Again, I DO NOT OWN PRINCE OF TENNIS OR THE CHARACTERS. THIS IS PURE FANFICTION.

"Tooyama-san, please sit down," The teacher ordered.

"H-hai, sorry!" he smiled and sat down.

"You can sit over there behind Ryuzaki-san" The teacher instructed.

Sakuno's eyes widened as she watched Ryoma walking over to her, well to his seat but it's in her direction. As he came closer and closer she glanced at him and then looked away.

As he walked by, he gazed at Sakuno, waiting to see if their eyes would meet. Unfortunately, she didn't bother to look. He sat down, staring at her from behind. Although he would occasionally look away, trying not to be noticed by the others. He gazed at her long locks, which were still tied into two braids.

The afternoon classes were finally over, everyone was ready to leave.

"Sakuno-chan! Sorry, I won't be able to hang out today, My manager called. He said he needed me to come right away," Kintarou waved goodbye and left in a hurry.

"Okay, take care!" Sakuno waved back as he ran off leaving her alone. She grabbed her bag and left the classroom. She hurried outside and bumped into someone and fell on the floor.

"Ouch…" she cried as she was sitting on the floor along with her things that fell as well.

"Sorry," the person started picking up her stuff, "I wasn't loo-" his sentence was broken the minute he saw who was in front of him.

"It's okay, I wasn't looking ei-" both stared at each other.

"R-Ryoma-kun!" Sakuno's eyes widened and her face suddenly turned red, "Excuse me!" she said as she looked away and stood up and tried to run off.

"Wait," Ryoma grabbed her arm to stop her, "Is that any way to treat an old friend?" he asked with a deep voice and a shadow covering his eyes.

"I-I'm sorry," she apologized as she looked away.

"Look me in the eyes when I'm talking to you!" he said with an aggravated voice.

"I-Im sorry!" she looked at him in the eyes as her face turned even more red.

He felt irritated for some reason then pushed her against the wall to corner her.

"Stop apologizing!" Ryoma demanded.

"I-im s-… A-alright!" Sakuno suddenly closed her eyes, looking scared.

Ryoma got even more irritated when she closed her eyes. He was irritated because Sakuno reacted that way when she saw him. Thoughts filled his head…

"Why does she act like this only with me?"

"Why does she only smile when she's with him?"

"Why won't she look me in the eyes?"

"Why does is she so cheerful when she's with him and she shivers when she's with me?"

"And most of all… why am I so annoyed at such a simple thing like this?"

All those thoughts filled his mind and it bothered him very much. Even at this very moment, she was afraid to look at him, and he couldn't bear it.

"Ryuzaki…" he whispered. Right after that, Sakuno opened her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Ryuzaki," he whispered again while stepping away.

"Eh? What for?" Sakuno was puzzled.

"For always being like this…"

"What do you mean by that?" Sakuno asked.

"You…" he started to speak.

Ring ring… there was a sound from Sakuno's pocket. It was her cellphone.

"Hello?" she immediately answered it.

"Saku-chan!" a voice from the other line called her name.

"Eh, Manager-san!" Sakuno replied.

"I told you to stop calling me Manager-san!"

"H-hai, sorry…" She replied.

"Anyway, I need you here in the studio, ASAP!" her manager said.

"S-sure, I'll be right there!" Sakuno hung up.

"Excuse me, Ryoma-kun! I have to go!" she said as she ran off.

"W-wait… Ryuzaki…" she ran off as he stood there watching.

He laid his back along the wall and slowly sat on the floor. He sighed as another question popped in his head. Looking out the window as the sun set, he whispered softly to himself,

"And what is this hazy feeling in my chest right now?"

[A/N]: After nine chapters! There's finally a long RyoSaku moment! haha, hope I didn't bore you by making you wait! xD

Until the next~ (^_^)