He only had two more weeks left. He knew how he felt about her but never had the guts to admit it or confess. His senpai-tachi teased him about Sakuno but he successfully declined they're thought every time.

He was day dreaming about Sakuno when he heard Momo's voice.

"Echizen! Come on! We're late for practice. You know how Tezuka- bucho acts when anyone is late."

Echizen replied "All he can do is make us run laps!" I'd rather run a million laps than let her leave.

"Ok. Who pissed you off?" Momo enquired.

"No one. Tell Tezuka-bucho I won't be coming for practice today. I'm not feeling too well." He said as he ran off without letting Momo reply.

As he was about to exit Seigaku, he saw a small figure carrying a huge pile off books. As he squinted through the fog, he saw that is was Sakuno. His Sakuno.

"Oi! Ryuzaki! Wait up!" he yelled at once

"Ryoma-kun! What's the matter?"

"Those books look heavy" he said as he took them from her.

"You don't have to hold them. I was told to keep them in Momo-senpai's locker as he was late for practice."

That Momo. How could he give her such a job? Sakuno wasn't supposed to be doing such work. He would speak to Momo about this later.

"Well. I don't mind keeping them." He said as he noticed her blush.

They walked in silence to the locker room. After they kept the books, Ryoma asked "Doesn't the girl's tennis team have leave today?"

"Well, yeah. I was heading home when I met Momo- senpai."

"I'm not going for practice today either. You wanna go get some sushi?" Ryoma asked.

"Sure. But, why aren't you going for practice today?"

"I decided to take a break. If I'm not focused, I won't be able to play well." Ryoma replied

Sakuno giggled on hearing that.

"What's funny?" Ryoma asked.

"Well, saying that you can ever be distracted is like saying that the sun is cold." She replied.

Well, he had to agree to that. He had never been distracted while playing tennis before. But, then he had never noticed her this way either. Ever since his first year in middle school, he had been in Sakuno's class. But, it wasn't until he heard that she was leaving that he realized he loved her. Only if she could stay a while longer- if not for ever.

Even thinking about her leaving broke his heart. What would he do without her? How would he live?