AN: Okay! Like bluheat said, I originally started this story with the mind of not concentrating on the tennis, but more on the relationship and background of my main character and Niou. So I will mostly have chapters about them because it was what I originally wanted. Please review! Thanks~

PS: Thanks bluheat!

The Past

"Ne~ Mina-buchou? I was wondering about Niou and Shiki-fuku-buchou," said Shimoyama.

The regulars, minus Shiki, were at the tennis courts after school. Shiki was running an errand for a teacher so she wasn't there. When Shimoyama asked that question, Mina looked over at her in surprise.

"Hm? Shiki and Niou? Well, I don't know how they met or how they got together, but I can tell you about how we found out they were dating."

"Really? Can I know?" asked Shimoyama.

The other members also looked over, curious about their fuku-buchou's past.

"Well, I'm embarrassed to say this, but none of us knew about their relationship. Not even the boys knew."

"How come? I mean wouldn't it be obvious?" Shimoyama was very curious about how they didn't know.

"They didn't exactly meet together at school or when we were with them so we didn't know about them. It wasn't their fault though. They didn't exactly keep it a secret, they just didn't say anything about them to us."

"So how'd you guys find out? I mean I knew about it because I saw them together at school, but you? You guys were friends before me."

Mina's cheeks blushed at that, and she started explaining. Some of the seniors weren't there when it happened, they just gradually all found out at school.

"Well-

"Ne! Shiki-chan, where are you going?" yelled Mina as she ran over to Shiki. They were freshmen and it was the end of tennis practice. "You wanna go to the burger joint?"

Shiki looked at Mina with a very sorry expression. "Sorry. I can't go. I have something I have to do."

Mina pouted before she replied. "Mo~ You always have something to do. Oh well. Next time?"

Because Mina had an expecting look on her face, Shiki couldn't say no.

Right when Shiki left, Mina started following her slyly. She sneakily walked after her. She was walking past a bush when she heard whispers. She turned towards the bush and pushed it open. What she found was strange.

"What are you guys doing?!" she whispered/yelled. She was staring at the regulars of the boy's tennis team, except for Niou. She just shrugged off the fact that he wasn't here.

The boys snapped their heads towards her and blushed, except for Yukimura. He had is eyes closed and smiled at her, chuckling softly.

"Mina-san, we were just following Niou-kun. He kept disappearing so we were very worried."

The other boys just nodded to his words. Mina rolled her eyes. Even if he said they were worried, she could tell they weren't.

"What are you doing Mina-san?"

"Me? I'm following Shiki. She keeps disappearing too."

"Oooh~ You don't think they're meeting up do you?" asked Marui. He popped his bubble gum right after.

"Maybe. You wanna follow them together?" asked Mina. She wanted to see if they really were going together.

"Sure! Come on and hide!" exclaimed Marui.

~x~

And that was how Mina got stuck between Marui and Jackal in the bushes. They were all following Shiki because they lost Niou. If they were meeting, they just needed to follow Shiki anyways. Shiki was waiting for the light to tell her she could cross the road, and when she did, the regulars all followed her. She was entering a café, so right when they were sure she wasn't paying attention, they entered and hurriedly sat down, holding menus to hide their faces.

They waited a few minutes and were about to order something when the doorbell chimed. Marui looked up and saw familiar silver-gray hair and she hit Jackal on the arm.

"Guys! He's here." They all looked at him, concentrating. He didn't even glance at Shiki and just went to the counter. He ordered two drinks – Caramel Frappuccino and Double Chocolate Chip Frappuccino- and a mini vanilla cake.

The regulars were about to sigh in disappointment when he took the orders and walked to the table where Shiki was. They gasped when he smirked and bent down to kiss her on the cheek as she was reading a book and wasn't paying attention. Shiki's eyes snapped up and she looked to Niou's direction and smiled softly. The two kissed and when they broke, Niou put down the drinks and cake and sat down. It was a typical date the whole day.

The regulars were shaking with excitement because right when they got out behind Niou and Shiki, Marui yelled, "Why didn't you guys tell us! A secret?!"

They were expecting them to jump, but instead Niou and Shiki just turned around and rose their eyebrows.

Mina asked, "Shiki? Why didn't you tell me?"

All of them were expecting a really long explanation with an apology, but their expectations crashed down.

Shiki just looked at her and the others and blankly said, "You never asked."

"-and that's what happened. We were so embarrassed." Mina chuckled.

The others just stared at her, shocked. They were very surprised that that was how they found out.

'SLAM'

They snapped their heads towards the gate and saw Shiki walking in. She glanced up and saw that everyone was looking at her.

"What?"

Kimiko stepped up and said, "We were just talking about how Mina-buchou found out about you guys. Can you tell us about how you started going out?"

Shiki looked at her blankly before replying, "We were friends, found out we had feelings for each other, and then we started going out. The end."

Kimiko and the others sweat dropped before nodding. They knew they wouldn't get anything else from her.

"It's time to go home. Practice is over! Have a good night!" yelled Mina.

The others packed up and started leaving.

Shiki was at the gates waiting for Niou when she thought about what Kimiko asked.

She was lost in her thoughts when familiar lips pecked her on her cheek. She looked up and saw her boyfriend looking at her, worried. She smiled and shook her head, answering the silent question.

"I was just thinking about how we met."

Niou glanced at her after holding her hand. He was curious as to why she was thinking about it. "And what brought that up?"

"Mina told the regulars about how she found out about us, and Kimiko asked how we started going out. I was thinking of how we met because after that, we got feelings for each other."

"Yeah…" replied Niou. He too started thinking about that day.

A girl with waist length black hair and blue eyes was standing half hidden behind a pillar. She was staring at a group of kids playing, a girl in there was identical to her, only she had green eyes.

'Ne? Are you okay?"

She turned around to see a boy with silver-gray hair looking at her curiously. 'Un. I'm 'kay. Who are you?"

"I'm Niou Masaharu. You?" He had seen Shiki staring at the group with a girl who looked just like her, with a sad glint in her eyes. He was curious as to who she was so he approached her.

"I'm Namikaze Shiki."

"Play with me? I have nothing to do." Niou was smirking as he said this. He had a mischievous glint in his eyes that she was familiar with. After all, she had it herself.

"'Kay!"

Shiki looked at Niou with a smile and said, "Remember how we started going out?"

Niou smirked and said, "Yep."

It's been a few years since they met. When Niou asked to play, he meant 'Let's play a prank on the teacher'. The two played a prank, but hadn't got caught. After that, the two were never seen without each other.

They were about 10 years old by now and they have been feeling weird feelings for each other. The two of them didn't know about the other though. Niou was going to man up and ask her out, but he was still scared she might refuse and it would ruin their friendship.

He was walking past a park one day when he heard some weird noises. When he saw the scene, he was so furious.

"No one likes you! Your sister is way better!"

Shiki was kneeling on the ground while 4 boys were surrounding her, belittling her.

One was about to hit her when Niou ran up and caught his arm.

"That's not true! I like her!"

When Shiki heard this, she blushed.

"You two are freaks. You belong together," Boy 1 scoffed.

The boys left Niou and Shiki at the park. Niou turned around and asked her if she was okay.

Shiki nodded and she opened her mouth to say something, but she closed it again.

Niou was curious so he asked her. "What is it?"

Shiki hesitated before replying, "You like me?"

"What? O-Oh. Uuh. You heard that?" Niou was blushing.

Niou looked down and said, "Forget it. It's fine."

Shiki waved her hands and started getting up to hold his hand. "No! I like you too!"

"Really?"

"Really."

Please tell me if it is good! Sorry for not uploading for a long time. I just wanted some good ideas. Please review! Thanks~