Silver's Effect

Ryoma

by the time the bleeding had let up practice had ended, surprisingly though I didnt mind very much seeing as Koyuki stayed in the nurse's office with me the entire time, only leaving to inform the coach of what the nurse had said.

while waiting she showed me several songs on her phone with a large grin on her face as she explained that I should get used to the songs so we could be perfectly in sync during official matches.

her idea was a good one, if I could memorize the song then I could keep pace with her easier seeing as she keeps pace with the song.

passing her my phone I watched as she downloaded the songs from her own phone with a grin.

looking up at me she smiled as she said: "I put fireflies by owl city on your phone as well!"

a small smile lite up my face before I looked down at the phone she was holding out to me.

it wasn't long before we were at her house for her to grab some stuff that she needed for the night and tomorrow.

I glanced back at her clean shirt as she came back downstairs before looking down at mine and sighing, knowing if my mother saw so much blood she would freak out.

Koyuki busied herself with making sure everything was straightened out in her bag while I pulled my shook button up out of my own bag.

seeming to notice I was doing something she looked up just in time to witness me purposely take my bloody shirt off.

her face quickly turned a bright red and I smirked as she tried her best to avert her gaze, only for it to slowly come back to my chest.

my smirk widened a bit more as I started to slip the button-up on while I asked in a teasing tone: "who's the dirty-minded one now Yuki?"

her gaze met mine and the sparkling blue color almost knocked the breath out of me as she smirked and said: "hey I'm not the one stripping in someone else's house right in front of them."

despite the light tone she used it was clear that she was nervous and distracted as she fumbled with her bag a bit, her face still bright red from her blush.

my smirk turned to a smile as I looked down and started to button my shirt from the bottom up.

once I was covered back up I looked at my bloody t-shirt and frowned.

she noticed and picked it up from the couch where I had tossed it as she said: "I'll wash the blood out for you and bring it back once it's clean."

I nodded as I looked back at her duffle bag sitting on the couch beside where my shirt had just been.

it was zipped and ready to go so without even looking at Koyuki I picked it up and slung it over my shoulder beside my tennis bag.

when she came back from what I assume to be the laundry room she smiled at me, noticing I was going to carry her bag.

my heart skipped a beat and i quickly adjusted my cap to hide the blush forming on my face from her cute smile while saying "we should hurry."

she quickly picked her backpack up and locked her house up and we made our way to my house.

"oi!" my father's loud obnoxious voice called when we finally arrived.

Koyuki grinned as she looked up the old man, waiting for him to say something.

"what's with the big bag? you moving in or something?" 

Koyuki shook her head as she said: "Ryo is helping me study after we finish practicing and he agreed to let me stay the night."

the old man raised his eyebrow before turning with a perverted grin as wiggled his eyebrows suggestively and said: "that's fine, just don't be too loud tonight!"

I had shrugged the bags off of my shoulders before I even knew what I was planning and slipped a tennis ball out of my pocket.

putting as much strength into my throw as I could I threw the ball directly into his face, smirking through my embarrassment when it knocked him back onto the ground with a loud thud.

he slowly sat up in astonishment, never having been hit by me that hard before and began to freak out when his nose started to bleed.

soft giggles filled the air and I turned to see Koyuki with a pink-tinted face laughing, making her blue eyes sparkle and shine more than ever as her gaze locked with mine.

"Like father like son," she called out before turning to run into the house still giggling at the two of us, leaving me stunned at the brilliant glint of her silver hair trailing behind her.

my heart was pounding and my stomach squirmed before her words finally hit me.

"OI! I'm not like that old pervert!" I yelled out as I quickly stooped to grab the bags I had drooped and followed after her hypnotizing laughter.

 "OI, CHIBI! DONT CALL YOUR DEAR DAD THAT!" the old man yelled as he followed us as well.

we found her stretching on the court, still laughing at us as she yelled "don't get your panties in a bunch ladies, we're all pretty here! let's just get this game rolling, yeah?"

my mother began laughing from behind us as she took Koyuki's bag from me and said: "I'll go put this in your room, you guys have fun!"

"thank you, Rinko!" Koyuki called.

mom just gave a half-hearted wave over her shoulder as dad and I both entered the court, preparing for a long game with each other.

"have you memorized any of the songs yet Ryo? if so you can pick!" Koyuki asked as she rotated her arms to stretch her shoulders out a bit.

I shook my head and she smiled as if saying it was okay before setting up her phone and starting one of the songs she had shown me earlier.

Say amen by panic! at the disco.

she grinned cockily at my dad from across the net as she asked in a teasing tone "are you ready old man?"

his grip tightened on his racket as he leaned forward into a ready position while saying: "bring it cutie!"

their excitement seemed to rub off on me as I went to the service line and grinned at my dad as I said: "don't forget your playing both of us old man!"

his excitement only seemed to grow as I sent a twist serve his way.