36 Drabbles

30: Say Ah~

Ryuzaki Sakuno yawned, stretching her arms up above her head to get the kinks and knots out of her back that formed over her long trip in the train. She and her grandmother – Ryuzaki Sumire, had gone out of the city to visit a few relative for the holidays. More specifically, two weeks of school had been gone staying over at an aunt's house, leaving Ryoma to fend for himself at school (not that he couldn't survive, seeing as the Junior Three were there, and Tomoka was too, but they weren't adequate compensation for Sakuno's absence).

During her absence, Sakuno had missed Ryoma greatly, and a smile spread over her face as she wandered through the city to go to his house and find him. Her grandmother had let her leave on her own, just telling her to be careful and not get lost like she usually did. Sakuno told Sumire not to worry, knowing exactly how to get to Ryoma's house from every part of the city (which was scary, considering she didn't know how to get to her own house from every part of the city).

Ryoma grumbled, moping in his room as Karupin meowed at his feet. There was nothing to do. He had gotten back from school, and Sakuno was still not back yet. Karupin was his only form of company, but after hours of endless cattail swinging Karupin got bored and settled at his feet, purring softly and drifting to sleep. That was only on the first day too; so by fourteen days, Ryoma's head felt like exploding from boredom.

"Ryoma!" He heard his father shout from the ground floor. "Guess who's back!"

He was out the door and down the stairs in the blink of an eye.

Sakuno had only taken one step through the door before being barrelled back out of the house by the very person she wanted to see. His chin rested on her shoulder, so she couldn't see him but she could tell he was delighted to see her. A little smile graced her lips, and Sakuno pulled back to kiss him sweetly on the lips.

"I'm back."

Ryoma just smirked, grabbing her hand and tugging her back into the house, up the stairs and into his room. The two of them promptly ignored Nanjiroh's lewd comments and the smack he got from Nanako right in the middle of a particularly perverted one. Right now, the only thing they cared about was privacy, hence Karupin being kicked out of Ryoma's room and feeling grumpy for the rest of the day.

When the door was locked and his room was safe from susceptible peeping toms (read: Nanjiroh), I'm sure all of you can guess what happened for the next hour or so.

They were just lying on Ryoma's bed, Sakuno nestled up against her boyfriend and giggling as he drew circles on the sleeve of her shirt. She arched her neck up to give him a kiss on the cheek, smiling and basking in the tranquility of the moment. Entwining his fingers with hers, Sakuno looked up at him with her caramel eyes.

"Do you want to go somewhere tomorrow?" Sakuno asked, anticipation clear in her eyes. Ryoma's face fell almost immediately, and the pout he wore when Sakuno was gone appeared as if it had never left. Sakuno was confused, reaching up with her hand to touch his cheek and turn his head towards her, as he averted his eyes in secrecy. "Ryoma?" She murmured, her stretched out legs curling beneath her body. Ryoma sighed, tightening his hold on Sakuno's waist and kissing her softly.

"Can't." He mumbled. "I have an appointment with the dentist." Sakuno blinked, a little confused as to why he was going to the dentist. It couldn't have been a check-up, seeing as he already had one about a month ago. When Ryoma saw her questioning gaze, he frowned a little more and his cheeks flushed. "I have a cavity."

Sakuno gasped, getting onto her knees in front of her boyfriend, demanding he open his mouth. Ryoma stayed stubborn for a while, until Sakuno gave him a withering glare and he obliged, the prospect of not being able to hold her or kiss her for another extended period of time ghastly. Sakuno peered into his open mouth, eyes narrowing as she tried to pinpoint where his cavity was (though many wondered why she tried). When Sakuno backed away, Ryoma closed his mouth with a snap.

"Ryoma, how did you get a cavity?" She asked, a little confused. Ponta was really the only sugary treat Ryoma acquainted himself with, and even then it wasn't enough to form a cavity, so Sakuno had to wonder. Ryoma's eyes flickered to the side, and Sakuno knew he was trying to hide something, so she grabbed his chin in her hand and forced him to look at her. "Ryoma!" She exclaimed, and he scowled a little.

"I ate too much strawberry candy." He said lowly, the blush on his cheeks turning brighter. Sakuno was still confused, wondering when Ryoma got a taste for strawberry candies. Her boyfriend could only roll his eyes at her naivety, grabbing her wrists to catch her attention. Direct answers and explanations always worked better with Sakuno (too bad they majorly embarrassed her… or at least, too bad for Sakuno).

"Strawberry is what you taste like." Ryoma said simply, reaching behind him to pull out a bag of the strawberry candy he'd been eating obsessively for the past two weeks. Sakuno blushed cherry red, looking away in discomfort as her heart fluttered wildly. Ryoma always loved teasing her, making her embarrassed because she was just so damn cute (not that Ryoma said or thought that). Ryoma smirked, the plastic of the bag crinkling as he brought out one of the round, shiny red candies and held it to Sakuno's face.

A devilish smirk graced his lips.

"Say ah~."

A/N Thirtieth! Now I have 6 more left to go! Haha, I'm so bad at math ._.

My inspiration for this chapter was Sakuno forcing Ryoma to open his mouth to see his cavity by using "say ah~". But then it kind of deviated to Ryoma telling Sakuno to open her mouth so he could give her candy to chew on (and maybe even have a tongue battle to see who got to finish off the candy).

Review for some strawberry candy! (Lol)

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