UnSure

Part two

After they'd finished their meal Ryoma brought his guests into the living room. Nanako and Nanjiroh cleared the table as Rinko prepared tea and snacks.

"Hey ochibi, what this?" Eiji pointed to a black cord coming out the bottom of the T.V. stand behind the doors of the T. V. cabinet. Ryoma handed Tezuka his green tea before heading over to it.

"Oh that's my play station; Oyaji probably didn't put it up correctly." Ryoma opened the doors and play station heaven was revealed.

"Echizen! You didn't tell me you had all that." Momo said practically drooling.

"Let's play!" Eiji yelled.

"Eiji, that's rude, we can't impose on our hosts. They've already fed all of us." Oishi admonished. Eiji sat down next in the only free space left, by Tezuka and pouted.

"But I want to play." He mumbled.

"I do too." Momo said.

"Count me in." Fuji said, Taka looked around embarrassedly.

"Same here, I haven't played for a long time."

"Fsshed." Yes, even Kaidoh wanted to play. Oishi was fidgeting, he knew he wanted to play, but he was worried about being rude. Tezuka just sat calmly sipping his tea and Inui muttered about gaining data. Ryoma looked at his senpais faces and sighed.

"I don't care if you play." Ryoma turned on the play station, and the TV. and grabbed some controllers out of the chest sitting against the wall. He also opened a glass door and revealed a whole set of games. "I don't have a lot of multi-player games that can fit all of us, so you'll just have to take turns."

"Ochibi/Echizen you rock!" Momo and Eiji glopped him and started treating him like he was 8 years younger instead of only 1-2 years.

A click sounded and a flash went off catching the group's attention. Rinko was standing there with a camera continuously taking pictures. "On my baby's first group play date. It's so cute, I have to make a photo album to commemorate this." A thin layer of pink lined Ryoma's face.

"Okaa-san, this is not a play date. And it isn't the first time we've played against each other either."

"Yes I know, but you've never had this many friends over at the same time, so I want to make sure it's not forgotten." Then she stopped and gave them an ubber-happy face. "Why don't all of you stay the night. Then I can drop you all off tomorrow when Ryoma and I go shopping." Now Ryoma remembered why he'd ask Sakuno on a date for tomorrow. There was no way he was going to go shopping with this mom. And since she'd said yes he had an excuse not to.

"I can't go shopping tomorrow. I have a date." Everything slowed down to a stop. After that announcement. Momo, Eiji, Taka, Oishi, and Fuji stopped playing the game they'd started. Ryoma's controller still lying next to Momo, since he hadn't realized they'd started without him. Inui readjusted his sloped glasses and Tezuka looked over his tea cup. Then the world sped up again as a collective rushing of feet sounded. Nanjiroh, Rinko, Nanako and most of the Regulars started to bombard Ryoma with questions. The most repetitive were: Who is it? When did you ask? Where? And is she cute? Ryoma blinked his eyes wide with the sudden close proximity of his family and friends to him. He was surprised enough that he didn't use his front and just answered.

"Sakuno Ryusaki, Today, the stringer and lunch, and… she isn't not cute." Were his answers.

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Tune in next time to find out what happens.

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