From Ice to Water...


Ryoma and Sakurai ended up hanging out a lot together. Ryoma began to learn tennis from The Prince of Tennis. Sakurai began to learn soccer from The Princess of Soccer.

Actually, Ryoma and Sakurai ended up being girlfriend/boyfriend. Who would've thought it?

Sakurai played even better in tennis with Ryoma cheering for him on the benches. Ryoma played better in soccer as well with Sakurai cheering for her on the sidelines. Both of them started to become more open and social. No longer will amateur writers such as me call Ryoma a "soccer and Ponta (and 'mad mada da ne') are my life" kind of person anymore. Sure, Ryoma's life still mainly revolved around those three but now Ryoma has much more to life for. No longer will Sakurai be known as shy, quiet , and immensely-talented-in-tennis but rather happy, outgoing, and immensely-talented-in-tennis.

So now we go back to the ice analogy.

Before Sakurai and Ryoma met, they were, in a way, like ice. Cold, strong, and independent.

Yet that one quality, that one characteristic of ice that many fail to find as important, that many fail to mention, is that ice melts.

Ice melts pretty easily too. All it needs is warmth. And not that much, either.

So if we look back at the comparison of ice to Sakurai and Ryoma, we realize something. Sakurai and Ryoma were like ice. And like ice all they needed was warmth to melt them. So when they fell in love, they melted.

Why?

Because love is warmth.

And after ice melts, what is it? Something that is like ice in some ways but has more optimistic qualities.

Water.