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"Mada mada dane."
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"Let's go to our next ride!" Tomoka said cheerfully and dragged Sakuno as she said her thanks to all the god and goddesses who granted her prayer.
"Wait." Ryoma said. He stood still and never moved.
The three looked at him.
"Why? Do you also want to try the game?" Tomoka asked excitedly with a big smile.
"No. I'm hungry." Ryoma answered with a bored face.
Tomoka's dreams had crashed.
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They went to the food court like part of the amusement park.
"What are we going to eat?" Satoru asked when they finally got a table.
They looked at the different menus from the fast foods' dishes in front of them.
"I like grilled chicken. What about you Sakuno-chan?" Tomoka said, still looking at the menus.
"Hmm… I'm not hungry so I guess I'll just eat spaghetti." Sakuno answered, also looking at the menus.
"Okay, I'll get your orders." Satoru said happily and stood up. "What about you, Echizen?"
"You'll treat us?" Tomoka asked Satoru when he didn't collect their moneys.
"Yes." Satoru said, smiling.
"Hmf!" Tomoka rolled her eyes. "Okay, then I'll get two orders." She grinned evilly but she's really pissed. She knows… Satoru just want to show off and impress Sakuno.
"Sure." Satoru answered without dismay. "What about you?" He faced Ryoma again.
"Chicken Kiev." Ryoma answered. "Two rice."
"Okay." Satoru went to buy their orders.
Ryoma also stood up when Satoru left.
"Where are you going, Ryoma-sama?" Tomoka asked.
"Pizza." He answered then left.
"hm? He's going to buy pizza?" Tomoka asked Sakuno out of curiosity.
Sakuno shrugged her shoulders and remained silent. She thinks Ryoma is not in the mood. She knows he's always quiet but this time its way different than his usual expression. She doesn't know why. Or maybe it's just her.
After a few minutes, the two boys get back to their table.
"Wow, yummy!" Tomoka said and excitedly get her order.
"Here you go, Sakuno-chan." Satoru served the food for Sakuno.
"A-arigatou…" Sakuno said and lets out a forceful smile when her eyes crossed Ryoma.
Ryoma just looked at them. And when he felt his eyes sores, he turned to face his food.
"I feel really sorry, Sakuno-chan. You didn't get the big, brown teddy bear!" Tomoka starts a conversation while they are eating.
"Eh?" Sakuno turned to her. She knows, Tomoka just want Satoru to feel sorry and regret because he didn't get the prize.
"I'm really sorry about that, Sakuno-chan." Satoru said with a sad face but he smiles.
"No, it's nothing." Sakuno answered Satoru quickly. "You tried your best."
"But you really like the big brown teddy bear, right?" Tomoka said, still on the mood. She lets out a fake sad face. She just wants to irritate Satoru.
"T-Tomoka-chan…" Sakuno said, almost giving up to Tomoka's persistency. She knows her best friend's goal.
"If you want, I'll just try playing again later?" Satoru said, making his tone a lot happier.
"You can't." Ryoma answered out of the blue. "You are pressured so you can't."
The three looked at him and was silenced. Ryoma continued eating peacefully.
Satoru cursed below his breath. But he didn't want to have a bad impression to Sakuno so he remained to keep his cool.
"What about you? Why don't you try it?" Satoru asked with a fake smile.
Ryoma didn't bother to look at him and give his attention to the pizza next to him. He gets one slice.
"What for?" He answered.
"For Sakuno-chan." Satoru said quickly.
Ryoma looked at Sakuno.
Sakuno looked down when their eyes met. She couldn't look at Ryoma straight into his eyes. She blushed furiously. The atmosphere is starting to heat up now. She has to do something!
"I guess you're just great in tennis. But basketball is not your forte right?" Satoru continued. He felt he made Ryoma shut his proud mouth. He felt victorious.
Ryoma remained silent because he doesn't want any commotion. And firstly, he doesn't want to waste his saliva talking to nonsense people. But he looked at Satoru sharply and threateningly.
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"Where are we going next?" Tomoka said. They started walking after they had eaten.
"Why don't we try that game?" Satoru asked and pointed the game that has a title "Who got the strongest punch?"
"What a lame game." Ryoma answered sleepily. He even yawned.
Satoru secretly looked at him rudely.
"So what game can you play aside from tennis?" Satoru asked Ryoma with a fake friendly smile.
"Basketball." Ryoma answered quickly and proudly.
The two guys looked at each other sharply – measuring each other's deadly stares.
"Why don't you prove it Ryoma-sama?" Tomoka asked Ryoma excitedly. "Play the game Satoru played before, come on!"
And before they knew it, they were already in front of the basketball game where they went earlier.
"Oh, you want to try again?" The old man recognized them and looked at Satoru excitedly.
"No, my friend here wants to try it." Satoru said politely.
"Who's your friend?" Ryoma asked as he stepped forward and gave the old man his 10 bucks.
Satoru kept his cool and just wait for the biggest humiliation Echizen Ryoma will get on this very day. He smirked secretly. He knows it's not easy to shoot five consecutive shots. He is in basketball club. He is trained. And Ryoma's not. Ryoma won't get it. Especially, basketball is not his cup of tea. Satoru enjoys his upcoming victory.
Ryoma gets the ball and didn't bother to dribble it. He positioned the ball and threw it to the ring.
Ryoma-kun… Sakuno holds her breaths. How she wishes the ball will shoot.
TANNNGK!
Ryoma failed. The ball hit the side of the ring but it didn't shoot.
"Oh…" Tomoka said, dismayed.
Satoru smirked.
"Just what I thought." Satoru said conceitedly.
"Hn." Ryoma said and gave the old man another 10 bucks. He just tried it. Now he knows what the right position of the ball and his hands to be able shoot the ball on the net. He's really sure now that he'll get the prize.
So the next shots were easily made by Ryoma without a single sweat.
"It's not that hard as it may seem when I looked at you earlier." Ryoma said to Satoru before shooting the next ball.
Satoru clenched his teeth with anger and dismay.
After finishing the third round, Satoru was silenced, Tomoka jumps up and down and Sakuno loosen her breaths.
"Mada mada dane." Ryoma said with a cocky smirk. He looked at Satoru as if Satoru's as tiny as an ant. Just how he wanted to make this guy shut up. Satoru's pissing him off.
"Congratulations!" The old man said happily and hand the big brown teddy bear to Ryoma.
"Yay!" Tomoka screamed happily as Ryoma received the teddy bear. "You'll have the teddy bear in the end, Sakuno-chan! Arigatou Ryoma-sama!"
"Tomoka-chan…" Sakuno tries to stop Tomoka's cheerfulness. What if Ryoma won't give the teddy bear to her? And why she also thinks that Ryoma will give the teddy bear to her?
"Where are we going next?" Ryoma asked afterward.
"Hmmm… Let's see as we walk on." Tomoka said cheerfully.
They started walking and Ryoma really didn't give the teddy bear to Sakuno.
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"Let's try that one!" Tomoka pointed the "Haunted House".
"No!" Sakuno shook her head roughly. That's her greatest fear – darkness and ghosts.
"Come on, Sakuno-chan, It'll be fun!" Tomoka said excitedly. "Let's go?"
"I won't come." Ryoma said, not taking another step forward.
"Why not?!" Tomoka asked exaggeratedly.
"Don't tell me, you're afraid of fake ghosts?" Satoru asked mockingly.
Ryoma just looked at him.
"Oh, yeah! The teddy bear." Tomoka said when she realized the teddy bear is too big. They all know that inside the "Haunted House", the people bumps to each other and they are really closed to each other, and holding a big teddy bear is a problem and a mess.
"Hey, are you going to enter the Haunted House?" Horio popped out in front of them all of a sudden.
"Horio-kun!" Tomoka said. "Thanks God!" Then she grabbed the teddy bear to Ryoma and hand it to Horio. "Please take care of this because we're going to try the Haunted House."
"Eh?!" Horio was shocked. He's with Kachirou and Katsuo together with their partners. "But I want to enter, too!"
"You can." Tomoka said with her sweetest smile. "LATER." The smile changed into a horrible look.
"O-o-okay." Horio hadn't had the chance to object.
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"Welcome to the Haunted House!" The guy that manages the said house said and banged the door loudly. Everyone was shocked then laughed. The guy just wanted to scare them.
"Tomoka-chan…" Sakuno hold Tomoka's arm as they walk into the ghost house.
"Sakuno-chan, you should hold on to Ryoma-sama!" Tomoka whispered to Sakuno's ear.
"Eh?! N-no way!" Sakuno answered quickly. That's the last thing she would ever do. She'd rather get scared and eaten by the ghosts inside this house than hold to Ryoma's arm – ask him favor to protect her from ghosts – save her from them – etc – that will the last thing she will ever do. EVER.
"HWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
A white lady with fake bloods on her face shocked them as they are turning to the right.
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Sakuno's voice echoed throughout the entire house and can be heard outside of the house when the white lady pops up in front of her. She quickly hugs the one beside her. "Kyaaaaaaa! Let me out! Let me out!" She screamed hysterically as her hand grabs Ryoma's shirt tightly. She's almost tearing it.
"O-oi! My shirt!" Ryoma said and tried to let go from Sakuno but he couldn't do anything but continue to walk because Sakuno's pushing him.
"I want to get out of here!" Sakuno continued screaming, still not looking up. She just continued to run, dragging Ryoma along with her. All she wanted is to get out of this scary ghosts house.
"HA!" Sakuno can breathe at last. They made it to the exit.
"Mada mada dane!" Ryoma said as he looked at his wrinkled shirt. He almost needed to run from a heated iron.
"G-g-gomen, R-Ryoma-kun…!" Sakuno gasped when she saw what she had done to Ryoma's shirt. It is really wrinkled. She bit her lower lip as she doesn't know what to do.
"Sakuno-chan, I didn't know you're that sadistic!" Tomoka said laughing loudly while looking at Ryoma's shirt.
Sakuno blushed furiously and looked down. She's really feeling sorry about what happened. She didn't know that it was Ryoma whom she's holding onto. She's really afraid that she didn't have the time to know who the person beside her is. But good thing it was Ryoma and not just anyone else.
"I guess I'll just take a rest." Ryoma said and walk towards Horio and get the big teddy bear.
Sakuno sighed as her eyes followed Ryoma with a sad face. She got Ryoma disappointed and mad again.
She guessed… they will never be okay again. Ryoma's too far away now… Way too far than ever.
A/N: Whew! I really missed fan fiction a lot! It's just a week but it felt like forever... Well, I'm really busy right now. (just wanna inform ya :p)
to junkness who asked of all places, why amusement park: why not? I mean... just think that the setting is like the Star City or the Disney Land :)
Next chapter will be entitled : the sweetest dream... hmmm...
I hope you like this chapter! XD and don't forget to review!
