♫Wonderful Days♫Prince of tennis♫Hyotei♫

♫Shishido and Ranfa: Never ending love♫

Shishido can see she was wearing the smile as a mask again. Does she really think she can trick him of all people? She really has underestimated him if that was the case.

"Please go away, Shishido-senpai. I don't want to deal with you at a time like this, gives me bad memories..."

"Sakura..." He didn't think he would find her at the back of the cafe. Did she come all the way here to cry in silence? It made him angry at himself when she's choosing to cry alone; he wanted to be the place for her to go to whenever she's sad. Seeing her like this reminded him what Choutarou told him a moment ago...

Shishido and Choutarou found Ranfa together but the taller tennis player pulled the Counter Puncher back.

"Choutarou?" 

"Shishido-san, you should take it from here."

"Huh?!" 

"Shishido-san, when she confessed to you back at the mountain...you wanted to return her feelings, right?" 

"I-I..." 

"If you want to return her feelings, you should have done that from the very start! You shouldn't have hurt Ranfa-san no matter what!" 

"But you liked her too, Choutarou! I didn't want to upset you-" 

"I would rather you upset me than upset Ranfa-san!"  Choutarou shouted at Shishido, "Ranfa-san liked you back then, Shishido-san! You! Not Zaizen-kun or anyone else! You! There is still time for you to hold her. You should go out there and hold her tight and never let her go..." 

"Choutarou..." 

"Her heart is broken. Go and fix it like you should have on that day..." Choutarou gave Shishido a light push, "Go and tell her the true answer, Shishido-san..." 

"Sakura, don't cry over a broken heart..." There's no need for him to hesitate anymore. There's no need for him to hold back now, he can finally do what he should have done from the moment she confessed to him. 

"I'm being serious, Shishido-senpai. Go away..." 

"I'm not going." 

"I mean it, Shishido-senpai, I really want you to leave me alone." Ranfa's back was facing him and her shoulders were trembling, trying to hold herself back from getting too sad or too angry.

Before they knew it, the rain started its sudden downpour, drenching her sorrows. Shishido looked up at the sudden gray sky and he couldn't help but smile a little at a precious little memory they shared; the rain never bothered him when she's with him...

"Remember the time when we walked home in the rain?" 

"No." Ranfa's reply was quick and precise but Shishido can tell she was lying to him. 

"Remember when I found you in that forest? It was raining that time too." 

"...I don't remember." Again, she was lying. He can see that she hesitated for a moment there so he continued. 

"When I found you, I was so happy. I just can't wait for you to return so I came to look for you back then. I wanted to see you so much..." He walked over to her, not minding the rain one bit.

"Shut up..." 

"And when you told me your feelings-" He reached a hand out to touch her shoulder but Ranfa did a quick turn and slapped his hand away from her.