Goodness! The end of this chapter feels like bleh! I've been experiencing a lot of fatigue lately due to school work and it kinda affected my writing. Well, this is just a bonus chapter so I won't be too particular and technical with it but nevertheless I hope you enjoy. And if you have any complaints, I'll gladly hear it out.

Upset

"Ei-chan, how'd your exams go?" Rina asked Sawamura as their papers have been returned to them. The brunette stayed silent, head facing down.

"Ei-chan?" Sawamura finally looked up, tears in his eyes as he showed the twin-tailed girl his exam papers. "I passed!" Although his scores were just barely passing ones, his classmates and fellow members of the baseball club didn't deny his efforts.

"That's great Sawamura-kun!" Haruno expressing her delight for the pitcher.

"Sorry Shin-chan, I left all the work to you. Since it's my first exam after transferring here to Seido I had to produce good results. Also, Rei-nee did threaten me that if I failed I had to take a break from club activities. Haha." Rina lightly laughed it off as she motioned to the blonde boy standing by her side over at Sawamura's desk.

"So, how'd you do?" Kanemaru asked. With a large grin plastered on the girl's face, she spread out her test papers on Sawamura's desk. "Thanks to you I have no problems." A perfect score in English while her she scored no lower than 90 in her other subjects respectively. Her scores rendered her male classmates speechless and amazed while on the other hand Haruno was purely impressed.

"Rina-chan, that's amazing!" Haruno exclaimed.

"Thanks Haruno-chan! If you need help with your studying next time just tell me." Rina said as she gave her friend a wink.

"Well then, I'm gonna go check on Haru-chan and Sacchan!" and there and then she ran off towards the classroom of class 1-B.

"Don't worry. They said they'll let you take make-up tests before the tournament." Haruichi was trying to comfort a pale and worried Furuya regarding his tests.

"Haru-chan, Sacchan!" She called out.

"Oi, Kominato, Furuya. Someone's looking for you."

"Rina-chan! You need something from us?" The pink-haired first year asked.

"Oh no, I was just going to ask how you guys did on your tests."

"Well…" Haruichi trailed off while Rina tilted her head in confusion. She looked over to Furuya and saw the boy's depressed state. "I did fine but as you can see Furuya-kun needs to take the make-up test."

Rina walked over to her friend and placed a hand over his shoulder. She looked at him with a kind gaze and a warm smile "Sacchan, want me to tutor you?" Furuya nodded frantically without hesitation. "We start tonight. We'll take things little by little, kay?"

-That evening-

"When faced with a problem like this, you use this equation here. The most basic thing is to locate your given values and substitute them into the equation. Then you need to solve carefully so that you won't have to repeat. If you want to check your answer though, here's what you do…" Rina was teaching Furuya some math until a knock on the door was heard. Both stopped what they were doing and looked at the door as the person who knocked proceeded with opening it himself.

"Oi Rina, Takashima-sensei is calling for you." A blonde young man was the visitor.

"Shin-chan." Rina moved to look at Furuya and said "I guess we'll have to continue this tomorrow. Sorry Sacchan!" She then moved towards the door and walked together with Kanemaru to the office. "Did Rei-nee say why she's calling for me?"

"She didn't tell me. She just told me to get you."

"Hmm… I wonder what she needs with me." The two stayed silent the whole time after the small chat and when they arrived in front of the office's door Kanemaru left her. "Thanks Shin-chan!"

"Rei-nee, you called?"

"Ah! Rina." Rina's aunt who was sitting on the sofa stood and went to grab a fairly large box. "The package your dad sent you has arrived. Here." Rina's eyes sparkled and she immediately took the box from Rei's hands.

"Thanks Rei-nee! I'm gonna go take a look at the stuff in my room. If he sent anything for you, I'll give it later." Rina, full of excitement, dashed off to her room. Once she got inside, she immediately placed the box on the floor and opened it.

"Waaaah! As expected of dad and mom. They sure know what I need." The box was filled with a few cans of cool spray, some of Rina's personal stuff, her most precious teddy bear, and lastly…

A glove.

This item surprised Rina. She didn't expect her parents to send it. Although she asked them to send her racket and a few balls they sent a different thing. Nevertheless it made her happy. She could play with the guys with her parents' consent.

Or not exactly. A letter was inside the box and when she read it, she gave out a small sigh. It was a rehabilitative training regimen for her knee. She was still off limits playing tennis but light throwing sessions have been allowed. She still had a reason to rejoice.

Rina set aside the box for the moment and instantly ran towards Sawamura's room. She slammed the door opened and shouted for Sawamura. Unfortunately, he was not in the room. The only ones present were Kuramochi and Masuko who were playing video games.

"What the!" Kuramochi yelled.

"Hm? You-chan, Tooru-senpai where's Ei-chan?"

"Oh Rina-chan. If you're looking for Sawamura-chan then he's doing the usual."

"Ah, I should've guessed… Haha! Well then please excuse me." and this time she ran towards Miyuki's room where Sawamura would probably be, pestering Miyuki to catch for him like always.

"Oi Rina, wait… Hey! Don't run stupid. Your knee… What's with the hurry anyway?" Kuramochi looked at the girl's running figure from the door but did not take the effort to run after her. Although he did saw what she had in her hands which made him think twice whether or not he would still follow after her. He just scratched the back of his head and decided to go back to the game he was playing with Masuko. Before continuing the paused game Kuramochi thought "That idiot! Well, she is going to Miyuki's room so there should be no problem… right?"

"Miyuki-senpai catch for me!"

"No. He's going to catch for me."

"What the hell Furuya! Why are you here anyway? I thought you were reviewing with Rina!?"

"Takashima-sensei called for her."

"Nevermind, Miyuki-senpai's gonna catch for me anyway so just go back to your room."

"No way. He's gonna catch for me."

"I'm not gonna catch for anyone! I just wanna get some sleep."

"Then, why don't I catch for you guys?" While the three boys were going over the same scene that happens every night a more than familiar voice snipped into their conversation.

"Rina. I thought Takashima-sensei called for you." Furuya asked in slight confusion.

"She just gave me the package I was waiting for. It didn't take long." Rina nonchalantly replied.

"But anyways… Tada! Look what they sent me." She showed them what she was hiding behind her back with sparkles in her eyes but for some reason, the three had sweat slide down their faces.

"What's with the unamused looks?" an irritated Rina asked while Miyuki returned her question with a sigh. "Is it okay for you to play? Won't you aggravate your injury?"

She glared at Miyuki and said "If it wasn't okay then they wouldn't have sent me this in the first place." As her gaze was getting colder, the three looked at each other and nodded. Although he felt defeated, Miyuki agreed to catch for the two just so that Rina would give up.

"Then I'll go play with Haru-chan. You stupid idiots!" and the twin-tailed brunette ran off.

"Oi Rina, wait!" Miyuki reached out a hand for her but when he saw Rina's pained expression who just stood there frozen.

"You two… just go to sleep tonight already. I lost the mood to catch."

"O… okay." Furuya and Sawamura reluctantly abide as their minds were filled with worry for their female friend right now but they concluded it was better to leave her alone. If she did go to Haruichi then she'd be fine. After her secret came out, Haruichi has been able to become stricter with her. They know he won't let her push herself too much.

"Everyone's too protective… This was exactly why I tried to hide my injury. I'm glad that my parents are letting me play baseball (although on a light basis) but do those guys know the feeling of not being able to play the sports you absolutely love!? I miss playing tennis so much that here I am trying to distract myself with their favorite baseball…" Rina muttered as she wiped off the fresh tears that are falling from her eyes.

"Whatever. I guess I'll just resign myself to my room tonight." and that last thing she let out was a sigh as she arrived at the door of her room. She threw herself to the bed and fell asleep instantly after experiencing the flurry of emotions that rushed over her this evening.

What can you guys say about Rina this time? Did you notice her vulnerable side? I tried to make it as obvious as possible XD haha. I plan to post two more bonus/filler chapters before going back to my main plot line but may the bonus/filler chapters satisfy your desire to see how they interact on normal days. I tried to make it out as how someone requested. :D