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Little Flower

Another part! Hope you enjoy~

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<TOKYO HOSPITAL, AFTER TENNIS TRAINING, TEZUKA POV>

I focused a lot more in tennis today than ever, my coach saying that I'm one step closer to being professional if I keep playing the way I am. I thank him gratefully as I sit on the bench, a towel around my neck as I drink from my bottle. My mind kept wondering to that night, it's been 3 days and we haven't encountered each other after that, but that night lingered in my mind.

I wasn't sure what this feeling is inside me, but it felt weird and foreign – something I never thought would even appear. I shake the feeling off as I do one more round of intense training before making my way back home. I walked, not realising that my feet has taken me to the hospital, I furrowed my eyebrows. Wait, why am I here? I thought to myself. I know my reasoning, I refuse to believe it is because of her. As I was about to turn around and walk the other way, I hear her voice call my name.

"Tezuka-san!" I turn around, then seeing her smiling face and her waves, she rushes to me, the two woman behind her following closely saying to not run. I face her, nodding as a greeting and the two caught up, looks at me and then asks who I am.

"I'm Tezuka Kunimitsu, it's a pleasure," I reply, bowing and when I look up both woman were blushing and I wasn't sure why.

"Mama, Nee-chan – meet my new friend! It's okay to call you friend, right?" She asks me, her blush in place and I couldn't help but blush then with a small nod, I make her smile.

"A-ah, a friend? How lovely. I'm Tsunagi Rika, her mother and-" the older one introduces then her sister comes in, her hands on her hips.

"Yui. Just because you're hot looking – don't think we'll let you easily take Ai away," she says, glaring at me and I looked at her, then hurriedly I tried to tell her it wasn't like that, I mean, we only met like twice. Three times – if you count the one where I was staring at her from the distance.

"It's not like that, Nee-chan! Mou – we don't even know each other that well, we just made friends a couple days ago," she says, helping me out and her sister looks at me, then at her little sister and sighs.

"OK. But if you as hurt her, I won't forgive you," she says and I nod, slightly taken a back. Her mother apologises, saying she's a little over protective but to not be scared of her and that she's actually really nice. I bow, thanking her.

"What are you doing here though?" She asks me, but before I could reply her mother says that they'll head on inside and meet her there. She nods and then it was just us two. I wasn't sure what to say, my feet took me here hoping to see you? Or was that too much, I'm not even sure anymore of what this feeling is eating me from the inside.

"I – I don't know," I reply, finally and she giggles, then smiling gently up at me, that beautiful gentle smile she chuckles some more.

"You're really weird, Tezuka-san," she then says, calling me weird is a first, no one's called me that before. I look at her, my eyebrows furrowed. We stood there, just staring into each-others eyes when a question came up.

"Why are you here?" I ask and then her smile gently turned into a sad one, then with a reply I wasn't expecting my eyes widen.

"I'm sick," she says and I wasn't sure what "sick" she meant, a disease? I wasn't sure, do I ask her, but I don't want to make her uncomfortable either. Internally fighting with myself, her small giggle snaps me out from my thoughts and I look down at her.

"It's okay – I'm not super sick just have tostay in hospital until I'm a- okay to go!" She says, smiling but something inher voice falters, a small falter in her voice makes me think that's noteverything, but I don't dare to ask more.