A/N: Rokakku-centric! Now, now, I wonder why.xDSo...no Fuji in this chap. Gomen.
And I'd always be using 'Ryoma' for my POV. hehe. Just sounds cooler. Reina is for the characters. xD

In any case, thank you sooo much for reading this far, and do leave some feedback! Thank you. (:D

DISCLAIMER: I WISH I own Prince of Tennis. I also wish I own Amou Nami, Sakimoto Mizue, and Hino Kahoko from La Corda D' Oro. If you haven't watched/read this story yet, then please google their appearances? XD It would be so awesome visualization-wise. xD



CHAPTER 4: Four Days
Four days before Fuji returns. What could happen?

What . did. he. just .Blurt.Out?!

"Go out…?" She tilted her head. "Where?"

He could swear if he wasn't an athlete, he would have lost his footing.

He forgot how dense she could be when it came to these things. Sure, she was already 16 but she hadn't exactly lived a life where she was exposed to these feelings. The closest she got were probably her rabid fans' expressions of love.

So he sighed in defeat and forced himself to his usual, analytical, self. They stared at each other and let a moment of silence passed until he was able to do so.

"Didn't you say you probably missed out on a lot…?" he said coolly. "There are… a lot of new places around. I can take you out if you want to." And then out of nowhere she smiled. It was light, but its effect on him certainly wasn't.

"I'm glad." She chuckled. "I was wondering how to ask you."

"Huh?"

"Yes. Let's hang out sometimes." She nodded, but then a thought hit her and she voiced it out immediately. "But doesn't club end a little late?"

Saeki wanted to do this, no matter what. "What about weekends, then?"

"Sounds good." She nodded. "I can't wait."

"For our date?"

"Date…"

"Yes. It's a date. Technically." he said, staring at her for her reaction. In the end, she just shrugged.

"A date it is, then."

Saeki thought she might still have no idea what it truly meant. But he paused before assuming and asked her, 'Have you contacted Fuji yet?"

"Hai. We still send each other letters, after all." She answered. And with that, she was gone.

...

The moment she closed the door, her footing lost its firmness. She was beyond relieved. She was safe, for now. She did not expect for it to be so short-lived.

DING DONG

Ryoma blinked, and walked back to the door. It was Saeki.

"Did you forget anything?" she asked. They had only parted 5 minutes prior. Looking at him, she could only pray she was guessing things wrong.

"I was right. You really were acting."

"I don't know what you're talking about." She said and gestured to close the door when Saeki's hand got in the way and he forced his way in. The next thing she knew-

thump

She was pinned on the house's corridor.

"You know what I mean, Reina. Don't hide it." He said and she could swear she could hear his heart beat. If he had inhuman hearing, Saeki probably would hear hers, too. But she knew they were caused by different emotions. Hers was something she rarely felt: Fear and anxiety.

What was he rushing all of this for, anyway?

"I know I'm moving so fast, but I want you to look at me as a man. Quickly."

"W-Why?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"I'm asking why are you in such a rush." She snapped. She might have been unexposed to these things, but one could not survive in the real world without knowing these things-these feelings and emotions she had been oblivious to for an abnormally long amount of time.

"I didn't want to lose. Not when I have the upper hand by being school mates with you."

"Pardon?" She asked.

Saeki stared at her and opened his mouth, but nothing came out. So he only looked away.

"Oh, never mind."

"Saeki?" She voiced out as he walked away.

"I guess we'll just go at this at our own pace."

"Saeki?" She called again, and this time he turned to look at her. She was smiling in relief, and frankly he didn't know if he should feel glad... or hurt.

"Thank you."


...


ROKKAKU HIGH

Tuesday. The first day of official club meetings and Reina was forced to be an early bird. She went with her cousin, of course, and she was definitely not late. Murayama seemed excited for her joining and she didn't want to disappoint her.

She found the dojo for Kendo and easily found the two girls in the dojo- outnumbered by several folds. She immediately approached them and they greeted her vehemently as if she just rescued them from an airplane crash.

"You must be Echizen Reina whom we heard so much from the captain?"

"Eh?" She and Murayama just met for, like, 2 minutes

But before she could ponder anything else, one of the girls vehemently shook her hand. She had a pinkish shade in her short hair and she was quite pretty. "My name is Sakimoto Mizue. I'm not this energetic- but I really am very happy. Ayako and I are already seniors- and we can't have this club be for men only!"

"Mizue-san…" the other girl, with a darker shade of maroon, smiled. She was a shy girl, Ryoma could tell.

"My name is Hino Kahoko, second year."

"Nice to meet you." She said, and they went to sit Seiza as the captain approached the door. Murayama entered and everyone quieted down. She introduced herself, and told them what to expect from the club. That was to say, harsh training. Sakimoto whispered something about half of the new entrants would probably drop out in a week.

"That harsh, eh?"

"…you can do it, though! I can feel it." She pouted. "Please don't leave us."

She sweat-dropped and nodded weakly. She didn't say anything though, it was too early to make promises.

In any case, that morning was basically an introduction to their materials and schedules. The three girls were really friendly with her, and she didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Time passed by and classes soon started. Later that morning, she entered the classroom and was greeted by Aoi who teleported from his seat and went all the way to the door about a feet away from her. "How was the Kendo club? Wanna join the tennis club, now?"

"No."

"Why?" He pouted.

"Because… I want to try a sport that is not tennis."

"Why?"

"Why not?" she asked back, and as if on cue a dark aura from behind Ryoma suddenly got even bigger. It was the teacher, he was pretty round and looked about he was in his late 40s. He wore rectangular eyeglasses and was balding. In any case, he did not look happy with them being noisy obstacles by the door.

"Chatting should have stopped 5 minutes ago, Aoi and Echizen. Now go back to your seats." They winced.

"H-Hai!" they answered vehemently and went directly to their seats. They watched the professor oh-so slowly walk to his table, when they heard a faint cackle from behind.

"You're such a troublemaker." Nami whispered and Aoi pulled out his tongue childishly. Nami grinned and inconspicuously took her camera out.

Click!

Aoi's eyes widened. "AH!"

A vein popped in the professor's forehead, and it became visible as he whipped his head to their direction."Is there anything you want to share, Aoi Kentaro?"

"S-She took a picture of me!"

The professor looked at Nami, who was feigning innocence. She was definitely not holding a camera. The professor sneered "Full of yourself are you not, Aoi-san?"

"D-Demo-"

"Be thankful classes are just starting. I will not be as forgiving later in the school year." He said sternly. "Understand?"

Aoi sighed. "Hai…" he said, just before sending Nami his strongest glare... which, unfortunately, was not that strong.

KENDO CLUB, Later that day

Tap Tap Tap

Murayama Ayako was on her way to their dojo with an old friend of hers who promised to watch practice. The other girl had raven hair much like hers. It was a little shorter than hers and this girl never wore pony-tails, and had strands much wavier than hers. The girl's hair followed her movements gracefully.

"Did you know, Aya?" She whispered as they strolled. "Apparently Saeki's childhood friend had moved here to Chiba and is now a freshman."

Just hearing that name placed a slight thump in her chest. It had been a while: she thought she got over him already. "I see…" was all she said.

The other girl narrowed her eyes, seemingly gauging her reaction. "I heard they looked kind of sweet together."

"Why wouldn't they? You just said they were childhood friends."

"I don't know… I thought that maybe she was Saeki's first love." She muttered. Ayako recalled she did tell her something like that… and the complications that it brought to her and Saeki's relationship.

Assuming they truly entered one.

"It's possible, though. She had very dark hair like yours, and an odd eye color."

"An odd eye color?"

"She has golden eyes. And they said she looks like an angel-"

"Buchou~!" two girls several meters away from them waved, effectively cutting her off. It was Hino and Sakimoto, already dressed up in their Kendo attire. Ayako let out a deep breath to calm herself and greeted them back. She said to her friend that she had to get ready, too, before anyone else got there.

Her friend looked at her anxiously. "Are you alright?"

"Of course I am, silly." She forced out a chuckle and slid the door open.

Several minutes later, the members started pouring in- most already dressed in their attire. Most of the boys were really staring at the three girls as they chatted about who-knows-what. They were tantalized- especially since Echizen usually didn't smile so much.

The captain entered and pointed at the space where the new members were to practice their swings and thrusts. She appointed another senior to guide them.

Ryoma watched the practice matches of her senpais, and skilfully tuned out the gapes targeted on her. It was interesting: Kendo. It was similar to tennis in the sense that it required certain swings and eye on where to target- a multitude of possibilities, attacks, and counters.

She was taken out of her daze when she caught Murayama staring at her inquisitively. The captain winced and went back to overseeing the matches. Murayama just shrugged and continued to do what she was doing...

...and was quick to shake away the want to ask her all the questions she wanted to ask about Saeki.

...

TENNIS COURTS

"Oiii, Kuma-kun~ Pass tha ball please!" He yelled to a fellow freshman, who did as he was told.

Aoi Kentaro had been made an exception already, much to his relief- not that he… feared that he was going to pick up balls again. Not really.

In any case, he was currently having a practice match with no other than Saeki Kojiro.

"Ne, Saeki. Is Echizen-chan good at tennis?"

"Yeah."

"How good?"

"Very good. I can't tell you since you'd probably bug her to death. She can be quite cold sometimes."

"Are you two lovers, then?"

BAM!

"Of course not. Where the hell did you get that from?"

"I dunno." He shrugged before serving. "I just saw flowers when you two chatted yesterday."

Saeki winced. "F-Flowers?"

They heard a warm laugh from the sidelines. It was Satoshi, duh.

"They were just overtly sweet, Kentaro! Stop distracting poor Saeki with your embarrassing questions."

And with that, Saeki Kojiro turned to a tomato, getting Shudou's soft laugh to turn to cackles. Saeki's eyes twitched.

"URUSAI!"


...


Wednesday came, and it was mostly like Tuesday- minus the introductions. And the fact that Reina slept through most of the classes. Some teachers let her go, while a few forcibly woke her up to make her answer questions she easily answered- much to everyone's disbelief and Aoi's amusement.

A real life Mary-sue, this one was.

Lunch came, and Reina was invited by Aoi to eat with the tennis team but she refused- saying that the other girls in the Kendo club invited her, too. She looked at Nami and asked who she'll be eating lunch with and said that they'll have a lunch-time activity in the photography club.

"Then why not ask them to join us?"

"I'll try to ask them. I'm not sure if it would be alright with them… but I'll try."

"The more the merrier, right?"

"Right."

"And Nami can join us tomorrow if she wants to."

"Okay. I'll adjust my schedule just for you two." Nami smiled, and they went to their respective eating companions.

Ryoma soon met the girls plus another raven-haired girl she never met before under the Sakura tree near their Dojo. The new girl looked shocked when she saw her, and went to greet her first before anyone else.

"Uhm…"

"Kirara, you're being rude."

"Oh- I'm sorry." The girl paused. "I am Kirara Kikiyo, nice to meet you!"

"I was like that when I first saw you, too. It must be hard being so pretty." Sakimoto commented placing a sweat-drop on her head. Sakimoto remained clueless about the awkward situation, and Hino immediately gestured to stop her. But it proved to be a vain attempt for Sakimoto started asking Reina about what she had been hearing earlier that day. "Ne, I heard you were close with a few of the tennis club members!"

"Mou, Mizue-chan…" Hino sighed.

"What is it?"

"Have you forgotten?" she asked, eyeing the captain who was eating her sushi.

"Oh."

Murayama, feeling the tension smiled reassuringly. "I'm fine. Saeki and I are friends- there are no hard feelings."

Ryoma looked at her. Why would Saeki look so guilty when they talked about it, then? She wanted to know… but she was simply not in the position to ask. Especially when he already asked her out.

"So when I heard about it, I thought you won't show up."

Ryoma looked up in ponder. "They did invite me, though."

"D'aw… I'm touched you chose us...!" Sakimoto chuckled before letting her expression change. "So, do you know about Shudou Satoshi?"

"Of course I do. He's my cousin."

Sakimoto beamed and grabbed her hand, "Eh? Really?"

"Uh..."

Hino smiled. "Mizue-san had had a crush on him since they were freshmen."

"Kahoko!"

"Gomen nasai."

"Really?" Kirara, who was visibly surprised, asked. "What did you like about him?"

"He's so caring. It must be so troublesome to take care of such an old man- but he keeps doing it so diligently. He's an ideal man- a man of commitment."

"I see… it's rare to find those type."

"He's mine."

"O-Okay."

"Ne…" Ryoma seeing this was going nowhere, decided to intervene and cleared her throat to gain their attention. "Aoi offered that we should eat lunch together sometimes. I mean, if that's alri-"

"Sure we will!" Kirara and Sakimoto literally exclaimed, while Hino shook her head in disapproval and embarrassment.

"Senpais…" Hino whispered and they froze, immediately whipping their head towards Murayama's direction. She just nodded passively, but Ryoma could sense she was forcing it.

How confusing…

The others remained oblivious though, especially the over-zealous Sakimoto. "Yeiy~! It's arranged, then!"

Kirara seemed excited, too. And she clenched her fist in vehemence after swallowing her carrot.

"Tomorrow, we will eat with the tennis team!"


...


The next day's lunch came pretty quickly for Ryoma. That Thursday, the three girls walked to the tennis regular's hang-out place and she could feel the tension for so many different reasons.

"I wonder if Ayako was telling the truth…" Kirara guiltily whispered. Murayama said something about having to do emergency paper works for the council, and somehow Kirara thought about the possibility of her just avoiding Saeki.

"I thought they're in good terms, now?"

"Yeah. But she never really tells me much so I can't be so sure…"

"I don't think she'd want us to worry though." Ryoma intervened. Murayama was a great girl- she wouldn't want to be taken pity on. "You had been looking forward to this right, Sakimoto-san? Hanazano-san, too."

"You should really start calling me Mizue."

"And me, Kikiyo."

"You can… call me by my first n-name, too."

Reina smiled. "You don't have to force yourself, Hino-san."

"I-I'm not! Please call me Kahoko."

"Okay." And then out-of-nowhere, Mizue looked at Kikiyo.

"Why are you looking forward to this lunch? Shudou-kun is mine."

"Hai, Hai." She shrugged. "Besides, all of the regulars there are popular. It would be like a harem."

They gaped at her.

"What?" she asked obliviously and the other girls shook their heads after looking at each other in incredulity. It didn't take long for a voice to call them, and cut their gapes.

"Echizen-chan~!" Aoi, being ever so noisy, waved his hand to her. They responded with shy smiles and walked to the direction of the picnicking tennis players.

Ryoma sat beside Saeki, before introducing the other girls. Mizue shyly sat beside Shudou's other side, and to her utter admiration Oji was on his other side. Kikyo sat by Ryoma, while Hino was shy as usual, and stuttered under everyone's stare but managed to introduce herself anyway.

They ate and admired each other's bentos. The most admirable one was Hino's.

"Sugoi, Kahoko, you made that right?"

"Hai.." shy about the attention her lunch box was getting. One boy though, one of orange hair, was especially close to her and her lunch box. He was well-known, so she knew him by name. Amane-kun, she mused, and he seemed to be pondering about something…

Then an imaginary light bulb appeared above his head and it made her flinch. "A lunch box to munch. Too bad it isn't mine. I could easily take it in.'"

BAM!

And Amane kissed the floor after getting kicked by Bane. Hino remained stiff as she absorbed the events, and Amane recovered and sat up again. It was then that they heard a feint giggle coming from no other than Hino Kahoko. Everyone gaped at her, and she stiffened once again.

"W-What is it?"

"You found that pun funny?"

"Is it not?" she asked innocently and before she knew it- another pair of hands grabbed hers. It was Amane's and his cheeks were crimson and his eyes were sparking for some reason...

"Marry m-"

BAM!

Soon, the conversation shifted to their respective club activities. No one dared ask about Murayama, but Saeki could see Ryoma was worried. He frowned and decided to change the topic once more.

"So… have you defeated Kentaro here as the number one student?"

"She's getting close even when she sleeps through the whole class."

The girls looked at her admiringly. "Sugoi, Reina."

She scratched her cheeks, oblivious as to why she was getting praised (she already studied them at home, since her mum has insane academic standards) and could only give a weak thanks. She looked down at her bento, but winced immediately. A dimsum was already flying (slowly) to her side. "I helped made this sushi. Try it out."

It was Aoi, grinning, and he was basically feeding her. Ryoma blinked and innocently opened her mouth to eat it when-

CRACK

FLAP

The food was on the floor. Wasted. Never to be eaten by human beings again.

Aoi puffed his cheeks at Saeki. "What was that for?"

Shudou grinned slyly. "Yeah. Stop wasting food, Kojiro."

He flushed and looked away, much to most of their amusement. "I… thought it was a fly."

"Haaa?"

He felt like an Idiot. That's the best excuse he could come up with?

And frankly, when he caught Ryoma staring at her in puzzlement, he could not have felt any more embarrassed in his entire life.


SHUDOU RESIDENCE, After Dinner

An hour after dinner, Saeki challenged Reina for a game. They were in her house that night, and they stood sternly at opposite sides of the tennis courts. Karupin was their only audience and he was purring the whole time.

It took her less than 20 minutes to defeat him, and it didn't help his ego at all.

"Sheez. You're unbelievable." He huffed and went closer to the net for the customary handshake.

"Mada Mada Dane." She smirked and shook his hand. But then she let go of her racket and stared at him.

"What is it?"

"Murayama-san."

"What about her?" he asked anxiously. "Murayama-san is a nice girl… we invited her to lunch, you know. I couldn't help but feel that we made her uncomfortable."

Saeki couldn't say anything for a while. He knew why she felt that way- but it was his fault. Ryoma need not bother herself with his problems. And if this went on, he'd have less and less confidence to try and take their relationship to a new level.

"It's nothing." He said. "Don't bother yourself with trivial things, Reina. Just focus on adjusting."

"But you two are my friends, Kojiro. I don't think I'll adjust well if you're in trouble." She stated- as blunt as always. He only smiled and patted her cheeks.

"We'll manage this, okay…?" She held his hand in place, and Saeki knew what she wanted to say. "I'll tell you when I need help. Promise."

But instead of responding, she stared at him. "But you need it, now."

"No, I do not." He stated sternly, suddenly realizing that maybe he did- not that he'd admit it. Darn. Why did she always have to do things like this to him?

Ryoma gaped, sensing that last thought. She backed away and coolly headed back to the house, perhaps to give him some space. He opened his mouth to call her, but he seemed to have lost his voice.

How was he supposed to tell her what happened?

She would hate him.

And he'd rather jump off a cliff that let that happen.


...


That night flew by, and soon it was finally Friday. And everyone decided to have lunch together with the others as a celebration for a nice weekend ahead. It was surprising- everyone was really there! Even Nami and Murayama.

Some inconspicuously watched the old couple but found that they were surprisingly acting like normal acquaintances. They didn't know if it was an act, but they were relieved there was barely any tension within the group and all of them were having a blast.

Hino Kahoko was certainly laughing a lot from speaking with Amane and receiving his supposedly ingenious puns. Shudou was actually having a nice, good, chat with Mizue. Kirara was story-telling with Nami adding bits and pieces making it all the more dynamic. Ryoma was generally watching everyone with ease.

School life was such a nice experience, after all, she mused and she was smiling beautifully the whole time.

Then she batted an eyelid when someone grabbed her shoulders and brought her closer to him.

"Smile!" Aoi said making a piece sign. Nami was taking pictures. Aoi placed his hand on her hip to tickle her and she laughed.

Click!

"Perfect." Nami smirked looking at the reproduction on her camera. Kirara clapped and asked her seatmates, Bane and Ryou, to take a cute picture with her too. They agreed and they posed quite amusingly in the process.

Reina and Aoi, on the other hand, were chatting with Aoi's hand still on her hip. Ryoma was semi-glaring at him. "That was very annoying."

Aoi grinned. "Doesn't matter. We took a nice phot-"

He was cut off when a large palm covered his face and forced him to part with Ryoma. When the palm was taken off, Saeki was already between them.

"Oi, Saeki-"

"Nani? I like Rinko-baasan's cooking." He said looking at Reina's bento, taking a bite with her chopstick. He munched and Ryoma took her chopsticks away from him.

"That's my favourite, Koji!"

"I know."

She glared at him and he winced- making most of them laugh in amusement.

Most of them.

But no one noticed.

And so, later that day, after club activities with the sun nearing its set… Murayama Ayako stared blankly at a random corridor's window. She felt bitter- and she rarely felt that way. She looked sardonically at herself at her almost invisible reflection on the clear glass.

She sighed to compose herself and, as if on cue, her phone vibrated. She looked at it, half-hoping it was the text message she was hoping to receive.

She stiffened. It really was, and she let out another deep breath to muster all the composure she used to have.

She looked at the message once more.

Alright. I'm coming.

Ryoma was strolling to the club room as her hands rested nonchalantly on her pockets. She sort of left her wooden sword back at the dojo so she had to go and get it. It was peaceful for a while since there were barely any people left.

It was the reason why she flinched immediately, when she heard voices from a far. She frowned when she heard them slowly turn vehement- almost full of anxiety and anger.

"So you asked me to go there so that I could witness first-hand how much you like her?!" It was Murayama- she could tell. And she was shocked at the amount of emotion in the usually cool voice she had.

"I didn't- I didn't mean for that to happen! I just want us to be comfortable with each other again- to be friends."

"How do you think that's possible when you used me?"

Ryoma's heart stopped.

"I know what I did, and I thought you understood how sorry I was. Why come to see us then if you hadn't…?"

"Because my precious friends wanted to- I don't want them to worry about me and my pitiful emotions toward you." She snapped. "I could tell Reina's worried about me, too, you told her we used to date didn't you?"

"It's hard to lie to her."

"Obviously." She said. "Seeing how easy it was for you to lie to me."

Silence

"Look. I'm sorry for what I did." Saeki said as sternly as he could. "But please don't make yourself miserable because of what I did!"

He breathed deeply. "We both know I'm not worth it."

"Kojiro…"

"Okay…?"

But the edgy atmosphere only intensified. It was of Murayama's stubbornness. She was not going to soften up for him again. She had her pride.

She turned away. "I don't have anything to say to you. Don't worry-" she added, not wanting him to intervene with her or to say anything else. Anything more and her weakening foundation would break again. "I like her, I won't do anything that would bother her."

And so she walked away. To the befuddled Echizen Ryoma's direction.

Murayama's eyes widened as her eyes met hers. "E-Echizen?" The older girl squeaked and wiped the slowly escaping tears off her cheek. "I-"

"I have to go."

"B-Buchou!" she called, but Murayama didn't even bother turning away. She was about to run after her when she felt a hand grip hers.

"She'll want to be alone." Saeki whispered and looked at her. How much did she hear?

"K-Kojiro. What did she mean?" she squeaked. "How could you use her? And for what?"

He didn't speak. Hearing that much? Ryoma already knew.

So all he could do- or rather, had the strength to do was look at her pleadingly. "Don't hate me."

She too, did not speak. And it was utterly torturous for him.

"Tell me everything." She said. She did not want to believe in her own conclusions.

And Saeki was never good with words, not with her and not in situations like this. And with the panic he was feeling- he had no choice but to get to the point. "I dated her before because I... felt lonely."

"What?"

Saeki stared. She should already have a gut instinct of how he felt about her. So if he told her Murayama reminded him of someone...

"Kojiro" she repeated out, looking at him with a mix of emotions. He held her hand tighter, but she willed herself away from it. How could he use a person?

"It doesn't matter. It was just me being an idiot." He was. The only thing Murayama reminded him of Ryoma was her hair, and the fact that she had an unusual eye color. That was it.

That was how desperate he was.

Should he let Reina know? Of course not- she would not only hate him. She would hate herself.

"Don't hate me." And to think he just confessed to her a few days ago. God, Saeki saw himself as the biggest jerk in the world.

"I don't hate you." She said immediately, planting a miniscule hope in his gut. But that was quickly wiped away.

"It's just so disappointing.

"I thought I knew you...

"I was wrong."

But there was a part of her that was thinking if her other friend was as she thought he was, too.

And it worried her so.

.
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END OF CHAPTER 4

Coming Soon:
CHAPTER 5: Arrival

Fuji's arrival to see his old friends. What could happen?


REPLIES TO ANGELS

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