The next morning...
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Ryoma awoke to the sound of
his annoying alarm. "Morning already?" He said as he lay back
down.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
He lay in bed for a few more minutes
to think. "Hm...yesterday...yesterday...what did I do. Oh!
Ryuzaki!...and...Eiji." His voice changed with the sound of Eiji's
name.
BEEP! BE-
Ryoma turned off the alarm, got dressed, got his
bag, and left. Once again, he arrived at school, and laid his head on
his desk. He turned his head towards Tomoka's seat. "Hm...That
girl, Ryuzaki's friend. She's not here again." He mumbled.
"Ohayo, Ryoma-kun." It was Sakuno. She was fiddling with her
fingers, to avoid looking at him. "Ohayo, Ryuzaki." He answered.
'Why is it, every time I talk to her she always avoids looking
at me...did I do something?' "Your friend. She's not here
again. Hai?" "Hai. I..I was wond-" "You want me to walk you
home again?" Sakuno nodded. "I cant. I have tennis practice."
"Oh...Hai I understand." She answered. The bell rang and they
took they went to class.
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(In Class...)
Hm...who am I supposed to go
with now... Sakuno wondered. Why didn't I just tell Ryoma-kun that
I'd wait for him...i always do. I'm so stupid...And there's no
one else I'd rather go with then Ryoma-kun...no one.
Later...(3 minutes before Tennis practice.)
Sakuno waited by the tennis courts for her prince.
Instead she found Eiji. "Ah, Ryuzaki-sensei's granddaughter."
"Kikumaru-senpai! Arigato for yesterday." Sakuno smiled. "Forget
it. Anything for you, Ryuzaki." Eiji smiled also. "What did I do
to deserve such kindness Kikumaru-senpai?" Sakuno asked as her
brown eyes looked into his for an answer. "Why don't you ask
Echizen?" Eiji smile got wider and he got a knowing glow in his
eye. "Hm...?" Sakuno gave him a confused look. "Oh, I better
get going. Sayonara." "Are you going to walk home all by
yourself?" Eiji asked concerned. "Hai...Tomo-chan is sick, and
Ryoma-kun...he...he has practice." Sakuno sighed. "I'll walk
you home, fujin-ochibi." Eiji smiled. (I just made that up, because
fujin means female in Japanese, and ochibi(small/kid/kiddo) is what
they call Ryoma) "Can you just call me Sakuno, Kikumaru-senpai?"
Sakuno pleaded. "Hai then, Sakuno-chan." "Arigato,
Kikumaru-senpai." Sakuno added. "But...If I am to call you
Sakuno-chan, then you must call me just Kikumaru, or maybe even
Eiji-kun." He demanded. "Alright. Kikumaru it is. But how can you
take me home. You have practice as well right?"
"Nope, it was
cancelled. We just found out a few minutes ago. Both the captain, and
Oishi are gone so they decided to just postpone it." Eiji smiled
even more then he had been before. "So, ready to go?" "Hai!
Arigato, Kikumaru-senp...Kikumaru."
As they walked out, a voice from the distance said
"Ryuzaki, why are you here? Haven't you gone home yet?"
"Ryoma-kun. I was just leaving..." she blushed.
Ryoma
looked at her then at Eiji. "Let's go. I can walk you home now.
Practice was cancelled."
"Hai, I know. Kikumaru agreed to talk me home."
Sakuno smiled.
"But you're welcome to join us Ochibi. Right,
Sakuno-chan?" Eiji gave Ryoma an innocent look.
"Humph.." he
mumbled. "Fine. Let's go."
'Sakuno-chan? Since when did
he start calling her Sakuno-chan?'
"Not without me you
don't, Ochibi!" Momoshiro responded as he ran towards them.
As the four of them walked, they were all silent. "So...are you coming to our game this weekend?" Momoshiro asked Sakuno. "Hai, as long as Tomoka-chan get's better." She answered. "Yay! You just have to come!" Eiji cheered, as he winked at Momoshiro. Sakuno smiled, then looked at Ryoma, to see his reaction. He didn't do anything. He just kept on staring straight. Eiji and Momoshiro sighed in disappointment. No matter how hard they tried, Ryoma never took the hint, and it was beginning to irritate them.
Then Momoshiro got an idea. "Ah! Eiji, we need
to go get something at the tennis shop, remember?" he winked at
Eiji. "Oh! Hai, Momo-chan! We better go."
"Would you like us
to come too?" Sakuno asked.
"No no! Echizen can talk you
home! Right Echizen?" Momoshiro smiled
"Huh? Oh..uh..Hai."
Ryoma answered.
"Ah..so young." Momoshiro mumbled. "Huh?"
Sakuno and Ryoma said at the same time. "Got to go, bye!" Eiji
smiled knowingly, once again, and they both ran away
"Hm...isn't
the tennis shop the other way?" Sakuno asked.
"...H..Hai"
Ryoma replied. "They're very...weird." Sakuno nodded.
They continued to walk till Ryoma finally said
something. "You're a slow walker." Those weren't exactly the
words Sakuno wanted to come out of his mouth. "I'm sorry,
Ryoma-kun."
"Hm? It's fine." 'You can be
troublesome, sometimes even irritating, but you are easy to
forgive.'
"Ryoma-kun? Are you mad at me...?"
"Hm?
Not at all. Why?"
"Well you, you just seem like it, and you
said I walk slow and you seem unhappy."
"Well you do walk
slow, and your hair is too long...-" He was interrupted by Sakuno's
sigh. "Daijobu?" he asked. "Hai...I'm sorry, for always being
a bother." She paused. "This is my street. I can walk the rest."
"Ryu-" Ryoma tried to say, as she interrupted. "Bye.." and
she ran up her street hiding the tears in her eyes.
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(Comments):
I hope you like.
Reviews are appreciated since this is my first story. I hope you
enjoy. I do appreciate criticism, and yes I know this story isn't
perfect, but I hope you enjoy.
Anyway, here are the words and
translations for all the Japanese I have and/or will use in this
story:
-Mada mada dane: you still have a long way to go (Ryoma's favorite phrase...hopefully if you watch the anime, you probably already know that)
-Hai: yes
-Daijobu: are you okay?
-Ja ne: see you later
-Senpais: seniors
-Ano: excuse me