A/N: Hellos everyone! Wow. I'm actually adding to this collection. haha. Anyways, the idea came to me while I was in the shower actually. I was just thinking about whether I should add more to this collection and here you have the result!! Enjoy )

Disclaimer: I own no part of the original Prince of Tennis series. I'm just a fan who is totally crazy about Ryoma's eyes ) )

Title: Her Hair

Time period: a few months after they got together, sometime in their 1st year of high school

Word count: 706

Echizen Ryoma leaned against the window sill during his lunchtime, listening to his three friends talk around him. In spite of their animated chattering, it was kind of peaceful, a scene he had grown used to in the slightly more than three years that they've all known each other.

"RYOMA-SAMA!! HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS??" a shout pierced the peace as Tomoka Osakada and Ryuzaki Sakuno made their way over to the four boys. Ryoma sighed inwardly. That loudness is something that he had grown used to too.

"Konnichiwa minna," Sakuno greeted them trying to make herself heard over her best friend's loud chatter. Almost immediately after that though, the almost inevitable argument between Tomoka and Horio Satoshi ensued.

"Osakada. Can you don't come into people's classroom and shout and make a lot of noise?" Horio said in his voice that was just as loud.

"Shut up. I was talking to Ryoma-sama. Not to you," Tomoka answered indignantly. "Anyway, Ryoma-sama, did you know about..."

Ryoma tuned them out as Horio interrupted her which led to a continuation of their fight. In the midst of their bickering though, the group had rearranged themselves to allow the two girls to join them. To Ryoma's (extremely hidden) pleasure, Sakuno had somehow ended up beside him; the ends of her long braid accidentally brushing the back of his left hand. The feel of her hair triggered an extremely pleasant memory for Ryoma. Feeling the softness of her hair reminded him of what happened during their date last weekend where for once, Sakuno did not tie her hair up in any way but instead allowed it to flow loosely down her back. Although, he had always known that her hair was long (it is hard to miss that after all), he can't help but marvel again at its length when the hair was let down. The most vivid reminder of the day though would be how soft the hair felt as he ran his hands through it when she placed his head on his shoulder during their movie and most especially during that short brush he managed to get when he brought their heads together for a short goodnight kiss at her doorstep.

Ryoma turned his head to look out the window in an effort to hide his sudden slight blush at the memory of that kiss. However, with the memory also came an insane urge to touch her hair again. Unable to resist, he let his hand play with the end of one braid while their bodies hid what he is doing from prying eyes. He felt rather gratified when he saw the faint tinge of a blush on her face too, assuring him that she was most likely remembering the same thing. He then felt her trying to move away, embarrassed by what is going on. Feeling unable to stop himself, he tugged at her braid, effectively pulling her closer to him, thus making it easier for him to play with her hair. With his actions well-hidden, Ryoma contentedly ran his fingers through the ends of Sakuno's braids while showing his normal nonchalant self to rest of the world.

While the fact that he knows his actions are hidden really did embolden him to do what he did, the most important factor was that nobody would even suspect that Ryoma would develop a sudden obsession with Sakuno's hair. How could they when the couple worked hard to ensure that nobody, not even their closest friends, really knew the true extent of their relationship. In addition to that, Ryoma has always projected the air of tennis being his whole world, a world where relationships cannot intrude.

Although it started out as not wanting their annoying friends (in his words) disturb them with the nature of their relationship, Ryoma soon began to take pleasure in the world where only the two of them share this secret. Looking out the window once more, he gave a genuine but fleeting smile, remembering how much he loved this girl beside him but also how much he loved knowing that their secret relationship means that there will not be any annoying, busybody sempai-tachi and friends who would spy on them everytime they go out together.

A/N: Definitely longer than the first story. And I didn't particularly like how I ended it. Bleahs. I liked the beginning but I the ending was definitely very weak. Anyways, you can all look forward to a few more updates for this collection coz I've decided to change its status from complete to incomplete. Also, my main idea for how the format would go is that all the stories in this collection ("OUR SECRET" being the main title) are mostly unrelated one-shots (unless said otherwise) covering many different time periods in their lives. It will most usually cover some aspect of what they can get away with coz they are having a secret relationship though. I just had a new story idea for the collection after I typed the previous sentence. Woots!! And most importantly, the stories would run in order of his, her and our.

So, as you can see, we already have "His smile" the first story, and now "Her hair" as the second story. Look forward to the next instalment which would be "Our something". I'm very eager to get the "Our" chapter up though coz I've already prepared a new "his" chapter entitled "His Jacket" (teaser for you guys!! Haha)

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