Tennis no Ojou-sama: A Prince of Tennis Fan Fiction

CHAPTER 141: A Day Out With Family and Friends

Ichidou's face is a mask of exasperation. "Stop exaggerating..." he said and pulled away from her.

Ryouko then took another look at him from head to toe and gave a sisterly smile. Lifting her hands to his neck, she suddenly started taking off the necktie.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Ichidou snapped, quite surprised.

Instead of answering, she turned to her butler. "Licht... Do teach my cousin how to dress up for casual friendly meet-ups and not look like he's attending a seminar or selling insurance," she said, handing the butler the smart blue necktie.

"Understood, Oujo-sama..." Licht replied, taking the necktie with the shadow of an amused smile on the corner of his lips.

Ichidou looked down at his outfit. "Was it that bad?" he asked.

"Severely..." Ryouko told him, pinching his cheek affectionately. "Just dress comfortably."

Pink patches of embarrassment crawled up Ichidou's cheeks. He should've just picked the first or second outfit. Why is he taking this lunch meeting a little too seriously, he also don't have a clue...

A few minutes later, Ryouko went ahead since she would be walking to Ryoma's house and meeting the brothers there. Ichidou hired a chaffeur to drive him around for the day and as soon as the driver arrived, he also went on his way.

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Time flew quite quickly right after Ryouko, Ryoma and Ryoga arrived at the mall and started shopping. They spent a couple of hours just scouring sports shops and despite what he said the night before, Ryoma didn't give his brother that much of a hard time by considering the prices of the items he chose. They sent most of the stuff they bought to the Echizen residence via courier service and grabbed burgers at the foodcourt right after.

They spent thirty minutes taking it easy on the rooftop, sipping hot lattes and watching little kids cheer for the mascot show performing live as one of the mall events.

"Done digesting?" Ryoga asked them a couple of minutes later.

"Yeah..." Ryouko answered while Ryoma nodded.

"Great," Ryoga said, grinning and showing one white incisor. "There's still a couple of places I wanna visit. Get your asses up and let's go," he told them with a wink. His eyes glinted suspiciously, making Ryoma and Ryouko look at each other, wondering what he might be up to.

Their questions were answered when they got off the taxi and found themselves standing at the gate of their own school.

"What on earth are we supposed to do here?" Ryoma remarked, glancing at his brother.

"What else?" Ryoga said and placed each of his arms around his two young companions. "You'll give me a tour of course... I would like to see what kind of school my younger brother and the cute Ryouko-chan attends..."

"Seriously?" Ryoma said in a tone of complaint, groaning audibly.

"There's not much to see really..." Ryouko remarked, feeling the same way.

"If there's not much to see then surely we'll finish early... I'll treat you to sushi for lunch after this," Ryoga told them.

Hearing about sushi, Ryoma and Ryouko's mood lightened. "Done," they told him and showed him to the main building first.

Even though it's the holidays, the school was pretty lively. There were a lot of teachers and maintenance workers, probably taking advantage of the holidays to have the school facilities checked and cleaned.

The last place they visited were the famous Seishun Tennis Gardens and Seigaku's training grounds. They met Ryuzaki-sensei on the way and obtained permission to enter one of the courts. They got sidetracked with her a bit upon introducing Ryoga.