Yukimura discovered that his life ended one day, less than a month after he started at Rikkaidai.
Well, that doesn't sound quite right.
It would be more accurate to say that he was stuck in a loop on that day.
How were you supposed to break a time loop again? Weren't you supposed to do something out of the ordinary?
So Yukimura...
One morning, while walking to school with his childhood friend, he took his hat.
One day, he secretly put a prank toy in the locker of a certain coolheaded friend and watched his eyes widen for an instant.
One day, he hid the red-haired boy's sweets, then sat back and watched him argue with a certain white-haired fox.
One day, he swapped out the batteries in the egg-headed boy's shaver and watched the fine stubble sprout on his scalp.
It seemed like nobody really reacted to any of it.
Still, surviving in a world where time had stopped was really lonely...
It felt like a saved game getting wiped clean in an instant and having to start all over again... He didn't want to experience that at all.
***Scene break***
He tested his teammates once more, and suddenly realized...
Huh, things weren't going quite as expected.
Redhead: "Aaaaaah! So you were the one who secretly took all those cakes, Yukimura?" (Quietly: "If you wanted some, you could've just told me. I would've given them all to you!")
Squinty eyes: "I thought Niou was the one who put the prank toy there. I got some really good data..."
Egghead (smiling sheepishly): "I thought the shaver was broken, but the new one didn't work either, which was strange. So I bought a whole box and put them in the clubroom. Surely one of them will work."
Black cap (trying and failing to get mad): "You're too lax, Yukimura!" (Turning away, blushing, and speaking quietly: "If you like black hats, I can give you one.")
White-haired fox: "Puri~ I took the blame for you quite a few times, Captain."
Yagyuu and Kirihara wept in a corner: "Captain Yukimura/ Yukimura-kun, why don't you remember me at all anymore???"
Yukimura (looking at the scenery rushing past the window): "Where are we going?"
Sanada: "The U-17 training camp."
Yukimura: "???"
Reader notes:
1. No one is reborn. First-year Yukimura transmigrates into different timelines.
2. The pairing is undecided. Well, it might also be no pairing. This clueless author reserves the right to let Yukimura end up single and thriving (runs away under a pot lid).
3. Wild imagination ahead.
4. The background after Yukimura transmigrates follows the original story, so in some timelines Rikkaidai hasn't won three consecutive championships. Please read with that in mind.
5. A mountain of headcanon (in the literal sense).
6. Yukimura's first-year middle school abilities are genuinely at the pinnacle of middle school tennis.
7. A Prince of Tennis fan who loves Yukimura and Rikkaidai, and treats all other characters equally except for Yukimura and Rikkaidai.
8. A work written without restraints. OOC warning.
9. A newbie writer is getting started. Come support a budding author (smile). I'm the kind of author who grows taller when you pat me on the head~
Theme: Forever loyal, forever true
