Happy
Chapter 25
White day
Previously
"Ryoma, I don't want you to go out with that guy" he said bluntly and Ryoma opened her mouth to retort but Fuji continued "I want you to go out with me instead"
Ryoma was speechless, she looked into Fujis' deep blue eyes, searching for a trick or a lie in is confession "Why?" she asked quietly
"Because" Fuji took a deep breath "I think I love you" Ryoma smiled with tears in her eyes and Fuji, taking this as a good sign, leaned in slowly, giving Ryoma a chance to push him away as he pressed his lips against hers, she kissed back softly after a moment of hesitation, linking her hands around his neck and pulling him closer.
"I think I love you too" She breathed when they separated
"Good, because I don't want you to date anyone else" Fuji smiled and kissed her again. The pair jumped apart when the wolf whistling started, courtesy of Momo of course. Ryoma blushed and opened her mouth to snap at him but Fuji quickly kissed her again
"Sorry boys, she's mine" He smirked to the entire tennis team that had gathered, including the boy from earlier who guessed that he wasn't getting his date.
Currently
It was almost exactly one month since the happy couple had started dating, and Fuji was still clingy.
"Syuu-chan!" Ryoma groaned as her boyfriend picked her up and slid her into his lap, much to the other regulars amusement. Fuji had insisted that she call him Syuu-chan or just Syusuke since they got together.
"O'chibi and Fujiko are such a cute couple, nya!" Eiji squealed like a fangirl
"Saa, thanks Eiji. You and Oishi are a cute couple too" Fuji smiled and the golden pair reddened
"We're not a couple!" they defended but Fuji just chuckled as he heard Ryoma mutter
"Sure you're not" Under her breathe
"So, what are we doing for white day?" Ryoma asked
"What do you mean?" Tezuka asked
"Well, white day is the day you pay back the girls who get you chocolates on Valentine's Day, right?" At nods she continued "Well, since I got all the regulars chocolate I thought we could all go out and do something"
"Saa, great idea, Ryo-chan" Fuji smiled and kissed her forehead, Ryoma dearly wished for her cap so that she could cover her blush but alas it didn't appear for her. It was break-time and all the regulars had taken to the roof where they found Ryoma already there, asleep. Needless to say they woke her up.
"What you want to do then?, Kawamura sushi?" Momo said
"No, we go there too often" Oishi dismissed
"And we're normally packed on white day anyway so sorry" Taka added sheepishly
"We could go to a hot spring, Nya!" Eiji said, earlier embarrassment now forgotten
"Did you get that idea from Fruits Basket?" Oishi asked, knowing that that show had become Eiji's favourite lately
Eiji nodded vigorously and almost all the regulars sweat dropped
"I don't understand. How did Eiji get an idea from a basket of fruit?" Ryoma asked Fuji, looking up at him imploringly. Fuji was surprised that she allowed herself to sit in his lap in front of everyone but he definitely wasn't complaining.
"Fruits Basket is an anime; in it the main girl, Tohru Honda buys all the Sohma boys she knows chocolates on Valentine's Day, then on white day Momiji, one of the boys she gave chocolate to brings them all to a hot spring" He explained with his customary smile
"Oh" Said Ryoma "Then it's decided. We're going to a hot spring and Momo sempai and Eiji sempai are paying"
"Huh? Why?" Shouted said boys yelled in unison
"Saa, I think it's because if you mix your names it becomes Momiji" Fuji explained and Ryoma nodded
"Ok, it's decided then. There's a good hot spring near my house, we'll go there this weekend. Everyone will pay their own way except Echizen since she was the one to make the chocolates we will all pay for hers" Tezuka said with finality
"Why doesn't Fuji just pay for her ticket? I mean he got chocolate and a girlfriend" Momo complained
"Saa, are you saying you want Ryo-chan as your girlfriend?" Fuji asked with eyes open and a growing black aura
"No!" Momo said immediately and when Ryoma raised a brow at him he continued "Not that you aren't pretty or anything, or that you wouldn't be a good kisser or anything like that, though you definitely wouldn't be a cheap date, ha ha" Momo finished lamely
"Saa, I know she's a good kisser" Fuji smirked while Ryoma fought off a blush
"Me too, nya!" Eiji sang and Oishi looked betrayed while Fuji glared and Ryoma just looked confused "Before I saw her tie a cherry stem with her tongue, nya!" Eiji finished happily and Ryoma looked even more confused
"What does that have to do with anything?" She asked and Fuji chuckled while the other regulars sweat dropped.
"Mada mada dane, Ryo-chan"
White day
"I didn't think the place would be empty" Tezuka admitted with a frown "It seems you're going to be alone in the girls' bath, Echizen"
"That's better than being surrounded by strangers" Ryoma deadpanned
"We could sneak you in with us" Fuji smirked
"We can't do that! It's against morale principle to have a young girl in a hot spring with a bunch of guys! It's probably illegal too! If we all go to jail our dream of nationals would be ruined and when we get out of jail we'll all be known as perverts and we'll have to live in a halfway house and go to a school for delinquents!" Oishi ranted
"Relax Oishi 76.2% chance it was a joke" Inui said
"Saa, I thought I was funny" Fuji chuckled and Ryoma rolled her feline eyes
"I'm going into the girls' one now" she called as she left them all
"Bye Ryo-chan! Make sure no perverts sneak up on you!" Fuji called pleasantly "Let's go in ourselves now" Fuji said heading for the boys' spring, the other regulars followed all grinning or smirking or in Tezuka's case; smiling on the inside.
Girls section
Ryoma sank into the hot water and sighed in content. She'd always loved baths, much more than showers. It was one of the few places where she found herself relaxing and not thinking about anything. It was quiet for all of the five minutes it took for the guys to change and head into the baths next to her, they were separated by a thin, tatami wall and she knew that she'd be listening to lots of arguing, laughter and splashing for the next hour or so and she couldn't help but long to be with them. It was weird or her, the feeling of wanting to be with people when she'd always been fine on her own. Thinking of the others made her smile, especially Fuji. She had wanted to do something with Fuji that day too since it was technically their one month anniversary but it seemed girly and stupid to acknowledge it so she just offered for everyone to do something together.
"Then how did I end up alone?" She asked herself softly; suddenly there was a blanket and arms thrown around her
"Oh you're not alone" A voice whispered in her ear and before she had a chance to scream, the world went dark.