Hot spring accident part 1

Morning came and the sun just shines brightly in the cloudless sky, birds are happily flying and the regulars are now awake doing their morning exercise in the tennis court. "So how is everyone's night?" Oishi asked with a smile as they jog around the court for the ninth time.

"Good…if only a certain someone stopped whizzing while they sleep," Momoshiro said as he turn and look at Kaidoh who in return look at him with annoyance as well.

"Fsshh…atleast I don't sleep with a snore sounding like a train," Kaidoh mumbled to himself and continued jogging. Eiji, upon hearing Kaidoh's remark on Momoshiro sweat dropped.

"I didn't sleep that well, Coach was snoring so loud. But I didn't complain for who knows what she will do when she heard me say it," Inui said and Kawamura who happens to be at Inui's side nodded, he then muttered "I'm just glad we survive Inui." Just when they were on their last round of jogging, Eiji remembered something.

The red haired sempai smiled and said, "Well I sleep well last night because Oishi is my roommate. By the way…how is your sleep Ochibi?" Upon mentioning Ryoma's name, everyone looked at him with curiosity, some were looking at him with a smirk and even Tezuka seems to be interested at the subject that he glance sideways at him.

The tennis prince sweat dropped and asked in his usual voice, "Why is everyone interested to know that?"

"Well for one, you're in the same room with Coach's Granddaughter right? So how did it go?" Eiji asked. Ryoma sigh, he couldn't get out of the situation when his sempais were all like this.

The regulars were all waiting when Tezuka said, "We're finished. Let's have a break first, after that we will play tennis." The regulars nodded and drank water while others sat on the benches, they were all sweating and tired from the exercise that they didn't speak for a moment.

"So, how did it went Echizen?" Momo asked and again everyone waited for the tennis prodigy to answer.

"Fine" was the only reply of the tennis prince, after that he stood and began walking away from the tennis court.

"Eh? That's all he can say? Mah, Ochibi is being selfish," Eiji said with a pout.

"Well he is that kind of guy," Momo said and everyone except Fuji and Tezuka sigh in disappointment.

"Ne, Tezuka. Let's go for a walk and talk" Fuji muttered with a smile as he went towards their captain's side and Tezuka nodded.

When the two were alone in a place near the court, Tezuka began to spoke. "Is it alright to you with the situation we have now?" he asked and Fuji smiled as he lean on one of the tree's trunk.

"As long as Sakuno's happy and nothing goes intimate between her and Echizen," the tennis genius said as he opened his eyes and looked at the sky.

Meanwhile, Ryoma was resting under a shade of a tree when he heard a voice. "Ryoma-sama! You're here," the voice said and the tennis prodigy turn to look at the direction where the voice was coming from. Upon founding out the owner's voice, he sigh. Tomoka was running towards him while dragging a certain someone as that someone tries to pace up with Tomoka while carrying a basket.

"Ryoma-sama, are you hungry? Me and Sakuno brought foods for everyone," Tomoka said happily as she sat on the left side of Ryoma.

The tennis prince replied, "Thanks but I still have practice. You can deliver that to the court for everyone to eat. Bye" Ryoma after saying those words stood up, and began walking away from the two girls as he wipes the sweat on his neck.

When the tennis prodigy was gone, Tomoka squealed. "Kyaa! Isn't Ryoma-sama more handsome when he's soaked in sweat? What do you think Sakuno?"

The auburn haired girl was standing in front of Tomoka, she didn't hear her best friend's question as her mind was occupied by many thoughts. Ryoma-kun today seems to be avoiding me, is he angry with me? what did I do? Mou…Ryoma-kun, Sakuno thought and frowned afterwards. Suddenly the auburn haired girl was brought back to reality when she heard her best friend's voice calling her.

"Sakuno! Sakuno!...are you alright? You look so down just a while ago" Tomoka asked when her bestfriend looked at her. "You're making me worried Sakuno. Do you have any problem?"

Sakuno looked at her bestfriend, I made Tomo-chan worried…I'm sorry Tomo-chan. the auburn haired girl smiled at Tomoka and replied, "No, I don't have any problems Tomo-chan. sorry for making you worried. Let's go to the court and give these sandwiches to them."

Tomoka at first just looked at Sakuno with a worried expression, but then smiled afterwards and replied, "Yeah."

As the two girls approach the tennis court, they saw that everyone was practicing so hard. "Oi, you three! Run 5 more laps, next time don't be late again!" Coach Ryuzaki shouted as she stood near the entrance door to the court.

"Yes!" answered by voices near the two girls. Tomoka and Sakuno looked at whom Coach Ryuzaki was shouting at and found Horio, Katsuo and Kato. The trio were running as if their life depended on it and just passed by the two girls when they replied to Coach Ryuzaki. Tomoka's expression changed from curiosity to scared, "Your grandma is really scary when she's in the court Sakuno."

The auburn haired girl only sweatdrop and laugh weakly, "Not really Tomo-chan…sometimes, I guess."

While back in the court, Oishi and Eiji teamed up and were playing against Kaidoh and Momoshiro. The golden pair were still as good as before even after 4 years had passed, while the their opponent team were having difficulty to receive the ball that were thrown to them as Kaidoh and Momoshiro battles on who will hit the ball. Meanwhile, Ryoma was playing against Kawamura and both have an intense battle as Kawamura receives the ball the tennis prince was giving and hitting it back twice the power. On the bench sitting were Inui who was busy scribbling some data on his data book while Fuji and Tezuka readied themselves for their match afterwards.

"Ne, Sakuno…let's go in and put this to the bench," Tomoka suggested as she drag the auburn haired girl inside the court.

"But Tomo-chan, the regulars are still practicing…Grandma would be angry to us if she saw us coming in," Sakuno replied but was too late when Tomoka had already stepped in the court.

Coach Ryuzaki turn back to see who came in, and when she saw who, she glared at them with a dark aura, "Why did you come in? Do you girls want to be punished as well?" she asked in a serious tone not bothering whether her granddaughter is one of the two she was glaring at.

The two girls immediately bowed and said in unison, "We're so sorry Ryuzaki-san!" "We're so sorry, grandma!"

Coach Ryuzaki looked at them and sigh afterwards, "Apology accepted...but please do remember next time that you should never come inside the court when it's practice, the players would be distracted by that. I'm sorry if I scared you two. By the way, Sakuno…what did you two bring?" she asked as she saw the basket near Sakuno.

Sakuno still kneeling, looked at her grandma, "Eh? Ah you mean the basket grandma? It's sandwiches that we made to everyone."

The elder Ryuzaki smiled, "I see. Well, I guess they practiced enough." She then turn to the regulars and said, "Alright everyone…break time first! My granddaughter here and her friend brought snacks to all of us."

Upon hearing the Coach's words, everyone stopped and looked at Sakuno who smiled at them holding a basket. "Yay, food! Now we'll be able to regain energy. Thanks for the food by the way, Sakuno-chan and ummm?" Eiji said and looked at the girl in pigtails with a questioning look.

Tomoka smiled, "Just call me Tomo-chan, sempai." Her bestfriend smiled as well.

The red haired sempai smiled, "Thank you for the food Sakuno-chan and Tomo-chan! Itadakemasu"

The other regulars followed and said as well, "Itadekemasu."

While the regulars were eating, Horio, Katsuo, Kato, Tomoka, Coach Ryuzaki and Sakuno joined as well. Everyone seems to be enjoying the food, when the auburn haired girl suddenly spoke. "Ah! I forgot to bring the juice…I'm really sorry! I'll go get it," Sakuno exclaimed and run off.

Ryoma eyed her as she leave, though he didn't let the others notice him by lowering his cap. Suddenly Momoshiro speak, "Aren't she gonna bring glasses to us as well? Somebody should help her, she can't carry it all by herself."

Everyone then stared at the tennis prodigy, and Ryoma looked at them as he felt their stares. He sigh first then stood, "I'll go and help her." He then run off and as he leave, everyone except Fuji, Tezuka and Coach Ryuzaki laugh.

"Nice suggestion, Momo" Kawamura said while Inui added, "Chance of love…5 percent."

When Ryoma entered the kitchen that was just located at the left side of the dining room which is completely opposite to their rooms, he saw Sakuno balancing the tray full of glasses with juice and the pitcher. The tennis prince sigh, she really like to do this single-handedly. When the glasses started to slid to the right, Sakuno panicked and tried to balance the tray again.

"Here, I'll help you with that" said a voice as a pair of hands started getting seven of the glasses and transferring it to another tray. Sakuno lifted her gaze and looked at the voice owner which belonged to none other than Ryoma.

"Ry-ryoma kun, what are you doing here?" the auburn haired girl asked while the tennis prince lifted his tray and started walking out.

He then turn around to look at Sakuno then said in his usual tone, "To help you of course. What else do you think?"

The auburn haired girl blushed then lowered her head, "Ah! I'm sorry."

Ryoma only stared at her then started walking again, "Let's go Ryuzaki. Everyone is waiting." Sakuno lifted her head and smiled, "Y-yes" And started to trail behind the tennis prince.

To be continued...