Tenipuri belongs to Konomi-sensei!
The School Kumiko Goes To
'Another Fuji Yuuta'…? Maybe Not
"Hey, hey, isn't she Tezuka-kun's little sister?"
"She is! Isn't she cute? She looks just like her brother!"
"I know, right? Whenever I saw her with Tezuka-kun, the scene is just so cute!"
"I want to have a younger sibling like her!" Kumiko ducked her head and tried to go through the giggling crowd towards the comfort of her class as fast as possible. It's been months since she entered Seigaku, but why does everyone seem to be amazed whenever they saw her? She knew that her brother is famous for his tennis, his marks and his demeanor. Not to mention that her older brother, Tezuka Kunimitsu, is the head of the student organization committee, but students reactions when they saw her felt so embarrassing. Kumiko, who couldn't lift her head up, accidentally bump into someone and she quickly apologizes before she felt a very familiar hand on her head.
"Kumiko." Kumiko looked up and saw her said older brother looking at her, those who didn't know Tezuka might see that he seemed to be expressionless, but Kumiko know better about that worried look Tezuka has in his eyes. She's seen it many times, especially when she got herself into trouble.
"A-Ah… onii-chan…" Tezuka looked at Kumiko's rather hesitant smile and was truly worried. He's been watching over Kumiko and noticed that his younger sister has been acting differently nowadays, more jumpy, as he would put it. She seemed to fasten her pace in the halls, his teammates also told him that she seemed to be unusually fidgety when talking with them. Tezuka know that nothing bad has been happening to his sister, but he worries, Kumiko has never been this fidgety all her life.
"Hey, look! It's Tezuka and his little sister! She looks so cute standing next to him!" Kumiko felt her face burning and she quickly bowed and ran away from Tezuka who stared at his younger sister's back as she ran towards her classroom. Kumiko never bowed to him as a goodbye, never in all his life living with her. She'd usually grin at him before running away, or maybe give him a hug despite the audience. Never a bow, and this is making him worry even more.
"Aww, I wonder why she ran away like that. But she's just cute, isn't she?" Tezuka caught a whiff of the whispers throughout all his way through the hall and now knew why his sister ran away like that.
Uneasiness. Embarrassment. Fear.
The attention.
Tezuka then heaved out a small sigh as he reaches his class. Maybe he should talk to either Ooishi or Fuji about this. He really should have a talk with his sister either at home. When Kumiko dashes away from him like that, he knew she wouldn't try to even get close to him after this. And perhaps, he really needs to suppress his jealousy and protectiveness whenever he heard people talking about how cute his sister is.
"I'm saved!" Kumiko quickly said after she had entered her class and went to her seat before resting her head on the table.
"Kumiko-chan, are you alright?" Kumiko opened her eyes to see Sakuno looking worriedly at her before giving her a reassuring smile.
"I'm alright… are you here to see Echizen-kun again?" Kumiko's smile then grew wider when Sakuno's face reddened.
"N-No! I was just asking him if he could eat the cake I made… Kumiko-chan also makes cakes right?"
"I'm sorry Sakuno-chan… but I don't think I'm feeling good right now…"
"What's wrong Kumiko-chan? Are you sick? Should I go with you to the nurse?" Kumiko felt more shadows hovering over her and saw her fellow freshmen friends looking worriedly at her (except for Echizen who looked at her with one eyebrow raised).
"No… I'm not sick… I just don't feel good whenever I hear people whispering about me in the halls…" Sakuno and the others looked at one another and were about to open their mouths before the bell rang.
"Ah… you guys should go back to your classes before the teacher came… I'll be alright…" Kumiko said, smiling weakly to Tomoka and Sakuno who looked at one another in worry before nodding and walked out to their own classes. Kumiko saw Echizen still staring at her and she stared back.
"What is it, Echizen-kun…?"
"Must be hard, being bucchou's little sister." Kumiko sighed and turned her head away.
"I just don't like being the center of attention, that's all…" The other then shrugged his shoulders and went back to his seat. Echizen did hear rumors about people talking about his bucchou's little sister, but mostly it was how people say how cute she was and how similar she was with her brother. It's not that bad… right? Oh how wrong Echizen was, and he is going to find out later on at practice.
"Kyaa! So cool!"
And there it is again, the female school population's screaming at their practice. The white-capped freshmen would think that it was directed at one of his seniors or maybe him, he doesn't want to know. But what some of the people scream next is what made him almost choke on his water.
"Look, there she is! Tezuka-kun's little sister! So cute!"
"Kumiko-chan, ganbare!"
Today since Kumiko was told that the art club has somehow been dismissed, as the teacher is having a sick day and hadn't assigned a teacher to substitute him for a while, she didn't know how Fuji got to know that before the school's over, she had no other choice but to go to the tennis club since Fuji told her so. She might have known the genius ever since her brother introduced her to him, but she's still scared of what the tensai could do and decided that if she doesn't want to get into trouble, she better do what he says, except for when he told her to be his model, now that, she's going to put up a fight. But when Kumiko heard the people started screaming when she entered the court, she froze up on her feet and stiffly walked towards Tezuka who has been watching her ever since she entered the court.
"S-Syuu nii told me that since the art club's been d-dismissed that I should c-come over h-here…" Tezuka looked at Kumiko who is trying to talk without stuttering with a blush on her face and couldn't help the corners of his mouth rising up in a small smile. And Kumiko, who noticed her brother looking amusedly at her couldn't help but puffed her cheeks in annoyance before she burst out laughing after a few moment of silence, followed by Tezuka who chuckled. Flabbergasted, all the tennis club members, freshmen, 2nd years and the seniors (except for all the regulars, Momo and Kaidou excluded) stared at the laughing sibling, more shocked to see their stoic captain who had never let out a single smile or laugh, chuckling with his younger sister. The students who were watching the tennis club, who were silent since the sibling started laughing, were also in shock. But then, the female audience suddenly started screaming.
"Kyaa! Tezuka-kun and Kumiko-chan laughed!"
After Kumiko had managed to reduce her laughs to giggles. She looked up to her brother and smiled apologetically.
"Onii-chan… I…" Kumiko then giggled again when Tezuka decided to caress Kumiko's head and she looked up at him with a big smile on her face while Tezuka kept on caressing his sister on the head.
"Can I run laps now?" Tezuka decided perhaps that him being a little bit out of character was worth it since he knew that his sister is now no longer feeling insecure about people talking about her all the time. They don't have to use words to talk to one another; it has always been that way for them. His ssister understands him more than other people does, and he likes it as it is.
"30 laps."
"Yes, Tezuka-bucchou!" Kumiko saluted before she started her warm-up laps with a big smile on her face. She even stopped to bow to the seniors that were watching outside, making the scream even more louder than before. Echizen watch then event happened and whistled.
"Hee, Kumiko-san yaru jyan (Kumiko-san's not bad)." Echizen said before stiffening when he felt someone glaring holes into him.
"Maa Echizen, you know better than to talk like that. Especially when Tezuka's around." Fuji said, chuckling. Echizen then pulled his cap down and smirked despite the cold glare that his captain directed at him.
"Bucchou, mada mada dane."
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I might even continue for a second part for every school...
Seigaku's will be the one when Kirihara decided to show up and get into trouble
Hyoutei's will be the one where Atobe decided to have a practice match with Seigaku before the latter face Rikkai [this one might change]
While Rikkai's... I don't think I should continue Rikkai, but what do you guys think?
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