Monday morning started with Sanada heading to the teachers' office to drop off their poster project. They were submitting their work ahead of time, like the obedient students they were.

He was about to hand over the completed project, when he looked it over once last time. Kimihiro had done a wonderful job. The poster looked attractive yet not girly. It had all the important points of their topic. Just what you'd expect from one of the top students. He thought but looked horrified a moment later. Just because she has slightly better grades than me doesn't mean I'm dumb! He scoffed at his own silly thoughts.

He submitted their project and was going towards the tennis courts, when his mind travelled back to the events of last Saturday.

***Flashback***

Genichirou came into the kitchen to see Kimihiro helping his mother clean the dishes. It was after they had finished their poster and had had lunch. His mother was saying that she didn't need help cleaning up, but Kimihiro insisted otherwise. He quietly listened to their conversation without making them aware of his presence. "I'm glad to know that Genichirou knows such a nice girl." Mrs. Sanada said smiling. What?! No! You don't know her, mother! She's evil! He thought narrowing his eyes.

"Your son is a nice person too. He just doesn't know how to show it." Kimihiro replied. Sanada was dumbstruck. He had a hunch that she wasn't the same person he saw at school, but now he was sure. Ellen Kimihiro would never compliment him. Not even if her life depended on it. He quickly slipped out of the kitchen before they caught him eavesdropping.

They soon finished cleaning up and Kimihiro decided that it was time to go. Genichirou pretended to come came down to see Kimihiro packing her things. "Leaving?" he asked. She nodded in reply. "I have to be somewhere. I'm getting late." She said her goodbyes to the Sanadas and headed for the front door. Bidding Genichirou farewell, Kimihiro left.

Genichirou stood at the doorway watching Kimihiro's retreating figure grow smaller. Maybe she isn't that bad after all. He thought somewhat agreeing with Yukimura.

***End of Flashback***

Kimihiro and Yukimura were deep in conversation when Sanada came to the courts. The others had already started practice. Watching them talk like that, without a care in the world, made Sanada wonder what was so important that they didn't even see him come. She didn't even look at me, and she usually notices everything. Wait, what?! He shook his head and coughed a couple of times to relieve himself of such thoughts. He didn't care about her. Nope. He just needed her to look at him so he could ask her to stop talking, so that he could talk to Yukimura about more important things. Yes, that's it. Nothing else. He justified his fleeting thoughts.

His coughing got the two to look at him. "Sanada" Yukimura said acknowledging his presence. "Yukimura. Kimihiro." He nodded to both of them. "What are you two doing?" "Planning world peace," came Kimihiro's reply. "It starts with everyone boycotting you." "As if," Sanada retorted. "We all know who among us should be boycotted for being a gorilla." "That would be you, Sanada-san." was Kimihiro's quick reply. Sanada couldn't believe this girl. She could wear his patience out in a matter of minutes. She was definitely evil.

Yukimura, clearly surprised by Sanada's talkative side stopped them before they took the tennis courts as their battlefield. "Sanada," he called in a stern voice. "We have to practice." Sanada was still frowning, but listened to his captain's order. Not so bad after all, my behind. He left for the clubroom without another word.

Kimihiro stared at said gorilla's retreating figure for a while then turned to Yukimura with a smile. "I'll be leaving now Yukimura-san. See you later." And she was gone.

Yukimura shook his head. They're always fighting like children. Do they even know that they like each other?

"Did you see that, senpai?" Kirihara asked the trickster. "Yeah" he said. He had already spread a rumor around school claiming to have seen Sanada going on a date with a girl. "He was jealous of the buchou because Kimi senpai didn't pay attention to him." Kirihara decided. He liked to call Kimihiro Kimi-senpai and said upperclassmen didn't seem to mind. So he had become rather fond of the girl even though he was at an age when boys thought girls had cooties.

"I guess the fukubuchou is the jealous type, eh?" Niou winked. "Sanada? The jealous type?" Yanagi Renji inquired, as he joined the conversation. "Sanada seems to be very protective of his girlfriend." Yagyuu observed. "There's a 60.04% chance that there's nothing really going on between them and you guys are only looking for a reason to slack off." Renji sighed. "But then again there's the 39.96% that they have a secret relationship. And for Sanada, that's a lot." Niou argued.

They were going to argue some more when they noticed that the topic of their argument had finished his warm up laps and was now entering the courts.

Upon entering the courts, Sanada was mobbed by his teammates. They all had an expectant look on their faces. But Sanada could not tell what it was that they were expecting. Especially from him. "When were you planning on telling us?" Nious asked after a long moment of silence. Sanada raised his eyebrows in confusion. Tell them what? "Yeah! Tell us!" Kirihara agreed. "We saw you guys holding hands last week. You and Kimi senpai!" For a moment Sanada wasn't sure if he had heard right. But the silence around them confirmed that he did. Sanada's face turned into the scariest one ever encountered by his teammates. "If you have the time to fool around, then you have time to practice more." He said in a very low tone. "Y-You can't h-hide your relationship from u-us. I-it's not f-fair." Kirihara countered, stuttering. Everyone nodded.

Sanada was having a hard time controlling his temper. Have they gone mad? How could they even think that I'd want to go out with that, that girl! Even her thoughts managed to drive him mad. He'd never go out with her even if his life depended on it. And when did they hold hands! Taking deep breaths he tried to calm himself. But it wasn't helping much. "50 laps," he said. His anger barely in control. "What?" Niou asked. He hadn't been able to hear Sanada in all this commotion. "50 LAPS! NOW!" Sanada yelled at the top of his lungs, hand ready to slap anyone who dared to defy him. Everyone ran for their lives. Kirihara was screaming "KOWAII! Just because she likes spending time with buchou and not you doesn't mean you can punish us to vent your anger." Sanada was shaking from rage. "WHAT WAS THAT!" he yelled back. When a reply wasn't heard, he went back to his thoughts. Even being seen with Kimihiro was bad for his health. Do we really look like a couple though? His face heated up at the thought.

Yukimura stood outside the courts, watching his team's actions. A serene smile on his face. Well, this ought to be fun.

To be continued…