Contradictions

Chapter 8-- He Finally Realized...

Flashback:
Sakuno blushed and nodded, the two walked out the room with everyone's eyes on them, while a certain person was glaring(Ryoma... :D). When they got out the room, they started talking quietly, everyone didn't make a sound, they tried to hear what they were talking about. They heard Fuji ask Sakuno something, then some stuttering. Then the next thing they knew, was Fuji was carrying Sakuno on her waist and spun her around, he looked really happy, while Sakuno was blushing madly.

Tomoka sighed and said to herself out loud, "I guess it was a yes..." most people in the class heard her.

'Yes' ?? Did Fuji-senpai/-sama asked Sakuno-san/chan/sama/Ryuuzaki-san/chan/sama to be his girlfriend..?? siggghh... They make such a perfect couple... I have no chance... I gotta tell my friends!!' mostly everyone thought as some took out their cellphones and called their friends.

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By the end of school, almost everyone was talking about the same thing.

"Ne, ne! Is it true Fuji-senpai and Ryuuzaki-san are dating??" is what was mostly heard everywhere.

And right now... a very, very excited and curious red-head and peach(hehe, Momo's name in english is peach, if some of you didn't know..) are searching for two certain people, "FU-JI-KO-CHAN/FUJI-SENPAI!! RYUUZAKI-CHAAN!!" they yelled as they ran around the courts, hoping they'll find the two.

"N-nani?" asked Sakuno as her senpais were staring at her with grins on their faces.

Momo's grin became wider as he put and arm on her shoulder and said, "Hehehe... how come Ryuuzaki-chan didn't tell us that..."

"You were going out with Fujiko-chan!" Eiji finished excitedly.

Sakuno blushed beet red, "E-eh... d-demo..."

Suddenly, from behind them Fuji appeared with his smile, "Saa.. Momo, what are you doing?" he asked as he looked on Momo's arm around Sakuno's shoulder.

Chills ran down Eiji's and Momo's spine. Momo immediately took his arm away from Sakuno, "N-nothing, senpai!!" he said as he hid behind Eiji nervously. No one can guess what the sadistic Fuji was thinking, he can ask help from Inui or he can blackmail you in some way.

"S-Syuusuke-senpai!" Sakuno exclaimed.

"Ah, Sakuno-chan, can you wait for me again today? I want to talk to you about.. things... okay?" he said sweetly.

Sakuno blushed and nodded, "H-hai!" she said.

"'kay then, I'll see you later, jaa!" Fuji waved at her the left, followed by Eiji and Momo who were still grinning.

The petite brunette walked to a Sakura tree, and decided to rest there until Fuji comes back from pratice. She sat down under the shady tree and looked up at the sky, she thought about what happened today and noticed that when she had said 'yes', she had never seen Fuji so happy before. Sakuno smiled and closed her eyes, not knowing that a golden-eyed boy was looking at her from above the tree.

"Sakuno... -wait... did I just call her... no... definitely not. Probably just my imagination... I'd never call Sakuno- agh. Damn. I called her by her first name again... Ryuuzaki. Ryuuzaki. Ryuuzaki! Not 'Sakuno'!" Ryoma thought as he examined the brunette, who was napping quietly. "She's become really beautiful... daaamn... what's wrong with me...? It's getting hard to lie- lie? Lie about what? About how she's not beautiful? But she is! Agh, I did it again! Why is it so hard..." he growled, but not too loud to wake up the girl. Ryoma watched the girl quietly, a smile was forming on his face.

"Just admit it.. will ya?" the voice from before popped up in his mind again.

Ryoma grunted and said, "It's you again... and admit what?!"

"Tch, I know that you know what I'm talking about. Just admit it!" it continued, sounding a bit irritated this time.

"I don't want to! Besides, I don't like her-" Ryoma was cut off.

"That's not true! Why don't you want to admit it? Because you don't like her? Or because you don't know you like her?" it said.

Ryoma froze, "I-I don't... do I? B-but... I don't.. I-I'm sure-" he was cut off again.

"No! You're not sure! If you are, then I wouldn't even be talking to you right now!" it irritatingly said.

He froze again, "... I-I... I like... Ryuuzaki... I like her... I like-"

"I get it! By the way... You don't 'like' her..-" it was cut off.

"Hah?! What do you mean?! You were the one who was bugging me about if I like her or not-" Ryoma yelled at it.

It grunted and said, "Shut up! Just listen! You don't 'like' her... you 'love' her..." it finally said and sighed.

"H-huh...?" Ryoma couldn't say anything.

"Argh, damn it! I thought you wouldn't be THIS hard! Geez... you've been feeling this feeling ever since you first talked to her, idiot! And when you left, you were always bugged that you 'left' something there, that's why you wanted to come back here so bad! You just never realized it! Argh! It's so... so frustrating explaining this to you! I really never thought you were THIS, THIS hard to talk to about this..." it said, and it sounded really, really annoyed, but happy that he finally explained it to Ryoma.

Ryoma couldn't say anything again, "... So... I'm not sick? I thought I was... my heart always beats so fast like I'm in an intense tennis match when I just see her smiling at me... with that.. sweet, cute smile..." he said.

It sweatdropped, "I-I get it... Just be sure to tell her soon... or else someone might take her away from you..."

"But... someone already did..." Ryoma said disappointedly.

"No, but he's going to... He only asked her to 'go' on a date with her, he didn't tell her that he likes her yet, he didn't ask her to be his girlfriend yet, now did he?" it explained to Ryoma.

"Hmm... that's true but..." once again, Ryoma was cut off.

"Just tell her. Okay, it might even be good for you. Tell her." it said.

"R-Ryoma-kun...?" a sweet voice broke through his thoughts.

Ryoma quickly found the source of the voice and said, "N-nani, Ryuuzaki?" he asked as he looked down into her eyes.

"S-since when have you been up there?" she asked with a slight blush on her face.

"Since before you came here." he said as he sat up on a thick branch of a tree.

"Oh... becareful! You might fall down!" Sakuno said to him and stood up, she brushed her skirt, "Ryoma-kun... aren't you suppose to be at practice?" she asked.

Ryoma paused to think why he was up there again and remembered, "Buchou said I should cool down, since I almost hurt Kaidoh-senpai, I was really angry when I was having a match with him from earlier." he said.

"Ah.. why were you angry?" she innocently asked.

He smirked and instead of replying he said, "It seems like you're interviewing me, Ryuuzaki."

Sakuno blushed, "A-ah.. gomen! I didn't mean to-"

"Are you going to a date with Fuji-senpai?" Ryoma asked a hint of seriousness in his voice.

"A-ano... not really... senpai asked me to accompany him to somewhere this Saturday... and that he wanted to to talk to me about something..." she explained.

Ryoma mentally sighed in relief, "Oh, what are you going to talk about?"

Sakuno put a finger on her chin and thought for a while, "Hmm... I don't know... he said- hey! Now it seems like Ryoma-kun is interviewing me!" she said as she puffed her cheeks.

Ryoma chuckled and said, "Then we're even." he jumped down from the tree skillfully and asked her, "do you want something to drink? My treat."

Sakuno blushed, Ryoma actually laughed, even thought she saw him laugh before, not that much though, so it was still very rare, "H-hai! Thank you!" she said to him with a bright smile.

The two walked to find a vending machine, Ryoma bought his favorite Grape Ponta, while Sakuno had Strawberry Ponta, it was her favorite(I made it up...). They sat down on a bench and talked about anything, as long as it wasn't awkwardly quiet, unknown to them that a very very angry girl was watching.

"Damn Ryuuzaki bitch(Just to warn you... the 'words' are going to get worse from here on...)! You already have Fuji-sama!! Now you're also taking Ryoma-sama! Che, you'll pay!" the girl thought angrily as she took out her cell phone and took a picture of Sakuno and Ryoma having a nice chat together while drinking their Ponta. She sent the picture to someone and smirked evilly, "Trust me... You'll pay bitch... I hate having to smile around you so much... but it might be worth it... now.. 'they' are going to do my job for me... good luck.. you'll need it..." she thought as she walked away quietly. (You'll know who she is soon, maybe in 1-3 more chapters!)

"Sakuno-chan!" a familiar voice called to Sakuno.

Sakuno and Ryoma turned around to see who it was, "Syuusuke-senpai!" Sakuno called back with a smile, "Is practice done?"

Fuji nodded and walked to the two, "Yeah, so this is where Echizen went, we were wondering if you already left." Fuji said to Ryoma.

"Hn.." Ryoma replied and turned around, he was still annoyed at what Fuji did from before.

"Sakuno-chan, do you want to go home now? Echizen, you want to come with us again?" Fuji offered.

The two nodded and stood up. They started walking and soon, Ryoma had to seperate from them.

"Bye, Ryoma-kun! Thanks for the drink! See you tomorrow!" Sakuno bid him goodbye.

"See you, Echizen." Fuji added.

"Hn, jaa." Ryoma replied and walked on his own path home. He didn't want to go yet, but he wants to go home. "Ah... I like Ryuuzaki... I won't let anyone take her away from me anymore..." he thought with a smirk.

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Waii... chapter 8 is done...!! I hope you all liked this chapter!!
And I hope some of you are happy to know that Sakuno and Fuji aren't actually going on a 'date', and sorry if I disappointed some people... -bows apologetically- I'm sorry!
And... please review!! :)