Crazy Love

Chapter 3: Seigaku Regulars

They all arrive at the tennis courts where the tennis club members are warming up. Ryoma, the two first years, and Momoshiro go to the tennis lockers. Akia, Akiko, Sakuno, and Tomoka stand behind the fence, watching the members begin training.

After a bit of time, a lot of girls start crowding up around the tennis courts.

"Are the tennis club guys that popular?" Akia says, a bit annoyed by the sudden crowd of squealing girls.

"Oh, the regulars haven't even come out yet! Wait until one of them makes an appearance," Tomoka exclaims excitedly.

"Regulars?" Akiko softly asks.

"Um, the regulars are basically the best players of the team," Sakuno starts explaining, "they usually are decided through a match ranking system every month. Today is actually the day where they'll be having those matches."

"I see-"

Akia is then interrupted by piercing squeals from the girls around. A tall guy with dark brown hair and two hairs falling down his forehead first appears.

"No way, this is just giving me a headache..." Akia grumbles.

"That's Oishi-senpai! He's the vice captain! He's not the most popular among the team, but most girls like his sincere nature," Tomoka says, as if she's studied his profile.

"This looks like trouble..." Akia points at Ryoma and the two first years.

One of the guys from before seems to be trying to intimidate them.

"That's the guy who made them play that rigged game," Akia says in a flat voice. She knows Ryoma is not the type to get easily intimidated.

"That guy's in our class, Akia-nee... His name is Arai-kun."

"You've always been way too observant, Akiko."

Oishi, who was practicing lobs and hitting them in the basket until then, accidentally lobs too high and it goes toward Ryoma's group. Ryoma then immediately hits it and makes it land in the basket.

"I can't hear anything they're saying from here," Akia complains.

She then notices another regular coming out.

"Over there, that's-" Tomoka starts off.

"Kikumaru Eiji!" Akia exclaims.

Everyone around her, including some girls she doesn't know, look at her weirdly, except for Akiko, who was expecting that reaction.

"You scared me, Akia-senpai!" Tomoka says, a bit offended that she was interrupted in the middle of giving important info.

None of the tennis players notice Akia's outburst, however. Tomoka then proceeds her introduction of each member of the regulars.

"So, yes, that is Kikumaru Eiji-senpai. He's very popular with the ladies, who like his cheerful personality and very cute looks."

"I can see why..." Akia mumbles in a low enough voice so that nobody hears her.

"Then, there is Fuji-senpai who's one of the most popular members of the tennis club, if not the most! He's just so mysterious, and he's such a smooth guy that all the girls can't help but swoon. Then, we have Kawamura-senpai. He's known to have a bit of a split personality when he picks up his racket. The one with glasses is Inui-senpai. He's very smart and, no offence, a bit of a creep sometimes, at least for me... Kaidoh-senpai is the only other second year, along with Momoshiro-senpai, who's a regular. Honestly, I don't know much about him... Moving on, we finally have Tezuka-senpai, captain of the tennis club. And rightly so, I mean, everything about him screams captain! He's just so mature and cool and-"