Summary: Fresh from a heart break, Aya decided to transfer to Hyoutei and totally forget her ex-boyfriend, Niou. There, she met Oshitari Yuushi. Is he the one who will put back the broken pieces of her heart? Or will he be just another heart break?

Disclaimer: I do not own POT

A/N Please read and review! And thanks to those who read the previous chapters especially to those who added my story to their lists.

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Hear my Heart

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Aya was not avoiding Oshitari anymore. Whenever she saw him she smiled at him and they always had casual talks. She was doing her best not to fall in love with him, she treat him as a friend, though she know that she has a crush on him and she was doing her best to diminish that feeling. A simple crush may develop into something deeper; love.

She was in the tennis court. She just finished a practice match against a non-regular member. They will have a ranking selection the day after tomorrow and of course, she wanted to be a regular player.

Aya sat next to her sister on the bleachers, who was busy watching other players' games.

"You played a nice game against your opponent, Aya." Cassie said. "I'm confident that you will be a regular player."

"Onee-chan, other members might here you," She said to her sister.

"I-don't-care." Her sister has always been like that, she has this devil may cry attitude but she's the nicest person in the world.

Cassie ordered everyone to have a break.

"Onee-chan," she called Cassie. They were still on the bleachers, resting for a while.

"Yes?"

"Oshitari-senpai courted you before, right?"

Cassie's forehead knotted. "Why ask that? Is he courting you now? Aya! I told you not to-"

"Onee-chan, he is not courting me okay? We're friends, just friends. I only asked because when we we're talking he said that you we're the first to reject his charms. Why did you dump him? He is close to perfection; handsome, rich, intelligent and talented."

"It is because Cassie's eyes only see one guy," Miyabe answered for Cassie.

"And let's hide him with the name Atobe Keigo," Hikari said and both girls giggled.

"Shut up both of you!" Cassie yelled at her friends. Her sister and Atobe were known in the school as rivals. As far as she knows, her sister hates Atobe for always being on the top. (A/N You can read my other story 'Hate that I love you' if you want o know their story)

Cassie turned to her. "Why do you ask all of a sudden?"

"Well…" She told him what she and Oshitari talked about in the library; that she will do everything not to fall in love with him, and he will do everything not to make her fall for him but still remain friends.

"Is that true?" Cassie asked her.

"Well, yes it's true. I am asking you why you dump him for me to know what to do in order to refrain from falling in love with him. How did you resist his charms?"

"Okay how did I resist his charm? I treated him like a normal being. For me he was not Oshitari Yuushi, the genius, for me, he was Oshitari Yuushi, the ultimate playboy. With that in mind, I was able to resist him no matter how sweet he was with me and how good he was in flirting."

"Okay, so that's it? I just have to always think of him as playboy and I will not fall for him?" she asked her sister.

"Exactly, sister." Cassie held her shoulders and shook her lightly. "Just bear that in mind and you will succeed and besides you said that Oshitari just wanted friendship. I believe that you won't fall in love with him, especially that he is like your jerk ex-boyfriend, in terms of a romantic relationship."

"Thanks, onee-chan, don't worry, I will not fall in love with him. Promise." She assured her sister. Can she really do it? Oh, she must.

"Don't believe your onee-chan. She's just so in love with Atobe-sama that's why she rejected Oshitari-kun!" Miyabe shouted.

"She's hopelessly in love with him that she even pretended to hate him to cover her feelings." Hikari shouted too.

Cassie stood up and faced the two. "Hikari Miyabe, 40 laps around the court. Now."

The two girls' eyes widened. "Cassie, it is just a joke…why make a fuss over it? Unless it's true…" Miyabe said and Hikari laughed, Aya laughed too. Her sister's expression was so funny.

"Okay, 60 laps around the court, both of you."

"Cassie!"

"Now!" The two girls obeyed. Cassie turned to her and saw her still laughing. "Aya, do you want to join those two?" she asked her with a serious face.

She shook her head and stopped laughing. She saw Oshitari from the boys' tennis court, he was smiling at her. She smiled back and waved at him. She must not fall in love with him…at least not now.

It was the third day of the ranking selection. Aya finished four games the previous days. She had intense matches with the members. Although they were not regular players, they are really good. She only has one remaining match and after that she will be regular. Her opponent is one of the regular player, the one that served the ball for her in the try-outs, Hibari Misao. Hibari was glaring at her. If looks can kill, she could have died right then and there. Since the first day that she stepped her feet on the tennis courts, and that was during the try-outs, she can feel that Hibari was not happy to see her. She glares at her whenever she saw her, but she just ignored it. Hibari must have been very bitter with her defeat, but what the heck, it already happened last year!

They started the match and many were cheering for Hibari, she's one popular girl in the school. They had a long and intense match. Aya has a strong stamina and that was her ace. They reached the tie-break. In the latter part of the game, Hibari was so exhausted and that made her won the game. She have to admit that Hibari was a good player but her stamina was not strong.

Aya was now a regular player and she was too happy. Hibari was again glaring at her but with teary eyes. She walked out of the tennis court.

"Congratulations, Aya!" Miyabe hugged her. "You're really good! You defeated Hibari!"

"I agree, you are really good Aya." It was Hikari.

"What will happen to Hibari-senpai, will she still be a regular player?" she asked them.

"No, she will not be a regular player anymore. Once a regular player was defeated she will not gain back her position," Hikari said.

"Why? I can't be like that. Although I defeated her that does not mean that she is not a good player. I had a hard time playing against her, she should be given a second chance to prove herself."

"But that's the rule Aya." It was Cassie, she was walking towards them. "Once a regular player is defeated she will never be a regular player ever again."

"But…"

"It is how it is, accept it and just be happy to be a regular player." Cassie tapped her shoulder and left. Hikari and Miyabe also left her.

Aya walked out of the tennis court to buy a drink from the vending machine. She was contemplating what to buy.

"Kirihara-chan," a familiar voice called her. She turned to him, it was Oshitari with a guy, she remembered that his name was Mukahi Gakuto, the acrobatic player of Hyoutei.

"Hi, senpai."

Mukahi cleared his throat. "Yuushi, aren't you going to introduce to your new friend?"

He sighed. "Kirihara Aya meet my best friend Mukahi Gakuto, Gakuto she's Kirihara Aya, a tennis member."

He offered her a hand that she gladly accepted. "Nice to meet you."

"Same here, senpai." They let go of each others' hand. Gakuto started buying drinks from the vending machine.

"How was the ranking selection?" Oshitari asked.

"I won my match against Hibari senpai, I am now a regular player." She said but her voice was not the same. Her happiness was not complete because she had her someone's feelings.

"You seem not so happy, I thought you wanted to be a regular."

"I can't be totally happy knowing that someone was so sad because she lost her position in the team as a regular player."

"That's life Aya, if there is a winner, there's a loser and it happened that you are the winner and Misao was the loser." He said.

"But the rule is so unfair. They said that once a regular was defeated, she cannot be a regular anymore."

"That is the golden rule of Hyoutei," Gakuto said. He was now embracing several bottled drinks. "Yuushi, can you help me with these?"

Oshitari held half of the drinks. Gakuto continued. "Kirihara-chan, don't be sad for her, just be happy with the result. If she really is worthy to be a regular, she must have done everything to defeat you. Do you want the regular position or not?"

"Of course I want it."

"Then be happy with it. The least thing you can do is to do your best for the team, right Yuushi?"

"Right Gakuto. I never knew that you can be sensible with matters like this."

"Don't belittle me, genius."

"Kirihara-chan, don't feel sorry and just be glad about the result. Do everything you can for the team. Make them proud and make them realize that you are worthy for your position now. Now, smile and remove the sadness in your eyes. You are more beautiful when your eyes are twinkling with happiness."

She flushed. He said that I'm beautiful. Her heart swelled. She smiled. "Thank you Oshitari-senpai, Gakuto senpai."

"No problem." Oshitari smile at her and Gakuto gave her a V-sign with his empty hand.

"We're heading back now, Atobe is waiting for these drinks." Oshitari said.

"Okay, bye."

"Nice meeting you, Kirihara-chan."

"Nice meeting you too, senpai."

The two walked away but Oshitari returned and gave her one of the bottled drink. "For you, it is my treat to you for being a regular, next time I'll treat you to lunch."

"I'll accept this drink but you don't have to treat to lunch."

"I insist." He looked at her. How can she resist him?

"Alright, I accept the offer."

He smiled at her. "We will be having our lunch tomorrow."

"Okay." She said with a nod.