Ryota ran his hands through his hair, his racket concealed in a big bag, he tied his shoelaces and stood up to go, immediately the door opened and his brother came in. He closed his eyes expecting him to pass him by but Ryoma came and stood in front of him, "Ryota, where are you going to?"

Whether it was shock or not, he blurted out, "To the convenience store"

"At this time of the night" Ryoma's eyes were frigid yet seemed to be asking him to say something.

"I have to buy some powered sports drinks" He said rushing past his brother

"Are you enjoying being a manager that much, Ryota"

"What? Where is this coming from?" Not revicing any answer from his brother, he opened the door, "Well, I am off"

"You really irritate me"Ryoma said

Ryota swallowed bidding the tears from his eyes but his brother was not done.

"Always running away"

Ryota plastered a smile on his face, "What's wrong? You have been acting really weird recently, Aniki, Is something bothering you?" With his face to the wall he didn't see his brother's flinch, "No way, right. There is nothing something will be bothering the great Ryoma..."

He didn't get to finish as Ryoma dragged him, slamming him to the wall, "What do you know about me? What does someone who just runs away know about me?" Ryoma screamed

Nanako ran out pulling his hands from Ryotas shirt, Ryoma just removed his shoes and said, "Stop messing around, When did you turn into this kind of person"

Ryoma went upstairs to his room, slumped on the seat angrily, "You idiot" His eyes moved to one of his most prized possession, the picture of he and his brother as they just won The Childrens Double Tournament. They were both laughing. He opens his journal and wrote in it(yes Ryoma has a journal, sue me)

Ryota swung his racket hitting the ball soundly to the walll. He wondered how many months it has been since he stopped swinging his racket in front of everybody, since he started playing tennis by himself at night. He felt that joy fill him, that joy only tennis could give. He swallowed he and his brother has never fought this much before, he was mad, very angry but as soon as he picked the racket he was able to channel it to another source, the wall.

"Surely, the wall can't be enjoying your administrations"

Ryota turned, a boy was sitting on the bench, a tennis bag beside him, his eyes were closed and he had a gentle smile.

"We will never know" Ryota said keeping his answer short and clipped, he wished the boy would go away already.

"Hmm" The boy mused.

"Let's play, I came to the park to practice a bit"

Ryota first desire was to refuse, but the boy was virtually a stranger and he had missed the feeling of a court. After a while, Ryota nodded, "I don't have much time, lets play a first to reach three game"

Ryota was shocked 3-1, he might not be as good as his brother but he was not that bad either, true he had not shown all his moves but he had a feeling the other boy had not scratched the surface either.

"Your good"

The boy hummed, his smile that made him so underestimated showing clearly.

"I have to go now"

Oralando High was indeed a prissy private school, much like Rikkadai, The captain had left him in charge of everything, that does not mean he would not be watching. The first string players were all assembled in front of him, 3 third years, Four second years and two first years.

Ryota does not know how to give this prematch speeches, he had trained them as much as he can and he really hope that would surface.

"This is Rikkaidai, Losing is not permitted. As you go out to the court, make sure your mind is cold but your heart hot, don't give your opponents a chance to think, do not permit them a single game if you can, you are Emperors so go out there and conquer"

The Hai he got was so defeaning, he sat down in the coach chair with his pen and paper, he would use this practice match to further analyse their strength and weaknesses.

The first pair was Shido-Azumaya doubles pair, he had placed Azumaya a topspin expert with Shido to accent his weaknesses, they won a sweeping 6games all. He permitted glance at the coach, he had seen his frown that Rikkaidai had not brought their regulars, he wanted to humiliate them perhaps, sorry but the tables would turn on him. The second doublesair won another 6 games all. He turned to the members of the first string, their eyes were blazing, good. They were motivated. All of them did it, the games were all 6-0, they spared their opponents no mercy. In the bus, he stood up and smiled at them.

"Nice work"

"Thank you"

He then pulled out a box and started distributing burgers and lemon juice. He ignored their shocked faces till Fukai cleared his throat, "Eh, manager-san, what are this?"

"Burgers and lemon juice, he said bitting back a smile.

"I mean what are they for?"

/"The lemon juice would revitalize you, you lost some energy there, the burgers will fill you up"

"I mean why did you give it to us"

"Reward, there is no harm rewarding yourself for a work well done" He said, ignoring the pangs in his heart at who said it to him. As he sat down, the memory came rushing into his mind.

He was crying by the orange tree in their compound, his brother had won 6-1, he had wanted to win so much. He sobbed again, he had practiced and trained.

"Otutuo" Ryoma called and sat beside him.

"Aniki, I lost again"

Ryoma smiled and drank a can of Ponta, "Losing is only bad when you don't learn from it, besides you gave me a harder time today, If you get more than one game next time we play, I will buy Ponta for you"

"Really"

"It's good to reward someone for a work well done" Ryoma said while Ryota cheered up.

"I will win next time, Aniki"

"Bring it on"

He heard the bells as he entered his house, what was that perverted monk doing. He went inside to eat and change. He did his homework and petted Karupin. He sent the results of the games to the captain and the vice captain. He dressed up and came out of his room, his brother was coming up the stairs.

"Going to the convenience store again?" His brother said. Ryota couldn't bear it. He pushed his elder brother yo the wall.

"What are you doing?"

"Stop playing dumb"Ryota yelled, "You have something to say, just be clear and say it"

Nanako came in and separated them, he rushed out of the house.

The same boy came in as he was hitting the ball, "Hey, I have been waiting for you "

Fuji smiled.

Hope you are enjoying it, please don't hate Ryoma, siblings quarrel and sometimes its nasty.