When you woke up the next morning, it all seemed like a dream. Maybe Ryoko wasn't back from Sapporo yet, maybe you didn't have dinner last night, maybe everything you thought happened didn't. In a panic, you grabbed your camera and looked to see if there was the picture of Ryoko you took last night. And there it was, her cute happy expression eating ice cream, unaware of the camera. You laughed and reached for your phone, you already had a message. "Did I have a dream last night or did everything happen like I think it did?" it was from Ryoko. You texted her back "The same thing happened to me this morning, but don't worry. Your boyfriend didn't turn back into a pumpkin." it didn't take long and she texted back "I'll meet you after practice! Wait for me!" Before school, you quickly developed your film and added another picture to your scrapbook, under that picture, you put the caption "our second date".

Its strange how news spreads, third period Eiji noticed you were unusually happy, more happy then you've ever been and at the end of the day for tennis practice, the whole team figured out that you were going out with Ryoko. Taka-san was the first one you encountered "Good job Fuji, I knew it!" he screamed with a racket in his hand. "Taka-san how did you find out?" you asked, Inui stepped in. "Fuji, you underestimate the rate news spreads within the team, Eiji found out right away and told Oishi who told me, Kawamura, and Tezuka, and then I told everyone else." "Inui, did you really have to tell everyone else! Can this not be a secret just among of good friends." "Not to worry about it, anyone who steps out of line in this situation can have a drink of my special Inui juice!" "Then you should be the first one to drink it, Inui!" you said. He quickly changed the subject "So whats your girlfriend like?" he asked. You thought for a moment as everyone gathered around you "Shes a very famous ballet dancer, so naturally shes really graceful and has a natural eloquence about her. She eats a lot but she has good meal manners and she hands are very nice and petite. Shes very beautiful and has very blue eyes and soft long brown hair. And shes always cheerful and shes very hardworking. Shes nice to everyone and shes just very very cute." everyone swooned and imagined what kind of girl she was, but even if they tried, they would never get close to someone like Ryoko. Tezuka came over "All the regulars are slacking off and we have a match tomorrow! Everyone go run some laps! And Fuji for starting all this, you're cleaning up tonight!" Everyone sprinted off and you trailed behind, Tezuka was even more scary since he came back from Germany but you followed orders nonetheless.

Practice ended and everyone left, and you started to clean up. You hoped that you could clean up before Ryoko came. "How come you're the only person cleaning, this isn't fair is it?" you looked up and Ryoko was taking off her jacket and putting her gym bag aside "I guess it can't be helped, I'll have to lend you a hand." "You don't have to help me, I know how tired you get after practices." She smiled and began gathering up the tennis balls "Don't talk to me about that, I know how tired you are after practices too. Anyways what a good time it is for me to practice some tennis!" she picked up a racket and tried to hit the tennis ball into the basket, you watched as she failed. You laughed "Don't laugh, I am very rusty, I haven't play since I was a kid." "Has it been so long that you forgot how to hold a racket the right way?" she looked at her hand position but her face was equally confused. You went behind her and moved her hand to hold the racket correctly "Try hitting it now." She did, but her movements were too small, you placed your hand over hers and guided her movements "Hit like this." The first one went in "I did it!" she screamed "Actually more like Syusuke did it." She laughed. You grabbed a racket and jumped on the opposite side of the net "Serve them to me and I'll hit them into the basket, this will make it go by faster." She smiled and enthusiastically agreed, but as she said, her playing was rusty and she made you run around crazy trying to hit them into the basket, but you never let on that she was bad at playing. She continued to smile "This is so fun, no wonder Syusuke and Onii-chan love tennis so much, I think I'm starting to love tennis too!" "Really? Then how about we play for a little bit and loser gets a special punishment." She thought for a moment "It would only be fair if Syusuke uses one hand to play." you agreed and placed your hand behind your back the remainder of the match. Ryoko had fun and she laughed even when she lost a point and when she kept a rally going for more then three passes she would claim she was the best tennis player ever. It reminded you of the fun days when people played for fun, not just for fame. In the end she lost, not badly but lost nonetheless. "That was so fun Syusuke! You'll play with me some other time right?" You nodded "Of course I will, but now you have to take your punishment. "What would that be?" you smiled, "Sit still and don't move just as if you're a doll, close your eyes." she did as she was told and remained not moving. Even as she was now, you could still picture her as Coppelia, still and lifeless waiting for someone to bring her to life. So you kissed her on the forehead "Your special punishment is over. Was it so painful?" she touched her forehead and blushed "Not that painful at all."

Ryoko's cellphone rang, and it was her manager. They talked for a long time and Ryoko had a distressed look on her face the entire time. "Whats the matter? you look worried." you said, she shook her head and smiled "Its nothing, my manager just reminded me I have to be back at the apartments early for lights out today. Because auditions are the day after tomorrow, shes hoping I'll sleep early and rest tomorrow so I'll be ready to audition for Giselle." "Then should you really be coming out to the match to see me?" you asked. She nodded "Seeing Syusuke will relax me, I've been looking forward to seeing you play for a long time now." "Then I promise I'll show you a great match." she smiled "I look forward to it."