Disclaimer: I don't own POT.

Warning: Sakuno-centered, OOC-ness, maybe, Alternate Universe

Feelings of the Heart

Chapter One: First Day

"Mou! I'm lost. Where's the dorm supposed to be?" Sakuno, a 15 year old 1st year high school, whimpered.

Being a directionally challenged girl, it's her nature to ALWAYS get lost. Sakuno has been walking for an hour trying to find the stupid dorm. She tried asking other people but she stuttered and blushed so much that nobody understood her. Sakuno finally got tired of randomly walking around and sat on a nearby bench.

"I'm always like this. Maybe I'm still not fit to live alone. I can't even do things alone." Sakuno whispered to herself and sighed.

*Pok* *Pok*

Sakuno turned her head upon hearing the sound. It sounded like a tennis ball being hit unto a wall. Sakuno stood up and tried to look for the sound. When she turned the corner, she saw a boy her age wearing a cap practicing tennis with the wall. Sakuno now found herself staring at the boy in awe. The boy noticed Sakuno and caught the ball that was heading towards him with his hand.

"Do you need something?" Ryoma asked glancing in the girl's direction. Sakuno blushed upon realizing that the guy caught her staring at him.

Sakuno started to stutter, "I-I-I'm l-lost s-s-so-" Sakuno looked at the guy's confused face and said, "N-nevermind. I always stutter so much that people can't understand me." She whispered the last sentence but Ryoma still heard her.

"Hn. Where are you headed?" Ryoma asked with eyes closed while bouncing the tennis ball with his racquet.

"Huh? Ah! I'm headed to Seigaku dorms. Do you know where it is?" Sakuno excitedly said upon finding someone who can help her find her way.

"You didn't stutter just now." Ryoma pointed out while walking towards her. Ryoma patted her head and said, "You could do it if you try." Sakuno blushed since a stranger patted her head but the guy was right. Sakuno was too happy that she didn't notice that she didn't stutter.

"I'll take you there." Ryoma offered.

Sakuno smiled brightly and thanked Ryoma whole heartedly.

"Thank You!"

~xoxoxoxo~

"Tadaima." 'Eh? He lived here too?'

"Okaeri Ryoma-sama! Kyaa! We look like a newly married couple. Oh my gosh! Who's this girl? Is she the girl who will come and ruin our love? No!" Tomoka overreacted and faked crying while Sakuno freaked at the talkative girl. Behind Tomoka, Eiji and Momo ran past half-nakedd with only towels covering their lower body. They seem fresh out of the bath. Eiji was holding another towel and waving it around while running. Kaidoh followed who was completely naked.

"Give back my towel! Fssh!" Kaidoh shouted while chasing after Eiji and Momo.

"Kya!" Sakuno squeaked while covering her not anymore innocent eyes and Ryoma merely facepalmed.

"Oi! A girl is living in this dorm too you know!" Tomoka shouted at the top of her lungs with eyes literally flaming from rage. Tomoka was so pissed that she threw her slipper at Eiji so he fell down. Momo bumped into Eiji and fell on top of him. Kaidoh successfully stopped himself avoiding falling down but Momo tripped Kaidoh intentionally.

Kaidoh's last words, "Momoshiro you bastard!"

~xoxoxoxo~

"I'm Osakada Tomoka. The manager of this dorm. The three idiots back then were Kikumaru Eiji, Momoshiro Takeshi and Kaidoh Kaoru. The guy who brought you here is Echizen Ryoma. Kya! He's so cool and hot." Tomoka squealed and lead Sakuno to the living room of the dorm to avoid idiots ruining their talk. Ryoma left them awhile ago to get Ponta.

"I-I see. I'm Ryuzaki Sakuno. It's nice to meet you." Sakuno smiled nervously. 'Is it really safe to live here?' "B-by the way, is Echizen Ryoma some kind of leader here in this dorm? W-why do you call him 'Ryoma-sama'?"

"Oh no! He's just my idol. He's like a celebrity in my book." Tomoka explained with hearts as eyes. "Oh you're free to make him your boyfriend. I don't like him that way."

Sakuno blushed, "N-n-n-n-n-n-no! I-I-I n-n-never th-thought a-a-a-about s-s-something l-l-l-like t-that!"

"Nyahahaha! You stutter so much." Tomoka laughed while Sakuno just blushed harder and bowed her head in embarrassment. Just then, two people entered the living room. "Saa, is this the new member?"

"Ah! Fuji-senpai, Tezuka-senpai! Yeah, she's the new member in this dorm, Ryuzaki Sakuno." Sakuno stood up and bowed her head as greeting and thought, 'They look like princes.'

"I'm Fuji Syuusuke and this is Tezuka Kunimitsu. You can call him Mitsu-chan if you want." Fuji teased with his usual smile on.

"Fuji! 10 laps around the dorm." Tezuka ordered while he slightly nodded at Sakuno as a greeting.

"You're no fun, Tezuka." Fuji smiled but went and ran his laps nevertheless.

Two more people went into the living room. "Eiji was right. There was a new member in this dorm. I'm Oishi Shuichirou. This is Kawamura Takashi."

"Ryuzaki Sakuno desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu." Sakuno bowed her head yet again. They suddenly heard a loud noise like an explosion coming from the kitchen.

~xoxoxoxo~

"What's going on here?" Tomoka coughed while fanning the smoke with her hand.

Ryoma was also there coughing and answered, "Inui-senpai's failed experiment."

The smoke cleared and they saw Inui making the 'failed experiment'. "It's done. Anyone wanna test the taste?" Inui's glasses beamed.

"NO!" All the people in the kitchen answered except for Sakuno. Sakuno just stared at everyone with a confused expression.

"A new member? Then allow me to commemorate your arrival by drinking this juice I made. I call it 'Exploding Inui Juice'."

"No Inui! Don't make her drink that! She's still a newbie!" Oishi scolded.

"Who would even want to drink a juice named like that?" Ryoma complained with an irritated tone.

Sakuno was really doubting her safety in this place, 'Is this a really, really safe place?'

~xoxoxoxo~

"Sorry about that incident earlier. That was Inui Sadaharu. He loves making juices that don't taste good. He say that it's good for your health but I really doubt that. Let me advice you one thing, never and I mean NEVER drink his juice." Tomoka said with a creepy tone.

"H-hai." Sakuno answered nervously. Even if Tomoka didn't tell her, she wouldn't even try drinking that juice after the explosion.

"I'm happy. I'm the only girl living here and taking care of idiots like those guys is so tiring. I'm glad you came to live here. Now I can have someone to have a girl talk with." Tomoka smiled.

"I-is this a dorm for guys? Did I went to the wrong place?"

"No! Ahahaha! Don't worry. Girls who was assigned here leave immediately since the first thing they saw upon entering this dorm is... Inui-senpai's juice." Tomoka's face darkened. "It's natural to leave the place upon seeing that bubbling juice and Inui-senpai even made the girls drink it! So, there are no girls here. And even if there are only guys here, they're nice fellows. With me here, you don't have to worry about your safety since I'll protect you from idiots living in this dorm. Muahahaha!" Tomoka exclaimed while standing with her fist up and the background changing into the flag of Japan.

Sakuno just sweatdropped, 'I think I'll get along well with her.' Sakuno smiled.

"Osakada!" A loud voice boomed and running footsteps were heard followed by two other voices. "Horio-kun! Wait for us!"

Tomoka's vein popped and she shouted back, "You're so noisy! Who do you think you are screaming around the dorm! You're disturbing other members!"

Sakuno sweatdropped and smiled nervously, 'Isn't she disturbing others also with her voice so loud like that?' A guy with a unibrow entered the room with two panting boys behind.

"How dare you eat my stash of snacks in my room! And why were you in my room anyway?"

"Hello, I'm Kato Kachiro. This guy next to me is Mizuno Katsuo. The guy arguing with Osakada-san is Horio Satoshi." Kachiro introduced themselves while Horio and Tomoka were arguing.

"I was cleaning your room for you since you never clean! I just don't want any dirty rooms in my dorm!"

"I'm Ryuzaki Sakuno. It's nice to meet you." Sakuno decided to ignore Horio and Tomoka like what Kachiro and Katsuo are doing and greeted them.

"If you're only cleaning then why did you eat my snacks?"

"I'm sorry for their behavior. Everytime they see each other, they always seem to argue." Katsuo sweatdropped, "I wonder if they never run out of arguments?"

"The snacks are gonna expire soon so it's better to eat them than let them spoil!"

"I-I see. I wonder if I'll get used to it." Sakuno also sweatdropped, "But it seems like a lively dorm." Sakuno smiled. Kachiro and Katsuo blushed upon seeing her smile and they both stuttered, "Y-yeah! This d-dorm is really nice! You'll n-never get bored here!"

"You should've still asked me for permission to eat my snacks but either way I'll never share my snacks with you!"

"Then why would I still ask you if you wouldn't even share them!"

"This fight's taking too long." Katsuo said. Sakuno and Kachiro just closed their eyes and nodded.

TBC

A/N: Yay! I'll try not to rush this story but it would take me a while to upload. But I don't think I'll give up on this. I have a feeling this story's gonna have a lot of chapters. Let's just wait and see. RxR~