Disclaimer: I don't own The Prince of Tennis.

Author's Note: People have been asking about Ryuzaki Sumire, the Obaa-chan of Sakuno. There are some things that I want to point out. Rikkai Dai is situated in Kanakawa and not Tokyo where Seigaku is. Therefore, Sakuno is not living with her grandmother in this story because she is in Kanagawa and not Tokyo. Kanagawa is a prefecture and it is a part of the Kanto region. I say again, Tokyo and Kanagawa are separate. I got the above information from the Wikipeida website if anyone is interested.

Chapter Thirteen: A Sunday at the Café (Part Three)

Miyu drank some orange juice as she continued to fill in Fuji with what happened in the last two weeks while Sakuno's ankle was healing.

Fuji was a very attentive audience and never once interrupted her, even when she was thinking about the details and had stopped talking.

She did not tell him everything of course. She did not know him and did not want to give away too many of her observations to a stranger though he looked pretty friendly.

However being friends with the Rikkai regulars had taught her that appearances could be misleading like in Yanagi's case or even her brother's.

They looked harmless and friendly but actually their minds could be thinking so many things and not all of them pleasant and you would never know from the smiles on their faces, exactly like the one Fuji was wearing now.

Therefore she only told him the general facts between bites while she continued to think back on the more interesting bits and pieces.

As she drank her orange juice, she suddenly remembered one of the more interesting bits and pieces. It was something that happened with Bunta and Sakuno a few days ago.

It was still a hilarious incident now that she thought about it.

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Miyu's flashback while she was eating continued:

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"Sakuno-chan!" Called a jolly voice that belonged to a boy with a head of bright red hair.

It was Marui Bunta and today was his turn to escort Sakuno and Miyu to the san.

Miyu called back, just as cheerfully and even more loudly, "Bun-chan!"

She knew this would annoy Bunta to no end and she was right.

He immediately stopped and looked around to see if anyone else had heard her. The area appeared to be deserted and he let out a sigh in relief.

He stamped over and said, "Miyu, I told you not to call me Bun-chan! You should be more respectful and call me Marui-senpai!"

Miyu gave him a mock salute and said, "Hai-hai, Bun-chan!"

Sakuno giggled, "Mou, Miyu-chan, Bunta-senpai, you two always have this conversation at least once each time we meet."

Miyu grinned at her while Bunta looked at Sakuno in defeat. He said, "Yeah, well, anyway, let's go."

Then he brightened and said, "Let me give you a piggy-back ride today, Sakuno-chan!" With that, he swept Sakuno onto his back so quickly that she gasped and dropped her crutch right onto Bunta's foot.

He yelped and nearly dropped Sakuno. He did not in the end but Sakuno was so apologetic that he told her it did not hurt at all and he was just surprised, that was all.

Miyu was facing him and she almost laughed when she saw the tears at the corners of his eyes. The crutch must have hit a toe or somewhere equally painful for him to want to cry.

They set off with Miyu holding the crutch. She reckoned that Bunta had originally wanted to run with Sakuno on his back but now that his foot was so painful, he was forced to walk.

After a while, he asked if Sakuno could get his bubble-gum out of his shirt pocket because he wanted to have some. Sakuno agreed readily and leaned over his shoulder to reach his shirt pocket.

Bunta suddenly stopped and turned bright red in the face.

Sakuno had not noticed and thought that he was being considerate because she could not see clearly over his shoulder and was still trying to find his shirt pocket. Miyu, on the other hand, could see perfectly well and her eyes narrowed as she guessed the reason for Bunta's sudden blush.

She thought that Sakuno was a small girl; it appeared that she was only half right. Sakuno was still a girl and had all the right equipment in the right places.

Miyu motioned to Bunta and glared at him to let him know that she knew he was blushing, along with the reason why, i.e. Sakuno's front was pressed very tightly against Bunta's back and while she did not notice, concentrating on finding the shirt pocket, Bunta certainly did.

Bunta widened his eyes and he saw a bench near them. He went over to the bench very quickly and set Sakuno down, saying that he did not want the bubble-gum after all but was feeling thirsty and was going to get something to drink and would be really be quick.

Without waiting for an answer, he dashed off.

Sakuno looked surprised but Miyu told her that he was like that sometimes and do not worry about it.

After a while, Bunta came back, with some packets of juice and a dripping wet face.

Sakuno asked him if he was very hot.

Miyu was smirking and holding a hand out for juice. Bunta gave her one without a word and since he did not say anything, she knew that it was his way of telling her to keep quiet. Miyu shrugged as she took the juice; she was not a gossip anyway.

Bunta gave one to Sakuno as well.

It was a packet of orange juice and Sakuno inserted the straw into the hole.

Unfortunately, as she was inserting the straw, she squeezed the packet too tightly and juice squirted out of the straw all over her. She was soaked in sticky orange juice and some bits of her uniform plastered itself to her skin.

Bunta choked on his drink and Miyu stared. It appeared that Sakuno was not so small after all.

Sakuno was saying, "Mou, I did it again. Obaa-chan always told me to be careful."

She got a handkerchief out of her pocket and started to clean herself up as much as she could. Miyu came out of her stare and quickly got some tissues and helped to wipe her down.

She was still keeping an eye on Bunta though. He was bright red again and drinking his drink for all it was worth and looking at everywhere but them.

Miyu thought that he was acting like a freaking virgin but for she knew, he might be one. She suddenly had an evil idea. Well, it was also a practical idea but she knew that it was also to do with the fact that she would find it amusing.

She told Bunta that she was going back to the classroom and get Sakuno's sports' uniform so she could change out of her sticky clothes. She then told Bunta to keep an eye on Sakuno and make sure no one came near her while she was gone.

When Bunta heard the 'keep an eye on her' bit, his eyes nearly popped out of his head and his jaws moved to protest but nothing came out. It did not matter anyway because Miyu was gone.

Actually Miyu was hiding around the corner of the corridor. She had used her phone to call a classmate to get Sakuno's sports' uniform for her, so she could stay and spy on the pair. She congratulated herself for being a smart cookie and thanked whoever it was that invented mobile phones.

As she looked on, Bunta was facing Sakuno with his face staring at the ceiling and Sakuno was peering up at him, trying to see his face.

Miyu saw Sakuno say something and she saw her pull on Bunta's hand.

Miyu giggled silently to herself, knowing Sakuno, she probably would be thinking that Bunta was sick or something and would want to look at him properly. She was keeping her laughter in with difficulty but somehow managed not to laugh out loud; she did not want to miss the drama.

Just as she thought, she saw Bunta squat down with his eyes looking away from Sakuno; he must be really embarrassed.

Sakuno said something but Miyu could not hear. She then saw Sakuno put her hand on Bunta forehead.

Miyu said to herself, "So, she thought Bun-chan might have a fever." Apparently, Sakuno could not tell whether he had a fever or not because she then pulled Bunta closer and rested her forehead against his forehead.

Bunta's eyes turned towards her in shock and the close-up view of Sakuno was obviously too much for the hot-blooded young man because the next thing Miyu saw was blood trickling out of his nostrils and he was falling back in a dead faint.

Miyu knew that Sakuno would be worried and distressed but she could not help it. She ran further away from the corner and started laughing hysterically. She even had tears of mirth running down his cheeks; that scene was like something from a manga, it was so hilarious.

After some time, Miyu managed to stop laughing and got the sports' uniform from her classmate. She then bit the inside of her cheeks and smoothed her expression so she could walk back to Sakuno with a calm expression on her face.

It was just her luck that she met Yagyuu coming along her way; she immediately got him to come along with her, saying that she needed help because Bunta was being an idiot.

In the end, Yagyuu called Niou so one of them could help Sakuno and Miyu while the other carried the unconscious but still blushing Bunta to the san.

Sakuno never did figure out why after his faint on the corridor, Bunta would turn red every time he saw her and have this extremely embarrassed look on his face. Miyu knew, of course, but I think she wisely chose not to enlighten her.