Pairing: Echizen Ryoma x Ryuzaki Sakuno
Genre: Romance/Humor/Drama
Timeframe: Senior High School Year 3 (Final Year)
Warning: Sakuno centric. Readers had been warned.
Rating: Rated (T) for suggestive adult theme
Song title: Koibito Doushi by Jyukai (The song is really good!! I recon readers to listen to it while reading this story. If anyone would like to have it, please let me know).
Standard Disclaimer: Tenipuri belongs to Konomi sensei
"…" denotes speech
"Italics" denotes flashback
'…' denotes thoughts
Bold denotes lyrics
Title: Kissing Ryoma-kun 101 Excuses
Epilogue: Part 7
Part 7: LONELINESS
Even if it's the pain of the past
Or the things which I regretted
Having the chance to meet you
Was able to turn all that into forgiveness
It's been months since Ryoma left Japan. Sakuno has boarded into a prestigious university. Aside from managing the tennis association, she also took up part-time job and all her paychecks go to phone calls and net charges.
Her two best friends, Tomoka and Ann are always accompanying her wherever she goes. They would never leave her alone.
"Sakuno, how's Echizen-kun doing?" Ann asked out of the blue.
"Huh? He's doing fine" Sakuno replied "Why are you asking?"
"So your long distance relationship did work out fine"
"Hai"
"Did he flirt with any girls there?" Tomoka asked blatantly
Sakuno almost had her drinks spilled.
"No…no, he's always busy training"
"Ah, we forgot" the two girls said in unison "He's a tennis loving freak with no male hormones towards women"
"Tomo-chan, Ann-chan; that a little bit cruel…"
"Ne, Sakuno? Aren't you feeling lonely?" This time Tomoka asked seriously.
Sakuno shook her head and smile at them "Nope, I'm not lonely at all"
"Ever since Ryoma left us, both of you have always been with me" She said cheerfully while counting all her blessings. "I think I'm really blessed"
"Then Niou-senpai would come and visit me at my workplace sometimes, he even buys me drinks" she recalled.
"If that guy gives you drinks, make sure it is not spiked" Ann suggested.
"Yagyu-senpai would borrow some of his favorite books for me to pass time"
"Literature?"
"No, it's Archie Comics"
"What?!" they shrieked in unison.
"Kawamura-senpai always treat me free sushi"
"Fuji-senpai would tag along. Last week he invited me to go countryside for photo shoot"
"How nice…" Tomo said dreamily.
"Sengoku-senpai and Dan-kun, they always give me free lucky draw coupons!!"
"They're intending to date you if you happens to win the first prize; onsen for 5 pax" Ann muttered as a matter of factly.
"Moreover, Dabie-senpai always crack funny puns"
"Only Sakuno would laugh at those lame puns" The two noted in unison.
"Shiraishi-senpai and Kin-chan (Kintarou) always perform Manzai infront of me"
"We thought that is supposed to be their normal behavior"
"Atobe-senpai brings me flowers everyday, recites me love poems every week and sing me love songs too"
"Ha? He really does all these?!" the two look at each other with disbelieve.
"Tezuka-senpai, Sanada-senpai and Yukimura-senpai…"
"Ah?! The three kings of demon are also shows their affection towards you?"
"No, but they had added more chores to my schedule so that I don't feel boring"
'What kind of blessing is this?' both of them noted mentally 'They are definitely torturing her!'
"Ah…and Ryoma-kun did call me whenever he has free time" at this moment Sakuno smile becomes broader and brighter.
It seems like the two seems to worry too much. The girl that smiles brightly before them is not haunted by loneliness. She is loved and pampered by everyone.
TBC
AN: Warning!! OOC implied.