Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis
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Ryoma woke up. It was time for school again. She has to deal with those boring lessons again. She sighed. When she arrived in the classroom, she saw Yukimura. She smiled.
"Good morning, Yukimura." Ryoma said while something. She knew something was bugging Yukimura.
Yukimura stepped out of his trance. "Oh, Ryoma, Good morning." He said while smiling.
"Is something wrong?" Ryoma asked. Yukimura can hear the concern in her voice.
"Nothing" Yukimura told her. He wondered how Ryoma will react if she found out that he's Sei. If she became distant and hate him he can't really blame her.
Ryoma sat down. After the classes, Yukimura and Ryoma went to the music room. The other members were still not there. Yukimura went out because he forgot something. Unknown to Ryoma, she's not alone. The other members were already there. They want to know the relationship between Yukimura and Ryoma. They thought the two were keeping their relationship from them. They thought the two were lovers. Sanada was dragged by the other members there before the two even arrived. Ryoma sighed. She removed her glasses and let her hair down. She heard gasped. She turned around and saw the other members.
"Ryo-chan?" Kirihara asked.
"What were all of you doing there?" Ryoma asked with a calm voice but the truth was she's pissed off and the other knows that.
The members, except Sanada, Yanagi and Yagyuu tried to make an excuse but Ryoma knew that it was a lie. Yukimura suddenly opened the door. He saw Ryoma.
"Ryo…ma?" Yukimura asked. It's been long since he hasn't seen Ryoma and now that he took a good look at her, she became more lady like. He saw the other members. "You've already arrived?" he asked the other members.
Ryoma pointed her finger to the members except Yukimura angrily. "They're here since we've arrived. They were just hiding." Ryoma said with a sickly sweet voice and smiled.
"Echizen Ryoma" Yanagi said. The members looked at him.
"What do you mean?" Niou asked.
Ryoma sighed. She has no choice but to tell them the truth. "That's right. I'm Echizen Ryoma, the heiress of the Echizen Corp." Ryoma said in a monotone voice. She said it as if it's as natural as how the sky is blue. It's not every day that a heiress will suddenly change her looks into a nerd and then go to school and pretend to be one. Most of the girls who are heiress prefer to flirt and tell the whole world who they are.
"But how?" Marui asked.
Ryoma looked at them weirdly. "What do you mean how? I've been the heiress before I even go here." Ryoma said. "It's not like they'll just pick a random girl to be the heiress. I become the heiress because I'm Echizen Nanjiro and Rinko's daughter. I'm not the only one. Ryoma, my brother is the heir."
"Why did you pretend to be a nerd?" Sanada asked.
"Oh, that. I don't like getting too much attention. It's bothersome. There are crazy fan boys and noisy fan girls always stalking you and praising you. They're plastic. They just pretend to be your friend because of money. They'll do anything even become friends with a selfish brat. I don't like people like that. Not all people are like that but I don't want to be hurt again." Ryoma explained.
"That's true. When it comes to money people will do anything." Yagyuu said.
"By the way, are we going to practice or not?" Ryoma asked.
"Let's start practice" Yukimura said. They started practicing. The next day,
"Class, we have two transfer students." The teacher announces. This caught everyone's attention. The students started asking something like, "Are they boys?" "Are they girls?", "Are they cute?" and something along those lines.
"You two may come in." The teacher said to the two transfer student outside.
The class stopped talking. All their attention went to the two transfer student. The two walked in. everyone was surprised. If I say everyone, it means everyone, even Ryoma. Ryoma stare at the boy. Green hair, gold eyes, she can't be mistaken. It's Ryoga, her brother. Then she looked at the girl. It was Kurumi, Yukimura's sister. Her brother being here is understandable because he's 3rd year but Kurumi is supposed to be 2nd year so what is she doing in there? She's not that smart so it can't be possible that she skipped level because of her IQ.
"You two may introduce yourselves." The teacher said.
Ryoga smiled. "I'm Ryoga Echizen, nice to meet you." The girl went wild. Everyone knows who the two are.
Kurumi smiled sweetly. "I'm Kurumi Yukimura, Yukimura Seiichi's little sister, from now on, please take care of me." Kurumi said shyly. This time, it's the boys turn to cheer.
Ryoga scanned the classroom and saw his cousins and Ryoma. He saw another familiar face that he doesn't want to see. 'Yukimura Seiichi' He thought bitterly. He looked at her sister and saw that she doesn't mind sitting beside Yukimura. 'Why?' Ryoga asked himself. It looks like her sister doesn't know that Yukimura is Sei. 'If she doesn't know, it's better. I won't let that bastard get close to my sister again and hurt her.' Ryoga went in front of Ryoma. "Nice to see you again, Ryoma" Ryoga said. Ryoga noticed the shocked and curious glances from the other students. 'They don't know Ryoma's identity?' Ryoga thought inwardly.
Ryoma nodded. It's as if she's reading his mind. Kurumi ran towards her brother cheerfully and hugged him. "Ichi-ni I missed you" Kurumi said. This caught Ryoma's attention. When she saw Kurumi hugged Yukimura, she suddenly felt a weird feeling. 'Jealousy? Why will I be affected by those two? They're siblings and Yukimura is not the one I love. He's just my friend. Why will I be affected? This is not jealousy. It's nothing.' She said to herself.
Ryoga saw the look in Ryoma's face and he can clearly tell what it was. She's still in love with Sei and is jealous of Kurumi being so close to Yukimura. He can also tell that she's confused. 'She still doesn't know that Yukimura is Sei but it seems her heart knew who Sei from the start was' Ryoga thought. 'I can't let her fall in love with him again. She'll only get hurt' Ryoga thought. After some moment, the class started.
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Author's note: Sorry for the late update. I've been busy with tests lately and it's not yet over. I decided to study and continue writing after the tests are over but I can't stop writing whenever I have idea on my head because I'll surely forget it. Anyway, I'll just update as soon as I can after the tests are over.