Tennis no Ojou-sama: A Prince of Tennis Fan Fiction

CHAPTER 77: Operation Commence!

"Are you saying the truth? You're not making this up, are you?" Shishido said, his tone extremely skeptical.

"It's true. I saw it with my own eyes. And just what are you implying? Are you saying that I'm a liar?" Gakuto replied, quite annoyed.

"Well, I won't say anything about Gakuto but I'm certainly not the type to lie, don't you think?" Yuushi said, cleaning his glasses with his handkerchief.

"Yuushi!" Gakuto snarled at him.

"Now, now... Please settle down, senpaitachi." Choutaro said, trying to calm everyone.

"So basically, what are you trying to say, senpai?" Hiyoshi interrupted them, leaning casually on the metal netting surrounding the tennis court.

Before the night deepened, Gakuto and Yuushi called their team members to come and meet them in the courts. Hyotei members Shishido, Choutaro, Kabaji and Jiro went as they said and heard about what happened between Ryouko and Atobe during the cavalry battle.

"What I am trying to say is that Atobe might not hate the idea of being the Seigaku princess' fiancé that much. If you've seen him, you'd believe me. He went there so fast with no hesitation, covered in sweat and panting hard. I've never seen Atobe look that flustered. And that concern in his eyes when he hugged Ryouko-chan..." Gakuto gave a grin. "It's as genuine as hell."

"He hugged her? For real?" Jiro asked. After Yuushi called him, he wasn't planning on coming but Gakuto also gave him a call. He supposed that they'll go bonkers if he boycotts the meeting and so he came there hesitantly, yawning every five seconds. Gakuto's story made him wake up completely. He doesn't think that Atobe is capable of hugging a girl.

Gakuto grinned. "He did. Quite tightly too." He wiggled his eyebrows knowingly.

"As a matter of fact, I was so shocked that I couldn't believe if I'm actually seeing right. I removed my glasses and rubbed my eyes to see if it's not just a trick." Yuushi told them.

"Are you... saying that Atobe-buchou actually..." Choutaro said and made gestures with his hands.

"Likes her? Well, who knows? But we saw what we saw." Gakuto said, popping a chewing gum inside his mouth.

"So why exactly have you gathered us here? I'm expecting that it's not just to share this gossip." Shishido asked.

"Well, we promised Atobe's Dad that we'll do something at camp that might help his son be close to the Fujioka heiress. That fact cannot be ignored. It's the third day tomorrow and we haven't done a thing. We won't want to disappoint an elder." Yuushi replied, placing his glasses back to his face.

Gakuto blew a bubble and let it pop. He talked after placing the gum at the inside of his left cheek. "And so, in conclusion, we have to do something. Then leave it to providence if Atobe really will like her or not. At least we pulled our tricks and stayed true to the promise we made." He chewed on the gum again.

"So what do you want us to do?" Shishido asked.

"Do you have a plan or something?" Jiro said, pulling a stick of gum from Gakuto's stock.

"We do. We already layed out the preparations for it. We called CEO Atobe right after the cavalry battle ended and asked for some assistance." Yuushi answered.

"What kind of a plan is it, senpai?" Hiyoshi asked. He doesn't have a good feeling about it. Well, whatever it is, he'll do his best to not make matters go according to the plan. He placed his hand inside his pocket. The handkerchief that he still haven't returned to Ryouko is in there. He kept it on his person wherever he went, like a protective charm of some sort.