Where It Starts, Where It Ends
Disclaimer: Not mine. Don't sue.
Warning: Shounen ai. Some OOCness.
Pairing: MomoXRyo
Author: StrawberyJubilee
Beta: SkyAngel2009
Chapter One
A guy with spiky raven hair approached the girl. He carried a tennis racket and a tennis ball with him. He was about to attend the afternoon practice when the girl said that there was something important that she wanted to tell him. As he came closer the girl blushed deeply.
"Sakuno-chan!" The guy approached the girl with a cheerful face. "What was it that you wanted to tell me?" He placed his belongings under the old oak tree.
"Ano, I…." The shy girl gathered all her courage, but she simply failed to speak. She gazed at the ground trying to avoid the guy's gaze.
"Sakuno-chan? What's wrong?"
"Echizen-kun, have you seen Momo? I've been looking for him everywhere but I didn't manage to find him." The vice captain asked him full of concern.
"No, I haven't, Oishi-senpai."
"Well, sorry to bother you, Echizen. It's just that you guys hang out a lot so I thought you might know where that guy is." The vice captain started to look in all directions trying to find Momo. "Where is that guy? I told him to wait for me after school, but he just disappeared."
"Hang out a lot?" He muttered. "No, we don't." He gave an indifferent look.
"Ah, did you say something, Echizen?"
"No, nothing," Said the cocky brat as he started to walk away. Suddenly he paused without even bothering to turn around. "Oishi-senpai, do you need me to look out for him?"
A bright look appeared on Oishi's face. "That would be nice, Echizen-kun. If it doesn't bother you of course."
"Sure." Then he resumed his current actions.
"There was something I wanted to tell you, Momo-senpai." She constantly looked at the ground. Momo leaned on the tree. "Ano, Momo-senpai…." She looked around and then she looked down again. "I love you, Momo-senpai." She blushed and continued gazed at the grass.
"…" Her remarks shocked him; he didn't even have a single clue about this. "I… Gomen nasai, Sakuno-chan. I don't feel the same."
"…" Tears we're battling to run down her cheeks, but she tried her best not to cry in front of him. Abruptly she attempted to run, but she stumbled on Momo's tennis racket and accidentally landed on top of Momo, just as Echizen found them in a very awkward position.
"…" First the kiddo felt a bit shocked finding his classmate on top of his senpai, but then he regained his composure back.
"Echizen, this is not what you think it is…"
"Sorry, to bother your excitement, Momo-senpai." He turned around and calmly walked away leaving the 'couple' behind.
"Echizen! Echizen, wait!" He went after the freshman not remembering to bring his racket with him. At that time, Sakuno realized just whom Momoshiro really likes. She sat there crying on her own watching the back of the person she loves as he goes away.
"Stop following me. And what will your girlfriend think if you keep holding my hand like that, Momo-senpai?" The kiddo said in an annoyed tone.
"Echizen, I said it wasn't what you think. Sakuno-chan and me weren't…"
"So, now it's 'Sakuno-chan' isn't it? How intimate…." He mocked. "Anyway, what I think doesn't matter, she's your girlfriend, isn't she?" He walked away again.
"She isn't my girlfriend, Echizen." He held Ryoma's shoulders so he can't escape anymore. "Now, listen to me. She isn't my girlfriend. And we weren't doing anything. She stumbled and accidentally fell on top of me. That's it." He gazed deeply in Ryoma's eyed.
"So?" The cocky freshman gave him such an annoying smirked.
"So??" The older guy looked clueless.
"Yeah, so what does it have to do with me?" He walked away again.
"It…. I…" At that moment he felt that his brain stopped working, 'cause he didn't manage to find the answer to that simple question. "Hey, Echizen, wait for me!" The kiddo already left him far behind while he was looking for the answer. At the end he found the answer, but there was no way that he could tell it to Ryoma. 'Because… I want you to know that she isn't the person that I love…' He repeated the newly found answer silently.
"Ano, Ryoma-kun…"
He looked up and found the person he wanted to see the least. Sakuno Ryuzaki was there right in front of him. Somehow he got a bit annoyed with her. Then he remembered what happened yesterday between Momoshiro and her. 'How could she? How could she seduce him like that? Momo-senpai is still an innocent man, how dare she do that? Err, why am I thinking this way? It could be the other way around, right? Maybe it was Momo-senpai who…' Unconsciously he clenched his fist angrily.
"Ryoma-kun, I'm sorry if I bothered you. I just want to ask some help from you."
"Nani?" He said without looking at the other speaker, he looked out side and he spotted a certain spiky guy. 'What's wrong with me? Why am I so troubled with the fact that Momo-senpai has a girlfriend?'
"Please give this letter to Takeshi-senpai."
He turned around hearing the nickname she called him. 'Takeshi-senpai? Sakuno-chan? Since when did they become so close?' Suddenly he felt an urge of anger in him. "Why me?"
"He won't accept it if I was the one who gave him. He surely will take it if you gave it to him." Then she ran out of the classroom.
"What's that supposed to mean?" He walked coolly out of the room and bumped into someone who rushed in the room.
"Ryo… Err, Echizen…" He looked at the person in front of him. After he acknowledged who was facing him he smiled gleefully.
"Your girlfriend isn't here, she just left a moment ago." He tried to walk out but Momoshiro blocked his way. "Momo-senpai, excuse me please." He looked straight in the eye.
"I know, I can see that the classroom is empty. It's only you and me here." A malicious glint shone in his eyes. "Anyway, I wasn't looking for her. I was looking for you, Ryoma-kun…" He pinned Ryoma, leaned down and whispered huskily in his ears.
"…" A sudden shock washed through the kiddo and for a split second he was lost in his own thoughts. 'What's wrong with me? Why do I feel this way when I'm with him?'
"So, Ryoma-kun aren't you going to go home?" He walked out of the classroom, but he paused in his tracks as someone held his wrist.
"Is this the way you act when you're with Ryuzaki-san?"
"Huh?" He looked clueless again. "No. This is the way I act when I'm with you, Ryoma-kun. Only you." He smiled widely.
TBC
Notes:
God, I'm too cruel to Sakuno, I'm sorry. Can't help it. She always get's in MomoxRyoma's way. glare Anyway, this is my first MomoxRyoma ficcie ever. Oh, well tell me your thoughts, okay? Thanks for the people who reviewed!
This ficcie has been beta-ed! Thanks so much for SkyAngel2009!