It is day 2 of our training camp today and we are running laps around the courts. The regulars of Seigaku and Hyoutei are running laps around the courts to train up their stamina.

All of us were panting and gasping for breath, then Tezuka ran beside me and asked.

"Are you alright Ryoko?" he asked with a worried look on his face.

"Don't worry Tezuka, I have already taken my medicine this morning. I am perfectly fine." I replied while smiling back at him.

"By the way, if any of you didn't finished one lap in sixty seconds. You have to drink this." Inui explained while holding the Inui juice.

"WHAT?! ANYTHING BUT THAT! OH MY GOD! THAT JUICE?" I thought to myself and my face went pale just by looking at that juice that gave out a weird color.

"Don't worry! This juice is an advancement of the last. It will bring your potential to the next level by 89%." Inui smirked at the juice.

"No way! I definitely don't want to drink that juice! Definitely no way!" Kikumaru whined.

"Come on Seigaku! Run!" Oishi shouted and started running as if he was running for his life.

Then I heard someone was talking to the arrogant Atobe. A guy with long blue hair, wearing glasses. I heard from Ryoma that he is called Yushi Oshitari, the genius of Hyoutei. He has the ability copy opponent moves. He is a really strong player.

"Atobe, what is with that juice?" Yushi asked.

"I am not very sure…. Let us ask Seigaku….." Atobe said while he turned to find that Seigaku players including me have already dashed in front of the laps. All of the regulars of Hyoutei sweat dropped and they try to keep up with us.

"Hey! Why on earth you guys are running so fast now?" Atobe asked while he trying to keep up with us.

All of the Seigaku regulars face turned really pale even Tezuka. Even though Tezuka and I had never drank that juice of hell. I could already imagine how the juice would taste like! Ryoma describe to me before. I swear that I will never want to drink it.

"Hey! Gorilla women! What up with that juice?" Atobe asked while he finally caught up with Tezuka and me. I am very angry with him. Why on earth he keeps calling me Gorilla?

"My name is not Gorilla women! My suggestion is stop talking and keep running!" I shouted and ran even faster than before. Tezuka was running beside me.

"But why you guys are running so fast now?" Atobe asked.

"Well, monkey king if you don't want to drink the Inui's juice, I suggest that you run like you've never run before." Ryoma said.

"My name is not monkey king. Ore-sama has a beautiful name! And it's called K-"

"We don't care about your name is right now! Just RUN!" I interrupted Atobe off before he could finish.

Half an hour later, we were still running our laps but then after most of the Seigaku andHyoutei pass through the drinking grounds. Momoshiro, Kikumaru and two other regulars from Hyoutei have been stopped by Inui since they already fail. They took more than sixty second to run one laps.

One of the Hyoutei regulars has short dark red hair and he has a slight feminine appearance, he is called Gakuto Mukahi. I heard that he has acrobatic skills rivaling and even surpassing Kikumaru in our school. Another who has has messy blonde hair which goes past chin-length and he has brown eyes, I think he is called Jirou Akutagawa. He played tennis by using his play style, which focuses on returning balls directly from the net using his very flexible wrists.

Inui passed the cup of Inui juice to the four of them. Both of Momoshiro and Kikumaru face turned pale and they looked at each other.

"Hey! Seigaku! What up with this juice?" Gakuto asked.

"This is called Inui's juice. We fail the practice of running one lap in sixty seconds." Momoshiro said.

"I don't know about this. This juice color is a bit weird…" Gakuto said while staring at the juice.

"Even though the color of the juice is a bit weird but Inui said that it is good for the health! Come on Gakuto lets drink it!" Jirou said excitedly to Gakuto.

"All right then." Gakuto said while he and Jirou drank the Inui juice.

There was a moment of silent. All of us are staring at Gakuto and Jirou. Both of them were very quiet. Out of sudden a guy who was wearing a blue cap looked at us. I think he is Ryō Shishido he came forward and asked,

"Oi, Gakuto! Jirou! Why are the both of you so quiet?"

He went forward and poked the two of them. The both of them fell aimlessly backwards.

"Gakuto! Jirou! What the hell is going on?" Shishido shouted and went to shake both of them.

"Kikumaru-senpai, this is our turn. Cheers! To our death." Momoshiro said to Kikuamru and both of them drank the Inui-juice. Then as what we expected the both of them fall to the ground.

"Sigh… This is why I asked them to run as fast as they can." I said.

Atobe stared at me and said,

"Why aren't you drinking the juice, I was hoping to see you faint."

"Why you don't drink the juice yourself?" I stared angrily at him.

"What kind of juice is that?" Atobe asked.

"This is called the juice of hell. Other words if you fail the practice you will get to drink this juice made by Inui. In my suggestion you guys better worked hard if you don't want to end up like your teammates." I explained.

"Don't worry; I'm sure ore-sama won't end up like them. You should keep those words to yourself you gorilla women."

"Stop calling me that you MONKEY!"

"What?" Atobe glared at me. The two of us then started arguing again. Meanwhile, while we were arguing with each other, I felt eyes on us. The regulars were standing at one side and sighing.

"There they go again …" Oishi said.

"Will they ever stop fighting with each other?" Yushi said.

"They kinda reminds me of Momo and Kaidoh." Fuji said while smirking at Tezuka.

"They sure get along well." Oishi continued.

"WE DO NOT GET ALONG WELL!" We shouted in unison and looking at the regulars.

Tezuka walked away.

Tezuka POV:

Atobe and Ryoko do get along well, even though it seemed like they are arguing with each other. But, what is this feeling I am getting? I feel like my heart is in agony and that my chest is so tight that it's making me so hard to breathe. Is this what they call jealousy?

Then Fuji walked over to me and said,

"What's wrong Tezuka? Jealous that Ryoko and Atobe are getting along really well with each other?"

"Fuji." I called out to him.

"Yeah?"

"Shut up." I blushed a little. Fuji giggled.

"Geez Tezuka, why not just admit that you like Ryoko. Anyone can see how you feel about Ryoko. Well, anyone but Ryoko. You should just ask her out." Fuji said and walked away.

Ryoko POV:

Why did Tezuka walked away? I thought to myself.

"Hey! Gorilla girl!" A voice break my concentration.

I knew that voice from anywhere, there is only one person in the entire world that would call me that. Atobe.

"What is it monkey king?" I turned around.

"Ore-sama, have a beautiful name and it is not monkey king! Why do you call me monkey king?" Atobe asked.

"While Ryoma called you that and I must admit you really look like the monkey king! Further more you are calling me gorilla!" I glared at him.

"You really look like a gorilla while you are swinging your tennis bag towards me yesterday while you are pulling your bag." Atobe said.

"I have already apologized!" I shouted.

"So? No one dares to hurt Ore-sama face."

"Like I even care." I said.

"Guys! We are going to have a tennis match right now!" Oishi stated.

"What? We just ran through the laps! Now we are having the tennis match?" Kawamura stated.

"What about the four of them who had just fainted?" I asked.

Everyone stared at Inui who made the juice of hell.

"Don't worry everyone, they will be fine by tomorrow. Well, probably."Inui explained.

"Probably?" everyone sweat dropped.

I sighed. Yushi secretly asked Fuji

"Were all of your practices like this?"

"Hmm… yeah. Mostly Ryoko and Tezuka didn't get to drink the Inui's juice." Fuji explained.

"Since there are not enough players here right now, Oishi will become the judge and I will just stand down here to collect the data." Inui stated.

"But, who will start first?" Fuji asked.

"We will begin the match by drawing lots so there will not be any unfairness towards anyone." Oishi said while holding the wooden sticks in a container.

"We will start with Ryoma. Ryoma please draw a stick." Oishi stated.

Ryoma approaches Oishi and draw a stick from the container.

"Who are you up against?" I asked.

"Yushi Oshitari." Ryoma replied.

"Alright, both of you please proceed to the tennis courts." Oishi said.

Then, Atobe snapped his fingers. Suddenly, maids and servants came to provide him with chair and a ice-cold drink for the hot day.

"What the hell?! Did he really think that he is a king? I am so annoyed of him!" I thought to myself.

"Hey, are you jealous that Ore-sama is provided with these?" Atobe smirked at me.

"Who the hell is jealous of you?" I glared at him

"Ryoma don't dare you lose to him!" I shouted.

"Don't worry, he dares to call you names, I will definitely win this match." Ryoma said it confidently.

They begin the match, at first Ryoma is having some trouble but after he should his special skills he is able to win the match of 5-7. This guy is really strong to be able to push Ryoma this far. After that Tezuka draws another wooden stick where he played against Munehiro Kabaji. I was a bit worry for him since he is such a huge size.

"Tezuka, be careful in your match. Don't overstrain yourself." I said.

"Yes, of course." Tezuka replied and he patted my shoulders.

Bu-dump! This feeling that I have for the past few weeks is getting difficult to hold it in my heart. I have asked Ryoga nii-san before. Can I really find love again? This question is really getting on my nerves! I don't know what to do! Does Tezuka have the same feelings as I have? What happen if he don't? The thought of that just made me shiver.

"Ryoko? Ryoko! Are you alright? Are you sick? Are you feeling unwell due to the laps that we ran just now? Why don't you take a break?" Oishi asked.

I looked up at Oishi.

"Ryoko, do you want to call the day off?" Tezuka said while I can feel right from his eyes that he was worry about me.

"Don't worry, I..I.. I'm fine. I just need a break." I replied while smiling at Tezuka.

Tezuka nodded while he began the match. I was cheering him on in my mind that he will win against Kabaji. The match ended with 3-6. Tezuka has won the match. I was so happy and I am smiling brightly at him.

Tezuka is feeling happy that Ryoko is smiling at him, but he cannot express the feeling for Ryoko now. He just cannot. Tezuka thought to himself.

Next match begins with Fuji versus Shishido. The match ended with 6-7 which Shishido lost the match. I must admit that was a really good match. The next match is Kawamura and Ohtori where Kawamura lost the match with 5-7.

"Oh, well Ryoko. Next is your turn. Are you alright to be in the match?" Oishi asked.

"Yes. I am feeling better now. I can be in the match." I said and I draw a wooden stick from the container.

When I saw the name, I nearly fainted. Why I am so unlucky to be pairing up with him? I thought to myself. The wooden stick shows the monkey king name Keigo Atobe.

"Who is Ore-sama opponent?" Atobe asked.

"Me…" I slowly raised my hand up.

"Heh, Looks like this is going be an easy win." Atobe scoffed at me. I twitched

"You will rue the day you call me gorilla." I glared at him.

The match started with him leading but I manage to overcome by wining barely against with 4-6. It was really a rough match. Any further might cause a relapse in my illness and I am getting pale with all the running of laps and having the rough match.

"Are you alright Ryoko? You are really pale." Tezuka asked.

"Yeah, just tired. I just need a little break don't worry." I replied.

"Tonight is our last night here. Don't catch a cold. Tomorrow we will just have a little team bonding then we can go home." Tezuka said.

"Thanks. Don't worry. I will skip my dinner for now and head to bed." I said.

I walked to the mansion, towards my room. Then I saw Tezuka following me.

"Tezuka?" I said.

"I..I'll walk you to your room." Tezuka said.

"T-Thanks..." I blushed.

"Day 2 of training with Hyoutei just pass by so quickly, I wonder how day 3 going to be like?" I thought to myself as fall asleep.

DAY 3

After we have our breakfast we are told to assemble at the track. Momoshiro, Kikumaru, Gakuto andJirou had recovered from the Inui's juice Inui had given yesterday.

"Today it is our last day of training camp together. Let just have a little team bonding together." Oishi stated.

"We are going to have a little run again. But this is a little different. Two of you are going to tie your legs again and run forward with the support of another. All of you are going to try this activity. Again we are going to use the lots." Inui explained.

I went to pick the lots and I sigh… why my luck is going downhill lately? I was being pair up again with the monkey king Atobe.

"Come, let just start the event! This is fun!" Kikumaru stated.

Both Atobe and I glared at each other and proceed to tie our legs together. Our arms were supporting each other. Then I found that Ryoma is with Kabaji, Tezuka is with Fuji. Yushi is with Hiyoshi. There are four pairs of people including Atobe and I.

"Alright go!" Oishi shouted.

Both of us tried to run as fast as we can but since we hated each other so much, I ended up tripping over his leg and ended up on top of Atobe instead.

"SO HEAVY! You are really a gorilla you know!" Atobe shouted at me.

"Do you think I want to be in this position?!"I shouted back at him and pulled myself away from him but ended up falling back down on him again.

"This is ridiculous! Listen Monkey King! We have to get up together! This is teamwork! Monkey king! Even though I don't like it." I glared at him.

"Alright! Ore-sama will cooperate this time." Atobe said.

The both of us supporting each other and slowly got up but then Atobe move a bit too fast. And we collapse again.

Tezuka POV:

I was being pair up with Fuji, and then I saw Ryoko and Atobe were holding each other. This is really making my heart uncomfortable.

"Jealous again?"

I glared back at Fuji .Then I saw that the both of them slowly wanted to get up but then they collapse again. This time Atobe fell on top of Ryoko.

Immediately, I untied the knot that was binding me and Fuji together and I ran towards Ryoko.

"Ryoko, are you alright?" I asked. She looked up on me.

"Yeah I'll be fine once this asshole is not ON TOP OF ME! GET OFF ME YOU OBNOXIOUS CREEP!"

Fuji also came over and help Atobe up as I helped to get Ryoko up.

"Thanks for the help Tezuka." Ryoko smiled and thank me.

That smile again! The smile that makes me nervous and anxious. I am really happy that Ryoko can smile at me now. I never want to lose the smile. I want her to be happy. If she is happy so I will be happy. I thought to myself.

"Ryoko, take a break. " I helped her to the bench.

"Okay."

"Ryoko…."

"Yes?"

"Nothing…"

Ryoko POV:

After we have the team bonding, it's time for us to end the training camp. We went back to our rooms and packed our belongings.

The bus came around afternoon and everyone boarded the bus.

"Gorilla woman! I am looking forward to the match on next week." Atobe shouted.

"I am not a Gorilla woman! Monkey king." I shouted.

"See you guys on the match." Tezuka said.

The bus drove off and we began the long journey back to Seigaku. It was really a long journey and I felt that Tezuka has been staring at him for a long time. "What is he going to say to me this morning?" I thought to myself.

"Ryoko? Excited about the match?" Ryoma asked.

"You bet I am!" I replied.

Cannot wait for the match and show the monkey king what I am made of! Prepare to lose Monkey king!

Here is the next chapter of simplest love! sorry it took so long! I have a lot of things to go through as I have a new story to write and my exams are coming soon. Thanks for all the support that you guys have given me I hope to receive more reviews that will really help me to write more and you guys will get your updates faster!