The Art of Flirting Chapter 2: Wikipedia's My Best Friend (aka The Solution)

Disclaimer: I don't own Wikipedia (I wish I did, it truly is my best friend). I don't own Prince of Tennis, if I did it wouldn't be over, and there would be more romantic action. Or I would make a sequel…

Anyway before I get too carried away, I would like to thank all my reviewers and the people who put me or my story under their favorites. And I would like to thank the people who put The Art of Flirting under their alert list. That means so much to me!

Otakugal- Ryoma's face is pretty much the same but he glares a lot…that's at least what the manga shows. His glares pretty scary too…

Kataragirl11- Thanks for your support. I agree with you too.

EvCaCeLy- Thanks for your support! And you'll see…

Nina Natsu- Thanks! You'll see what happens, but I will say your close…

Mahabharatagirl- I console myself the same way. RyoxSaku forever!

Okay, now Chapter 2 begins…and sorry, no flirting yet. The Wikipedia chapter was going to be chapter 3, but I decided to combine chapters 2 and 3 together so we reach the flirting faster!


The sun blinded my eyes as I sat on the picnic table bench, waiting for Tomo-chan to come outside. I looked at my watch impatiently; she was the one who scheduled this meeting and she was late! I had been sitting here for about ten minutes now, and lunch period would be over soon. Taking a bite from my homemade onigiri, I sighed. Maybe this wasn't a good idea. I was becoming anxious, even curious to know what Tomo-chan had up her sleeve. I checked my watch again- five minutes had passed by. Okay Tomo-chan, if you won't come to me, I'll come to you. Just as I was getting up, a pigtailed brown haired girl came skipping up to me. She was in the same uniform as I was and she was waving crazily, going "SAKU-CHAN, SAKU-CHAN!" in her loud, shrilly voice.

I slightly sweat dropped. That's Tomo-chan, my best friend. I'm probably the only one who can stand her…

"What is it Tomo-chan?" I asked sweetly. I inwardly screamed: I want to know the plan; I want to know what you're planning Tomo-chan!

"Okay, this is probably the best idea I have ever thought of!" she exclaimed.

I cringed…Tomo-chan's idea of a good idea was giving Horio-kun a wedgie when he wasn't looking. Another one of Tomo-chan's 'good' ideas was when she decided she wanted to see Inui-sempai's eyes, so she made a plan for her to distract him while I, who was reluctantly pulled into the plan, took his glasses. Easy right? Hell no. In fact, I got caught by Eiji-sempai who said, well more like screamed, "Sakuno-chan, what are you doing to Inui-sempai's face, Nyaa!?" Out of complete shock, and the fact Eiji-sempai thought I was trying to pull a 'move' on Inui-sempai, I fainted. As you can see, Tomo-chan's 'good' ideas were always…good.

"Okay, here it is…you, my friend, are going to flirt with the sempai's of the men's tennis team!" She pumped a fist into the air, as if what she said was completely righteous or cool or some other adjective I couldn't think of as I was in complete shock. Tomo-chan wanted me, Sakuno, the shyest girl in the first year class, who took all year to learn how to stop myself from fainting whenever I saw Ryoma-kun, to flirt? Flirt? With the sempais? As in Tezuka-sempai and Fuji-sempai and Taka-sempai? Flirt? How do I flirt? When I look at the Seigaku's male tennis team I end up blushing! One on one talks with each of them that included me saying things that had some sort of sexual meaning? Hell no! I'm not doing this one Tomo-chan! No, no, no, no, no! Sakuno does not flirt! I just don't! It's like a monkey eating oranges! Or an elephant jumping! It's unnatural!

"No Tomo-chan!!" I wailed.

"I knew you would say that. But, please, trust me on this one- it is the only way we can find out!" Tomo-chan was very, very good at arguing. She had a lot of younger brothers and she's always in an argument with them.

"Are you sure there's not another way?"

"Are you saying you don't trust me?" No, Tomo-chan, don't play the 'Sakuno-you're-such-a-bad-friend card! She knows I can't handle it! Then, to make matters worse, she did one of her best looks- the puppy dog face. No, I can't handle the sadness!

"Okay Tomo-chan." I said, giving in, "Let's do it."

"Yes!!" Tomo-chan screamed, giving a random second year student a high five. He, in return, stared at her in complete confusion and ran away in fear. I learned that a lot of guys do that to Tomo-chan…

"Now let's go!" She grabbed my wrist and pulled me toward the tennis courts. Man, Tomo-chan's really forceful when she knows what she wants. I envy her for that at least. I would never have enough guts to pull a friend across the school against their will. (Well, actually, I agreed so it's not exactly 'against my will' but I don't like the idea at all!) Then it hit me.

"Tomo-chan?" I said meekly.

"What Saku-chan?" She replied, eyeing me suspiciously. "You're not having second thoughts are you?"

"No! But, uh…" How was I going to phrase this? "Idon'tknowhowtoflirt!" Wow, I didn't know I could talk that fast.

"Huh?" said my confused and bewildered best friend.

Taking a deep breath, I said slower, "I don't know how to flirt." Tomo-chan had a shocked expression on her face.

"You don't know how to flirt?" I shook my head no. "It's like in girl code!" She went on screaming and yelling about how not knowing how to flirt is ridiculous. I had to stop her, her voice was attracting weird stares from random students and my ears were going to bleed.

"T-Tomo-chan…please c-calm down. C-could you t-teach me?" I stuttered, my voice bearly audible. It was embarrassing to ask my friend how to flirt.

Tomo-chan looked either pleased, or she was in a panic. I couldn't tell. I was bad with reading expressions. She did look a bit paler, but then she burst out, "Meet me after school at the computer lab! I have a friend who is willing to help us!" Before I could ask who the friend was, Tomo-chan ran away. I shook my head, sighing, Tomo-chan was so hard to understand some times…


RINGG! Thank god. Last period was over. I glanced over at Ryoma-kun, who had his hat pulled over his face, obviously sleeping. I decided not to wake him- he seemed to love his sleep. I went out of the classroom and hurried to the computer lab. Tomo-chan wouldn't be late twice in a row would she?

Apparently she would. School had been over for ten minutes now, and the computers teacher was glaring at me. I squirmed a bit under her glare; did I mention that I was still a bit shy? Finally, Tomo-chan burst through the doors and, of course, screamed, "Sorry I'm late Saku-chan!" Her sudden outburst earned her a glare from the computers teacher too.

"It's okay Tomo-chan. Where's this friend you were talking about?" I asked, curiosity taking over my politeness.

"Ah, hold on." She logged into the computer and went on the internet. In the web-browser she typed, "." I gasped. What was she doing on Wikipedia? She clicked on 'Japanese' and typed in: Flirting.

A whole page on flirting and types of flirting came up. "See, Saku-chan, I knew my friend would help me!"

I started to read the page: "Flirting is a form of human interaction between two people, usually expressing a sexual or romantic interest. It can consist of conversation, body language, or brief physical contact. It may be one-sided or reciprocated." But…I didn't want sexual nor romantic interest in the sempais. Tomo-chan noticed my confused look and she whispered, 'Remember, we're just testing Ryoma-sama.' I nodded in agreement…it was just a test…right?

I continued to read: "Flirting is often used as a means of expressing interest and gauging the other person's interest in courtship, which can continue into long-term relationships. Alternatively, it may simply be a prelude to casual sex with no continuing relationship. In other situations, it may be done simply for immediate entertainment, with no intention of developing any further relationship. This type of flirting sometimes faces disapproval from others, either because it can be misinterpreted as more serious, or it may be viewed as "cheating" if the person is already in a romantic relationship with someone else." I gasped; thank god I didn't have a boyfriend! I wouldn't want to be cheating! Wait…what was cheating? I told myself to find it out later.

I continued to read: "Flirting may consist of stylized gestures, language, body language, postures, and physiologic signs. Among these, at least in Western society, are…" I looked at Tomo-chan and I whispered, 'Does that mean it isn't the same in Eastern society?' Tomo-chan shrugged, which I guessed meant, 'doesn't matter either way'. I looked at the list: eye contact, signals like touching ones hair, casual touches like touching the opposite sex's arm, smiling suggestively, winking, sending gifts or poems, flattery, footsies, teasing, and constant meeting. I poked Tomo-chan, "There's so many!"

"Then let's choose which ones to do. Let's see…you should definitely do eye contact, casual touches, smiling, winking, flattery, teasing, and constant meeting. There's no need to touch the guy's hair…that's kind of weird. Sending gifts would be weird too…since this is supposed to be one-on-one face-to-face. Playing footsies is kind of hard if you're standing next to them, but if you are sitting, make sure you try."

I looked at the other choices. I knew I was going to faint if I had to touch one of the guy's arms. That's probably as sexually as I got. I couldn't even do the eye contact without blushing insanely!

"Tomo-chan, how are we going to do this?" I whispered.

"Easy." She, yet again, grabbed my wrist and dragged me to the tennis courts. Am I really that light that I can be dragged easily? I sighed, as I whispered to no one in particular, "I don't think I can do this."

Tomo-chan heard me, "See, Saku-chan, that's why you are so shy. You lack confidence. And self-esteem. And other things, but that's not the point." I blushed and looked at my…well you know where.

"Tomo-chann!!" I cried, blushing madly. How could she make fun of my flat-chest? "Yours aren't as big either!" Oh my god. I insulted my best friend. Before I could apologize a million times, she smiled.

"Good. You can stand up for yourself. See. Confidence is really a state of mind, like shyness. If you feel confident, then you are confident." We had reached the tennis courts. The male tennis team was running laps, and Tezuka-sempai was looking annoyed. My guess was that Eiji-sempai screamed something or Momo-sempai and Kaidou-sempai got into another fight, which annoyed the usually calm captain.

"Are you ready Sakuno? This is what you are going to do…" And while Tomo-chan told me the details of her plan, I could feel the butterflies fluttering in my stomach, a lump increasing in my throat, and, of course, the feeling that I was going to throw up. Was I ready? I sighed, ready to faint was more like it.


A/N: Hope you like it!! Spring break lasts till Monday, so I'll update regularly! Finally, the flirting will begin NEXT CHAPTER. Any suggestions?? BTW-- i truly do not own Wikipedia, and I am citing its article on Flirting for those few paragraphs. Don't, please don't, sue me or report this story!