Drabble time again:

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DISCLAIMER: I do not own POT. and Frente's song. Total Zero...

Rate: K+

Charaters: E. Ryoma and R. Sakuno

Genre: Romance and Drama

Bizarre Love Triangle

Drabble Summary: She was being asked by Kotoha to help her get close to Ryoma, the latter's love interest who was her crush as well. Would she agree to her request even if it was going to break her heart?

Everytime I think of you I get a shot right through into a bolt of blue

It's no problem of mine but it's a problem I find, leaving the life that I can't leave behind.

There's no sense in telling me, a wisdom of a fool won't sent you free

But it's the way that it goes and it's what nobody knows

And everyday my confusion grows.

~Frente

She was there at the corner of the Seigaku's entrance gate. Kitazono Kotoha; Tsubakigawa Gakuen Chuugakkou's student who had taken a liking to Seigaku's freshmen regular of the tennis club. When the girl saw her, she smiled and ran to her.

"Sa-chan!" She called her merrily. And then she looked around, behind her, "I-is he here yet?"

"K-kotoha-san, I-I-"

"What? I thought that you are going to help me?" the girl pouted in front of her, "You promised me, I really love him, Sa-chan, I really do love Ryoma-kun."

She stared at the girl in front of her. Yeah, she promised Kotoha that she would help her. However, doing that would also break her heart. She also had feelings to the boy that the girl liked. She felt of helping the girl because they could understand each other. Kotoha first met Ryoma when she pretended to be his fan before. She was revealed but later on she fell in love with him in reality… she was not faking it anymore. Since Kotoha always saw her with him so she grabbed the chance to talk to her and ask for her help.

"You said that you don't have any feelings for him, so it's okay," Kotoha said, "please set us up so that we could talk privately." Her eyes were pleading into hers.

She must've loved him a lot. She thought. When she was thinking that, her heart was breaking apart and it became more painful when she said her next words;

"I'll help you Kotoha-san. Wait here okay." She said as she saw the tennis prodigy walking from the entrance gate. She left the girl in panic when she saw him too.

xxx

Kotoha watched her talk to him. She saw the boy wondered what the girl was saying. She was fidgeting in front of him. After a series of moment, she saw him looked at her direction that made her flinched. She became more panic when the two walked towards her.

"Uhmmm, K-kotoha-san, t-this is Echizen Ryoma, R-ryom-kun, this is Kitazono Kotoha." Sakuno introduced the both of them.

Ryoma just nodded, "Uissu."

Kotoha blushed, "N-nice to meet you."

"But I remembered you."

"E-eh?" Kotoha reacted.

Sakuno was shocked as well. Ryoma remembered her. It was a total revealing. It hurt her to learn the truth. He didn't remember her when they first met but he remembered her. She walked a few steps backwards while saying her words, "I-I'll leave you two alone. I-I'll see you at school tomorrow Ryoma-kun." then she started to run not forgetting to bow in front of them first.

"Hey!-"

She could still hear Ryoma's word but she ignored it. She closed her eyes hoping that it would hold her tears back from her eyes.

xxx

After the introduction, Kotoha had always visiting Seigaku just to see him… with her help. The girl was able to enter the court because of her and when she had the chance she would leave them alone. The regulars were beginning to notice her as well. Tomoka didn't like her. She even scolded her for bringing her to the court everyday. She became furious when she learned that the girl had also a crush on Ryoma and she was helping her to get close to the tennis prodigy.

"You are digging your own grave," Tomoka said, "Oh! Can you dig another one so that I can bury her, too?"

"Tomoka-chan!"

"You are stupid, I know that at least but I didn't know that you are so martyr as well."

She was shocked on her words. She guessed that Tomoka was right. She was probably one… a martyr. He was not her boyfriend but she was giving him to anyone without a fight. She felt sad and envious at the same time that Kotoha could express herself to him.

One Morning:

Kotoha was waiting for her that morning. The girl had another request for her.

"C-can you ask him a date for me?" before Sakuno could react, "P-please, Sa-chan, I don't know how to ask him… c-can you do that for me?"

Sakuno was blushing. She gripped her hands hard. She was about to something when they saw Ryoma behind the girl.

"Morning…"

Kotoha flinched when she heard the boy's voice behind her, "R-ryoma-kun!"

Sakuno said her words in an instant, "R-ryoma-kun! C-can I ask you for a date today?"

Ryoma was shocked as well as Kotoha. Kotoha was blushing really hard. The girl was asking the boy in front of her. Sakuno was doing her a huge favor.

"Okay…"

The two girls shocked after that.

"Meet me after school later." He said as he walked ahead of them.

The two were left stunned. Kotoha hugged her tight.

"Thank you, thank you very much, Sa-chan! You are such a great friend." The girl said to her.

She smiled at her but she was hurting inside. How could the boy actually agree that easily? This was definitely heartbreaking in her part.

After school:

"K-kotoha-san… y-you don't need me here anymore. Y-you will meet him later s-so I should go." Sakuno said to her gripping her bag as she prepared leaving her there before the tennis prince would come out and pick her up. She had done enough pain for her today and she wouldn't take another risk of having another one.

"P-please wait for a little bit, Sa-chan. Until he arrives here…"

She blushed as she looked down, "N-no you don't understand." It will only hurt me to see you two together she thought. She fidgeted with the hem of her skirt.

Kotoha noticed her fidgeting. She was always doing that in front of the boy and she was blushing as well when she spoke to him. And then a reality registered in her mind;

"S-sa-chan… could it be that you-"

"Ryuzaki…"

Kotoha was interrupted by Ryoma's words and was replaced by a flushed face, "R-ryoma-kun, y-you're here already." She looked back at her only to find blushing even harder than her.

Ryoma looked at Kotoha, "What are you doing here?"

"E-eh?"

"R-ryoma-kun, but she's-" Sakuno was about to say something but she was interrupted when the boy shifted his attention to her and grabbed her wrist, "w-what is it?"

"What do you mean by that? Let's go." Without waiting for her reply, he quickly dragged her away from that area.

"E-eh?!" she looked back at Kotoha who was stretching her arm to them, "bu-but th-the person is-"

xxx

Kotoha was left behind. She was shocked on the situation. Ryoma grabbed Sakuno… not her. Then she remembered Sakuno's words when she asked him for a date. Something was wrong when she asked him and the boy misunderstood that. Was she the reason why the boy suddenly agreed? What if she was the one to ask him, would it still be the same? And the girl's actions were suspicious as well. She stared at the direction they disappeared to. She gripped both of her hands as she stared at that location… sternly.

Later on somewhere at the park:

"Where do you want to go?" Ryoma asked her as he gave her a can of ponta.

"I-I…" she stuttered while trying to say her words. H-he misunderstood what I asked him. I-it wasn't me, Ryoma-kun. It was Kotoha… She should be the one here.

"Hey…"

He caught her attention. This wasn't right. She felt about it and overwhelmed at the same time. But she would be unfair to Kotoha. She promised her help to her.

"I-it wasn't me…"

Ryoma looked at her, his ponta was on his lips hoisted it down, "what do you mean?"

"I was not the one asking you for a date." She looked down avoiding his stare.

Ryoma didn't say anything.

"It was… Kotoha-san…"

~Tsuzuku~

So I guess there will be two shots here and this is the one… stay tuned for the last chapter.

Total word count: (1,408 words)

Reviews are highly appreciated.

Domo…

~MitsukiJunko~