"So..." Tatsuya said, placing his hand inside the tissue box lottery to get the third question. All of the players were focused on them, staring with complete focus.
The twins grinned mischievously at each other. They got everyone interested. "Keikaku douri... (Just according to plan...)" They thought evilly.
"One thing is for sure..." Fuji commented as he looked at Ryouko, Ichidou and the twins. "The Fujiokas are cut out of the same cloth. You can definitely see that they're related."
"Can't help agreeing to that..." Inui said. "I was a bit shaken when they suddenly took Mizuki and I for a little 'stroll'. To think that the reason why they extracted all of those information is to make an event like this..."
"The Fujiokas sure love events..." Oishi said.
Ichidou overheard them and thought whether those words were meant as compliment or insult.
"The third question is about Seigaku." Tatsuya said. "That being said, Kikumaru-san, please sit back down properly."
Kikumaru Eiji, whose butt is hanging right on the edge of his chair, recoiled like a disappointed cat and did as he was told. "Cheh. I was preparing to answer. Zannen munen. (Tough luck, no regrets.)" He said.
Tatsuya cleared his throat. "This one is easy. Many of you might know the answer. What is Fuji Syusuke's blood type?"
"B." Fuji Yuuta immediately said without letting anyone answer first.
"Correct!" Tatsuya said.
"Oi! There should also be restrictions about siblings and such!" Chinen protested. "Of course Yuuta will know what his brother's blood type is." He added.
"That's called luck, my friend. Can't rebel against that." Tetsuya told him.
"By the way Yuuta-kun... That was quite a very quick answer. Do you want to be fed by your older brother that much?" Mizuki asked his kouhai teasingly.
"What do you mean by I want to be fe—" Yuuta said before recalling the rule. "Drats! I forgot about it in an instant because An-san got the second prize without anyone feeding her!" He exclaimed.
Fuji Syusuke, however, gleefully marched towards the main table to retrieve his younger brother's parcel. After picking one sushi with his chopsticks, he turned to the St. Rudolph's corner. Fuji Yuuta had chills all over his spine.
"Your dedication is touching, Yuuta." His older brother said. "I actually thought you didn't know what my blood type is since you make it a point not to care about me at home."
"It's just your freaking blood type!" Yuuta exclaimed. "You have the same one as Aneki (older sister)!"
"Here comes the choo-choo train." Fuji said as he brought the sushi close to his little brother's face.
The people surrounding them collapsed in laughter. "Choo-choo train! Man, you are killing me!" Sengoku said in between snorfles, his recent embarrassment completely forgotten.
His face completely pink, Yuuta ate the sushi just to get it over with.
"Good boy." Fuji said.
Yuuta glared at him as he chewed. "Baka aniki!" He yelled with his mouth still half-full. The others laughed again.
"Oh, this is the best..." Hitoji commented.
"By the way, Syusuke-san." Tetsuya said.
Fuji turned to him, rather surprised. He is seldom called by his first name. "Yes?" He said.
"According to the Blood Type personality theory, the following are the worst traits of people with blood type B: irresponsible, selfish, forgetful, lazy, unreliable and has the tendency to ignore other people's opinions because of a 'going on my own' way volition. What do you say about these accusations?" Tetsuya said, sounding like a paparazzi. He picked up a broccoli head and shoved it under Fuji's chin like a microphone.
"Oh I don't know about that..." Fuji said followed by a series of uneasy laughs.
"That theory is true!" Sengoku exclaimed. "Akutsu is type B you know!"
"What the f*ck did you say, you bastard?! Ya picking a fight with me?!" Akutsu yelled, picking up a drumstick and making a gesture of hurling it at his teammate (well, former teammate since Akutsu already retired from the Yamabuki tennis club).
"Stop it, Akutsu." Akazawa said, retrieving the drumstick from Akutsu's hand. "You shouldn't waste food." He replaced the drumstick with a stick of celery. "If you really have to throw something, throw that." He said.
"But you just said that he shouldn't waste food, Buchou." Nomura told him.
"For Akazawa-san, celery is not food." Mizuki pointed out.
"Oh..." Nomura said in exasperated understanding.
"You can't do that, Buchou. Vegetables are good for you." Dan said. "And by the way, I'm also blood type B." He announced proudly. "Da-da-da-dan! Therefore, I am a living proof that the theory is not true. Hardworking is my middle name." He told them.
"Maybe you're an exeption. Atobe is type B and he embodies all of the traits that Tetsuya said." Ryouko suddenly said.
"Oh shut up!" Atobe exclaimed as people gave scattered laughs.
"How did you know what his blood type is?" Ryoma said, quite ticked off.
"Hel—lo!" Ryouko said with an exasperated tone. She pointed at herself. "Seogaku tennis club manager. Remember? I do my job of data-gathering as well as Inui-senpai does."
"Do you also collect unnecessary personal information about the other teams?" An asked, still obviously ticked off about the how-many-boyfriends revelation about her.
"Of course not." Ryouko said. "I'm not that much of an expert and I'm not that bored."
"Shi~rai~shi is also type B!" Kintarou announced, standing in his chair and holding up their captain's hand to the air. He waved Shiraishi's bandaged hand, chanting 'Lazy~ lazy~ lazy!' in a singsong voice.
"Kintarou. Do you want to get punished?" Shiraishi said, containing his anger.
"No, sir." Kintarou said, immediately let go of the magic hand and got off his chair.
"By the way Kinta... You're also type B." Zaizen pointed out.
Kintarou gasped. "I am?!"
"Oh good lord, this kid is so..." Koishikawa shook his head helplessly, his words fading out.
"Mamushi is also type B, and he's the most hard-working person among all of our club members so I think that theory needs fixing." Momoshiro said thoughtfully.
An gasped. "Momo-kun just... defended Kaidoh-kun..." She said as if making a bad premonition. "Is there going to be an earthquake? A tsunami?" She said with a voice of foreboding.
"Stop it!" Kaidoh said, his face getting red. "And you!" He yelled at Momo. "Stop making unnecessary comments!"
"Geez. You sure are touchy. It's not everyday that I say something nice about you. After all, you don't have much good traits, you know..." Momoshiro said.
"Are you really defending me or adding up to the insults?" Kaidoh shouted in irritation.
"Oi, oi... You shouldn't really generalize that with all type B people. I'm type B and look at me. Absolutely perfect. I have no bad qualities." Marui commented.
"Yea. The same can be said with me." Nio added.
"With the two of you, I think you're only making the theory sound more reasonable." Kuwahara told them.
"Pish-posh. You don't know what bullcrap you are sprouting, Jackal." Nio and Marui said at the same time.
Laughter rang from all sides of the table. "This is so fun." Wakato sighed.
"Continuing with the game, everyone... Let's not get distracted." Tatsuya said as he called order.
Tetsuya began to draw another paper from the box. "We're still a long way from question 25, so we better hurry so the food will still be nice and warm." He read the question written on the paer. "This question is about Seigaku again."
"Aw, just how many Seigaku questions are there? They seem to be monopolizing the questionnaire list." Kouhei pointed out.
"Well, I have to say, us Seigaku members are pretty interesting people..." Momoshiro said with an air of bragging.
"And this is about Momoshiro-kun." Tetsuya said.
"What?" Momo exclaimed, all of a sudden feeling nervous.
"Oh, there you go. You were asking for it. You may have a point about yourself being interesting. Just like your name... Omoshiro-kun... (Interesting-kun)" Sengoku said, mocking Momo again with his own self-made nickname.
"Oh no. I don't want to hear this." Momoshiro said, plugging his ears with his hands.
"How many siblings does Momoshiro Takeshi have?" Tetsuya said.
Upon hearing it, Momoshiro heaved a sigh. "Oh. It's a safe topic." He said in relief.
"Three!" Yohei piped up.
"Nope." Tetsuya said.
"Two!" Kouhei chirped.
"Correct!" Tetsuya said.
"Oh yeah! I'm the twin with the better luck and intuition!" Kouhei said in victory.
"Tch." Yohei crossed his arms over his chest. "There he goes again, bragging about his luck as if it's something to be proud about."
"It is though." 'Lucky' Sengoku told him.
"Momoshiro-kun has two siblings: one younger brother and one younger sister. That makes him the eldest among three siblings." Tatsuya said, reading off of his cheat sheet.
"Momoshiro is the eldest?!" Kawamura, Oishi, Fuji and Kikumaru said in surprise.
"Momo-senpai is the eldest?" Ryoma and Ryouko also said simultaneously.
"Momo-chan-senpai is the eldest?" The freshmen chorused, their tone going up in rising intonation.
"Well what's wrong with me being the eldest among my siblings?" Momoshiro asked, blinking.
Kaidoh looked at Momoshiro with wide eyes. "We're both eldest among our siblings and you still act like that?" He asked.
"Act like what?" Momoshiro asked.
"Nothing." Kaidoh answered. "If you don't know it yourself then nevermind." He added.
Momoshiro tilted his head to the side as he went to the main table to pick up Kouhei's sushi, completely oblivious that they are making fun of him.
They witnessed what looked like a nice little brother-older brother moment and Kouhei accepted his treat with no embarrassment whatsoever.
"Ahh~ their reactions are so boring..." Nio said in disappointment. "Next question please!" He piped up. "I want some interesting reactions!"
"Okay then. If you say so..." Tatsuya said and started to draw the fifth question. Upon reading the question, Tatsuya made the face of containing laughter. When he composed his facial features, he began to read solemnly. "What is the waistline of Higa's Tanishi Kei-kun?"
The tables exploded with laughter as Tanishi's blood went to his face, making him look like an overriped tomato.
"That question is against the rules of human rights!" Tanishi roared.
"Oh come on... Be a good sport." Aragaki told him with a guffaw.
"You're not exactly helping..." Tanishi hissed at him, the red color of his face dimming to a tanned pink.
"75!" Somebody yelled.
"No, no! 80!" Another one shouted.
"You're so modest! 100!"
"Who are you?! Come out here and fight me like a real man!" Tanishi said, squirming from the arms of his team members who are trying to restrain him and hold back their laughter at the same time.
"They're not guessing properly. It looks like no one cares about getting this one right." Kajimoto said, feeling extremely mature amidst the sea of immature junior high kids.
The five seconds were exhausted in an instant and Tetsuya revealed the right answer. "His waistline is 56 inches."
"54!" Tanishi corrected in anger. "I lost two inches before we came to this camp!"
"Oh really?" Tatsuya said and brought out a tape measure from one of his pant's side pockets. He stretched it out. "Shall we measure to know the truth?"
"Why are you carrying around a tape measure?" Ichidou asked his brother.
"I'm dieting right now and I want to keep tabs on my waistline." Tatsuya told him.
"Load of bullshit." Ichidou said. "You probably use it to trip people on the streets or something."
On their way to the Higa's area, the twins looked at each other with wide eyes. "How'd he know?" Tetsuya whispered at his twin's ear.
"I don't know. He's quite a ghost." Tatsuya whispered back.
The people that they passed overheard the whispering. "So they do use it to trip people on the street." Kaneda said.
"How devious." Kita commented.
"Stand upright, Tanishi-kun." Tetsuya said as he readied the tape measure.
Tanishi gulped and stood up. As the twins wound the tape measure around his waist, he started to sweat.
"Uh uh uh." Tatsuya tutted and looked up at him. "You're trying to suck your stomach in, aren't you?" He said, his tone accusing.
The people around them snickered.
"I was not!" Tanishi denied, his face turning red once again.
The twins measured his waistline with sharp eyes and imitated a drum roll sound with their mouths.
"And the lucky number is!" Tetsuya said.
The twins exchanged stares and announced it together. "52!"
Tanishi gave a look of bewilderment. "I lost two more inches?"
"Congratulations!" The twins said, clapping in appreciation.
Tanishi returned to his seat, tapping his large belly. "Must be all those yard work." He told his teammates proudly. "I better measure my weight later."
"Keep the weight loss in balance. Your size is one of your advantages." Kite suddenly said.
"Oh don't tell him that. He's finally losing some pounds." Kai said in protest.
"I hate you both." Tanishi told them.
Tetsuya delivered the sushi to Tanishi and he finished it off in one gulp.
"Tell you what." Shiranui told Aragaki in a whisper. "He's gonna gain back those two inches after this dinner ends."
The two's shoulders shook in silent laughter.
"I can hear you." Tanishi told them.
Tetsuya proceeded to the next question which is about St. Rudolph. "What is Hajime Mizuki's favorite food?"
"Oh that one is easy!" Marui said. "Curly pasta! Just like his hair!"
People from all over the table laughed at this.
Mizuki gave a grimace. "Just to let you know, my curly hair is one of my best assets."
They laughed even harder.
"Given his personality, it must be something fancy. Like steaks and other expensive stuff." Fuji said thoughtfully.
"Okay, five seconds are up." Tetsuya announced.
"That one is really hard." Oishi commented.
"Mizuki-san's favorite food is Capellini pasta topped with caviar." Tetsuya told them.
"What the heck is that-dane?" Yanagisawa asked.
"Thin italian pasta with wild sturgeon fish eggs." Inui answered.
"Ew." Kintarou said and stuck his tongue out. "That sounds disgusting. I wouldn't put that in my mouth."
"Don't be too sure about that." Shiraishi told him.
"Yea. You eat everything, even toothpaste." Zaizen added, tapping Kintarou on the shoulder.
Kintarou groaned. "I told you guys a thousand times. I accidentally swallowed it."
"Half the tube?" Kenya said in half-sarcasm.
"My fingers slipped because of the shock and I squeezed the tube too tight." Kintarou reasoned.
"And that's how he learned to put the toothpaste on his toothbrush instead of his mouth." Koharu said, bringing an end to the conversation, along with a bout of snickering among the Shitenhouji members.
"By the way Kinta. The salmon roe (ikura) on sushi are fish eggs so you'd probably gobble up caviar once you laid eyes on it." Hitoji told their youngest member.
"Ikura are fish eggs? I thought my grandpa was joking when he said that!" Kintarou exclaimed, his eyes as wide as dinner plates.
"I wonder what Kinta's IQ is." Koharu said.
"Let's have him tested when we go home. I'm also curious." Hitoji told him.
The next question is about Fudoumine. The members leaned in anxiously and prayed that the topic will be something decent.
"What is Tachibana Kippei-san's favorite food?" Tatsuya read.
"Oh it's a food question after another." Nio commented.
"It's hopeless to answer those questions... How can we know about their favorite food, seriously?" Momoshiro complained.
"Tea." Chitose suddenly interrupted.
"What's that, Chitose-senpai?" Kintarou asked. "You want some tea?"
"No." Chitose replied. "It's my answer to the question. Tachibana's favorite food is tea. Well, if his tastes haven't changed in all these years I mean." He said.
"Tea?!" The crowd chorused.
"Correct!" Tetsuya and Tatsuya chorused.
"EHHHHHH?" The crowd said in bewilderment.
"Is tea even food?" Kikumaru asked.
"Water is considered a food group and tea falls under there. And most people consider tea as food for the soul as well." Tetsuya said.
"If you're wondering how he knew that, he just searched it on the internet. Tetsu is not that smart." Ichidou piped up.
"Shut up, Ichi. You're always ruining my moment." Tetsuya hissed at him.
Ichidou merely shrugged.
People began to crane their necks when Tachibana made his way to Chitose with the sushi clamped between his chopsticks.
"Ooh, this is too much! Two handsome boys feeding food to each other!" Mami squealed.
"Actually, it's one handsome boy feeding food to another." Miyako corrected.
"That's good too!" Mami said.
An took that moment to take a commemorative photo and maybe use it as a bargaining chip for when her encounter with his brother about the 'boyfriends' thing happens later.
However, both Chitose and Tachibana didn't seem to mind as much as the others who went before them.
"Oh. You seem to be immune to embarrassment." Tetsuya pointed out.
The two of them merely shrugged.
Tatsuya scanned his cheat sheet. "It's written right here that you were previously teammates and quite an abominable pair at that. The Two Wings of Kyushu. Is that right?"
"Yea. That is a really nostalgic name. We had a great time playing tennis together although it did ended with something that brought upon some scars." Chitose said, giving Tachibana a knowing look and a smile.
Tachibana smiled back. "It's a real struggle to get over that hurdle but fortunately, our tennis careers didn't end because of that incident. Still, forgiving and forgetting are two different planes of a figure, and the memory of that time will always be there to remind me that as much as we love tennis, the sport can hurt people if players become reckless."
Feeling a surge of guilt, An looked at the photo she took and immediately deleted it. She heaved a huge sigh. Well, she'll survive somehow...
"Oh. What a beautiful friendship. It deserves some applause." The twins chorused and led the crowd into a series of modest claps to appreciate the moment.
Tetsuya have drawn another paper from the lottery, unfolded it and scanned briefly. "Seigaku again folks." He said.
There were groans from some of the other teams. Kai and the other Higa members rolled their eyes.
"This will be easy enough." Tetsuya told them and suddenly eyed Ryoma for a second before shifting his eyes back to the paper. Ryoma arched an eyebrow. "Is the question about me?" He thought.
"What is Echizen Ryoma's heigh—" Before Tetsuya can even finish, Ryoma had already violently interrupted.
"Don't you dare go there." Ryoma said crisply, glaring threateningly at the twins.
Tetsuya and Tatsuya laughed.
"Wow. He never disappoints." Tatsuya said.
"I told you he's still sensitive about his height." Tetsuya added.
Most of the seniors laughed but the freshmen merely sympathized with Ryoma.
"Well, Ryoma-kun including us, are still young and growing." Ritsu said in defense.
"Well, there's a freshman here that is as young as you guys and is obviously cut out from a different cloth." Kurobane said, clamping their freshman captain's neck under the hook of his elbow.
"Aoi-san is a few of the mutations." Kouhei commented.
"Mutation?" Aoi said, sounding really offended. "That's not a very nice thing to say..."
The crowd laughed once again.
Ryoma still haven't stopped in his glaring and Tetsuya had to pacify him. "Come on, Ryoma... I was just kidding. The real question is... What is the name of Echizen Ryoma's pet cat?"
"Koshimae has a pet cat?" Kintarou said. "It's the first time I've heard of that."
"Man." Tomoka said, snapping her fingers. "I missed this little detail. I must add this immediately to Ryoma-sama's profile and disseminate the information to the fanclub members as soon as possible."
"That's not really necessary." Ryoma said with a sigh.
Sengoku was about to guess random cat names when all of a sudden, Ryouko interrupted. "Don't tell me that Mariane and Robin are still alive." She said, her rust-colored eyes wide.
All necks swerved at Ryouko's direction. "Mariane and Robin?" They thought.
"Get real, stupid. It's already a miracle that they lived until last year. The pet cat that they're talking about is Mariane and Robin's baby." Ryoma told her.
"Mariane and Robin had a baby? When?" Ryouko said, looking quite delighted.
"Two years ago." Ryoma answered.
"How come you never told me about it?" Ryouko said, the delight replaced by a flare of annoyance.
"You never asked." Ryoma replied.
"But you knew just how much I loved Mariane and Robin. You should at least tell me. I did figure out that they're already dead since they'd be 22 years old by now and Himalayan cat life expectancy is at 15 years average." Ryouko said.
"It's a shame you never got to see them alive again since you gave them to me four years ago. I do have a lot of pictures. I'll give you some later." Ryoma told her.
"Hut, hut, hut!" Tatsuya and Tetsuya said simultaneously.
"I don't like the way you two are monopolizing the conversation. Let us in on this too will you?" Tetsuya said, looking extremely annoyed.
"Yea, yea!" Tatsuya said, equally irritated. "Who are Mariane and Robin anyway?"
To their surprise, it was Ichidou who answered their question. "Mariane and Robin are Ryouko's maternal grandpa, Suzuki-ojisan's pets. Two Himalayan cats, female and male. They're already about five years old when Ryouko-chan was born." He stared at Ryoma. "Why were they with you? I thought they went missing years ago. Ryouko was whining that she had to fly back to America and find them."
"Actually, after you guys left L.A., we also moved out of town almost immediately because my Mother got a new job for a bigger law firm in the city. When we were unpacking, I was actually shocked when one of my luggages was moving. Mariane and Robin must've snuck their way out of Ryouko's kitty carriages before you left the mansion and wandered in the neighborhood. Since you often take them in our house to play, they know our house quite well. I called Licht about the cats and he told Ryouko about it. She said that I can keep them. That's before all outside calls directed to Ryouko are banned by the Elders." Ryoma narrated.
"So that's why she stopped whining about it almost immediately." Ichidou said thoughtfully.
"I was not whining." Ryouko piped up, defending herself.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute..." Nio suddenly said. "A law firm, you say? Echizen, your mother is a lawyer?"
"Yes. Is that so surprising?" Ryoma answered.
"It is for me. What does your father do?" Nio asked.
"He eats, sleeps, looks after the temple then sleeps and eats." Ryoma answered in a flat drone. He doesn't sound so enthusiastic about his own father.
"He's unemployed?" Gakuto asked.
"Retired." Ryoma answered.
"Seriously, Ryoma..." Ryouko said in a scolding tone, narrowing her eyes at the brownze-eyed boy. "Why do you always make Nanji sound so uncool? He's your father, you know."
Ryoma rolled his eyes. Ryouko got along with his father better than him when they were little. It gave Ryoma quite a headache and sort of made him jealous as well. Whether he was envious of the attention that his father gave Ryouko or of the affection that Ryouko shows his father during their limited play times, Ryoma wasn't entirely sure. Maybe it's both... On the other hand, Ryoma is extremely close to Ryouko's father, Ryouichi and he respects and looks up at him like a father-figure. Many times, Ryoma thought of switching fathers with Ryouko. He would certainly love to have such a cool person for a Dad unlike someone who always embarrasses Ryoma by making a fool out of himself every fifteen minutes.
Not far from where Ryoma sat, Sakuno gave an uncertain side glance at Ryouko. "Nanji?" Sakuno thought. "She calls Ryoma-kun's father 'Nanji'?" She shifted uncomfortably in her seat. It seems like not just Ryoma and Ryouko are close but their families have made acquaintances out of each other. Sakuno is dying of curiosity yet she is also hesitant to know about it. How ironic.
Ryouko looked at the crowd seriously. "Listen well. Ryoma's father is Echizen Nanjiroh. Japan's Samurai who took home a lot of awards and trophies during his pro-tennis career." She explained. "He retired young, much to the surprise of the tennis industry. He was famous and good enough to pave his way to the Wimbledon but for some reason, on the match that would've earned him a chance to stand on a Wimbledon court, he didn't arrive. He forfeited the match. Since then, he never surfaced on the court as a pro-tennis player and word spread about his retirement."
"Wow." Horio said in amazement, looking at Ryoma with a dumbfounded expression.
"But you told us you learned tennis in a temple." Kachiro turned to Ryoma and piped up.
"I did. In America, there's this small Japanese temple that my father looked after. He built a court on the side and I learned the basics there. Here in Japan, we also live next to a temple. He also built a court in our backyard." Ryoma said simply.
"Enough about Echizen, let's go back to the first topic." Nio said, waving his hand impatiently. He looked at Ryouko with a half-amazed, half-amused smile. "Your grandpa named a couple of Himalayan cats 'Mariane' and 'Robin'?" He gave a short laugh.
"Yea. He's quite eccentric. He loves classic novels and stories." Ryouko said, steepling her fingers together and placing her chin on her knuckles. "Everytime he visits a country for a match, he always brought home a pair of animals. He came home from a tropical country once, with an aquarium housing two large and colorful tropical fishes. He called them Romeo and Juliet."
Ryoma smiled in nostalgia. "Boy, do I remember that... Next, he brought home a couple of male Siamese cats from Egypt and named them Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. When no one was looking, they scooped Romeo and Juliet out of the aquarium and ate them."
Ichidou laughed. "Yes, yes! Grandpa Suzuki wailed his eyes out on the fish bones and we had a little funeral by the koi pond to lay Romeo and Juliet to rest. It's funny how the fishes also had a tragic end like the two Shakespearean characters."
"There's also that couple of Siberian Husky he brought from Alaska to keep Huck and Tom at bay." Ryouko said, grinning.
Both Ryoma and Ichidou snapped their fingers as they recalled the memory. They pointed at Ryouko yelling, "Scarlett and Rhett from Gone with the wind!"
"Correct!" Ryouko said, snapping her own fingers twice. She winked at Ryoma and Ichidou. The three laughed in nostalgia.
"Oh yes, I remember now..." Tetsuya said, his eyes brightening. "We seldom spend time with Ryouko-chan's grandpa but we did spend a lot of time in that greenhouse of his. I loved the yellow parrots."
"Anne and Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables. So lame, seriously." Tatsuya laughed.
The Seigaku bunch were quite amused in watching them reminisce. They had never seen Ryoma look so active before. He almost always looked as if he is bored out of his mind. He only ever shows fun expressions during their tennis activities and fun times with Momoshiro on campus.
Tomoka frowned in her seat, feeling extremely out of place. "Is this still a game or their own personal family reunion?" She thought bitterly.
Sakuno felt an infiltratable barrier wrapped around Ryoma and the Fujioka cousins: a barrier that no one around that table can dare enter. As she previously thought, spending childhood together with someone is something extremely special. She clenched her fists onto the fabric of her skirt quietly. Ryoma is not a person who opens up to other people that easily and Sakuno thought that if she takes her time and waits patiently, she will be able to know some things about Ryoma that no one else does. But she has a feeling that those things she wants to know, Fujioka Ryouko already knows them all.
"And so, what is this mystery kitty's name? The five seconds are over ages ago." Atobe interrupted, rolling his eyes in annoyance. The fact that he is being kept out of the circle even though the twins are there is beginning to irritate him.
"Karupin. His name is Karupin." Ryoma himself provided the answer. "I guess I won myself a piece of sushi." He shrugged and smiled smugly.
"Cute name for a Himalayan. I'd like to see this lucky kitty." Tetsuya commented.
"I have pictures on my phone. I'll show you later." Ryoma said.
"Oh he's extremely cute. We already saw him." Kikumaru said, smiling with his cat-face, remembering the time when they found the Himmy in the Seigaku locker room. "He must've snuck inside Ochibi's duffel bag to wind up in school. The kitty's parents sure have strong genes to be able to pass that piece of personality onto their offspring." He thought, quite amused.
All of a sudden, Tatsuya clapped his hands together. "Okay people. We'll end the first half of the game since the night is deepening and I bet that all of you are anxious to dig into the food. We'll be discussing some really interesting trivias later after dinner."
The crowd began to cheer. "Yes, finally!" Horio yelled and picked up his spoon and fork.
Tanishi's eyes started to move around fast over the plates of meat on the Higa table. "Careful Kei." Chinen said. "You won't want to gain back those two inches." He added teasingly.
"Shut up!" Tanishi scowled at him.
"Well, everyone. Let's chow." The twins chorused, picking up their chopsticks.
"ITTADAKIMASU!" They all chorused and in less than half an hour, every piece of food on the table dissipated like bubbles.
The players are getting to know each other in the fun Fujioka way! XD
I hope this chap made you laugh! I sure am very entertained while searching up these trvias! XD Some of 'em, I invented by myself. hahaha
I'll post the second part of the game later. I want to see your reactions first!
Tennis no Oujo-sama's own history of Karupin! Hope you liked it!
More from Tennis no Oujo-sama tomorrow! Same time. (probably)
PS. That's a big probably. LOL
Sorry for the delay guys!