Author's note

Hi everyone! I hope you are enjoying reading "Love vs Friendship" and if I bored you, sorry…

Unfortunately, I'm making this the last chapter of this story. I apologize since this chapter took sooo long to come out. I have been busy with school and other activities, so I hope you can understand and forgive me. I don't want to make people wait for too long, and that's why I'm making this the last chapter. I hope you like the ending and please review just so that I can have some feedback about the ending. I hope it doesn't sound too much like "Why do things change?" ending. I really appreciate all the comments, and if I didn't reply, it doesn't mean that I didn't consider it, ok? I really loved all the comments…even if they were criticizing my writing, because in the end the criticism can help me take a step further and make my writing better. Thank you for everyone's support until now, and I hope I will have more free time to write! :]

The next morning Sakuno was still a little confused about what had happened yesterday with her best friend, Tomoka. She knew that Tomoka only wanted her best, and even though she used to love Ryoma, Tomoka had stopped because of the relationship that she now had with Ryoma.

Sakuno was walking towards the entrance of the school. It was full of students and the scenery was beautiful at the time, with cherry blossoms' delicate petals falling from what seemed the sky. Suddenly she heard someone call her name from behind, she turned and saw Ryoma coming towards her. She analyzed her surrounding and saw that everyone was looking at her and then back at Ryoma who was running towards her.

"Why didn't you pick up when I called you?" Ryoma asked, he didn't seem to care about everyone in the whole school yard looking at him and Sakuno.

"I'm sorry." Sakuno simply and quietly replied. Over the past days she felt uneasy to talk to Ryoma. He didn't call her a hundred times or anything but he didn't call her once either. Guilt washed all over Sakuno and right now she wondered if she was really that selfish of not even returning the calls of the person that she loved.

Ryoma looked at the simple and plain girl in front of him. Well, she may look simple and plain to you, however for Ryoma's heart and eyes it was the most beautiful and special girl in the whole world. He did mean to sound a little mad when he asked the question to her but it really did hurt him to see Sakuno with that sad face.

"What happened?" he asked her with a softer voice.

Sakuno didn't know what to reply so she stayed quiet for a while, thinking what she could reply.

"Something happened, right?" Ryoma thought about asking, but then stopped and decided to give Sakuno some time to think, and if she didn't want to talk about it with him, that was her decision to make…even if it hurt his heart a whole lot.

Ryoma walked right passed Sakuno and quietly walked to his first class which luckily or unluckily (depends how you see it.) was with Sakuno.

Sakuno was looking down, and suddenly the feet in front of her started moving and they walked right pass her. She was surprised. Was Ryoma going to just let it go, just like that? She didn't know, but at that time she had some kind of relived feeling. She walked to her next class, leaving the beautiful cherry blossom scenery behind.

--Class—

Even though Ryoma and Sakuno sat next to each other in the classroom, they hardly ever talked between the two of them. Sakuno wasn't the smartest kid in the school but she could figure out the stuff they were learning if she slowly read through the explanations over and over. On the other hand, Ryoma was really smart, he looked like someone who was in the same grade for five years doing the same thing over and over again, always understanding everything. Summarizing this whole summary, They never talked.

Sakuno sat right next to Ryoma, so she couldn't turn her head not even a bit to her right. She tried to look only with her eyes and she was successful. Ryoma looked bored, as always. Sakuno didn't understand how Ryoma just know stuff without even listening to their teacher. She admired him, not only for his knowledge but also because he was someone who didn't like to lose so he wouldn't give up that easily, like she does, he would always fight until the end. Also, not everyone knows this side of him though…he can be very sensitive, yes, you heard me right, he can be very caring about you…

"I love him." Sakuno thought in her head.

Why had she been so stressed about him asking her out. He, the person that she loved, had told her that he loved her. What else did she want??

"I have to apologize…" Sakuno told herself.

"Riiiiiinnnnggg!!!" the bell rang, meaning that class had finished.

"Want to take a walk?" Ryoma asked Sakuno with a small yet very kind smile.

Sakumo smiled back at Ryoma and started walking behind him, out of the classroom. She had to get used to Ryoma's god-like smile or she would suddenly become a stone whenever he smiled at her. They went to the school garden, it was a Japanese style garden and there were many cherry blossoms around them.

"Let's sit down." Ryoma said as he sat down at one of the benches.

Sakuno also sat down and put her hands on her lap.

"I…I want to apologize for my actions." Sakuno said looking at Ryoma. Yes, it wasn't easy for her, to look directly at the god-looking Echizen Ryoma but she tried her best since she was sincerely trying to apologize to him.

"What do you mean?" Ryoma asked looking confused. He asked her kindly, ok?

"Sorry for not returning your calls…I was thinking over what happened at your house and I thought that it wasn't right for us to go out since we only told each other our feelings but we never really said anything and…" Sakuno stopped to catch her breath.

Ryoma smiled, a very cute smile. He took off his white Fila cap and started playing with it with his fingers nervously. He looked at Sakuno and then leaned forward to kiss her, with his eyes closed.

Sakuno felt as if she was in heaven, with Ryoma's gentle lips touching hers. She had her eyes opened when Ryoma's lips first touched hers but then she closed them and "finished" the kiss.

Ryoma pulled away before Sakuno did.

"Sakuno, will you be my girlfriend?" Ryoma asked. He had hoped that he would be able to make himself clear that other day but since he wasn't clear enough, and since Sakuno wanted to be asked out, he decided to do it.

Sakuno blushed, blushed, blushed. Sakuno smiled and then tried to imitate Ryoma's actions from before. She leaned forward with her eyes closed, not like Ryoma, she just went half way and waited for Ryoma to go the other half. Ryoma smiled, "She is so cute." he thought as he saw her blushed face and her eyes closed waiting for him to kiss her. He leaned forward and finished the kiss.