Lift Me Back Up (Prince of Tennis Fanfic) (Completed)

Group Date...

A/N: Are you still enjoying it? We're not yet halfway in the story!!!
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Ryoma's PoV

When I'm finally back home untying my shoes and said, 'Tadaima' to them, mom quickly came to welcome me back.

"Okayri nasai, musuko-san!" she told me. She hugged me and kissed my forehead. After that, her eyes suddenly shifted on the necklace. She touched it and her eyes seemed to water. I don't know if it's because of joy or sadness that I already accepted my fate as grandpa's successor.

"Son, I can't believe you accepted your grandfather. I'm very proud if you," she told me. Oh, so then her tears are of joy as she's holding the eagle pendant. After that, I quickly went upstairs and changed in my civilian clothes. I lie on my bed thinking about everything. My future seems to be closer than I thought it is.

I put my arms up under my head.

I'm an heir...

A grandson of a well known and rich owner of Echizen Brothers Corporation who definitely has an influence in politics and Japan's economy. I looked again at my necklace and quickly felt how heavy it is for me. It's weight isn't the problem. Its symbolism is what matters to me. Wearing this necklace dubs me as the legitimate successor of Echizen Brothers Corporation.

It creates a lot of the sports things that we buy at the store and most of all, the corporation holds a large sum of money in the stock exchange.

Am I dreaming?

I should be happy, right?

I can have anything in my life.

I can have a large box of tennis balls and tennis rackets! I can even have my own tennis court!

I can even buy my own house!

But why am I nervous, anyway?

I sat up on my bed and stare up into space from my window. I watch the stars as they twinkle on the sky. I have serious life problems awaiting... what could they be? It only makes me feel worse. Before that disaster, what I only know is that I am a rookie tennis player, Momo-senpai's friend, a boy whom Tezuka-senpai appointed as the new Seigaku's pillar of support, baka-oyaji's son, mom's son, Nanako's cousin, Karupin's master and a normal boy who lived and was born in a foreign country but now there is something big in front of me.

My dad opens up my door too loudly making my train of thoughts shift on him. I was surprised of course but I didn't show it on my face. "Why are you here, oyaji?" I quickly asked. He was playing with his wooden racket and he's still in his rude robes.

"Play with me, Ryoma!" he tells me.

I lean back at my bed and tells him, "I'm not in the mood, today, Oyaji."

He moves closer to me naughtily but when he was just inches away from my bed, he froze. I sat up again and looked at his eyes. He's definitely looking up at the golden eagle dangling on my neck. So what if I already accepted myself as an heir of a large corporation? He wants me to accept my fate right? He's definitely looking surprised at me. "Y-you accepted it, Ryoma?" he asked me.

"Oyaji, daijoubu desu ka?" I asked my father.

Suddenly, the tense reaction of my father turned into a hysterical happiness that enveloped him. If I did not try to avoid my father's violent hug, I could have died instantly. He's been jumping up and down in front of me. "I'm so happy for you, seishounen!!! I'm so happy for you!!!"

I glared at him and laid back down on my bed. "So what if I accepted? I couldn't escape my fate anyways. It will keep coming to me and knocking at my door."