Chapter 9
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PRINCE OF TENNIS
A/N omg I am so happy. THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING! thanking you guys for eternity Anyway, this is chapter 9. It is kind of mushy… please bear with me. It feels so nice to see new reviews jumps up in joy.
Sakuno was suddenly aware of how close her face was to his. Flushing, she withdrew further away, not believing that she actually did something like this. What if Ryoma heard her? If he did, she would die of embarrassment. Sakuno was definitely not ready to let Ryoma know she was still in love with him.
The wall she had been building through those two years was supposed to protect her. And she was not going to just open them up so that the same person she'd been trying to protect herself from could break them all down again.
Suddenly a hand caught her wrist.
Looking down, she saw Ryoma's hand clasped tightly over her own. Blushing, she tried to pull away Then it dawned on her that Ryoma must then have been awake when she said what she said to him. Did he hear her? Fearing the worst, she took a quick glance at his face, and it seemed like he was asleep after all. It was possible that he was dreaming and moving according to his dream. Turning away from Ryoma to calm herself, she closed her eyes in relief. Phew.
Suddenly hands covered her eyes. Sakuno gasped. "R-Ryoma-kun!"
She tried to pry them off but he wouldn't let her. "R-Ryoma-kun, c-could you take y-your h-hands off my f-face...p-please?"
Then she felt his hot breath as he whispered in her ear, "Yada."
Sakuno froze. Feeling her face heat up like an oven, she was now desperately trying to pry his hands off her face. At last he took his hands off her face.
"What are you doing here, Ryuzaki?" Ryoma said tiredly, scratching his hair, making it even messier than before. Sakuno sat on his bed, her hands clasped tightly together, her face still red as a tomato.
Ryoma smirked at this.
The poor girl was so nervous. Ryoma decided to tease her a little. He caught her wrist and leaned closer to her so that his lips were brushing her tendrils of soft auburn hair.
"Ne… Ryuzaki… can you teach me how to French kiss?"
Sakuno's eyes widened. Then she pouted, her cheeks still red.
"R-Ryoma-kun! I came to visit you because you were sick-" Sakuno began, puffing angrily. Ryoma leaned closer and planted a butterfly kiss on her ear.
It was so light and chaste that Sakuno couldn't interpret what had happened. Then she suddenly felt quite pissed. Sakuno couldn't understand why the hell was Ryoma acting this way. All she knew was, she didn't like it. He was always toying with her feelings, as though it was of no importance. Well, she'd show him.
"Look, Echizen-san… I DON'T FRICKIN' WANT TO TEACH YOU HOW TO FRENCH KISS OR ANYTHING AT ALL! WHO'D WANT TO FRENCH KISS YOU ANYWAY?!" Sakuno burst out, flinging her wrist out of his grasp.
Ryoma gaped at her, flabbergasted at her outburst.
"Ano… is there something wrong?"
Ryoma and Sakuno's heads swiveled around. Nanako was standing at the doorway, holding a tray with chocolate cookies, a jug of milk, two cups and some napkins.
Behind her was…
"Ne, shounen… you should have told me you wanted to learn French kissing! MY BOY'S GROWN SO MUCH! I'M SO HAPPY I COULD JUST SHIT!" Nanjiroh snatched a napkin from on the tray Nanako was holding and began sniffling dramatically.
Sakuno's whole face went scarlet.
Ryoma looked furiously embarrassed. "THEN GO AHEAD AND SHIT! SEE IF I CARE!"
Nanako's face crinkled up in shock. Sakuno jumped, and started backing away from Ryoma.
Grabbing his hat from the top of his dress table, he pushed past his father and cousin and descended down the stairs to the living room. Sakuno chased after him.
Meanwhile, Nanako was shaking her head at Nanjiroh. "Ah, ah… this is all your fault. So Ryoma-san's finally cracked eh…"
Nanjiroh pouted. "I didn't do anything!"
Ryoma slammed a cup down on the kitchen table, and drank his cup of milk forcefully, fuming. He heard footsteps. He knew who it was.
"What do you want… Ryuzaki."
Sakuno twiddled her thumbs, sweating. "I-I…u-um… just w-wanted…t-to say…"
Ryoma's back was facing her. She felt pressured. Clenching her fists together, she said, "Gomen!" With that, she ran up towards him, and gave him a tight hug from behind.
Ryoma's free hand trembled. His mouth was slightly open. Sakuno took in his sweet smell, and nuzzled into his back. Ryoma's face heated up. Damn it… don't do that. You'll make me lose control…
"I…I'm sorry for shouting…and embarrassing in front of your family…" Sakuno apologized. With Sakuno's body pressed up against his, he couldn't help the tingles that were running up and down his spine. Instinctively, he turned around and wrapped his arms around her, as she, amazingly, snuggled her head into his chest. Feeling her soft, small body on his was too much.
He pressed her against the wall forcefully, crashing his lips onto hers. Feeling those strawberries made Ryoma want to smirk. Her lips were so soft. He gently nibbled at her bottom lip, willing her to open up. She gasped and he took this opportunity to slip his tongue into her mouth. His right hand was pulling her closer to him, while the other hand stroked her stomach.
Ryoma slowly explored her mouth with his tongue. He couldn't have enough of her strawberry taste.
Sakuno's hands were on his back, her nails digging into his back slightly. Their tongues played games, licking and twisting against each other. Finally, Ryoma pulled away gently, his lips still inches from her. He opened his eyes to stare into her beautiful chocolate orbs.
Her pink tainted lips looked bruised from his kissing. They were just too irresistible. He kissed her again, this time more gently. Sakuno took control, and took his hat off entirely so she could wring her fingers into his messy hair.
Breathing hard, they stopped again. Sakuno smiled slightly at him, a gentle one. Ryoma decided at once that he liked it when she smiled.
"Ryoma-san? Sakuno-chan? Are you guys okay?"
Nanako's voice echoed into the kitchen. Ryoma and Sakuno pulled away, somewhat reluctantly. Nanako entered the kitchen, looking confusedly at the two, who were now standing quite a bit apart from each other, gazing at each other's eyes, as if breaking eye contact would kill them.
Nanako chuckled lightly. "What is this… lovebirds' nest?"
This time, both Ryoma and Sakuno blushed.
Nanako looked as though she just saw monkeys drinking beer. Her cold, nearly emotionless cousin actually blushed. Seriously, the world was turning upside down.
"A-ano… it's-it's n-not l-like that…ermm…" Sakuno stuttered frantically. Ryoma sighed. He grabbed Sakuno's hand and led her out the kitchen.
Once they were in the living room, Ryoma let out a sigh of relief and sank down on the couch. Sakuno sat on the couch next to him, squeezing her legs together. Those creamy legs. Ryoma tried hard not to look at them. He tried to concentrate on something else, like how he should thank Sakuno for coming to visit him.
"…Thanks for…coming to visit me… Ryuzaki," Ryoma finally muttered. Sakuno giggled at his uncomfortable expression when he said this. Ryoma glared at her. She giggled more.
"Stop it. Or I'll make you regret it." Ryoma warned.
This did not intimidate her. She continued to giggle, then laughing, properly laughing. Ryoma glared at her harder. She stopped.
"I think I'll punish you anyway." Smirking, Ryoma leaned toward her, and began to tickle her sides. Once again, Sakuno let out peals of laughter. She was laughing so hard that tears of mirth were rolling down her face, as Ryoma continued to torture her.
"OK OK! STOP STOP!" Sakuno laughed, panting at the same time. Ryoma drew back, and looked at her fully; from her toes to the top of her head.
Sakuno looked questioningly at him. Ryoma trapped her wrists onto the couch, then looked down so that his dark-green hair was covering his eyes.
"I love you too."
And, before Sakuno could respond, he covered her lips with his. For once, Ryoma didn't care who was watching, not even his oyaji.
Sakuno smiled as she kissed him back.
So he was awake… and she was glad he heard it.
TBC.
A/N HOW WAS IT? Please, please, review. Sorry if this story's taking so slow. I dunno, do you guys want it to go faster?
