Way of Life
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A/N: Ohayo! I decided to keep updating quicker since my writer's block is now gone! Sort of… but anyway! My mind's clear! Thankyou to all my loyal reviewers! You all help me keep up my work! Arigatou!
There's a NEW POLL at the bottom too! This is gonna be interesting…
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Chapter 10 – Small Hints
"Ah… Ryoma-kun, g-gomenesai! I came home late! I didn't mean to keep you all waiting", Sakuno said quickly giving a bow.
Ryoma couldn't even find the spirit or energy to smirk let alone smile, he had heard every word from that red haired baka and he felt annoyed, "Hn… We're having dinner late anyway, you're not going anywhere else tomorrow with him are you?"
Sakuno looked at Ryoma, "I-iie"
"Good, cause tomorrow baka-oyaji, mum and Nanako-kun are going somewhere, you and I need to stay here, I'd be bored if you weren't here with me", he said, and quickly turned, walking back into the house as a pink blush formed on his cheeks.
The same thing happened to Sakuno, did Ryoma-kun mean anything by that? She thought but quickly followed him inside to go get ready for dinner.
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Sakuno walked downstairs after changing and walked into the dining room, only to find no one sitting there. Nanjiroh was reading his "disturbing" magazines and drinking a can of beer.
Rinko was outside in the garden, putting away the dry laundry.
Nanako was in the kitchen, getting the last plates of food ready for dinner, and Kalpin was lazily dosing off on the carpet of the dining room.
I guess Ryoma-kun was right, we are having a late dinner, oh! Where is he anyway? Sakuno looked around the place but Ryoma was not there.
Nanako poked her head out the kitchen, "Sakuno-chan, is it ok if you get Ryoma-kun down? Dinner's almost ready, oh! If he's not here, he must be on the roof", she said, wiping her hands on a tea towel.
Sakuno was confused, "A-Ano… On the roof?"
Nanako smiled and walked over to Sakuno, "I know, strange huh? But I guess he's gotten used to it", she said, but Sakuno gave her another confused look, Nanako sat down at the table and invited Sakuno to sit down.
When the brunette did, she started to tell her a small past, "You see, when Ryoma-kun had learned how to walk and hold a racket, which was when he was three, uncle started to teaching him tennis almost immediately.
"He worked Ryoma-kun quite hard but Ryoma-kun never gave in, he was a determined boy from the beginning. Then when he was five, uncle took him up onto the house's roof (the house in America of course), and made him balance a ball on a tennis racket while walking back and forth on the roof.
"That was crazy as you can see, aunty and I tried to stop him but he said that's how he was trained when he was little, it was too hard for a five year old you see, and Ryoma-kun never succeeded. But as you know he hates losing and so he practiced every sing day and night until he finally could do it, and he usually spent hours up on there! I guess even if it is a different roof, it still brings back memories", Nanako finished the story and smiled at Sakuno.
(A/N: That roof thing… I just made it up) "Well I better go and get the food ready, could you please go get him for me?"
Sakuno nodded, "Hai".
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It took Sakuno several minutes before she finally found an entrance to the roof, it was triangular prism shape, and as soon as she got up, her foot slipped and she screamed as she slid to the edge.
But when Sakuno opened her eyes, she discovered that someone had managed to grab her wrist in time, she followed up the warm hand and saw that it was indeed Ryoma.
He pulled her up and since Sakuno was rather light, she was swiftly pulled onto his lap, the two blushed madly and Sakuno quickly crawled away a bit, "What are you doing here?" Ryoma asked.
"I-… Nanako-chan asked me to tell you it's dinner… sh-she told me you were on the roof… so I tried to get up here…" Sakuno explained.
Ryoma looked at her up and down, her skirt was a bit dirty and a bit torn, he gave a short laugh, how could he laugh when the girl he loved had been taken by someone else? "I can see that", he said.
Sakuno blushed with embarrassment and stared down at her lap, Ryoma laid back down on the roof and stared up at the evening stars, "You had a good time today didn't you?" he couldn't help asking.
Sakuno looked at him, "W-Well… I guess, d-demo (but) I d-didn't have as much fun because Ryoma-kun wasn't there", she said blushing.
Ryoma cocked up an eyebrow, "I thought you'd be happy with your boyfriend", he gritted through his teeth.
Sakuno blushed madly, "I-iie! Kintarou-kun isn't my boyfriend!" she cried in exasperation.
Ryoma finally sat up and stared at the girl in front of him, "Then why did you go out with him".
"B-Because, I-I didn't want to see him upset… but he's only a friend", she said quietly.
For some strange reason, Ryoma felt relief spread all over him but just out of curiosity he peered up at her face, "Do you like him?"
Sakuno blushed ten shades of red, why is Ryoma asking her something like this?! "I-iie! Like I said, he's just a friend!" she said quickly.
Ryoma looked normal, cool and calm as usual but inside he was more than relieved, "A-Ano (excuse me) … why is Ryoma-kun asking me these questions?" Sakuno asked quietly.
"Nothing… Just… Just that I don't think I can cope with life if you went away with another guy…" there… he said it, why did he anyway?
Sakuno blushed (again) was this another hint? She just couldn't forget those words now… did he have feelings for her?
Ryoma stood up, "I'm gonna go do some things before dinner, see you later," and with that he began walking away, but Sakuno said something that stopped, "R-Ryoma-kun… I-I…"
The boy turned back to her and gave her the warmest smile that had never come out before, he leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek, not wanting to go too far and make her confused or upset, "I'll wait Sakuno… when your ready…" he whispered in her ear and then got off the roof and back into the house.
I'll wait…
I'll wait until you're ready…
It's your decision…
Where you want to go in life…
As long as you're happy…
I will be too…
But I need you still…
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