Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis was created by Konomi Takeshi. Not me. Please don't sue.

Innocuous Polygons

By Cinpii

Chapter 5: Ryoma

She doesn't come to my games anymore. Hasn't been for a while now. Of course she goes to his games. She cheers him on. But when it's my turn to play, she's not there at all.

I can't concentrate. It's driving me to distraction the way she insists on ignoring me.

I see her talking with him. The smiles she used to direct at me are now all for his benefit. The way she scuffs her toe when she's speaking, too shy for eye contact. The slight tint in her cheeks, the sideway glances. All for him.

I want to hurt something. I want to shake her. Demand why she's doing this to me. Is it my turn now to feel unwanted? If I apologized, would things change?

But what do I have to apologize for?

I didn't do anything. She's the one who changed the status quo. She's the one who changed her mind. She's the one who stopped chasing me and started chasing him.

And it makes me think. If she's going to be so capricious about all this, why should I even care? If she's going to just stop liking me all of a sudden and start liking him, it makes me wonder.

If her feelings are so ephemeral…

I don't need a girl like that.