For all RyoSaku fans.
Thanks for reading and reviewing. I love you guys so much!!! Yay, I got a new chapter up, I hopt you like it. Nothing much in this chapter, just some valentines' day thingy. This chapter is for all RyoSaku fans!
Note: I don't own Prince of Tennis
"Ochibi got so many chocolates nyah!" Kikumaru exclaimed as he observed the chocolates on Ryoma's table.
"How delicious!" Momoshiro eyed them hungrily.
"Take it if you want. I want to throw it away anyway." Ryoma said without much interest.
"Echizen! The girls gave you chocolates and you want to throw it away? How cruel." Momoshiro scolded.
"I don't like chocolates." Ryoma said.
Ryoma was very tired that day. He had been trying to avoid girls that were shoving chocolates at him. He did not even know most of their names.
"Seriously? Aww, come on. At least eat a girl's chocolate." Kikumaru said.
"Yeah, and bring home the rest for your parents." Momoshiro said.
"Iya da!" Ryoma crossed his arms and looked away.
"This isn't that bad. I heard Tezuka buchou received almost 40 chocolates." Momoshiro said to Kikumaru.
"Yeah, so did Fuji. I only received 12." Kikumaru said.
Momoshiro counted the chocolates on Ryoma's table.
"21? This brat actually received 21 chocolates! Unbelievable." Momoshiro said.
"I will die if I eat all of them." Ryoma said.
"One box of chocolate won't kill you. Hurry up and choose one." Kikumaru said.
"Why must I? I told you I don't like to eat chocolates." Ryoma was annoyed.
"This one looks good." Momoshiro picked a box of chocolate and observed it.
"Ochibi is definitely not a man. He did not dare to eat chocolates." Kikumaru said to Momoshiro.
"I think he don't like any of the girls, that is why he refused to eat their chocolates. He must be upset that the girl he like didn't give him any." Momoshiro laughed.
"Shut up!" Ryoma said angrily.
"Ryoma sama! I got chocolates for you!" Tomoka shouted and quickly ran to his side.
"From me, the president of Ryoma sama fanclub!" She placed a huge heart shaped box on Ryoma's desk.
"This one is from Sakuno. She is absent today but she asked me to pass the chocolate to you." Tomoka placed a neatly wrapped purple handkerchief tied with a pink ribbon on Ryoma's desk.
"Thank you." Ryoma said.
"Here's for senpais too. The pink one is from me and the other is from Sakuno." She handed two boxes of chocolates to each of the seniors.
"Thanks! That makes my chocolates counting 14 today." Kikumaru said happily.
"Happy Valentines' Day Ryoma sama! Bye bye, have to give chocolates to others." Tomoka waved and ran out of the class.
Ryoma looked at Sakuno's chocolate. The gift he was waiting for finally arrived although she did not delivered it personally. Ryoma untied the ribbon and opened up the handkerchief. He took a piece of the small star shaped chocolate and ate it.
"Ochibi is eating the chocolates!" Kikumaru pointed out.
Ryoma stopped munching. He had forgotten that his senpais were next to him.
"Is it nice, Ryoma kun?" Momoshiro grinned.
"It is still mada mada dane." Ryoma said and eat another piece of chocolate.
"Mada mada dane huh? He seems to be enjoying it." Kikumaru laughed.
Ryoma stuck out his tongue at his senpais and continued to eat Sakuno's chocolates.
That night, Ryoma called Sakuno and thanked her for the chocolates.
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"Echizen, I can't believe you dragged me shopping on Sunday afternoon. Let's play tennis instead of shopping." Momoshiro complained.
Ryoma ignored him and continued to walk. He had blackmailed Momoshiro into accompany him shopping that afternoon. Ryoma wanted to buy roses for White Day. They stopped at a flower shop.
"22 girls gave me chocolates for Valentines'. That means I have to buy 22 roses." Ryoma said.
"I can't believe you actually follow traditions. You don't have to give a present to every girl that give you chocolates for Valentines'." Momoshiro said.
"Won't that be rude?" Ryoma asked.
"Isn't provoking others rude too?" Momoshiro shot back.
"Oh, tennis is tennis. Girls are different, they have... feelings." Ryoma said.
Momoshiro shrugged. He noticed Ryoma was less bratty after he fought with Sakuno. Ryoma became more caring since then.
"Hmmm... but roses are so expensive on White Day. You sure you can afford it?" Momoshiro asked.
"That is why I am only buying a rose for each of them." Ryoma said.
"Imagine every girl's face when they received a rose from their Ryoma sama! Oh, the happiness. Haha..." Momoshiro joked.
"Aren't you going to buy roses for An?" Ryoma picked a red rose from a plastic vase and showed it to Momoshiro.
"I uh... have already bought her gift yesterday." Momoshiro said, embarrassed.
"Really? What did you bought for her?" Ryoma asked.
"I bought her something." Momoshiro said.
"What is it?" Ryoma pestered.
"Ne Echizen. Are you sure you only received 22 chocolates that day? I am sure you received 23." Momoshiro quickly changed subject.
Ryoma ignored Momoshiro and pretended to look at the roses.
"Let me guess, you are buying Ryuzaki a bouquet of roses huh?" Momoshiro guessed.
"Who said I am buying her a bouquet of roses? I forgot to count her in ok. That means I have to buy 23 roses." Ryoma said.
"You naughty lover boy, how could you forget to count her in? You only ate her chocolates right?" Momoshiro laughed.
Ryoma glared angrily at Momoshiro.
"Ok, I get you. I better shut up before you bite my head off. Anyway Echizen, what happened to the other chocolates? Don't tell me you really throw it away?" Momoshiro asked.
"My father and cousin ate it." Ryoma said.
"How many roses do you want sir?" The store lady asked Ryoma.
"Give me 22 yellow roses." Ryoma said.
"22?" Momoshiro turned and asked Ryoma.
"Do you want it separately or in a bouquet?" She asked.
"Separate them please." Ryoma replied. He decided not to reply Momoshiro.
The lady took 22 yellow roses and started wrapping each rose with plastic and ribbon.
"You must be very popular to be receiving so many roses on Valentines' Day." She said.
"Yeah! This brat never smiles and yet so many girls are crazy over him." Momoshiro commented.
"He is a handsome boy." The lady complimented.
"Handsome? This brat?" Momoshiro asked in disbelief.
"You got a problem with that?" Ryoma asked Momoshiro.
"Anyway, such a wise choice to choose yellow roses. They mean friendship." The lady smiled.
"You don't expect me to give them a red rose. They might think I like them or something." Ryoma said.
"You mean that you did not received a chocolate from the girl you like? What a pity." She said.
"What makes you think he like a girl?" Momoshiro asked.
"I am sure every boy is attracted to a girl, although he may hide his feelings. Right?" She asked Ryoma.
"Mada mada dane." Ryoma said.
"He does like a girl, you know. He only ate the chocolate she gave him." Momoshiro said to the lady. He picked a pamphlet on the table and read it.
"How about getting 12 red roses for her?" The lady smiled.
"Iya da!" Ryoma said. He knew 12 roses means "Be mine".
"Ah, get him 108 roses instead." Momoshiro laughed. He was reading a pamphlet with meaning of flowers in it.
"Seriously?" The lady laughed.
"108? What is that supposed to mean?" Ryoma snatched the pamphlet from Momoshiro.
"Will you marry me?" Ryoma read. He felt his face burning. Ryoma tossed the pamphlet back and Momoshiro.
"Don't be angry. I was just joking." Momoshiro said.
"Here sir. Your roses are ready." The lady put the roses in a huge paper bag and passed it to Ryoma. He paid for it and left the shop.
"Echizen, what are you going to buy for Ryuzaki?" Momoshiro sang from behind.
"I am hungry, let's eat." Ryoma said.
Ryoma was still clueless about what to buy for Sakuno. He did not want to buy her roses because it will wither and die soon.
"Ryoma kun is so mean. He bought every girl a rose except for her. Are you sure you don't want to consider the 12 roses? Or do you prefer the 108 roses?" Momoshiro teased.
Ryoma ignored Momoshiro and walked ahead of him.
"Hey, let's try this shop. I heard they served a huge bowl of ramen." Momoshiro pointed to the shop in front of them.
"Hmm..." Ryoma looked around him.
Suddenly, the shop across the road caught his attention. He knew what he should buy for Sakuno.
(Note: Ryoma is such a sweetie isn't he? He is going to buy Sakuno a gift, how nice of him! Sorry, I couldn't help but use a lot of "marrying" teasing in this story. Haha...)