[on the other hand, Fuji has yet to make the connection -- he's spent the past six months doing very little thinking on tennis at any length or form, and therefore memories of Seigaku's matches rarely pop to the forefront of his mind. however, even through his general fatigue, he is perceptive to undercurrents in conversations-- and there is one now, buzzing at his peripheral vision. and he frowns, inwardly, because he doesn't know Yagyuu well enough to pinpoint the exact nature of the subtext. it might be tennis, he thinks, because that's ultimate the connecting thread between himself and this boy here, but around Rikkai as a general rule, he's learned not to make assumptions.

therefore, he shutters and takes a proverbial step backward, doing the verbal equivalent of what a counter-puncher does on the court.]

Some might. Though if risk is capable of bringing success, one might ask after what the value of success is, if it's achieved without the risk.