I'm here again! Sorry for the wait. Thank you for reviewing on my pioneer chapter of Absolute Couple. I wasn't expecting a lot of reviews and wow it really made me happy... a lot. I am truly pleased on your words. Please enjoy the second installment as you did on my first one. ^_^

kichisaburo - thank you that you love it and I really appreciate it.

nukrat - tee hee hee, Yeah I am aware of that. I promise I will return him to his old self though I can't guarantee in this chapter. Thank you for liking this and I hope that you enjoy this one.

music4life1791 - tee hee hee, I am aware of their age... I am thinking of making them 13 and then they will turn 14 as the story progresses. I will keep their limits as they are just in the puberty stage. (You know knowing what really love is.) I made Ryoma sighed for a couple of times because of Sakuno's actions, how innocent she is, well a bit hopeless I guess that Ryoma had to explain everything to her even the smallest thing.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Prince of Tennis. Sharing is what I LOVE to do.


Chapter 2: A Call from Everyone

Chapter Summary: They were interrupted from their unusual moment when a call suddenly butted in.


It was 8 pm when she woke up that night. She felt hungry the moment she stood up from her bed. Maybe the reason why she woke up was because of her stomach. She went out of her room just to see Ryoma sitting on the sofa watching a comedy show. Probably, the match was long ended so he didn't find other matches and ended up watching a comedy show. When he noticed her presence, he looked at her and said;

"You're awake." He said in a monotonous tone.

She bashfully nodded, "d-did you sleep, Ryoma-kun?" she asked him.

"Un," he replied, "just woke up thirty minutes ago."

"I see." She said. She went to the kitchen so that she could cook their dinner.

"Make sushi."

"eh?" Sakuno was a bit surprise.

"I want sushi for our dinner."

Sakuno just nodded on his request. She remembered that Ryoma liked Japanese food. She decided to make sushi rolls and onigiri for their dinner. She made a lot to fill their stomach. When she was done preparing, she was about to put them on the dining table but Ryoma interrupted;

"Bring them here. Let's eat them here tonight."

Sakuno thought for a while before bringing the food over to him. She placed the food on the table and started digging in. She was hungry alright, and she noticed that he was too. They were almost finished eating the food when they noticed that there was only one sushi roll left. They both looked at each other like they were thinking the same thing. Without exchanging words, they battled for the last sushi rolls with their chopsticks. Sakuno was definitely enjoying it and she noticed that Ryoma as well. Luckily she got the last roll and quickly ate the half of it. But Ryoma wouldn't let her and said;

"Oh no, you don't." he said as he jumped on her which the half of the sushi roll was still in her chopsticks, raising it above her.

Sakuno shrieked and panicked because of his actions. She wasn't aware that she lost her balance while her thoughts were still concentrating from the sushi roll. Ryoma dragged her down causing the sushi roll to lose its grip from her chopsticks and landed on the uncarpeted floor.

"M-mou, its dirty now." She looked at the location of the sushi where it landed.

They remained silent for a while and she looked at his direction seconds after. Ryoma was staring at her for such a long time and she didn't even have the idea when he did that. The boy's eyes were slightly widened as he beginning to realize their position and so as she. She blushed when she learned that Ryoma was straddling over her. His hands were both leaning to her sides. Ryoma didn't do anything as he stared at her causing her to blush a lot. Then she noticed that his eyes softened a bit. Her heart was beating as fast as she was able to stare at his cat-like eyes. Though, no one dared to make a move.

'Baby, between you and me

She was overflowing with joy

Oh baby, baby, baby boy…'

They could hear the sound of his phone but they remained still.

'He taught tennis to her

One day, two day, three day

Hit a ball, nice shot!…'

"Umm… R-ryoma-k-kun… " she started to break the atmosphere.

"Hn" he simply replied. Not even budging from his position.

"Y-you're phone is ringing."

"Hn" he said his shortest reply once again. Not even moving, still staring at her.

Sakuno looked away as she couldn't take his stare any longer. She blushed as she said, "P-please a-answer it… n-now."

Ryoma just came to his senses as she said that, "che." He reacted as he timidly sat up away from her and reached for his phone. Sakuno sat up as well trying to calm her noisy heart. The event was just too much for her to handle. Ryoma answered the ringing phone but he was not talking yet when someone shouted on the other line;

'OCHIBI! HOW ARE YOU AND RYUZAKI-CHAN OUT THERE? WERE YOU HAVING FUN?' Eiji excitedly shouted causing him to distance the phone from his ear. He turned on the loudspeaker as he whispered to her that it was their senpais who were calling so that she could her them as well.

'Yeah, everything WAS fine until you interrupted and called us.' Ryoma retorted. Sakuno blushed on his words making her remember the previous position they had earlier.

'Nya, gomen nee, but we really wanted to talk to you today,' Eiji said. They could hear that someone was trying to steal the phone from him. Ryoma and Sakuno were both curious until someone got to hold the phone and talked;

'Yo, Echizen. How's the plan? Did it work?' Momo said as they recognized the voice from the other line.

'W-what plan?' Sakuno interrupted.

'E-eh, R-ryuzaki-chan's there?' Momo was surprised.

'Senpai no baka,' Ryoma retorted.

They could hear Kawamura shouting from the background; 'VICTORY! FUJI AND INUI PLANNED TO HAVE YOU BOTH LIVING UNDER THE SAME ROOF!'

Sakuno became flushed red; 'y-you set this all up?' she looked at Ryoma who ignored her question;

'Stop Kawamura-senpai from his reverie, it's annoying already.'

'Ryuzaki-chan, are you alright?' they could hear the mother hen's worried voice.

'H-hai… '

'Gomen, they planned this without your knowledge, y-you see Ryuzaki-sensei didn't show any sign of objection when they suggested it.'

'Oishi-senpai, you agreed to this as well, so stop blaming us.' Momo complained to his explanation.

'Echizen, don't lay a finger to my granddaughter or I'll kill you when you come back here.' Sumire warned the tennis prodigy.

Ryoma looked at the blushing girl and said, 'S-sensei, she's my girlfriend. How can I not do that when we are on the same roof?'

'Hmmm, you're right. Ok, I will let you but know your limits… the both of you.'

'O-obaa-chan… '

'Hai, trust me sensei, you granddaughter is safe in my hands.'

'That's the spirit! Ochibi is improving!' Eiji shouted from the background.

'BURNING! ECHIZEN GAINED A POINT. HARA HARA! GOOD LUCK TO THE BOTH OF YOU!'

'Eiji, stop yelling and can someone please take the racket away from Kawamura before he gets wild out there.'

They could hear the commotion from the other line.

'Well, I need to go now Sakuno, I let them talk to you guys for a bit.' Sumire said.

'Hai, take care, Obaa-chan.' Sumire handed the phone to Momo.

They could hear Fuji talking to Kawamura as Eiji was trying to steal the phone once again to Momo. Someone grabbed the phone from them;

'SAKUNO-CHAN! RYOMA-SAMA! HOW ARE YOU DOING THERE?'

'Great, another nosy speaker... ' Ryoma retorted.

'Ahh—Ryoma-sama, that's too cruel of you.' Tomoka pouted on his comment.

'R-ryoma-kun… '

'che'

Sakuno ignored his reaction and talked to her friend, 'how are you Tomoka-chan?'

'I am fine, don't worry about me. You can enjoy yourselves together there.'

'M-mou, stop that.'

'Oi! Echizen, you are lucky to be with your girlfriend there-'

'Baka, don't steal the phone when I am still talking to Sakuno-chan.'

'You talked a lot, now give me the phone.'

'Horio-kun, Osakada-san S-top fighting,' they could hear Katsuo talking from the other line.

'S-sorry about that.' Kachiro apologized.

Sakuno just sweat dropped as they could hear another commotion.

'Oi! Let me talk to Ochibi!.' Eiji said trying to steal the phone from someone.

'My, my let Kaidoh talk to them.' Oishi said as the background remained silent for a while.

' … '

The other party was waiting for him to talk.

'fsssh'

' … '

'What's that Mamushi? Is that a word?' Momo teased the viper.

'Are you picking up a fight?'

Ryoma and Sakuno both sighed when they heard them fighting over the phone.

'You seem to be enjoying yourselves there.'

'ah- Fuji-senpai… ' Ryoma said.

'Be sure to bring back some good memories when you both return to Japan.'

'What's that supposed to mean?' Ryoma retorted while Sakuno was just blushing.

'When you get back I'll let you have a taste of my new super deluxe energy juice.'

Their color turned pale as they heard Inui's voice leaving Fuji's words behind, 'N-no thank you.' Ryoma declined.

Suddenly the others became silent as someone grabbed the phone. No one talked as they could sense the tense from the other party.

's-senpais… ?'

' … '

Ryoma and Sakuno looked at each other. They somewhat knew who was on the other line. They looked at the apparatus once again when he talked;

'Don't let your guard down.'

They both shocked at first but replied at the same time, 'hai.'

Tezuka gave the phone to Eiji. 'OCHIBI! Win the tournaments okay.' Eiji said.

'The tournaments will be next year, baka. I need to train here.'

'Oh right, silly me."

'Ah senpai, let me talk to Echizen.' They heard Momo talking from the other line.

Once again, the regulars fought for the phone who would talk to the both of them. Fuji and Inui were mumbling something that they don't understand, while Eiji, Momo and the trio were shouting at each other. Tomoka was kept on bragging how lucky they were at that time. Oishi tried to stop them from fighting while Kaidoh joined them from that fight when Momo teased him. Kawamura and Tezuka were nowhere to be heard.

Ryoma sighed, they couldn't understand anything anymore, 'I am hanging up.'

'NO!'

They both flinched when all of them said that word at the same time.

'Come on, Ochibi. We miss you a lot. Can't you talk to us more?" Eiji begged his kouhai.

'che' he timidly replied. They were gone for a day and they missed them already. He must be joking.

'R-ryoma-kun.'

'I think Echizen wants to spend time with his girlfriend now.' Fuji commented.

'T-that's not it-' Sakuno was interrupted when Momo spoke;

'Sou ka, Echizen maybe you are thinking something cheesy right now?" his senpai teased them, 'so young, so young.'

'Nya, I can imagine their lovey-dovey atmosphere.' Eiji agreed.

Sakuno blushed because of their teases, 'M-mou, s-stop that.' She couldn't look at Ryoma at that moment.

Ryoma didn't say anything but flinched when Inui spoke;

'I say it's 50% that he will do something tonight and 50% that he will not.'

'Hey, Inui-senpai, Isn't your calculation a bit balance?'

'Knowing Echizen, I know that he will hesitate on doing something to Ryuzaki-chan. That's guaranteed.'

'I-Inui-senpai… ' Sakuno reacted. Why are they talking that sort of stuff to them? For goodness sake, they were merely 14 years old. At least Ryoma will be 14 in a few months from now.

'On the contrary… ' Ryoma suddenly said making the both parties reacted.

' ... '

'I might do it.'

' … '

'Beep… beep… beep'

' … '

The regulars blinked twice as they looked at the screen on the phone. They were no longer on the line when they realized what he had just said;

'EEEHHHHH!'

xxx

Ryoma ended the call after saying that. He smirked as if he predicted the reaction of his senpai-tachi. Sakuno was flabbergasted. What did he just say? What is he going to do? She was blushing a lot because of what happened on the conversation. And then she remembered about setting this thing whole up and she confronted him;

"R-ryoma-kun, I-is it true? Y-you set this all up?"

"I am not the one who did this? It's them."

"W-why did you… agree?"

"Do you think I have a choice?" He looked straight at her eyes.

Sakuno looked away first, "b-because… I-it's still your decision." She could still sense the stare that he was giving her.

"This isn't bad after all." He said.

Sakuno blushed once again as she stood up, "M-mou. Stop it already."

"Where are you going?"

"T-to my room." She went in as fast as she could. She stopped in the middle of her room. What is Ryoma-kun thinking? T-this is getting more and more awkward. She thought. Now that she's inside her room, she would make him believe about sleeping early that night.

"I believe you owe me a sushi roll.'

She flinched when Ryoma talked behind her, leaning at the jamb of her door with his arms crossed in front of him. The boy opened the door without her noticing, "R-ryoma-kun. T-that was supposed to be mine."

"What makes you so sure about that?"

"B-because I got it w-with my chopsticks," She panicked, "A-anyway, I-I can make you another one tomorrow, l-let's sleep now, can we?"

"Yadda," She was a bit startled when he disagreed, "I want it… right now."

"What?"

"It's difficult for us to sleep at this time, isn't it?"

She flinched when Ryoma walked towards her. She panicked in her mind as she walked backwards, "I-I Ryoma-kun. Really I can make-"

BLAG!

It was fast for her. Across from her bed, he pushed her there gripping both of her shoulder with his hands. Ryoma straddled over her one more time. Ryoma was looking at her… fondly. She never expected that from him.

"R-ryoma-kun, w-what are you doing? P-please g-get off of me." Sakuno was blushing already trying to push him away with her hands but Ryoma just grabbed and placed them above her. She was completely pinned down.

"I told them earlier… that I would do something to you tonight." He simply said keeping his tone in equal tempo.

Sakuno was speechless. She was able to stare at him… at least she could. But she was blushing all the time.

"And this is what I meant."

Without warning, he leaned down to claim her lips. Her eyes widened as she was receiving his kiss. Her red color on her face was getting redder.

"R-yom-" She tried to stop him as she managed to verbalize a word but Ryoma blocked it again. She shut her eyes tight. The kiss was only a bit heavy and chastely in a manner way. Ryoma distanced himself for a moment and said;

"I won't stop," Ryoma said looking straight at her, still pinning her down and he continued talking, "until you responded."

Her lips were left slightly opened. Her heart was beating fast as she was embarrassed already. R-ryoma-kun is… getting bolder. She thought but never said it.

The boy leaned down once again. This time, he teased the girl by simply placing light kisses on her lips. He thought by doing that, seducing her by doing that would provoke her to respond. His eyes were half opened as he was observing her reaction. Finally, he succeeded. He saw her closing her eyes slowly and responded on his kisses. He smiled from his thought.

"Tastes like sushi." Ryoma teased as he distanced himself a little and licked his lips afterwards.

Sakuno was dumbfounded. She didn't do anything but to breathe hard. The kiss was not heavy but it was unbelievable for her… that he would kiss her like that. Everything was unexpected for her. She blushed a lot because of that.

Ryoma smirked as he leaned down again to touch her lips with his index finger and said, "I have improved, haven't I?"

Sakuno was flushed to the fullest giving hints to Ryoma that he did improve. She took the courage to push him away which the boy allowed her to, "M-mou, s-stop it, please. I-It's embarrassing already." she was closing her eyes while saying that.

Ryoma just smirked and said, "See you tomorrow, Good night then." He walked towards her door afterwards and closed it behind him.

Sakuno's heart was pounding so fast. She couldn't control the unbalanced beating of her heart. She collapsed on her bed once again as she tried to calm herself down, "T-this is so unusual… and embarrassing." She covered her face with her hands as if HE still could see her flushed face.

xxx

Ryoma was on his own room already. He couldn't believe himself that he actually did that to her. He was only provoked to do that because his senpais told so. But never in his imagination that he would kiss her like that. He realized that kissing her was so… great. He liked it, well he kissed her before and he admitted that he was looking forward to kiss her again. He never thought that it would turn out like this. His eyes widened a bit as he touched his own lips and realized something;

"This is so not good. I might reach my limit… if this goes on"


Done! How was it… Sorry about the Ooc of Ryoma and the others here. I just can't take the fact of being lovey-dovey scenes between them but I'll keep their characters back to normal as I can. Oh and don't worry I won't go beyond boundaries, I won't make it that way. This is just pure romance. I just had the feeling that I should do apologize because some of the readers prefer the 'real' Ryoma. Actually I just made it that way for they will be facing new obstacles in the future. So stay tuned and for the surprises as well…

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