Author's Note: HEY I'm back. Well, any comments or frustrations will do for me right now...can't think of any ideas. Let me know what you think of this story.
The next day was a Friday. Ryoma wished the day would be over already. The next day would be Saturday, and he was gonna take a break off tennis and go watch Spiderman 3 at the Grand Cinema.
In English that morning something caught his eye. Sakuno cut her hair. Now it was shoulder length, and the ends were jagged. Ryoma didn't want to admit it, but that haircut made her look hot. But today it seemed like Sakuno didn't even notice him. He turned around several times to glance at her but it didn't seem like she even looked up to acknowledge him. Peculiar.
At lunchtime something happened. Today Ryoma found his tree unoccupied by anyone. He sat down and started eating. There was quite a bit of distance between him and the tennis courts. Nonetheless, he could hear loud cheering and shouting from the courts. There were a lot more people there than usual and they were surrounding the courts so that Ryoma couldn't see anything happening on the courts. He got curious.
Ryoma walked toward the courts. When he finally got there, he saw something that made him gasp. Well, gasp on the inside. Rin was playing Tezuka. And she was winning!
"Holy crap, it's true?" Ryoma whispered to himself.
Finally Rin beat Tezuka 7-6. Close score.
Ryoma couldn't believe it. Neither could any of the other two billion people watching. Rin was sweating hard. Her black hair kept getting in her face, but she didn't seem to care. Tezuka watched without moving as Rin packed her racket and wiped her face with a towel. Then she slung the racket bag over her shoulder and exited the courts with everybody staring at her. But not before shooting her beloved Ryoma a smirk. Ryoma tried to remain impassive.
After he walked back to his tree, he had lost his appetite. He climbed up the tree hidden in the big leaves and started to read a book. After about ten minutes, he heard Sakuno's voice underneath the tree someone else's voice that made his blood boil. Hikaru Keigo.
"Oh. Ryoma-kun's not here today," Sakuno was saying, "probably watching the new girl play tennis."
What? thought Ryoma. Where did that come from? And she's not even stuttering when she's talking to that jerk Keigo.
Ryoma peered down from the tree but still being concealed by the tree. He saw Keigo smile at Sakuno. "Hey, that haircut makes you look hot."
Damn you, thought Ryoma. I should've been the one to tell her that.
He saw Sakuno blush and say something to Keigo. He left.
Ryoma took this opportunity like taking the lottery. He jumped down from the tree with a thud and landed right standing right next to the sitting Sakuno. Sakuno let out a yelp. "R-Ryoma-kun…"
Ryoma glared at her.
"Oh I'm s-sorry, was t-this your spot?"
"What are you doing?" said Ryoma, enunciating every syllable clearly.
"W-What do you mean, R-Ryoma-kun? I'm…h-having lunch…"
"With that brat?"
"You mean me?" said a voice beside them.
Ryoma turned and flinched at the sight. "Keigo," he growled.
Keigo smirked at Ryoma. "Funny to find you here, Echizen Ryoma."
Ryoma glowered at him. "Why? This is my spot."
"Yeah Hikaru-kun, we should move. This is Ryoma-kun's spot," came the voice of Sakuno's.
Keigo turned in Sakuno's direction. "No we shouldn't. Let him move if he really needs a tree to sit under."
Silence.
"Anyways," said Keigo, breaking the silence, "here's your coke, Sakuno-chan."
Sakuno was just about to say thank you when Ryoma interrupted.
"Coke?! Since when did you start drinking Coke?"
Sakuno looked rather timidly at Ryoma. "Why can't I drink Coke?"
"What happened to Ponta?"
Sakuno smiled. "I just wanted to try something new."
The bell rang. Ryoma turned around and ran towards the school, not bothering to say anything back to the other two. "Something new? Yeah, right," he muttered under his breath.
Fuji approached Ryoma after fourth period. He smiled. "Echizen, you saw what happened to Tezuka. Don't let that happen to you."
"Hn," was all Ryoma said. He wasn't in the mood.
A/N: Reviews please!!! I can't think of anything to write. But you'll see the plot later. Haha it's pretty funny. Ok, I'm weird.