Hi there! Sorry for the long wait! Well, the wait was actually over for I promised that I will make a sequel of Absolute Kiss which I entitled 'Absolute Couple.' So for the first chapter of the sequel, please enjoy. (For those who haven't read Absolute Kiss, please read that first. This is the continuation of the story.)

For those who didn't know, I made an epilogue of Triangle Hearts. You can see the chapter there thanks.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own POT or the translation song of Junko Minagawa. Only my imaginations.

Chapter 1: Two of Us

Chapter Summary: They just arrived to America. Sakuno was very happy in the new atmosphere that he showed to her. But there was a problem and that is…

My noisy heart is trembling
It's just, I want to be spending time with you.
I always want to be by your side.

I will hold you close.
Words just cannot express

You don't have to say a word.
Just by the two of us being like this

~Junko Minagawa – Futari

September 1st:

She couldn't believe herself that she was actually stepping on that ground at the airport. She looked around the area innocently;

"R-ryoma-kun look! I can see a lot of Americans. And there are foreigners too." Sakuno pointed to him, innocently.

Ryoma sighed. I could deny that she wasn't with me if someone bothered asking me. He thought while looking at his girlfriend, "Stop it, you will see that everyday."

"B-but it is my first time setting foot here in America. Y-you can't take my excitement away from me." she pouted.

"Yeah! Yeah! Let's go." He said timidly as he grabbed her and exited the airport.

They have been going out for merely six months now but she still couldn't erase her embarrassment and shyness in her system every time he did something simple like that.

Ryoma called a taxi and let Sakuno in first before him. He said an address in English that she didn't understand. After forty-minutes of short travelling, the taxi stopped at a certain building. They entered the place as she noticed that it was actually an apartment building. It doesn't look like from the outside but it was not noticeable when entered inside. The ambiance was so calm and simply yet elegant. When Ryoma finished talking to the receptionist, he leaded her to the elevator and pushed the 9th floor botton. The elevator stopped directly to the floor that he pushed. They walked further and stopped at a certain door.

"We're here." Ryoma said as he opened the door.

Sakuno was amazingly dazzled when she saw what's inside. She first spotted the kitchen set to her left. It was all cleaned and furnished. To her right was the sala set. She could see the 37 inch. Flat TV screen upfront the sala set. She ran forward when she saw a balcony.

"I-It's… beautiful," Sakuno couldn't stop praising the scenery. She could see the great scenes from where she was standing. She could also predict the scene when night falls. She looked around the balcony, it was actually a terrace, comfortable enough for resting, "Did you… live here before?" She asked him afterwards.

"This is our unit." Ryoma said as he went closer to her.

"E-eh?" she was shocked as she looked at him.

"Look, we can practice tennis below." Ryoma pointed a certain area below. Sakuno traced it and he was right. There was a tennis court below and she could see some people practicing.

"Y-you are pretty-rich… Ryoma-kun." she was shocked on what she just discovered.

"Don't give me that. It was my coach who gave us all these blessings and Oyaji just got these things from his winnings years ago and now mine but I couldn't careless." He retorted.

"But still… this unit is so… unbelievable."

"Enough with that now give me your belongings." He said as he held his hand to her.

"E-eh? W-why?" She wondered.

Ryoma retorted, "What do you mean why? I'll take them to your room, of course."

"M-my room? I-I thought I'll have my own unit n-near to this place, h-haven't I?" She was getting nervous already.

Ryoma stared at her for a while and then he smirked as he suddenly said, "We're going to live here together."

It took seconds for her to understand that before reacting a bit delayed, "E-EEEHHHH!"

Ryoma raised his eyebrow, "What are shrieking there about? Are you worried?"

"O-of course, I am worried," She blushed, still hasn't recovered on what she just learned, "L-living with you here… "

She couldn't finish her words. The tennis prodigy sighed, "Relax, I won't do anything bad to you. I'll sleep next to your room." He pointed another room which was next to hers. She didn't actually notice the doors near the sala set when they entered the unit.

Sakuno became speechless. The thought of living with him was unbelievable. They are like husband and wife with that get up.

Wait.

What was she thinking? That was so good to be true. She blushed more because of her embarrassing thoughts.

Ryoma noticed her flushed face so he thought of teasing her a little. He leaned closer to her and smirked as he said, "don't worry, I'll be gentle."

She panicked that time and stuttered a lot, "W-wh-what a-are y-you-" only to be shocked when she saw Ryoma chuckled 'pfft' at her, "M-mou Ryoma-kun, S-stop teasing me already."

"Mada Mada Da Ne, Ryuzaki Sakuno-san." He stared at her keeping his non-changeable reaction.

She pouted. She knew that he was just teasing her and he was enjoying it, "I-I'll go to my room now." She dashed into her room that he pointed to be hers. As long as she entered inside, she leaned from the door frame. She felt her heart was beating so fast and it didn't seem to calm her for a while. She realized something;

"W-we're going to live… together… just the two of us."

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Sakuno just went out from her room when she heard Ryoma arguing on the phone.

"You don't have to tell me that, Baka Oyaji!" he dropped the phone to its receiver after saying that. When he noticed her presence he looked at her and said, "I called home and informed them that we already arrived here."

"I-I see." She agreed but she was still wondering why he argued with his father just a while ago. He spoke as if he read her thoughts;

"Oyaji was telling me something stupid."

"W-what did your father say?"

"I won't bother knowing it if I were you." he just said and turned around.

Sakuno didn't ask him any further. He wouldn't tell her anyway. She walked closer to the phone and grabbed it from the receiver, "I-I'll call Obaa-chan."

Ryoma nodded as he sat on the sofa and turned on the TV. His eyes were on the big screen but his mind was not actually on the show. He was thinking they were in right now. It was actually his father who suggested that they should live together. Knowing that his father won't do anything good he still followed his suggestion and he ended up teasing him on the phone earlier. He kept saying 'if you have a chance, grab it' thing to him. When his senpais learned about this, they helped the senior samurai to implement their 'plan.' The idea wasn't bad after all. Living under the same roof got him chill down his spine. He won't admit it but it gave him the chance to spend time with her… no trailing, no nosy senpais, no taking pictures, no naggers and most of all, no Inui-senpai's vegetable juice. He smirked on the thought.

"U-uhm… R-ryoma-kun." Sakuno called him after calling her grandmother.

"Hn." He replied just like that still staring at the screen.

"Are you—are you going to watch that?"

"What?" he came back to his senses. He just realized that he was watching a kiddie show. The host was currently singing a nursery song. Ryoma twitched as he changed the channel to something sporty.

Sakuno giggled lightly on his reaction. She thought that he was probably thinking of something and was not aware of what he's watching. She went to the kitchen to get familiarize with the things there.

I can make meals for Ryoma everyday now that we're going to live together from now on. She thought but blushed at the same time. She's always been waiting for him before, knowingly that they were not a couple back then. But now, she was here… with him. She could spend time with him like they didn't have before. Her heart was beating so hard while thinking those thoughts;

M-my noisy heart is trembling… so wildly. She said in her mind as she blushed.

"Do you want to stroll the place?"

She flinched when he suddenly talked, "U-Uhmm, I-I love to b-but… "

Ryoma closed his eyes as he realized something. It was so stupid of him to ask her out when they just arrived. He sensed that she was tired probably she might have her jet lag later, "Iie, you can rest first. We can do that some other time. We still have a week before school starts."

Sakuno was happy on his word, "L-let me cook something for you first, f-for our lunch."

Ryoma stared at her smiling face. It was obviously transparent… the happiness from her expression. He didn't know when he did start liking this klutzy girl, the feeling made him so excited. He watched her as she do her thing in the kitchen. He was lucky to have a girlfriend who's a good cook but he would never tell her that. He would keep that to himself. Another thing that it was good no one could see them now if he would do something fondly towards her. That thought felt him the urge of hugging the girl. He stood up from the sofa and went closer to her. The girl was pretty busy making their lunch that she didn't notice his presence from her back.

Really… this girl is always letting her guard down. He thought as he shook his head. It was easy for him to approach her without her noticing. He then slowly wrapped his arms to her shoulders causing the girl to shriek as he expected that kind of reaction from her.

"R-r-yoma-k-kun, W-what are you doing?" She stuttered as she blushed. She was actually panicking on his actions. She tried to struggle from his arms.

"Don't move." Ryoma ordered her hugging her more tightly.

"B-but I am cooking," She gasped for his grip. Her heart was beating fast. It was unusual for Ryoma to do this kind of thing. Was it because they were in America right now? …Because they were alone? Her eyes widened as she tried to put her thought aside, "I-It'll get burn."

"Forget it, I'm not hungry," He said burying his face to her hair.

"I-I can't do that. I-if you are not hungry, then I am." She said as she tried to think of something.

"You let your guard down. What if I take my joke back? What will you do?" Ryoma smirked. He really enjoyed teasing the girl now that they were in that situation.

"M-mou… s-stop it. Y-you made me embarrassed already." Sakuno was able to pout at such time.

"You know," Ryoma started, "No pictures will be taken from now on. I haven't done this for a while."

Sakuno was a bit surprised on his words and the red color on her face stayed there for a while. It was never in her dreams that he would do something like this. Did he just restraining all the time? Her boyfriend was not really expressive. It was just his words that he couldn't express. Her heart was beating so fast and she just hoped that he wouldn't hear it.

He noticed that she calmed down a bit but he could still see her flushed face. He will never admit it but he was very proud when he made her blush like that… something that HE could do by himself. If someone made her blush like that the only reason was only one and that was him. He smirked while thinking;

Well, there is nothing that I can't do.

They remained silent there for a while until Sakuno spoke;

"R-ryoma-kun… I-I really NEED to cook." She tried for the very last time.

He sighed as he beginning to notice the smell of her cooking. If he won't release her any longer the food would definitely get burn. He finally released her from his hug and stood behind her. The girl continued cooking but she was still blushing. Sakuno looked at him at her side and talked;

"Y-you could wait at the dining table… I-it will be ready in a minute."

"Un." He said as he put his hands into his pockets and started to walk to the table. He sat on the chair and stared at her for a while and thought.

She is serious when she's cooking. Was it because she's cooking for me? He thought but he put that aside later. Didn't he receive lots of homemade bento from her before? Even they were not a couple he was always receiving some from her.

Later on, Sakuno brought the food to the table and started eating… silently.

It was… really awkward. She thought while she was eating her food. She stole a glance at him sometimes to see his reaction. He seems to be enjoying what I prepared for him… I am glad. She sighed after thinking that.

"Hey… "

"H-hai!" she flinched when the boy suddenly spoke.

"Where do you want to go?" Ryoma asked her.

"Eh?"

"Which place do you want to see first?"

"P-place?" she uttered, "I-I would like to see the school… a-and the tennis court below."

Ryoma sighed, "You could see the both of them near here. You've seen the court just a while ago."

"I-I want to have a closer look. L-let's go there… t-tomorrow if you like." Sakuno pleaded him.

"Un" he liked it as well. Good thing that they had the same passion. That's why they get along when it comes to this kind of things. He was actually expecting of something girlish from her girlfriend, like taking her to a shopping center or fancy shops. But the girl didn't ask him that. The girl was still blushing all the time.

They finished eating afterwards. Sakuno washed their dishes as Ryoma went back to the sofa to continue watching a tennis match.

"A-actually… Ryoma-kun, there are lots of things… that I want to see," Sakuno suddenly said. Ryoma looked at her. "But I can't name them all… yet."

"Sou ka," Ryoma replied to her, "Take time to think then. We have a week to visit the places that you want to see. There's a magazine inside a cabinet near you, it will help you."

"U-un, T-thank you." she said. After she finished doing her dishes, she looked at the magazine that he instructed her where to find. She found it and he was right, there were lots of interesting places to see in America. She would look at them later when she had her rest.

"I-I'll go to sleep now. Aren't you going to rest too?" Sakuno said as she went in front of her room.

"I'll rest later, you go ahead." Ryoma replied as he didn't shift his attention from the screen.

"O-ok then… L-later." She said as she finally went in and closed the door behind her.

Ryoma stayed enough in that sofa as he felt his eyes were tiring him as well. He pushed the off button of the remote as he stretched from the sofa. He stood up as he went closer from the door. He stared at the two doors in front of him.

She is just inches away. Everything will be turned out fine. He thought as he stared at the closed door of his girlfriend. He closed his eyes afterwards as he opened the door of his room. He thought another thing before entirely coming in to his room.

There's just things that you can't express through words… you don't have to say a word… being like this is enough… just the two of us.

Done! How was the first chapter? I don't know if you liked it. What do you think will happen now that they are living together under the same roof? Don't think beyond that, I think you are thinking just I expected you to think but that's not how I am planning to put in my story. Just stay tuned and find out. Move surprises and unexpected things will come for both of them. BTW, this is American based, so sorry that the regulars will appear as cameos only. But I hope you will still like this. Thank you very much.

Do you like the length of this chapter? I need opinions about this? I've been wondering if the length is better than Triangle Hearts (read the story if you are wondering. Just click my name. Thanks.) or so. Please tell me so that I will know how much I should right.

Sorry for the Ooc and the wrong grammar... ;P

Reviews please! Review will depends on how many chapters that I am going to make of Absolute Couple. A word will be definitely be appreciated by me. ^_^

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