Title: Thinking of You
Summary: Ryoma wants to forget Sakuno. He tried almost everything just to forget her but he can't and the only thing he can think of is to have a new girlfriend. But the more he tried to forget her the more he wanted to be with her.
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis (but I wish I own either Tezuka or Fuji…XD)
Chapter One
"I'm sorry Ryoma, but things are not working out for us. Maybe, it's the best if we just break this relationship."
"Yeah…"he replied. Even though he wants to say that he doesn't agree, he can't. Sakuno tried her best to keep this relationship intact unlike him, he took things for granted. Sakuno tried to understand that he has a dream that he wanted to fulfill but want did he do, did he even think that she has also a dream that she wanted to fulfill?
The next thing he saw was an image of her walking away, leaving him alone in the darkness.
Another weird dream, Ryoma thought. He hardly gets his precious sleep because of that 'weird dream'. Even his senpais notice that he doesn't get enough sleep.
~FLASHBACK~
"Ne, chibusuke, it seems that you need more time in sleeping lately," Momoshiro announced.
"Come on, Momo don't act as if you didn't encounter being rejected by the girl you like, you know those sleepless days," Eiji teased.
"So, Ryoma can also feel heart broken," Inui noted.
"Echizen, Momoshiro, Kikumaru and Inui, twenty laps around the court,"Tezuka demanded.
"Damn, these senpais after teasing me for being heart broken, now this is what I get," Ryoma retorted to himself.
~END OF FLASHBACK~
Ryoma heard the bell and walked back to his classroom. While walking in the corridor there was a girl next to him.
"Ahh…Echizen-kun wouldn't you mind if we go to the classroom together," the girl asked. She was holding a pair of pom-poms which obviously look that she is part of their school's cheering squad.
"Okay," Ryoma replied coldly with a question mark in his face. To be honest Ryoma didn't know the name of the girl but he knows that he met her somewhere. The girl sensed that probably he doesn't know her, so she introduced herself.
"I'm Yukimura Nina. Nice to meet you," the girl introduced.
Ryoma and the girl entered their classroom. They noticed that their classmates were giggling at them.
"I didn't know that Echizen and Yukimura looks good together," one of their classmates commented.
"They were classmates when they were in third year middle school. I bet that Echizen barely remembers Yukimura. He was too busy with his tennis and his ex-girlfriend, Ryuuzaki," the other said.
Ryoma is starting to get pissed. He didn't like being paired up with other person and he didn't like people prying his life, especially his love life. What happened between he and Ryuuzaki is their decision, which is something they wanted or rather she wanted.
Since there were no signs that the teacher will be, Ryoma continued to have his afternoon nap.
The rest of the day didn't go well for Ryoma. During his English class, the teacher made him translate a long story. During tennis practice, Tezuka made him run 10 laps around the courts, including the courts of the girls' tennis team. When Ryoma passed by the courts of the girls' tennis team, they were calling out Sakuno's name, who was busy in her match. It's obvious that they were teasing him. To add up, some of his senpais were able to witness the whole thing and started singing love songs like, Say Good-bye, My Happy Ending, Perfect, etc. which are obviously for the heart broken.
Finally their training finally ended. You can obviously see in his face that he is irritated. After he fixed his things he slammed the door of his locker. The people left in the club room were Ryoma and Fuji. Fuji took the opportunity to give an advice to his beloved kouhai.
"Echizen-kun, many people say that one of the most effective ways on how to move on is to find a new love. I wonder if it is true. What do you think, Echizen-kun," Fuji advised his kouhai. Ryoma didn't react. He had enough of people prying what happened between him and Ryuuzaki. They were together when they started their third year in middle school, but things didn't work out for them so they broke up before graduation. Now that they are in high school things are already different. He has his own life now, and she also has her own life, so why are still people trying to bring them together?
The next day was really different from what happened yesterday. His mom prepared some of his favorite foods for breakfast, his classmates stopped bugging him for some unknown reason and there was no tennis practice. Even though that people think that tennis is his life, but there were actually times that he just wanted to rest.
Before he went home, Ryoma tried to get another nap in the rooftop.
By the time that Ryoma woke up, the sun is starting to set. He saw a figure of a girl leaning in the railings of the rooftop. "Sakuno…" he first called out, but he tried to look once again. He was wrong. It not her it was another person. It was his classmate, Yukimura Nina.
"Konnichiwa, Echizen-kun," Yukimura greeted. Ryoma got up and Yukimura offered him a drink, Ponta.
"Thanks…"Ryoma said.
"Echizen-kun may I ask you something?"
"What is it?" Ryoma tried to have another sip of his drink.
"What do you like about a girl?"Ryoma was surprised about what Yukimura asked. He nearly spitted out what he drank.
"I'm sorry if I surprised you. It's okay if you don't answer,"Yukimura apologized while smiling at him.
"It's okay,"Ryoma replied, thinking what is this girl up to.
"You know I like guys who are into sports but also good in academics. I also like guys who have a cold demeanor but a real gentleman," Yukimura announced.
"What are you trying to say," Ryoma asked with a puzzling face.
"To make things simple, I like you Ryoma, ever since we were in middle school," the girl confessed.
Ryoma suddenly remembered what Fuji told him yesterday.
"Echizen-kun, many people say that one of the most effective ways on how to move on is to find a new love. I wonder if it is true. What do you think, Echizen-kun?"
Ryoma looked at the sky whether he will follow what his Fuji-senpai said or he will let time heal his wounded heart.
A.N.:I hope you enjoyed reading my story...Please read and review...=)
