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Chapter 5: Our dirty little secret…

Kumiko was grinning like an idiot as she was walking to the girl's locker room. She couldn't help but giggle as she remembered her encounter with Kaidoh a while ago.

Flashback

"Where has Akiko gone to?" Kumiko grumbled to herself as she searched the grounds for her sister. After a while of searching she stamped her foot in frustration. "Mou! I'm tired of looking for you Akiko! I'll tell Kunimitsu that you're slacking off! Hmphf!" She then went on to the courts to tell on her sister. Just then, she heard a rustling sound in the bushes followed by a 'Meow!' and a faint chuckling. Being the curious girl that she is, she decided to check it out and was both surprised and amused at what she saw. Kaidoh was sitting in front of a raccoon-like cat, holding catnip in his left hand and was waving it in front of the animal's face. "Ora…ora, ora." Kaidoh chuckled at the cat's efforts to get the catnip. "Meow!" the cat pounced on the toy.

"Is that cat yours Kaidoh-kun?" Kumiko smiled sweetly.

Both cat and man turned towards the source of the voice and Kaidoh paled when he saw who it was.

"A-asahara!" Kaidoh's mouth opened and closed but no other words came out.

"Kawaii! What's its name?" Kumiko cooed.

Kaidoh finally found his voice and demanded, "Asahara-san, what are you doing here!"

"Oh, nothing. I was just looking for my sister but instead I found you!" she chirped happily. "Who knew Mr. Viper had a soft spot? Don't worry I won't tell anybody." she giggled and Kaidoh's face turned beet red instantly.

End of Flashback

Kumiko ended her little reverie and looked at her watch.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I'm going to be late."

"Hey Sakuno, what do you think about this poster that I made for Ryoma-sama?" Tomo asked her friend happily as little hearts began to form around her head.

Sakuno sweat dropped. "Ah-I think it's nice…" she stammered.

"Why of course! I spent all night trying to make it really, really beautiful!" Tomo said proudly.

"Aa." Sakuno replied. The two of them were hanging out at a nearby burger shop. "Ano…Tomo-chan…Mind me asking you what we're doing here again." Sakuno asked.

Tomo looked at her as if she'd grown another head before replying, "We're waiting for none other than Ryoma-sama! According to my reliable information about Ryoma-sama, he comes here every after practice." Tomo explained, and again hearts were forming around her head at the mere mention of the tennis player's name.

As they were talking, the shop's door opened and in came Momoshiro and Ryoma.

"One large coke, and…uh…three cheese burgers please! Oh, and I forgot, please add one large fries to that, thank you!" Momo said loudly, while smiling sheepishly at the girl behind the counter.

Ryoma sighed at the antics of his senpai before he spoke, "I'll have the same order, please."

"Is that all?" the woman asked cheerfully.

"Hai." The two replied simultaneously.

"Thank you for ordering. Please wait until your order gets here." The woman smiled.

The two girls who were near sweat dropped.

"They sure do eat much." Tomo looked at her friend who nodded her head in agreement.

Just then, they saw Tezuka along with Kumiko walking together at a nearby sidewalk.

"Isn't that Tezuka-senpai and Asahara-san?" Tomo asked her friend.

Sakuno gasped. "What are they doing together!"

Momoshiro turned around when he overheard their conversation and sure enough the two were walking together past the burger shop.

"EH! What the heck is going on!" he exclaimed.

"Nani? Kumi-chan?" Eiji asked. He was on the phone talking with Inui.

"Hai, and I thought you'd be interested." Inui replied.

"Mmm…alright! We'll be there in a minute!" he said cheerfully.

"Okay then." With that the line went dead.

"So who was that?" Oishi asked his friend.

"Inui said something about Momo seeing Kumi-chan and Tezuka-buchou together, and I'm planning to see it with my own two eyes!" He stretched his eyes wide open with his hands to emphasize his point.

Oishi looked horrified. "W-with your own e-eyes?" he stammered. Oh, no! Is this another one of those love triangles? I must find a way to stop this…

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