Ryoma POV

I admit it. I'm possesive of that idiotic girl with the stupid pigtails. She stutters in an abnormal way, blushes by my side every morning, but it's pretty cute...

Not that I enjoy it or anything.

It annoys the heck out of me when she can't say one sentence without stammering, or when sempais try to seduce her....

The latter of which outrages me to no extent. I just wanna rip their-

Ahem, never mind.

This morning Sakuno waved to me, as usual. She was smiling, still, as usual. Sakuno held my hand on the way to our school. I wasn't expecting that, but I was flexible about it, and I knew why.

"Another dare?" I had asked nonchalantly. "n-nani?" Came her mouse reply. "Is this another dare by Tomoko?" "Ano...." "Is it?" I pressed. "n-no..."

No effin' way.

This isn't Sakuno. "Who are you, and what have you done to Ryuzaki?" I questioned, a slender eyebrow raising as I stopped in my tracks.

"I am Ryuzaki." She said softly, a stammer threatening to creep into her voice. "Ryuzaki never holds my hand." I countered, dropping her hand. Her nervous look grew into an embarrassed blush. "B-But...Ryuzaki likes you, Ryoma-kun. That's why she held your hand."

All I could do was smile at my mouse.

"Fine. Ryoma likes Ryuzaki then." I said, deciding to play along with her third-person talk. "He does?" "Yes, but he'll stop liking Ryuzaki if she continues to stammer." I didn't know if she could tell that I was only messing around, but by the way her eyes grew, I could tell that she was serious. "H-He will?" Again with the third-person talk. "Now he doesn't like her." I smirked when she started to babble out choppy sentences. "Calm down, Ryuzaki, it's not that big of a deal. Ryuzaki will eventually find someone different to love, right?" Sakuno's eyes filled with tears. "No, no, no! Ryuzaki will never find anyone different because Ryuzaki loves Ryoma-kun and Ryoma-kun only!" She exclaimed, her tiny hands balled into fists. Even with her little fit of drama, she was still cute. And even though I didn't want to, I had to admit that I loved her. I got closer to her tear stained face. "That's good..." I started, locking lips with her. "Becuase Ryoma-kun loves Sakuno." She gasped, holding her lips. "He does?" I only nodded yes. "H-He called me Sakuno....." "Love brings changes, does it not?" I asked, holding out a hand for her. Her fingers laced around mine, and I found myself in her embrace.

Even though we were probably both late for school......

It was a great way to start our morning.