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RECAP:

As they reach the Ryuzaki residence Sakuno tries to free her hand once again but Ryoma wouldn't budge.

"Thank you for walking me home Ryoma-kun." Sakuno said. Ryoma smirked and pulled her against him his lips touching hers again. Sakuno feels her stomach do some somersault and she feels so giddy after Ryoma pulled away. Ryoma look straightly to her and she look back feeling warm inside only to be frozen at Ryoma's next statement.

" Be my girlfriend Sakuno."

CHAPTER 8

Echizen Nanjiroh was quietly reading his 'newspaper' again when their front door opened.

'Heh heh, guess the brat's back. Might as well tease him a bit before dinner. Fufufu.' Echizen Nanjiroh thought with an evil smirk and walk with an even pace towards their front door. Ways of pissing his son entering his mind. Upon reaching the front door he saw his son removing his tennis shoes.

"Yo shonen! Have you-" Nanjiroh was taken a back by the look on Ryoma's eyes and wasn't able to finish his sentence.

" I'm going to bed." Ryoma monotonously said and walked past his father.

"Ara? Ryoma-san aren't you going to eat dinner? I cooked your favorite." Nanako said from the entrance of the kitchen as Ryoma passed by.

"No. I'm tired."

"What's wrong with him?" Nanako asked and looked at his Uncle who seems to be frozen in his spot. "Eh? Uncle what's wrong?" Asked Nanako worriedly to her shaking uncle.

"S-scary." Nanjiroh stuttered out making Nanako confused.

"eh?"

"Didn't you see his eyes Nanako-chan? It was like his ready to murder someone. Man I never seen him so pissed off." Nanjiroh said and cower on a corner muttering some words like 'help' , 'devil' , and 'posses'. Nanako sweatdropped and leave her uncle to finish preparing dinner all the while thinking what happened to Ryoma.

INSIDE RYOMA'S ROOM

Ryoma threw his tennis bag on his bed harshly, take off his school uniform and proceed to take a shower. As the water fall unto Ryoma's body he felt a sting on his left hand and only then noticed the scraps on his hand and realized where he had gotten it only to feel an ache in his heart remembering the recent event.

Flashback:

" Be my girlfriend Sakuno." Ryoma said and watched as Sakuno's eyes widened and stuttered incoherently.

Ryoma smirked in his thoughts. He didn't know why he suddenly said that but it was what he had always wanted to ask her so he might as well asked her now than later. He was pretty sure that she feels the same way towards him too. That's why it came an utter shock for him when he saw her cry and shook her head.

The feeling of dread came to him but he quickly smashed the feeling and took Sakuno's hand with hands fit perfectly together and he smiled at that thought. He looked at Sakunos' eyes and tried to wipe her tears away but Sakuno prevented him from doing that and pulled back her hand.

" What's wrong?" Ryoma asked trying not to let Sakuno hear the anxiousness in his tone which was starting to fill him inside.

"I-I'm s-sorry!" Sakuno said her head bowed and tears flowing from her eyes and quickly ran inside her house closing the door in front of a very shocked Ryoma. It took some time before Ryoma regained his composure and walked out of her gate. He walked some distance away only to stopped and punched the wall next to him. Her words sinking in.

'I-I'm s-sorry!' and he punched the wall again hoping to lessen the pain he's currently feeling in his chest. After a while he managed to calm himself down and went home with his left hand having scratches from the impact but he doesn't feel anything. He was numb and cold inside.

ENDFLASHBACK

At the Ryuzaki residence

"Sakuno what's wrong? C'mon Sakuno I'm here for you. Tell me what happened." Sumire gently said as she stroke Sakuno's hair.

She had been doing this for the past 30 minutes or so, after she arrived from school. She was worried when she find their house with no light and started to panic when she realized that Sakuno should have already been home. She unlocked the front door and noticed a hunch figure by their threshold and realized that it was Sakuno. A sigh of relief escaped from her lips knowing that Sakuno is safe only to once again realized that there is something wrong with her grand daughter. She quickly kneeled beside Sakuno and found out that she was crying and she's still on her school uniform, meaning she had been crying ever since she arrived from school.

"Sakuno c'mon dear, i can't help you unless you tell me what's wrong." Sumire once again said as Sakuno hug her.

"Obaa-chan." Sakuno sobbed at her grand mother's chest. "R-ryoma-k-kun h-he..." Sakuno said in between sobbed and Sumire's brows furrowed.

"What did Ryoma do?" Sumire said in a scary voice. She haven't seen her precious grand daughter cry so much like this and if this is only because of Ryoma being a jerk again she swore to God that boy is going to get a piece of her mind. But Sakuno just shook her head and started to cry once more. It goes on for another 30 minutes until Sakuno finally calm down but refuse to talk about what happened anymore.

Later that night rain started to fall as Sakuno lie at her bed, her thoughts still with the events that happened later that day.

'Why did it have to happened? Why did she have to leave when things are finally going well between her and Ryoma? Will Ryoma still ask her to be his girlfriend if he knows she's leaving soon? Life is so unfair!' Sakuno thoughts as she buries her head deep in her pillows.

' I should at least tell Ryoma the reason why.' Sakuno thought and tries to go to sleep.

A/N: uhmmmm... I don't really know what to say. I was kind of having a hard time coming up with this chapter and i'm still weighing the options of revising this chapter so i would really like to know your opinions minna!

And a really reaally big thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter. And for everyone who put me to their story alert and favorite story.i was so overwhelmed. I was thinking that if i don't get any feed backs i might just drop this story but you guys still supported me thank you so much. I'm really really trying my best to finish this story so please have patience with me.

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Kindly pm me for any suggestions you might want with this story because i'm really having a major authors block -_-"

~ neko-chan lover :3