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I DO NOT OWN PRINCE OF TENNIS!

PRINCE OF TENNIS

"HIDDEN"

….Secret….

It was all over for Shuue, she was finally been found out by one of the members of the Seigaku team, the youngest one in the team, Echizen Ryoma.

Ryoma merely smiled at her, his intentions unreadable.

Shuu, Shuue's twin brother smiled back at the smiling Ryoma.

"Are…? Is this the rumored freshman? Huh…I expected him to look more capable"

He approached Ryoma with his eyes looking up and down at the small player standing in front of them. He scoffed and cockily glared down at him.

It appears Shuu was taller than him, giving him more confidence to cockily talk to Ryoma.

But Shuue doesn't like where this is going,

If her brother provokes Ryoma even more, he might go and tell the team about her real gender.

And she doesn't want that to happen.

"Yamette kudasai onii-san!" Shuue finally interrupts their awkward stares.

She turned to Ryoma finally.

"Ryoma-kun! Please whatever you do…please don't tell anyone!"

Ryoma sighed.

"Oh? Why should I…any sane girl would join in the girl's tennis club and not the boys."

Shuue sighed in defeat.

"I know…I just…"

Shuu tapped her on the shoulders, pulling her away from facing Ryoma.

"Don't listen to him…If you think you want to do this, then do it!" Shuu exclaimed. This gave Shuue a little smile of relief.

"You guys do what you want…And I'll do what I want." Ryoma turned around to walk away.

This left Shuu and Shuue in a deep confusion, now they won't really know what Ryoma Echizen would plan to do.

"So…what now?" Shuu asked his beloved sister.

Shuue twiddled with her fingers as she watch Ryoma leave the gym, but there is something she seems not satisfied with. She is still worried.

"Echizen-kun!" she called. Ryoma didn't turn around and had kept on walking, lazily waving his hand at her, and had finally exited the gym.

"I do wish he won't say anything..." Shuu went ahead and picked up the bag that his sister had dropped; walking next to her, he tapped on her shoulder telling her that it's time for them to leave.

"Come on…Shuue, let's go home and I'm sure we'll find out how things will be tomorrow when you come in."

Shuue nodded meekly and followed her brother as he walked out of the gym.

***

Shuue woke up early in the morning; she still remembered about the early tennis practice that their captain had told her yesterday afternoon.

She could feel her heartbeat racing, nervous about what her day would be, knowing that Ryoma Echizen had found out about her 'secret'.

She was afraid to go to school that she got to the point where she finds herself moving so slow just to be late for school.

Shuu, her brother, noticed all her weird actions just to be late.

He tried with all is power to get her back into the right pace, pushing her to quicken her movements.

"SHUUE! Couldn't you be more slower?!" Shuu said in a sarcastic tone.

Shuue smiled awkwardly, its too clear for him that she didn't want to go to school, and he knows that it's stupid for her not to.

"Bakero! Nobody knows about you being Shuu! For today you're Shuue in class…Forget about Echizen, we'll deal with him when it comes to it…And if you want, I'll go to practice for you, after all it was SHUU who signed up and not SHUUE…alright?" Shuue nodded.

***

At school, Shuue was terrified at what the outcome would be, she wants to know how things will work out at the practice, but the teachers had asked to talk to her at the faculty room, so she didn't get the chance to until the bell rang.

Practice was over and class was just about to start.

She was terrified, she hoped to have his brother in class, and at least she won't feel too insecure at her new school.

Her homeroom teacher finally came to take her to her class, she meekly followed him walking as he explained some class and school rules and regulations.

As he continues on talking, Shuue started to drift off somewhere, staring out the window as she walks silently behind him.

She woke up from her daydreaming when she felt a slight 'thump' in front of her.

The teacher had stopped walking and she walked right into him.

"Gomen!" she cried out immediately, realizing her fault.

"Here we are Minazuki-san…" despite her walking into him, he merely gave her small smile and entered the classroom.

After a couple of minutes of waiting, the teacher had finally called her in.

There were low murmurs in the class and it was making her nervous, but then she heard a familiar voice called out to her; it was her brother, Shuu.

"Shuue! Good luck!" he smiled at him. She smiled back and it boosts her confidence.

"Konnichiwa! Watashi wa Minazuki Shuue desu!" she bowed politely. There were more murmurs but she ignored them this time.

"Are you Shuu's sister?" one of the girls in class asked her. She smiled and nodded.

"We're twins!" she cheerfully admitted, she looked at Shuu was grinning widely and waving at her. She waved back,

But then,

She noticed someone, the person in front of him sitting looked familiar, too familiar.

Realizing who the person was, she blushed many different shades of red.

Then out of her shock of seeing this person in class had made her act impulsively as to point her finger at him.

"Are….? Kunimitsu-san?"She walked up to him and smiled to greet.

"Minazuki-san?..." he muttered.

She bowed to him and smiled then proceeded to the seat that she was assigned, at the back seat next to the window.

After that, class has started without anymore delay.

***

The day went on, Tezuka didn't seem to care whether the new student is the girl he had met weeks ago. He continued his everyday routine before he proceeds to tennis practice. Shuue couldn't do anything other than follow his back with her gazes.

Perhaps he doesn't remember? Shuue wondered. But he couldn't have forgotten about her, he just called her by her name.

And of course, she did introduce herself in front of the class, so it wouldn't really mater.

She sighed as she stared out the window staring at the tennis court, when she was supposed to help clean the classroom

Sighing multiple times, she continues to stare out the window until their class rep finally noticed her drifting off.

"Oi Minazuki-san! Don't think you can just slack off just because you're a new student! Slacking like this is intolerable!" the class rep said fiercely.

Shuue immediately jumped back to work, but her eyes were still locked on the tennis court where she could finally see the tennis team practicing.

Her brother was there struggling to keep up with their training, and the rumored Inui juice. She would have probably had to take some of those sooner or later. She shuddered at the thought of it.

She heard many things about the infamous Inui juice, not even the Regulars themselves were able to take it in, they would all end up either vomiting it or passes out entirely.

Another shudder crept down as she sees her brother finally drinking the juice.

And sure enough, he wasn't man enough to completely drink it without collapsing on the ground, it made her smile, she wishes that it was her down there training but today wasn't really the day for her to come out.

Not just yet.

***

It finally came at the end of the tennis practice.

The team went in their locker rooms to get dressed and get ready to finally go home.

Shuue waited for her brother to come out so they could go and walk home together, but Shuu was taking so long that it tired her legs from standing up and waiting.

She sighed and tried to wait more patiently this time.

One by one members of the tennis team came out of the locker room, but there was still no sign of Shuu.

This made a Shuue a bit frustrated.

She got tired from standing and decided that it e a good idea to sit down on the green grass, leaning on the tree; she would probably end up waiting longer.

Though it may be true, a familiar face decided to walk next to her with a soft yet an almost visible smile.

"Minazuki-san…? Why are you still here?" it was a deep and soft voice. Shuue looked up to see the serious face of Tezuka Kunimitsu.

"Kunimitsu-san?" Shuue immediately scrambled to her feet, dusting the grass away from her skirt with a smile.

"Ah! I was just waiting for my brother…but it looks like he wasn't planning on leaving the locker room anytime soon." She sighed and there was a clear tone of frustration in her voice.

She glanced back at the locker room and it looked like it was already closed and locked up.

"Minazuki-san, your brother already left the school minutes ago; he went through the back and home." Tezuka explained with certain seriousness in his voice.

Shuue was shock at the information Tezuka had given her; she had been waiting and turned out her brother already ditched her and went home.

It brewed more frustration in her but had kept it in to herself to keep her composure.

"You'd think he'd say something before leaving, so I won't have to wait for his idiotic face." She calmly said as she picked up her things and get ready for walk home alone.

"Well…I should be going home then…I don't want to walk home in the dark."

She smiled and turned to walk away, but Tezuka decided to stop her from doing so.

"Minazuki-san…" she turned around to face him.

"Yes?" Tezuka pulled out an object out his bag, he handed her an object, it was a black folding umbrella. Shuue looked at him.

"It's the umbrella you lent me when we first met."

There was a glimmer of happiness in Shuue's eyes, as she happily took the umbrella from his hands.

She smiled and bowed politely before saying her farewell.

Tezuka grabbed a hold of her bag before she could completely leave, she turned around stunned at the tennis captain's action; she stares at him.

"I want you to walk home with me…" it sounded more of a demand than a request and Shuue couldn't help but smile at the boy in front of him.

"Why?" she asked nicely.

She was oblivious to this but Tezuka's cheeks redden as he tries to keep his cool.

"It's getting really late…A girl like you shouldn't walk at this hour."

What he said made her smile wider and brighter.

"Ok! If you insist!"

Shuue then nodded, and finally the two of them walked their way home, side by side.

It made her feel happy forgetting the fact that her brother left her alone, but maybe that was his plan all along?

***