~~~~ a few days later ~~~

everything went smoothly for koromi and her friends. everyday was the usual routine, school and tennis and school and tennis

~ koromi's POV ~

" koromi, is it alright if we join you to watch the guys practice?" kato asked me, curiously before getting jumped on by sato who repeatedly yelled " ya, can we? can we?" reiko stood at one side, and smiled knowingly. "well, i guess it should be alright." i replied as i hurriedly entered the washroom to change into my sports attire.

as we turned towards the tennis courts, i heard a huge number of screams saying things like "kyaaa, momoshiro-kun." or " wahh ... ryoma-sama, so cool " (i am assuming you know who that is). i looked over at where the screams were coming from and saw a big group of girls cheering as they looked at the guys practicing. "wow, they're popular." i commented staring at the amount of girls by the side. sato and kato stared at me and asked " you don't know?" i looked back at them curiously "know what?" " the tennis team is what seigaku is known for. they are good and some of the players are at national level." reiko explain. 'i see' i thought as my eyes wandered onto the courts.

"tanaka, if you finish staring, we would like to start practice." a voice called out behind us. we all jumped and turned around and saw tezuka behind us, giving me that fierce look. "sumimasen." as i quickly rushed towards the tennis courts. "cheers" everyone cried out just as tezuka and i entered the courts. my three friends stood outside the courts as it was an unspoken rule that only members of the tennis club are able to enter the courts during practice time. "what's that girl doing in there? trying to get into the regulars' good graces?" mean mumurs spread around the courts. "koro-chan, glad to have you back." eiji-kun shouted, running towards me. i dodged out of the way and eiji-kun pouted at the failed attempt.

"i have asked someone to prepare a training menu for you all." sensei announced as inui stepped up next to her. "inui?" everyone chroused, loking at him feeling puzzled. he held up some ankle weights and claimed that it weighed 1kg each and handing them out to the regulars who put them on. they were going to train with three colour balls and hitting the ball to the same coloured cone. "tanaka, would you mind if you help ? inui can teach you the serves." sensei told me. i nodded and walked over to court A as inui position himself in court B. he taught me a simple underhanded serve. i smirked a little, thinking of what will happen if i show them my real serve.

"first up, kikamaru and echizen" inui called out. i randomly picked out balls from the box to serve. "when you are tired, your judgement will be affected. kikamaru failed, next person" inui practically shouted, before handing a glass of green substance to eiji-kun claiming that those who fail will have to drink it. i stared in shock, at eiji-kun's reaction (running off saying it's terrible ). someone grabbed the racket out of my hand and shouted "echizen". i turned and saw sensei with a fierce look on her face as echizen missed the shot. he too was given the drink whereby he ran away, trying not to puke. sensei saw my shocked reaction and smiled telling me that it was normal. 'normal? how can that be normal?' i thought to myself as i serve the ball to the next victims.

~ fuji's POV ~

'i really don't get what is so bad with that drink. it's nice' i thought as i gulped it down. eiji accused me of missing on purpose but i have to admit i was curious about how it taste like. koromi was looking at me, seems like she was waiting for my reaction. i smiled and gave her a slight thumbs-up, and she stared at me with disbelief.

when practice ended, i went home and found yuuta sitting in the living room. "yuuta, you're back" i said, beaming at him as happiness filled my heart. ever since yuuta entered st. Rudolph, it was really rare that he comes home. "aniki," he greeted me before surprising me with an even better news,"i am moving back home." ok, scratch that, the happiness overflowed. " saa, i am really glad, yuuta." i said before going to my bedroom to place my bag.

~ yuuta's POV ~

"aniki, i am moving back home." i told to my brother's smiling face. his smile widened and happiness seems to be pouring out of him. "saa, i am really glad, yuuta" was all he said. i stood in shock, all these years i spent trying to win my brother and trying to surpass him. i keep thinking i was the one who had been suffering with him around. but what i never thought that i would have such an effect on him. i was really happy, and not knowing why, i subconsciously smiled.

~ fuji's POV ~

yuuta is finally coming home. how long have i wish for that to happen? i settled down for dinner with onee-chan and yuuta. we chatted about many things about school and tennis.

after dinner, i decided to go for a walk. i took my camera and left for my favorite spot in the park. 'i love the view from up here' i thought as i snapped a shot of the perfect scenery. "who's there?" i heard a girl's voice coming from a dark figure which i did not notice was there. "saa, gomen i didn't ..." "fuji-kun?" i was being cutted off by the voice of the figure now approching me.

the figure stepped into the light and revealed ...