7 Days at the Dojo
Chapter 4- Secrets
AN: a here's the next chapter, hope you enjoy. Reviews, ideas and suggestions are appreciated.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PRINCE OF TENNIS.
Next day...…
"And so that's what happened." Sayuri explained to Shika leaning back on her bed clutching her cellphone to her ear.
"Sounds serious." Shika said "Why don't you just tell him?" She asked.
"What if he starts treating me different?" Sayuri asked worriedly, thinking of her kindergarten days, at that point she hadn't bothered to keep it a secret, once when she fell down and started bleeding, none of her 'friends' helped her up, they just backed away disgusted by the blood, that's when she learnt all her 'friends' were just fake and hung out with her because she was a Kobayashi.
Fortunately she had transferred to Osaka during her first year of elementary, where she had met Shika though they became good friends quickly, Sayuri didn't tell her till their second year of elementary and to her great joy and relief Shika seemed unfazed by her status and treated her the same, however she wouldn't deny she loved coming over to Sayuri's for a sleepover. Friends like Shika were hard to come by and Sayuri was grateful for such an awesome friend.
She returned to the conversation just in time to hear Shika snicker "Ishida Gin, change? Two words for you Sayuri. Dream on!"
"Are you sure?" Sayuri asked uncertainly. Shika gave a sigh and turned serious " Sayuri, you like the guy, you should know If it's okay. And considering you like him there are chances of you guys going out, are you going to keep it a secret then too. Look Sayuri, you're going to tell him sooner or later, the sooner the better." This was why Sayuri loved Shika, when needed the girl knew just the right words to say. "Thanks Shika, guess I'll tell him."
"Gotta go I got a date with Kenya." Shika said, Sayuri could practically hear her best friend blushing.
"Have fun, see ya!" Sayuri said.
"Bye." Shika said quickly hanging up.
Sayuri put down the phone slowly, she had to admit it Shika was right she had to tell Gin. Sayuri gazed into the mirror, and silently made two promises to herself. One, she was going to tell Gin her secret and two, from today onwards she was going to take better care of her hair, it looked hideous. She thanked god for her straight manageable hair, of she had frizz or curls she wasn't sure if she'd still have hair.
At the dojo...
Sayuri didn't get a chance to talk to Gin because she came just on time, due to the fact, as she was about to go her dad had asked her if she wanted to spend the day after tomorrow with him because it was one of the rare days he was free, Sayuri had obviously agreed, she just needed to ask sensei if it was okay.
She quickly explained the day's schedule to Gin "First hour today is judo and second hour is tae kwon do, this summer I'm taking the tae kwon do class myself because there aren't many kids, normally took the judo class by himself because there aren't many kids and I'm not too confident about my judo, do you know judo? Otherwise I'll take it. " Sayuri said.
Gin slowly nodded "I'll take the judo class, I have learned it, and after seeing you yesterday I am confident of my abilities to introduce myself to the students." Sayuri just nodded and went to sit on the bleachers.
She lazily watched as Gin introduced himself and demonstrated basic judo. She smiled fondly as he helped one of the smaller kids who wasn't doing so well. Gin really was a nice person.
She really felt bad about last night, so bad that she hadn't been able to sleep last night,which made her extremely tired, she silently wished that there would be very few kids for tae kwon do or better no kids at all. She slowly felt her eyelids close, surely she could take a power nap for two hours, with this thought in her head she slowly drifted to dreamland.
Later...
Sayuri's POV
I woke up feeling energised, before I actually lifted my head from the seat, I noticed I was resting on something more harder, something more…human. I whipped my head around to see Gin-san was sitting next to me and all this time I was leaning and sleeping on him.
End Sayuri's POV
"Gomen Gin-san." She said moving back to her seat"Is it time for tae kwon do?" She asked. Gin shook his head and pointed to the clock across the wall when read 6:50. Sayuri was confused "Who took class?" She asked.
"That would be me." Sato-sensei said coming in "I figured my student's health was more important than mine." Sayuri frowned "You could've woken me up." Sensei shrugged "So are you training Gin today?" Gin looked at Sayuri concerned " Sayuri-san if you are not feeling well you don't need to."
Sayuri waves her hand dismissively "I was just a bit tired, I'm okay now."
"Okay." Sensei said "Well, lock up after you're done."
"Okay." Sayuri said. She grabbed her shinai from her bag "Gin-san, grab a shinai from the bundle there." She said pointing to a bundle.
Gin quickly grabbed a shinai and stood beside Sayuri who started demonstrating some basic movements. Gin picked up quickly and flawlessly copied Sayuri. Suddenly Sayuri stopped.
Gin looked at her concernedly "Sayuri-san, are you okay?"
Sayuri shook her head "Gin-san, most probably you are not curious but I feel really bad, not to mention guilty not explaining what happened last night."
Gin shook his head "It's not that I am not curious I just don't want to invade Sayuri-san's privacy."
Sayuri continued "Have you heard of Kobayashi Inc?"
Gin nodded, after all who hadn't heard of Kobayashi Inc.
"I am the daughter of the head of Kobayashi Inc. and the future heir." Sayuri confessed.
Gin's eyes widened "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" He asked, recently he honestly though Sayuri would tell him practically everything and he knew most of the things about her.
Forgetting that Gin wasn't even all that close to her (yet) she spilled out her elementary school problems and why she started keeping it a secret.
Gin just slowly nodded not saying anything, after she finished he tentatively asked "Sayuri-san, should we continue training."
Sayuri jumped up "Definitely, after I show you a couple more moves we're going to spar."
Without the weight of her secret bringing her down, Sayuri knew she was going to have a pleasant sleep tonight.
AN: Hope you enjoyed, next chapter will take a bit longer because I won't be having Internet connection for a couple of days.
IceCrystal