"Ryu-Ryuzaki...RYUZAKI!" Ryoma yelled in his sleep. He was dreaming of what had just happened the day before.

BEEP! BEEP! BEE-

He turned off his alarm, and sighed. 'Why didn't I tell her? Why didn't I tell her she's not a bother? Why was I so stupid? She was crying. I'm a jerk, and a complete idiot. But...why did she seem so upset? Sure I was kind of a jerk, but it's not like I said anything more then usual...any why is it I'm so concerned...because...because she was crying.'

He arrived at school early that morning, in hopes of finding Sakuno, but she on the other hand, was late, trying to avoid him. As he searched around, Momoshiro noticed him. "Ah! Echizen! Daijobu? You look tense." But Ryoma completely ignored him. He didn't care about Momoshiro's attempt to make conversation.

When he realized she wasn't outside, he went in the classroom. She wasn't there either, but he had no time to look for her or else he would be late for class. So he decided to sit down. He laid his head on his desk like usual, except this time he wasn't sleeping, he was thinking. Thinking about what he'd done, what he'd said, and mostly, thinking about Sakuno. Just then the door opened. "Ah, Ohayo, Ryuzaki-san." One of the girls said. Ryoma's head jolted at the sound of her name. "Ohayo" she answered quietly. Ryoma looked at Tomoka's seat. She wasn't there again. He became content knowing that now Sakuno would ask him to walk home with her, and he could apologize, but instead she just sat in her seat and barely answered the people talking to her. She wished Tomoka was here. Then she could talk to her about what happened with Ryoma, or just talk to her, to make herself feel better, but she wasn't, and she couldn't change that. She also wished she wouldn't have said all that stuff to Ryoma. 'After all, he didn't do anything, I was just being over-dramatic and stupid. Why me? Why am I so stupid?'

Thankfully the bell rang and they hurried to their classes. For the whole day she avoided Ryoma as much as possible. Besides, it wasn't like Ryoma made much of an effort, at least it didn't seem like it. She was so focused on not looking at him, that she hadn't noticed him staring at her, daring for her to look his way so that he could apologize.

At the end of the day, Sakuno ran out the door as fast as possible. She had avoided Ryoma all day, and she didn't want to mess up all of her hard work. As she ran out the entrance, the bumped into someone. "Oh! Sorry! So Sorry!" She looked up to find, the one and only, Eiji. "Oh! Kikumaru!" "Konnichiwa, Sakuno-chan. Why do you look so upset?" "Kikumaru...can you keep a secret?" she asked. "Of course. Why don't we go sit down outside and talk." Eiji said. They sat on a bench, not to far from the tennis courts.

"So what's on you're mind?" Eiji asked.
"Well...I...I like...Ryoma-kun...a lot." Sakuno answered.
"Hm? Really? That's great! Eiji said, pretending to be surprised.
"No...I...I ruined it. I'm always such a bother to him." Sakuno started to cry, but held back the tears.
"No, I'm sure he doesn't think that." Eiji took her hand and assured her.
"Arigato, Kikumaru-san. You are very kind." She smiled, and Eiji took her other hand in his.
In the distance Ryoma walked back from the tennis courts, and saw two people on the bench. He looked at one of them. She had chestnut brown hair pulled back in braids. 'Hey...that's Ryuzaki. Who...who is she with...?'
He dropped his racquet as he saw who it was. Eiji. Eiji and Sakuno. Holding hands.
"You have a lovely smile, Sakuno-chan." He heard Eiji say in the distance. Suddenly anger, rage, sadness, fear, and resentment all filled his head. He did the first thing that came to his head. Run. Run now. Run far away, so they never knew he was here. And without thinking he did.
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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