After practice
Ryoma walked out of the tennis courts to be greeted by none other than Sakuno.
"Hi," she stammered.
"Hn," he replied.
They started to walk toward her house, not far from school.
Sakuno shoved her feet on the pathway, her eyes staring at the ground.
She mentally debated to start a conversation or not, since it was awfully quiet.
And the winner is drum rolls to start a conversation. claps hands
"Ano, Ryoma-kun," she said, obviously blushing.
"Hn?"
It was then she knew she was speechless.
"No-nothing…" she stuttered.
"Hn."
This conversation is going nowhere, she thought.
As they arrived at Sakuno's house, they were greeted by Ryuzaki-sensei.
"Echizen, what are you doing here?" Ryuzaki-sensei asked as she saw them together. Dating perhaps? She guessed.
"I'm her tutor," he answered.
"Haha, I see," she replied, chuckling.
She turned to Sakuno, blushing next to Ryoma.
"So, Sakuno, are you going to eat dinner first or…"
"Can I tutor her first? I'm starving," interrupted Ryoma.
"Sure, sure," said the old woman. She was hoping he'd say that. Love, young love… She chuckled to herself then made way for them to come in.
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Sakuno's Room
"Ok," said Ryoma. "How do you read this sentence?" he asked, pointing at the textbook.
"Ano," Sakuno scratched her head and thought for a while. "My rat coughs a cat."
Is she this bad at English? Ryoma thought.
"It's 'My cat caught a rat'," corrected Ryoma
Damn it! I can't get the hang of English, screamed Sakuno mentally.
"Oh," was all she could choke out.
After hours of tutoring, she finally understands the difference between 'cat', 'rat', 'hat', 'sat', that' and 'fat'.
"You know," Ryoma said. "You aren't so bad at English."
"I- what?" Sakuno looked surprised.
"You just need a little tutoring, that's all."
"…"
"Hey,"
"Yea?"
"Its almost ten," he said, looking at his watch. "I gotta go."
"Bye then."
"Goodbye," he said in English, smiling.
"Bye," Sakuno replied in English, as she walked Ryoma out of her house.
Sakuno's Room
What a night! She was extremely exhausted.
She sat down and reread the passage she finally understood.
"That is my cat. It is fat. My cat caught a rat. It sat on my hat." (I know it makes no sense :P)
He's really good at English, she complimented, smiling.
Maybe this tutoring thing wont be so bad after all…