The Love Triangle
Disclaimer: If I owned the Prince of tennis, then I wouldn't be writing this disclaimer now would I? No, if I owned the Prince of tennis then I wouldn't need to write one; I could do whatever I wanted to with the Seigaku regulars lives, which includes me having Fuji for a lover but I don't, so boohoo for me, Fuji's fate rests with Konomi-sensei and I can never have him for myself.
a/n: please be reminded to read and review minna!
And oh yeah, becareful, this chap may be rated t – m.
Chapter Eleven
The Kiss
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Bright chocolate orbs began to flutter open to gaze upon the warm rays of the sun filtering through the room as Sakuno began to wake up. Turning to the man next to her, she gently pulled herself away from his embrace and untwined her legs from his as she smiled at the sleeping figure.
"Fuji-sempai always looks so peaceful in his sleep," she noticed gingerly. He looked like he was in such a deep slumber and Sakuno didn't bother to disturb the tranquility by waking him up. Crawling out of bed, she found it hard to leave his side. She really was getting used to this kind of set-up quite quickly for only about four days of sleeping next to one another in his arms.
Every night she would always wait in eager anticipation for the brunette to come into bed next to her and envelope her in his warm embrace which unknowingly had become a growing habit for her. Every day on the other hand, she would always wake up with a strange sort of contentment knowing that she would spending the entire day with him.
Today though, she wanted to do something without him helping her. She wanted to surprise him just for once.
Quietly she moved out of bed and did a few stretches before padding out into the kitchen.
"I have to be quick," thought the auburnhead as she clanked around the area for pots and pans. "Fuji-sempai might wake up any second from now."
She was lost to herself in her culinary world as she strived to prepare a fulfilling breakfast that would at least earn a smile and an earnest comment from Fuji.
For him to smile. For him to like what she was preparing. For him to do so sincerely. ( She knew that his opinion saying that he liked what she would do was just for the sake of not displeasing her……that was what she thought she knew of as a fact…..) Somehow the mere thought of such a reward served as her driving force to do more than her best.
In that manner, Sakuno proceeded to chop the vegetables and sushi needed to prepare what she needed to make. She was so engrossed in finishing her work that she didn't notice the person leaning by the door observing her with crystal blue orbs.
"Saa, I guess you're already done with that Sakuno-chan, so I really don't have the chance to help you out anymore. Oh well, that must be what one deserves when he wakes up late. It cant be helped."
"Fuji-sempai, you're up already! Anou, ohayou sempai! Don't worry the wasabi and the croissants area almost ready. If you're hungry then there is some hot milk on the table over there," Sakuno pointed out the table mounding with freshly baked pastries and glasses of milk and tea. " Ohayou Sakuno-chan. Iie, demo I'm not hungry yet. I'll wait for you right here."
The auburn-haired girl shook her head in repose and scooped up the cooked wasabi sushi. Just as she had expected of him, Fuji was playing the gentleman that he was and waited patiently for her to sit down next to him.
"Anou, the wasabi's ready Fuji-sempai."
"Okay, then let's eat now, saa. Itadakimasu!"
"Itadakimasu!"
Sakuno watched in hesitant expectation as the tensai slowly sunk his teeth into the confines of the wasabi. A widening of his cerulean blue orbs indicated he had a good opinion of her work and Sakuno blushed.
"Sakuno-chan, it really tastes good! Honto ni dayo!"
"I-Im glad you think so Fuji-sempai……. I don't want to make something repulsing for you….or something that tastes repulsing either."
"Saa, you've never made me repulsing or disgusting food Sakuno-chan. Ever since the first obento you made me for the opening of classes to the time you gave me onigiri on graduation day and up to this day, I've never thought that you're cooking was anything less than scrumptious. It's really true Sakuno-chan. I've always loved the bentos you would make me. But then I was shipped off to college and then, well, you just stopped making bentos for me," complained Fuji.
"Eto Fuji-sempai, that was because I didn't want to get in the way of your studies in college and besides….anou….I was really busy that year," quipped the auburnhead.
"Hmmm, busy you say? Saa, so that was the year when you started singing on stage. Ne, how were you discovered Sa-chan? I never heard your singing voice back in high school. You really tried to hide it from everyone, and considering that you managed to hide it from me quite easily, the person who busted you out must have been a skilled person. Saa, tell me how you were recruited Sakuno-chan."
"Eh? How do you know that I got recruited that year sempai?" she squeeked with a blush. Kami, how come her sempai had to be such a genius? Really, she wanted her story of recruitment to be kept a secret. It was a very embarrassing story.
"Saa, it was just a presumption based on your statement Sakuno-chan. "Anou, do you really want to hear it still Sempai?"
Fuji nodded his head with a smile. The girl gulped quietly, the flustered look on her cheeks quite evident. "Eto, then….I'll tell you it then. It went like this. I was walking alone in the park singing 'Honto no Jibun' to myself. I thought no one was around. I really liked the lyrics of the song and its melody that U was totally unaware and oblivious of my surroundings…."
"Then?"
"Then, anou, I tripped on Sakamoto Maichi who was sitting down by a fountain…..and got her wet…dakara apparently she had heard me singing so instead of getting mad at me she asked me to sing for her…..and well that's how I got recruited. Kya! It's so embarrassing! Not only did I trip on Japan Music Industry's most prestigious producer, but I also drowned her in a fountain as well!" she whined in complaint at the embarrassing recollection, holding her hands up to her face when she felt large hands clasp around hers and pull hers away from her eyes.
"Zenzen, it isn't ridiculous at all Sakuno-chan. There's nothing to be embarrassed about," she heard her sempai's voice whisper into her ears. "To me that was the most unique recruitment story anyone could have. Could you sing a song for me Sakuno-chan, even for just a while?"
"Right here, right now?"
"Hai."
Looking into his expectant blue eyes, Sakuno opened her mouth to sing when ―
Ring, ring, ring!
"Anou, Fuji-sempai, isn't that your digital organizer ringing?"
"Saa, never mind that. Please continue."
"But it might be important."
The tensai heaved in defeat and dived into the pocket of his pants as the girl looked on in worry. She hoped there wasn't any bad news for her sempai.
After peeking at the gadget, she noticed a hint of irritation in his eys and was about to ask him what the matter was all about when suddenly she found her sempai throwing down the organizer and smashing it into pieces on the floor.
"Sempia!"
"I'm not attending that meeting. I promised myself that I'd listen to Sakuno-chan sing and then take her to the beach. I have no intention of breaking that promise," said Fuji. "Even if I'd have to lose my clients and get into trouble, I would never break the promise I made to the person that I care for the most."
Without thinking, Sakuno got up and wrapped her hands around his shoulders in a tight embrace.
"Please….go there sempai. Don't let me be a burden to you," she pleaded. Fuji's eyes widened as she pulled away and looked up at him. "Please."
The girl tried to ignore the beating of her heart against his chest when the tensai cupped her chin, pulling her face closer in response as she begged one more time.
"Please sempai."
Her heart rate began increasing drastically when their faces inched closer and closer, Her mind slowly melted as it waited in anticipation of what might be a kiss and she closed her eyes, only to feel his lips on her cheeks a few seconds later.
"I'll do whatever makes you happy."
Fuji walked out of the room, leaving Sakuno touching the light dampness his lips left on her cheek.
"Saa, sing for me later okay?"
Sakuno nodded her head obediently and smiled as she neared the kitchen door to lock it behind him. "Anou, maybe I should write a new song to sing for him as well."
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" Akatsuki Company Inc., Kazemachi Industries, Nannimo Naranai, Shiawase no Niji and Mada Shiawase Mite Company are all aware of the terms and regulations that will be bestowed upon them once they decide to join the Aoi….."
Blah, blah, blah. All Fuji Syuusuke, the President of the Aoi Yama group of companies, could think of right now was that ― blah, blah, blah ― he wasn't listening at all. His mind was somewhere distant and far.
"Sakuno-chan," he murmured silently. "Saa if there hadn't been any convention right now, I would have been spending my time with her. I don't want to squander our precious time together on useless grievances. We only have a week – no, scratch that – I only have a week to with her and then after that she'll be returning into the arms where she belonged, Echizen's arms.
'Echizen' he thought sourly.
Why did such a cocky and arrogant brat have to win such an angels heart?
Fuji wanted to keep the lad within a thousand meter distance radius away from her, not more, not less. But Sakuno-chan loved Echizen and Fuji could do nothing about that. He loved her too much to take away her happiness in self-centered greed, because she was his everything.
All he could do now was enjoy his week with her. After that, it would be the end of it. He would be left to a miserable Sakuno-chan-less life, left only with the memories of the way he held her against his chest every night, the way she fit so perfectly molded on his body, the way she smiled up at him every morning.
Saa, sometimes it was really hard for him to stay on the bestfriend forever boundary, especially when your bff is the angel sleeping down right next to you. Undoubtedly, he had to admit that. The thought of breaking that line was always taunting him so often, especially during the night when his body hormones urged him to do things to her, to take her breath away and satisfy his craving for her.
Sometimes it really was hard to fight the strong urge to kiss her senseless, just like what happened moments ago.
Really, she had nearly kissed the auburn head on the lips in the kitchen. Good thing he had come back to his senses and angled out on her cheeks instead.
"Anou, excuse me, Fuji-sama, the meeting should be adjourned by now."
"Saa, I see. Are the paper works and contracts fine Mukihawa-san?"
"Hai, Fuji-sama."
"All well and good then. I'll be at my room if anything else is needed." Fuji stood up to leave but then one of the residing officers also stood up and stopped him.
"Matterunda , Fuji-sama. The meeting may be over but the dining reception is still waiting for your presence," the employee stated, bowing down in respect as he did so.
"That's right Fuji-san. You have to join us and have some lunch. We want to know more about the young son of Fuji Otogawa who has taken over the Aoi Yama's reigns at the age of 20," added in an elderly lady the representative of Kazemachi Industries.
"Yes, we would like to know more about the new President who has increasingly doubled the size of the profits of the renown Aoi Yama Company. Even we, the great Akatsuki Company, once known as the greatest independent company in Japan have been put into such awe that we decided to join the Aoi Yama group." Agreed Kizukeyo-san at his right.
Fuji pretended to smile and nodded wordlessly.
"Damn, and I was just about to get back to Sakuno-chan too.I really wanted to listen to her singing and these people just had to get in my way," were his irritated thoughts that he hid behind his smiles.
" Eto, alright then, shall we proceed to the dining hall? I presume that there's a table being prepared there already."
"Hai, Fuji-sama."
They went down to the restaurant to eat lunch. The course wasn't that bad, but Fuji knew that Sakuno could cook better than that.
Conversing with the business people wasn't that bad either. They all had pleasant chit chatter but when compared to a day with the sweet doe-eyed girl, socializing with business partners became crappy and charred.
Yeah, it really was a drag to not have her by his side but boring businessmen instead. Add that to the fact that they were the only customers in the restaurant. ( They had reserved the entire juncture for their convention's reception.)
Gah, this dull day was really pushing him to the limit right now.
"Mukihawa-san, don't we have any entertainment for our guests?" the tensai asked dryly.
"Don't worry Fuji-san," spoke up one of his partners. " The Shiawase No Niji has booked a celebrity singer to serve as entertainment in the commemoration of our company's second binding renewal of the contract between it and the Aoi Yama."
"Celebrity Singer?"
The woman representing the Shiawase No Niji pointed out towards a prepared stage which suddenly lit up with rising curtains to reveal a complete band. There were drummers, guitarists, pianists, back-up singers and – where was the lead vocalist?
"United companies under the Aoi Yama, we would like to present to you, in a one-time only singing concert request, Nadeshiko Maaya!"
Fuji was rather surprised and so was the ebony-wigged girl who was walking up to the microphone amidst the applauses and howls of her small audience. Obviously when she had told him before that she was told by her father to sing for a company even, she had no idea that it included his company as well.
Never the less, the tensai conjured up a happy smile directed towards the girl who was looking and blushing his way.
"Anou, konnichiwa minna-san! Eto I know this may seem as quite a surprise for all of you, but let's all get down to business shall we ne, and have some fun this time!"
The singer's eyes looked uneasily towards the tensai as he watched in amusement the blush darkening her cheeks.
Her small audience agreed with a nod, unaware of the gaze the singer was giving to a certain someone among them.
"Alright then. This song is a new single that I've written this morning in dedication to a very special someone in my life. He asked me to sing a song for him this morning but I wasn't able to so here this is instead. Sempai this is for you…."
konna ni mo tooku he futari wa kite shimatte
ano koro no
osanai kimi no hohoemi ni mou kaerenai ne
kimi ga warau sekai ga suki de
soba ni itai soredake
wasurekaketa itami wo mune ni
Time goes by
toki no nagare wa futari wo kaete yuku keredo
nakushita mono mo yume miru mono mo
sono te wo totte omoi dasu yo
itsumo kimi no soba de
kanashii koto sae oboete okitai kara
kimi no chizu ni
watashi no tame no PEEJI wo nokoshite oite ne
mirai kara fukitsukeru kaze wo
kimi wa ano hi shinjita
ashita wa motto takaku maiagare
Time goes by
toki ga sugite mo kitto kawaranu mono ga aru no
todokanai kara mitsuketai kara
yume no tsubasa wo sagashi ni yuku
soba ni ite ne zutto...
*A/N: THIS PART IS THE INSTRUMENTAL PART
"Saa, Sakuno's voice, it's so beautiful." Fuji was absolutely entranced, mesmerized by the song and the singer. He didn't notice the waitress who accidentally caught the lacings of her shoe onto the leg of his seat.
The girl tripped and fell, right on top of Fuji's lap, blushing with frantic 'gommenes' as she tried to get up. Everyone's eyes were on the ebony-haired woman singing up stage and nobody noticed the waitresses' blunder – or so Fuji thought.
soba ni iru yo------------------- zutt------eeeeeto!
Thud. The audience watched in horror as the microphone dropped on the ground. The singers arms limped down at her sides and her face became deathly pale.
"Sakuno-chan!" Fuji rushed to her side, not caring whether he knocked the waitress off of him recklessly in the process. "Daijoubo ka Sakuno-chan?"
"Anou, sempai, I-I'm sorry. I - I didn't know what came over me. Eto, please don't worry about me. I'll be fine. The show must go on."
Fuji's hands clasped around hers as he lead her off stage.
"Fuji-sempai! Where are you taking me? What about the meeting, the audience? Don't you care about it sempai?" His grip on their intertwined hands tightened as he continued leading her out of the restaurant.
"No, you're not feeling well Sakuno-chan. I wouldn't care if the whole world came to an end as long as I could save you. I don't care what my clients say, the meeting, or anything else because Sakuno-chan the one thing that I care most about in this world is you, Sakuno-chan, you. Now come on, let's go back to the room. I'll make you some tamago soup so you'll feel better, okay?"
"Hai," Sakuno nodded her head with a blush.
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Sakuno sat up on the bed and pulled her legs closer to her chest. Grabbing a nearby pillow, the girl stuffed the thing in between her legs and chest and pulled it closer to her.
She couldn't help but keep on thinking about what Fuji had said earlier.
"……because Sakuno-chan, the one thing in the world that I care about most in this world is you…" his voice was like a resounding melody that dotted the words with life in the innards of her beating heart.
Those words surely meant that he simply care for her as a friend but it struck something in her she couldn't understand. The mere thought of the word care nearly gave her an eminent feeling of….love? Gah, what was she thinking again this time? And kami here was this blushing again.
"Anou, maybe I should walk around the room and stretch. Maybe it'll shake a little bit of this irrationality out of me," she thought as she got out of bed. "That shock upstage, and these stupid feelings, confusing feelings are making me flustered. I-I need to get rid of it. Fuji-sempai will be through with the tamago soup any minute now. Ouch! Eto, what's this box doing under the bed? Huh?"
The auburn head crouched to open the box….and what she could see inside made her eyes widen in surprise.
"Sakuno-chan, the Tamago soups ready! Sakuno-chan! Sakuno-chan?" Fuji's head popped out of the kitchen to find her squatting on the floor. "Oi, what are you doing over there Saku-chan? Sakuno-chan?"
The tensai walked over to the auburn head who stood up to face him with a large cardboard box in her grasp – his large cardboard box.
"I can't believe it sempai. You've been keeping these things for such a long time already? The pictures you took of me in high school, some pics that I never knew you had taken and others from the summer vacations we spent together…..but why are they all photos of me? Where are the ones you took of the regulars? Eto….and you also have still the Sakura flowers I gave you in the resort…..you even had them preserved. Do you really like collecting pieces of the past sempai?" she asked with a smile as she sat down on the edge of the bed.
He was about to open his mouth and answer when all of the sudden something heavy or someone rather bumped on him and toppled him down.
"Eh! Gommenasai sir, maam, if I was interrupting anything! I'll be heading out!" was the cry of an ordinary room service lady. She headed out the door with a bang but Fuji didn't bother to notice any of it at all.
All he did bother to notice was the girl right underneath him.
They were separated only by a few millimeters and Fuji could almost feel their lips grazing each other and kami…..he could hardly contain himself.
"Sempai," she whispered. Now he really couldn't stand it anymore; her voice just sounded too inviting for her to resist any longer.
"No, Sakuno, I don't enjoy collecting pieces of the past, I enjoy making moments with you and most of all having memories of you."
"Why?"
"Well, let me show you why."
"Kami Fuji-sempai's about to kiss me! But Fuji-sempai's my bestfriend and what about Ryoma-kun? And……."
Her thoughts began fading away.
Sakuno closed her eyes as her heart beated faster and faster. A wave of emotions exploded inside of her as she felt the warm touch of his lips. All her thoughts melted into a pool of warm hazy fog as she eventually and slowly began to respond to the kiss.
His lips were warm and gentle, playing on hers like a whisper. But then his desire became deeper. Cupping her face with both of his hands, he locked in on her and asked for entrance.
Surprisingly she did not fail and disappoint the moment. She gave him entrance and let his tongue explore the recesses of her mouth, tasting her thoroughly as she twined her tongue around his as well, sampling its sweet taste that sent her begging for more and more. Sakuno could feel jolts of electricity jilting her entire body when the once slow and steady intimacy of lips became deeper and more passionate.
She heard a moan and wasn't sure whether it was from him or her. All she knew was that it felt so right to be with Fuji like this, that she wanted this moment to never end. Without even will to, her hands moved on their on and unbuttoned his shirt, snaking up and down his muscular chest.
All the waves of emotions inside of her poured out through her kiss and she gasped in surprise when Fuji broke away gently, panting and out of breath.
"Sempai, don't stop...." she moaned.
She was surely intoxicated by him completely because the sober her would never do this sort of thing with her bestfriend or say things like that and so was the brunette who was looking down at her with burning desire in his cool blue eyes. Grinning bewitchedly he grazed a light kiss on her lips.
"Then forgive me Sakuno, coz I don't plan on stopping. You're just too hard to resist. I love you Sakuno, I love you. Forgive me, but it's the truth," whispered the tensai solemnly as he began to unbutton her blouse to reveal the blushing girl's slim yet curvaceous waist and her full and ample breasts. The kisses he playfully showered up the softness of her chest to her arching neck sent shivers running up and down her spine, and the way he tenderly caressed her jaw line with his moist lips drove her mad with passion.
Now it was her turn to tease him.
Smiling seductively, the auburn head licked his lips with her small pink tongue, tempting him to take the lead as she sucked at his lower lip. Her smile widened when her claimed her lips as his own and twined his tongue around hers in a play of French kisses. Mindless of what she was doing, Sakuno rolled the brunette as they continued the fiery kiss so that now she was on top of him and was about to unhook his zipper, but then he rolled her off of the bed and looked down at her with a serious look in his eyes.
"Are you sure about this Sakuno?"
The coy grin on her lips was enough of an answer from him.
Diving in for another sweet, mouth water kiss, his hands moved down to her waist and slithered her skirt off of her.
"Damn it Sakuno, I don't care about what Echizen and all the rest would think. I love you this much, I can't take it anymore. I love you Sakuno, I always had, please tell me that you love me too," his cool beautiful voice played across her face as she waited for an answer.
"Sempai," her true feelings began taking control. "I-"
BANG!
"GET OFF OF MY GIRLFRIEND YOU BASTARD!"
The couple looked up at the open door with shocked expressions on their faces, and a shameful look in the girl's eyes as she froze in place.
"Ryoma-kun? What are you doing here?"
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Sakuno wrapped the cloak clinging around her a lot tighter as she cowered with tears in her eyes under the glare of her boyfriend standing tall on the beach.
No, he definitely didn't look all too happy.
She could understand that; who would look overjoyed after finding out your girlfriend just made out with her male bff right before your very eyes? Of course if she were in his place she'd be as mad as a bun but still she couldn't help feeling the tears rolling down her cheeks. She wasn't crying because Ryoma found out.......she just couldn't forget it all. It felt so right, so good to be with Fuji.
'Ryuuzaki, you better explain this to me or else you and I are through," his voice was cold and angry. "Don't lie to me about anything. The paparazzi already caught you red-handed and I caught you red-handed. Why have you been sleeping with Fuji-sempai?"
"I- we weren't sleeping with each other Ryoma-kun! We just slept next to each other...that's-that's all." she reasoned meekly as she focused down on her toes that squiggled listlessly on the fine grains of sand with tears dripping down her face."Stop lying to me Ryuuzaki. There are pictures of you and Fuji in bed next to each other caught by the paparazzi, and I saw you making out with my very own eyes." the tennis prince's voice quavered then softened as he faced away from her. "I love you Ryuuzaki, so you don't need to lie to me. Just tell me the truth. I never expected that it would come down to this point.....I always knew you loved him, but I always thought it would be nothing more than the love of a friend. Just say it to me in the face. Tell me who you really love."
I love ...... Fuji-sempai? Not as a friend but as a man?
"I-, Fuji-sempai...."
"Say no more Ryuuzaki. I understand more than you know. Because I love you this much.....I'm letting you go..."
"Huh?" Sakuno asked in confusion but when she looked up at him Ryoma had already begun walking away from the teary eyed girl.
"Crying doesn't suit you. If you really aren't happy with me, then you don't have to force yourself. Goodbye Ryuuzaki. Goodbye, atashi no koi."
"Ryoma-kun!" she cried out as she watched on in confusion her boyfriend leaving her behind.
Little did she know that she wasn't the only one watching everything going on.
Two pairs of eyes were watching her every move, each pair unaware of the other's presence. If Sakuno had noticed one pair of eyes that tailored cerulean blue orbs, then she would have recognized him as Fuji who walked away grimly.
"Should I say sayonara too my love?" his bare voice whispered in the wind. "Because I'm afraid that I won't be able to see you anymore…."
With that the silent spy left away leaving the auburn head to lay down on the sand and sort through her thoughts and leaving her to the prying presence of the mysterious stalker that continued to observe the girl without any interference at all.
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Ryoma Echizen scowled sourly as he waited for his chauffer to pick him up.
Of all the possible outcomes he had thought of before he came to Tsushima, why did the worst one have to turn into reality? His girlfriend had fallen in love with another man, no scratch that, now his ex-girlfriend rather, and there was nothing that he could do about it.
He couldn't blame her, he had always known that she had feelings for her sempai, but he had never knew to what extent, and he had hoped that she would forget Fuji and learn to love him more.
It was that stupid sempai's fault, causing her to feel those things and all.
The tennis prince wanted to take Sakuno back but when he saw the tears dripping down her cheeks he couldn't bear seeing her suffer alongside him any longer. His expressions softened when he thought about the crying girl and he sighed.
"Cheh," he muttered somberly.
From now on he would turn back to tennis and it would be all that would matter to him. Relationships, love, girlfriends, he was giving up on them all. He'd be a bachelor till the day he died. It didn't matter to him anymore anyway. Ryuuzaki wasn't his anymore.
"Why's you do it Echizen? I thought you loved her too much to let her go?"
Echizen's face returned back to a scowl as he turned round to find a figure standing next to him on the parking lot where he was waiting.
"What is it to you Fuji you bastard? It's none of your business to tell me what I can and cannot do," he hissed darkly.
"Saa, I'm just curious as to why. Besides I'd like to ask a favor of you Echizen, if you don't mind."
"What favor?"
"Saa, I want you to forget about everything and take Sakuno back in your arms again. Onegai. It's my fault, I kissed her. It was an accident, Sakuno never meant any harm. She loves you Echizen, don't hurt her by pushing her away, onegai," Fuji asked. It was a strange sight for Ryoma to see the tensai down on his knees but still he shook his head in the opposite direction, despite his sempai's pleas.
"No."
"Saa, doushite? Are you that angry with Sakuno-chan? It isn't her fault!"
"No."
"Then tell me why."
"Because you're wrong you stupid bastard. Ryuuzaki doesn't love me…..she loves you. Haven't you realized that already?"
Fuji's eyes went wide as the words tried to sink in to his head,
"Love?"
A wan smirk took over Ryoma's lips as he turned away from his sempai and hopped into the black Ferrari that already came in the parking lot.
"That's up to you to find out. After all, you are the genius, Fuji."
With that the tennis prince sped off, hoping that Fuji would know what to do…..and that nothing would go wrong. Nothing should go wrong……just for the sake of Ryuuzaki.
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"Fuji-sempai, during that kiss, said that – said that the one he had loved all along was no one else but me," Sakuno murmured to herself as she pulled her legs closer to her chest. She could feel the bark and an absentminded blush crept up her face.
Now that she was left all along to herself Sakuno could enjoy the serenity and peace of mind as the puzzle pieces began to fit into place.
Love – was the reason behind it all; the reason why Fuji cared so much, the reason why he would protect her at all costs, the reason why ha had kissed her like he did.
She could understand it fully now.
It wasn't because he was her bestfriend that he did all those. No, it was because he loved her, not as a friend but as a woman named Ryuuzaki Sakuno for who she truly was.
She felt so elated, and happy that a light bubbly feeling popped into her very being, overwhelming her with its intensity. It was a feeling that sent her heart racing in time with her cheeks burning feverishly, her lips aching for his, her heart pounding for his presence.
"What is the name of this emotion? What do I truly feel for my sempai? I-I want to understand it now. I want to know." she thought.
Before she would always shove those feelings because they would always confuse her so much but now she was ready to face them head on. Could this be what people call desire?
The auburn head shook with a no. She had to admit that she longed for his physical touch but it wasn't just that. It was beyond physical desire. Friendship? The more she thought about it, the more she understood that a friend would never desire their friend physically. Like? Sakuno closed her eyes. Hmmm….yes, she did like her sempai but this emotion was stronger more intense, deeper rooted than a mere attachment or liking.
She realized that she wanted to be close to him always, to be with him day and night, twenty-four-seven, to share in his joys and in his sorrows, to be his pillar of support, to be his confidant.
"I always knew you loved him…." She remembered Ryoma-kun telling her before she had gone. "Love him…..love….."
Love? Was that what this emotion was called? Was it love?
But she had thought that she had never felt something as strange and as complicated as this, not even with Ryoma-kun whom she had thought she had loved.
When Ryoma was around her, Sakuno could control her emotions. When Fuji was there, her heart would always go berserk. When Ryoma-kun would kiss her, she would only feel a little surprised with none of the feelings that had surged through her when Fuji was the one taking her lips. When Ryoma left and broke up with her she had felt nothing at all, but when Fuji had left her in the Hokkaido International Airport she felt like her very being ws ripped off of her person.
Why were her feelings so different for the…….Then it struck her.
"Because Ryoma-kun was right. Because the one I truly love is Fuji Syuusuke –sempai, eto, no, it should be Fuji Syuuusuke koi. Yes, he's the one that I love. He's the one."
Silently she thanked Ryoma for opening her eyes and letting her go to be with Fuji as she got up with an ethereal smile.
There was nothing that could stop her now. She was free to tell Fuji of her love. She was free to be with him forever. She was free to kiss him longer. She was free to drown in his love, and him in hers together.
Picking up her pace, the auburn head began to run in search of Fuji Syuusuke-sem….no…Syuusuke-kun. Hmmmm……she really had to get used to the kun and drop the sempai, though it would sound awkward at first and –oof!
"Itai!"
"Anou, I'm so sorry sir. I wasn't watching where I was going. Here let me get that for you!" she apologized profusely at this man dressed in black sprawled on the floor as she bent down and picked up the open folder next to him.
"No, miss, please let me do it!" countered the man.
But it was already too late.
Sakuno's attention was caught by the words in the file and her eyes met the man's in horror.
"You – you! I know you. You're one of my father's spies. This is an assignment sheet. Why were you sent to spy over me?" she frowned at the man as she looked at back at the paper. "And it says here that you're objective is to –"
Sakuno slammed the folder shut and shoved the man who as at a loss for words for being caught.
"NOOOO! WHY? THIS – THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!"
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Japanese Terms
Hai – yes
Iie – no
Daijoubo ka – are you alright
Doushite – why
Honto no Jibun – Real Self
Outosan – father
Tensai - genuis
Daijoubo – it's alright
Hentai - pevert
Gomene – I'm sorry
Hai – yes
Iie - No
Kitto Yatta – I'm glad
Uso – that can't be, that's impossible
Honto ni - really
Demo - but
Onigiri – Japanese rice balls
Kouhai - junior
Sempai – senior
ogenki desu ka – are you alright
oyasumi - goodnight
Nani o – what is it?
Buchou - captain
Ore-sama – Ore = me, sama suffix used to express superiority or greatness
Kuso - damn
Kun – prefix used to denote closeness/ attachment
San – formal prefix
*Special thanks to anime for the lyrics of the song Yume no Tsubasa which I used as Sakuno's song in the restaurant. You can check out the translation there if you like. ^_^
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A/N: I'm so sorry minna for the late update! School really is tying me down A LOT! *sigh* There were the everyday tests, the assignments, then the auditions. I've been really booked recently. So please forgive me….I've been too busy these past weeks….and there was that tiny writers block too. At least I tried my best.
So what do you think minna? Is it alright, or was the kissing scene too descriptive? That was my first time ever to write a kissing scene, and I think I should rate it pg or something higher…..don't you think? XD
Anyway's tell me what you think minna. Good or bad reviews are alright for me, but please do review okay? I don't want to impose but it breaks my heart to see no reviews. Oh yes, thank you everyone for reviewing chap 10! I really loved them by the way….don't worry the thank you note will be coming soon.
Special thanks to Jedz! Thanks for reviewing, you don't know how much it means to me! Oh and that goes out to everyone as well, Goldenchan(hehehe^_^ upgraded) Rebecca-chan, Sandstorm-chan and everyone!
Well then until next time! Chapter 12 coming up!
Fuji no onna
(Japanese of Fuji's girl ^_^)
