When they arrived at the courts, there were more people waiting to take pictures. One of the people was from the local newspaper.

"Sayomi! Are you about to practice?"

"Yes, actually."
"Would it be okay if I took a few shots for the newspaper?"
"I guess so."

"Sandra! Any open courts?"

"For Sayomi, any court is open!"

"But seriously, are there any courts open?"
"Pick any court you'd like. Wherever Sayomi feels most comfortable practicing."

"I'd like to practice on an open court, please. I'd hate to have to force someone to leave."

"Well they're all open, considering it's almost 8."

"Okay, thank you."

They strolled though the gate toward the outdoor courts, the sunset beginning to fade.

"How pretty..."
"Sayomi, do you wanna play doubles with us?"
"Yeah! Let's show her how good we've gotten!"

"So Ryoma, I guess we'll be partners?"

"Sure."

Sayomi strolled onto the court, admiring the fading sunset. The moment she set foot on the court, her personality changed.

"Holy crap! I almost forgot about that!"

"Let's just play. I'll let you guys serve first."
"Sayomi, take net."

"Gotcha. One more thing, Ryoma."
"What?"
"Go easy on them."

"What'd you tell him?!"

"I told him to go easy on you."

"We're not that bad!"

"No, he's just that good."

"Tiffany, take net?"

"I don't care."

"Alright, then I'll serve."

Everyone got into position and prepared to begin the game. Leah served as quickly as she could, only to discover that the ball had gone out.

"Well that just sucks."

"It's our serve, don't let your guard down. And Ryoma, give them an easy one."

Ryoma's serve soared straight at Leah's racket and she returned it with great power. Sayomi allowed the ball to go to the back of the court so Ryoma could hit it.

"Is that the best you can do?"

"No..."

"Give it your all!"

"We are!"

"Just serve it already, Ryoma!"

"Yeah, yeah."

He served the ball as slowly as he could, Leah missing the ball completely.

"Um...I can do better."

"Then prove it."

"I can't do this anymore, you two suck."

He shook his head and took a seat on the bench.

"Huh. My partner just left me. Play singles, I'll watch."

"You're goin' down, Leah!"
"No way, I'm going to win!"

"No me!"
"No me!"

Sayomi sat down with Ryoma and Kome and watched as Leah and Tiffany argued.

"Aren't you going to stop them?"

"No, they always do that."

"Okay..."

"Just play already, guys! I wanna see how well you play. No points, so no winner."

"Thanks for sucking all the fun out of it..."

"Just go!"

"Alright, alright."

Leah and Tiffany practiced volleys for a few hours, with Ryoma and Sayomi critiquing them and giving them tips. Sayomi glanced at the clock.

"Guys, it's 10:00."

"It is?!"

"Already?!"
"Should we be heading home?"
"When does this place even close at?"
"Let's go ask Sandra!"

They walked inside to the reception desk.

"Sandra, when does this place close?"

"I don't think it does."

"Really?! Awesome!"

"But anyway, I think we should go home now."

"Okay."

As they arrived back at Sayomi's house, Kome, Ryoma and Sayomi got their beds ready for the night.

"Don't tell me you're going to bed already!"

"Of course not!"
"So what'll we do now?"
"Truth or dare!"

"I'm okay with that."

The five sat around in a circle, ready to play.

"I'm going first!"

"Alright, go Kome."
"Sayomi, is there anything going on between you and Ryoma? And remember, you have to tell the truth."
"I already told you no!"
"Oh fine, I believe you. Leah, wanna go next?"

"What'd she ask me?"
"If you wanna go next."

"Oh, okay! Sayomi, to prove that there's nothing going on between you and your hot friend-"
"My name's Ryoma."
"Seven minutes in heaven, both of you!"
"What?!"

"You heard me! In the closet!"

Leah, Tiffany and Kome pushed the two of them into the closet together.

"Shit...I got stuck in a closet again...I hate seven minutes in heaven."

"Again? Oh yeah, at Momo-senpai's party you went in the closet with Kaido-senpai. What happened in there anyway?"

"Nothing."

"Don't lie to me, something happened in there, Momo-senpai let you out before the seven minutes was over."

"I sat in the closet with Kaido-senpai and we lied to Momo-senpai."

"You're lying to me. Tell me the truth."

"Okay...Kaido-senpai kissed me."

"Seriously?"
"Yes."

"Isn't it much nicer when you're not lying to me?"
"But I'm still lying to Kome, Leah and Tiffany..."

Kome, Leah and Tiffany pressed their ears against the door.

"Kome, I heard our names come up, what're they saying?!"
"Huh?!"

"Ugh, she doesn't speak English! I forgot!"

Ryoma and Sayomi continued to talk as the others listened to the muffled conversation through the door.

"Hey, it's for the best. Could you imagine how they'd react if they knew?"
"Yeah, I guess you're right..."
"Well I'm glad you can imagine their reactions, because I can't."

"Well Kome would never let me hear the end of it-"
"Yes I would!" she shouted through the door.

"And Leah and Tiffany would never quit bugging me about it. Not to mention everyone else at school..."

"I probably wouldn't hear the end of it either."

"And Eiji-senpai would be crushed..."

"It's alright to lie to your friends once in a while."
"No it isn't!"

"Well for our own selfishness, it's perfectly okay."

"Yeah...but still...I feel really bad about lying to them..."

"Will a kiss make up for it?"

"Why don't you try it?"

Ryoma leaned in for a kiss as Sayomi searched around her closet floor. As Ryoma was only inches from her face, she held up an old tennis magazine.

"Ha ha, very funny."

"But it wouldn't have been as fun if I didn't find the magazine."

"How about this time you don't hold up the magazine?"

"Nah." she stuck her tongue out.

"So what're we gonna be doing for the rest of the week?"

"I guess we're just going to hang out and go with the flow."

"Hey, how long has it been?"

"About five minutes."

"Anything you wanna tell me before we get outta here?"
"Kome's listening y'know."
"Am not!"

"Has she been listening the whole time?"

"Probably."
"No I wasn't!"

"She's probably going to tell everyone what we've said."

"Then we'll make sure no one beleives her."

"But she'll still know."
"Then we'll make sure that even she doesn't beleive it."

"So you're planning to make her think she's crazy?"

"Exactly."
"That isn't nice!"
"Then she shouldn't have been invading our privacy."

Leah opened the door, allowing the two out.

"Couldn't you have just believed me?"

"Wasn't that more fun though?"

"No, it makes me think you don't trust me to tell you the truth."

"Let's go do something less...potentially violent."

"Movies?"
"Movies!"

"Subtitles."

"Subtitles?"
"Kome."

"Leah!"
"Tiffany!"
"What are you guys doing?"
"The name game?"

"Let's just go watch a movie."

The five went out to the family room, looking through the DVD's.

"We should watch Sleeping Beauty!"

"Okay!"

They stayed up for hours watching old Disney movies.