fall in love with Echizen

At noon, right? At noon, I decided to rush to the tennis club to intercept Ryoma as soon as I got out of class.

...Then the math teacher procrastinated.

teacher! !Why, teacher? ! !

After the teacher stopped the chalk in his hand and shouted that the get out of class was over, I froze.

...the person should have arrived.

Yui worried: "Are you all right, Ewha?"

Me: "It's okay, it's okay."

Originally, I wanted to ask someone to take the message, but in case they meet, I'd better go there myself.

Umetarou Nozaki stood up with his lunch box in his hand, and was about to leave the classroom expressionlessly. He nodded slightly as he passed me: "Good luck. Some people are straight before they get enlightened, and they are still straight after they are enlightened."

I:"………"

I choked up, paused, walked out of the classroom nervously, and walked upstairs. The short road in the past seemed to have become extraordinarily long.

I was thinking wildly, looking down at my legs going upstairs. I am not used to wearing knee socks today... No, this is not the time to think about this... But I am not used to it... No, if Ryoma finds out, will he be angry? ?But this is not a matter of principle...

I knew I would never wear white knee socks.

When I got to the rooftop door, I swallowed nervously and opened the door.

squeak-

The sky is blue and stretches as far as the eye can see, and the rooftop is clean and empty.

In the middle lay a boy as usual, covering his face with a peaked cap and resting his elbow on his pillow.

It's Ryoma, who should be sleeping...no one else.

Didn't Amano come?

I closed the door gently and looked around carefully.

In the silence, Ryoma suddenly spoke, with a muffled voice because of being covered by the hat: "Are you looking for that person?"

I was stunned: "...Huh?"

The dark-green-haired boy raised his hand to pick up his baseball cap, and the amber cat eyes, who were not at all sleepy, looked at me lightly, the lip line was flattened, and there was no smile as usual, but now it was inexplicably scary.

I paused, and in a panic, I subconsciously pretended to be stupid: "Huh? Hahahaha, who are you talking about?"

...No, it's fine to refuse to be confessed, there's no need to hide it like this!

I plucked up the courage to tell the truth, Echizen Ryoma got up, the jacket slipped off, inside was blue and white short sleeves, because the clothes were messed up lying down, the thin waistline flashed past the hem when I got up.

The cat pupils lifted and looked at me quietly.

I know that Ryoma is sometimes very imposing, but I never knew it could be so full. It doesn't look like a cat, but a more vicious cat.

I was inexplicably wronged: "What are you staring at me for!"

"..." Echizen Ryoma put his hat aside and tilted his head when he heard that, "...Did I not stare at you?"

"...But you just looked at me so fiercely..." I beeped softly, "Super fierce."

Echizen Ryoma: "..."

He seemed to exhale lightly, stood up, and threw his coat on the backpack casually.

Ryoma approached, and for some reason, seeing his face, I took a step back involuntarily.

Ryoma paused, but still came over without wearing a hat, and the color of amber pupils became lighter in the sunlight.

He tilted his head and hooked his lips: "I won't eat you, and you haven't done anything wrong, what are you afraid of?"

"..." I said stiffly, "It was just an accident just now, I didn't stand firmly."

Echizen Ryoma: "Oh."

I:"…"

Me: "Actually, at noon today, someone asked me to go..."

Before I could finish speaking, Ryoma said, "He's gone."

I got stuck: "...Huh?"

"If you're talking about a person who came up with a gift box, looking around and talking about pear blossoms, he would have left long ago." Longma said calmly, with no other emotions in his calm eyes.

I was stunned: "Oh, so... just leave?"

"Well," Ryoma tilted his head, yawned, tears were about to come out, "I said I was your boyfriend, but unfortunately, he left after hearing that."

...isn't that nice?what a pity

I wisely didn't ask the exit.

I ate my bento as usual and got ready for a nap, but I wasn't sleepy at all.

I lay down on the doll pillow, kept my eyes open for a while, and was counting the clouds, when Ryoma beside me suddenly said, "There are so many people who confess to you."

I paused and said honestly: "There are many elementary schools, and they all rejected them. It's not long since I entered school now, and I will refuse them anyway."

Echizen Ryoma was silent for a moment, then put his hat on again: "Yes."

Distinctive tone and responses.

I turned around, the coat covering my body undulating.

I whispered, "Are you angry?"

Echizen Ryoma was silent, took off his hat, turned his head slightly and looked at me: "No, you can't control it."

Even so, his tone was firm.

I realized: "You are not angry, you are just unhappy."

Ryoma: "..."

I stared at his amber pupils and thought of something, "...Then let me play tennis with you. Right here."

Ryoma blinked slowly: "Why?"

Because... I don't know how to coax people, and there is nothing here, only Ryoma's tennis backpack.

If you like tennis, you should be happy playing tennis, right?

I added: "You can also hang me unilaterally."

Ryoma: "..."

Ryoma: "No need."

What should I do?

I froze immediately, and said in frustration, "...that's great."

Obviously nothing, Ryoma also said no, maybe these unhappiness will dissipate in the afternoon.

But it’s best to be coaxed now, otherwise I don’t know if it will dissipate in the afternoon, and I may keep thinking about it.

Unfortunately, there is no way.

I didn't know that my brows and eyes became depressed, and I was about to close my eyes to get sleepy, at least I had to close my eyes and rest my mind for a while.

Echizen Ryoma turned his head, was silent for a moment, then suddenly changed his words: "Then come."

I opened my eyes instantly.

"Yeah!"

He opened his backpack and handed me a racket.

I took it, thinking of the price of the racket, and gripped my hand even tighter.

Ryoma walked to the opposite side, the yellow tennis ball was raised and lowered in his hand, without a hat, Hu Po Tong stared at me: "Straight ahead."

……ah?Does that mean the ball is going to come right in front of me?

He swung the racket with his right hand with a very light force, and the distance was not that far.

The yellow tennis ball was hit from mid-air. It was a normal serve, so I caught it. When I hit it back, it might be because of the angle of the racket. The ball bounced off the ground very close.

Echizen Ryoma took a step forward and hit the ball back to normal distance.

Still straight ahead.

Then it became that I couldn't control the ball and swayed it, and Ryoma turned it back to the right way.

Pat, clack, no matter how the tennis ball is sent, it can always be hit back at the same position directly in front of me.

I gradually went smoothly.

After a long time, I even had the illusion of getting started.

...Actually, tennis is quite fun too, haha.

When I started to pant slightly, I paused, and instead of catching the ball with the racket, I held the tennis ball hit to the far right with my hand.

"Okay, class is about to start, let's rest."

I was just at the tipping point of being tired. I wasn't tired, but I was able to stretch my muscles and bones, and I felt a bit of refreshment.

Is this the charm of proper exercise?

I laughed so happily that I packed my schoolbag and went downstairs: "See you in the afternoon!"

Echizen Ryoma put on a white baseball cap, hummed, and Hitomi Kohaku looked at me again: "Happy?"

Me: "Happy!"

He laughed.

……

When I returned to class humming, Nozaki Umetaro said blankly, "How is it?"

Yui, who was laying down a book, looked at me worriedly.

I put down my schoolbag and said happily, "I'm very happy."

"..." Nozaki Umetaro, "Is the subject wrong? What about Echizen?"

I fell into silence for a moment and realized: "..."

Wait, why did it seem like he was making me happy at noon... and he didn't hang me up...

I hesitated: "He made me happy... The effect of force is mutual, so he should be happy too... right?"

Yui: "...Is this how it's used?!"

Umetaro Nozaki propped his chin, thought for a moment, and commented:

"He really likes you."