For all RyoSaku fans.

Ryoma's song, "Futari" is in Japanese but I used the English translation of the song here instead.

Warning: Sadly, everyone is out of character! Gomen ne...

Note: I don't own Prince of Tennis, but I wish I did...

"Echizen!!! Wait for me!!!" Momoshiro shouted and ran towards Ryoma.

"Late for school again huh?" Momoshiro joked.

"I thought I should ask you that..." Ryoma replied.

Momoshiro looked at Ryoma and noticed something new.

Strange, usually Echizen would just bring his tennis bag, but today he brought along a guitar. Is he training his arm muscle or what? Momoshiro thought to himself.

"Ohaiyou... Ochibi chan and Momo chan!!!" Kikumaru squeezed himself in between.

"Ara...? Ochibi chan brought a guitar today?" Kikumaru asked.

Ryoma ignored his question and continued to walk.

"Oi Echizen, you better don't skip tennis practice after school or Tezuka would be so mad! Remember that day he made you run 50 laps when you tried to skip?" Momoshiro reminded Ryoma.

"Ochibi ditching tennis for rock band practice? Ochibi chan...! I won't let you do that, nyah!" Kikumaru cried.

"I am not ditching tennis! Can't I just play the guitar during lunch hour?" Ryoma said angrily.

Kikumaru and Momoshiro exchanged glances and kept quiet.

"Sorry..." Ryoma mumbled.

"Echizen, you wrote her a song didn't you?" Kikumaru asked.

Ryoma ignored him.

"Don't worry, she will understand your feelings, nyah." Kikumaru smiled.

"Yeah, Echizen! Even if the song is terrible, girls will soften up when a guy sings to her. Trust me, I am a loverboy!" Momoshiro joked.

"Loverboy? You...? Don't make me laugh Momo!!!" Kikumaru hit Momoshiro on the head playfully.

"Hey, I am a loverboy. All the girls like me..." Momoshiro said.

"Name me a girl that likes you!" Kikumaru demanded.

"A girl? Countless... I can't remember their names..." Momoshiro shouted.

"Momo... liar!" Kikumaru yelled back.

"Mada mada dane!" Ryoma said and walked to his class, leaving his senpais who were arguing behind.

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"Ah, Sakuno... you are going to watch Ryoma sama's practice today right?" Tomoka asked.

"Hmmm... I can't. Sorry." Sakuno looked up from the book she was reading.

"You can't??? Sakuno, as the president of Ryoma sama fan club, I demand you to go!" Tomoka cried.

Sakuno put her book down.

"I got something on today. Echizen san won't mind if one of his supporters is missing." Sakuno said.

Not like he cares... Sakuno added silently.

"What happened to your Ryoma kun? Why are you calling him Echizen san now?" Tomoka asked.

Sakuno shrugged.

"We are not close... so I think I should call him Echizen san instead of Ryoma kun."

Tomoka glared at Sakuno. She pointed a finger at her.

"Sakuno! You have been skipping many of his practice lately... so I dema..."

"I am not free to watch him practice. I got better things to do Tomo chan." Sakuno said

"Tell me, why are you so busy today?" Tomoka demanded.

"I got a date, that's all." Sakuno replied.

"What? You got a date with Ryoma sama and you never told me? How cruel!!!" Tomoka scolded.

"It's not Echizen san. I am going out with Hideki san after school. We are catching a movie."

"Movie? How lame! Ditch him for Ryoma sama's match... please pretty please?" Tomoka pleaded innocently.

"Let her catch the movie with that guy."

Sakuno and Tomoka turned to face Ryoma who was sipping from a can of Ponta.

Ryoma looked right through Sakuno.

"Like she said, Echizen san won't mind if one of his supporters is missing." Ryoma said coldly and threw his can into the rubbish bin.

"If you only knew..." He said softly to Sakuno as he walked passed her.

"What is it that I didn't know?" Sakuno replied back but Ryoma was out of sight.

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She said Echizen san...and not Ryoma kun? Ryoma thought angrily.

Ryoma sat down on the grass. He took out his guitar from the casing. He got exactly one hour to finish up his song.

Darn, why must the lunch break only be an hour? Can't they extend it? Ryoma scolded silently.

Ryoma strummed his guitar. A melody has been playing in his mind throughout the day. He was lucky that none of his teachers caught him writing lyrics in class.

He started singing...

"You'd probably laugh
If I told you how I feel.
My noisy heart is trembling
As I search for a response.

It's just, I want to laugh with you.
It's just, I want to be spending time with you.
I always want to be by your side."

"Ano... nice song Echizen san"

Ryoma stopped playing and looked up.

Sakuno smiled and sat down next to Ryoma. They sat in silent.

Damn, why must she come now? The song is not even ready yet... it is still in a terrible state. She will laugh at me if I play such a crappy song! Ryoma felt like kicking himself.

Sakuno noticed a piece of paper on the grass before her. She leaned a little closer and started reading.

This must be the lyrics to the song... it seems meaningful. Did Ryoma kun write it? Sakuno wondered.

"Don't read!" Ryoma snatched the paper off the ground and hid it in between his textbook.

"Did you write it? The words will make a nice song." Sakuno said.

Ryoma ignored her.

"Echizen san, why don't you play the guitar and try singing the song? I would like to hear it." Sakuno suggested.

Are you crazy? You want me to make a fool out of myself? If you found out this crappy song is for you, I think you would run away and hide from me forever. Ryoma thought.

"No, I don't want to. This song is not..." Ryoma said

"Not for me?" Sakuno asked.

Ryoma stared at her.

"Oh, I understand Echizen san. I am sorry. Of course you would want her to listen to it first right?" Sakuno added quickly.

Sakuno got up from her seat.

"I... I hope she likes the song you wrote for her. Bye, I gotta go!" Sakuno said and ran into the shool building.

Ryoma sighed. He had lost his concentration and inspiration.

"This song is not... ready yet..." Ryoma said quietly and packed up his things.