DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN POT.

PROLOUGE: FIRST KISS

15 YEARS EARLIER...

A 5 year-old little boy with a white FILA cap on his head and a little girl in braids were seated side by side under a tree.

"r-Yoma-chan. Why do you always wear your cap?" The adorable little girl asked.

"I don't know" he coolly answered, "And it's not chan, its kun"

The little girl formed a small O with her mouth as a sign that she understood.

"You? Why do you wear your hair in braids?" he held out his hand and grab one of her braids.

"Because?- because" she placed her forefinger in her temple, thinking. "Because, uhm...I don't know" she cutely shrugged.

"You're funny" the boy smiled.

"Really? I like to make people happy. If they are happy, I am also happy" She explained.

"And if you are happy, Then I am" the little girl said to the boy.

From afar, The little girl's father was looking for her daughter. "Sakuno? Where are you? it's time to go home" he called out.

When the little girl heard her father, she immediately stood up, "Ryoma-chan. It's time for me to go home" she said.

"Would you come back?" the little boy asked.

"I don't know" she said.

She kneeled in front of him and gave him a quick kiss in the lips. The boy was shocked, it was the first time someone kissed him in the lips except for his mom.

"What was that for?" he asked.

"I always kiss my Otou-san goodbye, you should do that every time you said goodbye" the naive little girl stated.

"Hn" he understood.

Ryuzaki Kyo, the father of Sakuno was a good friend of Echizen Nanjirou. They stood outside the Echizen's residence, biding their farewell to each other before the Echizen's went to live in America.

"I hope you'll be safe and happy there" Kyo said.

"I've got everything I need" Nanjirou glanced at his wife and son.

Sakuno cried. She didn't know why but she just felt like she wasn't going to see her friend again.

"My dear, Why are you crying?" Ryuzaki Sakura, her mom, asked her.

"I'm not going to see Ryoma-kun again" she wailed.

Ryoma stepped towards her, his hands on his pockets. "We will see each other again, I promise" he assured her.

She glanced at him, "You promise?" and asked between her sobs.

"hn" he simply replied before the cute girl hugged him.

"My, my.. looks like we would be a family one day, Kyo" Nanjirou teased.

"I'd like that very much" Kyo replied truthfully.

And from that day on, they haven't seen nor remember each other. Ryoma was busy with his upcoming Tennis career and Sakuno was too preoccupied when her parents has passed away in a car accident.