For all RyoSaku fans.
For all who leave reviews, this chapter is especially for you! Thanks a million
I have decided to let our dear Prince share some sweet moments with Sakuno. A crappy chapter and I hope you will survive after you read it. Ok, there are no idiotic acts from them in this chapter, just something sweet. Hee hee...
Ah... Ryoma is such a sweetie in this chapter. Hee hee, try and guess what he wrote for Sakuno this time?
Warning: Due to Ryoma's sweetness in this chapter, he is out of character. Do you notice that Ryoma is always nice to Sakuno, even in the anime? Haha, so maybe he is actually not so out of character after all. LOL!
Note: I don't own Prince of Tennis, but I wish I did...
Ryoma took out his toothbrush and toothpaste from his bag. He walked towards the toilet and saw Sakuno standing in front of a mirror. The mirror has a sink and is located outside the toilets. That area is used for hair combing and hands washing.
Ryoma stood from afar and watched her as she slowly unbraided her left braid. He had never seen her without her braids, so he decided to stand there and continue to watch her. Ryoma wondered what it feels like to touch her hair.
After Sakuno unbraided both her braids, she started combing her long brown hair. She combed her hair gently and looked into the mirror. She frowned when she saw Ryoma's reflection.
"What do you want Ryoma kun?" Sakuno called out without turning behind to face him. She was still angry about yesterday.
Caught in the act. Ryoma thought.
Ryoma came out from his hiding place and went over to Sakuno. He stood next to her and observed their reflection. Sakuno was closing her eyes while combing her hair.
"So perfect together." Ryoma accidentally said aloud.
Sakuno opened her eyes and looked at him.
"What is so perfect together?" Sakuno wanted to know.
"Er..." Ryoma said. He looked around for something to say. He couldn't tell her that he was talking about them being together.
Ryoma looked up at the sky and saw the moon and stars.
"Look up there." Ryoma pointed up to the sky.
Sakuno looked up. The sight was beautiful indeed. A full moon surrounded with million stars, shinning down their bright lights on them.
"How beautiful." Sakuno said softly.
You are more beautiful than that. Ryoma said silently.
"See? The moon and stars look so perfect together. It is like they are meant to be together, forever." Ryoma said. He smiled at her.
Sakuno felt her knees weakened. Ryoma's smile made her forget that she was supposed to be angry with him. Although she knew that she can never have a place in his heart, to see him being nice to her makes her melts her heart.
"How rare to see Ryoma saying nice things to others." Sakuno teased him.
"I..." Ryoma words were cut off with a loud crash. He turned around and found Kikumaru and Momoshiro sitting on the ground.
"Momo! You are so heavy." Kikumaru shouted.
"I am not!" Momoshiro shouted back.
Ryoma frowned. His conversation with her was interrupted by his senpais again. Ryoma felt like punching each one of them.
"What are you doing here?" Ryoma asked.
They looked up at Ryoma who was staring angrily at them.
"Nothing. We just want to brush our teeth. Right Momo?" Kikumaru said.
Momoshiro nodded and showed a citrus toothpaste to Ryoma.
"Liars." Ryoma said and turned to face Sakuno but she was gone.
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"Sakuno. Guess what?" Tomoka said.
"What is it?" Sakuno was lying on her bed. She was still smiling at the thought of what happened earlier on between her and Ryoma. Sakuno had decided to forgive him for scolding her yesterday.
"I saw Ryoma sama hanging around at you hanger just now." Tomoka said.
Sakuno sat up and looked at her friend.
"Are you trying to say something?" Sakuno asked.
"I thought I saw him hang something on your hanger. I think he is your angel." Tomoka said.
Sakuno felt like laughing out loud.
"Tomo chan. My angel can't be Ryoma kun. He will never write something as sweet, you know. Knowing Ryoma kun, he must have the worst handwriting. Besides, my angel didn't write mada mada dane in the letter." Sakuno said and showed her letter to Tomoka.
"Has your angel write anything today?" Tomoka asked.
"Hmmm, not yet. I did check just now but there isn't any letter. Maybe I will go and check again later." Sakuno said.
"Oh ok." Tomoka said.
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On Wednesday morning, Sakuno quickly went to her hanger. She had fallen asleep and forgotten to check if there is any letter for her yesterday. Sakuno heart beats faster when she saw a blue letter hanging on her hanger. She took the paper.
"Did you look at the moon and stars at night? It is beautiful, but it is nothing compared to the beauty in you." Sakuno read softly.
Her heart melts. Sakuno wondered who is her angel. She hoped her angel is a boy because she can feel herself falling for him. It sounds silly, but his words really touched her deeply.
Sakuno saw Tomoka and waved at her. She ran towards her friend.
"You got the letter already?" Tomoka asked.
Sakuno nodded and showed it to her. Tomoka read and smiled.
"Wow. What a sweet person to write such nice words." Tomoka said. She was impressed.
Maybe Sakuno is right. I must have mistaken him for Ryoma sama. It seems impossible for him to be her angel. How can he write something so sweet when he can't even say anything nice to others? Tomoka thought.
"Gather up! We are leaving for Mount Chiaki in 10 minutes time." Ryuzaki sensei blasted from a microphone.
Soon, they reached Mount Chiaki.
"Fuji and Kikumaru, I assigned the both of you to look after group 7. Be a good senpai ok." Ryuzaki sensei said to them and walked off to other groups.
"Let's go." Fuji said. He unrolled the map that was given to him.
"Is this some kind of treasure hunt or something?" Momoshiro asked.
"Maybe. We are supposed to find the answers to these questions and head back to the picnic area for lunch." Fuji said and showed the questionnaire to them.
"How lame! It's so itchy here." Yagami said and scratched her arms.
"Where should we begin?" Fuji said without looking up from the map he was reading.
"Hurry up and start already! I am losing my blood to the mosquitoes." Sakagi said.
Momoshiro and Kikumaru laughed at both girls who were scratching away.
"Hmmm... ok. Let's try walking there." Fuji pointed towards the north.
"Are you sure that's the right way?" Kikumaru asked.
Fuji shrugged and passed the map to Kikumaru. He quickly took out his camera and snapped pictures of the pretty flowers in front of him. Fuji did not want to miss the chance of taking good photos of Mother Nature.
"Fuji!" Kikumaru said.
"Let's just walk there." Ryoma said and started walking towards the direction that Fuji pointed earlier.
40 minutes passed and the group managed to answer most of the questions in the paper.
"How tiring. Can we at least sit down and rest?" Kikumaru complained.
"If we stop now, we will reach the picnic area late. Who knows by then, the foods are all gone." Momoshiro said.
Kikumaru panicked. He quickly snatched the paper from Ryoma and ran around looking for the answers to the questions.
"What is he doing?" Yagami asked.
"Hee hee, I think he did not want to miss a single food at the picnic. If he insists on doing all the work, then let him. Right Fuji senpai?" Momoshiro asked.
"Perfect!" Fuji said as he took a picture of baby squirrels.
"He doesn't seem to care." Ryoma commented.
Fuji turned to Ryoma and smile.
"I don't mind staying here a little longer." Fuji said.
Ryoma took off his cap and ran a hand through his hair. He was sweating a lot due to the heat. Ryoma was tired but he did not want the others to know that. He looked around and saw Sakuno and Tomoka kneeling on the ground, playing with three squirrels. He walked towards them.
"Ano..." Sakuno said when the squirrels ran away to hide in the bushes.
"Am I really that scary that the squirrels ran away?" Ryoma asked them.
Both girls looked up at him. Ryoma blinked and looked at them.
Ryoma kun look so cute when he's confused. Sakuno giggled.
"Hey... a rabbit!" Tomoka said and ran off towards another direction to chase a brown hare.
Ryoma looked at Sakuno, who was still laughing.
"What is so funny?" Ryoma asked her.
"Ryoma kun. What are you waiting for? Hurry and ask the squirrels to come back." Sakuno ordered. She was still laughing at him.
"Eh... how do I do that?" Ryoma asked.
Ryoma sat down next to Sakuno and waited for her to stop laughing.
"Ne, have you finished laughing at me?" Ryoma asked her.
Sakuno looked at Ryoma and smiled. She took his hands and poured some seeds from a small plastic bag. His hands were shaking when she touched him.
Ryoma felt something soft and furry touching his palms. He looked down and saw two squirrels eating seeds from him. A few birds had gathered around to eat the seeds too.
"They are not afraid of you anymore." Sakuno said.
She took some seed from Ryoma and poured onto the ground. The squirrels and birds quickly jumped down to eat the seeds that were spread on the ground.
"Echizen. Ryuzaki. Look here."
Ryoma and Sakuno looked up. A flash of bright lights blurred their eyes.
"Hmmm... nice shot. The best picture for today." Fuji smiled at them. He waved and walked off.
"Sakuno! Look at this rabbit. It's so cute!" Tomoka said and carried a brown hare to show her.
"How cute!" Sakuno let go of Ryoma's hands and quickly walked towards Tomoka.
Ryoma continued to play with the squirrels. He tried to ignore the strange feelings that were growing inside of him. His heart was beating very fast whenever he looked at Sakuno. Ryoma knew he really like her, a lot.
The squirrels remind me of Karupin. He thought with smile.
"Oi Ochibi! Help me answer this last question." Kikumaru appeared in front of Ryoma. He was tapping his left foot impatiently. Kikumaru pointed a finger at the last question.
The squirrels and birds quickly dispersed from the ground towards their habitat to hide.
Ryoma stood up and looked at the question.
"Mada mada dane, Kikumaru senpai." Ryoma took the pencil from Kikumaru and quickly scribbled on the paper. He passed the paper back.
"Are you sure the answer is snow rabbit?" Kikumaru asked Ryoma.
"Tell me what is brown but turns white during winter?" Ryoma asked.
"White Christmas?" Kikumaru answered.
Ryoma felt like kicking Kikumaru on the head.
"Hmmm... ok. Your answer sounds reasonable." Kikumaru said.
"It is the answer." Ryoma insisted.
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"Finally we made it to the picnic area, nyah!" Kikumaru said happily.
"Wow! Look at the all the food, Kikumaru senpai!" Momoshiro drooled.
Kikumaru and Momoshiro quickly grabbed a paper plate and headed towards the food. They quickly snatched the food from the trays.
"They look so hungry." Fuji said to Ryoma.
Ryoma nodded. Their group was the third to arrive, so there are still many foods on the table.
"Tomo chan. I will wait for you there." Sakuno said. She pointed at a big tree.
"Ok." Tomoka said as she grabbed some cakes on the tray. She watched as her friend walked off towards the tree with two plastic cups in hand.
Ryoma stood next to Tomoka and took a slice of strawberry cake.
"Ryoma sama like cakes?" Tomoka asked him.
"Yup." Ryoma mumbled.
"Osakada. Look over there." Kikumaru said to Tomoka. He quickly took a cake from her plate and ate it when she is not looking.
"Kikumaru senpai! How rude!" Tomoka scolded.
"Delicious, nyah!" Kikumaru said.
"Hey! That was the last piece. Spit it out!" Tomoka demanded.
"I can't. I think the cake has digested." Kikumaru said.
Ryoma walked off and leave the both of them to argue. He did not know where to sit and eat his cake. Ryoma saw Sakuno sitting under a tree. He decided to head over and eat with her.
"Can I sit here?" Ryoma asked Sakuno.
She looked up from the paper she was reading. Sakuno quickly hide her angel's letter in her pocket when she saw Ryoma.
"Uh... ok." Sakuno said.
Ryoma sat down next to her and started to cut the slice of cake into smaller pieces with his fork.
"Aren't you eating?" Ryoma asked without looking at her.
"Well, Tomo chan said she would bring the food over for us to share." Sakuno said.
"Oh, she is busy fighting with Kikumaru senpai over a slice of cake. I think you better go take yourself if you want to eat." Ryoma said. He poked the small piece of cake with his fork and ate it.
"Oh..." Sakuno said.
Ryoma looked at Sakuno who was looking down at the grass.
"Do you want some?" Ryoma offered his cake.
Sakuno looked up at him and started to blush.
"Ano... it's ok. Ryoma kun can eat it." Sakuno said.
"You don't like sweet food?" Ryoma asked.
"I do like sweet food... but I... errr..." Sakuno said. She covered her face with both of her hands. She knew Ryoma noticed that she was blushing like crazy.
"Here have some." Ryoma poked a small piece with his fork and offered to feed her.
"Ryoma kun..." Sakuno looked up at him. She could not find the right word to say.
Sakuno opened her mouth and Ryoma fed her the cake.
The cake is delicious but having Ryoma kun feeding it to me is too much for me to handle. Sakuno thought to herself.
"Is it nice?" Ryoma asked her.
Sakuno paused. Ryoma was staring at her.
"It is... sweet and delicious." Sakuno managed to say.
"Here, you can have it." Ryoma said and passed the plate to Sakuno.
"You don't want it anymore?" Sakuno asked.
"It is too sweet." Ryoma said.
"The cake? I thought you like sweet food." Sakuno asked.
"No, not the cake. It's just too sweet... never mind." Ryoma said. He quickly got up and ran off towards the picnic area, leaving Sakuno behind.
"What nonsense is he talking about?" Sakuno wondered aloud.
Ryoma reached the picnic area and sat down on the grass. He had to run away from her or else he might die of a heart attack. His heart was beating too fast when he was with her.
That would make a sweet memory for me. I wonder if she feels the same too. Ryoma blushed at the thought of him feeding the cake for her.
"Maybe I overdid it this time." Ryoma said softly.
"Yo Echizen! Talking to yourself again huh?" Momoshiro greeted him with a big silly smile.
"We saw that, Ochibi. Eating with your girlfriend under the tree, nyah?" Kikumaru said with a huge smile.
"Here Kikumaru senpai. Do you want some?" Momoshiro said and fed Kikumaru with a piece of cake.
"How delicious, nyah." Kikumaru said dramatically.
"Ahh... Ryoma kun is so romantic!" Momoshiro said.
"Shut up!" Ryoma scolded. He turned to leave but Momoshiro pulled his shirt.
"Hey, you have got to thank us. We did managed to distract Osakada from going to that tree and interfere with your date." Momoshiro said.
"Yeah, three is a crowd! Hee hee..." Kikumaru said.
Ryoma turned and faced them. He knew that his senpais deserved his compliment this time.
"Mada mada dane." Ryoma said and walked off.
"Ochibi! Where is the thank you?" Kikumaru shouted from behind.
Ryoma decided to ignore him and continued to walk.
"Young hearts, run free. Never be hung up, hung up like my man and me..." Ryoma heard them singing from behind. He could not help but blushed.
(Note: Hee hee. Can you guess what Ryoma will write in his next letter? Hint: The word is "Sweet"...)