"Recently … you've been very close to Lord Yanagi from the Student Union," Yukimura said with a smile.
Prince Ren wasn't surprised that Yukimura noticed this.
During the one-month holiday training, he more or less felt how much effort Yukimura put into tennis and the tennis club.
And Yukimura, who he dreamed of, also acted like a patriarch of the tennis club.
He thought that if he really persuaded Yanagi to join the tennis club, then Yanagi's training list would still be arranged by Kazuyanagi Yukimura. So, telling him in advance would reduce the workload of those two people, right?
"He is the partner that I think highly of." King Ren said.
Yukimura showed a surprised expression, "Have you decided?
You can play singles. "
"There's no position for me for the time being, right?" Prince Ren narrowed his eyes slightly, "I'm a very utilitarian person, Yukimura."
Yukimura blinked and tilted his head with a smile.
He nodded and said, "Have you confirmed it?"
Prince Ren was silent for two seconds, his eyes drifting.
Yukimura, "…?"
"Puri ~ I'll leave it to you, Kazuyanagi -kun." Prince Ren finished speaking and blinked a little embarrassedly.
After class in the afternoon, Prince Ren waited at the door of Yanagi's classroom.
People who knew him gave him a surprised look when they passed by, but Prince Ren remained calm and continued to stand against the wall by the door.
When he saw Yanagi pass by, he stood up straight and took two steps to block in front of Yanagi.
"Prince Ren."
"Do you have time in the afternoon?"
"… There's an event at the Student Union."
"You won't finish before me," Prince Ren said.
Yanagi frowned a little in annoyance, "Do you want me to wait for you to finish?"
"That's not necessary." Prince Ren knew his training load, "But there's something I want to talk to you about."
"Can't you talk now?"
"A perfect answer needs a perfect setting." Prince Ren showed a rare serious expression, "Will you come to the tennis court after the meeting?"
"… I got it, I'll be there."
Yanagi didn't know why he agreed to this request that sounded completely unreliable.
However, as long as the silver-haired boy showed a little seriousness, people couldn't help but want to listen to him and believe in his decision.
From this point of view, Masaharu Nio's outrageous behavior was actually a good thing.
Before the work began, Prince Ren went to find Xing Cun and told him that he would go out for a while.
He and Xing Cun quickly became familiar with each other during the one-month training period during spring break.
It was hard to dislike a person like Xingura Goshi.
Prince Ren was afraid of Yukimura's sharp sense of touch and strong aura, but he was also happy to be paid attention to by the good-looking boy.
On the surface, he complained that Yukimura had a desire for control that didn't match his appearance, but in his heart, he really wanted to get Yukimura's approval.
He was strong.
In tennis, he was really strong.
The strong always had privileges.
As for Sanada, who was also strong …
He always had to choose the highest target.
Prince Ren refused to admit that he had a shadow over Sanada.
He simply didn't like Sanada, and Sanada didn't like him either.
The two of them had a very direct relationship with each other.
Yanagi thought for a while after he finished his routine work at the Student Union. He decided to be a man of his word.
During the holidays, he was invited to watch the training. On the first day of school, he also came to watch a farce because of a reckless freshman. He was already very familiar with the tennis club.
The freshmen were lining up on the tennis court for two weeks of basic training. Other than swinging the racket, they were also doing long distance running.
The second and third year students had more basic training, but they could already complete a lot of training in a short amount of time.
Yanagi stood by the barbed wire fence.
He saw the bright white hair in the crowd at a glance.
The white hair swayed with the people's movements. After a while, it left the group.
Yanagi silently watched the "persevering" person open the barbed wire fence and walk towards him.
"I'm glad you didn't break your promise," Prince Ren said.
Yanagi raised his hand and pushed his glasses up. He responded with silence to this difficult way of speaking.
The training session was still in the basic training stage. The independent tennis court behind the indoor tennis court was still empty.
It had always been used by the official team for personal training. It was temporarily empty during the screening phase of new students.
Prince Ren walked over with Yanagi and casually found a topic to talk about. "You saw our training a few days ago, right? What do you think?"
What do I think?
Yanagi was a step behind. He recalled that before school started, he had been invited to watch the tennis club's special training.
The tennis court was very large. The people holding the racket were doing different actions. There were also people practicing, all wearing Tachikai University's uniforms.
Some of their actions were still jerky. At least compared to the international matches broadcast on television, they were jerky.
But everyone's expression was very serious.
Even the person walking in front of him, who had always given him the impression that he had nothing to do with "concentration," had a different light in his eyes when he stood on the court with the racket in his hand.
It was something he couldn't feel on the golf course. It was an infectious feeling that was difficult to describe with words.
Joining the tennis club should be a very good choice.
But if he agreed so easily …
Yanagi glanced at Prince Ren's slightly bowed back. His mood was very complicated.
Prince Ren didn't know about Yanagi's complicated feelings.
He felt that what Yanagi said before made sense. He needed to be serious when inviting others.
So what was the best way to persuade someone?
He thought of some of the shōnen manga in Shonen Jump.
… Not that suitable?
Then what about shōnen manga?
He walked to the side of the empty tennis court and pulled open the iron wire gate.
"Are you coming in?" When he turned around, he already had a smile on his face.
It was a rare smile that didn't contain much malice. It wasn't a mischievous smile, and he didn't intend to deceive anyone.
Yanagi hesitated for a short second before following him.
The empty tennis court was really large. There were two sides of the court that were close to each other, and there were short trees planted.
The green rubber floor and short trees, together with the green iron wire fence, suddenly broadened the field of vision.
The setting sun shone down, creating a golden expanse.
"It's big, right?"
Yanagi stood in the corner of the tennis court and nodded.
"It's too lonely to be alone on such a big battlefield," Prince Ren said.
Yanagi looked at him in surprise. He couldn't believe that such words came from Prince Ren's mouth.
He looked at Prince Ren's serious expression, which was more real than ever.
"… Doubles …?"
"Do you want to try?"
"The doubles arena is even bigger than the singles arena."
"But it's two people.
On average, it won't be that big, right? "
That was indeed the case.
But to suddenly make such a request …
"I thought you were only inviting me to join the tennis club."
"No, I'm inviting you to be my partner." Prince Ren asked with a smile, "Do I look like a selfless person?"
… No, you don't look like one at all.
Yanagi exhaled.
He glanced at the orange-red sun, and then looked at Prince Ren's side profile, which was dyed in gold.
Some of the emotions that had been stirring before rose from his chest. He remembered the training that he had seen up close, and the way the first-year student held a racket and stood on the court the day before.
Even the Sanada that he was familiar with when he stood on the tennis court looked like he was burning with passion.
Such a blood-boiling sport doesn't suit me at all.
Yanagi thought so, but his body nodded more honestly, "Okay, I agree."
Prince Ren really gave a good reason.
He accepted the challenge.
There were only three days to sign up for the club, and he was just in time to submit the application.
Prince Ren watched him enter the club and went back to training with satisfaction.
Yukimura received his application and asked him if he wanted to try to join the training.
"There are public tennis rackets in the club."
The head of the second-year student department said in a gentle tone, "But the new students' basic training is almost over, so you can join the training tomorrow."
"The others have other training to do, right?
Prince Ren and the others. "
"Yes.
Do you want to stay and watch us train? "
Yanagi nodded.
When they moved to the court, Prince Ren jogged over and briefly asked about the future partner that he had left to Yukimura.
"You should know how to play tennis, right?" he asked.
Yanagi was a little speechless, "You don't know if I know how to play tennis, and you directly invited me to be your partner?"
"He's just casting a wide net." A clear teenage voice came from behind.
Yanagi turned his head and saw dazzling red hair.
The shorter teenager caught up from behind and looked at Yanagi curiously. He was still unceremoniously complaining, trying to expose Prince Ren's ugly face, "The others in the club all refused to partner with Prince Ren after the doubles training."
"Puri, your others include …"
"Me and Jack." Marui reached out his hand and counted them one by one, "And Sanada.
Those seniors shouldn't have refused, right? "
Fixed partners shouldn't come out to show off.
Prince Ren rolled his eyes and snatched a small cake from Kuwabara's hand, "You make it sound like I'm desperate.
I'm also very picky. "
Yanagi: It sounds like I'm the picky one.
Should I be happy?
Marui couldn't snatch the cake back and resentfully stuffed the rest into his mouth.
He asked Yanagi vaguely, "You can play tennis, right?"
"… Yes."
"Then there's no problem."
"… Aren't you going to ask me about my tennis skills?"
Marui tilted his head.
He swallowed the cake and waved his hand, "It's okay, you'll be fine after practicing for a while.
You must be very special for Prince Ren to spend so much effort on you. "
Yanagi: …
What kind of reason is this?
"After all, Prince Ren's personality is terrible and picky," Marui explained.
Yanagi couldn't help but glance at Prince Ren, who was walking next to him.
The person who was described as having a terrible personality wasn't angry. He just smiled and poked the red-haired boy's cheek with his finger.
Then he looked at Yanagi and echoed Marui's words, "Kazuyanagi Yukimura will arrange special training for everyone, don't worry at all.
I also asked Sanada to do special training for you ~ "
"… Too lax!" Sanada, who had never heard of such a thing, glanced at Prince Ren with a dark expression.
He then looked at his colleagues from the Disciplinary Department who were on good terms with him.
His sense of responsibility made him not refute Prince Ren's words.