Both Ryoma and Sakuno couldn't believe that they were face to face after being separated for 10 years.

"Sakuno, do you know Ryoma-sama?" asked her best friend, Tomo-chan.

"Tomo-chan, do you remember that promise I told you about?"

"You mean the one when you promised to marry some guy that has a golden key around his neck?"

"Look at what Ryoma-kun has around his neck."

Sure enough, EVERYBODY in the class went to stare at what was on Ryoma's chest. And sure enough, there was a golden key. At the same time, Sakuno stood up and went next to Ryoma and showed everybody her heart-shaped locket. Everybody had their eyes popping out of their head.

"YOU GUYS PROMISED TO MARRY EACH OTHER! RYOMA-SAMA WAS TALKING ABOUT SAKUNO AND SAKUNO WAS TALKING ABOUT RYOMA-SAMA! I'm…going…to…faint…now…" and then Tomo-chan fainted.

"Well this is better than I thought it would be. I hit the gold on this one!" thought Coach Ryuzaki.

Time Skip

Soon lunchtime rolled around and Ryoma had to check out the tennis courts, so Ryuzaki took him. Basically it was to avoid being bombarded by questions by people.

But unfortunately, there was an awkward silence between the two. So, Sakuno decided to break it.

"So…Ryoma-kun, how did you like America?"

"It was okay I guess. It got boring because the kids in the tournaments weren't even putting up a fight for me."

"Oh…"

"…"

"…"

"Sakuno?"

"What is it Ryoma-kun?"

"During the time I was away…did you go out with any guys?"

"Where is this coming from Ryoma-kun?"

"I…just wanted to know…"

"If it will make you feel better, I have had several confessions from guys, but I didn't go out with any of them because of our promise."

When Ryoma heard this, he just wanted to stop her right there and kiss her and thank her for not going out with any other guys. But too bad for him because they reached the tennis courts before he could do anything.

The two of them saw all of the tennis players huddled around Coach Ryuzaki, watching her camera.

"Grandma? What is everybody doing?"

"Oh Sakuno! Ryoma's here to! Well, um…we were just watching…um…"

"The love scene you guys had in homeroom!" exclaimed Momo and Kikumaru.

"Ah…Youth really is the time where love blossoms" said Momo.

"Sa-chan! Sa-chan! I'm happy you finally got your first boyfriend!" yelled Kikumaru.

"K-Kikumaru-senpai!" Sakuno was blushing 7 shades of red and Ryoma had a pink blush over his face.

While all of this was going on, Tezuka was staring at Ryoma intently, just like how a father would stare at a guy near his daughter. Ryoma felt the stare, and started to stare back at Tezuka.

"Oi Coach. Why is that guy staring at me?" pointing to Tezuka.

"Oh this is Tezuka, the captain of the tennis team. We are neighbors and when Sakuno was little, Tezuka always took care of her. Since she doesn't have a father or mother, Tezuka was Sakuno's "father". He's just protective of his "daughter"."

Just as Ryoma was about to say something, the rest of the tennis team surrounded him and started asking questions.

"Hey Ochibi! What made you like Sa-chan?" asked Kikumaru.

"Was she super cute as a kid?!" asked Momoshiro.

"Were you strong enough to make sure no other guys got her?" asked Kaidoh.

"How much of a percentage would you say she caused trouble for you?" asked Inui.

"HOW MUCH PASSION DO YOU HAVE BURNING FOR HER!?" yelled Takahashi.

"How did you treat her back then?" asked Fuji.

"How much do you love her?!" asked a squealing Oishi.

"…Do I have to answer those questions?" asked Ryoma.

"YES!" everybody said, including the coach and Tezuka.

"Well…to answer in order, what made me like Sakuno was her kindness and her…her…cuteness. Yes she was really cute as a kid and I still have a picture of us together which I'll show you soon. Boys who wanted to approach her got scared when I glared at them, so I guess I kept her safe. Trouble…she put me through a ton of it, so 75% of the time she was causing trouble for me. How much passion I have for her…it's…"

Ryoma hesitated to finish his sentence because it made him blush like crazy. He already felt like his heart was going to burst since the girl he's talking about is right there only 10 feet away. But finally, he said,

"I HAVE SO MUCH PASSION FOR HER IT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED IN WORDS!"

Everybody was shocked to hear this, and it made Sakuno blush so much she could be mistaken for a cherry instead of a human.

"N-now to finish up the questions, I treated her fine I guess. We always hang out and we were ALWAYS with each other, so yea. How much I love her is…is…"

"IS?!"

While everyone was squealing to know, he gracefully made his way over to Sakuno and said,

"This is how much I love her."

And with that, he pulled Sakuno in and kissed her passionately. Everyone had a stunned face, even Tezuka, and it stayed like that for 10 seconds. But, Coach Ryuzaki was once again, recording EVERYTHING.

Ryoma pulled away from the kiss to reveal a frozen Sakuno, touching her lips and looking at Ryoma, and the entire tennis team howling and whistling at Ryoma. Tezuka gave a look that said "Not bad for a kid. But, you'll have to get through me to get to her."

Soon lunch break was over and the two love birds walked away from the tennis courts, hand in hand with each other, and other students whistling and saying that Ryoma was a true man.