Hidden Plays

10: Changing would be too hard

"Yeah I'm heading to the Yoshida Tennis Club in Yokohama today after school to prepare for the annual match plays, why ask?" Satomi asked with her phone tucked between her neck and her ear as she was putting her books in her school bag.

She was on the phone with Nori.

"I forgot that I was supposed to go meet Sei-chan today, and I have a date with Saeki-kun since he doesn't have practice today, I promised him I wouldn't miss out on our next date which is today!!" Nori said.

"And what do you want me to do about it?" Satomi asked coldly. She hated Kojiro Saeki, Nori's current boyfriend, and Seigaku's Fuji's childhood friend who goes to Rokkaku, like Nori.

"Can you buy a box of chocolates and type up a small letter saying it was from me. Remember you still owe me for that time I covered for you at the press conference, and that was shown to the whole public! I died my hair black and worked on making my voice as cold and deep as yours! This is nothing compared to that! Please? If you do this, we'll be even." Nori said sounding desperate.

"Ugh fine." Satomi said.

"Thanks!" Nori said before hanging up.

School proceeded as usual, she went to coach and told him she was needed at her father's tennis club. He understood and said he had everything under control.

After school she headed into her family limo, it was a small one, not like the Atobe family one.

"Could you bring me to a chocolate- wait no, that's not meaningful enough, we'll go to the Tokyo hospital, but first bring me to Yukahana Twin's flower shop, you know the one ran by Sakura-chan and Sayuri-chan?" She told the driver. The driver nodded.

When they got to the flower shop Satomi entered and looked around. She saw one of the two lady's it was Sakura.

"Yukahana-san!" Satomi said greeting the woman cheerfully.

"I told you to call my sister and I by our first named and use -chan!" Sakura whined playfully. For a fully grown adult it was kind of funny.

"Gomennasai, Sakura-chan." Kaminari said.

"I hear our favorite customer." Another woman who looked identical said entering the main part of the shop.

It was the other twin, Sayuri.

"Sayuri-chan, good to see you again too." Satomi said.

"I'm in a hurry, I need to buy something for a friend whose ill. What do you guys recommend?" Satomi said.

The twins looked at each other.

"Boy or girl?" They asked together.

"Boy." Satomi said. They pulled her towards a section of the story.

"Bouquet or single flower?" They asked.

"Uh, I dunno, in a hospital? Single flower probably?" Satomi asked. Sakura disappeared for a second before returning.

She held a flower in her hand.

"A peony." Satomi recognized immediately.

"Uh huh, it's stands for healing and happiness and also..." Sakura said but all the sudden stopped. Satomi nodded.

"I'll buy this and a card." Satomi said. Sayuri went away and came back with a card. Satomi got a pen an and wrote neatly: 'I hope only the best for you! Keeping fighting!~Nori'

Then she paid them and had the flower wrapped in some plastic before heading out. She headed into the car and told the driver to go to Tokyo Hospital. With the tinted windows she changed her outfit from her Hyotei uniform to a casual sports one. She wore a jacket on top of her outfit to cover up something on her right arm.

When they arrived at the hospital Satomi signed in and went to Yukimura's room.

When she was allowed to enter she saw him sitting up in the hospital bed.

"Hey there." Satomi said. She placed the Peony in an empty vase and handed him the card that 'Nori' got for him.

"Thanks." He said.

"Nori wasn't able to make it so she asked me to bring you these things." Satomi lied.

Yukimura was quiet.

"You got the flowers and wrote the card didn't you? What happened with Nori?" Yukimura asked. Satomi stiffened.

"Huh?" Satomi asked.

"Nori would have gotten me a box of chocolates and would have bought a get-well-soon card, not writing it." Yukimura said. Satomi sighed.

"You caught me, Nori forgot about needing to visit the hospital and she promised she wouldn't cancel her next date with her boyfriend, so I am." Satomi said

"She's still dating him?" Yukimura asked.

"You mean Kojiro Saeki? Doesn't the name sound Korean? The boy with weird gray/white hair? Anyways, yeah, she's still dating him. I don't like him, but whatever." Satomi said.

"And you're not doing anything about it?" Yukimura asked.

"What's the point? It's not like she'll believe anything I say." Tomi said.

"Really? When she was younger she believed in unicorns and when she saw a rainbow she would always yell 'Unicorn fart'. That was funny." Yukimura said.

"I'm trying to imagine that right now." Tomi said with a soft smile. Yukimura just stared at her.

"Why are you so different? When in your Hyotei uniform you seem so strict and glaring all the time, when wearing a mask and visor you are cold and quiet, but without any of that you're just...Different, a good different." Yukimura said.

"Acting plays a major role in my family. Acting my parts in life to getaway with my identity is the most stressful thing in my life." Satomi said. Then she got a call from her father.

"Where are you? You should be here by now?" Her father asked through the phone.

"Uh, I'm coming, I had to do Nori a favor." Satomi said.

"Okay hurry up." Her father said before hanging up.

She entered the hospital room.

"I have to go. It was fun talking to you. I'll be back to visit sometime, I guess, if that's alright with you." Satomi said.

"Of course it is. It's gets quite lonely being stuck in a hospital." Yukimura said before bidding Satomi goodbye.

Once she made it to the tennis club she got to work.