Summary : Ryoma is now a famous tennis player…now he needs some new clothes for some awarding, red carpets and more…then the manager recommended that a really great fashion designer in Europe could help him in his problem…what do you think will happen when the fashion designer itself, is Ryuzaki Sakuno?! RyoSaku-XD
-Our Appointment-
"Ryoma-kun, y-you'll come back to Japan someday…r-right?" Sakuno hesitated for she can't even accept it if his response will be something negative.
"Maybe." He answered nonchalantly. Sakuno was quite relieved of his answer…then she smiled…
"T-Then, good luck in America, Ryoma-kun." She said shyly… The prince smirked and as he turned around, he waved good bye to his sempais and friends. Then continued walking to a door that would separate them completely…
Then there were other messages that his sempais tried to catch up…
"Don't forget to drink at least three glasses of milk everyday!" Inui shouted.
"Call us some other time, Nya!" Eiji jumped while yelling.
"Down let your guard down." Tezuka muttered…
"And at least deliver us some food there!" And that was the last coming from Momo…
"Ryoma-sama, time to wake up." An old maid woman, who served him since his stay in America, briskly opened the heavy curtains.
"Uh…" The young master slowly woke up from his slumber as the bright sunshine stung his sleepy eyes.
"I'm up already!" He grumbled then threw his blanket out to prove that he is already awake…then it revealed his natural built body that whoever girl just took a glance of it might just faint/melt in where she is standing right now. Well, he always sleeps half-naked!
"Get up and be ready for breakfast, Ryoma-sama." Then the maid went out of his room.
"Hai." He lately answered as soon she was gone.
While eating, he was thinking…'How's Seigaku? Who are the new members? Are they good? What are sempais doing for a living/? How's Ryuzaki-sensei? How's…Ryuzaki (Sakuno)?' then he suddenly slowed down eating. 'Sakuno…'
When Ryoma began exiting his mansion, Nanjiroh began to yell…"Oi, seishonen! Good luck on your game! And bring me a girl as soon as possible! You know it's time for 'ya to get married some day!" Nanjiroh laughed very hard that the people in the mansion could hear it everywhere. After that, he received a punch from his wife.
"Shut up, oyaji!" Ryoma yelled as he went for the car waiting outside their house.
The game was over and (obviously…) Ryoma won. He rested in a room, waiting for his manager. His manager said he have something to tell him.
"Echizen-san, the game a while ago you just won was an important one…it's actually a game that was requested by the US preside-"
"I don't wanna go." Ryoma knew that they'll be awarding the winners by having a party so he immediately put down the offer.
Then suddenly the manager chuckled that made him receive one of Ryoma's death glares but it didn't affect the manager.
"I know you're gonna say that. That's why I told the president that you'll put down the offer immediately…" With no movements to spare, he just continued to glare at his manager with anticipated bad news…
"So the president tried to threaten you by not attending ANY tournaments unless you just go and attend that party…"
"You dirty old man…" Ryoma said while grinding his teeth and still shooting him some death glares. The manager didn't do anything but grin at his victorious threat against the tennis player.
"So tell me, what about that darn party?" Ryoma slouched as he just waited boringly for his manager's explanation.
"Well good thing you asked and by the way, you're going to have pictorial wearing clothes from a famous designer in Europe. You are to use her designed clothes for the party. To cut the long story short, you're gonna endorse her designs…" The manager paused for a while to watch the prince's reaction (which is obviously a bored expression). Then suddenly the manager grinned again and continued to talk.
"Oh, I forgot! You must have a partner at the party." The manager paused again to see what kind of expression Ryoma will show him now.
The manager has been with Ryoma since his professional tennis career started. That's why he knew Ryoma very well.
Ryoma on the other hand, thought he heard things wrong. But since he knew his ears are really sharp (quite egoistic are we?), he finally registered the words of the manager.
"What do you mean, partner?" Ryoma hoped it wouldn't be the one that he has in mind.
But unfortunately for him, it was.
"The president's party is expected to have at least a partner of your opposite sex. A date. And good thing is I already have a wife!" He grinned upon seeing the look on Ryoma's face. He was caught off guard with that statement. How the heck is he suppose to look for a date?! Ryoma never thought of the day that he is to look for a girl that could save his tennis career would come. Seriously, never.
And suddenly something came up in the prince's mind.
"Wait. You called the designer a 'her', right?" Ryoma asked.
"Right. Why?" The manager answered.
"How old is she?" He asked again.
"In her 20's I think…Maybe around your age." The manager answered.
'Heh. Good thing my problem is solved.' Ryoma thought smiling really wild which felt weird to his manager.
"W-Why did you ask?" The manager cautiously questioned.
"No reason. Tell me when I can meet her up for my photo shoot." Ryoma began to feel so lively again. He can't believe his problem will be solved immediately!
"Ah! I guess you could meet her next week in Paris, France. Shall I prepare your passport and everything?" The manager asked.
"Sure. Oh by the way…" Ryoma just forgot one question about the designer which sometimes can be some of an importance.
"What's her name?" Yeah. A question that might be of importance…
"Ah. Ryuzaki Sakuno." Upon hearing her name, Ryoma just smirked.
'Heh? Ryuzaki? Sakuno? This is gonna be fun.'
"Saku-chan! You've got a call from the manager of the guy who's going to use your clothes for his photo shoot!" Her ever loud-mouthed best friend, who just happens to be her assistant in this clothing designing, became somewhat of a secretary to the famous designer, Ryuzaki Sakuno.
"H-Hai! Coming!" Sakuno rushed to Tomoka's whereabouts and got the telephone from her bestfriend.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Hello, is this Ryuzaki-san?"
"H-Hai."
"I just want to inform you that we will be arriving next week then we will organize a schedule of when the fitting and designing will take place."
"Ah h-hai. Umm, may I ask who will be my customer?"
"Oh it's Echizen Ryoma. You know him?"
Then it startled her…
"Echizen Ryoma…Echizen…Ah! R-Ryoma-kun?!" She gasped as her mouth just released the old name unconsciously.
"Y-You know each other?!" This also startled the manager at the other line.
"Ah. N-No…Sorry to bother you…well then, Thank you for negotiating with me…Jane." Sakuno nearly panicked as she realized what she had done.
"N-No it's fine. And you're welcome." As the manager put down the phone something just bugged him…'Hmm…Something's really fishy. I just can't tell why.'
And that ends the conversation on the phone.
As Sakuno puts down her phone, she just released a big sigh of relief out her mouth and her heart suddenly started to beat faster than normal. 'Oh no…What am I gonna do?! R-Ryoma-kun is coming! Waah! What to do?!' She's panicking alright.
Tomoka, noticing Sakuno's deep red tint on her cheeks and her reckless panicking, went to her best friend designer and began asking for the details of the conversation on the phone.
"Saku-chan! Nani? Nani? What happened? It's been years since you've been blushing hard!"
"Tomo-chan…it's because…" Sakuno just whispered the details because she's too embarrassed to say it out loud. Same old Sakuno…
"NANI?! Ryoma-sama is coming?!"
"Tomo-chan, ssshhh!" Even though they're the only ones left in her famous building, she can still feel embarrassment overpowering her knowing the fact that the Echizen Ryoma is coming in her place to meet her!
'Sigh, what am I going to do now Ryoma-kun and I are going to meet very soon! Good thing I askedthe name nowbefore I get a surprise heart attack on the time of meeting! Mou…'
Yosh! I am planning to have a oneshot in here…but I guess I really want to add up 2-3 chapters though…hehe…please bear with me if I'll be submitting the next chapter LATER than expected…^^