A Kirihara x Sakuno, I think they are adorable but I could see him being pervy. This one-shot is more sweet and fluffy though. Please Enjoy and a Thanks to those that have reviewed, it means a lot.

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Envy

It wasn't unlikely to see Kirihara Akaya blow up and start yelling at someone weaker than him for whatever reason. It wasn't unlikely for him to look down on an opponent and point out their weakness, but this time it seemed different.

Here he was looking down at a girl with twin braids with pure malice. She was glaring back at him while clutching her racket to her body. They have been arguing for a while now and it all was because of what Niou said earlier.

When Kirihara and Niou were walking around the public tennis courts they saw a few girls playing, and that's when Kirihara saw her. She was mediocre at best but she looked like she was having a lot of fun. She was being beaten by her friend, but their was no hint of frustration or anything like that.

He thought it was weird that she could be so relaxed, and wondered why she wasn't being more serious. She needed to put a little more effort into it and she could do much better. So Kirihara continued watching her while he talked to Niou who could care less about the girl.

Still, Niou agreed, but he loved to tease Kirihara any chance he got.

"…Maybe you're just jealous she can play so happily." Niou said nonchalantly.

"What the? No way!" He said with a glare.

"Heh, sure sure. Just tell yourself that, but you know you are way to competitive. If you started to lose in a match you would go crazy. Like a little kid" Niou said with a smirk.

Kirihara had to stop for a moment. Everything he said was true he would probably go devil on the person no matter if it was an official match or not. So, maybe he was jealous.

"Hey, kid you home?" Niou said flicking the boy on the forehead.

"Oi!" Kirihara retorted and covered his forehead.

"Lets go now…hey wait!" Niou said turning away ,but Kirihara dashed off to where the girl was sitting.

He turned to give a skeptical look, but decided to just watch to see what he does.

Kirihara went to the girl and seemed to be talking.

"I was just wondering, since you are so bad at tennis why you don't play more seriously?" He asked in his usual cocky attitude with a playful smile on his face.

Her eyes widened in surprise and she pouted a bit before turning away. "I do play seriously…I'm j-just not that good." She said a bit embarrassed.

"Eh? How can that be? You were smiling and laughing like the game was a joke." He said rather shocked

She turned to him her eyes a bit glassy but she was giving him a serious look. "It was because I was having fun with my friend."

"Isn't that cute, hehe. At least you're happy at the level you're at."

" Yes I am now please, l-leave me alone!." She a bit more harshly before walking away.

"Hey!" He grabbed her arm and forced her back. "Don't think you can get away with that."

"Eh?" She was scared and a bit confused.

"You lied…I know you did" He said.

"What? No I-I…"

"You're not happy with it are you?" He asked cocking his head to one side.

"I guess… not." She said saddened as her inferiority complex started to grow.

"Then why don't you get better and train more?" He asked

She glared at him. "I've been trying."

"Then why weren't you taking the match seriously?"

"I told you I was but I was having fun too." She countered trying to pull her arm away.

He let her go and put his hands on his hips. "You make no sense." He said annoyed.

"J-just because I am having fun doesn't mean I don't play with all my heart." She said with more determination gaining som courage.

Chuckling he gave her a smirk. " I guess my friend was right, I do envy you."

She blushed a bit and blinked a few times, finding it odd to be told she was envied by someone.

"Yeah, I guess I'm envious of your ability to have so much fun in a game, and suck at it too." He said in a sarcastic way.

"Y-you…Idiot!" She yelled surprising both for a moment for an awkward silence.

This is where the two from the start are. Both upset at one another and just a silence to fill the moment. Niou was watching, but getting bored really quick.

Sakuno blushing tried her best to seem strong, but his towering body and piercing eyes were starting to scare her.

"How, How can you be jealous of that? I would love to be at the skill level you have." She said looking down.

"I would love to enjoy a game like you." He said back.

She looked up at him, and he seemed to have calmed down. "Really, you are so emotional. Just to let you know, I've never played a game where I laughed and smiled from just playing.*" He said turning to the court.

"Don't you like tennis?" She asked concerned.

"I love it, but I just can't help but play seriously because I get so frustrated with myself. If I'm having fun it's not because of the game." He said reflecting back on some of his more crueler games.

Her eyes softened a bit and she looked out at the tennis courts.

"You still have fun right?" She asked

"Of course!" He yelled feeling it was very obvious.

She turned back to him with a small smile. "Then you can have a game like that too."

"That's impossible." He retorted.

She shook her head. "If you really l-love the game, then it wont be." She said with a bigger smile.

He only looked on at her and smirked. "I'm Kirihara." He said with a bow of the head.

"Ah! Sakuno Ryuzaki! Nice to meet you." She said quickly bowing back out ofh habit.

"Hey, when you get better lets have a match and you can teach me to play like you." He said.

"S-Sure, but can you wait that long?" She asked.

"I have no choice, you're the only person I've seen that plays like you." He said patting her hair which he noticed felt silky to the touch.

"Oh." She said a bit disappointed in his answer.

"So hurry up and get better quick, I would really like to play a game with you soon." He said

She nodded. "I'll try my best." She said with a warm and beautiful smile.

A bit surprised he blushed with his mouth slightly agape. "You better." with that he ran off to his friend Niou who hit him in the head for making him wait so long.

She giggled and then went off with her racket, she was planning on going home but decided that she was going to train on the wall. She did have a date to prepare for.

* By smiling and laughing I mean, besides Devil mode. You know when he's laughing because he's crazy.(haha)

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