Love Me
By: Iceyicecream
Chapter One
"Airplane from America has just landed in Tokyo and is soon to come to a stop. Please wait near designated spots for people leaving the plane."
A seventeen year old boy or more like a man came out of the plane and looked for his bags. He rolled his bag and carried a tennis case. He wore a white cap with an 'R' on the front. He looked around and smirked. He walked down the coward airport to get to the exit. "Ryoma-San!" Someone yelled.
The teenager looked up to find the source of the voice. A hand was raised in the air towards him. He walked over to her and couldn't help but be shocked. "Ryuzaki." He whispered.
She nodded her head. Her long brunette hair was let down and she was wearing a simple summer dress and sandals with an inch heel on it. She extended her hand out to him. "It's been a while." She said while adding a smile.
Ryoma nodded his head and took her hand awkwardly and shook it. "You've gotten bigger." Ryoma said while looking her up and down.
Sakuno frowned and turned. "Thank you, we better hurry back."
Ryoma looked at her back in confusion. Usually, she would have blushed and started to stutter. He followed her in silence as she called for a taxi and they were driven to their old school. The drive was quiet and awkward. Ryoma looked over at Sakuno to see her looking at something through her phone and then smiling. "Boyfriend?" Ryoma asked as causally as he could.
Sakuno shook her head. "Tomo-Chan sent me a funny picture." She said and showed it to him.
It was a picture of two girls smiling in the camera and another one having a rape face between them without their realization. Ryoma smirked. Sakuno shut her phone and that was the only thing they said in the taxi. They had made it to Seishun Academy. Everyone on the tennis team with Ryoma were standing at the gate smiling. "RYOMA/ECHIZEN!" They said happily.
Eiji and Momoshiro tackled Ryoma down. Tezuka looked at Sakuno. "It's been a while Ryuzaki-Chan." Tezuka said.
Sakuno nodded her head. "Good morning."
Ryoma's eyes narrowed. "Why is Tezuka-Sempai acting like that around Ryuzaki?"
"Ryoma still likes Sakuno!" Momoshiro said aloud.
"SHUT UP!" Ryoma yelled as he smacked him in head.
Momoshiro laughed and started to mess with Ryoma. "Ochibi is still short even though he's seventeen."
Ryoma stood up and looked down at his sempai. "You're one to talk Kikumaru-Sempai."
Eiji couldn't help but laugh, "I'm still flexible though!"
Oishi patted Ryoma on his shoulder. "It's good to have you back."
Ryoma smiled. "It's good to be back."
After some time of talking and playing, everyone had settled down and were lying in the grass. "What high school are you planning to go to?" Oishi asked.
Ryoma pondered it. "Didn't coach say that Seishun was now extended to high school?" He asked.
"Yeah, a few years back when you were in 8th grade in America she had thought of making Seishun up to high school." Oishi informed him.
"Then, I'm going here for high school." Ryoma stated.
Momoshiro looked around. "What happened to Sakuno?"
Everyone looked at him then around. "Tezuka too." Oishi said.
Ryoma gritted his teeth and stood up. "I'll go look around."
Momoshiro was about to get up and go as well but Kaidoh held his shoulder and shook his head. "He doesn't know about what went on between Tezuka and Sakuno." Kaidoh said.
Momoshiro looked down. "I don't think Echizen should seem them together without warning first."
Inui pushed up his glasses and flipped through his notebook. "98% Echizen will run into them together."
They sighed/
(With Ryoma)
He looked around and couldn't find them anywhere. "Tezuka-Sempai." He heard a soft voice say.
He followed the origins of the voice to the back of the gym. He stopped at the corner and took out his phone with a mirror cover and reflected it to see who it was. It was no other then Tezuka and Sakuno. Sakuno was pinned against Tezuka and the gym building. "I want you back." He whispered and leaned into her and rested his head on her shoulder.
Sakuno shook her head. "No, not again."
Tezuka looked at her with a pleading look in his eyes. He grabbed her arms and forcefully kissed her. She resisted but then gave in and kissed back. After a bit Tezuka broke the kiss off. "Will you?"
"No." Sakuno said flatly.
Tezuka frowned and released her. "Just because Echizen is here doesn't me I won't keep trying."
"Who ever said I liked him?" Sakuno snapped, "I've never loved him."
Tezuka looked at with pity and sadness mixed together. "You don't have to lie. I know you where devastated when he left to America."
Sakuno frowned. "You caught me, but I've changed, I'm not in love with him anymore."
He just turned away. "Think again about your answer."
Ryoma hid behind the cracks of the building waiting for Tezuka to pass. He had but, Sakuno hadn't yet. "I won't." She said and then she passed.
Ryoma felt confused, what had happened between Tezuka and Sakuno when he was gone. Why didn't she ask him to stay? Why didn't he stay even though he knew she liked him? Why didn't he notice that he had fallen in love with her? These questions ran through his head over and over again and he couldn't figure out the answer.