[Fic] Twenty Things About Seigaku (7/9) (Prince of Tennis)
Title: Twenty Things About Seigaku (7/9)
Rating: Gen
Characters: Momoshiro Takeshi
Summary: Twenty things about Seigaku from Momoshiro's point of view.
Notes: Written as part of that 20 things craze last year. This fic continues to be dedicated to readerofasaph. First posted on October 16, 2005. Slight edits for grammar.
Twenty Things about Seigaku as seen by Momoshiro:
1. Tezuka-buchou is the most amazing person in the whole world. Even if he doesn't have much of a sense of humor, Momoshiro would follow him to the ends of the earth anyway.
2. Momoshiro always thinks of Oishi as "Oishi-mama", but he's not really sure why. He nearly slipped up one day in front of Oishi, but thank goodness, no one seemed to notice when Momoshiro coughed in the middle of saying Oishi's name. Oishi offered Momoshiro lozenges, which Momo took, his face flaming as he thanked Oishi-senpai.
3. Momoshiro still remembers that glare Echizen gave him the first time he met Echizen (when Echizen ran right into him). Whenever he reminds Echizen of this, Echizen says "Cheh!" and gives him that glare again. Echizen never fails to remind Momo that even though Momoshiro promised Echizen he would teach Echizen a lesson that day, Momo has yet to win a single game against Echizen. At this, Momoshiro always laughs, ruffles Echizen's hair, and offers him a grape Ponta as a peace offering.
4. Momoshiro thinks Echizen's manners and attitude have improved greatly since Echizen made it into the Seigaku Regulars, and sometimes likes to remind Echizen how much of a brat the first-year was when they first met. Echizen retaliates by loudly reciting the results of the last ten matches he's played against Momoshiro, which earns the first-year a headlock and a hair-mussing from the exasperated sophomore.
5. Momoshiro doesn't call out "Mamushi" every time he passes by Kaidoh's classroom ... just every third time, when Momoshiro's ready to break into a run as soon as he calls Kaidoh's name and slips away before a hissing Kaidoh manages to get to his classroom door.
6. Momoshiro thinks Kaidoh should take it easy and stop being so serious. Otherwise he's sure Kaidoh will turn into a scary version of Tezuka-buchou.
7. Sometimes Momoshiro finds himself wondering if there's anything going on between Eiji-senpai and Oishi-senpai, especially when he sees Eiji-senpai hanging all over Oishi-senpai, who just laughs like he's enjoying being glomped. Then Eiji glomps Momoshiro and Echizen and even Kaidoh, and everyone laughs at the expression on Kaidoh's face. No matter how many times Eiji-senpai has draped himself all over the reserved sophomore, Kaidoh never seems to get used to it. Momoshiro tells himself that Oishi-senpai's just so used to Eiji-senpai's glomping that he doesn't even notice it anymore.
8. Momoshiro has often noted that Kaidoh never roughhouses with anyone. Sometimes Momo wonders if Kaidoh was hugged often as a child. He doesn't think so, even though Kaidoh's family looks perfectly nice and loving when he sees them at school festival events. Momoshiro catches himself thinking, "Poor Mamushi," and proceeds to make up for the perceived lack of childhood affection by grabbing Kaidoh's bandanna as he passes by.
9. Momoshiro used to want to play singles, but he doesn't any more. It's so much more fun playing doubles. He gets to trick more than one opponent at a time, that way.
10. If there's one thing Momoshiro is scared to death of, it's Inui-senpai's juice. Especially Aozu. After all, that blue concoction even knocked out Fuji-senpai! Actually, Inui-senpai himself scares Momo, just a little. Well ... until Inui-senpai's glasses were broken that one time, and Fuji-senpai took a picture of his eyes. After that, Inui-senpai seems a lot more human now.
11. Momoshiro can actually put more power into his tennis than Taka-senpai can ... but there's no point in showing that off this year, Momo thinks. There's no harm in debuting the new and improved Momoshiro Power Tennis after Taka-san has graduated.
12. Momoshiro found a white cactus covered in soft fuzz. He thinks the cactus will be perfect for his cactus-loving Fuji-senpai's birthday. Besides, it reminds him of Fuji-senpai's Hakugei.
13. Momoshiro sometimes wonders what it would be like to be captain. The only other real candidate, he knows, is Kaidoh. Sometimes Momoshiro entertains the idea of being co-captain with Kaidoh. It lasts for about 2 minutes before he immediately pushes the thought firmly out of his mind. Share a position with that baka Mamushi? He'd rather play doubles with Echizen! Momoshiro ignores the part of his brain that tells him the idea makes perfect sense, and completely disowns the niggling voice in his head that whispers, "It would be the best captaincy Seigaku ever had ... even better than Tezuka-buchou, or Yamato-buchou ..."
14. Momoshiro likes hanging out with Echizen. Keeping Echizen happy is easy, as long as one has a steady supply of grape Ponta. Besides, the freshman doesn't eat as much as Momo does. Luckily for Momo, Echizen has a decent allowance too, and once in a blue moon he'll treat his senpai to some burgers.
15. Momoshiro likes hanging out with the ichinen trio too. When Katsuo and Kachirou both start sniping at Horio, who gets flustered and loses all his normal wit, Momoshiro can't help but laugh and break it up. Secretly, though, he finds it highly amusing.
16. Momoshiro still can't believe Ryuuzaki-sensei coached Echizen's father. Then again, considering Sakuno is Ryuuzaki's granddaughter, it isn't all that far-fetched to imagine Ryuuzaki-sensei is pretty old. He just wishes Ryuuzaki-sensei would act her age a little and stop wearing those really tight outfits.
17. Once in a while, Momoshiro thinks back to the time when he and Kaidoh were fighting so much it got to the point where both of them were a hair's breadth from to transferring. Everytime he thinks this, he calls Kaidoh on his cellphone and invites the other to the street courts, where the MomoKai pair crush all challengers for the next two or three hours. Usually, they leave, bickering in a friendly fashion.
18. Momoshiro is the only member of the Seigaku tennis club that knows every single member's name--third-years, second-years, first-years. Even Ryuuzaki-sensei and Tezuka-buchou don't know _every_ member's name, and Oishi-senpai doesn't know all the first-years yet.
19. Nothing brightens up Momoshiro's day like hearing the ichinen-sei chorus, "Momo-chan-senpai!"
20. Momoshiro's never really sure if Echizen isn't laughing at him when Echizen says "Momo-chan-senpai" in that snarky way of his. But then he sees Echizen's twinkling golden eyes and that mischievious spark, and Momo knows he's buying burgers for two again. Whenever that happens, Momoshiro always thanks his lucky stars if Eiji walks past them. Momo will glomp him with an "Eiji-senpai!" and two minutes later, sufficiently excited, Eiji agrees to treat Momo and Echizen to McDonalds.
Part 6: Kawamura
Part 8: Kaidoh
As always, comments loved!
Rating: Gen
Characters: Momoshiro Takeshi
Summary: Twenty things about Seigaku from Momoshiro's point of view.
Notes: Written as part of that 20 things craze last year. This fic continues to be dedicated to readerofasaph. First posted on October 16, 2005. Slight edits for grammar.
Twenty Things about Seigaku as seen by Momoshiro:
1. Tezuka-buchou is the most amazing person in the whole world. Even if he doesn't have much of a sense of humor, Momoshiro would follow him to the ends of the earth anyway.
2. Momoshiro always thinks of Oishi as "Oishi-mama", but he's not really sure why. He nearly slipped up one day in front of Oishi, but thank goodness, no one seemed to notice when Momoshiro coughed in the middle of saying Oishi's name. Oishi offered Momoshiro lozenges, which Momo took, his face flaming as he thanked Oishi-senpai.
3. Momoshiro still remembers that glare Echizen gave him the first time he met Echizen (when Echizen ran right into him). Whenever he reminds Echizen of this, Echizen says "Cheh!" and gives him that glare again. Echizen never fails to remind Momo that even though Momoshiro promised Echizen he would teach Echizen a lesson that day, Momo has yet to win a single game against Echizen. At this, Momoshiro always laughs, ruffles Echizen's hair, and offers him a grape Ponta as a peace offering.
4. Momoshiro thinks Echizen's manners and attitude have improved greatly since Echizen made it into the Seigaku Regulars, and sometimes likes to remind Echizen how much of a brat the first-year was when they first met. Echizen retaliates by loudly reciting the results of the last ten matches he's played against Momoshiro, which earns the first-year a headlock and a hair-mussing from the exasperated sophomore.
5. Momoshiro doesn't call out "Mamushi" every time he passes by Kaidoh's classroom ... just every third time, when Momoshiro's ready to break into a run as soon as he calls Kaidoh's name and slips away before a hissing Kaidoh manages to get to his classroom door.
6. Momoshiro thinks Kaidoh should take it easy and stop being so serious. Otherwise he's sure Kaidoh will turn into a scary version of Tezuka-buchou.
7. Sometimes Momoshiro finds himself wondering if there's anything going on between Eiji-senpai and Oishi-senpai, especially when he sees Eiji-senpai hanging all over Oishi-senpai, who just laughs like he's enjoying being glomped. Then Eiji glomps Momoshiro and Echizen and even Kaidoh, and everyone laughs at the expression on Kaidoh's face. No matter how many times Eiji-senpai has draped himself all over the reserved sophomore, Kaidoh never seems to get used to it. Momoshiro tells himself that Oishi-senpai's just so used to Eiji-senpai's glomping that he doesn't even notice it anymore.
8. Momoshiro has often noted that Kaidoh never roughhouses with anyone. Sometimes Momo wonders if Kaidoh was hugged often as a child. He doesn't think so, even though Kaidoh's family looks perfectly nice and loving when he sees them at school festival events. Momoshiro catches himself thinking, "Poor Mamushi," and proceeds to make up for the perceived lack of childhood affection by grabbing Kaidoh's bandanna as he passes by.
9. Momoshiro used to want to play singles, but he doesn't any more. It's so much more fun playing doubles. He gets to trick more than one opponent at a time, that way.
10. If there's one thing Momoshiro is scared to death of, it's Inui-senpai's juice. Especially Aozu. After all, that blue concoction even knocked out Fuji-senpai! Actually, Inui-senpai himself scares Momo, just a little. Well ... until Inui-senpai's glasses were broken that one time, and Fuji-senpai took a picture of his eyes. After that, Inui-senpai seems a lot more human now.
11. Momoshiro can actually put more power into his tennis than Taka-senpai can ... but there's no point in showing that off this year, Momo thinks. There's no harm in debuting the new and improved Momoshiro Power Tennis after Taka-san has graduated.
12. Momoshiro found a white cactus covered in soft fuzz. He thinks the cactus will be perfect for his cactus-loving Fuji-senpai's birthday. Besides, it reminds him of Fuji-senpai's Hakugei.
13. Momoshiro sometimes wonders what it would be like to be captain. The only other real candidate, he knows, is Kaidoh. Sometimes Momoshiro entertains the idea of being co-captain with Kaidoh. It lasts for about 2 minutes before he immediately pushes the thought firmly out of his mind. Share a position with that baka Mamushi? He'd rather play doubles with Echizen! Momoshiro ignores the part of his brain that tells him the idea makes perfect sense, and completely disowns the niggling voice in his head that whispers, "It would be the best captaincy Seigaku ever had ... even better than Tezuka-buchou, or Yamato-buchou ..."
14. Momoshiro likes hanging out with Echizen. Keeping Echizen happy is easy, as long as one has a steady supply of grape Ponta. Besides, the freshman doesn't eat as much as Momo does. Luckily for Momo, Echizen has a decent allowance too, and once in a blue moon he'll treat his senpai to some burgers.
15. Momoshiro likes hanging out with the ichinen trio too. When Katsuo and Kachirou both start sniping at Horio, who gets flustered and loses all his normal wit, Momoshiro can't help but laugh and break it up. Secretly, though, he finds it highly amusing.
16. Momoshiro still can't believe Ryuuzaki-sensei coached Echizen's father. Then again, considering Sakuno is Ryuuzaki's granddaughter, it isn't all that far-fetched to imagine Ryuuzaki-sensei is pretty old. He just wishes Ryuuzaki-sensei would act her age a little and stop wearing those really tight outfits.
17. Once in a while, Momoshiro thinks back to the time when he and Kaidoh were fighting so much it got to the point where both of them were a hair's breadth from to transferring. Everytime he thinks this, he calls Kaidoh on his cellphone and invites the other to the street courts, where the MomoKai pair crush all challengers for the next two or three hours. Usually, they leave, bickering in a friendly fashion.
18. Momoshiro is the only member of the Seigaku tennis club that knows every single member's name--third-years, second-years, first-years. Even Ryuuzaki-sensei and Tezuka-buchou don't know _every_ member's name, and Oishi-senpai doesn't know all the first-years yet.
19. Nothing brightens up Momoshiro's day like hearing the ichinen-sei chorus, "Momo-chan-senpai!"
20. Momoshiro's never really sure if Echizen isn't laughing at him when Echizen says "Momo-chan-senpai" in that snarky way of his. But then he sees Echizen's twinkling golden eyes and that mischievious spark, and Momo knows he's buying burgers for two again. Whenever that happens, Momoshiro always thanks his lucky stars if Eiji walks past them. Momo will glomp him with an "Eiji-senpai!" and two minutes later, sufficiently excited, Eiji agrees to treat Momo and Echizen to McDonalds.
Part 6: Kawamura
Part 8: Kaidoh
As always, comments loved!