[A/N]: Minna! Sorry I haven't updated in a while :/ I've been busy with class and I had drawing requests so I became kinda busy

Anyway I was planning to add at least another five chapters to make up for it but I don't think I can :/ but I can update sooner now!

I DO NOT OWN POT NOR THE CHARACTER BLAH BLAH.. YOU KNOW IT ALREADY =_="

That night Ryoma could barely sleep, thinking of what he did earlier. He felt like an idiot. Thoughts ran through his mind again like crazy…

"Why did I end up talking like that to her?"

"Why does she show a natural smile with that Tooyama, and such a fearful expression towards me?"

He rolled around his bed which eventually woke up Karupin who was sleeping beside him, "Nyaaaa," the cat meowed.

"Sorry Karupin, I can't sleep," he spoke to his cat. Then Karupin jumped off the bed and went under the it. Ryoma ignored it and tried to sleep.

"Nyaa~" Karupin meowed again, "What is it now Karupin?" he faced Karupin and was surprised at a small box that Karupin was pushing from under the bed, "Karupin why did you take this out?" he opened the box and revealed some of his old stuff from long ago.

One of the things he saw was, that tennis ball, "This is…" he clenched his fists while holding the ball, "This is the ball…" he held the tennis ball tighter as his memories flashed back.

He was passing by as he heard sounds of a tennis ball hitting against a wall, he went closer and spotted an image of a girl, with long braided hair practicing by herself. Her hair flowed with the direction she moved in as she hit the ball again and again against the wall.

When suddenly she missed the ball, "Eh?" she said.

She seemed to be bothered by something as she turned around and spotted Ryoma.

"Ryoma-kun?" she said.

"You have to bend your knees more," he advised.

"Ryoma-kun?" she said.

The ball rolled over to him and he picked it up. While picking it up it revealed a drawing of his face on the ball's surface.

"Hey, can I have this?" he asked.

"S-sure, but why?" she asked.

He closed his eyes, "It makes me feel nostalgic…"

The next morning, Sakuno woke up early to prepare lunch for her and Kintarou. She headed to the Student Cooking Room to make a bentou.

*sniff, sniff*

"Smells delicious, Sakuno-chan!" a boy from behind her suddenly popped up!

"K-kin-chan!" Sakuno turned around, "Why did you come here?"

"Ne, Ryoma-san, you're leaving early today. Why so early?" Nanako asked her cousin while washing the dishes.

"Nothing, I just feel like it," Ryoma replied while putting on his shoes.

"He's been acting weird these days," Nanako said.

"Could this finally be puberty? Finally! It's about time that kid started to mature!" Nanjiro rejoiced while chewing on a strip of bacon.

". . . Uhm… well, I don't know," he replied, unsure of why he really went there, "Haha! Well I guess it's because I know that you'll be here!" he smiled to her.

"I see," she replied with a warm smile, "do you need anything?"

After seeing her smile Kintarou felt a weird, surprising, yet heart-stopping sensation in his chest. "Uhm…" he tried to speak, "I uhm… N-no… I don't" but it was as if he stuttered when he spoke to her.

"I gotta go, see ya later!" he ran off as fast as he could.

"Okay…" Sakuno's eyes followed Kintarou as he left the room, "Kin-chan seems to be acting strange today," she whispered to herself.

Just as Kintarou left, running off somewhere. A certain guy was walking along the hall.

"Where… am I?" he thought to himself. He appears to be lost right now. He looked around, trying to find an exit. Sadly, there wasn't any close by. But then he saw something approaching. A few feet away was something which appears to be a guy, running towards his direction. As the figure drew closer he recognized who it was. It was Kintarou, running at full speed. He just passed by him without stopping. When he turned around he was gone.

"It looks like I'm on my own again," he whispered to himself.

He continued walking straight towards the end of the hall. At the end of the hall he saw a light coming from one of the rooms. The door was open so he headed towards it hoping that someone would give him directions.

"Excuse me, could you tell me where the senior classrooms are?" he immediately asked while entering the room.

"It's just on the third…"

The person turned around and the sentence was paused while Ryoma's eyes widened.

"You're…" he glared.

"Ah… Long time no see, Echizen." The person replied.

"Atobe," he glared harder at him.

"I see you're not very fond of meeting the soon to be chairman of this academy," he smirked.

"See ya," he turned around.

"Still a kid as always, I see." Atobe retorted.

"Don't care." Ryoma replied as he headed for the door.

"Hey Ki-" Atobe's sentence was stopped by the slam of the door, "That kid, still as cocky as ever."

After he got out of Atobe's office, he made a turn to another hall. As he passed by one of the doors he heard a humming sound form inside. He peeked through the partially opened door and saw a pair of incredibly long braids, along with that, he saw a girl in a cute, pink apron cheerfully humming while preparing some kind of meal.

"Is that…" he immediately recognized who it was, "Ryuzaki…" he whispered to himself.

He leaned closer to the door and accidentally pushed it, making a sound that caught the girl's attention.

"R-Ryoma-kun?" she was startled, "W-what, what are you doing here?" she was perplexed.

"Sorry, I got kinda lost," he explained.

"Oh, s-so…" she stuttered, "do you need help with directions?"

"No thanks, I still remember the time when you gave me directions," he retorted.

"O-oh… yeah, I'm really sorry about that!" she apologized.

"Forget about it," he replied.

"O-okay…" she turned back to her cooking.

There was a moment of silence…

"Is that a bentou you're making?" he asked and broke the silence.

"Y-yeah… it is…" she smiled.

"You…" he spoke carefully, "Still haven't changed."

She faced him in surprise, "what do you mean?"

"You heard me, you still haven't changed," he said again.

"Ryoma…kun…" she didn't know what to say.

He grabbed one of her braids and held it close to him.

"You're hair is still too long," he stated, "and in spite being a star, your hair style is still the same."

Her eyes widened. Then she faced towards him.

"That bentou is for Tooyama, am I right?" he asked.

"Y-yeah…it is…" she replied and looked away.

"Yeah, you're still the same," he said.

Sakuno started to become even more confused with the way Ryoma was acting right now.

"What do you mean by that?" she asked in curiosity.

"You still enjoy making bentous…" he paused, "… for the person you like."

[A/N]: That's all for this chapter :D I hope you like it (^_^)

Anyway I'll be adding those horizontal lines whenever there's a quick change of scenes so please enjoy (^_^)

Thank you!