Thanks so much for reading this far! Special shout-out to those who reviewed, my angels, as well as those who faved, followed, and C2d the story.
I'm so sorry for taking so long to update now. T_T I just have a hard time juggling school, fanart-making, my Facebook life, and all those bunnies on different stories on different fandoms. xD
Anyway, since the 2-part Week of Eccentricity is kinda filler-ey, I'm probably gonna finish the next chapter sooner… Granted, as always, that most of my angels already read this chapter by then.
Whatever the case, feel free to tell me whatever you thought and I'd appreciate every single feedback you will send me. ;)
DISCLAIMER: I WISH I own Prince of Tennis
WARNING: filler episodes from the anime literally compressed, so I apologize if so many events are 'breeze throughs'. xD
2. Minimal Pillar pair moments. Gomen nasai… I'll put more on the next chap, I swear!
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CHAPTER XXXVIII: A Week of Eccentricity – Part I
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A few years ago
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Small bespectacled brown orbs followed a small, yellow, ball get passed from one side of the courts to another. He was still small, it seemed, since the gate and fences were especially big. He was standing at the gate of a public court watching children play tennis.
There were four of them and they were playing by twos. One team consisted of two very different looking people, while the other was the complete opposite. One had silver hair, one had blue, and two had dark black hair with shades of green.
He felt his heart beat faster and faster as they hit ball after ball so skilfully, and the fact that they were all having so much fun and joy. But then, out-of-nowhere, the smaller of the black-haired children suddenly laughed, making him feel all warm inside. And then, as if feeling his gaze, she whipped her head to him…
…and smiled.
Tezuka's eyes opened abruptly.
He stared at the ceiling for a while and absorbed the fact that he just had a dream. He closed his eyes for a few seconds and turned his head to the side table, noting that he wasn't groggy at all. But he looked at the clock and saw that it was barely 2 in the morning.
He rested the back of his neck on his soft pillow again and further looked at the ceiling to ponder about his dream. It wasn't everyday he could recall them so clearly after all… and, in fact, he was partly sure it was more of a memory than a dream.
He was still so young back then…, and he accidentally watched them play when his father brought him with him in America for a business trip. He frowned… due to various emotions, and he touched his forehead. Again.
He remembered now…
That was the reason he started playing tennis.
…
It was early Sunday morning that day and Reina woke up quite refreshed. She turned her head and heard a gentle 'meow', making her grin as she sat up. She patted her feline, who gladly relished her touch.
Reina chuckled when she saw Karupin fall asleep again, before turning her head to her side table, where her phone lied passively. Her petite, calluosed, hands took it slowly and she checked her mail. The usual texts from Sakuno, Ann, and Hona was there saying their respective 'good nights' she often failed to reply since she was already asleep. She replied to them with 'good mornings' before finally dialling her voice mail.
"Ohayou." She smiled, the moment the other person picked up the phone. As always, a warm feeling enveloped her every time she heard his voice.
"Ohayou."
"How's your arm?"
"It's fine. Don't worry about it." He answered but she titled her head in puzzlement and worry.
"You sound strained."
There was a pause. "I was supposed to go to my grandfather's tomorrow…"
"But…?"
"I don't think I have the energy to face him, at the moment." He admitted bitterly and she stared at the ceiling and tried to look for a good response. None came.
"Is that so…" She paused. "Well there's no rush, is there?"
"We never know with my grandfather." He said, obviously pondering exactly that. There was silence afterwards and Reina waited patiently for his reply. It came, and what he was about to say sounded important. "…Reina…"
"…yes?"
"…nothing."
She blinked, and raised an eyebrow. Seriously?, she mused in disbelief and voiced it out. "Seriously?"
"Ah."
She frowned. What was he holding back, she wondered. But considering everything that happened, she didn't want to pressure him. Speaking of which…
"Do you want to hang out?"
"I'd love to…, but I'm discouraged to move around." He said. "You shouldn't worry about me."
"I can come there if you want…"
"It's fine." He said, almost dismissively. "Go and have some time for yourself."
She stared at her phone. "If you say so…" She mumbled, a little bitterly, since he was basically asking some distance as well. "But I can accompany you tomorrow right?" She didn't want him to go to the hospital without her again.
There was a small sigh on the other line, telling her he smiled a bit. "Very well."
She, too, smiled. "See you soon."
…
That day, Reina decided to jog around to release some stress, clear her mind, and escape from house chores. She eventually ran to Kaidoh, who was just basically yelled at by a woman for almost 'hurting' her cute little puppy. She smirked at the sight, her senpai really had a scary face but he was all mushy inside.
Hona was the live witness to that.
Speaking of Hona—
"Ne, senpai, where's Hona?" she asked nonchalantly and he flinched at her sudden appearance. He was just jogging not expecting to see anyone he knew… especially when that person probably saw the little embarrassing scene that happened earlier. But more importantly, he had to hide his blush as an image of Hona floated above his head.
"How should I know?"
"Well, I just thought you'd know…" she muttered, having an expectation that they would always be together. In Kaidoh's case, she was expecting that Hona would be jogging with him and cheering him on. She shrugged, maybe she'll just ask her by phone later.
Kaidoh whipped his head to the side. "Okay, where's Fuji-senpai then?"
One of her brows raised. "How should I know?"
"Isn't he your boyfriend?"
"*cough* Of course not."
Kaidoh batted an eyelid. "Eh."
Ryoma sighed. Darnit all, and all the misunderstandings that that sadist-wanabee started. "He was just bored – and since when have I responded to his insanities?"
"…"
"Anyway…" she muttered and then postured to run, Kaidoh did the same. But as they stepped forward, the other seemed to go to the other direction and hence they pretty much block each other's way. Veins appeared all around them and soon enough their run turned to a jogging race.
…
One exhausting hour later… the two ended up somewhere… and their steps halted when a group of kids suddenly yelled "ECHIZEN RYOMA! SUGOI!" Or something like that. They suddenly ran around only to end up bumping to Kaidoh.
Kaidoh's eyes twitched in annoyance while Ryoma's eyes ended up somewhere interesting. She couldn't help her smirk.
It was kind of a long story, so to make it short: Shiba-san put Kaidoh's photo under her name, and apparently she got a fan (the kid running around) due to the article.
The aforementioned kid thought Kaidoh was her because of this, she pretended to be Horio, and the kid challenged Momo's fan/neighbour (who was his friend – yes, small world) that Ryoma-Kaidoh was better than him.
Eiji, being as helpful as ever, (and appearing out-of-nowhere) suggested and umpired the match after successfully putting drama and convincing Kaidoh to pretend for the kid.
"Ah~ poor kid…" He mumbled in feign sadness, showing his back to Kaidoh. He was so having fun with this.
"F-Fine."
And so the match begun, with the kid incessantly shouting her techniques at Kaidoh when he was about to hit the balls, rendering him unable to hit properly… and thus looking quite like an idiot.
Everything was pretty entertaining that day, and she felt much more relaxed – sure, she (along with Momo and Eiji) made Kaidoh snap – but it really was fun. When Kaidoh eventually snapped, though, he revealed his own identity and techniques—earning himself a new fan.
She stared at the admiring children.
…and then she suddenly remembered how they must've looked like as children.
She smiled. They were good memories.
…
Monday. That day she could oversleep again given that it was mixed-club day… a school activity that would start later in the morning. She was able to maximize that fact now, however, and actually did oversleep. She ate her breakfast and got ready and waited for Momoshiro since Tezuka was resting in his house.
Eventually, Momoshiro arrived.
She heard a whistle from behind her. It was her brother, grinning slyly. "Ne, Momoshiro! Where's your cute girlfriend?"
He turned as red as a tomato. "Ryoga-san!"
Ryoma just sighed, not particularly in the mood to listen to that particular topic. She would just miss him all over again. "Let's go senpai… My brother's just lonely since he doesn't have one yet."
Momoshiro cackled. "Ouch!"
And it did… for Ryoga was then a statue.
…
As they walked to school, Momo had finally asked the question that had bothered him since they left the temple.
"Ne, Echizen. How come your brother doesn't have a girlfriend? I mean, he's… got pretty much everything a girl could ask for."
Ludwig scoffed. "Yeah, right. Maybe you should turn into a girl."
Momo's eyes jerked and Ryoma just shrugged. "Oh, he had one. Only one – his whole life."
Momo whistled. He should be in his late teenage years now and only one girlfriend? "For such a good-looking and athletic guy like him, you'd expect him to act more like a lady-killer."
"Why'd they break up, then?" Ludwig asked obviously regretting the fact that he actually did. Momoshiro smirked.
"Ehh… You're too young to be interested in thes—"
"I'm a kid, bushybrows, I'm supposed to be curious."
"Touche, Ludwig. And it's good that you're actually learning from me."
"What's so good about him learning that hideous nickname?!"
"It's funny." She smiled and Ludwig sneered.
"Che. Just answer the question old hag."
Twitch
"Hell I will."
"Come on, Echizen. Is it a secret?"
"Well, not really."
"Then we won't stop bugging you until you blurt it out."
Her eyes jerked. 'Curse it.'
"Come now…" Momo smiled slyly and she just sighed. It's not like Ryoga's keeping it from anyone, anyway.
"She used to be my body guard. But when we had to move here, they had to separate. Besides, she immediately got a new job there… so…"
"Hmm… A less dramatic scenario than I would have imagined…"
"You watch too many soap operas."
He blushed. "I do not!"
"Sure you don't." She shrugged and hastened her pace to the gate. She omitted the fact that their break-up really was kind of dramatic, given Ryoga and Maria was quite… cheesy.
Momo growled in embarrassment.
"Oi! ECHIZEEENN!" he yelled, only to be ignored. Reina was recalling those days and felt like laughing. She was not exposed to the two's Public displays of Affection yet. Seichi and Keigo made sure of that…
She only appreciated it now, more than half a decade later.
…
SEIGAKU MIDDLE SCHOOL
They ended up in their school gates with a large banner over the entrance with Mixed club day! Written all over it. Everyone (well almost) was excited of this day, wherein students could arbitrarily play at sports club wherein they did not belong to.
Ryoma and Momo stared at each other and smirked, before parting ways. And as always, as everyone would realize an hour later, every one of the tennis team's regulars shined.
The golden duo showed off their cooperation in volleyball, Inui his monstrous calculating and Kawamura's powershots (and bad English accent) in baseball, Momoshiro with his awesome dunks, and Kaidoh with his boomerang snake (and lack of passion – or just knowledge – on sports other than tennis).
The children were allowed to play, too. Michael was extremely big for his age, and was thus allowed to play soccer. Kumi tried out badminton, while Ludwig… well, he said it was a secret.
Ryoma was going for Ping Pong – a sport she had never tried before. She brought with her a Ping Pong for dummies guide, which much to her perplexity amused Ludwig. Sure, he was only smirking – but she could so see that smug look on his face-
"Echizen Ryoma." A voice emitted from behind her. She lazily turned back and saw a kid with glasses dribbling a small ball with his ping pong… racket. He then started muttering about its time for his 'legacy' to end or something.
"Who was that?" Ludwig, who had just walked in, asked her.
"Who knows…" She shrugged and stared at him. "You're going to play here?"
"Yeah. I'm too small for football."
She gaped at him, finally deducing why he looked so arrogant. "Ehh. You better give me a good game then."
"Assuming you reach the championship." He said pompously. Were they hanging out too much? He sure was turning like a miniature male version of her. Well, at least he was talking relatively long sentences now…
And so, Ryoma only smirked. "Likewise."
…
A few games later, she proved to be successful in holding to her side of the challenge… and pretty easily too, and so it was Ludwig's turn to prove his side by battling the odd boy that approached her earlier.
"Musashi vs. Lienstein!"
The boy seemed extremely annoyed for getting a 6-year old as an opponent. He was a ping pong prodigy for goodness' sakes!
But he ate those words. Bitterly.
He put up a good fight – he had won 26 international battles out of the 26 official matches that he played, after all. But he still lost by 2 points.
"Shikussooooo." He mumbled and continued ranting as he punched the floor. "I… I should have won the champi—"
"Poor floor." Ryoma commented catching his attention.
"Your team must be weak, to have someone like you as a regular…" Ludwig muttered enflaming Musashi, and catching her by surprirse. "… and you must be too, to have to quit the club just to join the tournament where you are sure to win."
Ryoma internally smiled proudly. 'I couldn't have said it any other way—' Then, she blinked.., and stared at the ceiling momentarily as if to see if something interesting was there. In retrospect, that may have been too harsh… you know, coming from a 6-year old foreigner. She quickly thought of something, since it was kind of her responsibility to make this kid into a responsible adult. She was not being a good example.
"Our team is strong because it's… loved." She whispered out-of-nowhere thinking of a certain buchou. The eyes of the two people who could heard widened slightly. She pulled down her hat. It was an embarrassing thing to say to people that was not Mitsu. The boy stood up and glared at her.
"I'll return to the Ping Pong club and make it stronger. And then I'll come back and challenge you."
She smiled by a millimetre, she was glad but she just couldn't stop being Ryoma at the moment. "Kind of embarrassing for a regular to challenge – no, aim – to beat a player that is not even a Ping Pong player, ne?"
"Che." The boy muttered acting offended – which he was, in a sense—but he was still a tad relieved, anyway. Besides, what was he doing saying that to the other freshman when he wasn't even the one who beat him?
The championship came and Ryoma won 21-25 by using tennis as a style for Ping pong. This annoyed Ludwig, of course.
"Cheater."
"It's called resourcefulness, kiddo. Learn from the master."
He looked away in irritation, "Che."
But she mentally smiled, she knew it was just childish annoyance. She liked childish. Well… Ludwig needed to be childish. He was 6 years old, after all.
And she was glad she was a part of it.
…
The rest of the week had been uneventful. Ryoma and Tezuka usually went to the hospital after practice, and Friday was supposedly not an exemption. However, Tezuka made a point that she need not accompany him every day, especially on a Friday. She said she wanted to, and he changed the 'need not' to simply' not.
That Friday, there was no practice so they could go earlier than usual. And since Kunimitsu had to go to his check-up and her brother who-knew-where, Momo would walk her home. The odd part was he seemed almost groggy. She was not used to Momo being groggy.
"What's wrong Momo-senpai?"
He just smiled. "Nothing, really. And where's Ludwig?"
"He's with Michael and Kumi." She answered and then abruptly squinting her eyes. "You have a date with Ann-chan?"
He blushed.
"I can walk home from here, you know…" She said stoically. It was still early…
Momoshiro flinched at the offer, feeling a tad guilty. "N-No. Ha-ha. It's fine, I still have an hour."
"So, what's the problem, then?"
"Ann-chan… there's just something off…" he said watching the pavement, and Ryoma just gaped at him incredulously.
"Hm… Are you sure you're not being paranoid? Someone like you wouldn't be able to sense that."
"H-How rude!"
"It's true."
"B-But…"
"What happened?"
He turned to into a strawberry with black leaves as he uttered incoherent sentences. "I… sort of tried t-to m-make o-out with her but she pushed me away a-and then looked at me as if I was a monster…"
Make-out… "What is that?"
Steam came out of his ears. "Nothing…"
"Really? Why are you so bothered then?"
"I-It's embarrassing!"
"How?"
"GAH!"
"I won't help you, then."
"Okay. Okay!" He yelled in defeat and then conditioned himself to speak as coherently as possible. But then he stared at the small figure beside him.
"Maybe not."
"Oi." Ryoma frowned and then she winced instantaneously as someone from behind her answered the question.
"Making out is something like kissing. Only more passionate." Inui stated out-of-nowhere, with his handy-dandy notebook exposed to his pen.
Unfortunately, a certain scene popped on Ryoma's head making her blush furiously.
Momo's eyes widened. "Oh my—GAHAHAH! Oh wa essadnasdji iwewqd You actually got that?! ShdHQWBKDSHJ!"
" ."
"URUSAAI! And what are you doing here Inui-senpai?"
"I was on my way to the library when I saw you two, since we're going the same way I thought that I might as well walk with you."
"Surely you're not bothered…?" Inui asked rhetorically with his eyeglasses beaming like hell. Momo, on the other hand, just grinned sheepishly at her.
"Ne, Ryoma-chan~ What are you thinking?"
She turned away. "Nothing."
"Eehhh…"
"Urusai." She uttered. "I definitely won't help you with Ann-chan."
"What—Gomen nasai Echhiiizzzzeen. Please ask her how she's feeling – without telling her I asked of course!"
"…" Ugh, the puppy dog eyes… Very un-cute puppy dog eyes.
"Pleasee?"
"No"
"I'll treat you an all you can eat snack."
Then there was a silence of deep thought. "Okay, until M—Buchou returns." She finally stated. Momo's eyes, on the other hand, twitched. He knew all too well what that would mean to his poor wallet. But Ann's worth way more than any collection of wallets that he had. He eventually sighed in defeat.
"Fine."
...
Eventually, they arrived at the meeting spot and saw Ann was waiting right outside Jollibee. And she was with… Fuji?
Momoshiro felt his heart skip a beat, they were all smiles and talking before they had noticed them. That moment, Momoshiro visibly paused and Ryoma had to nudge him. Eventually, Ann noticed them and waved. Ann blinked for a moment when she saw her, and grinned.
"Reina-chan~" Ryoma nodded, and then recalled something upon seeing Ann smile cutely at Momo.
"Anyway, Fuji-senpai, what are you doing with Ann-chan?" She asked and then slightly tilted her head to point to Momo. Fuji got the message of course, but he was Fuji. He smirked.
"Sa… Reina-chan, are you jealous?"
TWITCH
"Whatever."
"Aw~ Reina… it won't hurt to admit it you know…" He mumbled semi-jokingly and placed his hand on her shoulders.
Momoshiro blushed, but then batten an eyelid when Fuji drew an imaginary square in the middle of the space between them. "It would be interesting if this is a love square."
Ann flinched, Ryoma ignored him, and Momoshiro – being as idiotic as always—panicked.
"A-A LOVE SQUARE?!"
...Meanwhile, on the other side of the road...
"Love square?" A familiar boy with glimmering eyeglasses (who was just with them a few minutes prior) muttered in curiosity and he whipped his head to the stair. It was no other than Inui, of course, he had separated from that pair but it seemed like he was going to sneak behind them again…
"Very interesting…" He mumbled in his usual, creepily-crawling, tone-of-voice, and opened his phone to make it all possibly even richer in data.
...Back to the Love square...
"We are not a love square! W-We…"
"Are going to have a double date! Ne, Reina-chan~?"
"Whatever."
"That's the laziest reply of the century."
"I know." She said and just slightly stepped away from them. She did not want to be associa—
"Saa… Reina, are you sure you want to cheat?"
...Meanwhile, on the other side of the road... Again...
Now that Inui was more alert, he could hear the conversation more readily…
"Double date?" Scribble Scribble
Glimmer
"Cheating?" He asked himself and proceeded to look at the group. Reina was blushing prettily in embarrassment and was muttering about how much of a pervert and a retard Fuji was…
He smirked.
"Ii. Data."
…
As the 'square' walked to their destination, Momoshiro tried to think of what Fuji meant but he was too distracted by Ann acting all normal to think properly… not that he would be able to come up with a decent conclusion any other way.
They arrived and saw two of Fudomine's players – Kamio and Shinji. Kamio, as usual, waved enthusiastically at the sight of Ann… and then simultaneously glaring at the sight of Momo. Shinji, meanwhile, walked closer to Ryoma, and Fuji frowned inconspicuously.
"Ah."
Ryoma batted an eyelid and just nodded by a centimetre. "Ah."
Whooossh~ Said the wind, and there was then silence.
"Anyway," Momo asked, "What are we doing here Ann?"
Ann just grinned. "Hi-Mi-Tsu!"
"Ehh…" Reina teased in her usual stoic tone. She shook away the stutter that she felt mistaking the 'himitsu' to 'kimitsu' with 'Kunimitsu'. Sometimes she wished such closely spelled words didn't exist…
Everyone was quiet for a second, but Kamio broke it immediately.
"Ann-chan! Please break up with him! He's good for n—"
Momo jerked. "Oi!"
"He stole my bike and stepped on his teammate and he didn't even care!"
"You stepped on my teammate!"
"But he's not my teammate."
"Why y—"
Reina tuned out the argument that came after, so she basically only stared at the two as they bantered shamelessly with volume that could wake up the heaviest sleeper in Japan. Eventually, some new comers caught her sight and her brain registered the words again.
"HEY! Why the hell is it so noisy in there?!"
The others flinched at the newcomers who so gallantly cut the arguments. It was some of the St. Rudolf regulars—Mizuki, Fuji, and Yanagisawa.
The people absorbed the coincidence, and Momo, being the one who was actually thinking the most (thanks to insecurities regarding his girlfriend), was the one who was able to speak first. "What are you guys doing here?"
Ludwig scoffed at that 'ingenious' question. "Oh you know, shopping for food."
"Urusai."
"Saa… Ludwig-kun can actually be a comedian."
Ryoma let out a momentary laugh, and everyone was silent. Again.
"What are you three doing here?" Momo asked again. Kumi was the one who answered, evidently amused by the new type of reply (sarcasm) that she was learning.
"Oh you know, playing video games. Pfft—"
"Who are they?" Shinji was the one who spoke coherently this time, as if to prove he wasn't affected by the silence and someone's smile. He faced Ryoma, and Ryoma consequently stared at the three.
She noted how familiar-looking they were, and very entertaining scenes subsequently passed through her head. She reflexively (well, sort-of) pointed at the younger Fuji. "AH. I rememeber… you're that guy I beat."
Twitch
"You're also Fuji-senpai's brother."
Twitch Twitch
She then shifted to Mizuki, and Yanagisawa respectively. "He was crushed by Fuji-senpai."
Yanagisawa let out a boisterous laugh, "AAHHAHAHAHHA", until—
"And he was blown away by Momo senpai."
And they all lost their balance. "OI! USE OUR NAMES, DAMNIT!" Mizuki yelled pointing at Ryoma, and then moving it to Shinji's direction.
"And we met at the tournament, idiot! Are you two soulmates or something?" Mizuki yelled in irritation, pertaining to Ryoma and Shinji. Ryoma didn't read into it while Shinji looked at the clouds.
"Soul mates. That actually sounds quite g—"
"Saa… You shouldn't say those things so casually…" Fuji intervened making his eye twitch. He cleared his throat and approached him.
"Ah, Fuji… long time no see…."
"Who are you, again?"
Tsk. Mizuki gritted his teeth. He was obviously just pretending not to know him! The bastard—
And then out-of-nowhere Fuji held Echizen's shoulders. Tightly.
Mizuki's irritation flew away and was replaced with curiosity. How could he forget that gossip about him and Reina? He whipped his head towards Yuuta's direction but for some reason he looked quite calm… for the moment anyway.
Yuuta, on the other hand, stared at the newcomers passively. With his brain acting on its own at the moment, his mind was blank like some sort of defence mechanism. He was, at the moment, a robot. "What are you doing here, aniki?" He asked almost monotonously. His brother just smiled like usual, while Ann-chan couldn't help but answer for him.
"We're on a double date."
Silence
"A d-date?" Yuuta voiced out with a sceptical tone and looked at Fuji.. and Ryoma in alteration. And then images – so many repeating images – played like a movie above his head. His brother confessing his orientation, his brother confessing his feelings for the boy, and the said boy actually kissing passionately another man he greatly admired for so long—
Yuuta's sight blurred… and then soon whatever he was looking at darkened…
And then there was nothing.
.
.
SLAP! SLAP!
SLAP!
"Yuuta-kun don't die!" Yanagisawa yelled in despair as he continually slapped the then-unconscious Fuji Yuuta.
He abruptly woke up, irritated, and he let his body do its thing.
BAM!
He opened his eyes and saw that Yanagisawa was blown away again, and Mizuki was just blinking.
"Ara…?"
Not bothered by his brother and Ryoma's queerness? Mizuki mused, looked at his kouhai, and then he shrugged.
"Maybe not."
.
END OF CHAPTER XXXVIII
Coming Soon:
CHAPTER XXXIX: A Week of Eccentricity – Part II
REPLIES TO ANGELS
Animelover4ever69- OMG that passed through my head as well (the AtobexYuki pair) but I'm not yet confident with yaoi. Hahah. Plus I'm pairing one of them with someone. *wink* ehehe. Thx for the comment~
MintLeafeon- hahaha. Glad you found the royal pair interactions funny xD The conversation'll probably occur next chap or so though~! Hehe. Thank you for the comment! xD
TarundoruSlap- Lol. N'aw~ Considering this couple the talk's not particularly serious. Hahaha. It'll happen in a few chaps though. I'm following the anime. Thanks for the review, btw!
Herondalefan- Hahaha. Atobe and Reina in speaking distance of each other? Sure! Next chapter. xD Thanks for the review and glad you thought it was a great chapter. I'll do my best to keep it up. xD
Flame55- Hehehe. Thanks for the review! I won't say what'll happen in the nationals tho. *wink*
Millennium Snow- Hehehe. Yes, yes, we just love seeing stoic people getting jelly. *high-five* And thx for the comment! xD
Shadowhawk- Oh lol. Yeah… I'm still actually pondering if Tezuka will ever as that of her. Hahah. Probably something really mild. Not sure tho. And lol! Tezuka thanks you for the Motrin. And perhaps more importantly—for your review. xDD
PurpleScorpion- Yeah~ The team'll find out soon. xD I'm not sure if I'll make it too flashy or something they'd probably do. Hopefully it isn't disappointing. Thanks for the review, btw~
Blueberryxn- Lol. Thanks for the review~! And yeah! That's sometimes the case…, like children and parents. But! Imagine Fuji being your teacher… that's sadism with a smile.
CherryAmes15- (ch20) I'm glad you liked how it's going together! Hopefully you're reading this. Haha. (ch21) Yay~! And he'll say he loves you too. Hahaha. /shot. Of course, thank you for the reviews! :D
Cha3- (ch3) Hai~! xD I'm doing a love triangle around there…. Lol. I sure do hope you're reading this and thanks for the review!
JA. Yume28- (ch1) And now we begin the long reply-session lol. And yes! Actually he was supposed to play that part, not an OC. xD But a better idea came… hehe (ch2) N'aw~ She'll crossdress, as you already know. xD I love crossdressing~ hehe. Esp. since she's still 12 there. ;)
(ch3) Yeah~ How nostalgic those lines! As I've written them 2 years ago. xD Yay! Glad you liked the names. They're one of the most enjoyable parts to write. (ch4) Don't make the Fuji-Tezuka-Ryoma love triangle, you say?! Too late. Hahahah. Hope you'll be fine with it soon~! Oh wait… xD
(Ch5) Oh you mean the crossdressings and love triangles? Hehehehe (ch6) Ah~ The regulars there only left school after classes. So they were absent only in the practices. xD (ch7) hehehe. Indeed! You know if I write yaoi I would make one with MomoxRyoga. /shot.
(ch8) lool. It's cuz' it's fun to write? Hehehehe. And I dunno how, really, I chose Eiji. Lol. (ch9) loool. Yep~ Reina's sooo lucky but she has nooo idea! Hahah (ch10) lool. *apir mga kinikilig (although ako kinikilig sa mga review mo lol)* at haha—you should, indeed, sleep. xD You really have an odd bio-clock, my love! Hopefully this doesn't affect your schooling negatively, ne? :D
(ch11) lol welcome back~! xD And you'll see, or rather saw, why tezuka's avoiding her in the next chapter. xD (ch12) You should~! xD It'sreally unrealistic, but it's POT! No one cares, so long as our beloved characters are there. Heheh (ch13) LOL. Inui-Fuji tandem = Insanity. xD hahaha (ch14) Lol. I know right! I almost used Eiji… but then I wanted to be weird. Hahahah
(ch15) E-Eh?! xD It might not be me, though. You're just a very good reader I guess. Heheheh Glad you fangirled over this though~! Hahaha (ch16) haha. I love Ibu and his monologues too! *high five* I wish I was just as funny when I monologue, but…
(ch17) Lol OMG almost 4am and you're still reading?! xD Not sure if I'd be happy or worried for both of us. Hahaha. Let's hope your parents don't nag you cuz' of me. xD (ch18) IKR. I just saw him as someone who loves to take pictures. xD So kawai! (ch19) OMG you didn't guess?! YAY! Hahahah. So awesome I managed to surprise you with this. Lol. And the story and I loves you, too. ;D (ch20) Lol. Amazing bishies are popping up like cute lil' mushrooms. Hahahha. And pushes Fuji to you. Here ya' go~ xD (ch21) EEH? *blushes* I'm happy you're enjoying it and even thought it was the best (so far)! Ahhaha Makes me so giddy…, and I looove you too. xDD
(ch22) Eiji? Sure! He's with Karupin tho. Joke. xD But I'm kinda thinking of *spoiler* pairing him with Kumi in the future. She's still too young atm, tho, so have him while he's still available! Hehe *end spoiler*
(ch23) Lol. Actually you were right! Ibu's getting the feels and he needed to know what was different with Ryoma since he couldn't quite see the feminine pheromones she emits. Haha (ch24) YES! Keigo's the only one so far which I don't see paired with anyone in the end… yet. Hahaha (ch25) Atobe and his shaved head? lol I remember that scene too! It has been a while and still friggin' laughing as hell.
(ch26) Aww. Ore-sama is happy for your support. Haha. *hands over tissue* Saa… don't cry! xD (ch27) I actually pictured your change of expression here. HAHAHAHA. You're adorable.
(ch28) Yep. It'll happen. The story's around there atm. xD And man… you have 7:30 classes?! I hope you're not too tired to listen to classes! D:) . (ch29) Coool! But isn't that song reaaaally cool and metallic? I loved it! And perhaps it's fine to hurt him when he has you to support him and pat him on his back, yes? XD
(ch30) Yep~! Have you watched La Corda' D' oro already? She's a character from there. And it's reverse harem! Hahah (ch31) Lol. Challenge accepted, Jamie, challenge accepted! And done. xDDD Thank you very much for your reviews! :D *hugs*
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