Tadaima

By: Ren Nomiya

A young girl with auburn hair tied in twin braids softly lifted her index finger under her chin. She thought deeply on what she would buy in the vending machine in front of her. On its left side is a bench, where her tennis equipments rest. She just finished her daily tennis routine and was now on her break for refreshing drinks. The only problem now was deciding whether to get grape Ponta or orange juice.

Meanwhile, while the girl was pondering on what drink to get, a pair of feline amber eyes stared blankly at her back. After a few seconds, he smirked and walked casually towards her.

The girl's eyes widened when an arm quickly reached for the coin slot and inserted two coins just as fast as he arrived. It looked like he was pinning her on the vending machine, with his arms stopping on the coin slot just like that. He pushed the "grape Ponta button" two times and they heard two clangs below, signifying the drop of the Ponta cans on the bottom of the machine.

The boy bent down to get his drinks and the girl looked apologetically at the boy's dark green hair.

"S-Sorry… was I too slow?" the fragile girl asked.

"No," the arrogant boy paused after he stood up, making the girl recognize his handsome face, "Not really…"

Her eyes widened for the second time and she repeatedly mentioned his name in her mind.

"… It's just…" The boy looked directly into her chocolate brown eyes, "Your hair's still too long."

He smirked.

She smiled.

"Mou, what does that have to do with anything?" She said, trying to scold him, but still ended up sounding happy to him.

The boy's smirk grew wider. Nostalgia.

He softly tapped his other Ponta drink on her cheek, making her shiver briefly from the cold contact. She took the can from his hand and thanked him softly.

"Tadaima, Ryuzaki…"

"Okaeri, Ryoma-kun."

"Mada mada dane."

.Owari.

A/N: Well, I just wanted to share this fluff to everyone. It's from my imagination on how Ryoma and Sakuno will meet again in the New Prince of Tennis manga. Konomi-sensei still made no appearance for her… I hope they'll meet again :P

Edit 10/02/15: Well, it appears their canon meeting in NPOT was EVEN BETTER THAN THIS because, you know, DATE.

Please review… and I do not own PoT T.T