[Prince of Tennis] Echizen Has No Intention of Getting Jealous

You never imagined that after dying, you would transmigrate into the body of a girl with the same name. To avoid taking over her body for nothing, you decided to live her life well and fulfill her last wish to collect the school's rumors.

You originally thought you wouldn't have much to do with anyone in this world, but you could never ignore the occasional gaze from a certain someone.

Gradually, his casual glances began to carry a hint of affection, whether intentional or not. Before he could figure out why, he started following his instincts and drawing closer to you.

He went from being unable to remember your name to deliberately introducing you in front of others as "Ito-senpai's childhood friend." His eyes would unconsciously flick toward you, and he would instinctively watch your expression before giving an incomprehensible little hum.

He ignored the bitter, stifling feeling. You were someone else's childhood friend. What did that have to do with him?

At some point, he realized he could no longer take his eyes off you. He wasn't a clueless fool when it came to love, but... he still wanted to figure out the reason, to prove he wasn't acting on a whim... and that he wasn't simply losing to a certain childhood friend.

He didn't like running away, so he began trying to understand his feelings.

He remembered one day when you smiled and said you would pay him back for covering his shift by letting him pet your cat. He agreed without a second thought.

"Sure, no problem."

You tentatively asked if you could exchange phone numbers. He didn't think much of it, but could barely keep the smile from his lips. Without realizing it, he had already decided you were someone who could freely enter his private world.

"Why don't you just come over?"

Looking back now, he regretted it terribly. That had been the perfect chance to get your contact information!

It wasn't that he couldn't take the initiative in love. It was just that by the time he realized it, all the jealousy he'd been quietly swallowing had already gotten in the way.

He froze for a moment. Oh no, it looked like someone was about to steal his future girlfriend.

He secretly swore to become a more mature and dependable boyfriend than anyone else. Even if he had to beat your childhood friend!

This is a story about "The Pure Romance of Echizen and a Frail Girl, Both Moving Toward Each Other," "An Adventure to Collect More School Ghost Stories," "Echizen, I Want to Tell You," "A Catlike Boy's Secret Probing," and many other things that might happen.

Echizen Ryoma x Kurokawa Ryoko (feel free to imagine yourself in the second-person narration)

There is serious OOC characterization. Please be warned. This is self-indulgent writing, so don't complain if it's not to your taste.

▲ Lots and lots of personal headcanons. Don't scrutinize them. A sweet romance. The original female lead from Prince of Tennis won't appear.

▲ A transmigration story. The original girl has a childhood friend, but he only likes her. His feelings for you are only because he doesn't know who you really are.

▲ Melodramatic writing. Updates are irregular, so you can save it up to read. Maybe it'll be finished one day.

▲ Frail girl x pure-hearted boy

▲ Written in the second person. Read it as fiction or imagine yourself as the protagonist.

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*Original character: Ito Takuma, Kurokawa Ryoko's childhood friend from her original life, and very much in love with her. A second-year at Seishun Academy and the manager of the Seishun Academy tennis club. Highly capable, but only wants to serve as the manager. A level-headed and steadfast devoted second male lead.

I politely decline writing advice. As long as there are no serious logical problems, I won't revise it.

Theme: Seize your chances and be brave enough to admit the truth