Healing My Heart (Tezuka Love Story)

Chapter 39: Return to Nationals

Disclaimer: Everything besides Miyu and her family belong to Takeshi Konomi.

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I was on my way to the airport. John and some other people came to see me off. "Have a good trip back and visit us if you can," Karen said to me. "I will," I said to her. Dr. Summer and Brent came as well.

"It was nice treating you. I hope to see you very soon," Dr. Summer said to me. I gave him a nod. He gave me an offer to be an ambassador of the charity Healing Heart. I was very interested and accepted the offer. I would be traveling from place to place around the world on my free time. I wanted people to be involved in the charity.

Brent walked over to me and gave me a hug. It had been a bit awkward between us since we knew about each other's feelings towards each other. I just hope that it didn't hurt our friendship. "Take care. If that guy breaks your heart, let me know," he said to me.

"Don't worry. He won't hurt me," I said to him honestly. We pulled apart and he gave me a nod.

DESTINATION...TOKYO....NOW BOARDING.....

I waved everyone goodbye and went through the gate. I had a long trip back ahead of me. I just hope that things were going okay with Kunimitsu and the team.

I made back to Japan. I knew that the nationals had already started. I was walking out of the airport when I bumped into someone shorter than me. "Oops sorry," I said out loud. "Hm. Asada-sempai," I heard. I looked to see that it was Echizen.

"Aren't you suppose to be at the U.S. Open?" I asked him in surprise. "I won," he said to me. I was surprise to hear that he won the game and so quickly. "I guess it means that we are back for nationals," I said to him. He gave me a nod.

We took a taxi together. We were going to the venue of the national tournament. Echizen told me that he wasn't going to participate. Something told me that wasn't true. Once we got to the venue, we looked around to find them.

We found them watching Rokkaku's match. I saw their coach injured. I watch Echizen make his way towards them. I watched him go on the tennis court and served the ball back. I could see that everyone was quiet.

"Gomel-Chai," he said to everyone. "Echizen!" I heard Momoshiro said. "Sorry, seems like my hand slipped. I was actually aiming for your face," Echizen said to them "What did you say!?" the guy with the purple uniform said. He looked mad.

The Seigaku team started to walk into the court. Momoshiro went up to Echizen. "You didn't even say a word about returning today. You're always so impulsive," he said to Echizen. They were very happy to see him. I walked onto the court this time. "He's not the only one who returned today," I said to them.

Everyone turned around to look at me. I saw surprised faces. It must have been my clothes. I hadn't had time to change out of them. I was wearing a grey shirt that was down to my waist. It hugged my body. I wore a black skinny jeans and black shoes. I looked very different from what they were used to seeing. I looked a bit more mature in this outfit.

"Asada-sempai!" Momoshiro said in surprise. "Hello Momoshiro," I said to him. Kunimitsu walked up to me. "Welcome home," he said to me. I gave him a smile. "Thank you," I said to him. We all returned to watching the match. Rokkaku had lost. After the match, we walked to the train station to get back home.

"Asada-chan. How was the heart examination?" Oishi asked me. "It went better than the doctors had expected," I told them. "Really?" That's good to know," Fuji said to me. "I'm better than I was when I was first diagnosed. The doctors said that my heart may return to normal after all in a couple of years," I said to them.

I saw smiles on their faces. They were happy to hear it. I looked up in Kunimitu's eyes to see that he was happy. We got onto the train to get back home. I sat in a seat while Kunimitu stood in front of me. Everyone was still surprised to see us.

Everyone wondered if they should reconsider the order for tomorrow's match. Echizen had came back from the U.S. Open so he had experience. He would be able to help the team get through nationals.

Oishi decided to step down, but Echizen didn't want him to forfeit his place. They ended up having a match and Oishi lost. I could see that he had a wrist injury. I thought that it would be for the best. It was a good thing that Echizen was like a reserve player.

I saw that Kikumaru wasn't too happy about Oishi losing the match. This made me remember that we wouldn't have our golden pair for the doubles match. This made me concern about our chances with beating our opponent tomorrow.

It was getting late. Kunimitsu and I got back home. "Miyu-chan. Welcome home," Ayana said with a smile. "Thank you," I said to her. "Both of you wash up a bit. Dinner is almost ready," she said to us. "Hai," we said and walked up the stairs to our room.

Kunimitsu opened the door for me. I walked inside to see that the room hadn't change. I went into my bag and pulled out the envelope. I gave it to Kunimitsu. "I know that you would want to know the results in detail," I said to him.

He gave me a nod. "I'll read it after dinner," he said to me. I gave him a nod. He walked out to wash up. I decided to wash up after dinner. I was happy to be home. I placed the results on his desk. I changed my clothes to something more comfortable.

After dinner, Kunimitsu and I walked back to our room. He walked to his desk and took the envelope. I sat on the bed. "He opened the envelope and looked at the results. After a few minutes, he looked up at me.

He got up from his seat and walked over to me.He took my hand and pulled me off the bed. I looked up at him. "Kunimitsu?" I said his name. Next thing I knew, he place is lips onto mine. I hadn't kiss him for so long. My heart thump with happiness.

We pulled apart and watched our breaths. "I'm for you," he said to me.I gave him a hug and nodded against his head. He embraced me. "I'm happy too. I have you to thank for healing my heart so much," I said to him.

"I love you," he said to me. "I love you too," I said to him. We started to talk about my time in America. I told him about Brent. I told him about Brent when we first got together. I just told him about Brent having feelings of me. I told him that I didn't see him anything more than a best friend.