I was thinking too much and happened to be a bit inspired by yumeyana's Saeki fanfics then there is also some other fanfics featuring Saeki on lovefifteen with the rest of Rokkaku.

Another reason is that Saeki needs more love from us, fangirls, especially for this Valentine! So here I have more Saeki goodies to love him more!

PS: Actually it's told from Sanada's POV so if you don't mind... but I promise there is Saeki in there!

Title: When He Falls in Love

Fandom: Prince of Tennis

Pairing: Sanada GenichirouxSaeki Kojirou

Genre: Drama, a bit of AU

Rating: PG-13 (due to yaoi content)

Summary: What should Sanada do if he is infatuated by a certain black/white-haired vice captain of Rokkaku?

Warning: Yaoi, means boys kissing, mild to moderate OOC, AU, mild Higa-bashing later

Disclaimer: These boys are not mine, just borrowing them for fun!

Chapter 1: Our First, Second and Third Time

The first time Sanada heard of Saeki Kojirou is not during the tennis tournament or even in any tennis-related but he heard it when he was attending a kendo tournament. He was there with his grandfather who was the owner of Sanada kendo dojo. He remembered that it was quite crowded and there was a kendo match going on. He also remembered that it was one of the persons who engaged in the match that captured his attention. The way the person executed the moves were economic, sharp and precise. It was elegant and from Sanada's view, even if that said person often in defensive part, it was obvious that he was going to be the winner from the match.

Then it turned out that it had not only captured his attention, but also his grandfather who is a very strict and has a high-standard of anything related to kendo. He was even quite surprised to hear his grandfather commented that person nicely enough. As nice as a Sanada can comment on someone though.

The name caught both his and his grandfather's attention later after the said person had just ended the match with a parry then a well-executed blow that knocked the shinai off of his opponent's hand's grip and he was announced as the match's winner.

It was Saeki Kojirou.

Yet Sanada did not caught a glimpse the face behind the protective mask as his grandfather was already calling him away from the match.

The second time Sanada came across Saeki Kojirou was during the Kantou tournament on the third year of junior high. It was when Renji was telling him that Rikkai Dai would be playing with Seigaku in the final instead of Rokkaku Chuu.

Sanada caught a glimpse of the kanji characters that read Saeki Kojirou in the sheet of paper that Renji gave to him when both of them were discussing about the line-up for Kantou final.

It appeared in conclusion of Seigaku-Rokkaku's match that Saeki is not a good tennis player, at least not in the level of Rikkai's Three Demons. Yet still Sanada was intrigued by the said person even if he usually did not care much about weak players.

Perhaps it is the way he fights in kendo Sanada mused whilst still listening to Renji's suggestion upon the line-up.

The second time Sanada see those kanji characters and the second time he heard the name as well as the first time he actually has an image to put on with the name besides the one masked figure clothed in kendo's apparel, was during the junior senbatsu training camp.

People often says that the third is the charm and Sanada just did not know if it was the charm or luck that get him so close with the person he had silently wished to meet.

Still Sanada was surprised to see that Saeki was invited to the junior senbatsu camp along with his other two teammates, the long-haired one and the tall messy orangeish-haired one. Thus when the groups are announced, Sanada was rendered speechless that he was in the same group with him.

"Sanada Genichirou of Rikkai Dai Fuzoku. Nice to meet you!"

While Sanada was still speechless, the person beside him who was offering a hand shake appeared to be the said person he was anticipating. Saeki Kojirou in his Rokkaku's uniform was standing beside him and smiling up to him while extending his hand for a friendly hand shake. Throat constricted, Sanada said nothing but he took the hand.

"Aa."

"Not a man of many words are you? Well, I hope we get along fine!"

Sanada still said nothing but looked at him coolly, taking in the angular face that was smiling up and the quiet amused chuckle.

"Ah. Saeki Kojirou of Rokkaku."

"Yanagi Renji, Rikkaidai's Master. Pleased to meet you!"

Yanagi nods on Saeki's greeting, "A pleasure of mine too."

Then someone was calling on Saeki thus he excused from both Yanagi and Sanada after a polite nod.

"Interesting person, isn't he, Genichirou?"

Unfortunately, there was only a grunt.

End of chapter 1

Author's note:

1. It is my first time I write something about Saeki and I do hope this turns out well. Sanada is quite hard to be written, not to mention the always there Yukimura and Yanagi as they are Troika. I hope I can potray them quite well. Perhaps it will be more interaction of the troika and the rest of Rikkai's on later chapters but I'll do my best!

2. It is a rare pairing I know but still Saeki is one of my favorite character and frankly I don't really like Saeki-Fuji pairing. I did contemplate on pairing Saeki with Tezuka but I don't like to write Tezuka (he's too stoic and speak too little … my whole fic will only consist … then) as well as the Seigaku-s so I thought why not someone of Rikkai since I like them thus I come up with Sanada. Honestly speaking it was yumeyana's SanadaxSaeki ficcie that really inspires me this fic!

3. Saeki needs more love! And what's better than writing a fic about him?

4. Well, it's my first time writing PoT fics so please do forgive me if I got some tennis or kendo jargons wrong.

5. My beta is only Words 2008 so please do excuse the grammatical mistakes. My regular beta-reader now hates me ;;

6. Hope you guys enjoy this fic and please do comment/review!