Hi! I am back… with the last chapter. Yeah, this is the last chapter guys. Thank you for reading until this point on. Sakuno had been through a lot and she would end it all in this chapter. Find that out… ^_^

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Prince of Tennis and never will.

Anon – yeah, this is indeed the final chapter. And I agree with you. This fic was actually different from the other fics that I previously made. Thank you for congratulating me… Aww thank you for saying that. I am really happy to hear that from you. (Tee hee hee… it's okay… I can lend you mine… Ryoma's cap I mean… ;p Now I am blushing too… mou!)

Tee hee hee… you had actually made me chuckle at that. I am not sure about making lemons any days from now… sorry about that… tee hee hee… I think you can continue the rest from your imagination… ;p I've finally concluded this and thanks to all the motivation that you gave me… ^_^

I don't know what to say anymore… but unlimited thanks to you… I'll do my very best to write better stories in the future… because I know that you are always there… ^_^

heartluv – yeah… this is the last chapter… and it has to happen. Well, you'll know as the story ends today…

His mind was a bit complex… I guess… but he would just love her as a sister as he must accept the fact that she could no longer be his mine. It was definitely confusing… thank you for loving the chapter…

And this is the last chapter … Thank you very much… ^_^

johanna – tee hee hee… nakakakilig aman talaga sya e… ehehehe… err… naisip ko na rin yang love triangle na sina-ggest mo… kea lang ala pa kong maisip na plot kung paano ko sya gagawin at sisimulan… magagawa ako… kea lang baka mtagalan pa… salamat ng marami… ito na pala ang last chapter… ^_^

Final Chapter: Fantasizing Reality no more

Chapter Summary: She had been living in fantasy all her life. But she knew that she would never live that life anymore for because it was the reality she had been dreaming of.

The street in Seigaku was peaceful and quiet. There were people casually walking around it. Some of them had their own business in their lives and some of them were just leisuring around. Some people were staring at a certain place.

Near the fountain there was girl clad in a brown hoodie cloak. Her whole face was covered by the hood. She was actually playing a sweet tune that most people must've heard before. She was playing with her violin. The people who could recognize the music stopped and stared at the girl for a while, listening to the melody the violin she was creating.

The girl was surrounded with kids that seemed to be enjoying her performance. The wind was pretty nice as well.

'Akiramenai toka…'

The girl started singing the piece in a very slow manner.

'Yuzurenai toka,
Anata ni totte kotoba wa kirei koto demo…'

The people began whispering to each other when they heard the girl singing;

'Watashi no kokoro wa hagemasare teta no,
Makenai tsuyosa wo kureta no…'

"W-wait? Isn't she…?" A girl whispered to her friend while they were looking at the singing girl.

"I—I can't be, right?" Her friend whispered back to her.

The people walked closer to her location to hear her better. She then continued singing while playing the violin, still hiding the face from them.

'Jishin ga nai toka dare ni mo muri toka,
Doushite mae muki na jibun wo mise rarenai no,
Hon no sukoshi dake nukumori wo age mashou…'

As she lifted her head a little and with the little help of the friendly wind around her, the hood slipped from her head and revealed her face to the people.

'Shinjiru kimochi wasurenai de…'

The people were shocked to see who it was. They began reacting as they went further to get a closer look.

"It's—"

"Naruse Sakuno!"

"Really!"

"She's back!"

"Let's go and see!"

Sakuno gracefully moved her body as she played the violin. She looked at the people around them and gave them her genuine smile before she closed her eyes and sang her song to her heart's content;

'Unmei toka kisekideki da toka
Anata wa shinjinai kotoba datta kamoshirenai
Ashita wa mienai kinou wa modoranai
Dakara kyou wo ikite iku no…'

The kids clapped their hands as she played with her violin solo. The people were pretty happy to see her play there. Some viewers murmured and thought really hard. She continued playing the song.

'Kisetsu ga kawatte iroasete ite mo
Ano omoi wa ima mo mune no naka de ikiteru
Hon no sukoshi dake yasuragi age mashou
Dakishimeta jikan ga tomaru yo…'

She played the adlib before she ended the music. She slowly put the violin down and opened her eyes to look at them. Looking around, she saw a lot of people gathering around her.

Just like what Fuji predicted. They still liked her… and her music. She could see it to their eyes. She looked at the kids in front of her and then to the people behind them. Holding her breath, she slowly bowed down in front of them making them quiet for a while;

"It's been so long but, I don't know…" She said closing her eyes while still bowing at them, "Will you still allow me to serve and play with you once again?"

Silence had erupted the whole place. Sakuno waited for their answers. There were murmuring sounds but she couldn't get them.

"Are you kidding?"

Her eyes snapped opened as she slowly looked up. She looked at Yoichi who was looking away; he was just beside Rye and Rika who were smiling at her. Yoichi continued saying his thoughts;

"We would've been here if we didn't like your music."

"Y-Yo-kun…"

"The kid's right, Naruse-san," A teenager suddenly said, "We like your style of playing the violin."

"You should go back on stage." The other teenager said.

"We will support you all the way."

"We've been waiting for you to sing once again."

"Right, you made us wait long enough."

"Sing Sakuno-san!"

Sakuno didn't know where to look at that moment. Her emotions were filled with unexplained things but she knew that they were good and positive. She couldn't help it but cry.

"Arigatou minna-san," She said hugging her violin in the process, "Honto ni arigatou."

Rika walked closer to her and tugged her cloak, "Won't you sing us a love song, nee-san?"

Sakuno stared at the little girl, her tears were still visible. The people were also saying the same thing. Their expressions were telling her how happy they were to see her in person and performing in front of them once again was their only wish. She then looked at the Rhapsody Theater members and the day care owners who were just a few meters away from them. Fuji, Riku and Yuuta were smiling at her while Oishi and Eiji were cheering for her.

She then looked at her fiancé last. Ryoma was staring at her, giving her a tiny smile. He was standing near Fuji. He didn't say anything but he nodded. That was her cue and that was all she needed. She bent down and kissed the little girl's cheek making the girl blush.

"Thank you, Rika-chan." She said smiling. Rika blushed as she smiled too. She even smiled when Yoichi grabbed her hand pulling her to his body. She sweat dropped when Yoichi gave her the 'I-can-only-kiss-her-cheek' stare to her. She closed her eyes as she brushed his hair making the boy pout.

She then stood up in front of the crowd. She positioned her violin to her shoulder and the bow to her right hand, "Please hear… My first public performance."

She looked at the Rhapsody Theater members who were actually prepared at everything. Yuuta started playing the piano for the into before he turned it into the one man band that played the drums, this time and Sakuno joined in with her violin and her voice.

As the first line entered, her violin was being given way.

'Ima kono toki ni,
Subete ga owaru,
Iro wo nakushite yuku machi no naka de,
Touzakaru sugata mitsumeta…'

Yuuta's one man band's drums, Riku's bass guitar and her violin joined in. The verse repeated four times before Yuuta played his solo with Sakuno's voice;

'Sayonara wo kiridashita no wa watashi no houte,
Onazuita yokogao wo bonyari to miteta…'

Yuuta added drums in his play style as she continued singing;

'Yasashii kara anata kara wa iidasenai deshou,
Wakatteta hitomi ni wa uzuttenai koto…'

She played with her violin this time and Yuuta kept the rhythm with his one man band.

'Ja nee nante waratteru,
Watashi no kokoro ga…'

Riku also joined at the last part as she continued singing the refrain part of the song.

'Itami no yukue sagashiteru…'

The instruments blended in as the chorus part entered. Sakuno sang as she played her violin. She received claps and more audience in the crowd;

'Sono yubisaki de fureta hoho ni wa,
Kanashimi no namida ga kobore ochiru,
Douka furimukanai de ite,

Ima kono toki ni,
Subete ga owaru,
Futari de atta kono machi no naka de,
Hitori kiri Katazumu watashi…'

The process repeated for the second verse and refrain of the song. Sakuno gracefully played her piece as she sang the chorus part. She closed her eyes as she felt the song. As the chorus part ended, Yuuta kept the drums while Riku accompanied him with her bass guitar. Sakuno played the special adlib for the interlude making the sound of her violin surface among the others. The last part entered as she sang the first line guiding the instruments to follow her and then with her violin;

'Sono yubisaki de fureta hoho ni wa,
Kanashimi no namida ga kobore ochiru,
Douka furimukanai de ite,

Ima kono toki ni,
Subete ga owari,
Anata no inai hibi ga hajimaru to,
Mono kuro no machi ga oshieru…'

She hymmed as she played the music on and out the entire song. Yuuta's one man band did the magic. Sakuno played the violin until the music faded.

As she stopped playing the violin, the people shouted and clapped to their hearts content.

"More!"

"We missed your voice and your violin performing together!"

"Sing us some more!"

Her dried tears became wet once again. She hugged her violin like it was indeed a part of her life. She bowed to them once again;

"Thank you very much," She lifted her head and gave them a genuine smile, "I'll see you on stage soon. I promise I'll sing to you more."

She didn't sing again but she shook hands to the people around her. She even gave autographs to those who wanted her sign. Ryoma was just staring at her from the very beginning. He was relieved that his fiancée was slowly becoming back to normal. She was able to smile just like before.

She was forcing herself to smile before, when he first appeared to her after four months of absence. But know she was genuinely showing it to them. The only thing that he needed to work was her tears. She was becoming emotional that easily. It was fine for him to see her tears as long as she was happy. Not because of pain and that he was trying to avoid as possible.

"It seems like you are going to have yourself some rivals."

Cutting from his reverie, he looked at Fuji who suddenly talked. He gave him a weird look. Fuji noticed this and smiled at him;

"Those admirers of her, they wouldn't let her go for a while."

He understood what he said and he was true. Those people who kept shaking her hands never seemed to leave her alone. Especially the 'guys' who would show interest to her, "Che…" He said as he closed his eyes, "They can stare and dream but they can never keep her." He confidently said making the tensai chuckle, "I am right." He retorted as he glared at him.

Fuji just smiled as he looked at his friend. His former kouhai was right after all. If things were getting out of hand, he knew that he would butt in and would drag his fiancée away from the crowd. It was him after all. The very possessive type of guy he was.

Yosouku:

The practice ended well that day. The Captain of the tennis club along with their coach dismissed the regular players. Kaito ordered the freshmen to pick the scattered balls all over the court. The day was typical for them and it was only them who could make it extraordinary.

Kaito bid his Vice Captain goodbye that afternoon telling him to go home. After a few minutes, he was already home. It became his habit to go straight where she used to stay.

…His step-sister's room.

He decided to keep it the way it was before. He entered the room and explored it with his eyes. The room was pretty old but Sakuno kept it with care. He gave her the old TV and to his surprise, it was still running okay. Sakuno was really careful with the things that she received from him. He couldn't help but smile at that thought.

He went closer to the bed and sat on the edge. His smile was still there as he touched the sheet of the bed remembering the girl who used to sleep there. There were times that he could still remember her. There were times that he was still regretting everything that he had done to her. There were times that he couldn't help crying when he was alone.

But tonight, he promised to one girl that he would stop blaming himself. Sakuno already forgave him and it would only make her sad if he couldn't move on. The girl told him to move on as his step-sister was moving on as well. Taichi and his ex-girlfriend were back in prison with no parole and were sentenced to life imprisonment. Served them right as he thought. He regretted being acquainted with those two. Good thing that he cooperated with her fiancé and strengthened the sentence.

They would never get out from the prison as long as they lived.

He thought of following the girl's advice and let the days pass by. Besides, he still had to attend his step-sister's wedding a few weeks from now.

His thoughts were cut when his phone suddenly rang. He smiled when he read his caller before he answered;

'Hey…'

'Hey…' The other line replied, 'Don't tell me that you are just mesmerizing once again?'

He closed his eyes as the person on the other line said that, 'Really? You can easily guess what I am doing.'

'Cut that out, will you,' His caller said, 'I can say that you are beginning possessive to her now.'

'What, are you jealous?' He teased smirking in the process.

'What?! Don't get your hopes up!'

'Ne, about your handkerchief…'

'Oh that… It's okay, I've totally forgotten about it.'

'No, thank you very much,' He said gripping the phone hard, 'If you didn't comfort me…'

'I was broken-hearted too you know,' The person said chuckling in the process, 'Let's get it over with. We moved on too, remember?'

'You are right,' He agreed. He was really thankful to this person on the other line. She was a student in Seigaku and Sakuno's best friend as she always told him. She wasn't the type who would bear a grudge that longer. It was also a fact that she learned from Sakuno. The girl was also thankful to his step-sister, despite that she was poker facing it in front of other people. No wonder that he asked for her number that day and everything went well between them since then. He thought that he would give it a try once again, 'A dinner's fine with me. Would you like the sound of that too?'

Seigaku:

Everyone was actually at Kawamura's sushi restaurant. The boys and the girls' team, even the doctor-in-training and the data analyzer were there. Sumire called them to have a little party for their little reunion with her granddaughter. They didn't have the time to do that before because of the problems that they encountered.

"It's good that you are doing well now, Nar—err- Ryuzaki-chan." Oishi said scratching his head.

Sakuno looked down and blushed when he said that. She wasn't used of being called that way but she was happy hearing that from the others, "A-arigatou Oishi-san."

"Well, now that you are going to be an Echizen soon, no one will mess with you anymore." Inui said scribbling something in his notebook.

Momo, Eiji and Ryoma being together once again fought in front of the food. Kawamura only sweat dropped at the scene. Momo provoked Kaidoh with the food that the latter joined in. Fuji being the sadistic one, he challenged everyone to eat wasabi sushi and the person who lost would be drinking Inui's juice that came from no knew where.

Sakuno just stared at them. She was with her best friends, Ann Tomoka and Saya currently laughing at them. She invited Kaito but the latter couldn't come. He promised her that he would be coming to her wedding.

"After Echizen and Ryuzaki-chan's wedding, I guess it would be me and Riku's turn next year."

Everyone was silent when Fuji suddenly announced that. Riku was just sitting next to Saya was the first one to react.

"S-Syuusuke-kun!" She blushed to the fullest, "S-stop saying such embarrassing things!"

"Riku-san, you are getting married and you haven't even tell us?" Yuuta pretended to be upset and then looked at his brother, "Aniki! How could you hide this important secret from me?"

"I didn't, I just told you."

"W-wait! Y-you haven't proposed to me yet—" Riku quickly covered her mouth as she realized something. Crap. Everyone was looking at her, even her older sister who was smirking at her. She put herself into Fuji's trap. Speaking of the tensai, Fuji slowly walked closer to her making her panic, "W-what are you—" She stopped from saying her words as Fuji grabbed her left hand and inserted something there.

"I won't take no for an answer so I won't ask you."

"S-Syuusuke-kun…" She blushed really hard much to everyone's amusement. They liked what was happening. Even Keiko was smiling at her. Fuji just gave her a kiss on the cheek before he hugged her there, "Sadistic idiot." She muttered making the tensai chuckle.

"Everyone's happy," Sakuno couldn't help but smile at the scene, "I am glad."

Sumire heard her who was not far from them. She went closer to her and sat beside her, "I am happy that you are smiling, Sakuno."

"Obaa-chan…" She looked at her grandmother, "When I thought everything was over, things like this happened. It was totally a blessing for me."

"I know that it's a bit late but," Sumire reached for her hands and squeezed them, "Welcome home, Sakuno."

Sakuno was closed to tears once again but she overcame it with a smile, "Yes, I am home, grandmother."

Sumire didn't say anything but she hugged her tight there. The others saw it and smiled at the scenes.

The event continued as funny things and teases crowded the whole place. Later on, Tezuka decided to leave early and bid everyone good bye. Sakuno forgot to tell something to Tezuka so she followed him outside.

"T-Tezuka-senpai!"

Tezuka turned around when he heard her call him, "Do you need something? You could have told me that tomorrow."

Sakuno shook her head making the former tennis Captain flinch a little, "I want to tell it to you today."

Tezuka stared at her for a while before he sighed, "What is it?"

Sakuno stared back at him. She walked closer and suddenly surprising him with a hug. Tezuka's eyes widened when she did that. He was a lot taller than her so that he could see that top of her head. She was just holding him to his chest encircling her slim arms at the back of it.

"Thank you," She said, her eyes were closed at that moment, "Thank you very much. You might not aware of this but you did so many things to keep me safe from harm. I thank you for that."

Tezuka was a little confused. She was right after all. He was a doctor and it was his job to help other people but seeing Sakuno was satisfied of what he was doing, he could live with it. Bringing a smile to his face, he patted her head as a sign of agreement.

They just slowly released from the hug when someone 'coughed'. Sakuno looked behind her only to see her fiancé standing not far from them. His eyes were closed and his hands were in his pocket. He was just standing so casually there.

"I told sensei that we should go home now."

"E-eh? T-then let me say goodbye to her—"

"No need, I already told our goodbyes to her."

"I… I see," She said as she looked back at Tezuka and bowed, "Thank you once again. See you tomorrow."

Tezuka nodded and then looked at him. They stared at each other for a while before Tezuka sighed and conveyed his thoughts which he rarely did, "You don't have to be so overprotective of her. I'll make you run laps if you do."

Ryoma was surprised at his words, "Che…" He pinned his hat down trying to hide his expression from the both of them. Tezuka could read him of all the people there. That was why he was still considering him as his Captain up until now.

Sakuno was just staring at them. The atmosphere was at ease and tense was nowhere to be found. All she could sense was the respect that they had for each other. She was very thankful to have the both of them.

Later on, Tezuka left the two as they walked on their way back home.

Late on:

They silently walked side by side as they went on their way home. Ryoma was pretty quiet and unreadable while she was looking on the ground. She knew that she wouldn't lose nor bump into something for he was holding her hand after all.

"Let's go to the tennis court for a while." He suddenly said.

Sakuno looked at him and wondered but she nodded in the end. The court was near to their home. He was not thinking about having a match with her, was he? She didn't bring her racket with her after all but why was he bringing her there?

"Ryuzaki."

She blinked twice at the way he called her. He let go of her hand and turned around to face her;

"To be honest, it feels good to call you that," He said staring straight to her eyes, "I don't know but I prefer to call you that way."

She stared at him before she replied, "W-well, it's my real name after all. I recently realized that I am not actually a Naruse." She said to herself although she knew Ryoma heard her. Sumire just worked on papers to give her name to her and because she was indeed a Ryuzaki by blood, the name was easily transferred to her.

"It doesn't matter."

"Eh?" She looked at him. Ryoma tipped the rim of his hat up and continued;

"Whatever surname you have; it would be replaced with Echizen in the end anyway."

Her eyes widened as blush immediately appeared on her cheek. She looked away as she smiled, "H-hai…"

Ryoma looked around the court and thought something, "If you hadn't got lost in the first place, kidnapped and found by a second family, we would have been met earlier than expected."

"I—I guess you are right." She mentally agreed at him mimicking what he was doing.

"You would have been cheering for me every time we practice or during matches."

"W-what…?" She looked at him.

"Or searched for me during lunch break and gave me bentos everyday."

"H-hey!"

"Or developed a crush on me until you finally fallen in love with me as times went by."

"W-why do you have those instincts like that on me?"

"I don't know," He said shrugging in the process. He then looked back at her, "Wouldn't it better that way?"

She looked at him. Ryoma was staring at her and she didn't know whether he was only bluffing or not. She couldn't help but blush. She never expected those words and thoughts from him at all. It was so unlike him. She bit her lower lip as she looked down, "M-maybe…"

"Not maybe," He said moving closer to her. His hand wrapped to her waist drawing her closer to him. He smirked this time, "That's definitely."

Her heart skipped a beat when he said that. Her eyes dilated when Ryoma kissed her fully on the lips. They had been kissing for several times but she was still surprised at his sudden kisses and actions. But when she recovered, she slowly hugged him back and responded to his kiss. She was still blushing at that point. A lot had happened to her but her old self was still surfacing her. If she was living with fantasy before, she knew that everything was replaced with a surprising reality now. Everything was real, for her and for him.

Two days before the wedding:

Two days left before the wedding ceremony. She would become Ryoma's wife the day after tomorrow. And because of the wedding tradition, both families agreed that the bride and the groom mustn't meet on the day before the wedding or else they wouldn't end up together. They both have shower party before but Ryoma had restrictedly warned her not to entertain others or that person would be killed the next day. He had Saya as spy to do that. In the end, they decided to have an all girls' party while Ryoma had his sides as well.

It was already ten in the evening. Two hours before the forbidden time for them. Sumire suggested that she would be staying at her house until the day of marriage. The old lady gave them until eleven-thirty at night before he would take her to her house or else she would be fetching the girl herself. He only had one and a half hour left to be with her. He couldn't help but curse the stupid tradition.

…The hell with the traditions and all.

"Ryoma-kun," She said chuckling. She must've seen his expression, "Come on, it's only a day, you know."

Ryoma sighed as he brought his hands in his head. He was actually lying on the bed while Sakuno was sitting on the edge looking at her, "Whatever…"

"We've been away for longer than that, remember?"

"It's different now, how can you keep up like that?" He looked at her narrowing his eyes.

"I—I am not," She looked away, "I… I am trying to…"

"Hmmm."

"S-say, Ryoma-kun," She started looking back at him, blushing in the first place, "S-since when you first realized… that you love me?"

Ryoma blinked twice, "When I first realized?"

Sakuno nodded but she didn't say anything. Ryoma became silent but she knew that he was thinking. Later on, he finally answered her question.

"When you first told me who I was?"

"E-eh?" She was surprised at his answer. Well, she never expected that from him at all, "B-but that was the first time we met."

"What about it?"

"A-are you sure?"

"…"

"…"

"I was not aware back then but I realized that I did."

She looked down at the revelation he told her. So Ryoma had unconsciously loving her. It was unintentionally love at first sight after all.

"What about you?"

"M-me?"

"Un."

It was her turn to become quiet. She bit her lower lip before she decided to answer him, "I—I think, I am just like you… w-well, when I first learned your name… I think."

"And when was that?"

"…T-the night when we first met."

"You're the same, huh?"

"But… because I was doubting my feelings for you, I kept denying it to myself. Until…" She said as she reached for the side table and grabbed the music box that was resting there. She set the key and opened the lid making the song being played from it, "Y-you kissed me with this song playing that night."

The song played as they listened to the girl's wonderful voice. Ryoma just staring at her while she was staring at him to her sideways. After a few minutes of staring, Ryoma slowly sat up and reached for her right arm with his left hand and gave her a chaste kiss on the lips. It was a fast kiss that he leaned away from her.

…But not with her arm.

He pulled the girl to lie down but the way that he desired her to be. Her eyes widened when she saw him smirk. She knew that he was plotting something and she didn't know but she felt nervous at his smirk. And then she knew the reason of her nervousness.

Ryoma positioned her… on top of him.

"We only have few hours to be together. We might as well use it now." He said as secured her to his stomach.

"R-R-Ryoma-kun, w-what do you mean? W-why do you—"

"Do you remember that night when you first attacked me?" He said smirking in the process.

Her eyes widened when he asked her that. She had completely forgotten that night. Why was he bringing that up? Seeing her reaction, she gave him her answer resulting him to continue;

"I want you to continue doing it."

Blush suddenly rushed to her face as she held her breath.

"Make love to me." He demanded.

"E-Eh?!"

"No, that's not the right word," Ryoma said still staring at her and then corrected his sentence;

"Make love on me."

She was about to distance herself away from him but he didn't let her. He secured her to her waist making her gasp in the process.

"R-Ryoma-kun…"

"Do it, Sakuno. It's your chance." He said still smirking at her.

Her face was totally red at that moment. Ryoma wanted her to do the move this time. Just liked how she seduced him back then? It was rather embarrassing now if she asked him. Biting her lower lip she slowly reached for his shirt and started unbuttoning it.

"Look at me." He ordered.

She realized that she closed her eyes when she was doing that. Her hands were trembling as she finished donning his clothes. She had the time to look at his upper extremities now and she didn't know how red she was. Ryoma's eyes softened as he looked at her. Her eyes softened as well. He was looking good to her eyes. She couldn't believe that it was happening to her right now.

"Take off your clothes."

"E-eh?"

"Take off your clothes." He repeated.

She was rather surprised when he ordered her, "W-what?!"

"Don't tell me that I am the only one to be naked here?" His expression changed to something naughty, "Now take off your clothes."

She stared at his demanding eyes before she closed her own, "M-mou…" She then obeyed him. Since she was wearing a dress, it was easy for her to remove it although; it would leave her with her undergarments.

"Take that off too." He ordered again pointing at her upper undergarment.

She held her breath this time. I—I thought I was in charge in this get up s-since I was on top. B-but why was he ordering me around? She thought as she mentally pouted at him. She was still staring at him not doing anything.

"Hurry, we don't have enough time you know."

Blinking twice, she was able to complain despite the blush, "I—I can't believe you. Y-you are such demanding." Even so, she still removed her undergarment and finally exposed in front of him.

Ryoma never gave her any negative reaction but fondness and love at her all the time. He was true to his words. He respected her a lot. He started touching her from her leg and to her thigh but he was doing it with extra care.

"You're perfect for me." He suddenly said.

"S-stop embarrassing me." She said as she looked away. She felt his hands moving upward until the border of her chest. She was really blushing really hard. If she wouldn't do something, Ryoma would get her again. Turning her stare back at him, she slowly bent down and kissed him on the lips. Ryoma immediately responded and kissed her back.

They fought for dominance but even though she let him do him, she let him enter her mouth in the end. She knew that she would never win against him when it comes to that part. After a minute of kissing, Sakuno tried to remember what she did before.

She kissed his neck, his throat, his shoulder, his collar bone, and down to his chest. She was blushing all the time as she was doing that and every time she moved further, she couldn't help but let her heart beat faster and faster than normal.

Then she stopped.

Her eyes had suddenly opened and immediately leaned back, "N-no… t-this is far I could go."

Ryoma frowned, "What?"

"I—I can't do it myself after all," She blushed to the fullest, "I—I knew I seduced you back then but I was pretty confident that you would continue what I had started when I seduced you that time."

"…"

"I—I don't know how to continue after all," She closed her eyes not wanting to see his reaction, "I… I am sorry Ryoma-kun. I—I am sorry to disappoint you."

Silence erupted between them. Ryoma remained quiet so she kept her eyes closed all the time. She didn't want to see his reaction. She was awfully red and completely embarrassed at that moment. Ryoma must be disappointed at her.

She let out a shriek when Ryoma pulled her sideways and reversed their positions. He was on top of her now while she was lying on her back. Her eyes widened when she saw him staring straight at her.

"You did just fine," He said caressing her cheek making her hold her breath, "You did not disappoint me."

"Ryoma-kun…"

"I'll work you on that." He smirked as he leaned down and kissed her on the lips once again. This time, she completely surrendered everything to him. She gasped when Ryoma's hand gently went to her right chest and gently squeezed it. She was still embarrassed but she managed to create a sound causing Ryoma to do more.

So in the end, Ryoma did all the tiring things that she was supposed to do. But they had a wonderful time together anyway.

xxx

It had been minutes to hour after their repeated love-makings that night. Ryoma was indeed true to his words. He wanted to fill the day that they wouldn't see each other. He was really aware of the time and he wouldn't waste time using it.

"It was not enough." Ryoma said as he hugged her.

Sakuno looked up to him and frowned, "What do you mean?" He must not be thinking about the number that they made love that night. He was unbelievable if he did.

"I have to make sure," He said reaching out to her belly and caressed it, "That I'll leave something here."

Her eyes widened when he said that. He was thinking it. He was really thinking about it. Ryoma wanted it and she couldn't believe it. She gave him a genuine smile and caressed his cheek, "I'll… definitely give that to you."

Ryoma smiled back at her, "I love you, Sakuno…"

"I…" She started blushing to the fullest, "I love you more."

He hugged her as response. Her loosened hair was scattered all over the bed and he was brushing it with his hand. She liked the gesture that he was doing to her hair. She felt relaxed and wanting to sleep. But she knew that they couldn't. Sumire would be there in any minute so they must prepare before she came.

"R-Ryoma-kun, we should get up," She said catching his attention, "Obaa-chan will be here soon."

Ryoma sighed as he slowly let go of her, "You are right." With that, Sakuno sat up first but Ryoma didn't.

"Ne…"

Sakuno looked back at him who started to sit up as well. Ryoma brushed her hair once again and asked;

"Have I told you that… your hair is too long?"

"What?"

He didn't say anything but judging from his looks, she knew that he was teasing her again. She pouted as she replied, "Mou! That has got nothing to do with anything!"

Ryoma chuckled as he leaned once again and kissed her on the lips. They knew that everything would be fine for the both of them. And if anyone would dare to mess with their relationship once again, they would deal with him.

…The one and only Echizen Ryoma.

~ Owari ~

Finished! Finally, I am done with another fic. How was this final chapter? Did you like it? I couldn't believe that I was able to make a fic like this and I never expected that it would be a successful one. Really, for me it was.

Vocab:

Innate Mind – Well, I returned the song to you. It was sung by Junko Minagawa. It is my most favorite song of her. My number one favorite music… from one of my favorite seiyuus. In this chapter, imagine herself singing the song in rather slow motion until she revealed herself in front of the crowd. There was never a version of that song and I sort of invented it. Tee hee hee…

Love Story – It's Junko Minagawa's song. I love her voice here as well. Tee hee hee… I posted to the link on my profile so please free to listen to the songs. I am supposed to insert another music but the chapter is getting longer than I expected. I decided with these two in the end.

I never own the songs being used in this fic. Never ever will. Just love sharing them, that's all.

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