To: Mitsuki
~Hi, Mi-chan!
~You vanished so I couldn’t get you your ficcie! Oh, well… I’ll just have to give it to you here…
Atobe Miyuki Falls for Yukimura Seiichi (No, Really…)
“Miyuki, where are you going?” Michiko asked, as she turned away from Kotori’s match. Beside her, Shizuka glanced at them from behind her bangs.
“To see Eiji,” Miyuki said.
“And then you’ll come running back after twenty minutes, and back to Kikumaru’s match ten minutes later,” Shizuka said, “Pick a match and stick with it. Besides, we can see Kotori play at any old time.”
“But the intensity isn’t the same!” Miyuki protested.
“I’m not even going to argue with you, Miyuki,” Michiko said. “I don’t know about you, Shizuka, but I know that if I don’t leave NOW, Seigaku will be disqualified from the tournament.”
Shizuka smiled. “I don’t have to go until two, so I can’t leave with you, Michiko. Good luck at the tournament.”
“Aa. I’ll see you guys later!” Michiko called as she left the courts.
“I’ll come with you!” Miyuki said as she walked with Michiko in toward the exit, which was in the direction of the boy’s tournaments.
“Game, Seigaku’s Tenou! 4 games to 3! Change court!” the referee called.
Kotori stepped over to the fence, water bottle in hand. “So let me guess, Michiko left for her tournament, and Miyuki left to stalk Kikumaru?”
Shizuka smiled. “That’s right. Now concentrate on your match, senpai.”
Kotori grinned as she sipped from her bottle and set it down. “You’re the last queen here, Shizuka, so you better cheer!”
Shizuka waved a languid hand at Kotori, “Hai, hai…”
~*~
“Game, Todo Academy’s Shibuya, Hitomi Pair! 3 games to love! Change court!” the referee called.
“Ganbatte, Eiji!” Miyuki yelled while waving at her beloved as the redheaded acrobatics player sipped water from his water bottle.
The redhead grinned at her and winked while flashing a V-is-for-victory sign before joining Oishi, his doubles partner on the court. She admired her boyfriend’s profile and the way the sun reflected off his hair as Kikumaru discussed the next move with Oishi before the two took up their respective positions for the I-Formation.
~*~
Miyuki stayed until the Golden Pair had made a comeback before leaving to watch the conclusion of Kotori’s game.
In her haste to get to the girl’s side of the courts before her senpai’s game ended, Miyuki never noticed the tripwire that Kirihara had rigged to catch unsuspecting victims. Predictably, when her foot got caught in the tripwire, she fell forward.
“Eek!” she yelped, as she dropped her bag and closed her eyes, expecting the pain and smack that would come with hitting the ground.
Yukimura, who was talking to Sanada nearby, caught Miyuki as she fell. When she felt herself hitting something warm and firm instead of hard and unyieldingly cold, Miyuki opened her sea grey eyes and stared into the worried blue eyes of Rikkaidai Fuzokuchuu’s Yukimura Seiichi.
“You… You’re Rikkaidai’s…” Miyuki stammered.
“Are you all right?” Yukimura asked.
Miyuki could only nod in response, shock having stolen her voice.
“Miyuki!” Atobe’s voice said suddenly from be hind her, “Ore-sama never expected to see YOU cheating on Kikumaru! Na, Kabaji?”
“Usu.”
Miyuki moved away from Yukimura and turned to glare at her brother. “Onii-san! I was NOT cheating on Eiji! I just tripped!”
“And ended up in Yukimura-kun’s arms,” Shizuka said, approaching them from behind. “I think that basically equals cheating.”
“Nya! Minna is so mean to me!” Miyuki wailed.
“Kotori was right,” Shizuka said, “you’ve been spending too much time with Kikumaru. You’re picking up his habits.”
“Hmm… Ore-sama believes that you are correct, Magami.”
“Ara? What is everyone doing gathered here?” Kotori arrived, patting the back of her neck lightly with a towel. Her Regulars jersey was tied around her waist and the racquet bag was slung over a shoulder.
Miyuki instantly turned to her senpai, sea-grey eyes wide, and sparkling with unshed tears. “Senpai! They’re picking on me!” she wailed, burying her face in Kotori’s free shoulder.
“There, there,” Kotori murmured soothingly ass she patted her kohai on the back.
“Is the match over already, Tenou-san?” Yukimura asked.
“Aa. A Seigaku victory, three games to two.”
“To be expected from the Eldest of the Four Queens, the Formidable Captain of Seigaku,” Shizuka said.
“No one can beat Kotori in tennis, nya!” Miyuki said.
“Definitely turning into Kikumaru,” Shizuka said.
“WAI!!! Shizuka hates me!” Miyuki wailed.
“Uh… I don’t hate you, Miyuki…” Shizuka said nervously.
“Yay! Shizuka loves me!”
Major glompfest.
“Ore-sama is leaving,” Atobe announced as sweatdrops appeared on everyone’s head (except for Miyuki). “Let’s go, Kabaji.”
“Usu.”
“Okaaaayyyy….” Kotori turned and looked at Sanada, “Isn’t your match next, Sanada-san?”
Sanada nodded. “Aa.”
“Shall we go then?” Yukimura asked.
“Let’s,” Kotori said.
She called over her shoulder to Shizuka as she left, “We’ll go down to the archery range in about half an hour, Shizuka. Take care of Miyuki until then, will you?”
Shizuka’s head snapped up and dark eyes stared at Kotori’s retreating back in horror. “What? Why me?”
Kotori couldn’t resist a parting shot, “Have fun!”
“Ch-chotto matte, Kotori! Kotori! KOTORI!!!”
“Let’s go, let’s go!” Miyuki was bouncing up and down now. “Let’s go watch Eiji and Fuji whip Todo!”
Shizuka sighed. “If I have too…” and allowed her suddenly hyperactive senpai lead her to the tennis courts where their boyfriends were and would be playing their matches…
I hope you like it, Mitsuki!
Sincerely Yours,
Tenou Kotori Senpai
