Chapter 20

"I'm ready Ryoma," said Kiyoko walking out of the mansion she, Yuki, and Rei lived in. She was in the backyard where a tennis court was set up. Ryoma was leaning on a pole with his hat over his eyes. "Ryoma?" Ryoma opened his eyes and tried not to stare. Kiyoko wore a light blue shirt and a black dress over it. She held her racket on the side and smiled at Ryoma. He turned and walked ahead of Kiyoko.

"You didn't have to change," said Ryoma. Kiyoko noticed the distance between them and ran to catch up. She took a firm hold of his arm.

"Come on Ryoma," urged Kiyoko, "Will you please walk with me? This is fun! It's like a date." Ryoma looked up with a slight pink tinge on his cheeks. The two didn't know that Momo, Horio, Mizuno, Kachiro, Rai, and Reika were following her. Rai and Reika were in different groups.

"Why did I have to come?" whined Reika, "I wanted to trail Keita and Yuki."

"Live with it Reika," said Rai in chibi as he dragged her through the bushes. Kiyoko and Ryoma walked inside a store in the sports section of Tokyo and was greeted by a man.

"Why hello Ryoma," said the man cheerfully, "Are you here to get your racket strings fixed."

"Iie," said Ryoma, "I just had to show a friend a place to get the strings fixed."

"Hi," said Kiyoko cheerfully before presenting her racket to the man, "The strings are getting loose so I was hoping you could tighten them?" The man examined Kiyoko's racket closely and raised an eyebrow.

"You seem to be a strong player," said the man before explaining, "The strings are just loose on one part which shows you've played long enough to gain experience."

"Wow," said Kiyoko jumping up and down, "That is so cool." Ryoma took Kiyoko outside when the man had gone inside his work room.

"It'll take awhile so we should probably just look around," said Ryoma.

"Hai," said Kiyoko. The two were walking side by side but there was silence between them. "Do you want to sit down?" asked Kiyoko, "I can get us some drinks."

"All right," said Ryoma, "I'll go get some food." The two met again at the bench with some food.

"Yum!" said Kiyoko, "This stuff is good."

"Hai," said Ryoma, "I haven't had a cheeseburger in awhile." Kiyoko sweatdropped.

"You just had some yesterday!" said Kiyoko before laughing, "This is fun." The two sat looking out at the city. They were sitting on a bench in front of the bridge and were looking out into the lights of the city on the other side.

"Kiyoko," said Ryoma suddenly sitting up, "Do you hear something?"

"Huh?" asked Kiyoko. The city lights were lulling her to sleep and Ryoma's voice woke her immediately. The two stood up and looked behind the bushes. They were surprised to see a couple making out. Ryoma and Kiyoko quickly went back to the bench pretending that they had not seen a thing. "I'm not sure they wanted us to see that."

"I wonder," mused Ryoma looking at Kiyoko thoughtfully.

"Huh?" asked Kiyoko confused. Ryoma pulled Kiyoko up so that she faced him and gave her a long kiss on the lips. Kiyoko was rooted to the spot surprised.

"And I thought I was the one being fast," thought Kiyoko to herself. Ryoma smiled at Kiyoko.

"I definitely felt sparks," said Ryoma.

"Huh?" asked Kiyoko now more confused than ever.

"I just wanted to see if you get kicks from kissing and I guess you do," said Ryoma with a shrug. He cleaned up the place he and Kiyoko ate and the two went back to get Kiyoko's racket. At the doorstep of Kiyoko's house, Ryoma turned about to leave when Kiyoko went down the stairs and gave him a deep and passionate kiss. Kiyoko grinned at him.

"I just wanted you to know that the only reason you got kicks from kissing was that it was with me," said Kiyoko, "I'm good aren't I." She went back to the door and was about to close it when she said, "I like your kisses too." She closed the door behind a stunned Ryoma. When he turned the corner, Momo and the other first years came out of their hiding places. Momo was teasing Ryoma.

"Hey Ryoma," said Momo in chibi his face taking on a hentai grin, "I didn't know you and Kiyoko are that far into your relationship." Ryoma just looked back at Kiyoko's and the other girls' house.