Author's Note:

All right, the chapter was delayed because I had a lot of problems and had found no time to type the last chapter. I really feel bad about the things happening to me lately. BUT! No worries, I didn't let this sour graping affect my story at all.

TOTALLY, (100) came from my deep love to Ryo-Saku Pairing.
I'm getting more and more hyped about this pair, totally…

Hope you enjoy my last chapter.
And I really hope I could write more!

Hahaha…

Signed:
Himeru-chan

Last Chapter:

New Beginning

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"3-0, Smith leads!" Momoshiro's strong voice echoed loudly at the quiet tennis grounds.

There were two professional courts just outside the training house. It was not that far away from the training house and it was probably made like that so guests would be able to rest appropriately after a game. The cemented grounds were fenced with interlocking wires that seems to save the ball from entering the aged forest.

"Haa… haa… this bastard…" Ryoma whispered, wiping down the bead of sweat that fell down from his forehead. Echizen uttered a sound of dismay as he saw the ball went pass him again. He frowned and readied his racket. He was determined as hell to get the next one. That guy has gotten another point and he didn't like how he did it so easily.

"Ryoma, if this continue you're going to lose!" he told himself as he faced the setting sun at the distance.

The orange glow of the atmosphere made him remember one faint feeling- that feeling of comfort, that promise he had made, that picture he had with Sakuno.

"I just can't lose…"

This was the last match for the day and frankly, Ryoma was not too happy about it. The coach has found out about his injury with just a look and obviously, she forbade him to join the matches. It was only through Ryoma's desperation of having a match against Rei that moved the coach to settle with him a condition.

"An hour and your out."

It was a very silent match. There were no cheering, no, "Do your best!" and "Go ochibi" from Kikumaru. Only the sound of the balls hitting the net of their rackets provided music, one of grieving and desperation. They were all anticipating, swallowing hard as the balls pass from one court to the other.

The regulars were witnessing the champion's full potential against Ryoma's -unusual- wistful attempts to overpower all Rei's attacks. They were not too dense though to notice that something was wrong with their kouhai. He was barely pointing yes, he always tried to get used to the playing style of his opponent, yes (like always), but there was something in his movements that was dragging him.

"What is wrong with his right foot?" Inui made mentioned making Fuji and Tezuka nod while continuing to observe.

"It seems like a very bad sprain…" Fuji said, cupping his chin with his fingers while slowly opening his eyes to see more of their kouhai's movements.

"It would seem that it has been there for a while," The captain answered, his face still stoic, unreadable.

The other members could almost hear their Echizen wincing in pain, non-verbally showing the shifts in his calm face and dragging movements. "W-well, isn't it safer to stop the match now? Ochibi-san might further harm his injury," Kikumaru's face crumpled like a ball when he realized how their kouhai with a predictable stubbornness would not agree to such terms.

After all, his eyes said it all.

"I'm not going to lose…" all the regulars simultaneously said; everyone sweat-dropped and tried to force a smile.

"Well, the decision always lies to Coach Ryuzaki…" Inui said looking at the old woman, who was gritting her teeth from utter annoyance. "Sure she might have noticed before the match even started but Echizen might have said something that could convince her to continue," The others agreed at Inui's analysis. Otherwise, the coach must be just playing devil, seeing Ryoma's father's determination in Ryoma's stubbornness.

But whatever they think was not that significant, after all, all they could do is watch and see what happens next.

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Ryoma frowned and took off his jacket and placed it on top of Sakuno's shoulders, stretching and fixing it to accommodate whatever bare skin she had from her neck down. "You really like causing trouble huh?" he said, still looking on. He had long stretched his legs and tried to massage the hurting part. "If I lost tomorrow, it'll be your fault…" he said bitterly, like a child complaining to his mother about, you know, childish things.

He sighed and scratched his head, completely lost. He raised a brow and scolded himself. "I can't loose…" He slowly closed his eyes and imagined how he can't bear not being able to see the girl. He'd…

He shot his eyes open, almost choking when he thought of Ryuzaki being… "It's not like…" he stammered. Well, they always have been close (or more specifically, she has always been close). She cheered for him during his matches, made bentos for him sometimes, they shared time together when he coached her in tennis for and… well she comforted him at times.

"Leave Sakuno alone."

A fleeting voice entered the prodigy's consciousness. He frowned of course when he remembered the conversation he had with that cunning man two days ago. At the same time, joining his frowning face was a face of worry he never showed anyone- particularly because he seldom did worry.

Anxiety?

"Hn… Why do I feel I'll loose against that stupid bird brain…" he stopped and lightly hit his head in hopes to rid the image of his grin. "Ah Why did that bastard, enter my thoughts anyway?" he stole a look at the sleeping figure beside him and once more, calmness enveloped his whole being.

"Ryuzaki… It'll really be your fault if I lose… that's why… I'll…" he released a part of his inhibitions more specifically because she was sleeping soundly. He gently stretched out his hand and caressed some of the girl's hair away from her face. "I'll…" Ryoma thought for a while, showing a hint of pink on his pale face as he stammered from what he was about to say. "I-I'll let you stay beside me…" he said narcissistically.

Ryoma sighed and looked down at the purplish part of his body that merited another good look. It was a bad sprain happening on a very bad time. "Now, how the hell do I take her back to the dorms?" he asked himself, messing his hair as he searched for some clues. He had nothing on him that would help the both of them. He also didn't like the idea of leaving the girlalone in this place. That would be too…

Alone?

Echizen tried to catch another glimpse on the sleeping girl, swallowing hard as if something just occurred to him- that they were alone. He scolded himself as he swallowed hard, pushing away all thoughts of perv-

Flashes of the kiss stopping on every frame and ending on her lips made him remember the sensation of those soft pinkish ones that he had felt not long ago. A brush of red covered the prince's face. "I-it must be Oyaji's disease…' he said as he sighed his last, looking away while hoping someone can tell him what he could do and hoping someone would do so quickly.

After a while, he became uneasy, his hands clutched on the grass on the floor. "I'm just going to take a look…" he finally convinced himself as he finally won against his pride. He had always wanted to look at the girl's face for some time now but he couldn't, not that it was his fault though. Whenever he tried to catch a look on her face, she automatically hides them. Her ears starts to change color all of a sudden and she would start facing the other way.

'Like this one time, she was trying to cheer before I was about to serve the ball and I stole a quick good look at her face. She then flushed hard and hid under those balls of straws she was waving along with her noisy friend before she totally stood still.'

"Why do I get irritated remembering it?" he annoyingly brushed away the hair that fell down on the side of his face while trying to make features of the girl that was down at the floor. "She was cheering for me wasn't she?" he told himself.

"You know what? I totally hate you," he murmured, locking her figure in between his two strong arms. His eyes softened as he saw her beautiful face fastened tightly in his eyes. She smelled like gentle white flowers of spring, probably the one she got from that one time he saw her shopping in the district. (He just finished a meal that time, together with Momoshiro and Eiji, who offered to pay for their lunch)

"I really… do hate you," he said again, slowly lowering himself down to feel her soft breathes and gentle heaving of her chest. He sighed and got off of her. "This must be Oyaji's disease…" he convinced again.

"Echizen?" a voice called out. It was a familiar voice- hoarse and totally strengthening. "K-kaidoh-sempai…" Echizen called as the familiar green bandanna went into view. Echizen couldn't help but breathed in relief when he saw his sempai still out jogging in the night. 'Of course, why didn't I think of him,' Ryoma thought.

"What are you both doing here?" he asked with concern.

Ryoma pointed a childish finger towards the shallow cliff above them and to the girl beside him, tracing the fall that happened a while back. "Ryuzaki fell down and I injured my foot," he said, still trying to hide under his cap.

"What?" Kaidoh echoed and went immediately beside Ryoma to sneak a look at the purplish sprain and towards the body beside him.

"How long have you been out here?" He asked- his brows met at the center as he showed concern. "And she's burning up a little," he added after he placed a hand on the girl's forehead. Ryoma frowned and lightly shoved the hand that was on Sakuno's forehead meriting a stupefied look from Kaidoh. He was also surprised in the revelation, making him pout with worry. "S-she is…" he told himself.

"Maybe because we've been out here for quite a while… I guess the cold must have gotten into her…" he said, still trying to act tough. "You've got it hard Echizen. How worse is your sprain?"

"A bit bad, I guess…" he answered quite stubbornly, still trying to put up a tough act so he'd not be placed with worry.

"Then the matches?" Kaidoh asked. "Oh, that. Please don't tell the others, especially to Coach and to Tezuka-buuchou," the other man frowned and showed a little dissatisfaction in their kouhai's answer. He knew Ryoma wanted to play seriously against the champion but seeing the boy's situation, it would be impossible to play even a rally with him. Good thing he's good enough to be acknowledged by others. But, if he continued to play tomorrow though, not only he'd worsen his injury, if he loose, he'd lose a part of his self-acclaimed ego.

"I need to play tomorrow." He said in determination. Kaidoh didn't answer instead he gave him a look as he carried Sakuno on his arms.

"Let's go back and deal with all of this there," he said. "Hop on…" he added as he offered his back for a piggy back ride. "Don't push yourself, I can…"

"Just think of this as my training… and besides, you want to play tomorrow right? Then you have to rest that foot until then." Ryoma smirked and bowed sincerely toward his sempai.

"Thank you."

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"5-2, Smith leads!"

"You have 20 minutes left. Either you catch up or you rest now… choose," Coach Ryuzaki offered him his towel and a quick glimpse on his aching foot that he has been protecting for a while now. He just smirk his answer and with that Coach Ryuzaki instantly knew. There was nothing that can stop him from doing this match. He was sweating too much now, more than he usually did. "Ryoma-kun, if this keeps up…"

"I'll catch up." He said, his eyes sparkling with renewed vigor. The old woman sighed and remembered Nanjirou when he had experienced the same thing back then.

"I guess you should show some results then…" she answered and walked away to let the young shounen rest.

"Oi Ryoma, is this game that easy for you that you allowed yourself to get injured just before our match?" Rei said as he took a sit beside him, drinking his share of water on the jug that he had. Ryoma didn't reply- his face covered with a cold towel. "I told you the consequence of…"

"I'm still playing aren't I?" he said. 'I haven't lost yet." He added.

Rei's face brightened up as he saw how he could still be stubborn after all this circumstances. "You amaze me you know…" he snickered and wiped his own beads with his towel. Ryoma lifted the towel away from his face and he moved his head to the sides and to the man beside him. "I'm not interested in guys…" Rei was almost shocked to laugh. He could only smile as he saw how he struggled so much in the situation. He was sure he didn't like this one bit.

They both didn't like it as a matter of fact. He's been thinking how it's all happening again- his own dilemma surfacing again; when he was in Europe playing for the WTC as a finalist. He was…

"All right, all right…" Rei said as he stood up, waving his hand. "I'm ready for a comeback…"

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It was quiet. The room was cold but she could manage it. Sakuno was down, lying in a bed, who knows where. She was sure though, this was not her room. She slowly opened her eyes, her vision blurry as she tried to get used with the soft orange light that surrounded the room.

"W-what time is it?" she asked. Still a bit dizzy so she decided not to get up. She clutched her fist into the soft covers of the bed and enjoyed the gentle feeling it brought her.

"Its quarter to five…" a voice replied.Sakuno was surprised and tried her best to search for the voice.

"R-Rei?" the girl was a bit disappointed since all she could remember was her memories from last night… when Ryoma was beside her."Oh my!" she shouted, unconsciously sitting upright.

She shivered in the feeling of the sudden movement. She felt the world was spinning or that she was spinning or whatever, she felt dizzy. "The matches?" she said, holding a hand on her head.

"It finished a long time ago…" he answered truthfully, smiling in the reaction of the girl. "You really should take care of yourself. You're sick you know…" he said as he tried to make her lie down again.

Sakuno tightened when she heard the truth and her heart leaped with uneasiness, it itself wanting to know what had happened. Who won? She had a lot of questions on her mind. If Rei's here then maybe…

Rei noticed the expressions of curiosity sweeping her entire face and he couldn't help but bit his lip in response. He doesn't know how to start or even know what to say.

"W-where's R-ryoma?"

Rei was almost shocked but did not show his uneasiness until his voice gave him away. It was cold and uncaring and it made Sakuno quiver at the last minute. "Why are you looking for him?" he asked, almost trying to sneak in a smile (that turned out to be a grin) to relieve the tension.

"I'm…" silence pursued. The tall man sighed and shifted his attention to the floating curtains by the window. Soft breezes of cold wind entered the room and the smell of the fresh mountains outside created an atmosphere of understanding between the two.

He understood well compared to the slight hints of ideas the girl has been guessing since the start of the conversation. "E-echizen might have lost against Rei," she thought but she was not yet sure; she has never seen him lost any important matches in the past (well a fight with a former champion is important).

She was still looking down, trying to avoid any eye contact with the man a few feet away from her. If she did, she's afraid she might cry from just the tension. "Sakuno," he started, making her face look up unconsciously to the call of the voice.

"Do you like him Sakuno?" he asked, his face almost traced the sadness that he's been trying to hide defiantly to himself though that well advised face of friendliness and approachability made her loosen up from the twisted face of sadness and anxiety that cupped her face for a while.

"I…" she started. She didn't now what to say. She finds it hard to admit her feelings in front of someone who confessed just yesterday. Rei could have said more but then she went ahead of him before he could say some more. "Its unrequited…" she admitted with a forced smile.

"Well I've sensed it anyway." He said hitting her lightly on the forehead, encouraging her to lighten up.

Sakuno felt his heavy hand, patting her head lifelessly and from that moment, she knew he feels the same way she had been feeling for almost a year. Tears peeked through her already clouded eyes and she couldn't hold them back on her own.

"I'm sorry…" she said, wiping a trail of tears that has already fallen down on the side of her face. Rei bit his lip as he saw the girl's fragility in front of him but instead of dwelling with the same sadness, he knew he's the only one who can change the flow of this conversation. He sighed and tried to breath in deeply.

"Sakuno, you are really kind." He said as he slowly forced his big arms around the girl who didn't have the energy to fight back. He forced a laugh when she squirmed in his arms. "R-Rei-kun…" she whispered pouting when he embraced her teasingly."You know? I don't feel like giving up especially when the match has not been decided yet…" he smiled, patting Sakuno on her back before she slowly pulled away from the embrace to clarify what he just said.

"Not been decided? Didn't you win the match?" her brows met as he offered the question seriously.

"Well, depends... did you want me to win?" he asked teasingly. Sakuno plummeted back under her covers in defense, pouting towards him under the blanket.

"Hey, please don't make me feel worse than I already am." Rei smiled from his desire to dig her out from hiding though he felt it might be better to leave it like that for a while since he hasn't really recovered from the emotional shock she gave him anyway.

"Well, no one won the match. Ryoma collapsed before that last shot." Rei went on as he noticed the dead pan silence inside the room. he guessed she had been listening when he saw a slight flinch from the covers.

"Technically, I won by a point but I feel that I lost to him completely. If his foot did not drag him at the entire game, it would have been completely a one sided match."

"W-what do you mean… how?" Sakuno asked as she released herself from hiding and slowly rose up to sit and face the other prince of tennis. Rei smiled and continued.

"He fainted just before he could return my winning shot. That shot that I used when I became a champion." The prince's eyes almost spelled every detail that occurred, smiling in sincere sadness as he tried to remember the same shot he used back then.

"W-what about the foot?" she clarified, almost tensed to know the answer. "Oh, I'm nearly amazed that he could catch up with a sprain like that…" his eyes questioningly look at the girl's change of attitude as another set of flowing tears snapped him out from his gaze."Are you all right?" he asked in concern.

"A s-sprain?" she clarified again.

"Sakuno… He had a very bad one on his right foot." He explained as he rose from his seat to snuggle closer to the girl who was already weeping controllably, using the blankets as she covered herself from shame.

"I…" she started.

"Do you know anything about it?" Rei tried to know as he placed a hand over her shoulders; his hands seemed to have shuddered from the tension.

"I-I might have caused that sprain…" she confessed as she embraced the blankets towards her shaking body. Rei's eyes widened and bit his lower lip as he continued to caress the small girl beside her.

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After the match, when Ryoma came around, he was already lying down on a soft futon. He was probably in the dorms since he was very familiar with this wooden ceiling and the smell of vanilla paint tickling his nose. He held his head with his palm and could still feel the ache of his whole body as he moved.

His memory was still hazy and he couldn't remember anything after that last shot.

Ryoma tried to escape away from the dorms since he had this quiescent feeling of loosing against Rei. Another, he was sure that if he saw that guy right now, he wouldn't know what to do.

He was squatting down, looking down at the vast plains below. It was certainly a nice view as the blow of the wind did not change from yesterday. It was breezy and cold. He needed that. He lost after all. That was what his gut feeling was telling him- he lost.

He remembered hearing faint voices in the distance after that last serve and when he came around, he was back in the dorms. He probably fainted from fatigue, standing in a poised, raised racket towards Smith as if beckoning him to continue serving the ball. "I'm not satisfied…" he said to himself.

He couldn't believe how he was defeated- by a lousy injury. He had seen this coming, as an undeniable possibility but still he couldn't accept it.

"This is stupid…" he said, hammering the floor underneath him. Gravel and dust flew with the impact. His hand slowly ached from the force. It was childish, yes. He was sulking and he couldn't do anything about it. He stood up and felt the pain once again from the sprain.

"I wonder which hurts more, your pride or your heart…" a voice from behind him said as it lowly approached the wounded figure in front of him. Echizen didn't bother to look back since he knew the voice fairly well. He has been hearing it all day after all.

"You must be laughing huh?" Ryoma smirked and looked away. "What else do you want?"

"You should get your foot treated… the faster it heals… the better for the both of us…" Ryoma did not understood what he wanted to say but he did plan to get himself fix. It's just that he didn't want to at the moment. He had no strength to do so.

"You don't have to tell me. I'll really get my foot healed and I'll challenge you for a re-match with the same conditions." He said in a snob, meriting a look from the man beside him. He smiled and almost laughed. "And you think I'll agree?" Ryoma sighed and spoke again. "I wouldn't be talking here about re-match if I believe you'll not accept it."

"You're pretty confident aren't you?" Rei had an amused look on his face. He knew Ryoma liked to act tough despite what he as feeling and that he did not want others to see his wounded ego. But his stubbornness was too much and he had a hard time suppressing the giggles that was forming on his face. "Then, tell me a good reason for the re-match and I'll…" he stopped, countered with a sharp remark from the tennis prince of Seigaku.

"Do you even need to ask? I can't just let her go flirting with a guy like you." He said, covering his face with a cap. That face was immediately darkened and the hair that fell down on the side of his face added more shadow on his flushed face.If you ask him, he really didn't like the idea of sharing his thoughts about the matter, with either his circumstances or with Sakuno especially to the guy that was most especially involved in the matter. Though he knew that if he didn't, he wouldn't have a shot for another chance.

He needed to reclaim back everything.

"Why?" Rei countered, digging more than what the other has provided. Ryoma frowned and flashed a grin as he looked back at the WTC champion beside him. "Because I'm pretty possessive…"

"You don't even own her…" Rei said in some "as-a-matter-of-fact" voice, his version with a mix of challenge and annoyance. Ryoma frowned hoping that he would just accept it and scram back to Europe. It's not as if he has the privilege of taking the girl back there anyway. Still, he really didn't like the idea of seeing him now or especially see him together with Sakuno.

"Oh yeah, that's why I was asking for a re-match… stupid…" he replied. He pointed a finger on his face, his eyes sharp and confronting. "Give me a week and I'll take her back from you (alien)" he mumbled the last word into an incomprehensible one, hoping he wouldn't call him childish for calling him names.

"If you're that brave in challenging someone, why can't you tell your feelings to the girl?" he suggested his right hand cupping Echizen's chins and up to face him. "T-there's no need…" he said swiping away his hand that held him. "Why?"

"Because… I'm no good for her…" he grinned as he carried his arms around the back of his head to support it. "And if you ever told her this I swear I'd…" when Ryoma looked at the man, he was already walking away towards the big tree that was at the center of the clearing. "Well, too late she already heard…" Rei said as he pointed at the tree that was only a few feet away from them. Ryoma fairly got the idea but he couldn't believe it. Oh, Kami-sama! This was surely a problem.

"Make your decision now… you want her or not?" Rei said scratching his head as he stopped walking when he saw Ryoma being crippled by the idea of the girl hearing what he was just saying. He had his fists clenched tightly into a ball and had his cap, lowly down, covering his eyes.

"I lost… didn't I?" he made sure. He peripherally saw him nod his answer but was not able to make a decision. What was happening? He thought he made it clear that whoever lost should stay away from Sakuno. "What are you plan-" he stopped when he heard him count, forcing him to make a decision.

"5… 2…" he started. "What kind of lousy counting is that?" Ryoma scolded unable to restrain himself from shouting. "And 1… times u-"

"I do!" He whispered, enough for Rei to hear and hopefully not enough for the girl to hear.

"What? Can't hear you from here…" Echizen swallowed hard. He could have threw a stone or two towards the guy but didn't. Instead, he couldn't really believe what he was doing. Playing cupid or whatever. He was sure he really liked Sakuno as well...

"Should I start counting again?" he shouted teasingly, almost beckoning the other for a fight. Echizen's face soured.

"(You Bastard) I do!" he shouted, his voice almost echoing down the cliffs below. Rei smiled and thought, "What do you know, it's not unrequited after all..."

He had waved a hand towards Sakuno who was already in thegrassy floor, trying to clutch deeply on the ground for support. He went ahead and left them alone, a pang of pain tickling him on the chest. And after a few moments, Sakuno and Ryoma found themselves alone with only a tree separating themselves from each other's view.

Ryoma sighed, irritated with the silence. He walked over towards the tree and piece by piece, he saw Sakuno's clothes sprawled over the grass. Her plaited skirt covered her shivering legs and both her hands had long found its way to cover her mouth. She was nervous he could tell. Her face was pink and if he didn't know it better, he'd think that she was really sick.(though he knew by himself that he was flushing the same color)

"W-what did you hear?" Ryoma started as he broke the silence between them. Ryoma saw her get startled from surprise. Sakuno swallowed hard as she forced herself to answer.

"A-about… e-everything…" she replied, her voice wavering as she did. She hid her face afterwards and tried to avoid any eye contact with the tennis prince.

'He is so gonna' die…' Ryoma thought how bad he had planned out everything from the start. When he remembered the things he has been telling the other a while ago, he couldn't help but to deepen the color of his face. Ryoma looked a little frustrated as he covered his face with both of his hands and leaned towards the aged tree that stood still for them.

"L-Listen…" he started as he slowly encouraged the girl to stand up. When she already did, and suprisingly did without hesitations, he and pushed her lightly to lean back at the tree. His left hand was high up on top of her head and his other pushing the bark of the tree near her neck. Sakuno looked surprised and didn't move for a second. She unconsciously looked down, not bearing to let the man see her blushing face.

"Why are you looking down? I'm going to talk to you..." he said as he cupped her chin to make her look back at him. "R-Ryoma-kun… I h-heard you were sprained pretty badly…" she said trying to change the topic. Echizen grinned and sighed deeply. She was really hopeless.

"And?" he asked. Ryoma's brow met at the center when he saw the girl squeezing her eyes shut."W-why are your e-eyes closed anyway?" he questioned, the memory of the kiss resurfacing again. "I-I can't look at Ryoma-kun. It's too embarrassing…"

Ryoma frowned and heaved. When she looked like this and when her eyes were closed like that, it seems a little unbearable for his part. He thought he should be the one embarrassed here after all the things he had said earlier.

"O-open your eyes stupid…"

"I-I'm really…" she said in a squeak. Ryoma swallowed hard.

"Forget it… I warned you..." he said as he forcefully pushed his lips on to the girl's soft ones, making the other squeal in surprise. He begged entrance on her lips as he passionately and caringly bit her lower lip, letting all his masculinity seep through her body. He played around with her as the same went instantly for him. Muffled voices and un-kept moaning continued to play. He liked the feeling but he felt the need of the woman to breathe so he let go and grinned almost devilishly at her. "Don't tell me I didn't warn you…"

Sakuno wanted to faint. Echizen and her... together... she knew it was spinning... everything was! "Tha-that was my first kiss!" she said as she pouted cutely at Ryoma. The prince cunningly stepped back and left the girl astounded. "I remember that iwas your third one..." he answered, waving a hand as he trudged down the path. "Third?" she asked as she desperately tried to catch up with the tennis prince.

Sakuno blushed when she remembered the kiss that he had with Rei. "Maybe so... but when was the other?" she thought to herself the prince almost grinning with pleasure beside her."Okay then, that was your second with me…" he said as he walked away purposely leaving her behind.After this, he wondered why his foot didn't hurt as much as before. "She's a great therapist. I should have tried it last night." he told himself.

"Hey, R-Ryoma-kun? What are you talking about? What Se-second??" Echizen looked at her and pouted.

"Oh... did I say that? Fine, it was your first…" he teased.

"Ryoma-kun tara!"

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FIN

Haha, so I'm guessing that most of you were wondering what happened to Rei and what a sheepish ending it was? I'll add an epilogue. I just wanted to end the story here. Tell me if you guys want one since i'm only cutting some study time to enjoy my hobby, hahaha, okay, I'm not a diligent student! Just joking.

Well it's really hard these few days... I'm going to try my best next week... I hope! sorry for failing to keep my promises. After out Case Presentation, I'll add the epilogue. Wish us luck. VIVA SAKUNOxRYOMA and slight (Rei as well)

"Can you focus on me? I'm crying here..." - Rei Smith