Here's part 2! Thanks to all who reviewed. The second part is up and you Ryosaku fans might kill me (ducks rotten vegetables and hides in a cave) and it'll be a LONG one so bring some snacks cuz this will be super long (Hits) ACK! I've been hit!

Chapter 7: Cyclamen

Summary: It's a day to kick back and have fun, but it was a day to say goodbye to the past and move on

It was the day. Today was the Infamous Imperial Gakuen festival. Why it was so infamous you ask? Every year, the school would hold a festival for the anniversary the school was founded on. The main attraction was the annual tennis tournament that took place. Seigaku along with some rival schools would be attending the festival.

"A-ano Haruna chan is there anything we need?" Sakuno asked her fellow student council member from the desk.

"Nope! We got everything done on the checklist. We just need to wait for the other schools to come since we got Yamabuki and Fudomine here"

"Ah…"

"Oi Sakuno chan you okay? You don't seem excited for today's festival"

"I'm fine, it's just that…"

"Ah…HE'S coming…Well I'm sure everything will work out. I mean you got Kazuma Kun right? Well I'm going back to class. Ja ne!" Haruna get Sakuno a quick hug and dashed off

Sakuno smiled at her retreating form. Haruna chan was like the big sister she never had. She was cheerful and easy to get along with but sometimes she would be excited over little things. But, however most of the time she was right on certain things and she was right about one thing: She had Kazuma Kun.

Kamiya Kazuma was the student council president and had the ranking of gold, which made him the richest student attending imperial. At first she was a silver ranked honor student in the student council, but after going out with Kazuma kun she was the platinum or rather "The president's girlfriend" A title that was above the silver rank but below the gold rank. In front of the public they were an ideal couple but behind the scenes, He was cold and aloof towards her but lately he was starting to warm up and he was becoming gentler

"Oi, Sakuno!"

Sakuno spun around to see her boyfriend and student council president looking at her with his sapphire eyes. His fine blue hair was ruffling in the wind. She could feel a blush creeping up to her cheeks.

"K-Kazuma kun…"

"I was looking you. The schools are starting to arrive so let's go and greet them."

"H-hai"

Kazuma took her hand and grasped it gently.

"Sakuno? You don't seem yourself lately. Are you getting a fever?" he placed his hand on her forehead. She felt her blush deepening that usual

"N-no! E-everything's good. S-see?" She tried putting on a smile to show she was fine but Kazuma managed to read through her façade

"Sakuno, you're very bad at lying you know that?"

"N-no! I'm good, see? Hahahaha"

"If you say so then…"

"Kazuma Kun, I need to get something from the student council room to get something."

"Eh? The schools are already waiting for the arrival of the emperor and his platinum. Surely you don't want to disappoint our guests"

"Ie, I really did forget something in the student council room"

"Oh okay then, but hurry up"

"Hai. I'll see you later"

"Ja ne then"

In the student council room…

She was digging in her bag to get something out of there. A year ago when Ryoma gave her the wilted bouquet, there was a flower she had kept. It was a dried Cyclamen that she had carefully pressed. She didn't know why she kept it, but maybe because at of all the flowers she threw away the cyclamen was still alive. She quickly took the flower and put it in her blazer pocket to meet up with Kazuma Kun since he was waiting for her. It would be a shame to make him wait for her especially with the tennis teams that would be coming.

Outside…

"Takumi, is she here yet? All these teams are here and I can't start the opening speech without her," Kazuma whispered harshly to his vice president

"Er…I don't see her," Takumi said while moving his head back and forth

"Haruna, go check the student council room for me. She said she would be there"

"Hai! Kazu chan"

"And please don't call me Kazu chan"

Haruna pouted "But it suits you very very much"

"Haruna…"

"Geez fine, just relax, But you can do this without her you know. Just as long as the four of us are here, we're good"

"But Sakuno's part of the student council and therefore I can't start without her."

"I think you should go with what Haruna chan is saying. The crowd is getting restless as we speak" Shigure, the vice president nudged his best friend and sure enough the schools were starting to get bored from all the waiting.

Kazuma sighed. He was going to have a long talk with Sakuno today. Speaking of her, she was acting weird lately. She wasn't good at hiding her emotions and it was starting to stir up within the student council.

"Okay I'm starting whenever she's here or not." Kazuma stepped onto the plateau ready to start his speech when a voice called out to him.

"Gomen!"

All heads turned to see a panting Sakuno at the plateau panting and waiting to catch her breath

"Sakuno chan! You're here!" Haruna glomped on Sakuno and hugged with all her might

"H-Haruna C-C-Chan…Y-you're h-h-hurting me" Sakuno choked out

"Haruna, Let her go you're killing her" Takumi suggested

Haruna looked at Sakuno who was slowly turning green and quickly let her go before Kazuma could give her a death glare

Kazuma coughed before turning to his attention to the crowd

"Gomen for the wait. As you know, Imperial Gakuen has held this festival for many years and every year we invited Kanto's best teams to come and participate in our tennis tournament, which has been a success for many years. We hope that this year's tournament along with our festival will be a big success for the coming years. Should you have a question feel free to ask anyone of us student council members. We will walk along the school grounds in our student council uniforms so we would be able to spot easily in the crowd. And now without further delay…let the 58th Imperial Gakuen founding day celebration begin!" The speech closed off along with a display of fireworks

"The tennis tournament will begin in a couple of hours. Please feel free to go to any of our displays" A round of applause gave way and everyone started to scatter.

"Sakuno, you were late."

"Gomen Kazuma kun. I didn't mean to come so late"

"It's fine. Just make sure you're not late for the tennis tournament. I'll be in the student council room finishing up some last minute paperwork. I got a list of jobs for you to finish for some off the booths. Can you do that for me?

"Hai"

"I'll meet up with you as soon as I finish my paperwork."

"Sure!"

"Well then I'm off." Kazuma kissed her on the cheek. She felt her cheeks go red as she looked at the floor embarassed.

"K-Kazuma Kun…"

Kazuma laughed at her. He pats her on the head and left. Sakuno watched his retreating form and smiled. Little did she know that a certain pair of cat like golden eyes was watching her.

Later on…

"At least I the list done…I'll just go and meet up with Kazuma Kun" She checked her list. SO far everything was going smoothly and nothing went wrong…yet. She didn't want see Ryoma Kun but eventually she did

"Ah gomen…Ryoma Kun?"

"Ryuzuki?"

The two of them stared at each other. There was a pregnant pause

In the student council room…

Kazuma was witnessing what was going outside. His platinum was talking to someone. It must be that Echizen guy she talked about before. His eyes were turning cold before sinking back in to his chair.

'Damn it'

Back outside…

"It's nice to see you again Ryoma Kun" Sakuno smiled.

"Hn"

"So…um…how are you enjoying the festival?"

"Betsuni"

"I-I see…I got to go I'm meeting up with…someone. I'll see you-" Before she could leave, A hand was gripping onto her shoulder really hard and turned her around. Her chocolate orbs were facing golden orbs

"R-Ryoma kun…"

"He kissed you…"

"What are you talking about Ryoma kun?"

"You heard me"

"No I don't understand what you're trying to say"

"That guy kissed you"

"Ryoma Kun please I have to-" before he could finish her sentence, her lips were crushed by his own

Her head was spinning. Ryoma Kun was kissing her. He was kissing her. She didn't know what to do. His right hand gripped on her chin while his left was holding onto her waist. She had to stop this before Kazuma sees this. She broke the kiss and looked at him

"Ryoma Kun…Gomen…but I already have someone…" Sakuno whispered.

"Ryuzuki…"

"Gomen… I really love him Ryoma Kun. I think of you like a good friend, but please Ryoma Kun don't do this to me. I don't want to hurt him... please…" tears were brimming from her eyes. He was growing angry by the second. He gripped her shoulders and shouted at you

"Is this some sort of sick joke? What about me Ryuzuki? I've known you longer than him. I've taught you tennis, go of my way to get you strings restrung and helped you in tennis"

"But you were forced to. You rejected me remember? You gave me that dead bouquet as a sign that you didn't love me"

"I'm sorry Ryuzuki. I wasn't in the proper state of mind. Please Ryuzuki give me a chance."

"You think a sorry can fix this? Ryoma Kun you rejected me. I gave you everything but you didn't accepted it."

"I-"

"She's right. You better leave her alone right now before I have you kicked out" A voiced interrupted

Both of them spun to see Kazuma standing there with an emotionless face

"K-Kazuma kun?"

"Betsuni"

"Surely you don't your team kicked out of the tournament now do you?"

Ryoma glared at Kazuma before taking off

"Y-You saw everything"

"I did. Ryuzuki…What you said to him about me…did you really mean it?"

"H-Hai"

Kazuma smiled "I'm glad. I guess your sincerity and honest personality is what drew me to you"

"Huh?"

Before she could talk he crushed her lips onto hers. The dried cyclamen flew from her jacket pocket and it was carried away

Somewhere…

In a field of cyclamen Ryoma was standing over them looking at the red flowers. It was depressing looking at them. How could she do this to him? It wasn't fair for him.

"Hey I understand how it feels"

Ryoma looked over his shoulder to see Haruna walk over to him. She bent down to pluck a cyclamen and examined its red petals

"I saw that little incident earlier. Reminded me of what happened between me and her and in this same field"

"…"This was getting interesting.

"It happened a few month ago after Sakuno chan joined Student council. There was something I really admired about her. In a school with such cold people around you she was like a beacon of warm light and I was drawn to that. In time, I realized that I liked her. I really like her, but Kazu chan beat me to her. I was so angry that he took her away from me because I didn't want anyone stealing her away from me. But One day Sakuno took me aside to this field and told she thinks of me as a big sister. Even I give it my all I still wasn't a match for Kazu chan. There was no choice o but accept it and continue being friends with her. I let my feelings go for her sake."

"Betsuni…"

"Wouldn't it be better to be friends with her than losing her?"

"Hn"

"Geez, you're an even harder nut to crack than Kazu chan. I'll see you around!" She left. The Cyclamen she was holding fluttered away along with the wind.

Ryoma looked at the Cyclamens fluttering its petals in the wind. He bent down and plucked a Cyclamen. A strong gust of wind whisked by and blew the Cyclamen right out of hand. Somehow it felt like was a sign to say goodbye…

Midnight: (whispers) That was one of the longest chapters I wrote...make that the longest one up to date. I got it done…I'm hiding here in this closet trying to avoid the Ryosaku fans from killing me. Heh… Please don't kill me. Review and I'll give you a cookie

Ryosaku fans: THERE SHE IS!

Midnight: GAH! Don't kill me! AHHH!

Cyclamen: Resignation and goodbye

Next Summary: catching a cold sucks, but if your crush comes to pay a visit then you might want rephrase that