Thanks for Asking, I Get Hit by Tennis Balls Every Day

Tsukimiya Satomi had a knot in his heart.

Because of it, he changed his name, appearance, and place of residence, and never picked up a racket again.

After transferring to Rikkai, he joined the literature club and became an utterly ordinary student. He was fairly content with that.

But the peace did not last long. A yellow ball grazed past his ear.

"You're so bad at tennis. Why don't you get lost already?"

Faced with a bunch of arrogant delinquents bullying a fellow student, Tsukimiya paused to think, then borrowed a racket.

He watched as they were defeated one by one, looking miserable and humiliated. Then he calmly returned the racket and vanished without taking credit.

He was just an ordinary student who loved helping his classmates, that's all.

And then Tsukimiya Satomi hit the top of the school forum's trending list.

It was an ordinary video, showing nothing more than his profile.

"Ran into an incredible tennis-playing underclassman after school. Are you sure the tennis club doesn't pick members based on looks?"

It all started with a post discussing the new students in various clubs. Someone claimed that the tennis club's new recruits were so lacking in talent this year that the club had no one to carry on its legacy. So someone posted this video in response.

As discussion of the tennis club's new recruits and its various handsome members surged, an insider expressed their confusion.

[Did You Get a Serve In Today: Is this guy really in the tennis club? I don't think I've ever seen him.]

Tsukimiya Satomi, who had come to read the thread after a classmate kindly pointed it out to him: ...He's right, I'm not.

In his second year, Rikkai's ace, the seaweed-haired guy, learned that the captain had personally chosen a "future star of the tennis club." After hearing all sorts of rumors about the club, he followed an upperclassman's directions and set off to see this person for himself, full of righteous indignation.

A six-foot-three giant, built like a tank, amazing at tennis... He'd definitely beat him soundly!

As it happened, he got lost.

On the way, he passed the piano room, which was supposed to be deserted. The leisurely notes seemed to leap through the white curtains dancing in the breeze. The antique piano, its black and white keys, the familiar figure, and the boy's fingertips all struck a chord in Kirihara Akaya's heart, even though he wasn't one to care about music.

It was his quiet deskmate, who looked like he knew nothing about sports and would probably never shake off the sickly label.

When the piece ended, Kirihara remembered why he was there. He gestured as he spoke without thinking: "I'm looking for a big guy who just joined the tennis club. Have you seen him, Shinjuku?"

His well-behaved, harmless-looking classmate Tsukimiya pointed uncertainly... at himself.

The seaweed-haired ace, who had planned to fight him to the death: ?

1. A crossover story, mainly set at Rikkai, with an alternate-universe teacher Gojo and the child detective from Detective Conan appearing.

Let's all say it together: 17 plus 4, no question!

2. The main story is purely friendship-focused, with everyone getting along as friends. The extras have different endings.

3. The story takes its time and focuses on everyday life and emotions.

4. I'm just a newcomer practicing my writing. Apologies for any OOC characterizations. Any plot differences from the original are intentional additions.

5. Akaya is the only one I recognize as Rikkai's next captain.

6. The protagonist heals from past pain and grows, but is a genius with a golden finger.

Theme: Healing wounds, not tearing them open again.