Well,here's the second chapter of Just Be Friends! Once again, mucho thankies to Quietjay21 for the review! I hope you guys like the chapter! I'm really sorry if it seems to be going slow.
Chapter 2: Introducing the Seigaku Regulars!
"What's going on here?" came a voice from the open door. Everyone in the room turned their heads to see a short boy with dark hair and golden eyes. The small boy glanced around the room to see most of the boys shirtless and his friend on the floor picking up tennis balls. Her face was beet red and her eyes were starting to look watery. He couldn't help but wonder how she got into this mess, or how they were able to stay friends for so long seeing as how all she did was just bring trouble to him. His first day at Seigaku was definitely going to be memorable…unfortunately not in a good way.
"Who are you?" asked the spiky-haired boy
"Isn't it common courtesy to give your name before you ask for someone else's?" asked the golden-eyed boy, his eyes shifting from his friend to the boy who asked
"You're the one that barged in here. We should be the ones asking questions, but since you seem so interested, my name is Momoshiro Takeshi. " Said the boy with dark spiky hair.
"I'm Kikumaru Eiji, nya" said the boy with red hair
"I'm Oishi Shuichiro, vice captain of this tennis club" said the boy with the bangs
"Fshu…Kaidoh Kaoru" said a boy with a green bandana, seemingly annoyed at the events taking place
"Kawamura Takashi" came a timid response from a boy with brown hair
"Inui Sadaharu" said a boy with dark hair and shiny glasses. He was currently writing something in a green notebook.
"Fuji Syuusuke" said the brown-haired boy with a light smile gracing his face
"Tezuka Kunimitsu, captain of the tennis club" came the stern voice of the bespectacled brunette
"Now that we've given you our names, who are you?" asked Momoshiro
"I'm Echizen Ryoma" replied the boy
"What? No way! You're not Echizen Ryoma! He's Echizen Ryoma!" said Kikumaru, pointing to Yuu, who was placing tennis balls in the basket
"No, I'm Echizen Ryoma. That thing over there" he said pointing to Yuu, "isn't even a guy. It's just a really flat clumsy girl in a guy's uniform. " he replied bluntly. Once he said that, everyone stared at Yuu who was finished picking up the balls.
"Ryoma, it really doesn't sound very nice when you put it that way. You can be really mean sometimes, you know." Replied the girl
"So, if you're not Echizen Ryoma, who are you?" asked Kikumaru, curious as to who he had dragged around school
"Ah, I'm really sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Tsukiyomi Yuu." Said the girl, smiling
"Tsukiyomi huh? So the Moon God, right?"asked Momoshiro
"Idiot, you're thinking about Tsukuyomi. Her name is Tsukiyomi. You know nothing. Are you really a second year?" asked Kaidoh, scoffing at the idiotic question
"What was that Mamushi? You want to fight?" asked Momoshiro, grabbing Kaidoh by his shirt collar
"Calm down you guys. No fighting" said Oishi, coming between the two.
"Actually, Momo isn't that far off. Tsukuyomi is pretty much the same as Tsukiyomi. They both come from the word "tsukiyo" meaning "moonlit night" and the verb "miru" meaning "to look at". You can interpret them both as "to look at the moonlit night"." Explained Inui
"So that means she's a Moon Child, right? That's so cool, nya!" said Kikumaru glomping Yuu. "I'm really sorry for thinking you were a guy little Moon Child, but you know a girl really shouldn't be wearing a guy's uniform."
"Ah, well that's because I hate skirts. Plus the guy's uniform looks cooler" replied Yuu bluntly, leaving the whole room speechless. "Ah, is it wrong that I'm wearing the boy's uniform? I'm probably breaking the rules and causing trouble, aren't I?" Yuu said worried from seeing the expressions on their faces
"Ah, no, it's not that…um…Tezuka? You're the student council president, what do you think?" asked Oishi, trying to make the girl feel better
"There isn't a rule that says girls can't wear the boy's uniform." Replied the stoic captain
"See? Nothing to worry about!" said Kikumaru smiling happily.
Whatever. Yuu, let's go." Said Ryoma, taking his tennis bag from Kikumaru and walking out of the club room.
"I'm really sorry for disturbing your practice like this. It was nice meeting all of you." Said Yuu, bowing and running after her friend. The walk home between them was silent as both were reflecting on what had happened. Once they got home, their usual routine of practice and hanging out at Ryoma's house took place
"Um…Ryo-chan…I'm realy sorry about today" Yuu said blushing, remembering the embarasshing events that took place. They were currently in Ryoma's room playing with Karupin.
"I told you didn't I? You look like a guy, so they mistakened you for a guy and you ended up being surrounded by shirtless guys." Said Ryoma, annoyed at his friend
"I'm really sorry. I'm being a bother to you again, aren't I?" said Yuu, looking down and letting her bangs cover her face. Ryoma saw this and went over to his drawer, pulling out some thin red ribbons with golden bells on them. While she was still looking down, he walked over to her and tied a ribbon on each side of her head.
"You've been a bad cat lately" was all he said as he rang one of the bells on her head. Yuu slowly looked up to her friend and placed a hand on the ribbon. She felt the thin fabric holding two small bells and a smile crept onto her face. She felt her eyes become watery from the memory of her childhood with the Echizen brothers.
"Don't cry, they're just cheap bells I got from an arcade game. It's not like the bell Ryoga gave you, but at least now you'll look more like a girl." He said, giving a small frown of disapproval to the teary eyes. He knew it was to be expected since she was a simple girl and would get happy over the smallest of things, but he still didn't want to see her cry, even if they were tears of joy.
"I'm sorry Ryo-chan, but I can't help it" she said wiping her eyes "You've just made me really happy even though I'm always such a bother to you. Cheap or not, these bells are special because you're special to me Ryo-chan. I'll always treasure them. Thank you" she said hugging her friend with a big smile on her face.
"If you don't want to be a bother, then stop being a bother. Mada mada dane" he said, letting his friend hug him without any protests. She just hugged him tighter, staying like that for what seemed like hours.
"You can let go now" said Ryoma, wondering when she'd let go
"Mada mada dane" she replied, continuing to hug her friend. She could feel that he was glaring at her, but she didn't care.
Well,that's the end of this chapter. Again,I'm really sorry if it seems slow. After this chapter,there's definitely going to be more Fuji and Tezuka. Thank you for reading! I hope you guys continue to read this little story of mine.