Lingering Attachment

Fuji X Ryoma

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"I'm sorry Ryoma.."

The day of his graduation, he said goodbye. With the smile he used to show everyday. Not even a slight change of expression. It was the same as the old days.

"… oh… Okay then. Bye bye."

That was all I could have said at that point. I didn't ask the reason why he wanted to end this. Even if I had asked him, nothing would have changed. I mean, he already made up his mind so why bother asking him as a little girl?

I just smiled and turned back home without saying good luck in high school to him. Didn't even ask for one of his button on his uniform. Just rushing back home and didn't even eat for dinner and the next day morning.

Now since he graduated and I was still only in second year of junior high, there is no way to see him at all. Maybe during the spring vacation and the time practicing tennis will help me to forget about him. I wish that would happen since there's no way that I'm going to be able to smile when I think about him. (Well.. I don't smile a lot in the first place.)

Well, that was what happened three months ago. Now I'm in second grade of Seigaku Junior High and Momo-senpai is the leader of the tennis club.

After Fuji-senpai said goodbye, I never saw him again. It was actually good for me since if I see him, I'm pretty sure I'll cry and I don't want that to happen.(It's really embarrassing you know..)

"Hey, Echizen-senpai!

Someone was calling me but I didn't bother looking back. There's only one guy who will call me in that kind of a voice tone.

"Senpai, why aren't you answering back?"

"Did I have to?"

Just as I thought. It was Somah-kun, who's a first grader in this school. He's more like Kikumaru-senpai; trying to be funny and plays that wired style of his. Well, I don't really care about this one, though there's another one who really gets on my nerve.

"Hello, Echizen-senpai and Somah-kun"

Dame it.. What a bad day. I so didn't want to see him in the morning.

"Good morning, Kunizuka-kun"

Kunizuka Seichi, another first grader in your tennis club. He's pretty good at playing tennis as a first grader; he even beat Kaido-senpai in a practice match. That's not what I really care, though…

"Senpai?"

He reminds me of Fuji-senpai… Who I really don't want to remember about for right now.

"Oh… it's nothing. Let's go before Momo-senpai gets crazy."

After getting dumped by Fuji-senpai, I was never late to practice or any other matches we had after. At first, Momo-senpai and Kaido-senpai thought something was weird though they both didn't say anything.(Well, I suppose they were busy 'cause of the first graders.)

When we changed to our practice cloth and went to the tennis court, there were more people than usual. People who seems to be familiar.

"Are? Isn't that Ochibi-chan?"

"Fucking shit…"

What the hell is wrong with today! That's Kikumaru-senpai, Oishi-senpai, Tezuaka-buchou, and…

"Long time no see, Echizen-kun…"

Fuji-senpai…

"Yeh… After your graduation, I guess."

I pulled my hat lower than it was 'because I didn't want to see his face at all. He'll be smiling as if nothing happened between us, but unfortunately I can't do the same thing. So it's better for me to not see him at all.

Before something happens, I turned to the tennis court which was opened. Nobody was on the court since the regulars were so busy talking to the old regulars except for me and Kunizuka-kun and Somah-kun.(they're bother regulars even though they are only in first grade.)

"Kunizuka-kun, will you do a practice match with me?"

"Sure, senpai."

I called Kunizuka-kun since he is a better player than Somah-kun. I don't want to do a practice match which will finish early right now.

It's hard for me to be myself if his around… Please leave during the match. I really don't want to see your face.