Yukimura watched Marui the whole time during practice. He wanted to see if the pinkette was showing any signs of 'love'. Marui, however, showed no signs of being in love. The pink haired boy just acted like he usually did. 'Maybe I should just go up and ask', Yukimura thought.

"Marui-kun," Yukimura said as he walked over to the boy.

Looking up at his captain, Marui asked, "What is it buchou?"

The blue haired captain was about to ask him about the other day, when Kirihara cut him off, "We saw you with Echizen yesterday. What were you two doing together?"

Marui had been shocked by the question. 'They were there yesterday? That can't be good' he thought. 'Knowing Kirihara, he probably jumped to conclusions.' The pinkette knew he was right, because there was hardly a time when the wavy haired boy didn't jump to conclusions.

"We're two you on a date?" the dark haired boy asked, pretty much answering his thoughts.

Blowing a piece of gum, Marui grinned at the younger boy, "Wouldn't you like to know."

That made Akaya mad, and he knew it. Ever since the training camp before the nationals, Kirihara had fallen for Ryoma. Marui had known this because every time Kirihara saw the smaller boy, he'd blush, then look away as if he hadn't just been staring at Ryoma. 'It's a shame he doesn't realize it yet.'

"Enough chit chat!" Sanada yelled at them. "Marui, Kirihara, forty laps around the court!"

They both groaned. 'More laps' they thought. Practice was almost over, and they had to do twice as more laps than usual. 'I need to make this quick' Marui thought. 'We're supposed to be packing up for the move.'

He, Ryoma, and their parents were getting ready to move into their new house. He had to be finished packing by the end of the week, but he hadn't even started on his room. Hurrying up his last laps, he walked to the locker room and changed. He waved at Jackal as he ran out the school, breathing heavily.

….

Eiji had been in a daze since he got to practice. He was so out of it, that he hadn't even hugged his 'Ochibi' when he got in late.

"Kikumaru-senpai's been acting strange, "Ryoma said to Momo, whom he was getting ready to have a match with.

"Hm?" Momo asked. He looked over to where Kikumaru was stretching.

The red head had been pretty quiet the whole time, not saying many words. What made things strange, was that he had completely ignored Oishi all together. Every time his doubles partner either walked over to him or tried to talk to him, he'd either walk away or just tone him out.

"He has been a bit weird, I guess," Momoshiro said. "But then again, he's always been weird."

Ryoma didn't say anything to that. It was true, Eiji was a bit on the weird side, but he was never this bad. Pulling out a tennis ball, he got ready to serve. He'd find out what was going on with his sempai eventually.

"Saa, maybe he's in love," Fuji said with a smile, as he stared at his friend and classmate.

"Possibility he's in love, 80%," Inui said. "Data."

Fuji turned to Oishi, who had been standing ten feet away from him. "Do you know why he's like this?"

Oishi kept staring at his ex, "A little."

He saw no point in lying to Fuji, the brunette would have found out eventually. Oishi knew that Eiji was ignoring him due to the breakup, but he had no idea why the other was acting as if he was in love. 'He couldn't be', Oishi thought. 'Unless…He couldn't have possibly met someone so soon after our breakup, could he?' He didn't want to believe that in such a short amount of time, Eiji fell for someone else. 'It's just not possible.'

"A little?" Fuji asked curiously. He couldn't help but be suspicious about that. "Did something happen between you two?"

Closing his eyes, Oishi told him, "I broke up with him two days ago."

That got every, but Tezuka's attention. The stoic captain was in a meeting with their coach, Ryuzaki. Momo got hit in the head with the tennis ball Ryoma had served, when he paused before hitting it. Kaidou had stopped running around the court. Inui was writing quickly in his notebook. "Data."

Getting off the ground, Momo ran over to where Oishi was stand and gripped the gate. The sudden movement caused Oishi to back up in shock. "Why did you break up with Eiji-sempai?!"

"It is a shock to know that you were the one doing the breaking up," Fuji said. His eyes opened, revealing two pairs of pretty blue eyes. "I would have thought Eiji would be the one doing it."

"Why do you say that?" Oishi asked.

"Oishi-senpai seems more committed," Ryoma had said. It wasn't that he thought Kikumaru wasn't serious about the relationship, but rather, it was the fact that he didn't seem like the type that was ready to settle down. After all, they were still in High School.

(Eiji)

On the other side of the court Kikumaru was quietly listening to the conversation. He knew everyone was worried about him, but not to the point that they would gang up on Oishi to get answers. 'Even O'chibi is worried' he thought. Eiji would have went over to them to stop their 'interrogation' but decided against. Kikumaru kind of felt liked Oishi deserved.

"I'm a horrible person," he thought.

In the back of his, he could hear Choutarou's soft voice tell him, 'You're not a horrible person, Kikumaru-sempai. You're one of the nicest people I know.' Just the thought of the taller boy, made him blush. The mini chibi inside his head was screaming in pure excitement. 'That's right,' Eiji thought. 'I'm supposed to be meeting him after practice.

A smile formed on his face. 'I can't wait.' Getting up from his spot on the ground, he looked over to where the others were still standing.

"O'chibi, play with me!" he yelled to Ryoma who had noticed the red head running over to the court gate.

(Ryoma)

'His attitude changed' he thought as he left out the court. He had won by default against Momo anyways. "Kikumaru-senpai."

Eiji smiled at his kouhei, as he glomped the tiny boy. Ryoma grunted in annoyance, but he was actually happy to have the other back to normal. Though, he felt that Kikumaru would still ignore Oishi.

They went to the third court, where they had a simple practice match. It took a while, since Eiji kept rallying, but in the end Ryoma won 6-4.

"That was pretty fun," Kikumaru said as he swung his racket onto his shoulder. "Don't you think so?"

"Mada mada dane," Ryoma said with a smirk.

"Regulars, twenty laps. Freshmen, pick up balls," they heard Tezuka yell.

The two boys jumped. They hadn't even seen known the brown haired captain was there.

"Tezuka can be so scary, huh O'chibi?" Eiji said with a smile, as they left the court to start their laps.

"Usiu," Ryoma replied.

They had started their laps, when they heard Inui say, "Last one to finish gets a taste of my new drink."

Everyone but Fuji cringed in disgust. The tensai just smiled and said, "That looks delicious."

'There's no way I'm drinking that' Ryoma thought as he sped up. Eiji was right beside. He didn't want to drink it, nor have Choutarou smell it on him.

I didn't know what to come up with for a name for Inui's juice, so I left if blank. I hope you liked it though.