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The School Kumiko Goes To

The Day Kirihara-kun Came

Kumiko woke up late that day and blinked her eyes open before quickly sitting up straight and looked towards the clock on her bedside, telling her that it's still early in the morning, just in time for her morning jog. Kumiko rubbed the sleep out from her eyes and brushed her teeth before changing into her jogging attire before going out to see her brother waiting for her.

"I'm read, nii-chan." Tezuka then nodded at her and both of them then went jogging after saying goodbye to their grandfather.

"Do you have club activities today, Kumiko?"

"I remember sensei said we're finishing early for today."

"When you finish, come to the courts. Some people might need some extra practice."

"Really? Are you sure I can, onii-chan?"

"Are you planning to do anything today after club?"

"Well… no… okay then, I'll come over. But won't I be trouble since I'm in the arts club?"

"Ryuuzaki-sensei told me she has told your arts teacher that you're an extra help on both the female and male the tennis clubs. Your arts teacher was quite surprised, but he didn't say anything about it." Both Kumiko and Tezuka continued their jog in silence before the younger looked up and opened her mouth.

"Onii-chan, am I a good help?" Tezuka was silent, but then he lifted his hand up and ruffled Kumiko's hair before jogging up ahead. Kumiko, who realized that her brother is purposely trying to leave her behind fasten her speed up to catch up.

"Onii-chan! Not fair, you can't run ahead like that! Onii-chan!" Tezuka decided to ignore Kumiko's whining while trying to keep himself from smiling and kept on running back towards their house as Kumiko pouted all the way home.

Today seemed to be a good day

"Bye Kumiko-chan!"

"Bye everyone! See you tomorrow!"

Kumiko waved goodbye to her friends after their arts club had finished and she quickly made her way towards the tennis courts. Her brother just had to secretly borrow her racket when she wasn't looking, she thought she lost it and was about to cry out to her mother before she saw her brother holding onto her racket, smiling that teasing smile at her (no one would notice it though). Just because she couldn't beat him doesn't mean he has the rights to keep on bullying her like this! But Yuuta told her that his own brother did that to him as well and said that it's what every other older siblings do, although it takes quite some time to convince Yuuta that Tezuka really does like to tease her. Kumiko then heard some noises from the tennis courts and wondered if the team is having a break before hearing a familiar voice that she knew was supposed to be in another school. Kumiko then stopped at the courts and her smile grew bigger by the second the spotted that very familiar mop of messy black hair.

"Kirihara-kun!"

Kumiko's shout was enough to get everyone that was inside the court to look at her, but Kumiko didn't mind. She hasn't met her friend for quite a long time after all. Kumiko then entered the courts and almost squeaked when Kirihara decided to pull her into a bear hug. Tezuka, who was trying to ignore the sudden intruder, quickly snapped his head towards his sister, since the boy is now hugging her.

"Kumiko! It's been such a long time! Why haven't you come over to Rikkai?"

"I missed you too, I haven't had the time… but Sei bucchou did send me a message to come visit soon… I'm sorry, I didn't know about Sei bucchou until he suddenly told me that he's in the hospital…"

"Don't worry, bucchou's a lot stronger than he looks. But how did he get your number…?" Kumiko then looked towards Inui who was scribbling things on his note and back towards Kirihara.

"I'm guessing it's Yanagi-senpai." Kirihara made an acknowledging sound and Kumiko shrugged her shoulders.

"It's not surprising, really… Yanagi-senpai…"

"You know, we were waiting for you to come to Rikkai. I didn't know you enroll here in Seigaku…"

"I was thinking about enrolling to Rikkai, but then kaa-chan told me perhaps going to Seigaku might be a bit safer since there's onii-chan here. So here I am… but…" Kumiko looked around and saw the Ichinen Trio on the ground with Momo and saw the tennis ball scattered on the court.

"You made quite a mess… as always." Kirihara then grinned at her and then Tezuka decided to cough to get to their attention.

"Kumiko." Kumiko knew that stare, she quickly took Kirihara's hand and pulled him outside the courts.

"Hey, Kumiko! What are you doing?" Kumiko hushed Kirihara down and both of them passed Ooishi, Fuji and Eiji who were walking towards the courts.

"… Was that Kumiko-san?"

"It is, nya. I wonder who that guy is, he's not wearing a Seigaku uniform, nya."

"It looks like Rikkaidai's uniform…"

"What's a Rikkaidai boy doing here?" Eiji asked when they had entered the tennis courts.

"He was trying to as Tezuka for a match before Kumiko seemed to have saved the day by coming in and have a friendly reunion with the boy that involves smiling and hugging.

"… Hugging, you say?" Fuji said with his eyes opened and his smile sinister.

"Indeed. Tezuka is the proof." Inui said as everyone turned to Tezuka who is frowning as well as twitching at the direction Kumiko and the Rikkai student just go to.

"Maa… let's leave Tezuka be, we don't want him to let it out on us, right? I'm sure Kumiko will be happy to explain who that boy is when she came back." Fuji said as everyone who heard him nodded and went back to practice as the Ichinen Trio continued to collect the scattered tennis balls.

"… Hey, where's Echizen?"

"What's going on, Kumiko! I was trying to get a match out of Tezuka-san!"

"Um, Kirihara-kun, you do know that they were in the middle of practice, right? And you just came unannounced and kind of made a mess." Kirihara was staring at Kumiko who was talking and when Kumiko's eyes met him he blushed bright red.

Okay… senpai-tachi are going to laugh at me if they ever saw me like this… especially Niou-senpai and Marui-senpai

"Kirihara-kun, are you listening to me?"

"Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm sorry."

"And onii-chan gave me that look that clearly says to get you out of there before he told you to run laps, and you know how you don't like laps. Especially if onii-chan and Geni fukubucchou are practically the same."

"I was just trying to see if he's all what people said him to be."

"Onii-chan is a great tennis player, yes that is true. But coming here unannounced like this is not good at all, Kirihara-kun. You're not being polite."

"You're starting to turn into Yagyuu-senpai, Kumiko." Kumiko then sighed and just smiled at the now grinning Kirihara.

"Well, since I haven't met you for a long time, I'll let you go this once. But if you ever come here again like this…"

"Alright, I know, I'll be in trouble, but you'll help me right?" Kirihara said, grinning at Kumiko who raised an eyebrow at him with an amused smile.

"Maybe I will. Now you better go, or you'll get into more trouble. And don't sleep in the bus, alright?"

"How did you know I slept in on the bus?"

"Because it's you, Kirihara-kun. I know you."

"Well, I guess I better get back or Sanada fukubucchou will finally kill me…"

"I hope we can meet again, I wanted to meet everyone too!" Kirihara then looked at the phone he had unconsciously took in his hand and towards Kumiko before nervously swallowing his saliva.

"Hey, Kumiko, can I have your number? I guess it'll be easier to contact you whatsoever…"

"… Sure! Lend me your phone, Kirihara-kun." From a corner, Echizen walked out casually carrying his racket in his arm before noticing someone at the gate and saw his captain's younger sister with an unknown student, exchanging numbers. Echizen then became interested and slowly moved closer to the two. Echizen then heard Kumiko phone ringing and scooted closer to hear what they're saying.

"Done! Maybe after this I can get everyone's number when I meet them."

"I have all the senpai's numbers though."

"I'll ask them on my own, so I have another reason to meet up with everyone!"

"Alright then, see you soon, Kumiko!" Echizen then thought he'd seen enough for perhaps blackmail, but by then he'll probably be dead if Fuji or Tezuka ever finds out he wanted to blackmail Kumiko. He better get out of there and go to the courts before getting more laps to run.

"Don't sleep on the bus! Don't forget that!" Kumiko said as she waved at the departing figure of her friend before jogging back towards the courts to see her brother turning his head at her when she took a step into the courts.

"Kirihara-kun's gone back, onii-chan. Don't look like that, he's a good friend." Some of the tennis club members looked towards Kumiko and then towards Tezuka. Some were thinking if Kumiko was out of her mind, saying something about Tezuka making faces since to them, Tezuka's face doesn't change a single bit.

"I believe you have a better sense at making friends." Tezuka suddenly said, surprising everyone on the court.

"I like him just the way he is." Kumiko said as she stuck her tongue out at her brother, surprising everyone even more. Tezuka then sighed and turned towards the courts.

"Everyone, 20 laps, now!"

"H-Hai bucchou!"

"I'll run too."

"50 laps."

"Yes onii-chan, whatever you say."

Today is a nice day indeed

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This is the last chapter of this story, I hope you guys enjoyed all of it! All of them were a mess, but if you enjoyed them I'm happy!

Thank you for reading this far!

And does anyone have a link where I can download PairPuri DVD 8? I want to see the play where Sanada became a prince and Ryoma became a Cinderella! If it was Cinderella... but Ryoma is a princess and is in a dress xD I guess at first it was supposed to be Akaya but then somehow changed into Ryoma...

And there's a picture where Sanada is carrying Ryoma bridal-style and I'm laughing my guts off at the picture, not to mention seeing Jackal in a horse costume and Marui in a dress...

They say it was Yukimura who made the script, so I guess that's why it's so funny xD I wonder where Niou and Yagyuu are...

If you guys have a link, please do kindly share with me! I wanted to see it so badly...

Toodles!