[Prince of Tennis] The Springtime of Love

They met in the spring, beneath the cherry blossoms.

Natsume Nao had been able to see yokai since she was little, and had been shunned by everyone because of it. On the day she transferred to Seigaku, she met a boy who shone like a prince. It was a clichéd damsel-in-distress scene, but from then on, his image took root deep in her heart.

To Echizen Ryoma, however, she was just a strange upperclassman. But after meeting her, his life seemed to change in subtle ways.

“If it’s you, Echizen, I’m sure you can do it. Your tennis gives people the courage to keep moving forward.”

“Because I met someone as kind as Ryoma, and because I met all of you, I know what it feels like to be treated with kindness. So I want to become a kind person, too.”

Hearing this, he merely tugged down the brim of his cap. “...You should think about yourself a little, too, you idiot.”

She had always thought their peaceful, warm days together would go on like that. But when he hurried back from America on the eve of the National Tournament, he found the girl lying in a hospital bed. She had been there for weeks, still completely unconscious.

The thought that he might really lose her filled him with unbearable pain.

If only time could turn back. If only he had said those words, “I love you,” sooner...

Announcement:

Um, I only realized after I started drafting two stories at once... This silly author feels like crying.

The new story will be finished in another five or six chapters. After that, this story will return to two updates a week. Please wait for me a little longer, my dears!

[Red text] I absolutely will not abandon this story.

And here’s a link to the new story I’m currently writing:

[Prince of Tennis] I Can’t Hold Back

Pairing: Asakura Gen x Echizen Ryoma, a love story between a tsundere boy and a perverted older girl