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Tennis no Oujisama © Konomi Takeshi, Shuheisha, Inc

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Ever since his childhood friend, best friend, also team captain, Yukimura Seiichi was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, Genichirō took Seiichi's place as both captain and also coach, trying his best to strengthen the team despite Seiichi's a...

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Ever since his childhood friend, best friend, also team captain, Yukimura Seiichi was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, Genichirō took Seiichi's place as both captain and also coach, trying his best to strengthen the team despite Seiichi's absence. Being a vice-captain, he had used to accompany Seiichi to the club-related meeting and being a captain in charge, it wasn't a big deal for him.

Except for that moment...

It was summer and the temperature was supposed to reach its highest but an icy cold storm was raging in his spot. Sitting on his left was the Ice Emperor of Hyotei, Atobe Keigo, and to his right was Seigaku's strongest man, Tezuka Kunimitsu. The two might never talk that much aside from something related to club and sarcasm exchange but sitting in between the two had never been that uncomfortable.

However, inspiration struck him and he came up with a new sentence for his poem.

It was one cold summer...

Oh, how deep the irony was...

Genichirō rolled his eyes to the left, then to the right, noting that both didn't greet each other at all, not even a simple nod. They usually did a simple greet, but they acted like they didn't know each other at that moment. Keigo wasn't his usual self but he still greeted Genichirō, but when his eyes met with Kunimitsu, the room's temperature dropped to zero. Genichirō decided to recede his seat a little to the back to avoid their icy gazes.

Enemies in the same boat...

Was it because of the last match?

What Keigo had done was definitely unacceptable. Taking advantage of Kunimitsu's injury and putting up a long match was something that strayed from the code of honour he always upheld. Even Akaya would most likely do something like that and for the sake of Rikkai's victory, he wouldn't stop that. However, they were sportsmen who were living in a competitive world. Kunimitsu wasn't the kind of person that would give a cold shoulder just for that very reason. The only thing that would make him so pissed off was...

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