Can You Feel That?
Summary: It's Wednesday afternoon and it's just another Tennis lesson with Sakuno chan and Fuji senpai.
Chapter Two: FujiSaku
"Sakuno chan…watch out…"
The prodigy winced as he saw the pig tailed girl make an awkward swing, landing her straight on her butt.
Sakuno yelped and rubbed her lower back.
"Ow…"
Fuji sighed but smiled fondly at his clumsly student. Truth be told, Sakuno was far too weak to hold the racket correctly and her stick legs weren't powerful enough to give her enough stamina to run.
Jogging over, Fuji helped the pigtailed girl up to her feet.
Sakuno rubbed the back of her head and blushed.
"Forgive me, Fuji senpai. I'm so bad at this…" Sakuno laughed.
Fuji watched as the girl's laughter died down until she was looking downwards. A strip of tension surrounded the tennis court.
"…Fuji senpai?"
Fuji looked at the pig tailed girl with a questioning glance.
"What is it, Sakuno chan?"
Sakuno blushed and looked to the side again, then, taking out her racket and thumping it on the ground.
"I…I just can't seem to find the right place to hit the ball…"
Fuji laughed and patted Sakuno on the head.
"Its okay, Sakuno chan. Everyone has that problem at first."
"But I've been trying for three months!" Sakuno protested.
Fuji sighed and stood in front of Sakuno.
"Fuji..snepai?"
Fuji extened his hand in front of Sakuno, his palm facing her.
"Sakuno, I want you to hit my hand."
Sakuno gaped and glanced at Fuji.
"What?"
Fuji smiled and with his other hand, nudged the racket.
"I'll be fine, just hit my hand."
Sakuno gulped and swung the racket at Fuji's hand.
Fuji jumped at surprise and instantly grabbed his hand and he sunk to his knees.
Dropping her racket, Sakuno gaped and ran over to Fuji.
"Sorry, Fuji senpai! I-I just wanted to…You told me-"
Fuji waved away Sakuno's protest and smiled weakly.
"No, forgive me, Sakuno chan. I didn't expect you to be so strong." Fuji laughed.
Getting up, Fuji picked up Sakuno's racket and handed it to the still shaken girl.
"Okay, let's try it again, but this time, go slowly." Fuji instructed.
Sakuno nodded and slowly swung the racket until it hit Fuji's hand. The racket gave a positive response, bouncing back slightly.
"You see?" Fuji asked. "You have to hit when the racket it flat and when the ball id in the middle. That's called the sweet spot."
Fuji guided the tennis racket towards his hand again.
"There, did you feel that?"
"I…think I did," Sakuno responded.
Fuji then walked to his bag and took out two tennis balls.
"Okay, here's how we'll do it," Fuji started, walking back to Sakuno. "I'm going to drop a ball in front of you, and you're going to hit it like you did to my hand. Okay?"
Sakuno nodded slowly. "I think I do."
Fuji nodded and bounced the ball. Sakuno gaped and swung quickly, making the ball hit the frame of the racket.
"Calm down, Sakuno chan. You need to be relaxed. Take your time," Fuji instructed.
Stuffing the remaining tennis ball in his pocket, Fuji walked over to Sakuno. Standing in front of her, the prodigy took her wrist and slowly moved it to the direction of the swing.
"That's how it's supposed to be, just let your body relax. Got it?" Fuji asked.
Sakuno slightly blushed and nodded.
"Thank you, Fuji senpai. You're so calm about this. I'msorry if I'm too slow…" Sakuno mumbled.
"Not at all. I would never be angry at you for trying," Fuji smiled.
Sakuno glanced to her feet.
"It's just…sometimes I think I'm an annoyance to Ryoma kun. All I ever do is watching him, after all…I don't really do much," Sakuno mumbled.
Fuji stared down at Sakuno. Having a brief chuckle, Fuji bent down and rubbed Sakuno's head.
"Just being there can be enough," Fuji replied. "People can feel these things, you know. Ryoma no doubt is more or less blunt and dense to these matters…but I'm sure he subconsciously grew a habit of you, Sakuno chan."
Sakuno looked up at Fuji. "Think so?"
Fuji nodded and took the tennis ball out of his hand.
"Let's try again, shall we?"
Sakuno nodded and got her racket ready.
Tossing the tennis ball in front of Sakuno, a positive popping sound was heard and the ball flew over the net and landed gracefully near the service line.
Sakuno suddenly grinned as she clutched her racket.
Fuji smiled at Sakuno as she was grinning like a little kid.
"Did you feel it, Sakuno chan?"
Sakuno grinned at Fuji and nodded.
"Yeah, I did."
Chapter Two: "Can you feel that?"
Yes, finish. I want to thank everyone for 25 reviews. Honest. I really enjoy the feedback.
Uhm, some questions?
This is just a bunch of short stories following up from the bus scene.
So yes, there will be another RyoSaku fic at the end.
For now, I shall enjoy putting little short stories of Sakuno and our favorite.
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