must love tennis

"Doubles are not that simple, you two idiots!"

——I first heard it from the defeated opponent, and then came to coach Ryuzaki's roar.

Echizen Ryoma, who was suspended, squatted in the corner of the bench in a daze.

Taocheng, who is suffering from the same disease, was fined to buy drinks for everyone, leaving her here alone to "reflect on her life" and cheer for her predecessors by the way.

When she couldn't play, she wasn't even interested in watching the game—of course, it might be because the opponents were too weak.The seniors performed quite well, and won the victory without much effort.

a little hungry...

Ryoma suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to bring a bento.

Hey, misfortunes never come singly.

Just as he was wandering in the sky, a shadow suddenly pressed over.

Ryoma raised his head back to his senses, and met Bu Er's smiling face with crooked eyebrows: "Are you bored?"

"Um……"

He pointed behind him: "Tezuka and I are going to watch other schools' games, and go for a walk together?"

oh?Observe the enemy?

Ryoma finally got a little interested, turned over and jumped off the bench, and walked out slowly behind the two seniors.

There are a total of more than ten schools in the preliminaries, and there are only a few seed positions, and there are not many capable players.Judging from the grouping, the last round of this year should still be the duel between Aigaku and Kakinoki Middle School.

On the court, Kakizhiki's tennis team just won the victory by a big score, and the tall singles No. [-] walked off the court proudly.As if aware of everything, he cast a glance in this direction, and the existence of Tezuka and Fuji made his eyes shine obviously.

"Hey, are you here to investigate the intelligence too?" The man walked over with a smile on his face, ignoring Ryoma in front of him, and only stared at the opponent he thought he was, "Tezuka, Fuji—how about it? Are you satisfied?"

No, she is not dissatisfied.It's definitely not because I'm too short to be seen by him.

...It's just that I'm a little uncomfortable.

"That's Kuki Kiichi." Fuer ignored the man and explained to Ryoma, "It's probably the main force of Kakinoki."

"Wait, what do you mean by 'sort of'!" Jiugui yelled over there.

"Oh." Ryoma nodded, never heard of it.

Bu Er smiled: "It's not too late to 'hear' when the game is about to start."

"Hello!"

Tezuka did even better. Ever since Kuki walked out of the court, he hadn't been distracted to look at it. At this moment, he turned around and said lightly: "It's time to go back."

"... Tezuka!"

Nine ghosts were so ignored, a little annoyed, took a step forward, and then showed an uncomfortable smile: "By the way, I heard that you haven't played in this morning's game, could it be—"

Tezuka's leaving footsteps did not stop at all, and Kuki reached out to stop him.

What an annoying guy, Ryoma thought, and couldn't help frowning, and stepped in between them in time, blocking the nine ghosts.

Nine Ghosts was taken aback, looked down, and seemed to find a little ghost here: "Oh? A first-year freshman? Has your Youth Academy degenerated to the point where first-years are allowed to play?"

Fuji pursed his lips slightly, and was about to speak, Ryoma was even more fearless, raised his hand and adjusted the brim of his hat, revealing his eyes, and said first: "I say you—"

Unexpectedly, Tezuka in front suddenly turned around and stopped her: "Echizen. You didn't bring lunch?"

Ok?

Ryoma turned around, dazed.How did you know?

"...uh, forgot."

Bu Er was taken aback, and laughed out loud: "Forgot? You are so cute."

What's wrong with this?

She glared at him disapprovingly.Forgetting is a human habit.

"Are you too excited because you have a game today?" Bu Er joked.

How can it be.Long Ma pouted: "It's not the first time..."

Tezuka also sighed slightly: "Let's go. There is still a game in the afternoon."

"……Oh."

What kind of game is she playing? Isn't she suspended?

Long Ma muttered to himself, but still followed the minister obediently. After a pause, he also followed with a smile: "Do you want to share half of my share?"

"no need."

"You're welcome, my sister brought me a lot."

"Senior Bu Er, let's eat by yourself, you also seem to need to grow your body."

"..."

"After all, I'm only in the first grade." Long Ma said confidently, implying that I still have a lot of room for growth.Not like you……

Bu Er didn't speak, but still smiled, reached out and pinched her cheek.

"Hey!"

Do you want to do it if you can't say it? Relying on the status of a senior, it's really despicable!

"Is now the time to discuss the issue of eating??" Jiu Gui was completely forgotten behind him, and he frantically faced the air: "You... are too arrogant! Just wait and see!"

"Really don't want to eat?" Fuji asked again.

The three-layer bento box in front of him exuded a tempting smell, and several teammates glistened and salivated.

"..."

Ryoma is not moved by beauty and food, and does not squint.

"You're still angry, aren't you?" Kikumaru squeezed over and sat on the same chair, tilting his head to look at him.

"No." Ryoma flatly denied.

What's the fuss about this?It's just a little boring... It's a pity that I only played one game after a good weekend.

"It's not okay for teenagers not to eat lunch, it's not okay." Taocheng said earnestly.

Ryoma didn't bother to answer, turned his head, and met Tezuka's eyes.He nodded to himself and motioned, "Come with me."

Following the minister all the way to the vending machine in the rest area, at first, Ryoma thought he brought him to buy drinks, but when he took a closer look, it turned out that there were bread and small cakes here.

Although it's not her favorite food, it's still okay to fill her stomach for the time being.

"You today..." The minister started, but didn't continue, he pondered for a long time and didn't know what he was thinking.

Ryoma felt the pressure from the side, but suddenly he seemed to understand why Buer invited himself out together.It must be because the people around you are too reticent, and you want to find someone to ease the atmosphere?Although she wasn't very talkative, she had to start racking her brains to think of topics by Minister Tezuka's side.

"Actually," she said dryly, "when I woke up this morning, my right eyelid kept twitching. I don't know what it means..."

"Huh?" Tezuka turned his gaze to her face.It looks quite normal now, but she seems to have guessed her intentions, so she took the opportunity to ask: "Did you sleep well last night?"

Ryoma shook his head: "Well, it's okay."

"Don't think too much about it, it'll be fine," he said.

She nodded silently, turned to face the vending machine, reached into her pocket to find her wallet, and then heard a distant voice: "Ryoma?"

Huh, this voice?

Ryoma and Tezuka turned their heads at the same time.

Under the shade of the tree opposite, Tokugawa Kazuya stood there quietly carrying a bento box.

He walked forward slowly, his tall figure completely enveloped her, and raised his hand to lift up the packed bento: "Cousin Nanako asked me to give it to you. You left in such a hurry this morning, you forgot to take it."

"……what."

Ryoma was stunned for a moment.

Suddenly forgot, she also has an older brother now - and also has an older brother who will bring her lunch!

Seeing that she hadn't answered for a long time, Tokugawa explained: "It's not heavy."

Only then did Ryoma stretch out his hand slowly, holding the bento box in his arms.Immediately afterwards, Tokugawa looked away slightly, and met Tezuka.

The two who also exuded air-conditioning attributes made this first encounter... extremely embarrassing.

For some reason, Tezuka vaguely noticed a bit of alertness in the eyes of the other party, or was it hostility?

It stands to reason that this should be the first time they have met, and they have never heard of it before.

Tezuka responded to all changes with the same attitude, neither humble nor overbearing, nodded slightly.

Ryoma, who had recovered from being moved, also felt very uncomfortable, and introduced with difficulty in the middle: "Mr. Tezuka of our tennis club. This is... my brother."

"Hello." Tokugawa said calmly, and stretched out his hand, "Tokugawa Kazuya. My little friend has been taken care of."

Not with the same last name?That is the next of kin?

Tezuka unconsciously glanced at Ryoma from the corner of his eye, secretly comparing the two, they were not very similar... He said, "Tezuka Kunimitsu, Tokugawa-senior, you are welcome."

The moment he held his hand, Tezuka felt that the opponent's strength suddenly became much stronger.

Delusion?

But soon, Tokugawa withdrew his hand, looked at Ryoma, and said very gently: "Then I will go back."

"Aren't you staying to watch the game?"

He shook his head: "No need."

"..."

Seeing the figure of Tokugawa Kazuya going away, no one spoke for a while.

After a while, Tezuka said: "It seems that he trusts you very much."

Others probably wouldn't have come to this conclusion.Ryoma thought.They will only feel, hey, you are so pitiful, your brother doesn't even want to watch your games, and doesn't care about you at all...

If you say you don't care, Echizen Minamijiro is that stinky old man. Before leaving the house this morning, he pretended to ask: "Ryoma, what number do you want to be single?"

——Is this something she can decide?

"Anyway, I don't have a game this afternoon..." Ryoma whispered.

Tezuka looked at her calmly.

"Is that something you can decide?"

Her heart skipped a beat, thinking that she had accidentally said what was on her mind just now.But calm down and distinguish, his tone is very flat, not like mocking or reprimanding.

Rather, wake up?

Can't relax.As long as you are part of a tennis team, you should always be ready to play.

Longma didn't care about this, her first reaction was to raise her head: "Can I compete?"

The pair of amber eyes widened slightly, showing a strong enthusiasm for the game. Tezuka saw in his eyes, still motionless as a mountain, and hummed noncommittally.

"Um"?

He just said "hmm"!

That's okay.

Ryoma's mood suddenly jumped up, picked up the bento box in his arms, and was about to leave, planning to go back and make a quick decision.

"Echizen." Tezuka stopped her again and asked, "Why do you play tennis?"

"For... to win?" Ryoma turned his head back, and after a short period of confusion, he subconsciously answered, and couldn't help being startled when he met the too deep gaze.

Tezuka didn't say anything more, shook his head and said, "Go back."

Ryoma left in a daze.

Was it because of her horrible doubles match?

That's right, even Ryuzaki-sensei felt ashamed for Aigaku.Tezuka, who is a minister, must be very disrespectful.But anyway, winning is better than losing, right?Even if it's a bit embarrassing to win in singles... well, whatever.Anyway, she will never play doubles again!

Tezuka returned to his teammates.

Dashi was distributing sports drinks to everyone, and when he saw him arrive, he also handed over a bottle.

"What did you guys say in secret?" He said with a smile, signaling Ryoma with his eyes, "His mood seems to be completely different."

"It's nothing."

Private education?Dashi guessed wildly, and couldn't help saying: "Don't be too harsh, you are only in the first grade, and a little child has a normal temperament. If it were me, I would not be happy if I couldn't play the game for some reason."

You are very considerate.

Tezuka looked at him.

Oishi smiled: "And I think it's a bit of a shame to arrange them to play doubles. I think Mr. Ryuzaki will never agree to such a request next time."

Tezuka nodded sympathetically.

"But you don't have to tell him the arrangement of the finals so early." Dashi said again, winking at him with a serious look.

Um?Tezuka cast a questioning look.

"Don't you want to see the cute and coquettish appearance of the first graders?" Dashi said sternly, "Isn't this the real reason why we broke the rules and promoted the first graders to join the team!"

Tezuka: "..."

No, you are thinking too much.It's because of tennis skills!

And that's Echizen Ryoma!

Not Totoro!Not a mascot!