[Slow burn / coming-of-age / reunion after years apart / extremely sweet later on]
Ten years with Oshitari, from awkward youth to maturity.
Athletic sunshine girl x gentle, pure-hearted Kansai wolf
Tennis girl Todo Yuka is lively and cheerful, an outgoing person who speaks without thinking.
At twelve, Todo Yuka meets Oshitari at a train station when he's lost, beginning three years as classmates.
When an outgoing person meets a reserved one, either one sets the other alight or drives them crazy.
So the cheerful girl sets him alight, while the quiet boy drives her crazy.
At fourteen, the words that would have revealed her feelings are drowned out by the rain. That day, no one stops for her. She wakes up to the truth: If she can change from outgoing to reserved, then so can anyone. Who's afraid?
At twenty-two, Todo Yuka meets Oshitari again. One outgoing person has long since learned the reserved person's philosophy of survival, but one reserved person...
Wait, is he in love with me?
Hah, I'm not falling for your tricks again.
Hah, will I still lose to you if I'm even more reserved this time?
* Middle school ending is bittersweet; reunion ending is happy. An angsty push and pull, with an overdose of sweetness later on.
* The timeline starts in the first year of middle school.
* Tough, sunny heroine. Several tennis matches.
* Many liberties taken with canon, apologies for any out-of-character moments.
* 1v1, both leads are each other's first.
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Age twenty-two, at the airport.
After more than ten hours in the air, Todo Yuka looks disheveled and exhausted. The person picking her up is nowhere to be seen, so she yawns and looks around. She doesn't expect to turn around and meet a gaze as deep as an abyss.
A tall, handsome man with a wolf cut walks toward her. She freezes for a moment.
No way. Is that really the person she knows?
She almost wants to pull out her phone and search for advice.
What do you do when you run into your first love looking like this?
Online, please help! It's urgent!
He stops in front of her. The familiar, rich voice sounds even lower now. Her heart flutters.
"Yuka, welcome back," he says.
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Question: What kind of person is Todo Yuka?
Mukahi: A man.
(Yuka: Want to die?)
Oshitari: A frivolous woman who gives me a headache.
(Yuka: You looking for trouble? Oshitari: A little.)
Atobe: A woman like a wild horse.
(Yuka: Understood, boss.)
Hiyoshi: She has a pretty good tolerance for getting hit.
(Yuka: Thanks for the compliment.)
Shishido: Someone who'll do anything for food.
(Yuka: ))
Takiyama: Her serve and running speed are both incredible. Timing her speed is one of my favorite things.
(Yuka: Takiyama is the best. Oshitari: ?)
Ootori: She's a very warm-hearted senpai. She's also great at handling awkward situations.
(Yuka: I'm touched. Can I hug the big dog? Oshitari: No.)
Core Theme: Be true to yourself
Help, this is really funny
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ninzu can finally speak!!!
Yushi is so good, Xixia suffers so much! [Angry] Come on Xi Xia, tell Yu Shi who is the head of the family
The person I didn't kiss that day finally kissed me after so many years🤷
Yushi definitely feels happy when he is hugged, Brother Anshuang
Hahahaha, I laughed so hard that I hung up the phone angrily, speechless.
It's all a routine, hahaha
There is a sense of escape to escape in advance to avoid getting hurt. Alas, it is not because I want to transfer to another school, but because I want to transfer to Xixia.
The first time was at the airport when I was in the third year of junior high school, the second time was in the UK when I was in the third year of high school, and the third time is now. Most of the reasons for this are due to his failure to retain her during the fireworks festival. He is self-reliant and has a restrained personality. He does not want to stop Xixia's development. However, he has never asked Xixia whether he wants to stay or not. Alas, character really determines fate.
I feel like one of Xixia and Yushi looks like an S person and the other looks like an N person, it's so obvious hahaha