Finally, Sunday arrived. It was bright and sunny. Kikimaru was really looking forward to this day. He started out early and made his way to the green container. He could not find his marker any where but he saw the smiley face that was drawn next to his. 'Oishi!' he thought to himself.
He then took his time to walk to Seigaku and notice his surroundings. He had not used this route for almost a year and the memories were rapidly coming back to him. Some of the surroundings had changed in this one year.
Once he reached Seigaku, he realized that he was early. It was only 9.15am and the party was supposed to start at 10. However, he decided that he would go to the tennis courts. There was no where else to go. It was Sunday and the other parts of the school were likely to be closed.
As he turned the corner to the tennis courts, he heard sounds coming from the court nearest to him. 'Eh Echizen, hurry up will you? The preparations are not done and you are taking your time to do things!' The voice sounded really familiar to Kikumaru. As his eyes focused to the tennis court, he realized that the owner of the voice belonged to Momoshiro, who was now in his third year. In front of him was a slightly shorter boy holding a can of ponta in his hand. He seemed uncaring that his Buchou was chiding him.
'Momoshiro!!! O-chibi!!!!!!!!!!!! What a surprise to see you all here so early!'
'Kikumaru sempai! You are early!' said the surprised Momoshiro and Echizen in unison.
Kikumaru rushed forward and hugged, or more like squeezed the breath out of Echizen. It was nothing unusual, as he had always done it when he was still in Seigaku. However, Echizen was still not used to it.
After kikumaru released Echizen. He said: 'Hai!!! Thought I would like to come here early since it has been a really long time since I last came here. What has happened to the tennis court? It's in a mess.'
'You see, I wanted to decorate the tennis courts for today. We are halfway through the preparations. It is after all a party and I wanted it to be a memorable one. However, we are not getting very far with the preparations as you can see. Echizen is not helping out much and Mamushi seems to have disappeared. Not that he would help much even if he was here.'
Before Kikumaru could respond, another voice came from behind him.
'Who are you calling Mamumshi? I was just taking a break. And it is a waste of time to decorate this tennis court.' Said Kaido, who as usual, was wearing a bandana. He had changed his bandana colour to blue this year but just for today, he wore his green bandana.
'Just admit that you did not want to help out and was slacking around. And why are you wearing your green bandana today?'
'It is none of your business!'
Kikumaru signed to himself. The usual quarrels between Momoshiro and Kaido were starting again. They still acted as though they were freshman. The only difference was that Momoshiro was now captain of the tennis team and Kaido was the vice-captain. At this rate, the tennis courts were not going to be decorated in time. Kikumaru wished that Oishi was there. He was the team's mother hen and could always settle the quarrels between these two.
Kikumaru wished that Oishi could hurry and come back. He missed Oishi and was longing to see him again.
Echizen finally managed to separate Momoshiro and Kaido. Together with Kikumaru, they started to set up the decorations in the tennis court. It was fun! Just like the old times, Kikumaru and Momoshiro joked and laughed at silly jokes while setting up the decorations.
Time seemed to fly and it was already 9.40. The decorations were almost done and the catered food had already arrived. It smelled delicious and Kikumaru was tempted to eat some but after receiving a 'don't you dare look' from Momoshiro and Kaido, he did not take anything. The other regulars were due to reach the tennis courts soon. They were known for being on time, if not earlier. As expected, the regulars who were already in the tennis courts could not wait to see the rest.
Kikumaru was taking a short break at the side of the courts when he heard footsteps coming towards him. 'Eiji! You are early! Good to see you here! It sure has been a long time since we saw each other.'
Kikumaru looked up. When he saw the person, a wide smile was spread across his face. Indeed, it was a long time since kikumaru had seen him.
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