Ryūzaki Sakuno moaned quietly to herself as Momoshiro lay gasping in pain on the ice beside her. She wasn't sure just how it had happened really. One minute they'd been skating together, and the next she was falling. She'd caught Ryoma watching them several times and was distractedly trying to figure out whether he was jealous or not, when something had knocked into her. She'd reached out trying to steady herself and had somehow pulled the older boy down with her, or rather on top of her. He'd landed straddling her upraised knee and was now in a foetal position with his eyes shut tight in pain. She was concerned about him, but a little relieved that Ryoma had left a few minutes earlier with the Rikkaidai tennis captain. Tomoka skated up to them, her little brothers in tow, with an incredulous expression on her face.

"Sakuno! What are you doing? If you're not going to take this plan seriously then how can I ever accept you as my love rival for Ryoma-sama?! He's at the cafe now, so get Momoshiro-sempai up and lets go already."

...TKB...

Ryoma sat at the small table across from Yukimura Seiichi and stared at his phone in disbelief. He couldn't understand how word had gotten around so fast. He'd been single for two days and already he'd been confessed to by four girls yesterday and had gotten a dozen messages from girls at other schools that day as well. Today his phone was crammed full of voice mails from girls and the texts had quadrupled, it was barely one in the afternoon. He mass deleted the messages with an annoyed look on his face. It was then he realized that his companion was saying something, and tuned back inti the conversation.

"So, what do you say Ryoma-kun, shall we make a match of it?" Yukimura said with raised eyebrows. He wasn't surprised at the confusion on the boy's face. He didn't think he'd been paying full attention to what he was saying, but he was patient and willing to repeat himself if need be.

"Why are you being so formal? We have matches all the time." Ryoma said immediately thinking the topic was tennis.

"That's not what I said at all. Pay attention boya. I said I think we should go on a date, it's not like we don't enjoy each others company. Of course we can have a match first if you'd like, then we'll spend the day together and see how things go."

Ryoma didn't answer right away and in the silence someone strode up to their table.

"Echizen, Ore-sama hears that you are no longer dating that girl, which means of course that the way is clear for my teammate to ask her out. She is cute, I'll give you that, but she must be desperate for proper attention after someone like you. Jirou will be interested in hearing that you're single now. Your not as fascinating to him as Fuji of course, but he'll be happy to date you just the same." Atobe Keigo proclaimed as he strode confidently up to their table.

"Why would I want to date a lackey chimpanzee Monkey King?" Ryoma responded acidly.

Yukimura's eye twitched a little before he forced a smile back onto his face and addressed the intruder,

"Atobe, there is a bug on your shoulder."

Atobe physically tensed and glanced at his shoulders one at a time before glaring at the blue haired boy.

"Ore-sama is not amused at your little joke. Echizen do not call me Monkey King!" he would have continued if not for a raven haired boy pushing in between him and the table.

"Mura-buchou! You're so mean, going off to get a drink without me! Ryoma, I thought we were friends, how could you do this to me?" Kirihara Akaya whined dramatically as Sanada strode up behind him and let out a put upon sigh.

"Akaya I told you, we will join Seiichi and Ryoma-san after we get our drinks."

"Don't ignore me. I demand you apologize for interrupting." Atobe ground out as he pulled Kirihara around to look at him. Things quickly went down hill from there as Yukimura and Sanada interjected themselves in an attempt to stop the fight before it became physical. No one noticed Ryoma slip off until after Atobe had left and the other three had sat down again. Yukimura was disappointed, and more than a little annoyed at the Hyotei captain, until he heard his phone alert him to a text message. It was from Ryoma and he smiled upon reading it.

'I'll think about it.'

...TKB...

Fuji Syusuke watched Ryoma skate around on his own and smiled in admiration as his natural sports skill kicked in. The sixteen year old boy found his stride and shortly after he was skating confidently backwards. He wasn't showing off like Eiji but it was clear he was having more fun now. He'd been a little concerned when Ryoma had come back from the concession alone but all seemed well if the look on Yukimura's face was anything to go by. The Rikkaidai players hadn't come back to the ice but had waved farewell before leaving. The tennis genius winced as Horio tried to turn around to skate backwards and slammed right into Ryoma causing both to fall. The other two freshmen were there immediately to pick up their friends.

The four soon found themselves as part of a chain as Eiji grabbed hold of them on the way by. It was getting long when Fuji found himself at the end of it. He quickly snatched up Momoshiro and Ryūzaki when they came back out on the ice. Tezuka had avoided it by stepping off the rink and was rubbing his forehead having already guessed what was about to happen. The chain of people turned abruptly and as the end snapped around Fuji let go of the two younger students, his eyes open in frightening glee. The two smacked into the boards and once again found themselves flat on the frozen surface. Oishi rushed over to see if they were hurt as Fuji joined his boyfriend and the two gathered up Ryoma so they could leave.

"So Ryoma, did you have fun today?" Fuji asked as they walked towards the bus stop. The boy shrugged seemingly lost in thought. The older two shared a look over his head before the bespectacled boy tried to draw him out.

"We thought about going to see a movie tonight. You should come with us, we were going to ask Yuuta-kun as well." Tezuka said matter of factly.

"You two should go. I don't need to be entertained, you should know that after all these years." Ryoma replied in annoyance. They never failed to invite him along on some of their outings when he stayed with the Fuji family, but he didn't want to intrude on their relationship.

"We're not entertaining you Ryoma. It's not a date if we're inviting other people. If Yuuta can't make it, maybe Seiichi could come along. What do you think?" Fuji was rewarded when Ryoma blushed.

So, what does everyone think so far? Personally I'm finding it a bit forced, but if people are enjoying this I'll keep trying.