Could You Stop Saying One Thing and Meaning Another?

Blurb:

Dan Yu Ximing has a bad habit.

He can't resist being provoked.

In middle school, someone asked him who was stronger, him or Akashi from the basketball club.

Dan Yu Ximing stubbornly replied, "If we really went head-to-head, I could at least take a layer of skin off him."

In fact, Dan Yu Ximing had never even touched a basketball.

Passing by, Akashi Seijuro gave him a mysterious smile.

And so Dan Yu Ximing was forced to play basketball at Teiko for three years. Only he knew how tough it was.

After graduation, Dan Yu Ximing took stock of his life and resolutely transferred to Kanagawa.

On his first day of school, he snatched a tennis bag from a dog on the road. The nameplate on it belonged to a student at his school.

Before he had a chance to find the owner, a seaweed-haired guy suddenly jumped out in class and challenged him.

You've got to be kidding. He'd never even touched a tennis racket.

But what came out of his mouth was the opposite of what he was thinking: "I've never lost to anyone in the tennis world."

Seiichi Yukimura, who had come specifically to find Kirihara, applauded.

Dan Yu Ximing's body shuddered. What was this familiar feeling of being inexplicably targeted?

It wasn't until Dan Yu Ximing intertwined fingers with their captain in front of the regulars and decided to make their relationship public that someone blurted out, "Are you still straight?"

Dan Yu Ximing answered smoothly, "Of course. I'm straight, straight as a steel bar."

Seiichi Yukimura: "..."

A long, long time later,

Dan Yu Ximing belatedly began to wonder if Seiichi Yukimura had been treating him like a dog all along.

Tips: 1. Rikkai has 16+3 members.

2. Lots of original details.

3. More to come if I think of anything.

Theme: Live and act with a clear conscience