AN: Thanks for the reviews!
We've all established that Yukimura's a butt, right? Well, in my mind, he's about to get a hundred times worse.
Enjoy!
-Coco
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Chapter 8: Shocking Discoveries
The next day, everyone could tell Yukimura was off. He didn't show up at morning tennis practice and he arrived at school the moment the bell rang. He ate lunch in the cafeteria, but he sat alone rather than with his team.
Needless to say, the regulars were worried. Actually, scratch that, worried would have been an improvement. They were downright scared. Just what kind of spell did this American transfer cast on their beloved buchou?
So they naturally decided to go ask her. However, since everyone was so absorbed with Yukimura, they failed to realize that Emily hadn't shown up at school that day. They needed to contact her as soon as possible, but the office couldn't give them her address or telephone number.
It was Yanagi who suggested they check Yukimura's phone for her phone. Naturally, seeing as he was the Trickster, it was Niou's job to get Yukimura's phone from him. They all assumed that Yukimura wouldn't notice because he was… out of character.
Yukimura's phone was in their possession by the time of afternoon practice, which Yukimura skipped.
"Okay, let's check his contacts," Yanagi said, flipping open Yukimura's phone.
Under normal circumstances, someone (namely Sanada, Yagyuu, or Jackal) would object to such an invasion of privacy, but under normal circumstances, Yukimura wouldn't be skipping practice.
They scrolled through Yukimura's contacts until they saw her name and number. Before they called her however, Niou suggested they look at Yukimura's text messages first, that way they wouldn't have to talk to her unless necessary. Everyone agreed.
Yanagi scrolled through Yukimura's texts and when he reached what they were looking for he stopped. "Hey, I found it," he said to the others.
"What's it say?" Akaya asked, grabbing for the phone.
Marui slapped his hand, "Don't touch."
"It's a message from her to Seiichi. It says: 'You mean like together together?'" Yanagi read.
There was a silence, then…
"Eh?"
"What?"
"They're dating?"
"Holy crap!"
After they had settled down, Akaya started pouting. "How come Mura-buchou didn't tell us he had a girlfriend?"
Niou rolled his eyes. "Isn't obvious, brattling? Mura-buchou and Roberts-san obviously aren't together anymore."
Akaya turned to him with big eyes. "Really? How can you tell?"
Marui starred at him. "Akaya, you were dropped on your head as a kid, weren't you?"
"That's not nice!" Akaya said, sticking his tongue out at Marui.
"Very mature considering you're the next captain of Rikkai," Niou replied, smacking Akaya upside the head.
"Ow, that hurt, Niou-senpai!"
"Stop whining, you brat."
"Niou-kun, that's not the way to talk to your kouhai," Yagyuu said, shaking his head.
"Whatever, puri."
"What did buchou say back to her?" Jackal asked, getting everyone back on topic.
"Hold on a moment, I'll check." Yanagi scrolled through some more texts. "He replied: '…Yes… You know, like dating…' Wait, there's another text message from him after that; it says: 'Well, if you don't want to, that that's fine with me… I just thought since we kissed that we were like… you know…'"
Another moment of silence then…
"Kissed?"
"Oh, my gosh!"
"Go Mura-buchou!"
Yagyuu sighed. "Niou-kun, do you really think that that was the appropriate response for what's going on right now?"
Niou stared at him. "What? It's about time Mura-buchou got some action! I mean, he never goes on dates or anything."
"Dude, don't say it like that," Marui cut in.
"Like what?"
"'Got some action.' It makes it sound like… well, you know."
"How do you know they didn't, puri?" Niou smirked.
Everyone stared at Niou.
"Did what?" Akaya asked breaking the silence.
"Did what? You can't possibly say that you don't understand? We're talking about Mura-buchou having-"
"Niou-kun!"
"Che, whatever, Yagyuu. How's he ever going to learn if you won't let me teach him?"
"I assure you that he doesn't need your brand of knowledge."
"But I wanna know!" Akaya whined.
"No," Sanada said firmly.
"Why can't I know what Mura-buchou did?" Akaya pouted.
"What did I do?" said a voice.
The regulars slowly turned around to see their beloved buchou. Their beloved buchou whose phone they had taken.
"Buchou? What are you doing here?"
"Well, Marui, I am captain of the tennis team, and this is the team's clubhouse," Yukimura answered calmly.
"Oh, hahaha," Marui chuckled nervously, "That makes sense…"
"Saa… What are you doing with my cell phone?"
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It had been a while since she had played tennis and it was killing her. She assumed that with Yukimura around it would be easier, but she did not account for what would happen if he did not want her.
However, she refused to let him know that he had hurt her. So she smiled and laughed around others, but cried when she got home.
She'd always see him around the school, smiling with the regulars, and practicing at the street courts.
It had been about two weeks since she had come to Rikkai and she was easily bored. The classes were dreadfully easy, the teachers were mundane, and the students were petty. Plus, guys wouldn't stop asking her out! It was driving her insane. She was the exotic American and apparently she was a prize. She'd say no because the guys that asked her out were the typical players, however, she had also heard that there was a bet out on who she'd say yes to first.
Not to mention the fact that she, by saying yes, would be cheating on a certain blue-haired tennis captain. She knew that they weren't going out, but still, it didn't feel right.
Emily grabbed her books and headed for the main entrance of Rikkai. But, when she got there, she saw a sight that made her blood run cold.
Yukimura Seiichi, the reason she was in this hellhole, was standing at the entrance. He was smiling to a girl, who Emily recognized as Touda Michiko.
As if that wasn't enough, Yukimura leaned towards the girl and kissed her gently on the lips.
With that, Emily's world came crashing down.
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