Title:
CANTEEN ROMANCE: THE SPOON OF
LOVE
Category: Anime/Manga
» Prince of Tennis
Author: silverDoe02
Language: English,
Rating: Rated: K+
Genre: General/Friendship
Published:
03-17-09, Updated: 04-05-09
Chapters: 4, Words: 4,436
Chapter 1: PROLOGUE
CANTEEN ROMANCE: THE SPOON OF LOVE
SETTING: One year before Ryuzaki Sakuno & Echizen Ryoma met at the train
SUMMARY: Elementary students are not supposed to go to the Junior High canteen but the graders are such a bunch of rule-breakers… including a certain braided brunette.
DISCLAIMER: silverdoe02 doesn't own Prince of Tennis
PROLOGUE
It's been two years ago when the young brunette accompanied her grandmother to witness the graduation of her future regulars.
The young Ryuzaki never knew them except for her favorite and adored Fuji-sempai. Though she heard great stories about someone named Tezuka and his prodigiously tennis skills, she never met him but she knew that when she see him, she'll recognize him.
The graduation ceremony was never fanciable to Sakuno especially when she knows none of the candidates. So… by the time the rite ended, she was nearly dozing off.
Her grandmother beckoned her to wait outside where she won't get mobbed by the crowd of the freshly grads.
Several moments later, the crowd of students and parents came out of the hall smiling and laughing heartedly. The young brunette was too occupied observing the happy faces of her sempai-tachi that she did not notice someone approached her side. It wasn't until that someone put his arm over her shoulder that she recognized his presence.
"Fuji-sempai," she mumbled under her breath.
"Won't Sakuno-chan greet me?" the brown-haired boy whispered in her ear, his arm still over her shoulder.
Sakuno shivered at the contact. This is too much, she thought. She's used with his arm over her shoulder but his face so close to hers is just too much to take. The older boy noticed her uneasiness and he broke their contact.
She sighed inwardly. Luckily her Fuji-sempai is the most understanding person she ever knew. She turned to him, beaming.
"Congratulations, sempai!" she told him and offering her right hand for a handshake. He accepted it, shook it and squeezed it before letting go.
"Thank you," he replied before putting an arm around her once again. He titled his head to her direction making it touch her head.
"FUJI-SEMPAI!" she hissed nervously but the older boy continued their position.
"Since Sakuno-chan has no gift for me, we shall stay like this for the whole day." he teased making the girl blush.
"I was just kidding," he added, "Well, I just realized that now I graduated elementary I'm getting older and the same goes for you." He told the girl beside him.
"What do you mean?" she asked in bewilderment. 'Fuji-sempai sure is speaking weird today. Does it have anything to do with the graduation?' the young brunette mused.
"Well, it means that I can't touch you like this anymore coz you're getting older." He told her teasingly. "Mostly of the older teens stay like this unless they've got relationship," he continued before he removed himself off her.
He smiled at her flushing figure then jerked his head towards his right. She turned to the pointed direction where she saw a boy with brown hair and spectacles, who is glaring at their direction.
"Ah Tezuka-kun," Fuji greeted with his never fading smile.
The latter just nodded back, his gaze landed toward the braided brunette who stepped back in fear.
"She's Ryuzaki-sensei's granddaughter, Ryuzaki Sakuno." Fuji introduced her to Tezuka gesturing him to her.
"Ryuzaki-san, this is Tezuka Kunimitsu-kun. I'm sure you've heard a lot about him from your grandmother," Fuji introduced him to her.
Sakuno nodded shyly towards the other boy. He's SO cute! She thought Fuji-sempai's cute but… Tezuka-sempai's even cuter! He's so handsome! Her heart started to beat faster and faster.
"It's nice to meet you Tezuka-sempai," she told him (or more likely to the ground). She bit her lower lip nervously.
"It's nice to meet you too," Tezuka replied unenthusiastically though Fuji knows that her lady friend caught this stoic's attention.
And that's how they first met.
