SUMMARY: Sakuno is now in high school moving on from her long time crush and tennis when their new class adviser decides to give them a unique project. Will this be able to help her? But where does the famous stoic captain of Seigaku fit in this picture?
Summary (the original one 'cause FF only allowed a max of 255 characters):
Ryuzaki Sakuno is already in high school. She's over her long time crush on a certain tennis prince and also understands that tennis isn't for her so now she's looking for other activities that might interest her when their teacher appears and gives them a unique project. Will this be able to answer her quest? But where does the famous stoic captain of Seigaku fit in this picture?
Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of Tennis.
A/N: This is my first time writing a TezuSaku fanfic.. Heck.. This is the first time I'm even writing a multi-chaptered fanfic! Well anyway I hope you will enjoy this! Oh and please bear with the relatively slow flow of the story~ I want to dwell into building up the characters and their relationships~
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Sketchy Flavors of Love
by: hikao-chan
Chapter1: The First Day
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It was a pleasant Monday morning for two high school girls who were on their way to school. Even though the air was a tad bit chilly it was still very comfortable since the sun was giving off an adequate amount of warmth. The sides of the road they were walking on were lined with magnificently blooming cherry blossom trees and it seemed like the place was bathed in a pink hue.
'It's just like a painting,' thought a certain auburn-haired girl with twin braids.
"Ne, Sakuno are you listening?"
It was Osakada Tomoka's voice that pulled Ryuzaki Sakuno from her musings that early morning. They were nearing the school gate when her best friend noticed her deep in thought.
"Ah. Gomen, Tomo-chan! I'm just admiring the cherry blossoms. They're really in full bloom today," she smiled while her friend just sighed at her.
"Mou… Aren't you excited that today is our first day here in high school? This is it! We will be able to meet new people and we might even find a boyfriend!" her friend declared with a certain fire in her eyes.
Sakuno chuckled lightly at her friend's behavior before telling her that most of their classmates would probably be from the same middle school as them in which case Tomoka just listened with deaf ears. Their conversation ranged from a variety of topics until they reached the school gate where they were greeted by a pair of familiar faces.
"Ah! Eiji-senpai! Oishi-senpai! " Sakuno uttered in surprise.
"HOI HOI! RYUZAKI-CHAN! I knew it was you when I saw those familiar braids, nya! So, where's Ochibi? Is he with you guys? But I don't see him anywhere? W-wait! Is he skipping the first day? He isgoing to this high school isn't he? Did he change his mind? B-but I talked to him last week over the phone and he said he'll be here!"
Kikumaru Eiji greeted her with great enthusiasm accompanied by a lot of questions. Because of his sudden outburst almost all the students passing by were now looking at them curiously which caused Sakuno to feel a bit embarrassed.
Well who wouldn't spare these two guys a glance? These few years really did change them a lot. Aside from the difference in height, the deepening of their voice and the slight change in their muscular built they also sported new hairstyles*. Oishi's hair has grown and his signature bangs were not present anymore. On the other hand, Kikumaru had his hair divided almost equally before but now his hair parted to the left and he has bangs too. The years turned them into fine young men indeed.
"Eiji!" It was Oishi Shūichirō's reprimanding voice that seemed to catch the red-head's attention.
"Nya, I'm sorry about that Ryuzaki-chan! I was just excited to see familiar faces again!" he grinned sheepishly before going back to his place next to his doubles partner.
"Please forgive Eiji's behavior, Ryuzaki-san, Osakada-san. You know how he is," Oishi said earning him laughter from the two girls and a pout from his read-head friend.
"It's okay, Oishi-senpai. We're used to it by now," Tomoka said to which they laughed again. They started talking about a lot of things to catch up with the happenings in their respectively lives. Sakuno almost forgot that Eiji-senpai and Oishi-senpai were one of the friendliest people in the tennis club. They were having a lot of fun discussing random things when she remembered something.
"A-ano, senpai . Are you waiting for Ryoma-san here?" Sakuno asked.
There was a tinge of surprise in Oishi eyes after hearing the change in honorific for the tennis prince but it seemed that Sakuno failed to notice his reaction.
'Well not only her,' he silently thought as Kikumaru was the one who answered for them.
"Yep! But we're also here to guide the freshmen students. See?" he said before showing off a white shoulder band that read Student Council Committee.
"Student Council Committee?" she read while tilting her head to the right. This time Oishi was the one to reply.
"Yes, we're now part of the Student Council. I'm the Auditor. Eiji's the Public Information Officer and well, Tezuka is still the Student Council President."
"Eh? Tezuka-senpai is still the president? Isn't that a bit hard?" she exclaimed before immediately covering her mouth with her hand when she spotted a familiar figure heading towards their direction.
Oishi, Sakuno and Tomoka all had their attention to that person while Kikumaru merely laughed at her actions oblivious to what was really happening.
"Well, it really is hard for normal person but we're talking about Tezuka here! I don't really think he's pretty norm-"
Before Kikumaru could even finish he was interrupted by someone behind him.
*cough*
Kikumaru sweat-dropped when he heard that voice. He tried fixing his expression before slowly turning his head to the subject of their conversation.
Kunimitsu Tezuka was standing right behind him with his usual stoic expression but that didn't stop heads from turning towards him and other girls from staring at his handsome figure. Just when Tomoka thought that the renowned tennis captain couldn't get any more good-looking than he already is, she was clearly mistaken. Even her best friend who wasn't the type to appreciate a good-looking young man has a tinge of pink in her cheeks.
'The senpai-tachis really changed a lot, "Sakuno mused as she kept looking at the three men in front of her. Even though Tezuka is close with her grandmother, she never really saw him after her senpais graduated from middle school.
He was a lot taller now, his shoulders were broader and his muscular built also changed quite a bit. If you were to compare his current body structure from his middle school days you would probably say that his middle school self was lean while his current self looks like he has maintained his body well. Moreover, his hair was a bit longer than before and it was arranged in quite a stylish manner.
"Ehehe…T-Tezuka! We w-were just talking about you..eheh..uh.."
"Yes, I heard," he stated coolly before turning his gaze at the two young ladies beside Oishi particularly at a certain girl with twin braids. Recognition flooded his eyes and he nodded towards Sakuno as a sign of greeting. She was surprised by his action but immediately bowed and smiled at him. It seemed that she thought he has forgotten her.
"Eiji is just kidding about the whole 'not normal' thing,Tezuka," Oishi offered his explanation when he saw his doubles partner sending him ridiculous S.O.S. signals. The two girls tried to hold in their laughter because of their senpai's silly antics.
The stoic captain just blinked at that statement before adjusting his glasses.
"The opening ceremony is about to start," he reminded them then turned his back and walked towards the school auditorium. He may have changed in appearance but Tezuka was still a man of few words. After hearing that, Sakuno immediately checked her watch only to find out that they were talking for a good half hour now.
"A-ano ,it's good to see you senpai-tachi's again but I think we really should be going now," she smiled apologetically.
"It's okay, Ryuzaki-san. Sorry for keeping you here," Oishi said.
"It was fun talking to you guys, nya! Let's just see each other in school, okay?" Kikumaru chided in while giving them a childish grin.
"Hai!" Sakuno beamed before bowing her head and pulling her friend towards the direction that Tezuka went to.
The school auditorium was a sight to behold. It was only recently built because according to a teacher who was greeting the students in the entrance they were the first batch of freshmen students to hold their opening ceremony here. The chairs were lined in a semi-circled fashion and in the middle of it was the stage. The edges of the stage were furnished with blue and white balloons while the platform for the speakers was decorated by flowers. There were stairs on both sides of the stage and these were also embellished with the necessary decorations.
'I wonder why they built such an extravagant auditorium,' Sakuno mused. After a few minutes, she became busy looking at the ceiling to count how many lights there are while waiting for the ceremony to start. Just then she saw someone approach the platform and clear his throat before speaking into the microphone.
"I would like to greet everyone a pleasant morning," Ishikawa Takao, the headmaster of Seishun Senior High School, addressed them in a cheerful tone. He was a lean old man probably around 58 to 60 with grayish white hair. Even though he looks old there were still traces of how good-looking he had probably been when he was younger. He continued with his speech even though only a minority of the incoming freshmen students was actually listening to him. Sakuno was one of those. She was always very keen on abiding rules and listening to people properly when they talk. Her grandmother always told her to watch her manners and that even though a lot of people were doing it she shouldn't be dragged into the flow of the crowd.
While still listening to the headmaster she studied the other 15 people seated at chairs on the stage. She was sitting at the 4th row so she can see their faces quite clearly. While she was studying them her gaze stopped at a female teacher. She was wearing a yellow long-sleeved turtleneck sweater and a pair of navy blue leggings. Her long curly pink hair was adorned with a white headband.
'Pretty,' Sakuno couldn't help but stare at the beautiful teacher and as if on cue the said female teacher turned to her direction and she was now staring directly into deep azure eyes. The teacher smiled at her before turning her attention back to the headmaster. Sakuno bowed her head in embarrassment of being caught staring.
She glanced over to her right to find her friend, Tomoka, looking at the other students to look for her so called "destined lover". Honestly, her friend should try to tone down her daydreams during times like this.
'And I should stop staring at people because it is rude,' she reprimanded herself for her actions. Sakuno tried to signal Tomoka to stop turning her head too much because she was also attracting the attention of other students when she felt someone was looking at her. She turned her view towards the opposite direction only to be caught by a familiar pair of golden eyes.
'Ah! Ryoma-san! ' She raised her hand and gave him a little wave.
Echizen Ryoma just nodded in acknowledgment and immediately turned towards the stage. His eyes narrowed a bit when he spotted someone familiar on the stage. It wasn't because of the person why he reacted that way it was because of what that person was doing.
Tezuka was busy trying to stop some of the freshmen students who were obviously chatting away too loudly during the ceremony by staring them down with his eyes. Of course, no one would dare try to equal his hard gaze. Well except for a certain Echizen Ryoma and his best friend Syūsuke Fuji who seemed to be immune to it.
He scanned the entire auditorium to search for Ryoma. When he did see him the first year wasn't looking at the stage in front but at his left side. He followed his line of vision and saw that Ryoma was looking not at something but at someone that someone being Ryuzaki Sakuno.
He wasn't able to look at her properly this morning because he was busy telling other first years to proceed to the auditorium. It's been almost a year since he last saw her and she's taller now and her hair was longer but they were still kept in her signature twin braids giving a sort of childlike air around her. She doesn't stand out much from the crowd but when you do notice her you would probably get lost in her doe-like chocolate brown eyes surrounded by full thick eyelashes.
'Minus the braids and she'll probably have a lot of suitors lining up for her. Well, even if she still wears her hair in braids I doubt that would be a problem. She's already beautiful inside and out,' Tezuka contemplated. He was a bit perplexed at his train of thought because he has never really envisioned something like that with regards to the girl.
'Maybe it's because you haven't seen her for while,' a little voice in his head said explained.
'That's it. She was like a little sister to me before in middle school,' he added. When he was contented with his reasoning he turned his vision back to Ryoma only to be met by his strange gaze. The first year was looking at him with slightly narrowed eyes to which the stoic captain of Seigaku answered with a blank stare. He had a hunch as to why the boy was looking at him strangely but he just casually dismissed it. He paid attention to the ceremony because after the headmaster it was the student council president's turn to speak.
After finishing his speech with his famous saying, "Don't let your guard down," he immediately returned to his seat.
Unbeknownst to him the little staring game he had a while ago didn't go unseen by a pair of curious eyes. Tsukimiya Ringo smiled sweetly at Tezuka before standing up and heading towards the platform since the homeroom teachers would be the next to say a few things.
I think this school year is going to be interesting.
つづく
To Be Continued
A/N: Please kindly leave a REVIEW! Tell me what you guys think about it and if there are any mistakes or if they're OOC ~ I would love to hear from you even if it's just a one-liner review :D
Also I'm sorry if it's a bit short but I promise to make it up on the next chapters~ I just find it quite hard to stop myself from publishing this that's why it's so short ;P
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