𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐢 - ᵖʳⁱⁿᶜᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵗᵉⁿⁿⁱˢ

💫𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬

It has officially been over a full six months since Ryumi has moved in with her uncle. A full six months since the incident with the older kids at the courts. It's been five months and a half since she started teaching the person who she is considering her best friend, Urayama Shita. A full five months since school had started. The two middle school first years have become quite acquainted with each other. To the point where they spend most of their days together, not just playing tennis together. They regularly eat at each other's houses for dinner that it has become a routine for both their families. They even walk to school and eat lunch together every single day, even though they aren't in the same class.

Mondays are dinner at Shita's house, Wednesdays were mandatory movie nights as off recently (they switch houses each week) and Fridays are breakfast at the Echizen household in Kanagawa.

Since Ryumi goes to Tokyo for the weekend.

The other thing they don't do often is walk home from school together as Shita is in the tennis club and has after school practice. He didn't want her to wait long to go home.

And sometimes she has a small 'shift' at the store.

For the first time in her life, Ryumi does not have to share a friend with her twin brother. And it's absolutely amazing.

Shita even has perks at the courts now! They aren't very grand but Natsuo appreciates seeing his only niece excited in general. He was worried about her not being herself but seeing her excited to go out of the house everyday, to teach someone tennis? It's a breath of fresh air.

It's Wednesday, meaning it is mandatory movie night for the best friends. This week it is at Shita's house. Today was very different from their normal days though because instead of going straight home after school to wait for Shita's tennis practice to be over, Ryumi is heading straight to the tennis courts right after school ended. She is going to start tutoring Shita in english because they have a quiz coming up and the poor dude sucks at english. The school year barely started and he's almost already flunking english.

And she just so happens to be fluent.

Their idea is very simple, since it's movie night- might as well walk to his house together, grab snacks, get a couple hours of tutoring in, have dinner and enjoy the rest of the night watching movies until Natsuo comes to pick her up to go home.

It is a fool proof plan.

But there is only one obstacle in their way...Technically two actually.

The captain and vice-captain of the tennis club.

According to Shita, the vice-captain is a very strict teenager and the captain is just plain scary. Both are scary in Shita's eyes. And there are usually no spectators because the vice-captain scares them away by glaring at them.

Ryumi believes asking politely, mentioning that she has a book to read along with music to listen to that she won't be a nuisance and Shita is worried that it's not going to work.

In Ryumi's mind, it doesn't hurt to try.

The female Echizen arrives to the school's tennis courts, Shita is there waiting for her and is already dressed for the practice. The first-year notices his best friend walking towards him still in her school uniform and her bag in hand, looking at the courts in interest. There are already multiple players are already preparing themselves for the day.