Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis.
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They finally arrived at the clinic not that Fuji is bothered because Ryoma is light. The nurse was not there so they Fuji just put Ryoma to one of the bed.
"Since when did you know?" Fuji asked Atobe.
Atobe sighed. "She told me not to tell anyone but she gave way by herself."
Fuji chuckled. "It will be reveal soon so what's the difference?" Fuji told Atobe. He remembered the past Ryoma. "She's a bad lair back then" Fuji said.
"She still is if you look closely in her eyes" Atobe told Fuji. Right. He can clearly see sadness and suffering deep in her eyes.
Fuji remembered the looks in her eyes. He's right. She's still not that good at lying. "So, when" Fuji asked.
"Yesterday. She pretended to like ore-sama. She sent love letter and of course, being a nerd she is, ore-sama rejected her. Then she told ore-sama that she hate ore-sama and will never talk to ore-sama again." Atobe informed Fuji.
Fuji chuckled. 'I should have seen that and video that 'Fuji thought sadistically. "What did you do?" Fuji asked wanting to know what Ryoma got from blackmailing Atobe.
"Ore-sama promised to buy her 1 week supply of cake and 5 box of ponta." Atobe told him. "Don't make her a sadist. Well, she is now but stop spreading you germs that will make her more sadistic." Atobe told Fuji. Seriously, Ryoma became sadist because of Fuji.
Fuji giggled. He really enjoys teasing Atobe. "Yadda (no)" Fuji said in a singsong voice.
Meanwhile, Ryoma was dreaming. She doesn't sleep last night because she's afraid that she might dream of that again. She's afraid that she might not possess the ability to stop all the emotions if it suddenly came rushing. She's right, she's dreaming of Sei again but it's not the same dream.
-DREAMSCAPE-
The younger Ryoma was under that tree again. She was with Sei. It was Ryoma's sixth birthday. Sei was holding his present for Ryoma. He gave it to Ryoma. Ryoma opened it. It was a music score. It made Ryoma happy because she love music.
"I made it for you" Sei told Ryoma.
"Does it have lyrics?" Ryoma asked curiously. She really want to sing the song Sei made for her.
"No. I would like you to create own. If you do that, I promise to teach you how to play the piano so you could play it." Sei told Ryoma. He know Ryoma really want to learn how the play the piano.
"But, I'm not that good at creating lyrics. What if I messed it up? I will only mess up your work" Ryoma told Sei. She doesn't have any confidence at her skills.
"That's not true" Sei assure Ryoma. Ryoma was good at making songs, she just lack confidence. "You're a really good composer. You're also a good singer. I can really feel what the song was telling. If the song is past, you can make other people want to cry and when the song was happy, you can make even people in bad moon or sad happy." Sei told Ryoma to cheer her up.
"Can I hear it before I compose the lyrics?" Ryoma requested. She really want to hear Sei play the piano.
"Of course. Let's go" Sei told her.
They went to Ryoma's mansion since it's the nearest. Sei played the piano. That night, Ryoma started creating lyrics.
'What should I write?' Ryoma asked herself. She really don't have any idea but she have to do this since Sei made it especially for her. 'This song is a gift from Sei…Sei….Sei is…. I should just write what I feel for say.' Ryoma decided.
The next day, Ryoma went to the big tree again. She saw Sei.
"Sei, I've finished it" Ryoma said cheerfully.
"I'll play the piano while you sing" Sei said. He want to hear Ryoma sing. He don't know but Ryoma's song had the ability to touch the listener's heart. It's still far but he knew Ryoma has an ability to someday become a great singer.
They went to Ryoma's mansion again. Sei started playing the piano. Ryoma was really nervous. She have lots of things she want to tell say but she can't. She started singing.
There's still one more thing that will never change
the dream that I am always sketching
The me that I am right now could I possibly reflect
all of those days in this small eyes of mine?
Hey, won't you look up?
The sky is so wide and spacious after all
Right very soon so I can understand
with all I've got I'm going to hurry up and shine
I'm searching for full moon
Let's sing a song
So that we can be together forever, I'm doing
everything I can do
Day by day
I will embrace yesterday's fate, tomorrows hope
inside of me
Let's sing a song
If I'm always with you, I'll make it through the pain
More and more
I want to be closer to you
I stand here right now and give many thanks for you
Ryoma smiled. She put all her heart into making this song. She put all her emotions in this song. She looked at Sei. She smiled again. 'For me, Sei is… Sei is… an important person in my life. No one can ever replace his place in my heart.' Ryoma thought. She'll make it through anything if she's with Sei. Sei is the reason why she sing right now. If a day would come when Sei will be gone, she don't know if she can ever sing again. Singing won't be the same for her without Sei. Music won't be as enjoyable without Sei.
-END OF DREAMSCAPE-
"Se…i…" Ryoma said in her sleep. This caught the attention of Fuji and Atobe.
Fuji's eye's opened. He really hate Sei. "That bastard again?" Fuji said angrily.
"It can't be help. She trusted him with all her heart. When that bastard sent that letter, she still sent him letter but that bastard didn't reply. Instead, he tore them into pieces and returned the letters." Atobe explained even though he's also angry.
Ryoma woke up panting. She saw the two. Fuji returned to normal except his smile. Instead of a fake smile, it's a real one.
"I'm really glad that you're awake, Ryoma-chan" Fuji said and you can clearly hear the relief in his voice. It's not every day that Ryoma collapse.
"You made ore-sama worried. Ore-sama orders you not to do that again. Don't skip sleep time." Atobe said but you can also sense that he's relief.
Ryoma blinked twice. 'Syuu already knows my secret' Ryoma said to herself. "You found out, Syuu." Ryoma said. It's more like a statement rather that a question.
"Thanks to your habit of sleep talking" Fuji said merrily.
Ryoma blushed. 'Sleep talking?' Ryoma asked herself. "I talk while sleeping?" Ryoma asked them.
Fuji and Atobe nodded.
"Baka aniki (stupid brother) is going to laugh at me when he found out" Ryoma told grudgingly. Ryoma sighed. She's sure she won't hear it's end once he found out.
Atobe remembered the assignment. "Ryoma, what are you going to do about the assignment?" Atobe asked.
Ryoma remembered the assignment. "I won't do it. Besides, I decided to act like an idiot." Ryoma answered. "Let's go back to class." Ryoma suggested. The two prevent Ryoma from standing up.
"We'll be sure to tell the teacher that you're not feeling well so stay here and rest" Atobe told Ryoma sternly.
"When we say rest, we mean sleep. Don't think you can fool us." Fuji told her with a serious voice. He's not smiling.
Ryoma sighed. She can never lie to them. She think she's a very good liar because she can fool Nanjiro and Ryoga. Even though those two are idiots, they're pretty sharp. What Ryoma didn't know is they're just pretending not to know so Ryoma won't get upset and When Ryoma's reason for telling the lie was acceptable, they secretly help her. Ryoma went to sleep.
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Author's note: Thanks for those who reviewed. The song Ryoma sang was Searching for Full moon- New Future English version. Hope you enjoyed.