The Princess of Tennis

Postcards and Polaroids

Postcards and Polaroids

At the airport...

[The number you have dialed is either unattended or out of coverage area. Please try your call later....] it was the nth time that he dialed the same number for that day, he has no clue if the messages he have sent were read or not.

"I only have a few minutes before the flight." and he let out a deep sigh of disappointment.

"Tezuka" a familiar voice called out to him, it seems like it's been ages since he last heard her voice, and he turned and responds at her

"Yuuki" a weak smile is painted on her face, she became thinner from the last time they have met, when was it again? Ah, before he entered the U-17 camp, her complexion is much paler and her eyes are somehow looks dim.

"I just called you... Why haven't you answering my mails?" it was a random question as he walk near her

Then she chuckles,

"Why are you laughing?" he showed his same stoic face

"Sorry, I didn't mean it that way... It's just, I can't answer your entire question at once..." she gave a warm smile that melted him

"I just missed you so much..." he embraced her in his arms and she does the same

"Me too..."

It was a moment of silence; they just feel each other's warmth...

"Tezuka, I will miss you, but please always remember... No matter what happens from now on, you will be the only man that I loved."

"I'll be leaving only to study and continue my rehabilitation in Germany, I'll call you every time. So don't speak as if it's the end." After those words he rains her with small kisses from her forehead to her cheeks.

"I'm sorry... but it all ends here..." she said in an emotionless tone

His body became stiff for a moment, then her touches her face with vote of his palm touching it.

"What are you saying?" he's still shocked

A tear falls from her eyes, if it's regret, tenderness or melancholy... the feeling is unknown to both of them, not until this moment.

[All passengers of flight No. A0316 is requesting to go onboard.]

"This is goodbye Kunimitsu... Maybe, we'll not meet each other again..."

And she frees herself from his touch and he watches her as she fades away from his sight...

10 years later....

[The elimination round for the European Open is leading by last year's Deutsch Championship, Kunimitsu Tezuka, who won the game in a snap with the score of six games to zero. ]

(TV Commercial ends)

"Chi-san! Chi-san! That guy in the guy in the TV is so great!" said the little boy to the woman who is working with her laptop.

"I see, Yukitsu are you interested to play tennis? Lately I've been hearing and seeing stuffs in your room." She asked the young boy who on the other hand climbs the chair beside her and gives her a tight hug

"Yes! Yes! I like to play tennis just like To-san!" he replied in a childish manner

"You're so cute as always!" she gave the same tight hug in return and tickles his sides

They were in this situation when the door opens and a guy in his late 20's or almost 30's wearing a gray suit, his serious face is making him look so intimidating as he enter and walk towards the woman and the child.