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Chapter 1: A Little Moment
"Ryoma-kun?" the auburn haired girl looked at his sleeping figure.
Suddenly, Ryoma's cat eyes awoke. "Hn?" he mumbled. He was obviously sleeping, she thought, stupid Sakuno!
"Gomenasai…" she trailed off. She was about to walk away and save herself all the embarrassment when suddenly she heard Ryoma call her name. "Ryuzaki!" he called out to her.
She turned around her face now in a deep shade of red. "Hai?" she said, well almost yelled. "When does my game start?" he asked in a bored tone.
It's always the same, she thought. She sighed and turned around, her back now facing Ryoma.
"Oi, Ryuzaki!" he called. She still walked away.
"Echizen!" he heard his team yell. "You're up next!"
"Hai, I'll be right there!" he yelled back. What happened to her?
Then he realized that this was no time to be thinking about a girl, he had a match to win.
…During the game…
Sakuno ran to the bench and sat on it. "I'm such an idiot, getting mad like this."
She felt a tear run across her cheek. "What's this?"
Baka, she thought. Why are you doing this? Missing Ryoma-kun's game, crying, ignoring him, and…
She shook her head. Oh, how I wish to go back to Aunt Megumi's. Mou…
She looked at the sky and then down to her feet. I can't believe it. I'm actually getting furious.
…After the game…
"6-1 Echizen Ryoma wins!"
"Good job Echizen!" his senpai-tachi cheered, but he ignored them. Instead he was looking at the crowd. He didn't know why, but he felt like something was missing.
"Hey O'chibi, what's wrong?" Eiji yelled. "What are you looking for?"
He just shrugged and kept looking on. He looked at the crowd and noticed that pigtail braids were missing.
Ryoma was surprised. Not just at Sakuno, but himself. Why had he suddenly cared about her?
It wasn't just the team who was staring at him, but the whole crowd, too. He had been searching for something, but what?
"Hey, what is Echizen doing?" Coach Ryuzaki said to her team. They all just shrugged their shoulders. "Hmm…"
As soon as she turned around, she saw that Ryoma had already left to get a drink. While he passed by the crowd, walking away, she looked at the crowd and noticed that Sakuno wasn't at Tomoko side.
She smiled and mumbled to herself, "So, Ryoma's taking in interest to something other than tennis?"
While she said that, Inui and Fuji looked at the crowd also. They both smirked and started talking to Coach Ryuzaki about something.
While the rest of them stayed there and looked at each other, well except for two nosey idiots.
…Back to Sakuno…
"I'm such an idiot," Sakuno kept on saying. "Why can't I just accept that-"
She got interrupted by footsteps coming around the corner. "Who's coming?"
She looked at her watch and noticed that she was sitting next to a soda machine.
No it couldn't be-, she got interrupted again. She saw that the boy she was avoiding was already at the machine, putting his money in. She stared at her feet and hoped that he wouldn't see her. I want him to be gone!
…Eiji and Momoshiro…
"Momo, are you sure we should be doing this?" Eiji asked behind Momo.
They followed Echizen, but hid behind bushes.
"Of course we should! What if it's a girl he was looking for?" he exclaimed.
They finally stopped as Ryoma stopped at the soda machine.
"Umm…Momo…I think he was," Eiji whispered while pointing behind him at a sad looking girl.
…Ryoma and Sakuno…
Ryoma turned around and saw Sakuno staring at the ground, sadly and slightly mad. I should get her one, he thought. Hmm… what should I- Wait why am I doing this? Oh well…
He put in another coin and picked a strawberry Ponta for her.
"Here, Ryuzaki!" he said, holding it up to her face. She stared at him for a moment and looked back at the ground. Wait; did she just glare ate me? He thought, blinking.
He just shrugged and put the Ponta next to her. He started walking away when he felt like he wasn't needed.
…Eiji and Momoshiro…
They were about to jump out and kill Ryoma, but something pulled them back, something with a dark and devilish aura.
… Sakuno…
"Baka…" she trailed off, drinking her Ponta.