Heyy so please leave reviews and I hope you like it. So I will be adding some characters from my head you know so their could be competition for the love of sakuno(they wont be competition for ryoma but you know just obstacles for fun lol;p) I didn't want to use characters from the anime because I feel they have a really strong bond and I dont want to ruin that. Also I am warning you that there wont be many sad scenes because I will cry T_T but there will be some strong scenes. Also ill try to update every week but im very busy lately so imm sorry if I update late. I hope you like it and enjoy :);) not so many fluffy scenes but there will be next chapter.

Disclaimer: I dont own anything although I wish I did and all of my respect to Konomi Takeshi.

Our Sweet Secret

Chapter Five: My prince

As the boy entered the already filled class every girl stayed silent and as he passed by without even glancing at them they began to blush madly and squeak about how amazing Ryoma-sama is and how handsome he is. The boy simply ignored the stares and walked to his seat which he immediately regretted seeing the love notes in his desk. 'I have to do something about this, it's getting annoying' he though as he put them away. Horio came up to his friend, since the teacher was still not in the classroom and began reproaching for his absence during lunch. Before the boy could press any further question the teacher came in and Ryoma let a soft sigh escape his lips, happy he wouldn't have to listen to the other boy's annoying voice as he droned on about something, Ryoma didn't really know what since he never payed any attention. He had the rest of the afternoon to catch up on his sleep, but strangely enough he didn't want to nap. Instead his mind wandered back to a certain girl. Well to be more precise the only girl he thought about, apart from his mother and cousin. He unconsciously touched his lips, as he thought of her flushed face and the way she panted after their make-out session. He wasn't as dense as everyone thought he was and had kissed other girls even dated some, but never had he felt anything special for any of them. However Sakuno was different, every time he thought of her his mood would improve, seeing her smiling face made his heart beat faster than usual. Ryoma only felt this way when he played an extremely good tennis game. He thought of her long auburn hair and wanted to run his fingers through her soft looking locks. Abruptly he stopped his trail of though and realized what he was doing, he was thinking about something other than tennis, family, ponta,or Karupin. He looked down seeing the love letters left in his desk. Ryoma had a bright idea, a way to make all these love letters less annoying. He smirked evilly at his plan.

At this poin of the year the teacher was a bit surprised when Ryoma had not already fallen asleep but before he had gotten his hopes that the boy might actually particpate in class he realised the boy was lost in thought, clearly not paying attention. The poor teacher let a sigh of resignation and went on with the lesson.

Unkown to Ryoma a girl with short light brown hair and big hazel eyes behind a pair of glasses was intently watching him. Usually Ryoma was very observant and would have noticed the stare answering it with a cold stare of hiw own, but he was too absorbed in his thoughts. The girl was surprised to see so many expressions displayed on the boy's face, but blushed as she thought 'My prince must have a very important tennis match today.' With that tought she looked away thinking about the words she would tell the boy later on the afternoon. Writing a letter was simple but facing him while declaring her love was going to be a bit difficult.

The afternoon couldn't come sooner, thought Ryoma. He was currently playing a match against his sempai and best friend, although he would not admit it, Momo-chan sempai. He tried to appear as if he was concentrating really hard in the game but was actually wondering about how he would bring up the bait so his plan could work. Then suddenly like an answer to Ryoma's thoughts Momo sempai made the perfect open for his plan to begin. As Momo sempai catched the ball and walked toward the bench where his water lay, "Whats wrong Ryoma? You seem kind of distracted?" he questioned and then just for the fun of it he added, "Is it a girl?," he teased his junior. They walked towards the fence where Sakuno and Tomo-chan stood, once they were in hearing range Ryoma surpsried his sempai by answering the question he would usually ignor. "Yes it is,", this made Momo-chan stop in his track before he turned around Ryoma made sure Sakuno was listening by locking eyes with her, it was fast but it was enough to see a pink blush spread through her cheeks assuring him that she had heard. On cue Tomoka asked in her annoying voice, "What is, Ryoma-sama?" while Momo-chan sputtered, "wh-wh-what did you say. Am I hearing correctly? Is the great Ryoma actuall taking an interest on a girl for the first time?" When Sakuno heard she blushed as she recalled the moment the two passed together and knew Ryoma was not as dense as everyone though he was. "Not like that Momo-sempai its just another annoying love letter, Im supposed to meet her after practise." he stated dully. "WHAT!" screamed Tomoka, "Ryoma-sama you can't go, if you go you'll hurt Sakuno's feelings" Ryoma was shocked and for a moment thought that she had found out but appearantly it was just her big mouth. "Mou Tomo-chan stop it! Me and Ryoma are not like that" she said this as she looked to the floos sure that they would be able to tell she was lying. "Well im going to change, I don't want to be late, Im supposed to meet her by the side of the library," he stated as he walked towards the locker room. Hearing this Momo-chan came up with a plan and called all the other Seigaku regulars and all of them agreed that they should help Echizen in getting a girlfriend, too bad they didn't know that he already had one. Fuji was getting his camera and Inui was sharpening his pencil in order to jott down all the new information he would get. Tomo-chan demanded that she accompany them and when they invited Sakuno to come along she dissmissed them by saying she had to do something. Sakuno walked away leaving the regulars all hyped up with the idea of messing with the love life of their youngest team member. 'Why had Ryoma gone?' She asked herself why he has gone to the meeting place if he would usually just ignore the letters, she had seen him throw them out without even opening them. As she wondered about this her feet brought her to the library, she was not sure what to do in this situation but one thing was clear. She would not let anyone take away her prince. She walked to the side and made sure ti hise properly.

On the outside stood a bored Ryoma staring into a stuttering girl, "Uhm Ryoma-sama I did'nt think you were coming." said the girl, " Would you prefer if I hadnt come?" he asked monotonuesly "No I..uhm I.." On the sideline Ryoma could dee the Seigaku regualr, how Momo-sempai had his hand over Tomoka's mouth in order to keep her quite, Inui writing down notes, and Fuji reading his camera for the perfect picture. Momo-sempai shook his head and whispered " That Echizen all lucky with theladies and being all rude. "Ne, ochibi make a move already" said Eiji, " Quiet Eiji or they'll hear us" scolded Oishi. "Fsshh" agreed Kaidoh. Ryoma could see all of his sempai even his captain, Tezuka but ther was no sign of a ceratin pig tail girl. He frowned, so his plan had not work, he returned his attention to the girl infront of him. " so uhm what am trying to say is that uhm Ryoma-sama I,,, I,, lik" Before she could finish her sentence Sakuno came in running panting slightly she said, "Ryoma-kun your dad called and said your mother was hospilatized we should go come on" She walked up to him and whitout waiting for a reply she grabbed his hand and they walked away but not before Sakuno gave a cold glare to the girl, Ryoma was surprised at what his girlfriend had done, he obiously knew that the thing about his mom was a lie since his dad didn't have Sakuno's number but what surprised him the most was the cold glare sent to the unknow girl who was about confess to him. Ryoma was utterly shocked as they walked away, the seaigaku regulars were just as flabbergasted as Ryoma and didnt know what to do and some of the, mostly Oishi, began to worry about Ryoma's mom's health. Only Tezuka, Fuji and Inui knew that it had been a lie arriving at the same conclusion as the young boy but they wondered why Sakuno had lied.

They kept walking until they were close to the main gates and Sakuno suddenly stopped, she let go of Ryoma's hand and stood in front of her, she bowed and apoligised, "Im so sorry Ryoma, Ilied your mom is fine." " I know," "I understand if your mad wait what you know how?" she asked puzzled by his answer. " Well I think I know when my girlfriend is lying especially when she gives such a bad lie" he smirked as pulled her closer giving her a small peck on her soft lips and murmered, "Mada mada dane, Sakuno" She blushe as her name left his lips, " Mou Ryoma-kun I can't let any girl steal away my prince." as she said this she blushed at the worda that had left her mouth. Ryoma smirked, so his plan had worked, " So Im your prince" he whispered into her ear. Sakuno shivered and felt Ryoma's lips trail down onto her own. He gave her a long and sweet kiss, "Shall we go my princces?" he wrapped their hands together, " Yeah," she smiled. The smile almost gave him a heart attack and he knew the trouble had been worth it, he reciprocated with one of his own rare smiles an they walked away from school.

The mysterious shadow had witnessed the scene shared between the young lovers and he gripped his fist in frustration.