Few weeks have passed after that confession. Ryoma now doesn't see a braided girl lurking around the court. For him, it was the most quiet moment. He needed to look for her, and tell her that he's going back to America, and continue his father's dreams. Another week passed, still, no 'Ryuuzaki Sakuno' was showing up, until the day of his arrival came. He doesn't know if she even knew that he's going to leave Japan. But still, no 'Ryuuzaki Sakuno has appeared. Just his senpais, the ichinen trio, the loud mouthed girl, and his coach. He tried to ask her about Sakuno, but all she said was she's doing fine, and that she left a message for Ryoma saying "good luck". On the other hand, Sakuno still has her pride telling herself not to go and not to show herself up after that embarrassing day. She chose to stay quiet and focus on her studies. Little did she know, she still hasn't remove inside her heart the reason of her clumsiness everyday, the reason of forcing herself to learn tennis, and the reason why she hopes that he will notice her someday. That's the way it is.
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"Sakuno."
Her long time best friend, Tomoka, approached her. Sakuno is daydreaming again. She laid her hands to the both sides of her spaced-out friend's shoulders and shook her. That way, Sakuno came back to her realization.
"Tomo-chan.."
"Mou! I was looking for you almost half an hour, then all I could see was a daydreaming Sakuno."
"Gomen ne, Tomo-chan… I am just-"
"Just forget it. Anyways, your pictorial was nearly finished. I hope you do fine."
Her friend stared at her and smiled.
"U-un! Thanks Tomo-chan."
"You're welcome"
Ten years have passed. And now, at the age of 22, Sakuno became a well-known, top-leveled model. After her high school years, she excelled in English, and stopped playing tennis, though, she was now at the level of a regular player. Truly, her face became much more pretty and mature. Her body was petite, and her way of thinking was composed. But then, something doesn't really changed. Someone. Just someone in her heart doesn't really even placed by anyone else. She is still hoping unto seeing him again one day.
"Are you ready Ryuuzaki-san?"
"Ah… hai."
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"So Echizen-san, what do you feel after being awarded as the world's no. 1 player? Imagine, you beat all those popular and top players in tennis. So what do you think?"
"Hn. I am just thankful. That's it."
"Then do you have someone to dedicate your game to?"
"Yeah."
"So who is it?"
"It's for someone who confronted me at a tennis court 10 years ago."
"Speaking of which, Echizen-san, do you have a girlfriend now?"
"Hmm… Right now, I still haven't tell her what I really meant that day. But, please do wait for an invitation."
"Invitation? What do you mean?"
"Just wait. Ah, I need to go."
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"Well done, Ryuuzaki-san."
"D-Domo."
"We should be thanking you. Anyway, we still need you tomorrow for some business, so I'm expecting you to come tomorrow."
"Okay, please look forward to it."
"Hai."
"Then, I'm going now. Please excuse me."
"Sure, no problem."
Sakuno packed her things up. She didn't hire any body guard's or assistant to look after her., she would feel that she's being spoiled. Tomoka first go home without her due to some circumstances her boyfriend, (who is Kaidoh) is doing. Sakuno walked away outside the studio. She walked in a different way she usually takes. Reminiscing what happened 10 years ago. But this time, something broke what she's thinking.
"Hey Ms. Cutey, wanna have fun with us?"
A group of guy's blocked Sakuno's way, as one of those guys grabbed her hand, tightly harassing her.
"P-Please…l-let… go… of me."
"Hey, trying to fight? Like we're letting you to."
Followed by loud laughs, until a small thing hit the one who's holding Sakuno's hand. The guy was hit in his head and fell unconscious.
"Mada Mada Dane."
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A/N: ah… finally, I finished the chapter 2. I am so busy that I can't turn my focus on writing stories. But, now that it's Christmas vacation, I can do all things now!!! :D
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