Hitsuzen: Rewritten. I remember I was sick when I first wrote this. Currently listening to Aragaki Yui's C.H.E.R.R.Y song on my keitai and even singing along with it... hehehehe just imagine lightning strikes.
Well Shishido was my very first Hyotei acquainted prince, I was even annoyed at him because of what he wants on a girl. I don't know why though. I only came to appreciate the guy not until later back in the finals of the Kantou Regional Tournament.
'nways, Prince of Tennis and Shin Tenisu no Oujisama are both product of ©Konomi Takeshi's genius mind.
He roamed his eyes around the lighted tennis court while imagining the once two hundred plus member of the prestigious club lead by the king himself, Atobe Keigo... chanting and getting too wild cheering for the regulars.
The place hadn't changed a bit; it was like the same when they entered it and finally left it for university.
He pulled out a smile and took a step inside the court they once well knew and it has been ten years and yet, it seems like it's only been yesterday.
He sighed and jogged down his memory to the time when they decided to call it over and parted ways after screaming and yelling at each other.
And they didn't bother to apologize after that ever, maybe because they're both the type of person who doesn't admit that they committed the same mistake and too proud to make amends for the sake of their relationship.
She was the only girl he had loved aside from tennis when he was a lot younger.
And looking back, what this place reminds him is not the club nor the chanting but instead it's her brown eyes weeping that he had promised not to let any tears to fall from it.
And he felt so bad that of all people, he was the one who made them cried.
He really felt like a jerk.
Shishido Ryou (Hyotei Gakuen)
[Closure]
"Ryou-kun? Is that you?"
Shishido jerked his head in surprise towards the voice, his face breaking into a long forgotten boyish smile seeing those very same brown eyes again.
"Hey."
He greeted back as he raised a hand.
Since this day is one of Hyotei's most celebrated homecoming festivals, Shishido thought that it's inevitable that they'll bump into each other no matter how big the school might be.
And he just knows that this meeting her is undoubtedly part of Atobe's whimsical doing. He just hope that his former captain doesn't use this for any other purposes he's not happy to give in.
"Just escaped bachelor Atobe's pestering... gee, I hope he'll marry the soonest he could so that someone could tame him the least."
She complained with a huff as if she was almost devoured by a huge creature.
"That's why he's still a bachelor. He still hadn't met his match."
He smirked and raked his hand on his long brown hair.
"I see you decided to have your long hair back... it becomes really you."
"And I see that you decided to have your tresses long as well."
She pats her own locks and smiles.
"I realized a long time ago that it was so uncool to always have my hair short... "
"That's why I always call you a tomboy and got punched instead."
"Che."
They awkwardly took a seat on the nearby bleacher as she heaved out a small laugh remembering all the good old memories the bleacher's bringing back to the both of them.
"Atobe sure knows how to reunite people... especially those who had things to fix."
She commented, praising Atobe's sometimes unpredictable thoughtfulness.
"Yeah, one of his countless fortes I suppose."
They then laughed in unison, forgetting the awkward moment like they were fifteen years old again. Like when they always used to date. Like when they used to be as couples and an out of the blue mixed doubles pair for the sake of Atobe's whimsical authoritative request.
"Ne Ryo- sorry I mean Shishido-san..."
He flinched upon hearing her suddenly getting formal.
"Nan desu ka?"
She looked up and met his gaze, the very same old look she only gives to those she's closely attached with. Good heavens, how he missed that.
"I am sorry... for everything wrong that happened."
He chuckles all of a sudden, making her frown at his own expense.
"And I see you hadn't changed a bit. You still find it so funny when I apologize for something I did wrong."
"I should say the same thing. You know, apologize and stuff like that."
He said seriously. She smiles, sensing the young Shishido Ryou who uses similar tone when he seriously wanted to ask for forgiveness.
She shyly smiles back, nodding her head gently. She then stood up and patted her evening dress straight.
Unintentionally revealing a gold band on her left ring finger. Shining from the lights illuminating the court. Then she looked again in his direction, but this time, her eyes are shining full of contentment and happiness.
"Happy that you'd given me the opportunity to love you Shishido-san. Thank you for being part of my life."
She moved closer and gently planted a kiss in his cold cheek.
"I now found someone who treats me like a queen."
Her hands sliding gingerly from his shoulders for the last time, like what she always does for he always enjoyed it before.
"Thank you for being my first love."
As he watched her disappearing figure in the dark, he raised his left hand and examines the gold band on his own ring finger. He smiles, feeling happy for finally putting up a rather happy ending to a sad story.
Now both of them can start a new life. But this time, apart and no longer with each other.
She was his first love and would remain so even though now that he is happily married and all. Always be the young, tough girl who once made her way into his life.
"Thank you as well for giving me the opportunity to love you and for being my first love."
Now it's time to have his sole focus and loyalty to his wife.
His only lover and only queen.
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Thank you for giving me the opportunity to love you
/09.23.12 written by Hitsuzen Nakagauchi
/Tenisu no Oujisama and Shin Tenisu no Oujisama are of Konomi Takeshi's properties.
