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When something is in Italic it means that it is a thought and for anyone that might not know, POV means Point of View.
The names here are not like in Japan, the last name (also known as surname or family name) goes last.
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Kitti Atobe POV
"Ouch! That hurt! What did I do?" Jirou says rubbing his ear and looking confused.
"I received a very interesting call today at lunch… Do you want to guess what is it about? Here is the hint: It involves me, fortune telling Pocky and love." I say angry.
He blushes for a bit avoiding my gaze. "Who told you?..."
"I am an Atobe! I may not act like Keigo but when something happens and it involves me or people I care about, it will soon be told to me! Now… Who told me doesn't matter… What matters is what you said."
"I said that I love you." He says serious looking me in the eyes. "I thought me saying that was something you would like to hear…"
I slap him and he looks at me hurt and sad. "No! You said that you got the 'object of your desire' but the truth is that you did meet me carrying your gift that was the rare edition of Pocky that you wanted! And love… You love me as a friend and you know that! The same way I love you now… My feelings changed and you know it! So don't you dare lie to me! Don't break my heart again Jirou! I won't forgive you as easily this time!"
"But that is what I am trying to do! Protect your heart and our friendship!" He says looking desperate.
"No! That's not what you are doing! You hurt Chi-chan because you saw that she might have feelings for you! That you might have feelings for her too! Your heart was broken and now you are afraid that it might happen again!"
"I…"
"She hurt you! She betrayed you! And she did all that after she convinced you too push me away saying that I was jealous of you! Which I was in some level but I wanted your happiness and she was going to bring you only pain! Only later you found out the truth, but then our friendship was already damaged… But you still did your best to repair it! You went to England after me for gods sake!"
"And I would do that again! You were my true friend and letting her come between us was a mistake that I won't do it again!" He says serious.
"Chiharu won't come between us and you know it! She is different and my friend too! And deep down you know I am right! You are scared, because the first time you had a girlfriend she was the worst girlfriend you could ask for! Don't close yourself to the world! If you do, then you are the one hurting yourself! You are the one that can be your worst enemy but I won't let that happen!"
He looks at me and then shakes his head with a ghost of a smile on his face.
"Damn! If you and Pocky say so… You must be right…"
"Pocky? What are you talking about?" I ask confuse.
"My fortune telling Pocky said that sometimes I can be my worst enemy." He says and I giggle.
He sits down with his back on the tree and I sit by his side.
"I messed up… What should I do now?" He asks me.
I sigh. "I will talk to Chi-chan… Tell her that you didn't mean 'love' in that way, but as friends… And also tell her that I was carrying the special edition Pocky that you wanted and that the Pocky was your object of your desire!"
"And then what?" He asks.
"How am I supposed to know? I will explain to her that you didn't mean as you said but the rest is up to you… The ball is in your court Romeo!"
"Thank you Kitti-hime! I couldn't ask for a better best friend!" He says smiling.
"No need to thank me… What are ex fake wives for if not this?" I say smiling and he laughs.
We stay in the ground in silence for a while. "What else happened?" Jirou says breaking the silence.
"What you mean?" I ask confuse.
"What else got you angry? Something tells me that I can't get full credit for that…" He says smiling.
I tell Jirou about Ryoma, telling about how we met to the events of today when Ryoma stopped talking to me. After I tell him, he starts to laugh.
"Why are you laughing?" I ask.
"I guess I can take full credit for getting you angry after all…" He says laughing and I raise an eyebrow. "He is jealous! You were on the phone and all he could hear was that a guy said he loved you and you call this guy with 'sama' on his name! Come on! He thinks you love me!"
I start to blush. "Why would he be jealous?"
"Because obviously he might like you just like you like him!" He says smiling.
I blush even more. "I never said I like him!" I say.
Jirou looks at me serious. "You don't need to, like I never said to you that I might like Chi-chan… We just know each other too much. I… I will go easier on the guy because you are my best friend and you will need support especially because the others won't be that supportive."
"What you mean?" I ask confuse.
"Buchou won't like at all! Yukimura won't like it either! They are both your older brothers so they will probably be very intimidating… But the others like you very much and will be protective of you! You have two teams of friends that care for you and are protective of you! If this Ryoma is gutless he won't be able to handle all this… intensity." He says serious.
I don't say anything. I don't know how long it passed, all I know is that my head is spinning with thoughts regarding my feelings for Ryoma and the things Jirou said, especially the part where Ryoma might feel the same for me, something that I actually did not think it would happen.
"I will be playing a match against Marui-san from Rikkaidai on Saturday!" Jirou suddenly and I can see that he is trying to change the subject for one more easy and happy.
I giggle. "Really?"
"Yeah! Atobe-buchou got a practice match! We will play Rikkai and if I stop sleeping during practices, and practice really hard I will be able to play against Marui-san! Isn't that great?" He says super excited making me smile.
"Of course! I am sure Bun-chan will love playing against you! It will be a great birthday present for him!" I say excited.
"His birthday is this Saturday?" Jirou asks surprised.
"Yup! I already bought his present! I intent to go out with him, Jackal and Kirihara for his birthday! We will spend the early night with him and later he will go celebrate with his family! I will meet them after I finish the tryout for Seigaku of course!" I say happily.
"What did you buy him? And how are the tryouts on Seigaku be happening?" Jirou asks happy.
"Well… I bought him a portable cotton candy machine! And as for the tryouts… Well… I really don't know much about it… I only know what the rest of the girls know… The first day of tryouts for the boys is tomorrow, Thursday is the first day of the girls tryouts, Friday is the last day of the boys tryouts and Saturday is the last day of the girls tryouts!" I say happily.
"Well! Good luck on those tryouts Ki-chan!" I heard and I turn to see Keigo smiling at me.
"Shouldn't you be practicing Jirou? If you want to play again Marui-san than…" He starts to say and Jirou stands in a second interrupting him.
"I am on my way Buchou!" He says and then turns to me. "Thanks Kitti-hime!"
I smile. "You too Jirou-sama!"
He leaves, leaving me with Keigo that offers his hand to help me stand up.
"Your mood seems to have improved." He says smirking.
"It did Kei-chan! Jirou-sama has the tendency to make me feel better!" I say smirking and his smirk leaves his face, leaving on it a serious expression.
"Is it necessary to say that?"
"No. I just wanted to take this smirk off of your face!" I say giggling but then I become serious. "Jirou-sama and I are just friends. He is my best friend. And… I like someone else…"
Keigo doesn't say a thing and just studies me, making me blush.
"He might not even like me, but that doesn't change my feelings… I… I will call Seii-chan later and let him know that I am liking someone…"
"Who is he?" He asks serious.
"I am not telling you or Seii-chan! I am still insecure about my feelings and… He might not feel the same! I don't need you and Seii-chan trying to scare the boy out…"
"If he gets scared and can't handle than he isn't the guy for you. No one is the right guy for you."
"Kei… I don't actually believe you will scare him… I actually think you two would just tease and try to irritate the other… But that is not the point. Trust me Keigo! Don't you try to do anything 'cause if you ruin things for me in this… Just… Don't."
He looks at me, studying me and considering what I said. He sighs. "Fine. But if he breaks your heart…"
I giggle. "You, Seii-chan and the others are more than welcomed to defend me!"
He nods and starts walking towards the courts with me by his side. "Will you stay?"
"Actually no. I have to talk with Chiharu and then go back to Seigaku 'cause there is something I have to do there…"
"Ok. Make it fast 'cause Ore-sama wants his players to train hard so we can crush Rikkaidai this Saturday." He says and I roll my eyes.
"Fine."
I walk towards Chiharu that seems to be in another place, in the way I nod at Minka that smiles at me.
"Chiharu can I talk to you?" I say and she looks like is about to find some excuse to say no. "Please! It's important! I already asked Kei-chan and he allowed! I promise it will be fast and it won't get in the way of you practicing."
She nods and we walk away from the courts together.
"I received a call earlier regarding your conversation with Jirou-sama during lunch…" I say awkwardly.
"What?!" She says surprised and bit hurt.
"Please just let me finish… You misunderstood what Jirou-sama said… He said he loved me, and well… He does! As I love him too! But we love each other as friends!" I say and she looks surprised.
"But…"
"The thing with the object of desire, well… When he got this fortune he found himself before me while I was bringing to him a rare special edition of Pocky that he really wanted!"
"Oh!" She says surprise. "Then…"
"We are just friends! Well… Best friends actually but the meaning is the same!" I say and I can see the pain leaving her features.
We stay silent for a while. She is thinking about what I said when something seems to struck her and she blushes. "And you just told me this because…"
"Chi-chan… Well…" I start and realization strikes her.
"You know. Does he know?" She says red as a tomato.
I move awkwardly.
"You can't answer that because you are his best friend." She says.
"Please don't hurt him." Is all I say and she nods. "I gotta go 'cause I have something I have to do… See you soon! And if you want to talk, you can call me or something like that!"
She smiles and nods. "Thank you!"
Ryoma Echizen POV
I finish running with the rest of the team like buchou said. I am walking around the school looking for my things that the sempais took.
Why did I act like that with Kitti? And why am I feeling like this? Could I be jealous? No! Of course not! She doesn't even like me… She probably likes this Jirou-sama that said he loved her… Concentrate on playing Tennis!
Then my attention is caught by some noise on a tree in front of me. I look up and I see Kitti trying to keep her balance why reaching out to grab my bag.
"Kitti?" I say surprised and she looks at me losing her concentration and falling of the tree with my bag on her hands. I run to try and catch her but end up falling with her, although I did manage to protect her from hearting herself since she fell on me.
"Ow!" I say and she looks at me worried.
"Are you alright?" She asks making me look at her lips. She realizes were I am looking at and blushes while I also blush. She stands up and offers me a hand.
"Yeah…" I say quietly. "Are you?"
She nods embarrassed. "Yes… Thanks for breaking my fall…"
"No problem… I guess you probably wouldn't have fallen if I didn't surprise you so we are even…" I say quietly.
"I was trying to get this for you… Although I don't know why it was on a tree…" She says handing me my bag.
"Thanks… Some sempais took away from me 'cause I irritated them…"
"That's awful!" She says.
"He won't do it again." I say serious and she studies me for a while.
"Ryoma… I…" She starts but I interrupt her.
"I didn't think you would be coming back to school today. I thought you were going to meet the 'sama' that loves you." I say serious and she looks at me curiously.
"I did… It was a bit hard but in the end I guess he understood that he was afraid of his feelings and should give it a try with Chiharu…" She says and at first I am angry and then confused.
"Wait… What?"
"Well… Jirou-sama is my best friend for years now… He loves me as a friend as do I. His first girlfriend broke his heart and almost ruined our friendship… He likes this girl called Chiharu but was scared of getting hurt again so I went there to help him move past the fear… Hopefully they will be together now!" She says smiling and I feel like the weight of the world was taken off of me.
"Do you want to eat some burgers?" I say before I can think and she smiles.
"Sure! Do you mind my bodyguards following us?" She says.
"Of course not, they are here to keep you safe." I say serious and she smiles.
We go to McDonalds and in the way some people look at us realizing the bodyguards are following us. We eat and I feel a bit awkward to be eating while they just stand at a table close to the door. Kitti says that is alright 'cause that is their job, although I saw her giving Toya some money to buy burgers to everyone as her treat.
We talked and hang out and before she left I apologized for the way I behaved earlier and said I didn't know why I did that. She just nodded and left with a smile on her face.
I spent the rest of the day with the the moment when she fell and the image of her lips on my mind. Making me blush when my father teased me asking if I was distracted because I was liking someone. Could I be liking her?