Nya… haven't been writing for say, 2 years? o_O" This is my first fic after a long time… XD I'm not very sure how the story will go, exactly… just letting my imagination flow. ^^ Ok, firstly, I don't own Tennis no Oujisama! As much as I'll like to… T^T Christmas is coming, and I don't like to write one-shots, so I'll just base it from there. XD
Title: A Winter Story
Prologue
A snowflake fell at the tip of his tongue as a young boy walked down the street, his tennis bag slung over his shoulder and his trademark white cap in place. A girl walked behind him, glancing at him from time to time and looking away.
"What're you up to?" he suddenly asked, without turning his head. The girl was startled, and replied softly, "Nothing much… well, we're graduating soon, aren't we? I… I just wanted to ask you whether you want to sign my yearbook… I hope that you'll be the first one…"
The boy turned, glancing at her sideways. "So what are you waiting for?" The girl's eyes lit up and showed him her yearbook. He signed his name, and wrote "Good luck for high school" and walked away. The girl hugged her yearbook, beaming.
"Ryoma-kun…"
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"Buchou, congratulations on getting to Akihoe High!"
Ryoma looked at the sophomore and blinked. "A… arigatou… how did you know?" "Horio-kun said so." "…Yappari." Ryoma sighed. Most of his senpais were there, and they had a good tennis club, so it's by far the best choice. Tezuka and Taka-san went to other schools, while Tomo and Sakuno went to Hatsuhoe High, sibling school of Akihoe. Ryoma looked at Sakuno talking to Tomo as he watched the tennis club practise. She had grown much prettier, and matured a lot ever since they were freshmen. He had been attracted, just that he was too proud to admit that fact, and treated matters of the heart as if they were non-existent…
Snow was making it difficult to play on the tennis courts, and he called them back for a meeting. "I'll be leaving Seigaku soon, along with your other senpais. Continue winning glory for Seigaku's tennis team, otherwise I won't let you off. This is especially for our newly appointed buchou, Kazama-kun." He turned to the sophomore. "You must lead Seigaku to greater heights. That's all for today. Dismiss."
"That's all?" Ryuzaki-sensei appeared out of nowhere (don't ask me when I suddenly felt like bringing her in xD) and folded her arms. "What about addressing the freshmen?" "What I said applies to all… Even the freshmen." Ryoma lowered his cap. "Mada mada da ne…"
He took his bag and walked off, leaving the rest of the team as they congratulate Kazama. Ryuzaki-sensei looked at his fading form in the distance. "He didn't want to stay long because a long goodbye would even be more painful for him…" she thought, smirking. Ryoma never did look back.