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Just Hanging a Moment with YouYiNgFa-FuIsO
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Author's note: Konnichi wa, Minna-sama! I'm terribly sorry for uploading this chapter so late! I know that I said on my previous chapter that I'm going to upload this Chapter 5 on the first week of April but I didn't do it.
WHAT'S MY REASON??? My computer's O.S (Operating System) got corrupted because of my stupidity I had done on it. But thanks to my former classmate's brother, he fixed my computer and retrieved my files!!!! Banzai! Banzai! -Showered Confetti- He REALLY saved my life! . . . er . . . my computer's life! Hahaha! –Laughed idiotically-
Now I've learned my moral lesson. Don't change the O.S in your computer or else you're going to face the consequence… that's all I can say about it… :p
Anyway, I'm going to divide this chapter in three parts due to the lengthiness of it. So hope you enjoy!
Please read and review after you read it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of Tennis…
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Chapter 5- (Part 1) Strange…
After Momoshiro's afternoon class had ended, he headed his way to the tennis court for his afternoon practice. While he was walking, his mind was deeply preoccupied because of the unexpected phone call and conversation he had with a certain hazel-haired-girl he knew for a quite long time now, which happened 19 hours ago…
-Flash Back-
At that time, Momoshiro was busy playing his favorite game on his advance gameboy inside his slightly messy bedroom, looking so frustrated to end the game. But then, his younger brother opened his door & bombarded him inside with mischievous grin plastered on his face.
"If you're just going to pester me right now, leave my room at once, Tokiya." Momoshiro coldly threatened, still concentrating on his game in his gameboy.
"Iyada… I'm just going to ask you if you know any Tachibana An-san?" Tokiya grinningly asked, sitting at the vacant chair beside the study table in the room.
The aggressive baseliner fell on his bed, shocked, and then he asked the annoying kid in front of him.
"What did you say?!"
"Who's is she first, Aniki?" His brother sniggered. "Your girlfriend?"
Momoshiro blushed furiously and then he retorted, "NO SHE'S NOT! AND WILL YOU JUST ANSWER MY QUESTION!"
"Fine… fine… Tachibana An-san is on the phone right now and he wants to talk to you." Tokiya replied, shrugging off his brother's outrage at him..
Momoshiro rapidly ran out of his room, leaving his younger brother who is now giggling maniacally, and headed to the living room where the phone was.
"A-An-chan!" Momoshiro stuttered after he picked up the receiver.
"Konban wa! Momoshiro-kun!" Ann cheerily greeted on the line, "Did I disturb you?"
"Iie, it's ok! You didn't disturb me." He replied embarrassedly.
"Ne? Really?" She said sweetly, "Anyway… I have another condition to make with you…"
"…What is it?"
"Can we go to the racquet stringer shop tomorrow right before you treat me snacks?"
"Eh?! Well—"
"It's ok if you don't want to accompany me. 'nni-chan either didn't want to accompany me too. It's just that, I want to repair my tennis racquet because its strings are loosening up and while my racquet is being repaired, I want to relax a little bit." She said, interrupting him as she tries to guilt him.
"Ano—"
"I know that Kantou Regional Tournament will start this Thursday, but… sigh… I guess I'll ask Kamio-kun later…"
"Oi, Tachibana-imotou… Let me finish first on what am I going to say, will you?" He said dully.
The hazel haired girl forced a laugh. "Hai, I'll listen…"
"All I'm going to say is, ok we will go first to the racquet stringer shop tomorrow and then after that I'll treat you snacks."
"Really? Kyaaaa! Arigatou Momoshiro-kun!" Ann cheerily chirped but there's a hidden victory on her tone.
The aggressive baseliner slightly blushed while hearing the cheery voice of the caller.
"Ne! Meet me up inside at A Hamburger at 5 pm tomorrow and don't worry, I'll be there when you arrive so don't make me wait there too long ok?" She informed.
"Ah—hai!" He replied, dumb-founded.
"Kyaaaa! An-chan is going to have a date with Momoshiro-kun tomorrow!" She teased, which made Momoshiro blushed even more.
"Oi! An—"
But she already ended the call. The only thing he had done was to sigh and hanged up the phone also. Suddenly, he saw his two siblings hiding behind the wall near him, chuckling mischievously.
Momoshiro glared them dangerously, clenching his fists like a fur ball and then went berserk. "Tokiya! Aki! What are you doing there! How many times do I have to tell both of you, don't eavesdrop someone else's conversation?"
"Run for our lives!" Tokiya shrieked as he and Aki run away from their older brother who looks furious totally at them.
-End of Flash Back-
Momoshiro looked bothered as he reminisce it. "Something is not right…" He muttered to himself. He doesn't know how or why he felt that way but he knows something isn't right…
Suddenly he saw his feline eyed teammate, wearing also the same school uniform like his, reading a piece of paper in his hand while heading towards the tennis court.
"Oi!! Echizen!" Momoshiro called as he jogged towards the feline-eyed-boy. "What yah readin'?"
Ryoma stared him blankly and answered nonchalantly, "a piece of paper."
"A piece of paper?" he reckoned.
"Hai." The feline eyed replied, keeping the 'piece of paper' inside his pocket again.
"Come on! Don't hide it! Is it a Love letter from your fans, ne?" His senpai asked sheepishly while nudging him playfully on the arm.
"No,"
"Or maybe a Love letter from the silver-haired-weirdo in Yamabuki?" (A/N: Momoshiro is pertaining at Akutsu Jin, former tennis regular of Yamabuki)
"Baka,"
"Then perhaps, a Love letter from the old hag's grand daughter!" Momoshiro said, smirking widely.
"…"
"Come on don't deny it, Echizen! I know you have a crush on her!"
"Mada mada dane.." Coldly replied Ryoma as he walked away from him. Now, he learned his moral lesson… Don't ever read your grocery list among the crowd…
"Wonders of youth! Why can't he admit to himself that he's falling for the bashful-damsel-Ryuzaki?" Momoshiro thought a loud while laughing hilariously. However, he didn't notice that everyone around him looked at him strangely, thinking about why he was laughing about.
"Oi, Echizen! Chotto matte ne!" The aggressive-tennis-baseliner called uneasily, trying to get away from the prying eyes of the crowd after noticing them.
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When Momoshiro catch up with Ryoma and both went to the changing room, both of them started to change it into their club uniforms on the other hand Momoshiro was still going to use his white plain shirt and blue jogging pants since he's not in the regular line-up for now. But while they were changing, the aggressive-baseliner told to his feline eyed friend about the unexpected call of An to him last night.
"In short you two will have a date," Ryoma concluded teasingly after Momoshiro told about the call.
The aggressive-baseliner blushed terribly and then faced the feline eyed boy beside him. "WE'RE NOT GOING ON A DATE—"
"Right," Ryoma snorted, cutting off his sempai in mid of his sentence as he fixed his school uniform and put it in his shelf. "You're not going on a DATE…"
"Echizen! You--"
"Nya? Who's going on a date?"
Both of them jerked surprisingly their head behind and saw their acrobatic sempai standing behind them, looking curious about what they are talking about.
"Ano… No one Eiji-senpai! Right, Echizen?" He said, looking at the feline eyed boy beside him with a help-me-out-of-here stare.
Ryoma sighed as he put his usual white cap on his head and picked up his tennis racquet inside his racquet case bag with his left hand.
"Hai." He said, lowering the tip of his cap slightly.
"Really…" Kikumaru said, not believing at their words. He looked at the aggressive-baseliner-player suspiciously and then back to the feline-eyed boy.
Momoshiro smiled awkwardly as he scratched his head all of a sudden, "But that's the truth, senpai!"
Ryoma, however, opened the door and left them there without any word coming from his mouth.
"Nya! Ochibi!" The acrobatic-tennis-player called but the feline eyed boy already closed the door.
"I think I have to go now too, Eiji-senpai! Ja!" Momoshiro grabbed his racquet and then dashed away from there, leaving at now puzzled-looking-Kikumaru who is standing at the middle of the room.
"Momo-kun is going to have a date?" he muttered curiously to himself but then a wide wicked smirk plastered on his face and chuckled evilly. "Fujiko is going to like this."
-To be continued-
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