Love at Greater Heights
Chapter 2
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Prince of Tennis
AN: Hey guys! So there were a lot of clarifications needed for the first chapter which I didn't do, sorry, this will be a pretty long AN Here they are
*refer Hokago no Oujisama, Kintarou actually says it
Onee-chan-Older sister
**Okaa-san-Mother
Additionally, it is mentioned in Hokago no Oujisama (and Wikia) that Chitose's geta are made of metal and weigh 6 kg. Furthermore, according to the PoT Wikia, Zaizen's class is 2-7 (same as the OC)
Tooyama Yuki and Yumi are from Silverfox's OC fics- Imperfection (ShiraishiOC) and The Formula for Love (ZaizenOC)
OC's PoV
"Hey, Yuki!" I said, as I spotted the *petite red-head sitting with her sister Yumi and Yumi's boyfriend, Zaizen Hikaru who like Yuki, and unlike most of Shitenhouji was usually silent.
She looked up and gave a nod of acknowledgement while Yumi beckoned me to join the conversation. I made my way to their tables.
"Hey guys" I said seating myself on one of the nearby chairs.
"Hey Akira-chan" chirped Yumi, while Zaizen nodded.
"Soo.." Yuki started, in one of her rare attempts to start a conversation "Did anything interesting happen to you yesterday?"
"Actually, yes, I saw a deranged man yesterday," I said, not bothering to beat around the bush and enjoying the confused looks on all of their faces.
"Basically, Michiko went to get some groceries and I was waiting outside when this tall guy and I mean really tall, he was probably taller than, he had like crazy dark blue hair and was wearing a loose shirt, jeans and geta. And his geta fell off landed on the pavement and cracked the pavement. First of all, who wears geta and jeans and second of all what were his geta made of, they made a crack in the pavement, for god's sake!"
Suddenly a sound that sounded suspiciously like a chuckle erupted from Zaizen's mouth. All three of us turned to look at him. Zaizen smiling was a miracle, I'm pretty sure Zaizen Hikaru chuckling is a sign of the apocalypse.
"What is it?" Yumi asked.
"I have a pretty good idea of who she saw," he said in between laughs.
"Who is it?" Yuki asked.
"Come on, both of you should know." He said, pointing at the sisters.
"Um.." Yumi started "Dark-blue hair and freakishly...wait I got it!"
"Chitose Senri," they said simultaneously.
"I've heard that name somewhere," I said trying to remember where I heard it, sometime yesterday when Machiko was talking to me "Wait, I got it isn't he the Spring Fairy?"
"What?" Yumi and Yuki exclaimed while Zaizen smirked.
"Well once he asked me why Chitose was always wandering about and I told him that Chitose was a Spring Fairy who was spreading spring everywhere which is why he was never around much." He explained.
Yumi and I burst into a fit of laughter while Yuki glared at Zaizen "What have I told you about telling stupid stories to my cousin?"
Zaizen shrugged nonchalantly "I couldn't help it."
"I suppose Chitose-san's presence is always a bit of variable," said Yumi who had stopped laughing by now.
"No kidding. His classmates bet on his attendance, after all," Zaizen said.
"A bet?" I asked, my eyes lighting up. I was a sucker for bets, my mom was fond of telling how I'd probably end up on the streets or become a millionaire with all the bets I make. Personally, I think it'll be the latter. To date, I have lost zero bets in my entire life, something I am quite proud of.
"You shouldn't have told her that," Yuki warned Zaizen.
"Where can I bet on it?" I asked Zaizen, the prospect of a bet making me excited.
"Class 3-1* , normally they bet amongst themselves but they have no problem with others betting too. Today, I placed my money on him being absent," Zaisen said, a smirk tugging at his lips.
"How come?" Yumi asked "You usually never bet unless you're sure you'll win"
"I'm sure I'll win," Zaizen said cockily "Senpai mentioned yesterday he was going to take his little sister skating because she has the day off."
Yumi's face looked indignant "But that's not fair!"
Zaizen just shrugged, while Yuki patted her sister's shoulder "Lighten up Yumi, it's an innocent bet. None of them bet much money on it anyway."
I gaped at Yuki "Wow, you're telling your sister to lighten up, will wonders never cease?"
Yuki half-heartedly glared at me, but if you looked closely you could see a sliver of a smile in her eyes.
"So are you going to bet Kurosaki-san? You'll have to do it before the morning bell." Zaizen said.
"Yeah definitely," I said getting up.
"I'll come with you." Yuki said, "I want to see the self-proclaimed 'Queen of Bets' in action."
I grinned "Yeah sure, but there won't be any action. I mean I think I'd have betted on him being present but Zaizen-san just told us the result, so I'll just bet on absent."
Yuki shrugged "I'll come anyway."
We both made our way to Class 3-1 , I peeked into the door and caught the eye of an orange-haired female .
"Hey," she said coming to the door "Do you guys want something?"
"Yeah," Yuki said "She wants to bet on Chitose-senpai's attendance today,"
"Oh okay," the girl said, grabbing a jar from behind her "Present or Absent?"
"Absent," I said putting a couple of yen notes in the jar.
"Okay, if he is absent you can pick up your share during lunch. I'm betting on absent too, only a couple of people are betting on present, see you later" she said with a grin, while waving.
"Bye," I said with a matching grin and wave while Yuki nodded.
We entered class just as the bell rang. "Close call" Yumi said as we sat down.
Normally, I was the kind of student who paid attention in most classes but today I couldn't. Bets always made me extremely jumpy. Normally, I would be considering whether I'd win or lose but today (thanks to Zaizen) I already knew but I was still extremely jumpy.
As soon as the bell for lunch rang, I jumped to my feet and made my way out of the class with Zaizen, Yumi and Yuki. But I didn't get too far before the familiar orange-haired girl stopped me, "Hey," she said "Sorry to disappoint, Chitose-san was present today."
My mind went blank except for one flashing thought: I lost a bet.
*3-1- Chitose's class
AN: Hope you guys enjoyed. Please do review, next chapter on Friday.
IceCrystal