"I Wish"
They arrived at the autograph signing, Ryoma was already there, and her heart skipped a beat when she saw him. She knew she still liked him, but she was glad she was able to control her shuddering around him. He turned and looked at her. She walked up to him. "I'm so glad you came" She smiled at him, and he looked at her fairly stone faced.
"Hi" what was she doing she never dressed like this. Her face looks so innocent though, he didn't know what her image was, but he knew her and was surprised she could pull it off. So she was gonna have to start the conversations, oh well no different.
"So how's tennis going?" she asked as she sat down, it was still 5 minutes till the autographs so she had time.
"Good, I suppose, I haven't lost a match; but it's just getting past the rookies as of now." He was comfortable with this topic and so was she it was a good choice, but he wanted to see her at one of his matches soon, he wondered if that would happen, then the fans came in they introduced Sakuno, and explained they had a special guest Ryoma, and the fans were excited it was no real surprise so many of her fans were his, at almost every concert she ended up talking about him, but he hadn't known that.
"Of course it's going good. Did I ever get a chance to tell you how amazing you are at tennis?" He turned toward Sakuno a bit sarcastic.
"Um, no I don't think so. Thanks. So you have quite a few fans huh?" He said looking out to the fans who'd been lined up for hours.
"Yeah, it's all about the fans. They make me who I am. You know the reason I did this was because of you." He looked at her confused, question in his eyes. "You were so brilliant even so young, you were the prince. I was always a bit entranced by you Ryoma. The thought someone could do so much made me want to be great at something. Of course no one can compare to you in tennis." She smiled looking down at the table. He could tell she was kind of pouring out her heart to him, he smirked.
"I'm glad to hear I've had such an impact on your life Ryuuzaki. I think everyone should live up to their full potential. Looks like you're on your way." She looked up at him like he was a hero, and he was to her. She practically jumped on him once again.
"Thank you Ryoma, you just made me so happy." He slowly pushed her away being sure not to hurt her feelings. The fans then began filing in. A very excited young girl came up giggling.
"I'm such a huge fan Sakuno-chan! I can't believe I'm meeting you. You're my hero." The girl said bouncing up and down.
"Thank you that's really sweet. What's your name?" She said smiling at the girl with a light blush on her cheeks. Ryoma was leaning back in his seat with 2 of the chairs legs on the ground.
"I'm Kimi. Um, Ryoma-sama? Why is he here, I'm huge fan of his too." She said still smiling now toward Ryoma who put his chair down.
"I'm an old friend of Ryuuzaki's. We're catching up." He smirked at Sakuno who was blushing. He still loves the effect he had on her.
"Oh, well it'd be really cute if you were dating." She said smiling at him pushing the paper Sakuno had sighed toward Ryoma. He smirked.
"Wanna know a secret Kimi?" Sakuno said winking at her with her index finger over her lips. Kimi quickly nodded.
"I used to have a huge crush on Ryoma, and it might now be over yet." She whispered smiling at the girls face lighting up. "You can't tell anyone." Kimi brightly smiled. Ryoma hearing everything nodded slowly and winked.
"Yup, can't tell anyone." She giggled and ran off holding the poster to her chest. Ryoma sighed, but in relief more than his usual annoyance of hearing of a girls undying love for him. OK so she didn't say it was undying, but it's been about 5 years and it hasn't died. "Ryuuzaki, how would you like to come to my next tennis match?" She gasped; he had no idea how much she'd wanted to see him play again. He turned toward her with an indifferent look on his face waiting for a reply.
"Of course I'd love that!" She said nodding. He gave her a tiny content smile, and nodded back. They continued signing autographs. Each fan would have their own questions. Who knows how many times they answered the question "Are you dating?" When the day was almost over Sakuno stood and stretched.
"Ahhh, a long day. Thanks for keeping me company Ryoma." She said turning to face him. He nodded, and stood up. Ryoma's manager came up.
"Hello nice to finally meet you Miss Ryuuzaki. I was told you would want these." He said holding out a pass that when read said it was a US Open VIP pass. She looked up slowly, confused.
"I can read you like a book Ryuuzaki; you think I wouldn't know you'd want to go the US Open?" She grinned
"Thank you Ryoma-kun, this is awesome. Oh and it's very nice to meet you sir." She said smiling at Ryoma's manager, Kenta, she bowed to him seeing he was Japanese he just grinned and Sakuno stood. "Well, I'd better go, I'll see you Ryoma." He waved goodbye and turned glaring at Kenta.
"What the hell Kenta, she's 19 you can't just ogle at her, with me standing right here."
"I thought you said you didn't like her sir." He said rubbing the back of his head shyly.
"That doesn't mean you get to stare at her." Kenta frowned and Ryoma glared. With a nod and a huff, they left.
Sakuno could tell Ryoma knew she liked him, that's what made her upset. Even with all the changes she'd made he wasn't interested. It was Ryoma Echizen after all. She'd have to settle with being his friend. Dressing in black short shorts, a deep blue tube top with a white blazer over it with the sleeves pushed up to her elbows and, some deep blue 3" heels, with ponytails on either side of her head with blue ribbons in them. She had on peach and gold and smoked it out with tope eye shadow, and eyeliner and a little green under the eye with golden/nude lip gloss. (bubzbeauty-Sunkissed Makeup) She headed to Ryoma's match on her first day off. Everyone was recognizing her because of all the foreign visitors. She was put in a VIP box which was right next to the court. She smiled and waved at Ryoma, who waved back, but glared at the 2 guys she was sitting between. Sakuno was very impressed with Ryoma he had gotten even better still. It was amazing, His ace was everything but perfected, and his speed and hand eye coordination had even improved. She was so fascinated by his match she didn't notice the guys next to her trying to flirt. Ryoma's match was over in about 20 minutes, the other guy, Taka, didn't stand a chance. Ryoma was walking toward his bench only to turn and not see Sakuno across the courts. He left searching for her finding her walking around the grounds looking a little lost. He scoffed
"What are you doing?" She stood nervous, and held out a can of grape Ponta to him with her head down. "You always preferred this after a match; they didn't have it in the vending machine, so I found some for you. He began to chuckle which turned into laughter. "You pay way to much attention to me Sakuno." He said holding her by the shoulders. She blushed.
"I'm sorry." She was embarrassed. She wanted to crawl under a rock and die.
"Don't be its cute. You're so fascinated with me Sakuno I don't quite understand why.." He said resting against her tired from laughing.
"You…called me Sakuno." His laughter stopped immediately.
"That's your name isn't it?" She smiled at him.
"Yes, but…never mind. I like it. Ryoma…if you know I like you, why do you mess with me like this. Calling me cute, and holding me so close, using my name. Is it really fair?" He stood back, and looked into eyes.
"Do you prefer when I keep you at a distance, and don't acknowledge you?" He asked truly curious.
"No, I just figured, you'd be bothered by how much you make my heart race every time, you come near me. It seemed to bother you in middle school." He listened to her carefully, with a small smile.
"Not at all, I love that I have such an effect on you. You've changed a lot Sakuno, and I like it." Her head shot up, was he maybe, sorta, almost saying he liked her? He held her chin between his thumb and index finger.
"Ryoma?" He hushed her pulling her face toward his own. She got scared and pushed him away quickly with both hands, his face fell. "I'm sorry, I just."
"No, that wasn't my place, sorry." He said standing from his slightly bend position of seeing eye to eye with her, brushing off his shorts; and walking away. Her eyes widened, and she ran after him.
"Wait, Ryoma, I just didn't expect it, try again. I promise I won't run away." She said franticly, puckering her lips. He chuckled.
"You're so weird, I can wait. I made you fall in love with me once, I can do it again." He said with a sigh.
"I already am in love with you. Ryoma, I'm still shy and I try to put on a brave face for Ichiro, but you're my weakness. Please don't hate me for that. I do love you Ryoma kun." She said wrapping her arms around his waist from behind, holding on for dear life.
"Really? Well, I supposed you could make it up to me." He said turning his head to the side pointing to his cheek. She was clearly nervous, it was her first kiss after all; but who better to take it then Ryoma Echizen? It was only on the cheek anyway, she could do it. She walked toward him pulling him down to her level holding his face between her hands, Ryoma smirked as she pulled his face sideways toward her's; He turned and their lips met, he pulled her closer to him wrapping his arms around her waist lifting her off the ground. As they separated. Sakuno was dizzy. She wobbled, and nearly fainted. Ryoma caught her in his arms.
"Ryoma, you can't without warning me." He again kissed her softly on the lips. Lifting her to her feet.
"You'll get used to it. I love how you react to me Sakuno." He smirked once again. She smiled at him. She'd just finally admitted her feelings to Ryoma, and now he was holding her like in her greatest fantasies. She lifted her face and kissed him once on the lips quickly and softly. He had shock painted on his face.
"Maybe your right, I will get used to it." She giggled. The next morning, much to Ryoma's dismay their picture was taken and in the newspaper. Which in his 'activities' Ryoma's father came across. He'd been fallowing him around all day with the headline of "Japanese Idols Find Love In America."
"Ryoma, do you even know how to treat a girl!" His father questioned. Casing him down.
"I'll figure it out. If your lecherous ass found a girl, then I can take care of Sakuno." He said ignoring his father.
"Speaking of which." His cousin was in the room now with Sakuno behind the door…hiding? He ran over to her pulling her from behind the door.
"What are you doing here?" He said kissing her forehead.
"I'm not really sure, I guess I wanted to meet your family." She said, Ryoma's sweat dropped. He looked back at his father, who was starring at the 'newspaper' a little too intently.
"I don't think you do." She smiled at him.
"I really just wanted to see you." She said looking down.
"Don't be shy about that, I've been wanting to see you too." He said hugging her.
"Really?" She smiled up at him. Ryoma's cousin began escorting his dad out of the room. Ryoma pulled Sakuno toward him and kissed her slowly. Making sure she knew what he was doing.
"I told you that you'd get used to it." She smiled at him, and nodded. Pulling him toward her again. She couldn't believe that this had all started with a wish that simply came true.
Well I guess that's the end I kind of liked it tell me what you thought. It was fun to write so I hope you enjoy. Peace. Penguins. and Turtles.3