HOW CAN I MAKE YOU BELIEVE ME?
A/N: I'm not sure what made me create an angsty fic such as this but since it made me create it on a whim, I guess I'll just go with the flow. Anyway, this will be the second time that I'll create a PoT fanfic. This time, it will be a RyoSaku fanfic. Hope you like it. You can also give me suggestions for future stories. Enjoy reading!
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis and its characters.
Warning: Possible OOC
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A lot of lessons in life come from many places it could be from things, events, even from a person. We also learned to feel something intense from them no matter how much we avoid ourselves from learning them. One emotion we could learn is love. And this was something that a certain tennis prince named Echizen Ryoma finally managed to feel. He felt it towards a girl he always teased because of her braids and her tennis stance—Ryuzaki Sakuno.
Of course, at first he tried to shrug it off. It wasn't actually a part of his dreams or his plans to feel something weird like love. His goal was to become the best tennis player—and that includes surpassing his father. But then—as people always say—some things wouldn't always go the way we planned them to.
As each days passed, he tried to avoid her in ways that would never be obvious to the others. Whenever she would greet him, he would only glance at her and leave. But that action—each time he did it—would leave a sting of pain in his heart. He might have not seen it but he could feel that she was hurt. He was hurt, too. He couldn't just admit that. Days and nights would pass by, but the pain would never leave him that easy.
There were times he couldn't take it anymore and because of that, he couldn't go to school. Those days that he was absent—to both his classes and his practices—he gave a careful analysis to the reason why he was avoiding Sakuno. In the first place, she didn't do anything bad or disrespectful to him. In fact, he showed care towards him. She constantly expressed her concerns and worries whenever he overexerted himself due to intense self-practice. It was completely weird but he was really appreciating her help for him. And after all the thoughts he gave to himself, he finally knew the answer.
He was in love with her. And the reason why he was avoiding her was because he was afraid that it would grow intense. He didn't want to come to the point where he has to beg for her to love him back. Of course, that idea would be the worst case scenario on his part. He wasn't actually that desperate. Or was he?
Anyway, he arrived at that conclusion. Obviously, he has the least idea of what to do. How would he be able to tell Sakuno about what he really feels? But he has to tell her or all hell will break lose. The hell in him, that is.
The next day, he went to school. That day was also the say he decided to tell Sakuno the truth. He has to do what it takes for her to believe him. That "love" emotion he was feeling was actually more than enough to drive him crazy. And if he wouldn't tell her the truth now, who knew what would happen? Unbeknownst to him, his heart would break to pieces that one chosen day.
After tennis practice, he called Sakuno's attention. The girl was baffled when he told her that he needed to talk to her. But still, she obliged. His heart was pounding fast as he said that.
That day, he noticed that the sky was starting to get cloudy. Rain was about to fall down, he thought. At the same time, he felt something dreadful—or to be specific, foreboding—but he wasn't sure. But what could it mean? He chose to shrug it off. It would ruin his concentration. Besides, he has to do it now or it would be too late.
When they stopped in front of the school gate, he uttered the words which he knew would change his life. Well, it was more of a question than a question or something of the sort. How did everything became even more scary and confusing?
"Will you believe me if I tell you… I love you?" he asked; the last three words were uttered in almost a whisper. But weird enough, he didn't get a response from her.
Stunned silence—which became unbearable by the second—filled the air. He didn't know what to do or what to think. Anticipation, expectation and hope were lingering in his heart at that moment. He wasn't supposed to feel anything until he could get an answer from her but he couldn't help it.
Did he spoke those words at the wrong time?
"Ryuzaki?" he called out, breaking the unbearable silence between them.
Moments of silence surrounded them before she spoke.
"What do you want me to say to that?" she asked but her words was somewhat cracking. Those words caught him off-guard.
It wasn't actually the answer he was expecting but… he has to answer it.
"I just want to know if… if you will believe me when I tell you that," he said despite being caught off-guard and his heart beating wildly. "I know I said it to you too soon but—" But his words were never finished when he saw Sakuno suddenly ran away.
The rain started to fall, just as those dark clouds loom over the once blue sky. He decided to follow her, not minding of the hurt he felt because of Sakuno's actions. He has to understand her. After all, his words were a little surprising and were probably said at the wrong time. But before he could even reach her, loud honk soon filled the air. When he looked to the direction where it was coming from, his eyes widened.
"Ryuzaki, look out!" he screamed that abruptly stopped her from running.
The next thing he knew after knocking her over was his body striking onto something hard in a fast speed before completely dropping to the ground.
"Ryoma-kun? Ryoma-kun!" she called out loud that he still heard. "Ryoma-kun, please wake up!" His body could barely respond, his brain was beginning to stop functioning.
The pain he took for her was too much. But he knew he had to do it—and probably it was more worth it.
"Hmm…" he moaned as he tried to open his eyes to have a look at the person who was calling his name. "R… R-Ryuzaki… I'm glad… you're safe…"
"You're really an idiot!" he heard her blurted out. Soon after, she sobbed that tore his heart. "I can't believe you did that. You really didn't have to do that."
But he couldn't say anything anymore; he was too weak already to do so. But still, he muttered a smile—even though it was a weak one—he could muster. "S… S-Sakuno…"
"Ryoma-kun…"
"P…Please… b-believe me…" His breathing started to become ragged and his voice had gone softer. At that time, his heart was breaking for he knew that his time has come. And it was a painful goodbye that he gave to the girl he loved. He knew it in his heart now that he had loved her wisely.
For the first time, he really learned to truly love someone. And he was glad… even though he knew everything would come to an end. He has to let go.
"I love… you… Sakuno," he said emotionally as his eyes started to close. He wanted to say goodbye but then he couldn't. It would only break her heart, he knew that. "Please… believe me… At least… once…" And then his eyes closed.
Completely…
Little did he know, his untimely departure to this world had turned her life upside-down for two years straight… something he should have anticipated…
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O…kay… I guess I went overboard with that. But hello! A person here is dying. And I'm sorry for killing Ryoma here. I told you; it's just out of the whim that I made this fic. I also made a continuation about this fic but it's Sakuno-centric. Please review ^_^
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