Later that night, Leah, Inui and Tezuka showed up at Sayomi's door, ready to go.
"Now we just have to
go get Tiffany."
"And the other regulars."
"Yep."
"Just give me a sec to get everyone."
She turned around to see Eiji, Kome and Ryoma standing behind her.
"Or not."
"Let's go!"
They headed over to Tiffany's house. She and Fuji had already gotten ready and were about to go to Leah's house.
"Oh, you're here! Convinient!"
"Ah, Sayomi! Your friend has been very hospitable."
"Good to hear."
"Okay, now let's go
to the hotel."
"Why?"
"To get the other
regulars!"
"Oh
right."
"Eiji-kun, could you give Oishi-kun a call and
ask him what rooms they're in?"
"Got'cha."
He took out his cellphone, dialing Oishi's number.
"I love speed dial!"
"You have Oishi-kun on speed dial?"
"Number one, of couse!"
"Hey, Eiji! What's
up?"
"What room are you guys in?"
"959 and
960."
"Thanks! Now we know what room to ask for."
"No problem. We're going to dinner now, right?"
"Yep!"
Both hung up the phone.
"So, what
rooms?"
"959 and 960."
"Let's go get them then."
As they arrived in the lobby, the four remaining regulars were there waiting.
"Hello!"
"Hi,
Momo-chan."
"Aren't we...enthusiastic..."
"Don't make fun of Momo, Tiffany."
"Hey, I have nothing against that guy. I'm just saying he's a bit...enthusiastic."
"He's excited. Momo's a people person."
"So where are we
going?"
"Karaoke."
"Awesome!"
"Momo-chan, are you
planning to sing?"
"Yes. Are you?"
"No."
"Aww, you're no fun."
The went outside to see a taxi waiting for them.
"I took the liberty of calling a cab."
"Thanks,Tezuka-kun. That was nice of you."
"Are you implying that I don't do nice things often?"
"Well you do only let the freshmen pick up balls..."
"It's a test of your
commitment."
"How?"
"If you continue to pick up balls for the entire year, it will prove that you're commited to the tennis club and that you really want to play for Seigaku's team."
"That...makes sense...I guess..."
Tezuka nodded, signifying that the conversation was over. Soon, they were at the karaoke bar.
"Eveyone, they're
here?"
"What do they mean by that?"
"Well,
I may have called and asked for a private room."
"How'd
you afford that?"
"When I told them it was for you, they
told me it was free of charge."
"Wow. So much special treatment really makes a girl feel...um...special."
"This way to your private room, Sayomi."
"Um...thank you."'
They were lead to their room, complete with a large stage and a spotlight. Leah was the first to enthusiastically get on stage.
"So what are you going to sing?"
Leah and Tiffany looked at each other.
"Disturbia!"
Tiffany hopped onto the stage to provide backup vocals.
After they finished, they took a bow and went back to sitting with Sayomi.
"How were
we?"
"Great!"
"Are you planning to sing, Sayomi?"
"Of course not!"
She turned to the regulars.
"Are you going to
sing?"
"We can't sing any of those english songs!"
The noticed Kaido, who had been listening to his iPod the whole time.
"...What?"
"That karaoke machine is basically just a computer, right?"
"I guess."
"So
would it be possible to plug Kaido's iPod into it?"
"...I don't know."
Inui pulled out a toolbox and began tampering with the karaoke machine. Eventually, he was able to find a USB port and plug Kaido's iPod into it.
"I wanna go first!"
Eiji went though Kaido's iPod, looking for a song he liked.
"Kaido...you listen to Gackt?"
"Give me that!"
He snatched his iPod back and stuffed it into his pocket.
"Aww, now what're we supposed to sing?"
"Anybody else got their iPod with them?"
"We were going to dinner, I didn't want to be rude!"
"Speaking of which, we haven't actually eaten anything yet."
"Tell your friends that, please."
She turned back to Leah.
"Hey, Leah...when are we actually going to eat?"
"What do you
mean?"
"Well usually when you treat someone to dinner,
you buy them dinner."
"Shut up Tiffany!"
The two looked at each other.
"Sushi?"
"Sushi."
"Sushi?!"
"Sushi!"
"Not
you too!"
She glanced over at the regulars who had joined into Leah and Tiffany's word game.
"What? It's fun!"
"So are we going now?"
"Leah, are we going to go now?"
"Yeah, yeah."
Leah and Tiffany left, the others following.
"Sushi!"
"Sushi!"
"Sushi!"
"Sushi!"
"Su-"
"Will
you guys stop it?!"
Eiji and Momo smiled at each other mischievously.
"Sushi!"
"Sushi!"
"Sushi!"
"Sushi!"
"Are you two now
intenionally provoking
Sayomi?"
"Maybe..."
"Well stop it. She's
getting annoyed."
"Sorry, Tezuka."
Eiji rolled his eyes at Tezuka.
"Eiji-kun, aren't you intimidated at all by Tezuka-kun?"
"Pfft, I'm not scared
of Tezuka."
"You should be. 100 laps next time we're at
the tennis courts."
"Yes sir." he said sarcastically.
"Guys, please stop fighting!"
"I'm sorry,
Sayomi-sama."
"For the last time, would you quit calling
me that?!"
"Sorry."
