LBPG is back with a new chapter!~ And the longest one up ´til now! :3

During the weekend I saw a guy who totally looked like Tezuka! The same hairstyle, serious expression...only his glasses weren´t round. :/
Should have taken a picture of him... ^^
So, please R&R!

Chapter 5: How to spend a normal day

Rin woke up. Today was just another school day, but before she would go out for a morning jog. Perhaps she would meet Kaidoh again and have breakfast with him at her favorite café.
After some time running, she really ran into Kaidoh, literally. She wanted to turn at a corner and noticed him too late. They were both going at a fast pace and collided with each other. Rin fell down because of the impact, but didn't hurt herself, only dirtied her clothes.
He mumbled a "Sorry, senpai." and stretched his hand out. Right in that moment her stomach growled. A minute of silence passed and he sweatdropped. Rin fidgeted, blushing in embarrassment, while Kaidoh seemed uncomfortable not knowing how to react. Finally Rin broke the silence.
"Want to grab something to eat, Kaido-kun? There's a good café nearby. My treat." She added when Kaidoh hesitated.
He thought about it and then nodded. They walked there together and sat down at a free table.
"What are your orders?" The waitress asked politely, despite the fact that they smelled awful because of their sweat.
Rin chose toast and green tea, Kaido decided on ham and eggs and some fresh orange juice. They had to wait for their food, so they started a conversation, talking about school, tennis, family... It was fun and they didn't notice the waitress arriving with their orders.
"My, young love's great." She said and winked at them. Both of them blushed and Rin was quite relieved when she left; people always mistake a girl and a boy to be a couple. Trying to forget about the comment they started eating. They continued talking a bit while eating. After finishing the meal they parted ways, promising to do that more often as it was quite fun, better than being alone.
What they didn't know was that a certain person with glasses had been watching them. "I collected some nice data."

School wasn't so bad for Rin. Today she didn't have math and the fan girls also didn't bother her anymore because she would hang around Eiji and they didn't dare come near him within a 2 meter radius, only admiring him from the distance and sometimess sending a glare to her.
Now was also her favorite subject: home economics. Rin loved cooking and she was really good at it, sometimes she tried creating something herself. When she just started, she was about 6 years old, she wasn't even able to bake cookies (coal black round things don´t really count as cookies), but through a lot of training (and failures) she became a skilled cook, even rivaling professionals. A great plus were her taste senses which were good at deciphering the ingredients of a certain dish only through the flavor.

Their teacher came in, immediately the whole class stopped talking and stood up. Abekawa-sensei could be a kind teacher if he wanted, but most of the time he was strict. Unless you wanted to end up cleaning the whole home economic room alone after class, you shouldn't try to get on his bad side; also his classes could be fun, sometimes at least. For Rin every time they would cook was great. She watched the teacher with anticipation.
"Today we are baking cakes."
Most of the girls giggled happily, thinking of having the boy they liked try a bite of their cake, while the boys groaned, they didn't understand for what reason they had to learn this.
"Fujiko, let's get into the same group as Rin-chan!" Eiji cheered.
They went over to Rin's seat. They ended up in a group together with a rather timid girl, obviously a fan of those two boys.
"Let's start." Rin said and divided the work between them and they started with the cake. It was a recipe for a simple chocolate cake with icing. Rin was the leader of the group having the most experience with baking. At the slightest mistake she would yell, making Eiji whine. "Rin-chan is being mean!"
She had to stop Fuji from adding spices that were definitely not needed for a cake, while the other girl wasn´t much of a help. She didn´t dare talking to the boys and Rin was just too scary when being serious. Fuji smiled. It reminded him of Oishi's change in attitude when he became the acting captain. He was quite strict during practice, the opposite from his usual caring and worrying side.

In the end they managed to make the cake, it did not taste weird and turned out good. The icing done by Rin made it look even yummier. The teacher allowed them to eat it after he tasted a small piece to grade it, instantly Eiji's hand grabbed a large piece of the cake and he ate it before Rin was able to stop him, but he was yelled at again. The remaining cake pieces were divided amongst them, not one scrap left.

When she went to tennis practice, she was in a happy mood, a small smile on her face. Everyone greeted her, still not used to having a manager. Oishi explained the training menus like usually, after that Rin talked with Inui, who told her a lot of different information about tennis. He smiled and muttered something about "training", some kinda juice and testing something out. Rin just ignored it and continued watching the boys' practice. They had to run laps around the court. Fuji told her that every regular had to wear ankle weights in order to improve their stamina.
Oishi called for her. "Moriyama-san, could you help us with this practice? You only need to throw these tennis balls to the players."
He explained the exercise to her and she was grouped with Eiji, though she sometimes forgot about practice. She was astonished by his acrobatic moves and fast play, it was like watching a show in a circus. He sometimes exclaimed a "Nyaaa!" when hitting a good shot, what made him look really cute. If Eiji had been a part of her family, he would have been her little brother or a cat. Rin snickered. He really resembled a cat, only needed some cat ears, whiskers, paws and a tail, making Rin ponder about buying him a cat costume for his birthday. Her thoughts were interrupted when something hard hit her head, if Eiji hadn't reacted so quick and grabbed her, she would be laying on the court now. Momo immediately ran over, bowing and apologizing while she waved it off. She got a headache, but nothing serious like a concussion. For now it was decided that she should rest a little. Every single member of the club would ask her how she felt and if she needed something, eager on helping her and, perhaps, escaping the hellish practice for a short time, but to their disappointment Rin didn't want anything.
Oishi stood on the side of the court and watched them, smiling.
"Ah, they're worried about her. Seems she's fitting in good..." Then he turned to two boys chatting with her. "Stop slacking off! Get back to training!" He barked at them, but the next second his voice turned soft and worried again. "Are you okay, Moriyama-san?"
"You can call me Rin." She stated with a pout, but was taken aback by the change in his tone and demeanor; it was like he had two personalities which were polar opposites.

"Training is really harsh in your club."
Rin and Oishi were sitting on a table, planning the next training with the help of Inui's data. The others had left already; the two of them were alone.
"Well, we're in the quarter finals of the Kantou Tournament. We'll be facing Midoriyama High and according to Inui's data they have a professional tennis player as coach, so we have to practice a lot." Oishi explained to Rin while writing some notes on a piece of paper.
"Quarter finals... Seigaku's team really is strong."
"We're aiming for nationals, so we have to become stronger." Oishi simply answered.
"I'll help. I'll try my best to support you."
"Thank you, Manager-san." He said with a smile.

Rin arrived at home rather late in the evening, tired, but her homework was still waiting to be done. She noticed the shoes of her mum on the floor.
"Mum, you're back from work?"
"Yes, this patient's injury wasn't too severe."
Rin's mother was a doctor; most of her patients were injured athletes. She would do operations and help them with their training and rehabilitation. Since she was a private doctor, she earned a lot of money; she had also opened a hospital and was busy all the time. Even her daughter barely saw her at home.
Rin's father too was busy with work; he owned a company selling sports equipment and he also worked as a commentator for sport competitions and was quite famous.
"I'll prepare you dinner, just wait a little."
Even if she didn't show it often, Rin was very happy to see her mother at home. She always felt lonely without her parents and the house was so big. Sometimes she even wished she had a sibling. They both earned lots of money, but as the saying goes: money can't buy you happiness. True, she still had Kuro-nyan, but he loved to wander around in the neighborhood and only came home to sleep or eat.
"Rin, we are invited to dinner on Sunday by an old friend of your father. His son is about your age, you will become great friends. Your dad will be there too." She added when she saw Rin's horrified expression.
She just couldn't stand dinners where you had to wear chic clothes and act all formal, but if she could see her father, she was going to endure it.
"Well, I'm heading to bed now. Good night, mum. I love you."

In her bed Rin got the feeling to have forgotten something, but she was too sleepy to think about it further.