I was standing on the school roof top . The wind was blowing against my hair . I leaned back against the wall , folding my arms and stared at kaidoh-senpai who was standing in front of me . Back in class , he told me that he wanted to talk . Normally , I would ignore that kind of request . But , he did help me a few times , even though I didn't ask for his help .

"What is it that you want , Kaidoh-senpai ?" I asked coldly . I don't want to have friendly relationship with someone from the tennis team . Lets just get this over with and answer whatever he wants to know .

"I just wanted to have a chat with you .." he replied . If its a chat he wants , then he came to the wrong place . I already said , I don't want to have any relationship with someone from the tennis team .

"If that's what it is , i'm leaving ..." I started to walk away but Kaidoh-senpai pulled me back . I shoved his hands away .

"Wait echizen !"

"What ?! I don't want to have any connections with someone from the tennis team and least of all , someone who turned his back on me two years ago! Leave me alone !" I yelled at the top of my voice . What does he want all of a sudden ?! Just stay away from me !

"I can't ! Because I believe you !"

"Wha-?!"

"I said I believed you and not momoshiro or ryuzaki-san ! I believe you ! I believe your story !"

"You're lying ! Just what is your motive for telling me-"

"Echizen , listen to me ! I know the truth ! I know what really happen two years back ! When I found out the truth , I realized what I had done to you and i'm really sorry for it ..."

I stared at kaidoh-senpai .I tried to free myself but his grip on my hands was tight , as if he was preventing me from running away . The both of us kept quiet and stared at each other . Why is he telling me this . What is he trying to achieve ?!

"...What are you plotting ? Telling me that you believe me now …. telling me that you're sorry .. what are you trying to do ?!" I shouted .What's this feeling .. my eyes are getting watery . I don't want to stay here any longer ! Do you have any idea how painful it is to have your friends and top of all , the ones whom you've spent and shared many memories with betray you ?! All of them ! All of them betrayed me !

"Echizen ! Won't you trust me ?!"

"How can I trust someone that has already betrayed me once !?"

"Echizen ! Just trust me !"

"Shut up ! let go of me !" I pulled my hands away from him and I put one of my hands on my forehead . I looked down on the floor , covering my face . Tears was flowing out from my eyes . Argh , stop being like this ryoma ! I hate myself when i'm like this .I feel weak .. This is not like me at all . I can't let him see me like this . Damn it ! If he really treated me as his friend , why didn't he come to me and ask me about the truth ?! Instead he believed momoshiro-senpai and ryuzaki-san ! I turned around and my back faced kaidoh-senpai .

"Give me some time to think ...I still can't accept this now ..." I tried to control my voice .

"I understand..." he replied me and I walked away as fast as I can . I feel pathetic . It reminded me of many memories and things that I don't want to remember ! I feel like dying . I walked in to the class and grabbed my things . As I walked out of the school , I wiped the tears from my eyes . I do not want anyone to see me like this !

"Echizen-san , where were you ? I've been looking everywhere for you !"

I looked up and saw takanishi-san standing in front of me . Oh right , I almost forgot that she would always be waiting for me to go to work together . But , we're already an hour late , why is she still here ? Shoe could have left without me . What an idiot , now we're both going to get scolded from the manager .

"Echizen- , hey your eyes are red !" she said . Crap , I totally forgot about the red eyes theory . What do I tell her now ? Never mind . I can always ignore her . But then …

"I'm fine ..."

"But.."

"I said i'm fine !" I shouted .I walked away after saying that . Why did I shout at her ? Its not her fault that i'm like this .I heard someone running and the sound got louder . Then , I saw someone walking beside me . I turned and saw takanishi-san . What ? Why is she here ? I was expecting her to avoid me after I shouted at her . We walked to the station and she kept quiet throughout the journey . I guessed I overdid it . I shouldn't have shouted at her … Argh , why am I so concern about it ?!

"Why aren't you asking me anything ?"

"Heh ?" she looked up at me with a confused look .

"I mean .. you're always asking me questions and now , you're as quiet as a mouse . It's not like you at all ..."

"Well .. you seemed like you're not in the mood to talk and I don't want to make it worse . I mean , something happened right ? To make someone like you shed a tear ."

"Sigh .. how did you know ?"

"I can tell ..somehow ..Anyways are you feeling better now ?" she asked . I looked down at her . She didn't avoid me . Even though I shouted at her , she didn't leave me . Instead , she stayed by my side until I felt better . Somehow … she's ...different from other girls . I feel like ...i can trust her .

"idiot.."

"Hey ! You're better already !"

"What ?"

"The fact that you called me an idiot means that you're back to your usual self !"

"Hmm I guess .. Anyways , its not the time to be worrying about that . Manager is going to flip later on . I'm probably going to get one hack of a punishment from him again ..you on the other hand , might just escape from it (Since he favors you over me.)"

I don't even want to think about what he will do to me ! He is a sadist after all !

"Don't worry , I have a plan !"

"Plan?"

At the restaurant …

So this is the plan ? What hack of a plan is this ?!

"Oi , I thought you said you have a plan ? So why the hell am I doing this pathetic punishment ?!"

"I did have a plan . A plan to do the punishment with you !"

This ... this idiot !

"Besides , you look cute in that outfit !" she smiled at me . Thanks to her and her so called 'plan' , I am now here in the middle of the streets , wearing this outrageous outfit and handing out pamphlets to the passersby . This is worse than the bunny suit ! This ...This is humiliating !

"Mummy look , there's a short clown !"

"My , how cute !"

"Really , lets take a picture ."

I take back my words ! I don't trust her at all !

Kaidoh

I walked out of the school after practice . The scene back at the roof kept repeating itself in my head . I couldn't concentrate at all during practice . If i'm not wrong , I was pretty sure I saw tears flowing from his eyes . I guessed we really did hurt his feelings , no , we broke his heart . If only I could get the others to realize the truth !

"I heard you talking to echizen on the roof ." a voice sounded from behind me . I knew who that is the moment I heard his voice . I turned around with a disgusted look on my face and momoshiro was standing there .

"So what if you know the truth , it won't change anything ."

"Yes it will . It will change everything !" I started to raise my voice . I am getting irritated now . If it wasn't for him and that bitch of his , echizen would have still been my friend ! He wouldn't have stop playing tennis and his life would have been much better ! I knew that echizen wasn't the type to cheat on his own girlfriend . I should have trusted my instinct ! I should have investigated the truth myself ! I was too stupid to believe them !

"If you stay with echizen , you'll be hated by the school as well as the entire team ."

"So what ? I don't give a damn ! Besides , I'm not the only one by his side ."

"What do you mean ?"

"The girl that is always around echizen , Takanishi chiyo is it ? If I'm not mistaken , she was your first love right ?"

Then , there was a deafening silence .Momoshiro stared at me with his eyes wide open .The words probably struck his heart .I guessed I hit the nail on the head . I turned around and walked away , leaving him standing there . And also ,there is one more person that has always stood by echizen . Oishi-senpai . He never believed those rumors about echizen and he even ended his friendship with those people that accused echizen of his doings , including me. But I guessed echizen doesn't know it . He probably thought that all of the regulars back stabbed him. I have to reconnect with Oishi-senpai . I have to let him know that i'm sorry . I took out my phone and dialed his number .

"Hello ? This is the oishi household ." the moment I heard his voice , I knew that it was the caring senpai that I knew .

"Oishi-senpai , this is kaidoh .."

"Kaidoh .. what do you want ?"

"I have something to tell you .. lets meet up .."

I'm done people ! Hehe ! After posting this chapter ! I'm off to write the next chapter ! I know . I am even more excited ! So okay . We realized that in this chapter , there are three people that stayed with ryoma . Chiyo , well from the beginning she already did . And now , kaidoh and oishi . Well oishi actually believed ryoma but ryoma didn't know it . Three people by ryoma's side . And we also learnt that chiyo was actually momoshiro's first love ! What could happen ? Read to find out ! Thanks for supporting me all this time ! Love you guys ! Hearts :3

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