Admiration, Respect, Tennis...And Love?

Chapter 10

"so...what do you want?"

why on earth he wants to talk with me privately? so much that he even make me follow him to a more secluded place.

maybe this has to do with how I threatened Eiji-sempai?

Fuji-san turn around and pin me with his eyes open, trying to intimidate me.

Yes, this is about Eiji-sempai.

He smile coldly, "I heard that you were not very nice with Eiji, I wonder if I should be unpleasant with you in return"

I raise a brow and snort softly, his eyes widen a fraction at my reaction and then narrow in displeasure.

I shake my head and smile sofly in return, "you don't have to worry about that, I won't hurt him or anything, at least I don't plan to, I just needed a way to make him back off, he was annoying the hell outta me with his childish stunts and if that were to continue I should have reacted in a way...well, just let's say that he wouldn't have gotten unscathed"

His eyes widen a fraction and then chuckle to himself, "you are good, I didn't notice that the way he was acting was annoying you, and Eiji's reaction and description of what you did had me worried"

I smirk in amusement and tilt my head, "well, I have always thought that a cool demeanor is scarier than a hot and passionate one, at least when it comes to this sorts of things"

He chuckle again and shake his head, "you are right about that, however...."

He open his eyes again, "if you eve-"

"I won't, I don't see the point on doing something as inane, unpleasant and pointless as hurt him, I might threaten him again or even play a prank on him if he continue with his goal of annoying the hell outta me, but I won't react without a good enough reason to"

His lips twitch in amusement and nod, "you are different than what I expected, rational, logical and collected, I can understand why Inui has been showing interest on you"

Really?

I blink and raise a brow in apparent disbelief, "of course Inui-sempai is paying attention to me, he is the Dataman after all, surely it has to do with how you guys are reacting to my presence in practice, and it wouldn't surprise me if he is trying to figure out a way to help me improve as a favor to sensei either"

He chuckle softly, "you are probably right about that, but I am talking about another type of interest here"

Is he seriously trying to get me flustered or admit my attraction for Inui-sempai?

well, he is out of luck, I am not that good lying but I am wonderful at misdirection.

I open my eyes a fraction and shake my head, "what are you talking about? Inui-sempai and I have things in common, sure, but he is not interested on me that way, he has been very clear about that, after all it would've really awkward if there were some misunderstanding between us, since we are going to interact with each other in almost a daily basis from now on, right?"

He open his mouth to retort but I am faster, I tilt my head and continue as if I had a epiphany, "and if you are basing your deductions on the apparent interest he is showing on me, wouldn't that mean that you like me too? after all, for what I know, you don't talk with girls on such private settings very often..."

I trail off, giving a cursory glance around, brush my hair behind my ear in a nervous gesture that most girls have when they are embarrassed or nervous, "in fact you had been paying lots of attention to me since I joined practice, maybe you used the incident with Eiji-sempai as an excuse to talk to me, it would make sense if you add the unusual interest you had shown on my apparent love life"

Fuji-san's eyes widen in surprise and a blush has appeared on his face, right, now the final touch.

I bow, "I do not hate you or anything like that, but I am definitely not interested on you that way"

I straight up and turn around, "I should get going now, I hope there are not hard feelings"

Before he can answer, or react at my words I jog away.

uff, that was nerve wracking, why did Fuji-san need to bring Sempai's feeling towards me like that?

I shake my head, trying to stop my cheeks from heating up at the reminder, I already decided to not force my feelings for sempai on him, nor to force him to accept or acknowledge his feelings for me.

if he does, it would be great, and if he doesn't I won't lose sleep over a one-way crush, I wouldn't be the first one to have that issue, not would it be my first time with a crush of that sort either.