It was a casual day at tennis practice, you and Taka-san were playing a friendly doubles match against Eiji and Oishi. The Golden Pair was working on their synchronization while you and Taka were mostly just there for help. Eiji accidentally lobed at you but instead of Higuma Otoshi you just smashed it for the point. Taka-san turned to you worried "Fuji, why didn't you use Higuma Otoshi?" he asked. "Sorry Taka-san I know you guys were expecting it. But I just don't want to exert the effort. I have things to think about." "Is it about your girlfriend the famous ballet dancer?" Eiji asked from across the net. "Eiji, don't go around saying stuff like that. She isn't my girlfriend." "She might as well be since you guys talk and text message each other on the phone all day and night." Oishi added. "But we don't see each other at all. How can you call that a relationship?" you asked. Eiji smirked at you and returned the ball to you "That is what you call a relationship of the most romantic kind." At that moment Tezuka called for a break and everyone went to get some water and sit under the shade. You took a few sips of your waterbottle and dumped the rest on your head to cool off, it felt nice. You closed your eyes and let the cool breeze refresh you, but suddenly there was a ice cold sensation against your cheek. You opened your eyes, she smiled "You've been practicing hard, drink lots of water to cool off okay?" "Ryoko!" you grabbed her into a hug but stopped yourself short and pulled away "I didn't know you would be back into Tokyo this soon." "I didn't know either, but auditions for another ballet are coming up soon and they wanted me to come back to prepare for it. And of course I had to see you first when I came back to Tokyo." You smiled "Thats thoughtful of you, after tennis practice, lets go out to eat okay?" she nodded excitedly.

All the way to dinner, Ryoko couldn't stop talking about how much she liked watching you play tennis. She recited all your moves correctly and gave feedback on all the matches you played. You laughed at her when she was put of breath from talking "Now you know how I feel when I'm a fan watching my Coppelia on stage dancing so gracefully." she bumped you "I'm not Coppelia anymore, as of this time two weeks from now I'll be Giselle." "Are you nervous?" you asked her, she nodded "Very nervous, but talking with Syusuke calms my nerves, thanks for that." she turned to you with a calm smile. You blushed and looked away "So what do you want to eat?" She clenched her stomach "I want to eat soba noodles and yakitori and drink miso seaweed soup, and for dessert I definitely want ice cream!" you laughed "I think I might know a place like that."

Talking to Ryoko in person and having dinner with her was better then talking to her over web cam while she ate protein bars and had her supplement pills. And while she was here and talking and eating with you, you almost forgot what a big star she really was. Sneakily your finger slipped over and touched the back of her hand. She looked up and smiled at you "What was that for?" "I just wanted to make sure this was real and not just a video chat with you." She laughed and held your hand for a while "See, I'm real." you nodded and continued to watch her eat. You sighed "If there wasn't me around to buy you dinner every once in a while, you would never get to eat real food." you smiled and nodded "But its all thanks to Syusuke that I always have something yummy to eat." While she wasn't looking you took out your camera and took a picture of her eating. She covered her face "Thats not fair, I'm not even posing yet." "Posing with food, why would you do that?" "I want Syusuke to only have good pictures of me to look at." You showed her the picture you took when she wasn't aware "But I think the best one is when Ryoko is natural and isn't looking, when you're just Ryoko is when your the cutest." When the dessert had arrived Ryoko had slowed down a couple notches as you expected, such a tiny girl couldn't eat that much food. But she enjoyed her ice cream and relished the taste, making up for the times her manager forbid her to have any. "Are you busy next week, Ryoko?" you asked. She tilted her head to the side to think "Next week should be my week off to start preparing for auditions for Giselle. Why do you ask?" "I have a tennis match next week, if you want you can come and watch me play." "Really?" she asked excitedly. you nodded "All my teammates want to meet you too, because I talk about you so much." she smiled "You talk about me?" you blushed "Sometimes." "What kind of things do you say?" she asked, leaning in. You leaned in as well "I talk about how much I miss you mostly, and I talk about your dancing, and I tell them where you are at your tour, and I tell them things I want to do with you when you get back to Tokyo." she clutched her stomach and an alarmed look came over her face. "Whats wrong?" you asked "It seems that because I ate so much and being around Syusuke, the butterflies in my stomach are acting up." She reached her hand up to her heart and smiled "And the bee is buzzing around in my heart. It really likes you a lot, my heart does, my heart likes Syusuke a lot." "Do you want me to do something that will definately make your heart love me?" she nodded timidly, you reached across the table and gave her a kiss on the cheek. She gasped and her hand continued to clutch her heart, she nodded at you "That definately did it." you laughed at her "It made my heart go buzz buzz too."

You walked Ryoko to her residence, which was a huge apartment with bunches of rooms that she shared with the other members of her dance company. You looked at the grand tall building "You come from Kansai right? Must not feel so home-like because they don't have much buildings like these there." She shrugged "It isn't very much like home, but its a nice place to stay, with a bathroom I don't have to share with anyone." You laughed and messed her hair a bit "Sleep well tonight." she nodded and watched as you turned to leave. Before you could exit the gates, Ryoko grabbed you from behind "I'm not good at this because I've never had a boyfriend before. But I guess this is how I will say goodnight." you laughed and returned the hug "Now you're laughing at me." she tried to punch you a little, but you held her tight. "I'm laughing because my girlfriend is so cute." You gave her a subtle kiss on the forehead and watched as she safely entered the apartment.