Disclaimer: I am not Konomi-sensei, therefore I do not own "The Prince of Tennis" or anything related to this manga, anime and game.

Author's Note: I can't resist writing this. So now, I introduce you another fic of mine. This chapter's short because it's only a prologue.

"Ecstastic Kiss of a Red Rose"

-Prologue-

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"We will meet again, someday, I promise you that."

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Those words are left echoing in my ears. I never thought that our relationship will turn out be like this; everything is unpredictable and everyone we know has changed as time goes by.

We were once the people whom we thought we were, but now . . . It isn't the same. Deep down we keep on believing that there will come a day where our paths will cross and we'll see each other again.

And it did happen . . .

I look up as I realise that someone is standing before me. My eyes widen as I recognise who that person was. He is the most precious and the one I truly treasure above all to me.

His smile is gentle yet arrogant as I gaze upon his beautiful face. His beautiful eyes glinting in equal happiness as mine.

The way he acts, the way he moves, it is elegant and swift as I can see. And that voice of his, so irresistible . . . alluring, seductive, dark, deep and cocky as I listen to him talk. His personality changed—I can tell—a whole lot from childhood that I didn't even notice that he's the same person who I once called 'best friend'.

The way he approaches, the way he addresses me; the informalities he uses as he caught sight of me; that is the only part that did not change over the years.

But now that we've met once again, will we still be the ones we were back in the old days? We can never be sure. Our relationship and, most importantly, our feelings towards each other may eventually change that the mere thought of it scares me.

All of these are just left unknown.

Let time pass as we go along; neither holding back nor turning back, we have to face this to understand our whole being.

Because one thing's for sure, you'll always be in my heart.

No matter how many challenges we face, you'll still be the same person who I always know; there to support to and help me in choosing the right path for me. And I'll do the same, but as friends, as we all know.

The emotions overflowing will lead us to the forbidden and, gradually, help us bring closer to one another. More than ever before . . .