AN: Well, this is my first PoT fic. C'mon guys, you cannot say you didn't see this coming. I mean, it was only a matter of time before I fell in love with Ryoma-kun. He's just so cute! Haha, well, it's my first, and I hope they're in character o.o

Lost Hats

Strawberry'd

12 June 2005

Ryoma Echizen sat on the bench as he watched freshmen practice. Grumbling, he pulled his cap lower on his head to protect it from the shade.

His searching fingers met thin air. He sat up and brushed one hand over his head. He could only feel his hair…

Where was his cap? He looked around him frantically and at the ground. Maybe one of the other regulars took it? His eyes swept the court. He couldn't find his hat.

Where could it be?

Sakuno sat under a tree, fidgeting slightly. She didn't like the feel of the bark against her back. As she moved a little bit more, she could feel the ribbon holding one of her braids together fall off.

She mentally cursed it. Now she was going to have to get up, and fix the ribbon, just as she was getting comfortable.

Sakuno sighed. Did she really need to fix it? No, right? No one was around to see her. Fine then, it was decided. She would just leave it.

She settled back into the groove of the tree, sighing as the wind played with her unbraided hair. It would be all messy, she knew, but she was too lazy to do anything about it.

A particularly strong wind blew by her and her skirt ruffled in the breeze. Sakuno shuddered a little and sneeze, not noticing a slight pressure on her head.

"I think I should go," She spoke to herself, "I might get a cold."

Sakuno got up and brushed the leaves and dirt from her skirt, not bothering with her hair. Sakuno didn't notice anything on her head at all.

Ryoma scowled. It was weird, not having his cap on while he played tennis. It was sort of his trade mark symbol, wasn't it? The wind ruffled his hair and he quickly shook his head to rid of the sensation.

He was halfway through a tennis match, and the score was 5-0. If he just won this game, he could go and look for his hat again.

"30-love!" The referee called. (AN: Is it an umpire or a ref for tennis? o.o)

Soon, Ryoma thought.

His opponent threw up the ball and Ryoma risked a quick look around. Hey! There was Ryuuzaki's granddaughter. That was weird… she was wearing a hat. She doesn't normally, does she? He asked himself.

Wait… His eyes widened in recognition. That was his hat! How had she gotten it?

"30-15!" The referee called, breaking Ryoma's reverie.

What? He thought, turning confused eyes back to the court.

His eyes met those of Fuji and Momo, smirking. "Better pay attention, eh, Ochibi, can't always be watching Sakuno-chan!" They called.

Ryoma's eyes narrowed. "Whatever."

With a few choice shots, Ryoma ended the match quickly and set off to look for Sakuno, not bothering to change from his tennis uniform.

Fuji and Momo smirked at each other.

Sakuno paused. Was someone calling her name?

"Ryuuzaki!" Yes, there was definitely someone calling her name.

Sakuno turned around, gracefully. Ryoma was momentarily struck speechless by the girl's long hair. It spun with her and gently fell to her side.

"Oh, Ryoma-kun." Sakuno blushed prettily; remember her crush on the tennis prince.

"Ryuuzaki," Ryoma nodded to her. His eyes were trained on the object on her head.

"Was there something you wanted?" She asked, tilted her head slightly. Ryoma blinked. She looked really… cute in his hat. But he couldn't be deterred from his goal.

"That." He pointed to her head.

Sakuno frowned, confused. "What?"

Ryoma plucked his hat off her head and waved it in her face. "Does this look familiar?" he asked, grumbling. "It's my hat."

"Hat?" Sakuno looked at the object in question and then at Ryoma. "How did I get that?"

"You should tell me." He crossed his arms over his chest and stood there. Sakuno balked slightly. He was so much taller than her.

"I don't know." She said softly, looking at the ground. Ryoma suddenly felt bad.

"Whatever." He put the hat on his head.

"Ne, Ochibi, you shouldn't be scaring Sakuno-chan like that." Fuji's voice came out.

Ryoma's eyes narrowed.

"Yeah, it isn't her fault you left your hat in trees she was sitting under." Momo added.

"I did not - " Ryoma blinked. He vaguely recalled sitting in a tree and…

The two senpais laughed. "That's right, Ochibi."

"Now I think you owe Sakuno-chan something." Fuji said, smiling.

"Oh, no it's ok; I mean, it was partly my fault anyways and…" Sakuno was cut off.

"Gomen." Ryoma said it quickly, and tugged on his cap.

"That's better," Momo said, slapping Ryoma on the back. He grimaced.

Sakuno smiled, hesitating.

"But not exactly what we had in mind." Fuji continued. He bent to whisper something in Ryoma's ear.

Ryoma blushed and tugged down on his cap again. Sakuno stood there, looking confused.

"Well, we'll see you later, Sakuno-chan, Ochibi!" The two upperclassmen walked away, chortling.

"Eto, Ryoma-kun?" Sakuno said, her mouth pulled into a worried frown.

"You shouldn't frown," Ryoma suddenly mumbled. "A smile suits you better." And with that, he bent down and kissed Sakuno on the cheek, blushing.

"Thanks for giving my hat back. Ja," He said, turning and walking away quickly. Sakuno noticed he was tugging down on his hat again.

She was blushing, she knew. She pressed the tips of her fingers to the spot where his lips had touched her.

"You shouldn't frown…"

With Ryoma-kun's words still in her mind, Sakuno continued to smile.

Ah :hides face: gomen for such a bad one shot o.o I'm not used to writing these kind of characters. But I had this idea, and it wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote it down. Persistent little plot bunny! Anyways, this is going to be a collection of PoT shots. Yes, that's right, there's gonna be more.

I hope you all liked it! And oh, if anyone can tell me the exact ages of the regulars? I know Ryoma and Sakuno are freshmen, and Kaidoh is a junior, but what about the rest?

Thanks for reading, and please review!