Admiration, Respect, Tennis...And Love?

Chapter 4

so, this is it...

I am not surprised for my victory against Momoshiro, chances that I would win if I taked advantage of his bad habit of protect his ankle, 100%, and even if I didn't, chances I would win were 89%

but why do I feel like this accomplishment is almost unimportant?

Probably because of how rewarding it was to play doubles for a change, that and skip all stuggles I had with people who were not Renji, who was my best friend, as my doubles partner.

I shake my head and push my glasses up, since I finished my match this fast I should use this time to gather more data, Tezuka is still playing, should I record his data?

...or maybe...

My sight focus on the direction of the female courts, then I shake my head and nod to myself, "yes, Tezuka's data is bound to prove itself useful"

why did I thought to record Masayo-san's data instead? is it because her effords are currently wasted on the female tennis team?

Yes, it must be that, she is strong, in fact there is a 98,5% chance that she could win against any of the second years non-regular male players and chances that she could make struggle more than a few of the regulars with her skills and style of tennis, 81,2%, at the end she would fail, of that I have no doubt, her main weakness right now are her physical strength and her lack of experience on challenging matches, she would lose against the male regulars eventually but not without making them sweat for their win.

On the pluss side if I were to record her data, I wouldn't mind to exchange some pleasantries if the chance arise either, nor to exchange some tips with someone that understand what I am referring at with my ramblings.

Masayo-san is smart, genius even on some specific topics, and surprisingly easy to get along with once you get used to her boldness, it is becoming easier to read her too, mostly because she has let her poker face drop around me, mostly on that....

I feel my face heating up at the memory, why she needed to bring that question up?

I was not asking her for a date, I never thought about it that way either, I was anxious because I was unsure if she would take offence to my proposal, if she would wish to be away of me once the ordenal was over.

...and yet...

I need glasses to see what is in front on me, but it doesn't mean that I am blind, Masayo-san is a highly attractive female, has interesting ideas and she is smart to boost, many males would be interested on her if they got to know her better, in fact, for what I have gathered, she has admirers already, but the thing is that I am not interested on her that way.

...and yet...

I can't describe or associate what we had with any other word besides date now, not that I noticed at first, but once the, ah, outing was over with and I was on my house, preparing to sleep?

Chances that what we did, including the fact we teased each other, everything playful and innocent in nature, but with a, dare to say it, flirting undertone every now and then, or maybe that may be my teenage hormones talking here, can be considered a date of sorts, 100%.

I shake my head, trying to get rid of those thoughts and get a hold of myself and sigh, but I am still unable to read her when she does not want to be read, it doesn't help that her eyes are unusually sharp and focused on everything and anything she is doing, or that she keep thinking and calculating thousands of things at the same time, making almost impossible to determine if she is examining to the last little detail of something in front of her or just spacing out.

I shake my head and push my glasses up, right, focus.

I bring my notebook up and start to scribble down the data from the match in front of me, should I bring Masayo-san's capabilities and skills to light with the team? or at the very least to Ryuzaki-sensei?

yes, that probably would be a wise decision...