*italicized*=Thoughts of Ryoma

Ch.1 First Note

The sky sparkles and travels back to what seemed like eternity. The clouds move slowly, taking turns to cover the sun one at a time. Birds fly from tree to tree, chirping merrily, and adorning the sakura trees beautifully. Ryoma sighs and closes the book, "Yea right, I wish." He stands up from the cold bench and looks up at the grey smeared sky.

He feels a drop of water land on his head, "I better stop stalling and get to class already." Ryoma walks towards the school, opening the heavy blue doors with his rain soaked hands. The rain had caught him a few feet away from his school, drenching him completely. He drags his feet up the stairs and stops at the third door to his left. As he walks in he hears his teacher call his name for attendance, "Ryoma Echizen?"

He walks to his seat, making the girls in his class squeal because of his drench appearance, "Here"

Fuji sensei looks at him, "If you would not have been late, then the rain wouldn't have drenched you would it now?"

Ryoma glares at him, "Che"

Fuji smiles and turns to the board, "Now to talk about last's nights reading."

Ryoma follows Fuji's movements, from the way he writes on the board to the way he smiles when someone answers right. The reason he was late was because of Fuji sensei, Ryoma would never want to be caught dead in a room alone with him. He always makes sure to come right on time, but never early. One of Ryoma's skills is to hide his feelings, and he's been hiding his love for his college English teacher for the past half year. He is a senior so he is counting months until he graduates to forget about this unrequited love.

Ryoma stares at the window; the rain drops were making a beautiful pattern as they slide down the window pane. Ryoma sighs, he's been sighing more lately, and he's been dreading to come to English everyday because the reason he loves it is the reason he hates it.

"Ryoma, can you read page 25, sonnet 18"

Ryoma snaps out of his trance, "Hnn"

Ryoma stands, holding the book at eyelevel and looks at Fuji sensei before he starts reading; "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines…So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."

The girls in Ryoma's class stare at him dreamily, his English was perfect and they pictured him reading the love poem to them. Throughout the whole poem, Ryoma forced himself not to look at Fuji because if he did, his eyes would have given him away.

Ryoma sits back down, looking up fast enough to catch an amused glance from his teacher. He sighs,*why the heck is Fuji sensei amused?*

Fuji smiles at Ryoma, "Very well read Echizen." Fuji looks around the room, "Yuki, next page please."

Ryoma leans his head on the window blushing lightly, *I wish he would have kept smiling at me for a little bit longer.*

The bell rings, scratching Ryoma's eardrums but telling him to leave the classroom immediately. Ryoma rushes to get his things together and in his bag but as he gets out of his seat, his bag drops to the floor. Ryoma curses and bends down to pick his things up, noticing that the last student was leaving the classroom. *Please don't come help me...please don't come near me.* Ryoma curses again as he hears footsteps coming his way and tries to stuff everything in his bag at a faster pace. He reaches for the last item on the floor at the same time as Fuji sensei does and their hands brush against each other. Ryoma pulls his hand away, standing up, and facing towards the door to hide his blush. Fuji stands up and hands the book to Ryoma.

"You wouldn't want to forget this; you need it for today's assignment."

Ryoma nods, "Thank you", and turns to walk away.

"Echizen…"

Ryoma stops walking and turns to face Fuji sensei, "Yes Sensei?"

Fuji smiles, "No nothing, just don't come late tomorrow."

"Sure." Ryoma leaves, increasing his pace once outside his classroom. He goes down the stairs, panting, *I have to make sure never to be alone with him again…*

"Hey Echizen, what are you doing in the middle of the stairs?"

Ryoma looks up, "Nothing Momo, are you ready to go eat?"

Momo laughs, "Rude as always even though I am older than you."

Ryoma smirks, "Well you are not my senpai anymore since we are in the same grade."

Momo walks down the stairs, "Only because you skipped freshman year, you are lucky you were smart enough to go straight into your second year in college.

Ryoma laughs, "You are just jealous."

Momo sighs, "Cocky as always, it's unbelievable we've been through junior high school, high school, and college together.

"Yea, it was a punishment sent from the heavens."

Momo smacks Ryoma on the back, "Hey, that's mean. You think that these years have been a punishment?"

Ryoma chuckles and says sarcastically, "Yeah, they've been tormenting!"

"Yeah very funny…"

Ryoma walks through the school doors, looking up at the sky which was smeared with blue now. He walks towards his black Volvo, "Where do you want to go to eat today? Not too far, I have one more class in about an hour."

Momo climbs onto the passenger seat and Ryoma puts on his seat belt, "The little café two blocks from here and stupid, I'm in the class you have next!"

Ryoma turns on the car, "Oh yeah, I forgot."

Momo pouts, "So mean…"

Ryoma gets out of the parking, "I also infer that I will drive you home today."

Momo smiles nervously, "Please do me the favor."

Ryoma sighs, "You really have to get your license soon."

"I know I'm taking the test this Friday."

Ryoma laughs, "I took that test 4 years ago, when I was 16, what took you so long?"

Momo smirks, "Well at least I still don't live with my parents."

Ryoma stops laughing and glares at Momo, "It's more convenient than living alone. Why move out if there is no need, anyhow, the college is close to my house."

Momo smiles and looks out the window, "Whatever you say."

Ryoma parks outside the café, "We're here." He turns off the car, gets out, and puts the alarm after Momo gets out. Women stare at him as he walks in, admiring how handsome he is. Ryoma sits in a table by the back of the café, looking at the menu when he sits down.

"You know those women were looking at you when you walked in."

Ryoma glances up at Momo, "It happens all the time."

The waitress comes to their table, mostly paying attention to Ryoma, "What would you two have?"

Ryoma looks up at the waitress, who almost melts from the eyes contact, "I would like a ham and cheese sandwich, fries, and a grape Ponta.

Momo laughs, "When are you ever going to get sick of that drink, I bet your blood is now made up of 80% grape Ponta." Momo looks at the waitress, "I would like two ham and cheese sandwiches, two fries, and a coffee please." The waitress leaves after getting their orders, but not before staring at Ryoma for a few minutes.

Momo laughs at how irritated Ryoma was getting, "You should be happy you have the ladies drooling over you."

"It isn't something I wrote in my college application, it's a bother that they react like that towards me."

Momo sighs, "It's your fault for being so attractive."

Ryoma runs his hand through his hair, "It isn't something I control. Anyway, let's change topics; do you want to play some tennis tomorrow after school?"

Momo nods while almost drooling over the food the waitress brought them, "Yea I would love to. Man! I'm hungry.

Ryoma bites into his sandwich and drinks from his Ponta, "How's your tennis going Momo? You think you can still play?"

"I've played every week ever since we've graduated from Seigaku!"

Ryoma smirks, "Well, since I still LIVE WITH MY PARENTS, I can play every day since we have our own courts.

Momo looks at his watch and stuffs half a sandwich in his mouth, swallowing it in one gulp, "We have to go soon or we'll be late to our next class."

Ryoma finishes his meal, wiping his mouth with a napkin, "Bill please"

A waitress rushes over to their table with the bill and Ryoma pays. Ryoma walks ahead, "Come on Momo."

Momo thanks the waitress for the service, "Wait up Echizen!"

Ryoma puts on his seat belt and turns on the car, "I don't want to go back to class"

Momo watches the streets pass by, "I don't either, but we have to go."

Ryoma gets out of the car once they get to their school, "Did you do the assignment?"

Momo walks towards the school scratching his head, "Ehh? Which one?"

Ryoma sighs, "You'll find out when he asks for it and you don't have it."

They walk to their next class, talking a seat near the back. After the teacher calls attendance, he starts talking about the assignment. "In each of your essays, there should be different solutions for how we can make it possible for a civilization to live on mars." The teacher looks at Ryoma, "Echizen, can you come up to the board and show us how you made the atmospheric air inside of the dome the civilization is to live in."

Momo snickers and Ryoma sighs, elbowing Momo, "Yes sensei."

Ryoma takes the chalk and starts explain, "It was quite simple, I just had to make O₃ by doing this to the equation.

The teacher looks over Ryoma's work on the board, "Very smart Ryoma; you can go back to your seat." The teacher looks at the class, "If our youngest student in the class can come up with something so magnificent, then I can't wait to read everyone else essays.

Ryoma walks to his seat, sitting down with a sigh. *Why do teachers always pick on me to participate? Like him in class today, why did Fuji sensei pick on me to read that Shakespeare sonnet? *

"Echizen, Hey Echizen!"

Ryoma looks up at Momo, "Hnn?"

Momo laughs, "You've been spacing out the whole class! Let's go, class is over.

Ryoma stands up and gathers his things, walking ahead of Momo. "Hey Momo do you-

Ryoma falls back, landing on the floor, "I'm sorry I wasn't looking." Ryoma looks at the figure on the floor across from him, "…Fuji sensei."

Fuji laughs and stands up, "its fine, I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking either." Fuji offers Ryoma a hand, "Here"

*I have to stay composed, be indifferent Ryoma!* "I can stand up by myself," Ryoma gets up, "Momo lets go! Bye Sensei."

Ryoma paced to his car, almost forgetting to step on every step of the stairwell. He almost forgets that he had to take Momo home, "See you tomorrow Momo."

Momo waves from his apartment building entrance door "See you Echizen."

Ryoma drives towards his house, parking his car in their driveway, and trudging inside. "I'm home."

His mother comes out of the kitchen, "Welcome home Ryoma."

His father rustles his hair, "What kept you out so late, a girlfriend?"

"If that's what you call Momo."

His dad's sighs, "Ryoma, you are in college and you don't even have a girlfriend yet. Tennis is not the only thing important in life you know!"

Ryoma starts climbing that stairs to his room, ignoring what his father was saying "Sure dad."

Ryoma flops himself on his bed, *Today was such a tiring day, too much contact with Fuji sensei.* Ryoma places his pillow over his face but notices something on the pillow. It was a blue, gold embroidered piece of paper.

Ryoma opens it, "What's this?"

He reads it aloud; "Dear Ryoma, Today you looked beautiful explaining how you changed the atmospheric air for a civilization to live on mars. You were shinning proudly while explaining what you're amazing little brain can think up. You also looked cute eating at the café today, so you love grape Ponta? Sincerely, Ruoy Raed Reklats (See the reflection in the mirror)"

Ryoma walks towards his mirror and see's the reflection of the final words in the note, "Your Dear Stalker?"

Authors note: Jupp, NEW STORY!! I don't know where this came from, I just thought of this idea after seeing half of the movie Red eye which Is about this girl being stalked by a man. I think this plot is fairly original..omg im sooo happy! I even have an idea for the end already. SO YEAH, please PLEASE readers, leave reviews!!!!!! I feel like a failure if I don't get any and I don't feel motivated. I hope you enjoy!