not sure what she was supposed to answer.
''The person Fuji signed up for the manager!''
''Huh? Wai...''
''Yes sensei, this is her, Midori Hoshiwa'' Fuji cut her off, before the girl could decline.
''All right come with me, I'll need to inform you about the team.'' and she took her hand and was about to pull her onto the court, where several juniors were already playing.
''Wait, wait, wait.'' Midori finally managed and pulled her arm out from the coaches grasp. ''I never agreed to this. I just came here, because this guy,'' she said and pointed at Fuji, ''told me to come, because he wanted to ask a favour, but if that favour is acting out as a manager I'm going to decline.''
''Oh?'' Ryuzaki looked from Fuji to Hoshiwa and back. ''But he already gave me the form you filled in and signed.''
''What form?'' she asked, now glaring at Fuji, while the coach dug out a piece of paper from her jacket. ''This one.'' and showed it to Midori.
''That isn't my handwriting.'' she stated without hesitating.
''Oh? Well then I'll go take out the papers Fuji handed in.'' she sighed. ''Fuji, you'll be running miles for this.''
''But sensei,'' he smiled, ''wouldn't it be better if Hoshiwa-san became our manager? She's in no clubs anyway, and it's already the fourth week.''
''Hmm...true.'' she glanced at Midori again. ''Are you sure you don't want to? It's hard to step into a club, when it's already this late. If you are in none you should take the place. Because if you are with no after-school activities, then your homeroom teacher will be mad, and may call your parents.'' at this Midori gritted her teeth and glared at Fuji.
''It's all right sensei.'' she switched her gaze to the woman, ''I have some out-of-school activities, which my guardian will account for next week. It's allowed to have no clubs, if your guardian can confirm that you are doing out of school activities.''
''Ahh...'' the woman sighed, ''that's true, well then I'll go get the papers then, Fuji stay here, I'll think of how many laps to give you when I come back.'' with that she turned around and went back to her office.
Both of them stood in silence, watching the lady disappear into the school building.
''Maa...if you didn't have that out-of-school activity, you would have been as a club manager automatically.''
''Then I would have at least chosen the club myself and not be forced to become a manager of a club I know nothing of.''
''How can you know nothing of the most well-known club in our school?'' he asked her with a much bigger grin than before.
''You are too full of yourself.''
''Really? I've always thought myself as being rather modest.''
She just stared at him for a moment and then looked away.
''If you didn't have that extra-activity, would you have agreed?''
''No.''
''Why?''
''Why do you force yourself to have a conversation with a person who is trying to ignore you?'' she threw back.
''Hmm? I didn't notice that you were ignoring me. Why are you answering then?''
''You know, you are starting to annoy me.'' she spared him another glare.
''So scary...~'' he smiled at her playfully. Slowly more people were coming towards the courts, all tennis club members. She recognized some of her classmates, which Haru had called bishounen. They were heading into a smaller building which was probably the locker-room.
''Hmm...well and here I thought I could tell our famous tennis club about how we've finally gotten a manager.''
This time she really did ignore him, staring at the point, where sensei had disappeared, hoping she would come back soon.
''You know Hoshiwa-san...''
''Fuji.'' she cut him off, noticing that the two boys from her class were coming out of the locker-room and coming towards them. ''I wish I could tear off you're hands, which you are so proud of and stuff them into your big smart-ass mouth, so that you could choke to death.'' she calmly stated her threat to him. Then the girl decided to go in after the coach, not wanting to wait another minute with him. Before leaving she spared Fuji another glance and snarled at him goodbye.
''Ne...Fuji, why did that girl snarl at you?'' Eiji asked as he Tezuka and Oishi came towards him.
''Ah...she just wants to tear my hands off and stuff them into my mouth, so I can choke to death.'' he answered with a smile.
The question ''What did you do to her?'' never came out loud.
During the next day Midori tried to develop a plan of revenge, unfortunately she couldn't think of anything that would catch the tensai by surprise, or make him embarrassed, or completely annihilate him.
'I could spread rumours that he's gay, but I guess it wouldn't bother him, since the female fans could decrease a bit...hmmm...I never actually pranked or embarrassed anyone before, so I don't know what to do. Think, think, think.' Then it came to her.
~~Some time later (a week or so)~~
''Ne Fujiko, have you heard?'' Eiji popped in front of Fuji. ''Heard what Eiji?''
''Sensei just told me that there's been another girl, who applied for the manager position, but she was turned down.''
''Oh? How so?''
''She's in the sumo club.'' Eiji replied quietly. ''Apparently it's not allowed to be in a club and be a manager for another club at the same time.''
''Oh.''
After class Fuji pondered why so many girls from the martial arts sector had become more interested in the boys-tennis-clubs managers spot...and him. The confessions during the last week had doubled and it has become more than a little bother to him. He disliked to make girls cry, but because he didn't like them back, there was no escaping it. But when a half a dozen girls from the sumo club asked, then it became scary.
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(*) was a part inspired by (copied from) ''Naked in Death'' by J. (insert admiration) I seriously loved that part, so sorry to any fans who hate me for using it but I just loved it. EvexRoarke ftw 8D
(**) Let's just pretend that Ryuzaki went to Seigaku high because she wanted to (I'm too lazy to think of another coach, and Ryuzaki is unique so...let's stick with her, shall we
As you probably understood Midori went to the girls sumo-club and spread gossip. She had helped out one of the club members, who was her classmate, by explaining some English, so she didn't fail her test.
bishounen - beautiful guys.
Now don't tell me that girls can't be in sumo clubs! It's so much fun :D.
I plan for more Tezuka-ness in the next chapter.~
I guess I should comment about the characters character. I'll put some appearance descriptions here and something about their personality.
Sue me for not knowing Japanese and using a Japanese dictionary to look up names.
(Name, Surname)
Midori Hoshiwa (Green Star-Ring)- Mid-long dark-brown hair and light green eyes (she's a quarter, but doesn't like talking about it. Her Grandfather lives in England, and when she was small she used to visit him all the time, which is the reason why she is fluent in English and has a British accent(never mentioned that though)).
*has a brother who she loves and who is 8 years older than her.
*brothers girlfriend works in a beauty salon as a manicurist and a hairstylist (hint, hint) :D
*Runs at the sight of Inui (once drank his special juice during her first high-school year and got knocked out for 3 hours...just a fun fact).
Haru Amai ( Amai Haru- sweet spring)-Short black hair and green-brownish eyes, is often confused as a boy.
Tama Itazura (I'm not telling you what her name means)- Light-brown eyes and reddish-brown short hair. Near-sighted
Sakura Ringo (forgot ^.^'')- long, long, LONG light brown hair and light grey eyes. ½ French. Idk why I wanted to add that o.o. Unlike the previous 2 she's in the arts club. (edit. means ''cherry blossom apple'' thanks to demon twin for revealing that to me :D)
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I'm generally bad at thinking up revenge plans, so could you be a dear and write down what kind of revenge you would plot against Fuji?
Pwease?
And thanks for reading! Any and all reviews are welcomed *puts up a 'free cookies' sign :3*
Please tell me if you noticed any mistakes at all, I'll gladly correct them, or explain why I did what :)
Yours truly...
flies of butter
Wah..I wrote so much in the Authors note ^.^'