♫Wonderful Days♫Prince of tennis♫Hyotei♫

♫02♫ The unfriendly welcome

"From this moment on, this Little Kitten is our tennis club's manager." Atobe pointed at the girl next to him. 

Ranfa flashed a V sign to the others and she introduced herself. 

"Sakura Ranfa! 2nd year! Nice to meet you all!" 

"Atobe, you gotta be fucking with us..." Shishido was the first to complain, "We're not that weak that we need a manager!" 

"Shishido's right, we're fine as we are!" Mukahi joined in. 

"Hmph, Ootori, Hiyoshi, what do you two think?" Atobe asked the two 2nd years about this. Kabaji was fine with anything so there was no point in asking him. 

"I also think it's a bit strange for Atobe-san to suddenly recruit Sakura-san without a good reason; the match was not even finished and you stopped it suddenly and then tell us she is the manager...it's a bit irresponsible." Choutarou looked at Ranfa and he quickly looked away; was he being a bit harsh? He was only saying the truth to how he's really feeling...

"Personally, I can't see how she can help us gekokujou anyone else..." Hiyoshi said in his usual deadpanned voice. 

"Wow, you are all shitheads for saying such mean things about me when I am literally right here! At least say it behind my back or something!" Ranfa was not about to stand there and let the boys underestimate her like that, "Your king already made his decision and it's normal for his subjects to go with the flow!" She then walked up to Shishido and started jabbing his chest with her pointer, "And you! Stop saying such mean things to me! It's already bad enough I like your voice, at least use it to say something nice!"

"Huh?!" Shishido honestly didn't know how to respond to that. Why does she like his voice? 

"Subjects? Ore-sama likes the sound of that! Listen up, everyone! Little Kitten is our manager and that's the final decision!" 

"Fuck you, Atobe! Stop making decisions without asking anyone's opinions!" Mukahi complained. 

"Arn?" 

"Gakuto, hold up a second there now..." Oshitari put a hand on the smaller boy's head, "It's nice to have a new face in the club every once in a while." 

"Yuushi, everyone knows you're biased in this because you're always kind to the girls!" 

"I wouldn't say no to that one but you've seen how she returned Atobe's shots, right?" Oshitari pointed out, "Winning or losing against Atobe is no longer important. It's the fact that she returned the ball despite him using that technique that's important." 

"Fine! You do whatever, I'll do whatever!" Shishido walked off, still angry over Atobe's decision. He decided to go and train and he's got Mukahi, Hiyoshi, and Choutarou following him. 

"Hmm, they sure don't know how to communicate with girls." Oshitari ran his hand through his hair, confused as to what to do next. He looked at Ranfa to see her unaffected by anything. "Are you okay, Sakura?" 

"Hm? Sure! Actions speak louder than words so the least I can do is do my part. Whatever they do, it's for them to worry about." 

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The next day, Shishido, Mukahi, and Jirou were walking to school together. Shishido was annoyed with the outcome from yesterday and there was nothing to stop the boiling anger from rising. So what if she returned Atobe's techniques? It doesn't mean they need a manager telling them what to do...

"I don't like this at all..." Shishido was the first to speak, " She appeared out of nowhere and bam! She's our manager!"