Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis.
There is Echizen Ryoma. Tennis prodigy. Class sleeper. English genius. Notorious too-cool-for-you attitude. In other words, the boy of every girl's dream. And then there is Ryuzaki Sakuno. Forever wearing long twin braids. Great cook. Terrible athlete. Shy. Stutter extraordinaire. Total introvert. Yet, at this very moment, Ryoma is approaching her, taking long, meaningful strides. Sakuno is too busy chatting with her friend Tomoka about the upcoming dance to notice. A tap on her shoulder and a squeal from her friends causes her to spin around.
"R-r-ryoma?" Sakuno stammers. He just barely nods, and quickly hands her a box. It is quite a big box, painted brown and green. On the box is written "I will go to the dance with you when pigs fly". Sakuno doesn't know what to make out of the message. Meanwhile, Tomoka impatiently tears off the top, wanting to know what goodies await inside. The small crowd that gathered gasps as sky blue balloons float out of the box, with crude-but-undeniable drawings of pigs on them.
Sakuno should feel happy. This kind of stuff usually only happens in movies. But she isn't. In fact, Ryuzaki Sakuno is mad with a capital "M". How dare Echizen Ryoma ask her to the dance! After all she did for her! Need some evidence? Here you go:
She cheered for him at every game. How did he repay her? By barely acknowledging her existence.
She tried to help when he got hurt. How did he repay her? By harshly telling her to "go back to the sidelines".
She sweat buckets trying to learn tennis for him. How did her repay her? By casually swinging by and commenting on her long hair—which she loves!—wobbly hips, and incorrect stance.
She planned all night on the outfit to wear to her "date". How did he repay her? By pretending—or actually not noticing—her cute clothes.
She worked all morning on a bento for him. How did he repay her? He didn't. He took it and ate it, only later commenting on how bad it was. Boy, was that embarrassing!
And now he is just giving her this box as a substitute to actually asking her to the dance? Pathetic. Just plain pathetic. Sakuno flings the box at Ryoma, her aim true for the first (and probably last) time. Ryoma is so surprised that he doesn't even attempt dodging, just hurriedly using his hands to block it. The wooden box falls to the ground and breaks apart, splinters and chunks littered across the floor.
Ryoma's hands sting from the impact. He swiftly spots and picks up a piece of wood, and sifts through the gaping crowd until he finds Horio. In an icy cold voice, Ryoma says, "Never ask me to give a girl your dance invitation again." Horio nods meekly as Ryoma throws down the piece of wood, "Satoshi Horio" written in small, neat letters on it.
The beauty of these kind of different ending stories is that I can continue it whenever I get a new idea, so stay tuned! If you have any ideas about Sakuno's different reactions, please tell me through reviewing! (I may or may not use it, based on how much inspiration I have from hearing it). I hope y'all enjoyed and happy Valentines! All reviews thoroughly appreciated.