Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis.
There is Echizen Ryoma. Tennis prodigy. Class sleeper. English genius. Notorious too-cool-for-you attitude. In other words, the boy of every girl's dream. And then there is Ryuzaki Sakuno. Forever wearing long twin braids. Great cook. Terrible athlete. Shy. Stutter extraordinaire. Total introvert. Yet, at this very moment, Ryoma is approaching her, taking long, meaningful strides. Sakuno is too busy chatting with her friend Tomoka about the upcoming dance to notice. A tap on her shoulder and a squeal from her friend causes her to spin around.
"R-r-ryoma?" Sakuno stammers. He just barely nods, and quickly hands her a box. It is quite a big box, painted brown and green. On the box is written in big black letters "I will go to the dance with you when pigs fly". Sakuno doesn't know what to make out of the message. Meanwhile, Tomoka impatiently tears off the top, wanting to know what goodies await inside. The small crowd that gathered gasps as sky blue balloons float out of the box, with crude-but-undeniable drawings of pigs on them.
Sakuno's face flushes out of embarrassment and happiness. Ryoma—the Ryoma—finally noticed her after all this time! And asked her to the dance! In probably the most romantic way this school has ever seen! But there was this tiny voice whispering in her ear, suspicious. Why would Ryoma finally notice me? Why would he ask me to the dance? Why would he ask in such a romantic way? Why would…
She spots a few of the senpais exchanging high fives and another handful of dejected senpais handing over money. And there in the middle of the circle of senpais is Ryoma, holding the biggest wad of cash of them all, trademark smirk plastered across his face. Money! Sakuno understands the situation perfectly. That creep did this all on a dare! A bet!
She decides to get revenge. Big-time. She is going to permanently wipe that smirk off his face. And not just for this little incident, also for all those other times he ignored her. Yep, Sakuno is finally going to strike back.
"Oh, Ryoma! How romantic! I love you, too!" Sakuno gushes. Everyone else just stares in amazement, wondering why timid Sakuno is being so open. Ryoma's face falls into a bewildered expression. She hugs—more like tackles—him, squeezes his cheeks with all the strength she could muster, and promptly kisses his cheek. Ryoma blushes. Sakuno stalks off. The senpais stop dealing money. Tomoka screams. Chaos ensues.
One voice rings clear and true above the rest. "Ryoma, you just got owned!"
I hope you liked it! I got the "I will go to the dance with you when pigs fly" idea from a girl sitting a few seats away from me telling her friends about another friend who did that. Feel free to review!
