Fuji-sempai was a person everyone admires. He has the look that would attract males and females, the gentleness that would comfort everyone's sadness, the skill in tennis that would even let the Tezuka Kunimitsu get into trouble, that smile that would melt everyone's heart; he was simply prefect to everyone, including Ryuzaki Sakuno.

And her, Ryuzaki Sakuno was nothing. She doesn't have the look that would attract others, the skill of tennis to even hit a ball properly. All she has was just clumsiness, shyness and causing troubles to others. Therefore, she could only watch him from afar. She doesn't even want Fuji to notice him, to notice how useless she was. Just watching him from afar will be enough for her, if that's so, why does she felt her heart aching all the time when he was talking to others?

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Sakuno sighed. The teacher had requested her and some other male students to carry some books to the office. But on their way to the office, the boys had given her all the books and ran off playing. Carrying all those heavy books using that small body of hers, she continued her way to the office. But soon, she met a problem: The stairs.

Carrying many books that are heavy walking down the stairs wasn't something easy, especially when those books you are carrying were blocking your view. Some might be able to solve this problem quite easily, but not someone with Ryuzaki Sakuno's clumsiness. Therefore, the only thing waiting for her as she began to walk down the stairs was just, falling.

She closed her eyes the moment she found herself falling off the stairs with the books she have been carrying flying around, and waited for the pain, while hoping that it won't hurt that much.

But she didn't felt the pain she should be having, instead, what she felt was the warm of someone. Opening her eyes, only to be widening in surprise of what she saw. She, Ryuzaki Sakuno, was carried by the sempai she had admired long ago.

Taking sometime to register what had happened, she finally realized what happened. It must be that Fuji had caught her in his arms as she were falling, saving her from those injures she should be having from this accident.

"A-ano… Fuji-sempai…" Sakuno blushed madly as she called out, "Arigatou gozaimasu…" she whispered. As her head was beside Fuji's, she was sure that he could hear it.

"Saa…" putting her down onto the floor, Fuji continued, "be careful next time ne, Sakuno." He smiled as he started to pick out the books lying on the floor.

Sakuno blinked. Did Fuji-sempai just called her by her first name? Pushing those thoughts away, she collected the books Fuji had picked up for her. "Arigatou, Fuji-sempai!"

"It's alright," Fuji replied, still smiling, "Sorry Ryuzaki, I can't help you carry those books as Eiji wanted me."

Sakuno blinked again. Fuji-sempai was now calling her 'Ryuzaki', that means that Sakuno had heard wrongly earlier.

"Iie! Fuji-sempai saved me life, I don't even know how could I repay you for this…" Sakuno said suddenly, "Ano… if Fuji-sempai wanted me to do anything, please tell me and I'll definitely do it for you, Fuji-sempai!"

Hearing what Sakuno said, Fuji's smile widen a little, "Really?"

"Hai!"

"Then…" he said slowly, making Sakuno feel nervous of what Fuji might let her do, but her eyes widen in surprise the moment Fuji told her his request.

"Bake me some roasted rice cake then."