A/N: Taking time off studying to write… my poor brain needs to relax… ): the start of this chapter seems a bit cracky for me, actually I think the whole chapter is cracky… But kinda OOC, though…
Spoiler warning: mentions of something that happened in Genius 370-something issue… I forgot…
Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Prince of Tennis… I know… absurd, right? Hehe…
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Homework
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Monday, two days after the date…
Sakura surveyed the room once more. Only one chair was missing its occupant. It didn't make much of a difference though, because even if the chair's owner was physically present, his mind was practically absent most of the time, which actually bothered Sakura a lot…but at least he made an effort to go to class…
But now, Echizen Ryoma has called in sick… who knew dedicated athlete such as himself would be subjected to diseases? Especially when said athlete would never dare to miss any trainings for his beloved sport… It never really occurred to her…
She shook her head. What could've happened to the boy? Oh well, she'll just have to check on him later… and maybe she should bring Sakuno along, too.
She smirked to herself. She just gets the greatest ideas, doesn't she?
She was mentally praising herself when someone knocked on the door, which opened to reveal a third year student with spiky hair and rectangular glasses.
"Inui-kun, come in, come in. What brings you here?" Sakura greeted the data-tennis player.
"Sakura-sensei, I have the information about Echizen Ryoma that you were asking for." He said.
The students gaped at the oblivious teacher who was smiling at Inui. Information that she wanted about Echizen? Was the teacher some kind of stalker? And coincidentally Echizen is absent… Did the teacher have something to do about it? Hmmm… suspicious…
"Really? Thank you, Inui-kun! Well, what do you have?" Sakura asked, ignorant of the wary stares the students were giving her.
Inui cleared his throat before reporting, a faint touch of pink can be found on his face, "Um, well, hehe… It seems that Echizen has been, how should I say this… an unfortunate 'victim' to the juice…"
"Juice?" Sakura titled her head to the side.
"Yes… The Inui juice that he drank during the treasure hunting game…" Inui said, feeling a bit regretful that it was his juice that caused the boy wonder to be sick.
"Sakura-sensei, is my Ryoma-sama sick?!" Tomoka asked (screamed…). The other students gasped at the revelation. 'So… the teacher isn't a stalker then…' they thought.
Sakura nodded. "Yes, Osakada-chan. But please, lower your voice… I'm just in front of you…"she sighed, "Well, why is he the only one absent today? Shouldn't the others who also drank the juice be affected, too?"
"Oh, that is because he has become slightly immune to the drink, so the effects must have affected him at a much later time than the others who already passed out upon contact with the beverage. Those who drank it got sick over the weekend and are now well enough to enter class, but Echizen has managed to delay it, and thus he is absent today. But with my calculations he would be fine by tomorrow." Inui's glasses glinted, "And besides, some were too afraid to actually drink the juice and only about a quarter of the whole class tasted it, so it isn't obvious that many were actually affected by the juice."
"Thank you Inui-kun, you may go now…" Sakura dismissed the third year. "Well, maybe it's for the better that some of you were too scared to actually drink the juice… Too bad that Echizen-kun is absent today…"
"What?! Echizen is sick?! With my five years of tennis experience, Echizen was never sick!" Horio exclaimed, trying to hide the fact that he was one of those who didn't even drink the juice, though his exclamation was a bit delayed...
"But didn't he get amnesia that one time…" some random person whispered to his seatmate.
"Yeah, and I'm pretty sure, like any other normal person, Echizen gets sick, too…" his seatmate agreed.
"…And isn't it normal for an athlete to be injured especially during matches…" another added
"THIS IS ECHIZEN WERE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE! THE Prince of Tennis! Why on earth would you relate him to a normal person?!" Horio overheard their conversation and being the arrogant person that he is, he would not admit that he was wrong.
"Echizen-kun got amnesia?" Sakura asked after releasing a gasp.
"Yes, it was before he battled Yukimura-san in the nationals during our first year. But Ryoma-kun managed to recover…" Sakuno answered, while murmuring to herself – "He recovered even before I managed to get to him to help… (sigh)"
"RYOMA-SAMA WAS SOOOO AWESOME THAT TIME! Everyone was obviously amazed by his greatness! He managed to…" Tomoka began to enumerate various praises about Ryoma.
The class continued to ramble on various topics, completely taking the opportunity that everyone just suddenly decided to ignore the piqued teacher in front and that they were supposed to be studying English lessons that morning.
Did I mention that the teacher was piqued? I did? Well, she was… So she did what any person would have done….
"Class…" She said under gritted teeth. No one paid her any attention.
"Yeah, and I heard he had bread that morning." Totally random remark by a random student.
"Students…" She called out, voice a bit louder. The class didn't respond.
"…So, the girl kicked him? No way! What did the guy say?!" squealed a student.
"Everyone, listen please…" She tried sweet and nice. Still didn't work.
"... Well, I heard that frying is dangerous to your health." Boasted one person…
"EVERYONE QUIET DOWN OR ELSE THERE'LL BE A HUNDRED-ITEM QUIZ AND A TWO-THOUSAND-WORD ESSAY WAITING FOR YOU!" Sakura shouted, fists clenched and eyes closed.
When she opened her eyes, she found pale and scared looking students staring back at her. Other gulped when she raised an eyebrow.
She let out an audible sigh. She waved her hand in a dismissing manner and then used the same hand to rub her temples.
"Really, you kids are going to make me look older than I already am…" she whined. "Just get your textbooks and open them to page 97…"
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Later after school…
"Sakuno-chan!" Sakura called out when she saw the girl in the hallway.
"Yes, sensei?" The girl said when she approached the teacher.
"You're Echizen-kun's study partner, right?" Sakura asked innocently with a bright smile.
Sakuno nodded, blush adorning her face.
"Then you wouldn't mind coming with me to bring Echizen-kun's homework, right?" Sakura asked with a grin.
"N-not at all sensei…" Sakuno answered, blush getting redder.
"Great! Let's go! Lead the way Sakuno-chan!" Sakura gently pushed Sakuno towards the school gates. "Now, which way Sakuno-chan?" Sakura asked when they reached the gates.
"Um… I think it's this way…" Sakuno slowly walked towards a path.
Twenty minutes later.
"That tree…" Sakura said, face showing utmost concentration on the said tree.
"…"
"Wahh! It's the same tree as the one I saw five minutes ago! And the same one thirteen minutes ago. We also passed that same tree when we left the school…" Sakura gasped in shock.
"I'm sorry sensei… I think were lost…" Sakuno apologized sheepishly.
Sakura sighed, "It can't be helped then… Let's try this way." Sakura was now the one leading.
Fifteen minutes later.
"Sensei… that house…" Sakuno trailed off. "We've passed that three times already…"
"Ahaha..ha…ha…" Sakura timidly started, her pointer fingers fiddling with each other. "It seems that I have gotten us lost, too…"
Both girls sighed. 'We're hopeless…' they thought.
"Maybe we should just ask for directions." Sakura suggested.
"That's a great idea sensei." Sakuno agreed.
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"So, let me get this straight… you got food poisoned by this chemical that your sempai made you drink?..." Ryoga asked, hand on chin.
"It's not a chemical… it's juice…" Ryoma answered. He was lying down on his bed while petting Karupin. Ryoga was sitting in one of the chairs.
"Right, right… juice… what did he call it? Itsuki juice?" Ryoga rubbed his head.
"Inui juice…" Ryoma sighed.
"Inui juice. Got it. Okay, this Inui juice is made of what actually?" Ryoga continued to question.
Ryoma shrugged, "No clue…" After so many occasions of having drank the juice, they never really bothered to question its ingredients anymore… and maybe they would be better off not knowing anyway.
"Hmmm… and he said it's edible?"
Ryoma nodded.
"It's edible and yet you're sick… And are you sure that that juice was the one that made you sick? Maybe you just ate something bad, or caught a cold. I mean, you drank that juice Friday… had a date on Saturday –"
"Wasn't a date." Ryoma corrected nonchalantly. He was now sitting up and was staring at Ryoga with a blank expression.
"Fine. You ate out Saturday, and you began coughing later that day. Not exactly a symptom of food poisoning…" Ryoga stated.
"I'm sure it's the juice" Ryoma said resolutely.
Ryoga sighed. "If you say so… Well, you wanna rest or something? Mom said that you don't have to do anything today so you can be well enough to go to school tomorrow…"
"Whatever."
"Everyone else is out, which means I'm your servant for today… If you need anything, just holler. And when I said holler, I meant that you should just shut up and you better not ask me to do anything for you!" Ryoga said warned.
Ryoma raised an eyebrow. "I'm telling on you." He said in monotone.
"What!!! You're such a brat!" Ryoga exclaimed, "You're too old for that! Don't you dare tell on me!"
"Try me." Ryoma said, expression unchanging.
"Come on, don't tell on me!" Ryoga pleaded. "I'm your big brother! Don't you love me anymore?!"
Ryoma smirked, "Mada mada dane… get the door, I think I heard the doorbell."
Sure enough, the familiar chimes rang once again, signaling that, indeed, someone was at the door.
"Huh? Who could that be?" Ryoga asked to no one in particular as he left Ryoma's room. "And you better not be a tattletale Ryoma!" he shouted.
Ryoma smiled as he petted Karupin. 'Ryoga can be pretty amusing sometimes…' he fondly thought.
"Mreow" Karupin purred.
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Ding Dong
"Coming! Coming!" Ryoga shouted.
When he opened the door, a smiling face greeted him.
"Hello Echizen-kun!" Sakura greeted. (a/n: when Sakura says Echizen-kun she is referring to Ryoma.)
"Saku-chan! What brings you here?" Ryoga smiled charmingly at the girl. (a/n: and Saku-chan would obviously be supposedly Sakuno)
'Saku-chan? Since when din Echizen-kun call me that? And…and… he's smiling! He must have been affected by the juice more than we've thought! He's delirious!' Sakura thought, alarmed at the boy's cheerful greeting and intimate name calling.
"Saku-chan! You're staring at me! Have you missed me that much! You're really so cute!" Ryoga hugged Sakura.
"Ack! He is delirious!" Sakura exclaimed when Ryoga grabbed her. "And stop calling me Saku-chan, Echizen-kun! You have no respect!" she reprimanded.
"But Saku-chan! That name is cute! And I told you to stop calling me Echizen! It's okay if you just call me by my name!"
"Ryoga-san?" a small voice called out from behind Sakura.
"Huh?" Ryoga, who was still hugging Sakura, was surprised when he heard what he thinks he recalls as Sakuno's voice, but the voice didn't belong to the one he was hugging.
"Ryoga-san, it is you, nice to meet you again!" Sakuno bowed in greeting.
"Eh?" Ryoga released Sakura. He turned his head between Sakuno's direction and then to Sakura's direction. 'Wait… if the one back there is Sakuno-chan… then who is this girl who looks like her?!'
"You're not Echizen-kun?" The girl-who-looks-like-Sakuno asked.
"You're not Saku-chan?" the guy-that-looks-like-Ryoma asked back.
"Who are you?!" Both asked at the same time.
Sakuno sweat-dropped at the display. Both grown-ups where pointing at each other, gaping with shocked expressions.
"Sakura-sensei, this is Echizen Ryoga-san, Ryoma-kun's older brother." Sakuno said, "Ryoga-san, this is Sakura-sensei, our teacher."
Both had 'o' shaped expressions when realization dawned upon them.
"Uh…Echizen-san…" Sakura started.
Ryoga shook his head, "Ryoga is fine, it'll be confusing if you use our surname in this house… And besides I'm used to my first name being used, having stayed in America and all."
"Very well, Ryoga-san, sorry for the confusion. It is a pleasure to meet you." Sakura bowed, a hint of blush on her face.
"Nice to meet you, too, Sakura-sensei!" Ryoga said.
"You don't have to call me sensei… I'm not your teacher…" Sakura commented.
"Nice to meet you, too, Sakura!" he repeated.
Sakura chuckled, "Where is Echi-- I mean, Ryoma-kun, by the way?"
"Oh, Chibisuke? He's upstairs…"
"Um , we brought his homework Ryoga-san." Sakuno handed Ryoga a bunch of papers and books.
Ryoga grinned, "Do you mind if you bring him that, Sakuno-chan? I, um, I need to… get food and tea for you! Yeah, food and tea!"
"Oh, it's alright Ryoga-san, you don't need to get us anything, right sensei? We'll be leaving after we hand Ryoma-kun's homework to him." Sakuno flustered.
"Nonsense! It's my duty as host to provide you food. Think of it as thanks for bringing Chibisuke's assignments! And sensei, you wouldn't mind helping me get the food won't you? So Sakuno-chan, you have to give those to Chibisuke yourself!" he defended.
Sakura was quick to catch up with what Ryoga was planning, 'It seems that Ryoga has the same intentions as me! Great, he will be a great accomplice!' "Yes, yes! Sakuno-chan, bring Ryoma-kun's homework to him while I help Ryoga-san with the food!" she said all too eagerly.
Poor Sakuno had no choice but to comply, but inside she was very happy to do it. "O-okay, if you say so…"
The 'adults' grinned at each other, mentally congratulating each other and themselves.
She was halfway up the stairs before she stopped, "Um, Ryoga-san… which way to Ryoma-kun's room?"
The adults fell down – anime style…
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"Since you complied all too easily with my request, I'm guessing we're thinking about the same thing." Ryoga said as he rummaged around their fridge for any edible snacks.
"If you're thinking about getting Sakuno-chan and Echizen-kun together… then yes." Sakura, who was boiling water, confirmed.
Ryoga smirked, "Straightforward, aren't we? But I'm glad; Chibisuke seems really interested in Saku-chan. I've never seen him act as he does around her."
"And it just too obvious that Sakuno-chan feels the same way." Sakura continued, "She's easy to convince since she's already sure about her feelings for Echizen-kun, but your brother is a different story."
"I know. That brat is too absorbed with tennis that he doesn't notice anything else. But it does seem that Saku-chan has an effect on him whenever she's around him, he just needs to realize it." Ryoga said as he placed cake four cake slices on separate plates and placed them on a tray.
"…And that's where we come in?" she asked as she added tea leaves to the pot.
Ryoga nodded enthusiastically.
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Finally at the top of the stairs, Sakuno carefully tried to follow the directions Ryoga gave her. 'It's the second door down when you reach the top.'
Shouldn't be too hard right?
Knock knock
The door opened and Sakuno peeked in to see… the bathroom.
Sakuno sighed. She tried the other second door.
Knock knock
"What took you so long." Was the answer that she got. 'Ryoma-kun!' she thought excitedly.
"Um, Ryoma-kun… it's me… Ryuzaki Sakuno." She answered.
The door opened to reveal a cat-printed-pajama clad Echizen Ryoma (and what cute pajamas they were!) holding the doorknob with his left hand and Karupin in his right. He still has bed hair which meant that he probably just woke up a while ago. Sakuno just had to blush at the scene. Oh how she wishes that she had a camera.
"R-ryoma-kun…" Sakuno greeted, looking down at her feet.
"Ryuzaki." Ryoma acknowledged, still standing motionless at the door, not at all surprised that there is a girl (Sakuno!) in front of him and he's still wearing his pajamas.
"Um, I brought you your homework." Sakuno handed the papers to Ryoma, head still bowed.
"Thanks." Ryoma took the papers. He turned to place them on his study table. He was about to return to his (very) comfortable bed when he noticed that Sakuno was still standing there.
"What?" he asked her, eyebrow raised.
Sakuno's face turned even redder, "Oh! I'm sorry Ryoma-kun! Do you want me to leave?" she flustered.
Ryoma thought about it. He doesn't really want to be disturbed right now… but… she seems to have something to say. And it might be rude to just make her leave. And she looks like she doesn't want to leave yet… so… he's just making excuses... "Fine. Come in."
Sakuno beamed. The first thing that she did upon entering the room of the Echizen Ryoma was to stare and try to take in everything. Ahhh, what a sight!
...Okay, maybe not…
Clothes were strewn in various places. Shirts and pants were hanging off chairs, tables and even on the headboards and were also threatening to fall off their hangers. Various caps (who knew he had more than one?) were on the bed poles, sitting on top of trophies and other places. Shoes were under the tables and the bed, and thrash were scattered along the floor. Cat toys and cat food were piled near the foot of the bed. Not exactly the cleanest room there is… but it could've been worse…right?
Focusing on other things besides the mess, Sakuno could see books and magazines on the shelves and some were lying open on the study table along with various school supplies. His bed showed signs that someone had just recently gotten up from it, blankets creased and pillows scattered. The bed was facing a television with video games plugged into it. A computer was between the television and the CD rack (which were noted to have more or less thirty CDs, but whether the CDs were for PC/PS3 games, music or videos, are for now unknown). Sakuno was busy admiring the posters and photos located in one side of the wall when she heard someone calling out her name.
"Ryuzaki... Oi, Ryuzaki..."
"Huh? Oh! Sorry about that Ryoma-kun."
"Hn. Do you need anything?" he asked as he sat himself on the bed. Karupin jumped away from him and proceeded to his bowl.
Sakuno shook her head, "No, I'm fine Ryoma-kun. How about you? Are you well?"
"Yeah, I should be able to go back to practice tomorrow." He was swinging his racket while sitting down, oh how he has missed practice! "…and maybe school, too…"
"That's great!" Sakuno caught herself acting too thrilled, and tried to lower it a bit so as not to embarrass herself, "I mean, it's nice to hear that Ryoma-kun…"
Swish, swish, swish
"…" – Sakuno
Swish, swish, swish
"…" – Sakuno
Swish, swish, swi-
"Aren't you going to sit down?" Ryoma asked in mid-swing.
"Huh?! Uh, yes!" she quickly looked around for an empty chair. Seeing one, she grabbed it hastily and sat down.
"Hn." Ryoma returned his focus to his racket. He extracted a ball and made it bounce on his racket.
Donk, donk, donk
Donk
Donk
Donk
Ryoma felt Sakuno's gaze. Why was she staring at him? Okay she does that a lot. But he can't help feeling something was off.
"Mreow."
Karupin was staring at his clothes… Then he noticed he was still in his pajamas (his favorite Karupin printed pair.). So that was why. He woke up only a few minutes before Ryoga talked to him, so he forgot to take a bath. He wordlessly stood up and proceeded to grab clothes out of his closet.
Sakuno watched him as he went outside his room. She guessed that he was going to take a bath. 'And he just left me inside his room…' she thought, astounded.
"Mreow."
"Oh, hello. You must be Karupin." Karupin, to Sakuno's surprise, jumped to her lap, circling a few times before finding a comfortable position on it. Sakuno smiled fondly at the cat, she didn't notice that her hand automatically rested on top of the feline and began petting it. She became aware of it when she heard contented purrs.
"Oh, how cute!" she gave it a bright smile. They stayed like that for a while.
"He likes you."
Sakuno titled her head up to see Ryoma standing at the door, hand in pocket. He looked so handsome with his hair slightly wet and in such a pose as he approached her. Sakuno could just swoon.
When he was beside her, he stopped to pet Karupin that was sleeping soundly in Sakuno's lap. "Karupin must really like you. He doesn't get this comfortable with strangers."
"Really? I'm glad." Sakuno sheepishly smiled while blushing. "Maybe Karupin is just really nice." She said still not believing that this nice cat would be so picky.
Ryoma shook his head, "No. He only does that when he thinks a person looks attractive." He smirked at her.
Sakuno flushed. "T-then why would Karupin like me… I don't look that good…"
"Really? Karupin usually has a great sense of aesthetics, for a cat. And I usually agree with his choices."
Sakuno chose not to give a reply. Not that she could anyway, her mind was too happy. If Ryoma agrees with Karupin then does he also think that she looks nice? It was just too much for her. Everyone knows how important Karupin is to Ryoma; the cat was one of the standards you had to pass in order to gain his attention. If she talked she could only humiliate herself.
"Hn. And you know what else he likes about a person?"
Sakuno shook her head.
"That person has to be quiet for starters." He smirked again.
Sakuno giggled. If Tomoka heard that she'd probably do a personality change and be as silent as a mouse. "You should tell that to Tomoka-chan then." She voiced out.
"Hmm," he pretended to think, "Maybe. Do you think if I told her that she'd shut up?" he asked.
That was a bit insensitive but what else can you expect from Ryoma? He is, after all, known for being straight to the point. "Yeah, I think so."
"Karupin still wouldn't like her, though. He likes people who are nice." He said. Emphasis on the words 'he' and 'Karupin' as if he's implying something else. Like he wasn't talking about Karupin anymore.
"How could Karupin tell if a person is kind?" Sakuno asked incredulously. "And Tomoka-chan is nice, too!"
"He just does, it's like how he is with Nanako-san. Osakada doesn't seem that refined." He replied nonchalantly.
"That's right, Nanako-chan is really nice…And Tomoka-chan does sometimes move too hastily."
"Karupin and Nanako-san get along well."
"What else does Karupin like?" Sakuno asked.
"He likes someone who can play tennis."
"Why?"
"I think he likes playing with the ball."
"That's cute."
"He also likes someone that is sometimes shy…"
"…" Sakuno was stroking Karupin's fur as she listened to Ryoma's voice
"… Sometimes a bit clumsy…"
"… Very helpful…"
"…can cook well…"
"... with bright and beautiful eyes…"
"…has a nice smile…"
"… and long hair…"
Sakuno finally looked at Ryoma who was also staring at her and said with a pout, "You're making that up."
"How would you know?" he said, eyebrow raised.
"Well, those are pretty narrowed descriptions… I don't think he would be that picky." She answered, oblivious to the fact that the descriptions almost resemble her.
"Like I said, how would you know what he likes? How would you know that he isn't picky."
"He's a cat! Even if he is smart, which I'm sure he is, he couldn't possibly be that critical about his preferences… and even if you are his owner, I don't think you'd be able to tell what are his exact likes or dislikes." She reasoned.
"Maybe I wasn't talking about what the cat likes…or maybe I wasn't referring to the cat in general." he said in a slightly hushed voice.
"What?" Sakuno wasn't able to catch what he was saying… or does she?
"Nothing. Let's go downstairs." He changed the topic.
"I forgot to tell you, Sakura-sensei came with me. I think she's helping Ryoga-kun downstairs."
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Back to Sakura and Ryoga's conversation at the kitchen.
"…And that's where we come in?" she asked as she added tea leaves to the pot.
Ryoga nodded enthusiastically.
"Yup! We need to make Chibisuke realize his true feelings!" Ryoga said, raising the forks that he was holding in show of determination. "But are you sure you want to help me… I mean, I can understand if I, his brother, would want to meddle with Ryoma's love life… but you're their teacher, isn't this against the teacher's code or something? And I don't understand why you are so eager in getting them together."
Sakura had to frown at Ryoga's reasoning, "That's true… it is quite unorthodox for teachers to meddle with their students' private affairs… but I have my reasons."
"…such as?" Ryoga continued to ask as he added cookies to the tray.
"Think of it this way, you are concerned about Ryoma-kun because he is your brother. The same goes for me, my students are like my siblings, so to speak. And I am especially fond of Sakuno for reasons that I do not want to disclose." She explained. She placed the teapot on the tray, along with tea cups, sugar and milk.
"Well, hey, who am I to press on further? I'm just the brother of one of your students, whom you are coincidentally trying to set up with a girl." He said as he carried the tray to the living room.
He set the tray of food on the coffee table and gestured for them to sit down on the couches.
He sat with a 'plop' before talking again, "I'm not one to say this, but you should be careful. Putting your nose inside your students' businesses could taint your reputation as a teacher."
Sakura sitting daintily on the couch opposite Ryoga replied casually, "How can you be so sure that I've been, how you put it, 'putting my nose inside my students' businesses'"
"Not really sure… just felt like you're that type of person." Ryoga shrugged. "But come to think of it, you seem to know a lot about the relationship of those two."
"What can I say? Sakuno-chan and I are pretty close."
"A bit too close may be a more appropriate description. And of all your students to ask to accompany you to bring my brother's homework, you chose Sakuno-chan. That sounds nosy to me."
"Has it occurred to you that those two may have been study partners at school, which is actually the case that we have here?"
"Okay, so they're study partners. That still doesn't explain why you were so eager in making Sakuno go upstairs to my brother's room."
"You suggested that in the first place."
"You agreed too quickly."
"…So?…" Okay, Sakura felt like she was acting like too much of a child, but she couldn't help it!
Ryoga smirked. "So, you're a busybody! Admit it!" (Let the childish bantering begin!)
"I know you are but what am I?!" (Oooohhh, nice retort Sakura.)
"A busybody!" Ryoga exclaimed, "You probably use your power as a teacher into getting Sakuno and Ryoma together!"
"Insinuator! You most likely force your brother to date just so you can have some entertainment!" (Where on earth did come from? The author doesn't know…)
"Yeah, dates that you, their teacher, set-up!" (Oohh, point Ryoga!)
"…You….well, you…!" (Sakura's losing here!) "You're just some brother who always pokes around his younger brother's business!"
"At least we're related! As Ryoma's big brother it's like my job to annoy him!" (true, true.)
"Oh yeah! Well Sakuno's my sister and you don't see me making fun of her! I'm a better older sibling, so ha!" Sakura put out her tongue… really mature.
"I give great advice to Ryoma! I'm better!" (Oh, so now it's 'I'm the greatest older sibling ever!' battle.)
"I help Sakuno with her troubles and give awesome advice! I'm better and nicer!"
"I'm handosomer!"
"That's grammatically incorrect! It should be more handsome!... And that has nothing to do with who's the better sibling!"
"Of course it does! It makes one proud to have such a handsome and wonderful older brother such as myself!" Ryoga gave a handsome pose.
"Oh please!" Sakura scoffed, "If that is how you rank how wonderful a sibling you are, then I'm the best sister Sakuno's ever had!"
"You guys are so mature…" Ryoma commented sarcastically. Behind him was a stunned looking Sakuno.
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Wahaha! Cliffhanger, is it? The ending of this wasn't how I originally planned it to be… Oh well. Now, I should really be studying… (groan)
OH, and something random: I just watched the dream live tenimyus, so funny. The actors are so cute. But I've only managed to watch dream live 1st, 3rd, and 4th, does anyone know where I can find a video of dream live 2nd with English subs? Thanks!
And a review would be really nice, too!