Sorry for the lack of update. University has started D:

Btw, here the practice line-up for the singles (not in practical order): Gin – Akaya, Kintarou – Sanada, Chitose – Yanagi, Koishikawa – Akaya (he played twice because the senpai-tachi thought he needed more intensive training), Shiraishi – Yukimura.

Disclaimer: I do not own POT (kinda tired of typing this one again and again, but alas I should show some respect to the awesome Konomi-sensei~)

I tried to type this chapter more carefully, but maybe you'll still find (I hope not) some typos or grammar errors. I'm sorry about that. You know my English sucks.

I've just watched Hide's Ecstasy from Dream Live 7 and I'm mentally unstable now XDD

Anyway, enjoy~

Ch3: Embrasse-Moi

"The 45th hit."

"Wrong, based on my calculation it'll be end on the 46th hits."

"Hoo… You bet."

The match between saiki kanpatsu and data tennis somehow became a kind of guessing battle. Well, it wasn't bad at all since this match could polish their skill in guess-, err, predicting...

Today was really tiring for Kouki. Facing her friends' random acts and meeting new almost-as-random-as-her-friends people… It was fun but quite mind scaring. Anyway, after this last match finished, she only had to help the non-regulars practicing and could call it a day. Finally she could take a rest and maybe forget about the bugging thought about kissing and everything…

"Kouki-chan."

She looked up from her notes after hearing the familiar voice to see the silvery-brown haired guy. "Yes?"

"Can you come with me for a while? There's a place I want to show you." He asked.

"Eh? But the practice hasn't finished yet."

"Nobody will mind if we go for a while, right?" He said with a wink.

She blushed in instance and nodded. "Okay."

"Let's go then, before anybody sees us." He took her hand with his bandaged hand then dragged her exiting the club.

Scratched the hope about forgetting that silly thought! She became even more nervous by thinking two of them went somewhere secretly (hadn't he said he hadn't wanted to be noticed by the others just now?).

He would definitely laugh at her if he found out about this.

Come on, they were officially a couple now. Holding hands and going somewhere only by the two of them were normal things a couple would do. They had already done these things many times before, both as friends and as lovers. However, today she felt very awkward. Her heart beat so fast only by walking beside him. She didn't dare to look at him either. Upon her nervousness, she felt her hand even went cold as his was warmer than usual. She could only hope his bandages would prevent him from realizing it.

Kiss. Actually it wasn't a taboo to talk about. It was also a normal thing a couple would do, and since they'd known each other for a quite long time, maybe it was time for them to have their first one. It was a lie if she said she didn't want it at all.

She did feel nervous, but somehow she also felt quite excited.

She pinched her cheek with her other hand. Stupid! What the hell was she thinking about? Something like that would come naturally… and eventually… Thinking about this now would only ruin their precious moment.

"What are you doing?" He suddenly asked, catching her off guard. It seemed that he had seen her pinching her own cheek.

"Eh? N- nothing." She looked away, blushing in embarrassment.

"Really? Hurting your own self isn't right, is it?" He raised a brow. "Anyway, here we are."

Both of them stopped and she looked around in amazement. Flowers bloomed in various colors around them as the sweet relaxing fragrance carried on the summer breeze. The clear sky above them was also beautifully painted in warm colors from the sunset.

"Rooftop garden," he announced with a content smile. "Thought you would like this place."

"So beautiful!" She said with sparkling eyes.

"Glad you like it. I'm also really glad that you're okay now."

"What do you mean?"

"You know, you looked kinda down during the practice. That made me worried…"

"I'm fine, really. I was just… tired." She tried to explain. She felt both happy and guilty hearing that he was worried about her. "I'm sorry I made you worried."

He sighed. "Well, traveling and meeting new people are sometimes really tiring. So, how was Rikkaidai? Did they trouble you?"

She quickly shook her head hearing his question. "No. Yukimura-san wasn't as scary as I had thought before, Sanada-san wasn't either. Actually Yanagi-san and his data were scarier. Kirihara-kun was very cheerful, really different from Zaizen although they are both 2nd years, ah, maybe we should put them in a match tomorrow. Marui-san and the others were also really friendly, though Yagyuu-san and Niou-san's switching was really surprising. I almost thought it was Yagyuu-san who…"

"What about Yagyuu-kun?" He asked.

She thought at him for a while, not sure if it was good to him about what she had seen back then. However, since she had accidentally leaked some words about it, she decided to tell him.

"No wonder you were confused because of it. Yagyuu-kun was said to be a gentleman yet you saw him doing inappropriate thing on school ground," He chuckled. "Say, was that the reason why you acted awkwardly during the practice?"

"Uhm, I felt quite bad for interrupting. Maybe I should apologize to Niou-san and his girl friend next time I meet them…" She sighed, remembering about the girl she met earlier. That girl might have been displeased because of the interruption.

"That's not what I mean…" He mumbled as she was drowning in her thought again.

"Huh?"

"Nothing."

Both of them keep quiet for a while, only gazing around the garden, until finally she spoke again with a smile as she looked at him. "Thank you for showing me this place. I feel much better now. Sorry for worrying you though. Thank you, I really appreciate it."

He just looked back at her silently, smiled, and then leaned his head closer to her. His apatite colored eyes slowly closed as the distance between their lips was narrowed…

Sooooooooooo…. I end it here because I have to… *nervous grins*

I laughed imagining him mumbling "That's not what I mean…" in sarcastic tone while looking away. He was actually teasing that Kouki had been bugged because it had been a kiss. Too bad that she was just too slow to figure it out XD

Embrasse-moi means kiss me in French. I'm currently run out of ideas of title related to kiss. Suggestion, please?

Please review and tell me what you feel about this chapter. Was it sweet enough? OOC? Concrits, perhaps?

Thank you and see you… erhm.. as soon as possible.