Author's Note:
No! The kiss should have been longer!!! LOL ) I'm the devil when it comes to disappointment. Don't worry though. It's coming, my dear and not so dear readers. I don't judge on criteria though, so I like a nice critic.
Chapter 7:
"Ryoma-kun…" Sakuno said, smoothing his hair out of his face. He just lay in her lap. "Please, wake up." At the moment, they were sitting on the rooftop of the mansion. "You invited me up here…b-but then just ended up asleep on me." One of his eyes opened at her and he smirked.
"So," he said. "You had your kiss today." Sakuno nodded, even though she knew it was a statement. "How many times did you rehearse it?"
"Well, uh," she started, "twelve, Ryoma-kun." Twelve: Ryoma thought: twelve kisses. He pulled himself up and walked to the door leading out. "R-Ryoma-kun, what is it?" he just shook his head and left the rooftop.
PRINCE OF PONTA
"Echizen-sama!" Akira Hiroshima screamed as he pounded the door. "Please, do this for me! I need you." Ryoma just sat there, staring at the black wall, drinking his Ponta. Earlier, he had locked the door. All of the other tennis players in the mansion were at a photo shoot for an advertisement for men's underwear.
Ryoma, being as smart as he is, figured it out. The tennis mansion only wanted him so they could sweeten things up and make a profit off some underwear line. The courts were public, and not private.
"We can't do this without you!" he said. "Everyone will want the underwear Echizen Ryoma, tennis champion, wears." Ryoma finished up his can of Ponta and threw it at the locked door. "When you change your mind…" and he left the statement open as he walked away from his room.
Ryoma lay there, almost asleep until he heard the knock on the door. "Erm, Ryoma-kun," a voice said, "it's Sakuno." He pulled himself up off the bed, unlocked the door, and opened it. "Uh, Konnichiwa, Ryoma-kun," she said. "All of the others have left for something. You didn't go, so I was wondering…are you leaving?"
"Yeah," he said bluntly. Sakuno stared at the ground.
"Will I see you again?" she asked. Ryoma thought about that.
"Yeah."
"When?" she asked, but then blushed. Ryoma just stared at her, smirking, making her blush deepen.
"Soon," he said and left it at that. He then grabbed his bag he had packed earlier, and he walked out of the room. "Bye." Sakuno smiled sadly.
"Bye."
Author's Note:
It doesn't end here, so don't fret. I just love a little drama. Thanks so much, aoi. I really appreciate it!
