9 Games To Love

Chapter 9: Bullies

Monday

08/18 5:30 PM

Rikkaidai Junior Department, Boy's Tennis Courts

It has officially been one week since Phoebe moved to Japan. Phoebe's father had returned to the States earlier that morning so Phoebe went to see her father off. James promises to visit his little girl when he can and Phoebe put on a brave face to not let her father see her wavering emotion. She wants to assure her father that she will be fine, but as the businessman enters the plane, she couldn't help but let a few tears fall.

On another note, the blind beauty has been the manager and lowkey regular of the boy's tennis club for a week now. The members of the club are kind and respectful to Phoebe, but there are some who still believe that Phoebe doesn't belong in the club, but they are immediately shut down by the regulars. In class, Phoebe follows along with lessons by recording it and studying in a group. Urayama Shiita has been a great help to Phoebe. The orange hair boy would walk Phoebe to and from the tennis court and help her with errands around the club.

Everyone is happy. Well...almost everyone. The tennis club's fan club is seething in anger and jealousy. They wonder how a little midget like the tennis prodigy could have gotten the spot that they all have been working for. For some of the more intense girls, they approach the situation with pranks and property damage: ripped PE uniforms, dirty and tattered shoes, falling flower pots and buckets of water. Unlike most girls Phoebe knows when she is being bullied, but she keeps quiet until she has collected enough evidence. The manager became more cautious and wary of her surroundings, which caught Urayama's attention. Phoebe waves it off when Urayama mentions it, but he couldn't help but worry. Unfortunately, the little "pranks" only got worse.

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Phoebe, with Urayama's help, places the tennis nets and tennis ball basket in the storage. It is the end of the day and the first years and manager are cleaning up while the rest of the members are changing.

"Thanks for the help Urayama-kun," Phoebe smiles, "I finish up here. You go change. It was a hard day of training."

Urayama grins shyly, "You're welcome Barnes-chan."

Placing her hand on her hips, Phoebe pouts, "What have I been telling you? Call me Phoebe or Kiyoko. I'm still not used to my classmates and friends calling me by my last name."

Laughing lightly, Urayama nods, "Alright Ba-Kiyoko-chan. I'll see you in class tomorrow."

The said girl then turns back and organizes the storage to the best of her abilities. Unknown to her, a group of female students sneaks towards the storage room. Because Phoebe got preoccupied with cleaning up, she didn't notice the group of crazy fangirls. Immediately, they slam the door, locking Phoebe inside in the process. Hearing the loud bang, Phoebe quickly spins around to not feel the warmth of the sunset, but the coldness of the darkness. Phoebe quickly bangs on the door while screaming at the top of her lungs.

"Is anybody out there?! Please open the door! Please!"

However, Phoebe silences herself to hear girls laughing on the other side.

"Serve her right," one girl scoffs, "Who does she think she is? Stealing our opportunities of being the club manager. She is just a worthless little brat."

Growling, Phoebe burst out in anger and cusses, "You piece of shit! I don't goddamn care if you are older than me, I'll make sure you regret ever messing around with me when I get my hands on you!"