"A Daughter?"

By:
Miyo-chan02

Summary:
Upon hearing their sempais' hysteric act, Ryoma and Sakuno both blurted out, "A daughter?"

Disclaimer:
Nope TeniPuri isn't mine.

Chapter I: "Our Daughter"

It's just a typical Monday morning, meaning another school day. A red-head was on his way to school. He yawned a bit getting his eyes all teary. Just by the next street, he spotted his doubles partner. "Nyaah! Oha-" he stopped mid-way in his sentence, seeing his partner's distress and a little girl.

Kikumaru went nearer. "Oishi, who's she?"

The girl looked about 5 years of age. Her brown hair was in braids and her eyes were gold in color. For some reason, the golden pair found the girl awfully familiar.

Oishi looked up. "Eiji?"

"I want my mommy and daddy!" the little girl sobbed.

"I was on my way to school and I saw this little girl crying here. I can't just leave her." Oishi explained.

Kikumaru bent down to match the girl's height. The girl stopped for a while. "We'll help you look for your parents." Kikumaru winked.

The little girl nodded with a smile. "Sugoi! It's a neko! A neko!" she exclaimed hugging Kikumaru.

"Kawaii!" he commented and played with the laughing little girl. "What's your name?"

"I'm Karu desu!" she exclaimed happily. The name Karu somehow reminded them of something.

"Sempai! If we don't hurry, we'll be late for practice!" a peach-head riding his bicycle called his two upper-class men.

"Momoshiro?" both acknowledged.

"Let's go."

"Wait! What will we do with her?" Oishi said pertaining to Karu.

Momoshiro went near them feeling the same familiarity the two felt for the little one. "Who's she?"

"She's a lost little girl. We just can't leave her here." Kikumaru replied.

Momoshiro went near them getting off his bicycle. "Hey little girl, how does your parents look like?" he asked.

"Mommy and Daddy? My mommy's hair is like mine. It's always in braids. And my daddy always wears a white cap and his eyes are like this." Karu said lifting her eyelids to make a sharp look.

The three regulars looked at each other. "Could it be?" They both gasped.

~O~

Ryoma was having a practice match against his other team mates. And like usual, two girls are found at the sides cheering for the team.

He got out of the court after finishing his matches. "Ohayou Ryoma-kun." Sakuno greeted.

"Un." He greeted or more like grunted.

"Kyaah! Ryoma-sama! You're still cool." The other one exclaimed as he drank his Ponta.

"Oishi, it's rare for you to be late." They all heard their buchou.

"Ahh… you see… we encountered some… unexpected circumstances." He excused.

"Unexpected circumstances?" Tezuka's eyebrow rose.

"Grandpa buchou!" the little girl Karu exclaimed suddenly getting on Tezuka's leg. Tezuka looked at the little girl trying to play with him.

The three gasped. "Karu-chan! Let's not upset grandpa… ahh—I mean buchou." Momoshiro said taking Karu back next to them.

"Who's this little girl?" Tezuka asked the three.

The three cleared their throats. "Ugh well… we'll explain later. We just need to talk to Echizen." Oishi said.

"Why?" Ryoma said walking towards them as the two girls followed him.

The three ran to him for massive confrontation.

"I can't believe you did it with Ryuzaki-chan nyaa!" Eiji said eagerly as his eyes looked straight at the lad.

"What do you mean it?" he asked as he blinked.

"I thought I'm your best friend! Why didn't you tell me you're growing up!?" Momoshiro said in tears.

"Growing up?"

"Echizen, you do know that you have responsibilities right? How will you explain to Ryuzaki-chan's parents and to the coach? What about your family?" Oishi's motherly issues attacked.

Sakuno heard her name so she went nearer. "I-is something wrong?"

"You're too young to have a daughter!" Oishi continued.

Upon hearing their sempais' hysteric acts, Ryoma and Sakuno both blurted out, "A daughter?"

"Oh come on! You don't need to hide it!" Momoshiro said wrapping an arm on Ryoma's shoulder.

After hearing that, Sakuno's face turned red. How can they possibly think that they have a daughter? They aren't even a couple! "S-sempais wh-what are you t-talking about?" her stutters continued.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Karu exclaimed happily making her way to Ryoma and Sakuno. Both didn't know how to react. The kid was calling them her parents. We all know that children are the best ones who can recognize their own parents.

Karu's voice echoed in the tennis courts. And the sound didn't fail to enter Ryuzaki Sumire's ears. "Sakuno…?" with that, the coach lost her consciousness.

"Obaa-chan!"

~O~

The coach was brought to the infirmary and was advised to have a rest. Hearing the news of her 12-year old granddaughter having a daughter was too much for her.

Karu held Ryoma's left hand and Sakuno's right hand. She kept on repeating that they are her parents. While Sakuno continued to blush, Ryoma kept on getting irritated. Everyone in the tennis club has been bugging him how much he has grown.

"Nice one Echizen!" one of his teammates gave him a cheeky smile and thumbs up.

Can't people around him be logical? The kid's five years old and he's just twelve! Five! Twelve! Can't they see the difference of that? Sometimes he can't understand why he even chose to be with this kind of species.

He isn't irritated with the kid. Maybe she was just confused to say that they are her mommy and daddy. But he can't take his sempais anymore. "She's not my daughter." He said bluntly with a sharp look on his eyes.

"Easy tiger." They said.

Soon, tears fell on Karu's cheeks as she cried hard. "Daddy hates me!" Her cheeks were red and her eyes continued to produce tears. Sakuno picked her up and hugged her. "I-it's okay Karu-chan." She tried her best to make her crying stop.

Like Ryoma, she isn't okay with this, but she can't let the kid alone. She knows the feeling to not be with your parents. All she could do right now is comfort her. As Karu started to calm down, she looked at Ryoma. "Ryoma-kun… please don't be harsh on her."

He felt a sort of guilt. After all, the kid was just around five. After some time, she might not remember this anymore. He went closer and patted Karu's head. "I don't hate you." He said lowering his cap.

Karu's smile seemed to be too big for her face.

"Awwwwwww…" the crowd added as background. Ryoma just shot them a glare.

~O~

Tezuka accompanied Karu and her parents to the faculty room. Like Oishi's reason, they just can't let this kid go.

They talked to Mr. Suki, Ryoma and Sakuno's homeroom teacher. Although, seems he's not the right person to be asked about this issue.

"Hmm… then I'll allow both of you to skip class to take care of her." He said writing some kind of letters or passes. Unlike any other teacher, Mr. Suki wants his students to experience love, saying that when they grow up, they'll have steady partners and stuff. You can call him an older version of Momoshiro. Ryoma and Sakuno were just plain lucky that he is their homeroom teacher.

"Here. You can wander around school or outside school, just show it." He said handing them the passes.

"Is this okay?"

"You can't have classes if your daughter's here, can you?"

"She's not my daughter." Ryoma said. Good thing Karu was asleep.

"Then you have to find her parents. This little one acknowledges both of you as her parents; can you bear her to stay on the streets?"

With that, the two just had to agree with what their teacher has to say. They both left school and looked for her parents.

~O~

"A B C D E F G, H I J K L M N O P, Q R S, T U V, W X Y and Z. Now I know my ABC, next time, won't you sing with me?" the little girl sang still holding their hands.

Sakuno interrupted her singing. "Karu-chan, how do your parents look like?"

Karu wondered at her mother's statement as she tilted her head. "Demo, you are my parents." Sakuno forced a smile to her. Asking her the question would do nothing.

The three walked and walked near the places where she was found. Her parents might just be around there. "I want ice cream." She pleaded to them with puppy-like eyes.

~O~

"Yay ice cream!" she exclaimed cutely licking the ice cream.

"Karu-chan, be careful, you might put a stain on your clothes." Sakuno said as she wiped the excess ice cream on Karu's face.

Karu started to wonder. How come her parents weren't talking to each other? Do they hate each other? Her mom seems to take good care of her but her dad isn't even paying attention to them.

She noticed the other families in the park. Everyone was smiling and laughing. The pairs were even sharing kisses.

She dropped her ice cream and started to cry. Finally, that caught Ryoma's attention and looked at her daughter.

"Why are you crying Karu-chan?" Sakuno asked.

"Mommy and daddy hate each other!"

For a moment, Ryoma and Sakuno looked at each other. They don't hate each other. What is she talking about? "Of course not. What makes you say that Karu-chan?"

"Daddy and mommy doesn't talk to each other and they aren't kissing!" as a child, whatever she sees is what she think is right. So she thinks that couples who don't kiss hate each other.

Sakuno started to blush furiously again. "Th-that's not it. P-please don't cry." She said trying to ignore her burning cheeks. But seems Karu's still not convinced.

Ryoma sighed. So after all, he has to do something. As Sakuno continued to comfort Karu, he slowly went closer to Sakuno until finally, his lips touched Sakuno's. "We don't hate each other." He subtly stated.

Karu stopped crying after seeing her parents kiss. She smiled widely and rejoiced. Ryoma patted her head.

Sakuno's cheeks continued to be red. "It's only for Karu." She reminded herself.

Author's notes: This is my first two-shot!! Please review~!

Waah~! Their sempais are weird ne? Having a 5-year old baby at the age of 12. Lmao. Their sempais can be unreasonable at times. XD

Don't you think Karu-chan is kawaii?? XD