All the characters are not my own, they come from The Prince of Tennis anime/manga series. I hope you all enjoy! Reviews are greatly appreciated! New chapters posted frequently :)
Sakuno:
The walk to the dormitories was so awkward for Sakuno. Ryoma thought she was a boy and thus, he couldn't care less that they were roommates. But for Sakuno, sharing a room with her biggest crush and keeping him from finding out her identity was just not in the playing cards. The two coaches lead them up 4 flights of stairs. "You two are staying in the attic room since you were late to the start of the camp." Coach Fushi explained.
Sakuno looked over at Ryoma. She really had no clue as to how she was going to deal with this; he was going to be so close to her, breathing in the same air as her, changing in the same room as her! Oh god! Of course she would go to the washroom to get ready but just thinking of him getting undressed made her blush.
They finally arrived at their new room Sakuno was horrified at how small it was! There was only enough room for a bunk bed and a dresser. Apparently the prince had the same opinion and spoke up, "I don't think that the two of us can live in such close quarters. " All Sakuno could think to do was nod vigorously in agreement.
"Well what did you brats expect? That you would get off consequence free? Haha no way. We run a tight ship here. Those who break the rules pay for it" the awful coach Pingyu answered harshly to them. Fushi just smiled at them and then started to explain what they had missed, "You will have off-court training sessions every morning from 7 to 10:30. This will include cardio, strengthening and also simulations. Then you will be given a short lunch break from !0:30 until 11:15. We expect you to always be properly dressed and presentable so that break might include a shower and a change of your clothes. The afternoon is divided into two types of on-court training. Part A, the training drill section is 3 hours and forty-five minutes long and lasts from 11:15 to 3 pm and then you will transfer right away to Part B which are the practice matches. Everyday you will play three matches and your opponents will be listed beside your name on the bulletin board in the main courtyard. Dinner starts at 5 and ends at 7 but after that you have free time for the rest of the afternoon. There is a tennis store, a garden café and a library located on campgrounds. You are free to use them in your spare time. If you have any questions ask your piers or either myself of coach Pingyu. We will leave you to get settled in." And will a final smile from Fushi and a glare from Pingyu the two coaches were gone, leaving Sakuno and Ryoma to themselves.
Ryoma wasted no time in unpacking. He started as soon as the door shut behind the coaches and it didn't take long before he finished since he brought the bare essentials, and alarm clock and a picture of his cat. "Are you not going to unpack?" Ryoma asked as he looked at her from across the room. "I only have my tennis bag with me now but my host parent is going to drop of my suitcase later on today." Ryoma just shrugged and then open his laptop and started to amuse himself with the Internet world.
Sakuno walked over to the window and stared through the blinds at the magnificent training facilities. I am going to improve so much here. I can't wait until we start! I'm also excited to see how The Prince of Tennis improved from his time training in America.
Before Sakuno realized it Ryoma was standing beside her, "They do have some nice tennis courts here. This is going to work just fine for these next few weeks. Have you ever been to a camp like this before?" Ryoma questioned. "No, I'm actually somewhat new to all this – I mean this elite level of tennis. I started playing only three years ago." Ryoma just nodded slowly.
Ryoma:
That was crazy. He could NOT believe that someone who only started playing tennis three years ago would be invite to such a prestigious camp. This kid must be really good; although Ryoma would never say that out loud. After nodding to Suno he turned and made his way to the bed. "Hey, do you want the bottom or the top?" Suno looked over at him, man those eyes were endless, and beautiful, Stop thinking that way Ryoma! He is your new roommate! "I don't mind. Anything is fine." Ryoma thought about it, he was going to take the high road and go for the worse of the two options. "I'll bunk on the upper part of the bead. You can have the bottom." "Oh no, the top is so terrible. I can't possible ask you to do that." Suno argued. Ryoma had an idea, "Why don't we switch every three of fours days. You don't seem like a slobbery sleeper so we won't have to go through the hassle of switching sheets."
Suno looked at him puzzled but then all of a sudden said very energetically, "Ya sure! Sounds perfect!" Weird, this kid was so weird. Just them Suno's phone went off. "Hello?" Suno answered, "Oh hi, ya… thanks so much. You don't have to wait. Go back to the house, I'll go pick it up now. Thanks!" Ryoma quizzically looked over at the boy, "Oh, the was my host parent, she dropped my bag off at the front reception area. I'm just going to pick it up now." Just as he was about to leave the room he stopped and looked back at Ryoma with a embarrassed grin on his face, "Ryoma, do you know where the reception is? I've always been a bit of klutz, especially with directions." Ryoma didn't reply but walked straight out the door with his new roommate trailing not too far behind. As they walked to the front reception Ryoma though about what Suno had said about being bad with directions and couldn't help but think back to the first time he met Sakuno. They were in the train station and he had asked for directions and of coarse she had given him the wrong ones. As a result he had been late for him match and, as the rules of tennis dictate, made to forfeited.
He chuckled at the thought of the nervous girl who he had missed so much when he was away. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed a grinning Suno looking at his face. How can anyone be so goddam beautiful? This was going to be a training camp like no other; Ryoma could just feel it in his gut.
When the two of them finally arrived to get Suno's bag Ryoma's thoughts were still of Sakuno. So when they walked through the main passage Ryoma didn't even notice who was standing in front of him until the boy beside him surprisingly said, "Eiji! Oishi!" With that Ryoma stopped everything and looked up straight into the eyes of his two upperclassmen from middle school which we also his ex-teammates.
The two men were staring back at him with wide eyes, as expected Eiji was the one to break the awkward silence, "Shorty! What the hell are you doing here?" he yelled with such excitement as he hopped on to Ryoma, "Though I can't call you shorty anymore can I! You're so tall and broad! Holy shit!" Oishi started to laugh when Ryoma tried to escape from Eiji's strong hold. "Echizen how could you be here and not contact us!" Oishi wined. Suno replied before Ryoma had a chance to answer Oishi's questions. "Why don't we go talk somewhere else. We could go sit down in the courtyard café." Oishi looked at Suno like he was just noticing there was another person there for the first time. Ryoma had to admit it bothered him when Oishi's eyes scoped out every inch of Suno. "Great idea…" "Sorry about that, my name is Suno." "No problem Suno", Oishi replied politely as always, "Echizen, Eiji and I are not the only regulars here. Tazuka, Fuji, Kaido and Momo are also attending this camp. Eiji and I will go get them and then we can all meet up at the café to catch up." Ryoma was the king of hiding his emotions so he just coolly nodded so they new he was on side but secretly he was over the moon. He had really missed his friends, catching up with them was going to be great.
Sakuno:
She really needed to be more careful about saying things Suno wouldn't know. She was just very lucky that all three boys were to astonished at each other's presence that they didn't notice she had said their names. It would have been impossible to get that past Ryoma's attention after he had noticed it.
Sakuno nervously glanced at Ryoma standing at her side and she couldn't control the giggle when she saw him standing there grinning as his teammates rushed off to get everyone together again.