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Chapter 4: A Day Apart
Rayn and Ryoma were walking around after classes for the day.
"I'm gonna go practice for a bit. You wanna come?" Ryoma asked while glancing over at Rayn.
Rayn looked at him apologetically.
"I would but I promised Daddy Nanjirou that I would spend time with him today."
Ryoma sighed.
"The pervert likes to take up all your time."
Rayn grinned and jumped in front of him.
"Is Ryo jealous? Are you sad I wont be with you today?"
Ryoma scoffed and walked around her.
"I wont die if you're gone for a day."
Rayn pouted.
"Does that mean you want me to leave?"
Ryoma glanced at her and sighed. He put his arm around her shoulder.
"I want you to be careful. There's no telling what that pervert will try."
Rayn giggled.
"Alright, Ryo."
As they walked a little furthur, Rayn gasped. Ryoma turned to her.
"What?" he asked boredly.
"I forgot my bag!" She said as she turned and ran towards the school.
Ryoma sighed.
"Just go ahead without me, Ryo! I'll see you at home later!"
Ryoma turned and walked with one hand in his pocket and the other holding onto his tennis bag.
"She's so forgetful..."
He continued walking and a small smile formed on his face.
"She's forgetful...but she makes it cute."
Rayn was walking back from the school with her bag.
"I can't believe I forgot my bag. Ryo was probably laughing the whole way to-."
"You've got to do something about your swing! You haven't made any progress!"
Rayn looked over to see Tomoka and Sakuno. Tomoka seemed to be lecturing Sakuno about her tennis. Rayn rolled her eyes and walked over in their direction.
"But I'm trying..."
"No excuses! Listen to me, Sakuno. I know if you ever want to be good at tennis form counts. You have to play like Ryoma."
Rayn saw a sad look cross Sakuno's face.
"That's not possible..."
Rayn had enough so she walked up and smiled at Sakuno.
"Don't listen to her, Sakuno. Form does count, but it's not something someone can perfect overnight. It takes practice."
"She would have the best form ever if she had form like Ryoma!" Tomoka said putting her finger in Rayn's face.
Rayn glared at her and pushed her finger out of her face.
"Unless you want to lose your hand...don't put it in my face again."
Tomoka crossed her arms and looked at Sakuno.
"Just do what I said."
Rayn shook her head.
"I agree that Ryoma has amazing form..."
As Rayn said this an image of Ryoma naked flooded her mind.
'Damn you, Daddy Nanjirou...' She thought.
"However amazing it is, not everyone has the same form. You have to make your own form. You need to have a Sakuno form, not a Ryoma form."
Tomoka rolled her eyes.
"Like YOU know anything about tennis."
Rayn glared at her.
"I may not like it, but I've been watching it for years. And you've been watching since Ryoma and I got here. So you're being a hypocrite right now. Instead of trying to make me look bad, you're making yourself look like the stupid bitch."
Rayn then turned to Sakuno.
"Well I hope my advice helped. Good luck, Sakuno."
Rayn then walked off, the other two girls staring after her.
Rayn was walking down the sidewalk when she saw a car pull up infront of the Echizen home. She blinked in confusion. She then saw Inoue and Shiba get out of the car and walk up to the gate.
"Mr. Inoue! Miss Shiba!"
They both turned and saw Rayn running towards them. Inoue smiled.
"Rayn, what are you doing here? Visiting?"
Rayn grinned and shook her head.
"I live with the Echizen's."
Inoue and Shiba look at each other in shock. Rayn then looked at the gate.
"Are you here to see Ryo? He's not here right now."
Inoue smiled but shook his head.
"We're actually here to see his father."
Rayn grinned.
"You mean Daddy Nanjrou!?"
Inoue nodded. Rayn grinned and ran up to the gate. She typed in the code to the house and she led the others into the home.
Nanako walked towards the door to see Rayn, Inoue and Shiba. She blinked.
"Rayn, who are these people?" She asked smiling politely to them.
Rayn smiled.
"They're here to talk to Daddy Nanjioru."
Nanako nodded.
"My uncle stays in the temple behind the house. You're welcome to go ahead."
Inoue grinned.
"Thank you, Miss Nanako. You're a very lovely young lady."
Rayn giggled as she led them to the temple.
As they all walked up to the temple, they saw a monk ringing a bell with his leg while reading a magazine.
"Who do you think that lazy monk is?" Shiba asked while eyeing the monk curiously.
Inoue shrugged.
"No harm in asking."
As the two walked over, Rayn stayed rooted to her spot, anime tears pouring down her face.
"I live here too...you could have just asked me..." She mumbled sadly.
"Excuse me, sir. We're looking for Nanjirou Echizen."
Rayn watched as Nanjioru lazily looked over his shoulder at the two.
"And who might you be? I'm Nanjirou."
As soon as he said this he lost his balance and fell but his ankle was still tied to the bell, causing him to hang upside down. He saw Rayn giggling.
"Little Ray, help me! Get me down!"
As Rayn walked over and was helping him down, Shiba picked up the magazine he was currently reading. Her eyes widen.
"What is this!? No monk reads this garbage!"
Meanwhile, Sakuno was walking around looking for Ryoma.
"Even if Rayn was right, I still want Ryoma's help." She said to herself as she continued to look.
She then stopped as a thought crossed her mind.
"Ryoma wasn't with Rayn earlier today..."
She then looked up at a sign that said "TENNIS".
"I wonder if she'll be here with him..."
"I'm Inoue from Monthly Pro Tennis. I'm very pleased to meet you Mr. Nanjirou Echizen."
"I am not Nanjirou. He is off traveling somewhere very far away." Nanjirou said with a foreign accent.
Rayn giggled and sat beside him on the steps to the bell.
"They want to do an in depth interview."
Nanjirouu looked up at them with a raised eyebrow.
"Really? What about?"
As the two looked at him he quickly covered his mouth.
"I mean..young lady how would you like to have some tea with me?" Nanjioru said with the foreign accent.
Rayn glared and smacked him on the arm. Right after, Nanako showed up.
"Uncle, I hope you're answering all of their questions nicely."
Nanjirou groaned and put his hand over the spot where Rayn smacked him.
Rayn sat on the bench near the tennis court as Nanjirou offered a match to Inoue. She sighed.
"Daddy Nanjirou and Ryo are so much alike. Stupid show offs..."
Meanwhile, Sakuno found Ryoma. She looked around and saw no sign of Rayn. She sighed in relief. He turned and looked at her as he hit the last ball the machine shot at him.
"Can I help you with something?" He asked.
Sakuno noticed by the sound of his voice he seemed slightly irritated.
'Did I do that?' She thought.
"No, it's nothing." She replied.
Ryoma nodded and added another coin into the machine. Sakuno watched as Ryoma hit every ball. He seemed so irritated at something. She looked around once more.
'Does it have to do with the fact Rayn isn't here? Did they get in a fight? They're always together...' She continued to think while watching Ryoma.
Rayn couldn't help but giggle when she saw what Inoue was wearing. He walked onto the court and they started they're match. As Nanjioru began to beat him, Rayn zoned out.
'Is Ryoma alright? I hope he's not overexerting himself...'
She continued to think about him throughout the entire match.
Sakuno continued to watch as Ryoma hit the ball. She still wondered what had him so upset.
"Ryoma, would it bother you if I talked to you?" She asked hesitantly.
"Go ahead." He replied while hitting more tennis balls.
"Why did you start playing tennis?"
"I don't remember. I just woke up and realized I was playing tennis everyday. Now I couldn't stop if I wanted to."
Sakuno looked at him in confusion.
"Why do you think that is?"
"Well...I have a goal." Ryoma said between grunts as he hit another tennis ball.
Rayn was still zoning out as Nanjirou and Inoue's match continued.
'Is he upset with me because I blew him off for his dad? To be fair, Daddy Nanjirou did ask me first...but it's not like we're doing anything anyway..he's just playing tennis with..wait...'
Rayn stood up and started to walk off. Nanjirou noticed.
"Where are you going? This is your day to spend with me, remember?"
Rayn glanced at him and pouted.
"It's no fun. You're playing a match with him. We'll hang out another day. See ya, everyone!"
After Rayn ran off, Shiba turned to Nanako.
"Where do you supposed she's going?"
Nanako smiled.
"She's going to find Ryoma."
Shiba looked at her shocked.
"But they already spend so much time together..."
Nanako giggled and nodded.
"They do. It's hard for her to be away from him for so long, and even though he wont admit it, everyone knows it's tough on him too."
Shiba blinked.
"Are they in love?"
Nanako shook her head with a smile.
"I don't think it goes that far yet. They're just best friends who're inseperable. They need each other whether they know that or not. They get jealous if the other is spending too much time with anyone other than themself."
Shiba nodded as she remember a time during practice one day...
/FLASHBACK\
Shiba watched as the first years were cleaning the courts. Ryoma was picking up balls when he glanced over and saw Horio, Kachiro, and Katsuo talking with Rayn. It was obvious that Horio was attempting to flirt with her. Shiba saw the irritated look on Ryoma's face. He soon walked over and grabbed Rayn's arm and pulled over to the other side of the court. Ryoma began to pick up the balls while Rayn watched. Since she wasn't part of the tennis club, she didn't have to pick up balls. She got tired of watching and began to help Ryoma. Soon she accidentally slipped on a tennis ball and fall into the fenced wall. Ryoma ran over and bent down in front of her and held her face in his hands. He glanced around to see if anyone was looking, and then kissed her forehead where she hit the fenced wall. She grinned up at him as he blushed and walked away pulling down his cap.
/FLASHBACK ENDS\
"Even if they're not in love...Uncle seems to think they'll end up a couple some day. He says they're just too perfect for each other not to be. I kind of agree."
Shiba nodded as they watched the rest of the match.
Sakuno and Ryoma were walking down the street after the practice.
"Ryoma, about that goal you mentioned, what is it?"
Ryoma just kept walking. Sakuno started freaking out.
"I'm sorry! You don't have to answer."
"There's something I want to do. Someone I want to beat."
As Sakuno was about to say something, a voice cut her off.
"Ryoooo~!"
Sakuno and Ryoma both looked over to see Rayn running over. She tackle hugged Ryoma. She had anime tears pouring down her face.
"I missed you so much, Ryo! Daddy Nanjirou wasn't nearly as fun as you! I'll never pick him over you ever again!"
Sakuno watched as Ryoma smirked and wrapped one arm around her, returning the hug.
"Missed you too, Ray. Practice was too quiet."
Sakuno sighed sadly and lowered her gaze to the ground as she saw how perfect the two acted together. As much as Sakuno hated to admit it, the two would be a perfect couple.
"Hey, Sakuno!"
Sakuno looked up to see Rayn grinning at her, with her arms still around Ryoma.
"Did my advice help? I hope so."
Ryoma looked at her in curiousity.
"Advice?"
Rayn nodded.
"Yup! I gave tennis advice!"
Ryoma's eyes widen in shock before looking at Sakuno.
"Don't listen to her you'll probably get worse."
Sakuno blushed and sighed.
"No, her advice actually helped a lot."
Rayn smiled and ran over and hugged her.
"See, Sakuno! I told you. Now you just need a little more confidence. You're too shy. I'm sure if you were moe confident in yourself then you'd be as good if not better than Ryoma in no time!"
Sakuno glanced up at Rayn's smiling face. She was so nice to everyone, apart from Tomoka, and she acted as if she truly wanted to help. Sakuno smiled fakely.
"Thanks, Rayn."
Rayn nodded as Ryoma came up to her and placed his arm around her shoulder.
"Ray, we better go home before Dad does something stupid."
Rayn glanced away and bit her bottom lip.
"Too late."
Ryoma turned to her with a stern face.
"What do you mean?"
Rayn looked away with an innocent face. Ryoma looked at her with a glare.
"Ray..."
She then ran off and Ryoma ran off to catch her, leaving Sakuno alone to stare after them.
"If I become confident and good at tennis...I'm gonna take Ryoma away from you, Rayn..." Sakuno mumbled with a weak glare.
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