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"Akaya...you ok?"
"What. Do. You. Think?"
"Uh oh...he's talking in one-word sentences. That is not good. That is not good..." Marui chanted, staring at his kouhai.
Niou just cackled. "That's so like you, brat! You stepped on that Echizen girl's face!"
"It. Wasn't. My. Fault." Kirihara squeezed out between his gritted teeth.
Yukimura examined Kirihara's shoulder; the area Ukyou kept whacking until Ryoma threatened to shave Karupin's head bald. "She hits hard, doesn't she? There's going to be a big bruise there in the morning..."
"Not. My. Fault." He repeated, his head bowed down low and his eyes closed. His face wrinkled up in a wince as Yukimura examined his shoulder further.
Yanagi put a hand to his temple. "Stop fussing, Akaya. You're being childish."
"I am a child, damn it."
"Thirteen years old, Akaya. Thirteen. You're a teen." Yagyuu reminded him, pushing his glasses up to his face.
"I am so, so glad that the stupid girl has to run an extra fifty laps." Kirihara muttered, standing up and grabbing his racket.
Yukimura frowned. "Now, now...Akaya, that's not a way to think."
"You're right; my thoughts aren't harsh enough."
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Fuji looked at Ukyou, who was running her twentieth-something lap. She rounded the corner and wiped glistening beads of sweat off her forehead.
"Ne, Tezuka. Don't you think you're being a little hard on her? She's a girl, and she's younger." Fuji's concern for Ukyou overpowered the respect he had for his tennis captain.
"She whacked a tennis player, Fuji. Do you think she should be let off easily?"
"I still think you're going too hard on her." Fuji objected.
Maybe I am... Tezuka's thoughts barged in on him, startling the normally stoic captain. He heaved a sigh. "Ukyou! You may stop now."
Ukyou paused, panting. "Wha...? I...still got...uh...34 laps...to do..." she finished, falling to her knees in her spot. She began coughing heavily, struggling to get air to pass through her lungs.
Fuji's eyes snapped open. "Ukyou-chan!" he yelled, running towards the petite girl, followed by Ryoma and the sudden rush of the other regulars. The Rikkai team followed soon after.
Ukyou's lungs felt like they were on fire, and she tried to take in air, but her lungs wouldn't allow it. Then, with lack of air, she fell, temporarily unconscious, into the warm arms of one person.
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Ukyou's eyes fluttered open. "Hamburger..." she muttered, rolling over to her side. She heard a few whispers, and then an object, which oddly felt like a hand, thumped her in the head bluntly.
She shot out of the bed, mumbling, "Who died?"
Wait...Bed?
Ukyou looked at her surroundings, blinking a few times to adjust her eyes. She indeed, was lying in a bed. A strange, white one.
"UCCHAN!" was the first thing she heard, and she felt a heavy load launch itself onto her.
"Eiji, wait! Get off her! She's not feeling well!"
"Nya!"
"Where am I, and what am I doing in the nurse's office?" Ukyou yawned, stretching. Then she came to her senses. "Who knocked me in the head?"
Fuji chuckled, relieved that she was okay. "Guess," he pressed mysteriously.
Ukyou frowned and scanned the room. The regulars, plus the Rikkai team, were standing before her. She yawned and rubbed her eyes. "I dunno...the cookie monster? 'Cus that's what happened in my dream..." she mumbled, before falling back into slumber.
She dreamt about the...cookie monster? Fuji stifled a chuckle.
Tezuka's eyes furrowed. Cookie monster?
Yukimura's eyes danced with laughter. How interesting...
Ryoma, on the other hand, rolled his eyes. There she goes again, having her weird dreams. He didn't want to admit that he was quite worried when she suddenly collapsed. That girl...always so reckless and idiotic...
He raised his hand again and promptly smacked his sister's head yet again. She shot up, her eyes drowsy. She attempted to glare at him, but a yawn disrupted her efforts.
"Stop waking me up..." Ukyou hid under the covers again.
Ryoma just pulled them off. "Up. Now."
Another yawn. "Make me."
Ryoma twitched. He was about to retort, when the nurse entered the room calmly.
Tezuka was the first to react. "Sensei, what happened to her?"
The nurse looked surprised. She cleared her throat nervously. "Well, she's been over-exerting herself these past few days. I understand that you play tennis, yes?"
Tezuka nodded stiffly.
"Well, I'd think it'd be best if you let her rest a couple days..."
"What if I don't wanna?"
Everyone stared at Ukyou, who'd been listening to the conversation quietly.
Ryoma sighed and placed his hand forcefully on his sister's head.
"Ow!"
"You are going to rest. And when I say rest, I mean rest." He replied, knowing how awful it was when Ukyou was told to 'rest'.
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"I don't wanna!" A 9-year old Ukyou screamed at her brother. She'd twisted her ankle when she was playing soccer the other day, and she wasn't going to let up.
"Too bad." Ryoma walked out of the room, leaving her problems to their older cousin.
Nanako walked in the room. "Alright, Ukyou-chan! Maybe it'd be better if you slept first. Alright?"
Ukyou grumbled unhappily and climbed into bed slowly, careful not to move her ankle around too much. "Where's Ryo going?"
"To play tennis with Oji-sama."
"Oh." Ukyou lay back down and closed her eyes, pretending to fall asleep. Nanako saw this and slowly closed the door, leaving her alone.
As Nanako went down the stairs, Ukyou opened one eye, and then the other. She sat up and sighed, stumbled to the window, and opened it. She looked down. All she had to do was climb down. Right?
Ukyou stretched her good leg out and slowly placed it onto the ledge of the window, gulping slightly. She winced as she tried to get her sprained leg in the same position.
"Ow...ow...ow..." she muttered, quickly swinging her leg over the windowsill.
"UKYOU! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"
Ukyou looked down, to face her panicking father and gaping brother. She inhaled slowly as she remembered; this was the window to the backyard.
"Um...hi?" she tried, earning only an angry glare from her brother.
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"And he wouldn't talk to me! For a whole week!" Ukyou shrieked, waving her arms in the air.
The tennis players just stared back at her, blinking confusedly after the story ended.
"...What?"
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