"Did everyone understand?" Gaito asked his cousins.
"We got it." Natsu answered.
"You guys will seriously go on with this silliness?" Setsuna told them.
"Silly or not, if it will work then that's all that matters." Ren said.
"I like Ryoma but I don't like him at this moment. We're supposed to be spending the day with Ryouko and he's getting in the way." Ichidou voiced out his thoughts.
"Go then. Tell her about what we talked about." Ren told Ichidou.
Ichidou nodded and walked towards Ryoma and Ryouko. He hooked an arm each around Ryouko and Ryoma's shoulders.
"You two... You've been making me an outcast since this morning... I'm a bit hurt. We always go around in threes during elementary, right?" He told them.
"Kurushi... (Can be translated literally as 'It's stuffy', 'It hurts' or 'I can't breathe'.)" Ryouko said.
"I understand that and all but do loosen your arm. Do you want us to suffocate to death?" Ryoma replied.
"Gomen, gomen... (Sorry, sorry...)" Ichidou said and did as he was told. "By the way..." He started, careful to make his voice sound as casual as possible.
"What?" Ryoma asked.
"There's somewhere I really wanted to go..." Ichidou said.
"Doko? (Where?)" Ryouko asked.
Ichidou grinned. "Where's the busiest subway terminal in here?"
~~~
20 minutes later
Ryoma and Ryouko found themselves standing on the platform of the subway together with Setsuna, Gaito, Ren, Natsu and Ichidou.
"Waa... Hito ga ippai! (There's a lot of people!)" Ichidou commented.
"Well, it's still morning so it's not strange to find this many at this hour, but then again, this terminal never really get that empty at any time of the day." Ryoma said.
"What do you want to do in here anyway?" Ryouko asked his cousin.
"Ride!" Ichidou said.
"Huh?" Ryouko and Ryoma said.
"Ride the train. I want to experience how it will be like to barge in there with a stampede of people. It's pretty exciting." Ichidou said.
"I don't get you." Ryoma told him.
"I don't think there will be enough space for all of us inside there. It will be awfully cramped." Ryouko commented.
"But I really want to try riding it!" Ichidou said and pouted.
"Isn't that fine? Let's do what he wants. There's nothing to lose anyway." Gaito said.
"I agree. It's not everyday that Ichidou requests for something." Ren said simply.
"I can go to that kind of trouble once, I guess." Natsu said with a shrug.
"It's not a good idea. What if someone gets hurt in the crowd?" Ryoma said in protest.
Ryouko turned to Setsuna. "What do you think, Setsu-nii?"
Ichidou and the others glanced so sharply at Setsuna's direction that he felt chills running down his spine. His cousins won't forgive him if he goes against their wishes for today.
Setsuna sighed inside of him. "I'm sorry about this, Ryoma..." He said inside his mind.
"You guys do what you want to do." He told Ryouko aloud.
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Tennis no Ojou-sama: A Prince of Tennis Fan Fiction
FanfictionTotally alike to the point that they hate each other, Echizen Ryoma and Fujioka Ryouko became rivals at a very early age. Reunited after being separated from each other at age nine, will rivalry at the most precious sport of their lives still get i...
