I tried to figure out the entire night how I was going to face him again. I left without saying a word to him. I mostly likely broke him heart. Why did I run away? Why didn't I stop him from kissing me? Why? I just didn't know my feelings anymore. I was lost, trapped in this mix of emotions...
The next day, I went out to the nearby park to walk around. I had no idea why I brought my tennis equipment. Maybe because I was used to playing tennis with Zaizen every morning? Either way, I brought it. I don't really know what purpose it serves but at least it's better than nothing.
I walked around the park looking at the sights to try to calm myself down and maybe sort my problems and feelings out. I sat by the bench and watched my surroundings. The air was fresh, the birds are chriping and a shadow cloud over me?In my heart I thought it was Zaizen but as I turned around, I saw a kid about a year younger than me. He had red hair and was hang on the tree branch behind me, swinging around like a monkey.
I was stunned when the kid was high up in the tree. So i shouted out to him, "Kid! Get down! It's dangerous!".
The kid heard me but replied with a grin, "I am okay! I climb trees all the time! Don't worry about me!"
That was seriously worrying me. Anything could happen, but who is he to me? Why should I help him? That's a stupid question, huh? Well that kid wasn't gonna get down soon and I wasn't his caretaker or anything. So I took my equipment and left. However just before I left, the kid came down the tree and faced me. He then spoke with a grin again, "Hey you are a tennis player right? Play a match with me?"
I was kind of stunned for a while when that kid said that. But I quickly recovered and said, "I refuse."
My words seem to trigger him to somehow act like a rampaging monkey. He was whining and shouting at me. He kept on begging me to play with me. Even when I walked away, he clinged onto my leg, begging for a match. It was very annoying for me to drag a kid that is a year younger than me with just my leg. In the end I gave into him and decided to play a match with him.
We went to the nearby tennis courts in the park to get over with it. At the beginning of the match, I thought it was going to be a piece of cake but it turns out that the kid actually pack a punch. His strength and play style was what I did not expect to see. At the end of the match, the score was 5-7. I lost to him, a kid. But the match somehow relaxed me a lot and I was finally smiling again.
After the match the kid said, "That was a great match! I haven't played such an exciting match for a long time. By the way, I am Tooyama Kintarou! Nice to meet you! You can call me Kin-chan if you want to!" .The way he talk seemed like he wasn't tired at all and he looked not tired either.
He seem like an interesting kid so I said to him," Yeah. I'm Yuki Akiyama. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Yuki? You mean you are snow?It's the middle of summer! You will melt!",he panicked.
This kid was actually really funny, he actually thinks I am made of snow. I started to giggle at him. I mean I never seen a kid like him before.
"Hey! You finally laughed! You were looking very unhappy earlier. Hehe... ", he suddenly said to me.
He then made me recall my problems, my feelings again. And of course I felt unhappy, confused again. But then Kin-chan took my hand and said," Let me show you a place!".