Chapter 4

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PRINCE OF TENNIS

Mada mada dane if you didn't know that says Ryoma. xD

A/N Hi! Lol another chapter here xD its lucky its holidays or I really can't manage to write at all cause from Mondays to Fridays I'm banned from the comp during school days taking advantage of holidays lol

The wind swept in through the windows. The curtains swished slightly, causing the neatly piled tissues on the nurse's table to flicker up. Some of them fell to the floor.

Koizumi-sensei was busy trying to call Sakuno's relatives, none of whom were picking up.

Ryoma sighed. He was sitting next to Sakuno, who was lying on the soft, white bed, looking perfectly innocent unconscious. He leaned closer to her face.

Here he was, studying her face again.

"Echizen-kun, right?" Ryoma withdrew quickly from the bed as if he was stung.

Koizumi-sensei smiled. "I'm need to get some documents and forms for Ryuzaki-san, can you watch over her while I'm gone? She'll be okay, she'll come around soon."

Ryoma gave a small nod. He heard the door slide close. He turned toward Sakuno again. He hesitated, but a part of him wanted to. His fingers found themselves twirling her soft auburn hair.

Suddenly, Sakuno stirred.

Ryoma snatched his hand back as quick as lightning. Crap, is she awake?

Sakuno's eyes slowly fluttered open. It was a relief to see those chocolate orbs again.

"…R-ryoma…kun?"

"...Hn."

Sakuno sat up, gazing around the room. "What happened?"

"You fell unconscious after that curtain bar hit your head," Ryoma said dryly. Sakuno looked confused.

"How did I get here?"

Did that bar permanently hit some brain cells out?

"…Hn." Ryoma grunted. He stood up and leaned against the wall, sticking his hands into his pockets.

Sakuno's eyebrow twitched. She hated it when Ryoma was being unhelpful. Then again, she had no courage to talk back to him and lecture him about his lack of effort to explain to her what happened.

"A-ano… Ryoma-kun… can you answer my question p-please?" Sakuno said timidly. She fidgeted with her fingers.

Ryoma let out a small sigh. Sinking his cap to cover his eyes, he finally said, "I carried you here, ok?"

Sakuno's eyes widened. Her cheeks flushed with red. She was lost for words.

Upon seeing her reaction, Ryoma smirked.

Sakuno saw it, and tried to sit up but the moment she tried, her head began to swim. She rubbed the side of her head. "O-ouch..."

Ryoma looked up, slightly alarmed. He wanted to ask if she was okay but he couldn't quite bring himself to actually say it.

Sakuno rubbed her temples. Ryoma walked towards the bed, with full intention of telling her he was going to leave now that she's awake. Except, he tripped. Over the chair he was sitting in before.

"…KYAAA!" Sakuno's eyes widened with fright as Ryoma toppled onto her. He had shut his eyes for a split second before he fell on her, and when he opened them... Shit. Shit. Shit.

His legs were between hers, and his face was barely an inch away from her.

Sakuno's mouth was slightly parted, her cheeks were on fire.

Shit… just why do these things happen to me all the time lately?

Sakuno felt Ryoma's hot breath on her, and reddened even more. Ryoma could feel the softness of her body against his… No. What the hell was he thinking? He shook his head mentally, trying to clear his thoughts.

Yet again, he couldn't deny it did feel good.

"A-ano… Ryoma-kun…"

That's it. Her full pink lips uttering his name like that, he couldn't stand it anymore. In one swift motion, he turned his cap the opposite way and dipped own to capture her lips with his own. He was really meaning for it to be a peck, but when he tried to pull away, Sakuno wrapped her arms around him and pulled him down again; this time it was she who took initiative. Before he knew it, he had undone her braids and let her hair flow down her shoulders.

He caught a faint scent of strawberries as he caressed the strands that slipped through his fingers. Her hair was so light.

Sakuno hesitantly touched his dark green hair, feeling a burning sensation within her. She finally stopped the kiss, feeling the need to breathe.

Ryoma smirked at her.

He moved his lips to her ear, tickling her skin with his hot breath.

"…Ryuzaki, strawberries are the best, aren't they?" He whispered as he tapped her lips lightly with his forefinger.

Sakuno blushed. She squirmed slightly. Ryoma was about to get off her, when the door of the infirmary opened.

Ryoma and Sakuno's heads turned.

"…"

Three people who stood at the doorway froze at the sight before them.

"ECHIZEN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RYUZAKI-CHAN?" Momo yelled, his face red. But he wasn't alone.

"NYA! OCHIBI! YOU'VE GROWN!" Eiji cried joyously..

Fuji's beautiful blue eyes were opened for a split second, before they resumed back to the mischievous curve. He was smiling, rather smugly.

"…Ne, Echizen, you're quite the man aren't you?"

Leaping off Sakuno in an instant, Ryoma groaned.

Sakuno was frantically shaking her head, trying to explain herself. "W-we w-weren't d-doing anything! D-don't mistake i-it, s-senpai-tachi!"

Fuji's smile became wider, while Eiji and Momo sniggered.

Ryoma sighed. He adjusted his cap on his head and stuck his hands in his pockets. Then, he glanced over at Sakuno who was still sitting forlornly on the bed, her cheeks frightfully red.

"…Ne, Echizen, Ryuzaki-chan. Look over here," the blue-orbed tensai said, waving one hand.

Ryoma and Sakuno heads both turned around.

Click!

Poking his face out from behind the camera, he said, "I think the school bulletin board team will be interested in posting up an article about you two. How about it, Echizen?" He smiled sadistically at Ryoma.

Ryoma looked ready to kill him.

However, Fuji only smiled wider at the sight of Ryoma's glare.

Meanwhile, Momo and Eiji crowded around Sakuno, began asking her awkward questions. Ryoma scowled at this. He grabbed Sakuno's hand and with a tug, he forced her to stand and they exited the infirmary.

Sakuno's hand was clutching her head. "Ryoma-kun… I'm …s-still… not s-so recovered y-yet…"

Ryoma glanced at her and saw her face was scrunched up in pain. He felt slightly guilty. He hadn't meant to drag her out so suddenly, but at the same time, he didn't want to stay in there with his senpais and get tortured slowly with questions and comments.

They had reached the grounds now, in their haste.

"…C-cold…" Sakuno whispered. She shivered and crossed her arms over her chest. It was now autumn and Ryoma, who was used to playing tennis outside in all sorts of conditions, was of course not cold.

But Sakuno was.

He said nothing, but took off his jacket, and lumped it over her shoulders. Sakuno looked up, surprised to say the least. She blushed.

A pause, then she whispered, "…Arigatou, Ryoma-kun." Then she looked down at the floor, embarrassed.

"Hn." Ryoma smirked.

A/N yayyy finished this chapter at last! Please review You review, me happy xp