This is a Fem!Ryoma x Kirihara Akaya story :)
Meet Echizen Riko, who moves from America to Japan and is enrolled in an special academy for the talented, rich, and elite. Of course, it's not surprise that a majority of her classmates question how she even got in. Until tennis season begins, that is. Being the social black hole that she is, a normal school year means being late almost every day, sleeping through classes, heading home after school, and then living, breathing, and eating tennis. She's stubborn, cocky, witty, and bratty. But inside, she's also compassionate, hard-working, confident, and determined.
In her first year of high school, she finds that maybe actually talking to other people with similar interests will make your life a hell of a lot more interesting. Just maybe. She also finds that for once, she HAS to pay attention in class.
Meet Kirihara Akaya, who has lived in japan his entire life. He can maybe manage a few lines of broken english (of course, he's mastered all the insults), and has scored above a C on a test once in his life. He was obviously enrolled for his tennis abilities, not his academic performance. That's for sure. He's loud, obnoxious, rude, and bratty. But ask his team mates from middle school, and they'll tell you that he's also funny, sarcastic, brave, and resolute.
In his first year of high school, he learns that everyone's a devil, and everyone's an angel, in their own way. Some people just have more demons than others. Oh, and, like Riko, he also finds that for once, he too HAS to pay attention in class.
When their lives collide, literally, everyone around them can feel the sparks. Hopefully that part's not literal. It would be a shame for such a cold school to burn, anyways.
Disclaimer in chapter 1.
❝The way you're looking at me right now
makes me wonder where you want me.❞
stolen glances,
hushed whispers,
teasing breaths,
lingering touches.
𝘖𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
─ tim bradford x fem!oc
─ the rookie; s1 ~ s6
─ SLOW-burn, angst, some spice
─ frequent updates!!
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