The Art of Flirting Chapter 4

A/N: I'm going to cut my Author notes down. So, I'm going to say sorry for not updating for awhile, HONK had taken over my life and the shows are almost over. I'll be regularly updating soon, don't worry. Next, I won't answer to everyone who reviewed. I'm sorry, but its so much work. So, I will say it in an author note instead: THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO POINTED OUT SPELLING MISTAKES, EDITING MISTAKES, JUST SAID THEY LOVED THE STORY, AND GAVE ME THEIR SUPPORT. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PUT THIS STORY UNDER THEIR FAVORITES OR ALERTS. I LOVE ALL OF YOU!

Now on to Chapter 4: Fuji


I stared through the fence, watching the boy's tennis team finishing off their matches. Although my first time doing this went pretty well, I still had that nervous feeling in my stomach. Maybe it was because I was doing something different. Instead of flirting with the next sempai, Tomo-chan suggested I should ask one of them on a date. Of course, I gave her a look that said 'Tomo-chan, you're talking to Seigaku's shy girl, Sakuno. No way!' But she disregarded the look and told me to wait till practice was over. I had asked her why, but all she said was that she was going to meet me here.

Well, Tomo-chan was ten minutes late. The tennis team was now heading back into their club house. I watched sadly as the last regular to go in. I sighed, well there goes my chance. Now Ryoma-kun will think I just had a fever or something and won't get the message. And it would all be Tomo-chan's fault! Wait, what am I saying? It would be my fault, because I'm too weak to go up to a guy without Tomo-chan's plans…I felt tears come down my face. Great, now I'm even weaker than weak. I'm like…a blob of jelly. Wow, Sakuno, is that the best you could come up with?

"Ryuzaki-chan, why are you crying?" A semi-feminine voice asked. Was that…?

"Fuji-sempai?" I asked, turning around. After seeing it was the always-poker faced sempai, I quickly bowed. I quickly wiped away my tears, and put on a forced smile.

"Why were you crying Ryuzaki-chan?" He asked again. I had a feeling if I didn't answer, he would continue asking the same question.

"It's just out of disappointment Fuji-sempai. Really nothing to worry about." I said, trying to get him to understand I didn't want to talk about it. If anything would make me seem like a huge loser, it would be crying because I needed Tomo-chan to tell me what to do around guys. And I was not going to tell Fuji-sempai that….

He seemed to get the idea that I wanted to end the topic, "Let's go for a walk Ryuzaki-chan." I brightened up a bit. None of the sempais had ever asked me to go for a walk before.

I nodded in agreement, "Sure Fuji-sempai," I said, cheerfulness back into my voice. We walked down to the park, which was a good five minutes or so away from Seigaku. When we reached the lush green setting, I started to feel way happier. The cherry blossoms were in bloom, their pink petals falling to the ground. Fuji-sempai sat on a nearby bench and I followed.

"Such a beautiful day, eh Ryuzaki-chan?" He asked.

I blushed slightly, "Yeah." I paused for a moment, taking in the scenery around me. Would Ryoma-kun ever ask me for a walk? If he did, would it be as calm and relaxing as Fuji-sempai made it be? "I love spring. Everything looks so beautiful."

"I agree. I wish I had my camera…" he looked thoughtful, but then again, he wears that same expression everyday, so for all I know, he could have been planning something extremely sadistic.

"Y-you take pictures?" I couldn't believe I was stuttering. I really thought I had gotten over that hindrance. But Fuji-sempai just chuckled at my shyness.

"Please, Ryuzaki-chan, how long have you known me? Of course you know I take pictures." He paused for a second and then continued, "Of course, if I had my camera, I wouldn't just take a picture of the scenery…" He gave me a sly smile. I just looked confused. Wait… 'if I had my camera, I wouldn't just take pictures of the scenery…' Then it hit me. Oh. My. God. Fuji-sempai was flirting with me?!

"F-F-Fuji-sempai!" I cried, my face turning as red as a tomato.

He smiled, "You know, not only the cherry blossoms are beautiful." He gave me a cherry blossom petal, and put it in my hand. "I'm sorry, Ryuzaki-chan, but I have to leave. I'm afraid nee-san's waiting for me at Seigaku. Will you be alright by yourself?" He stood up, ready to leave.

I blushed even deeper, if that was even possible. "Y-yeah. I'll be fine." I stood up too, "Thank you for the walk, Fuji-sempai." I bowed and he chuckled.

"Well, then, good bye Ryuzaki-chan!" He waved goodbye and started to walk away. I looked at the cherry blossom petal that he placed in my hand. It was soft, pink and fragile. No wonder Tomo-chan loves Fuji-sempai. He's so polite, nice, sweet…the adjectives used to describe him could go on and on. Would Ryoma-kun ever do anything this nice for me? I seriously doubted it. Ryoma-kun wouldn't be polite, nice, or sweet to anyone other than Karupin. I sighed, the only thing that would've made this afternoon better was Ryoma-kun seeing me and Fuji-sempai together…


Little did Sakuno know, Ryoma did see Fuji and her together. Moving back about twenty minutes ago, when Sakuno was waiting for Tomo-chan, Ryoma had finished showering and had gotten dressed. Tennis practice was pretty intense that day, and let's just say it took Ryoma a little longer than usual to get out of the clubhouse. Once he did, however, Momoshiro was nowhere in sight. Ryoma ran his hand threw his hair in irritation; where was his ride home? He decided to walk down to the tennis courts to see if Momo was there. Although Momo was not there, two other people were. Ryoma debated in his head whether to ask them if they had seen his sempai. After little debating (He is Ryoma, you know. He doesn't really care that much if he finds his sempai or not.), Ryoma decided he had nothing to lose so he walked up to the couple. He stopped short, however, once he realized who the two people were: Ryuzaki and Fuji! They talked for a few minutes and then turned away from the tennis courts. Was Fuji walking with Ryuzaki? They didn't look like they were going out…

"Hey Echizen! You ready to go?" Ryoma's sempai's loud voice interrupted Ryoma's observations.

"Hn." Ryoma answered, emotionless.

"Hey, is that Fuji-sempai? Walking with Ryuzaki-chan?" Momo blocked the sun from his eyes to get a clearer look at the two. "Are they on a date? Wonder where they are going…" While his sempai was ranting, Ryoma was fuming. Well, on the inside of course. He had a reputation to keep up, and showing emotion would just ruin it. But for some reason, it irked him to see Ryuzaki with someone other than Tomo-chan. It also irked him that Ryuzaki had stopped paying attention to him. Ever since Thursday, Ryuzaki had totally stopped talking to Ryoma. Instead, he noticed she was talking to the other regulars, as if he didn't exist. And, of course, this irked him to no end…

"Let's go follow your girlfriend! Wait, I mean, Fuji's girlfriend! Looks like you have some competition!" Before Ryoma could retort back, his sempai grabbed his wrist and dragged him in the direction Fuji and Ryuzaki had been walking in before. After walking for five minutes, they found themselves at the park.

"What would Ryuzaki and Fuji-sempai be doing here?" Ryoma mumbled. Momo looked completely surprised.

"Whoa, did Ryoma just show interest?" Momo laughed at his own joke while Ryoma glared daggers at him. They walked down the path a bit further and saw Ryuzaki and Fuji sitting on a bench together. Before Ryoma could really react, Momo pulled him into a bush.

"Come on Momo-sempai, a bush? How stereotypical." Ryoma chided. Momo just put his finger to his lips and motioned to his ear, as if to say, 'Shut up, Echizen, I'm trying to listen.' Ryoma decided to follow suit, straining his ear to try to hear the conversation.

Ryoma could really only hear bits and pieces. But there was one sentence that he heard loud and clear: "Of course, if I had my camera, I wouldn't just take a picture of the scenery…" Ryoma clenched his fist. 'That douche… flirting with my Ryuzaki?' He thought, fuming inside, 'Wait, what did I say? Since when was Ryuzaki mine?' Ryoma shook his head, trying to get back his sanity. He listened in again…

""F-F-Fuji-sempai!" That was definitely Ryuzaki.

"You know, not only the cherry blossoms are beautiful." That was definitely Fuji. And Ryoma definitely had enough. How could he try to, what did those Americans call it?, "pull the moves" or "put the moves" on Ryuzaki? Ryoma glared at Fuji through small opening of the bush. He saw Fuji get up, give Ryuzaki something that she seemed to enjoy, and leave after Ryuzaki bowed to him. Ryoma got out from the bush, carefully so Ryuzaki wouldn't see him.

'Fuji will have to explain himself' he thought angrily. Ignoring Momo's shouts to come back, Ryoma marched angrily up to Fuji, who was waiting at the front of the gate.

"Fuji-sempai!" He shouted….well as close to shouting as Ryoma could get.

"Oh. Hello there Echizen-kun." He smiled to his kouhai. (I think that's spelled right..)

"What were you doing with Ryuzaki?" Ryoma went straight to the point. He didn't like playing around. Not in tennis, not in conversations.

"Nothing, just out for a walk. She was upset, so I cheered her up." His smile still sat on his face.

Ryoma said nothing, so Fuji used this time to strike: "Saa…Ryuzaki-chan's really pretty isn't she Echizen-kun?" He winked at his kouhai. Ryoma, who now, though he would not admit it, was feeling extremely jealous, walked away, muttering things under his breath about his sempai that might be a tad inappropriate for a story like this.

Fuji just smiled as he watched his kouhai walk away. 'This is going to be so much fun'


A/N: Sorry for the little chapter. And I think Ryoma showed too much jealousy. I'll make him back into character next chapter. Sorry for the long wait, but I was busy! So who do you want to see next? REVIEW!