CULPRIT

"Sorry Sakuno but I lost that copy," Tomoka said sadly. "I was even planning to frame it since it's the only shot where I caught him smiling," she continued.

She sat on the window side of the plane. She sighed. Her plans of having a grand vacation in Japan, to spend time with her grandma, have been postponed due to the upcoming SUMMIT that will be held in New York. She sat properly and looked for something that would keep her busy. She didn't want to remember about the beach, the arcade, the [ark and the tennis court.

Jeez~ Nobody knows how much she wanted to get off from that plane and go home. What everyone knows is that she is SAKUNO RYUZAKI- a prominent sports analyst who needs to witness that years' SUMMIT to give critics and praises to deserving athletes. She then remembered the column she needs to review. She was looking for t on her bag, when she noticed that familiar white cap with an embroidered letter R in front. Her thoughts were proven right when she saw that already fine young looking guy, with the same unbrushed hair sleeping with his beloved cat, who's also sleeping, on his lap.

"Ryo-Ryoma!" Her eyes widen I disbelief when she finally got aware how silly she was looking at him. Her heart pounded so hard the she thought it was going out of her chest. She felt her cheeks burn, the way it always had whenever she saw him. She tried to calm herself down and when finally she reckoned that she's ready to face him again, she was greeted by hi intoxicatingly YOU'RE-LOOKING-AT-THE-RIGHT-THING eyes. Panic rushed to every little strand of her nerves. She instantly slammed her back on her seat and look outside the window.

"Sakuno, calm down! You're acting like crazy! You're supposed to talk to him! He's an exclusive expose'!" she heard her mind nagged.

She couldn't remember how many inhales and exhales she had before she finally had the courage to turn around and look at Ryoma. But the speech she was about to give remained suspended on her mind when her bag fell down, scattering all her things. The thud created by the bag awakened and scared Karupin, resulting to its unexpected escape.

Ryoma, on the sight of his pet running away, immediately ran after it, not minding his other belongings. She felt relieved on his absence and picked up the pieces of her scattered belongings as fast as she cold, afraid that he might arrive and caught her off guard again. She's about to zip her bag when she saw an unfamiliar brown leather wallet inside her bag. Checking if it was hers, she opened it and saw a picture of her and Ryoma on a wedding booth during their fourth year high school on that year's school festival.

"Somebody must have go it!" Tomoka continued. "But the question is who?" She frustratedly hit the table. "Mark my words Sakuno, whoever stole that photo of Ryoma, my loves, shall taste the vengeance of this fist!" she said then started punching on the air.

LOOKS LIKE TOMOKA'S GONNA HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS ON PUNCHING THE CULPRIT OF THE MISSING PHOTO! ^^.