I couldn't believe my ears,what my father have said. I felt happiness again but yet I still ponder why would my father say I would be lonely at times. Then I realised he wasn't going to stay here. He was going to leave me here. I kept quiet all these time until I was finally at home.

"Thankgoodness you haven't pack your room yet or we will have to unpack it."My father said in a cheerful way. But deep down,he knows I was unhappy about this.
He continued,"Yuki,ever since your mother died you have not smile until now. I was really happy when I saw your smile after all this years. I really want you to keep this smile of yours so I am letting you stay here. This was also one of your mother's wishes for you,to be happy. I know that yesterday when I saw that racket of yours I was really shocked. But your mother once told me no matter what,I should let my children to do what they love."
"You mean you actually agreed to brother's wish because mum told you to?"I asked.
"It's mostly my decision to let him be. I wanted him to smile as well,to enjoy what he love the most. You also picked up the same interest as him,I wonder if it runs in our blood..."He repiled.

After that conversation,the rest of the week has gone by smoothly. We managed to pack everything up except my stuff. Most of the boxes were already send to my father's new address. I on the other hand have to follow the arrangement given to me. On the weekdays,I would stay at the Zaizen's and on the weekends at home. The Zaizen's will come over the weekends to spend time to help me clean and cook at my place. This arrangement is until I am old enough to take care of myself.

The day has come when it was time for my father to leave. Before he left with his car,he had a suprise for me or rather us. At the back of our yard was a tennis court. I haven't noticed that since I was busy packing for my father and the windows which give the view were always covered by curtains. I suppose he must have bulid it when I was at school. Me and Zaizen was stunned to have a personal court to play in now. I thanked my father and then he left to his new place with smiles in both of us.

Three years later...

It's has been 3 years since I last spend my days with my father. Now I am a sixth grader. That's right,it was time for me to pick a middle school to go into next year. I really have to study the exams soon. Suprisingly,Zaizen and I have been in the same class since we first met. It was like a joke to me,afterall facing him everyday was enough since we are living together.

Of course now we got a tennis court to ourselves so we definately improved in our tennis skills. I was no longer the weakling that I used to be,the one that Zaizen always used to back up. Now I am like an equal of him and I can play matches by myself. We mostly play tennis together after school in the school grounds and during the weekends at my place.

Currently I am sharing rooms with Zaizen's nephew. I bet you guys are wondering when did Zaizen get a nephew? Well remember Zaizen's sister-in-law was pregnant? That's right,that kid was born 4 months after my father have left. Zaizen told me that his brother's worried face for both his wife and child was priceless.

Anyway,living with a baby is not a good idea but I really felt like a gulity being a freeloader in their place so I decided to help them look after him. That baby on the other hand became attached to me for some reason. He always wants me to play with him even when I want to play tennis,study or do my homework. What a troublesome kid...

So far I managed to pick up cooking and cleaning skills from both Zaizen's mother and his sister-in-law. Sometimes I wondered how can I managed it when I finally leave their place. I was planning to live by myself when I entered middle school. I don't really want to trouble them any further. I haven't told them my plans yet but eventually I will.

And I still managed to keep my promise with my father that I would stay at my own place for the weekends. Afterall I have to get used to it when I finally stop living with the Zaizen's. Sometimes I still want to stay in their place because I was afraid that I would miss that kind of family feeling if I left. I guess we will have to see...