Chapter 2
Sakuno was still blushing that time that she can't eat her food given by Ryoma.
"Hey, Sakuno, stop daydreaming," Tomoka teased.
"I'm not," Sakuno blushed more. "He's just so kind."
"If you really love him," Tomoka said and made Sakuno stare at her. "Eat that food. It was given by Ryoma after all."
Sakuno just smiled. She ate the food happily.
At the other side, Ryoma, Fuji, Eiji, and Momo planned to go home. They passed by to where Tomoka and Sakuno are.
"Eat well," Ryoma said but facing his back to Sakuno. Sakuno then smiled, "Thanks."
The next day, Ryoma woke up early because he already know about the rescheduled morning training Coach Ryuzaki made, and he also knows that Momo will come early to pick him up.
"Ryoma," Nanako uttered. "Karupin is looking for you."
Ryoma looked at Karupin and he knows that his cat wants to play with him.
"I'm sorry, Karupin," Ryoma frowned. "I'll be going. I'll just play with you when I come back."
Karupin sat and just watched Ryoma go.
Then Momo came to pick Ryoma up, "Ryoma, you're just in time." he laughed.
When they arrived at Seigaku, of course, they started to practice.
"Ryoma-my-love!!" Tomoka cried out.
"Tomoka," Sakuno uttered while blushing. "I can't believe you have the nerve to call Ryoma like that!"
"Of course I can do it," she said like she's the only girl in school. "I'm the number 1 fan of Ryoma-my-love!"
Sakuno sighed and still can't believe Tomoka.
Later on
Morning trainings are over. The team changed their jerseys into their uniforms.
Momo, panting, then talked to Ryoma while changing clothes, "You were really into me, aren't you, Ryoma?"
"No," Ryoma in his "whatever" mode. "I'm not serious a while ago."
Of course Momo is easily annoyed, he stared at Ryoma, "So what are you trying to say?!"
"I'm just so good."
Momo can't punch a freshman like Ryoma so he just ignored Ryoma but still angry.
At the other side, Sakuno was waiting outside the men's changing room, waiting for Ryoma. And as expected, Ryoma came out.
"Ryoma," Sakuno called out while blushing.
Ryoma looked back, "Hmmm?"
"C-Can… Can I…"
"Can you what?"
"Can we go to the first year corridor together?" She turned red when she said that, and can't believe that SHE just said that.
Ryoma stared at her like he's staring at a weirdo, but suddenly smiled, "Sure."
Sakuno can't believe that she was now in a big success not like the past days that she can't find a way to talk to Ryoma in a right way.
Ryoma, while walking, then asked, "What do you want?"
Sakuno was a little nervous that time, "No-Nothing… I just wanted to talk to you."
"What do you want to talk about?"
"Uhhhmmm…"
"Look, if you don't have any business with me then just tell me, because I still have an important thing to do."
Sakuno was surprised on what Ryoma said. 'Don't let this chance to get lost again, Sakuno!' she told herself.
"Just joking," Ryoma smiled. "So, again, what do you want to talk about?"
Sakuno sighed big, "I just want to talk about… about… your cr-crush here at Seigaku."
"My lovelife?"
"Y-Yes!"
"Well, lovelife really isn't my priority."
"But, you have your own lovelife before?"
"I never fell in love with someone, in my whole life, I never did."
"How can that be??"
"I'm into tennis, as you see today."
"Ohh, I see."
"How 'bout you?"
"Me? Uhm… I fell in love many times. And as of now, I don't know if I'm in love again or not."
"Huh?"
"You can't understand, unless you felt it before. But you never did."
Ryoma just laughed, "Why do you want to talk with me just about that?"
Sakuno can't answer as she turned red, redder, and redder.
Ryoma stopped laughing, "Why? Do you have a CRUSH on ME?"
Sakuno can't take it anymore and she ran as fast as she could, 'Why in the world did I ran away?!' she thought. 'And now I did it, Ryoma knows already!'
At Ryoma's side, Horio saw what happened and overheard the last sentence that Ryoma said, "Why did SHE run?"
"I don't know," Ryoma replied. "I just asked her if she has a crush on me and I was only joking that time, but she ran away before I say that it's just a joke."
"It only means one thing…"
"What?"
"That she really has a crush on you!"
"Huh? How can you say?"
"Duh… If a girl acts she's nervous when she's with a boy, then that boy is her crush, or vice versa. Look at what she just acted. See?"
Ryoma is in his "whatever" mode again, still don't realize what Horio is trying to tell him because, as he said a while ago, he didn't fell in love with a girl once.
Then we'll go to Sakuno as she went straight to the washroom running away from Ryoma. She was panting and Tomoka saw her.
"Sakuno?" Tomoka said as if she was shocked. "Why are you panting?"
Sakuno looked back and can't speak a word because she's catching for breath. Tomoka patted Sakuno's back in order to comfort her. Few seconds later, Tomoka asked her, "What happened?"
"R-Ryoma…" Sakuno replied slightly panting.
"Ryoma?!" Tomoka shouted, really surprised and curious. "Did something happen to you and Ryoma-my-love?!"
"U-Uhh… I walked with him along the corridor of the fresh--"
Before Sakuno could actually finish, Tomoka interrupted her saying, "You walked with HIM?! It means you walked TOGETHER?!"
"Y-Ye-Yes." Sakuno answered a little shocked.
"You're so LUCKY, Sakuno! I want to be with Ryoma as well! How did you do it?"
"I asked him to."
"How??"
"I just asked him if we can walk together. He just smiled and said yes. But I'm also a bit nervous that time…"
"Oh, I see. By the way, why are you panting?"
"I-I ran away…"
"You ran away? Why?"
"We were talking about each others' lovelife--"
Tomoka interrupted again and Sakuno wasn't able to finish what she was saying, "HIS LOVELIFE?! Tell me about it!"
"I will tell you! Just let me finish."
"Ok, sorry."
"And we were talking about each others' lovelife and he told me that he hasn't been in love once. He asked me if why I want to talk about it. He also asked me, 'Why? Do you have a crush on me?' Hearing that, of course, I ran away. I turned redder and redder that time and I can't take it anymore. I don't have left to say…"
They frowned on what Sakuno stated and went outside of the washroom to go to their classroom and have their discussion.
