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Tennis no Oujisama © Konomi Takeshi, Shuheisha, Inc

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Tennis no Oujisama © Konomi Takeshi, Shuheisha, Inc.

Of all the emotions that existed, he could name the cruellest emotion of all

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Of all the emotions that existed, he could name the cruellest emotion of all...

It was love...

It could make him so happy that the feeling alone could bring him up to the sky.

Yet once he was on the top, it dropped him down to the earth.

It hurt so much... So much that nothing could mend that feeling.

Even after practising for seven hours non-stop.

His breath was already raging but doing nothing would turn him crazy so Keigo turned on the tennis ball machine again. Taking a deep breath, he prepared himself for the upcoming ball and hit it as hard as he could. In all honesty, he used too much unnecessary power that the tennis bible, Shiraishi Kuranosuke would reprimand him because of it but Keigo didn't care.

Hit after hit, he still couldn't find the salvation he was looking for. Before the last ball was shot, Keigo accidentally let his racket slip from his hand. When the ball was flying in his direction, he could do nothing but stare at it as his body was too tired to follow his command.

"Bocchama!" he faintly heard Michael screaming for his name.

But the ball never hit him.

Opening his eyes, Keigo saw Munehiro standing before him, hitting the ball away.

"Kabaji... What are you do—" Keigo never got to finish as the stretch of black invaded his vision. Far away, he could hear people calling his name but not that name...

How long had it been since he sat there with her, enjoying their tea time in the garden she always loved? She spent her time in that garden so much that the aroma became a part of her, leaving traces in the air wherever she walked. He could smell that because she was always walking by his side, holding his hand...

Then she would kneel to his height, caressing him with so much love and saying, "Grow up well, my little warrior... I always love you, little..."

Keigo widened his eyes awake before he got to hear the name. He promptly pushed himself off the bed, looking around to see that he was already in his bed.

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