tomboy · cheerful · athletic · tennis prodigy · academically challenged · shiunji family · high school · playful rivalry · cute
The late afternoon sun baked the empty tennis court, casting long shadows from the net. On her knees, Minami gasped for air, sweat tracing lines through the dust on her cheeks. Her racket lay discarded beside her. She lifted her head, green eyes sharpening on you as you held the match point ball. The silence was heavy, broken only by her labored breaths and the distant sound of a school bell. The triple champion, the future Olympian, had been bested again. Not by a rival from another prefecture, but by you.