You clicked! (Jumps in happiness!) Heheh, shall keep my mood down. 3 chapters down, 6 to go.
Now, have fun! .
Ryoma didn't like being caught off guard. It was something he learned when playing tennis. When you're caught off guard, the opponent takes advantage of the situation.
It happens only during tennis.
But here was the girl that caught him totally off guard, and he didn't like it one bit.
"Mada mada da ne."
Ryoma watched as the girl's face turns white. "I… I see…" she said.
But Ryoma wasn't going to let her off that easily. In tennis, once he realizes you have taken advantage, he'll attack. Badly.
He'll apply the same thing here.
"I don't even know you, and here you are, telling me something I don't understand. I won't even think about what you've just told me. I have better things to do." With this, he turned back to the wall that's full of his tennis ball's mark, and continued to play.
But for some reason, the sound of the girl running away, holding back tears, was echoing in his head. Only then he knew that he was too harsh.
He whacked the tennis ball one last time and then snatched the ball in his right hand. 'I don't know her… I don't understand her…'
But somehow, memories he put in the back of his mind started creeping in. Times when she worried over him, times when she interrupted his game, times when he thought she shouldn't play tennis, times when she cheered especially for him during his tournaments.
Times when she smiled.
But still, he couldn't understand.
And he definitely didn't want to understand.
[Ryoma]
Deep inside her soul there's a hole I don't wanna see
Every single day what she says makes no sense to me
Even though I try I can't get my head around her
Somewhere in the night there's a light in front of me
Heaven up above with a shove, I beg it's me
Even though I try I fall in the river confused
She's managed to bring me down too
All her faking
Shows she's aching
Every single day what she says makes no sense to me
Lettin' her inside, isn't right, don't mess with me
I never really know what's really going on inside her
I can't get my head around her
All her feelings
Shows she's breathing
Deep inside her soul there's a hole I don't wanna see
Covering it up like a cut with the likes of me
You know I've really tried, I can't do anymore about her
The cut's getting deeper
The hill's getting steeper
I guess I'll never know what's really going on inside her
I can't get my head around her
I can't get my head around her
I can't get my head around her
I can't get my head around her
Ryoma looked at the sky that seemed to be burning orange and red. Like a sign of anger. Deep inside him, regret was burning just like that sky.
But he buried it under his cold ego.
Ookay, this song is by The Offsprings, entitled '[Can't get my head] Around you'. In a way, I made it look like Ryoma doesn't know Sakuno, but has a certain idea of what she might be feeling, (thus the sudden line of 'All her faking, show she's aching'). Plus there are two lines where Ryoma seems to try and keep his focus on tennis and his goals (Somewhere in the night there's a light in front of me, Heaven up above with a shove I beg it's me). And I love the line, 'Lettin' her inside isn't right, don't mess with me'... Kinda makes me think that Ryoma is fighting with his conscience. (Heheheh)
Ah yes, I really feel like this song suits.
Next chapter, The Regulars find out about Ryoma's rejection! What will they do? (Hint: They'll be singing .)