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Chapter 2: A Clearer Vision
The Next Day...
As Sakuno was walking home from school (again).
"This is one of the worst days of my life" she said as she sighed.
Thinking of yesterday, she hadn't slept a wink last night, not to mention taking a nap during class, and getting caught, wasn't the high light of her day and it was all because of THAT GIRL.
"Is she his girlfriend?" she thought while walking along the road. And with this on her mind, she wasn't really paying attention to anyone else, much to the road either..
When suddenly..
CRASH!
"Ouch!" she said while feeling her soar bum.
"Oops... Sorry miiissss..." the man said while bringing only half of his attention to her.
"It's okay. Nothing broken." she said looking at the person whom she bumped into.
"Momo-Sempai!" she yelled looking stunned.
"Oh.. Its you Sakuno-chan.." he said while looking across the road, still with only half of his attention.
"What are you loookiiing aaaattttt..." she said while turning to the direction Momo-Sempai was looking...
What she saw shocked her, and I mean it truly shocked. She saw Ryoma with THAT GIRL again. Ryoma and the mysterious girl was walking along the other side of the road, and she couldn't believe what she saw, her ever serious Ryoma was actually, laughing...
Both Ryoma and the mysterious girl went to a small cafe in the around the corner of the road. As Momo-Sempai remembered that place, it made him remember that he had once wished that he could go there with someone special.You see, it was quite popular, especially to lovers.
"What the hell is Echizen doing with a girl, a date maybe.. Nah, no way!" he thought,
while starting to laugh, soon tears streaming down his face as he laugh like there was no tomorrow.
"Echizen, dating... HaHaHa... That's like saying that its the end of the world!" laughing even harder this time around.
Momo-Sempai has never thought of Ryoma as the romantic type and much less even know such a cafe, that was especially for lovers.
"Ryoma-kun..." Sakuno thought to her self, giving pity to herself.
As Momo-Sempai gained back his mind ( well, atleast, almost ) from the ridiculous yet loud laughing, he saw that the person beside him is close to tears. ( actually crying (-,-)
"Ah... Sakuno-chan..." he said softly to the girl beside him.
Sob-Sob
"Hey, Sakuno-chan... I'm sorry about... ummmm.." he said, finding hard to apologize for something he didn't quite know.
That sobbing and crying of Sakuno did not do unnoticed, soon people started to form around them, whispering "My, how awful of him to dump her in broad daylight" or "Poor girl, that boy must've been very bad to her".
"Come on Momo, THINK! For once do something! Make her stop crying! Hurry, you're making a scene" he screamed at himself trying to figure out what to say to make her stop.
"Ummm... Sakuno-chan, if you want, umm, we can follow them, they just went into a cafe around the corner." he said with an unsuring voice that became more and more worried by the second.
"Huh!" Sakuno said as she suddenly stopped her crying, startled by what Momo-Sempai has just requested.
"What the hell did I just say! She's never going to agree with that! It's not like her, it's not her nature to spy on people." ( not like you! ) he scolded himself in his mind while repeating the word 'baka'. ( meaning stupid )
"Alright..." Sakuno said in a whisper so low you could've sworn she was talking to herself.
"What!" he said in a voice much like a quiet yell but none the less looking shocked.
From that single word, Momo-Sempai's point of view towards Sakuno had changed completely.
"Wow! There's more than meets the eye with Sakuno-chan." Momo-Sempai thought.
In that exact moment, both of them agreed to the plan, both of them will pretend go to the
cafe where Ryoma and the girl, order a couple of drinks ( of course they couldn't go to a cafe
without ordering ) watch them like a hawk, and of course, from a safe distance from Ryoma's table.
Momo-Sempai promised himself that he would never reveal himself again while following ( more like spying ), besides he
couldn't risk getting Sakuno into trouble. But he always felt excited to know more about Ryoma
since, well, he doesn't talk much, besides that fact that he doesn't like getting into a conversation
with anyone and Ryoma lacks in the 'people skills' depeartment.
Momo-Sempai and Sakuno sat down at a table in the corner of the cafe, as they look to Ryoma's table to check what the girl looks like, but, unfortunately, they were disappointed to see that Ryoma's head was in the way.
"Darn! Echizen's big head is in the way!" Momo-Sempai wined to himself.
After following Ryoma and the girl through everywhere the seemed to have gone, not once did they got the chance to see her face. It was either Ryoma or some other stranger or even something like a pot, etc.
The last place Ryoma and the girl went was a small park, it was almost sunset and Ryoma was facing the girl, again blocking her face.
"Momo-Sempai, I think we should stop already. Maybe we're not meant to see her face"
Sakuno suggested.
"No! I can't give up. I must know what she looks like." he cheered himself but only through his mind.
"I guess. But it would've been good if we got a good look at her face." he said in a dissapointed voice. The truth was, he still wanted to follow them, but if Sakuno was already tired and had already given up, there wasn't any other option.
Just then...
SWOOOSSSHHH!
The wind blew quite fast, the girl covering her face because of the sand from the playground near them came with it. Then the girl's hankerchief blew with it as well..
"Wait your handkerchief!" Ryoma yelled as he saw it being carried by the wind.
As he the hankerchief flying away from it's owner, Ryoma came after leaving the girl alone.
Both Momo-Sempai and Sakuno's gaze were toward Ryoma, then they both remembered that Ryoma was gone, the could now see the girl's face.
"A miracle.." Momo-Sempai repeated in his mind.
Both of them turning their attention from Ryoma to the girl, they were dumbstruck, stunned and
amazed. Sakuno was right, the back side of the girl was astonishing but the front was more. There
was no doubt that the girl was beautiful, she had golden eyes, sharp like Ryoma's but gentle all the
same, her features were amazing as well, she had a nose which is not too pointed yet not lacking,
her lips were red and kissable, her hair was no doubt smooth just like the first time Sakuno saw it.
Her figure was curvy and in a way 'elegant'.
"Hey... Isn't that a uniform of Emi Academy for Girls?" Momo-Sempai said as he noticed the school's logo in the left breast pocket in her uniform.
"So, she really is a student from Emi.." Sakuno thought after Sempai-Momo's statement.
Because of the fact that their full attention was to the girl, both Momo-Sempai and Sakuno didn't see the return of their young genius.
"Here.." Ryoma said to the girl after retreiving her handkerchief.
The girl did not reply, but merely smiled, a soft and innocent smile. But for Ryoma, it wasn't as innocent as it looks, he had turned bright red because of that smile. A smile that seem to charm anyone.
Once more, Sakuno was more convinced that Ryoma and that girl has a relationship, and that she would find it no matter what the cost.
As Momo-Sempai and Sakuno bid goodbye and promised each other that no one would know about their little adventure, Sakuno will keep in her mind "the girl with the beautiful face" while the only thing on Momo-Sempai's mind is "I will never lose Echizen."
Author's note: (again) hey! I would like the readers to pls. pls. pls. read and review, doesn't matter if it's bad or good. ARIGATO! (again) --