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After the day after tomorrow...,
7:25 am
"hey guys,..."
"nani?"
"we have a sports fest today and im one of the players, i should go to school"
"ok, ill just call your mother"
"eh?"
"nande?"
"you guys approved of it..."
"of course, its an event in school, you cant possibly miss it"
"yeah and we like sports"
"souka na"
"what time?"
"9 am, im also the co-manager of the soccer club..., i should manage them during the fest"
"hontou?"
"un"
Sou called her mother
few seconds later
"your mom approved, we better get going now"
"right, so step outside coz im still gonna take a bath and change my clothes"
"right"
they went out the room
"will i do this one right? i didnt practice for almost a month, i might lose"
she took a bath and wore her uniform, bringing her rackets with her
"youre participating for badminton?"
"yes"
"are you really good?"
"i guess"
they went to her school, people were staring at them
"i think its best if you guys didnt come"
"eh? but we should..."
"just stay a little bit away from me"
"ok"
they went a little bit away from her
"abit more"
they went farther from her
"farther please"
now they are 2 meters away from her
"farther please"
"how far do you want us to go?"
"three meters"
farther and then Ritsu ran
"oi! MAAAATTTEEEE!" Yuki rans after her
"so thats why she wants us away..." Sou joins the chase
"aaargggh!! i hate being guarded! dont run after me!!"
they continued to run after Ritsu
*bump*
Ritsu was thrown back and fell
"ittae.."
"Ri..Ritsu~chan?"
"Sa..SAKUUUUURRAAAA~!" Ritsu shouted and hugged sakura
"where have you been? i was so worried, you gave me no trace for a month!"
"thats because you didnt tell me your number"
"well, what happened?"
"ah well,..."
"Ritsu!!!!!!!!!" Yuki shouted
"hm?"
"crap we gotta run!" she held hands with Sakura and they ran
"Ritsu, whats going on?"
"theyre...thyre my bodyguards!"
"your what?!"
"ill tell you when we stop, we have to lose them first"
"hai hai"
they ran and ran, Yuki and Sou were still running after them
"Yuki, i have a plan, stop..."
"ah, hai"
they stopped and Ritsu noticed that
"they stopped chasing us...lets rest for a bit" she said panting
"u..un" Sakura replied panting
they hid in a empty room
"that sure was tiring...*hufff huff*"
"whyre you running*huff* anyway?"
"theyre my bodyguards..."
"you told me that already..."
"i want to get away from them..."
"how did you get a bodyguard?"
"i dunno either..."
*thud*
"wah~!"
"ah! is..is anybody there?"
"that scared me..."
"who's there?"
"i think the sound came from there..." she points at a door
"ahhh, it will be scary if we go there"
"its fine"
they entered the door
"aaaaaaah~!" a voice squealed
"aaah~! ah..ah?"
"ah, Nakano~kun..."
"whatre you guys doing?"
"i sprained my leg..."
"eh? who are you? Atsuki or Sho?"
"Sho..."
"aww, poor you, what happened?"
"we were practicing for the game then i sprained my leg, Atsuki is doing 'something' to it"
"i see, it mustve hurt..."
"whatre you guys practicing for?"
"were players for the basketball later"
"aww, thats sad, you cant play..."
"well..."
"caught you" Sou said out of the blue...
"sheeeesh~ will you guyus please stop following me? wheres Yuki?" she said looking around
"looking for you"
"you should look for him"
"we will look for him together"
"what the heck are you saying?"
"ah, Sou~kun! have you found Ritsu~chan?"
"ah, yeah, shes here"
"dont go runnin' off like tha...who are they?"
"ah, shes Sakura, remember the one i told you about?"
"yeah"
"and these two are the twins, Nakano~kun's, Sho and Atsuki"
"souka na"
"anyway, when are you going to play?"
"before lunch"
"then lets go"
"matte...,"
"what is it Yuki~kun?"
"you there, Sho~Kun..."
"nani? its pretty good you remember who we are"
"i can memorize faces easily,"
"i see..."
"your leg, its sprained..."
"yeah..."
"youre a player right?"
"yeah, what about it?"
"can i replace you?!" he said with enthusiast
"wh..wha~t?!" Ritsu and Sou shouted
"sure ok, you can borrow my jersey"
"arigatou gozaimassu!" Yuki bowed
"Yu..yuki, where not here to play"
"but, he cant play, i just want to be of help"
"its very obvious that its not your intention..."
"just shut up! he already agreed didnt he? ne Sho~kun?"
"un"
"see~?!"
"ok ok"
"what time is the game?"
"2:00"
"yossh~! i will do my best!"
they all went out of the room, Yuki and Atsuki were supporting Sho, after walking a few meters, they saw Ryosuke pass by
"hnn?" Ryosuke noticed them, he stared at Yuki for 10 seconds and continued on walking, they watched him as he passed by
"whats his problem?"
"Ryosuke matte!" Ritsu was abouot to ran to him but Yuki held her arm with his free arm
"you cant go anywhere right?"
"yu..ki, why do you NOT want me to go to ryosuke everytime?! i dont think its part of your duty anymore, Sou is not even reacticing!"
Yuki was shocked and removed her grip on Ritsu
"thats right!" Ritsu made face and ran after Ryosuke
"shes right you know, youre overprotective"
"im not."
--Ritsu--
"Ryosuke! Ryosuke matte~!" Ritsu was running after him
"oi! matte~!" Ritsu kept on running after him but Ryosuke was pretending to not notice her
"Ryosuke~! matte~!" Ritsu jumped for him but Ryosuke dodged making her fell to the floor, Ryosuke was about to laugh but held it in...
--Ryosuke's POV--
i heard Ritsu running after me screaming my name and matte, but of course i have to avoid her, dunno why but i had to i glanced to my right and noticed that she was about to jump on me so i turned to my left making her fall, i want to laugh but i held it in, of course, im trying to be serious now, i cant laugh, thatll ruin the moment.
...................
"uggh, ittae.." she stood up and faced Ryosuke
"ryosuke..." she gave a sad puppy look to Ryosuke
Ryosuke's face turned bright red and was shocked of her face
"whyre you avoiding me?" she said with teary eyes, the side of Ritsu's face was bleeding
ryosuke didnt respond
"nande?" she knelt on the ground, Ryosuke cant take it, she dragged her to a seems to be deserted hallway
"ryo...ryosuke..." ryosuke did the cool boy charm, you know the thing when the boy's arm is like leaning on the wall and the girl is like trapped in the center ;) just read an ecchi manga which was super cute! so yeah the scene was pretty like that
"ryosuke?" she can also feel herself heating up
"Ritsu..." his face gets nearer, the only thing to be heard are their breaths
"you...are..." his face gets nearer
"so...cute" their noses where touching, ryosuke gulped and Ritsu turned red and her eyes widened they stared for a few seconds and Ritsus eyes returned back to normal, Ryosuke's face gets nearer, their lips were only an inch apart, theyre both ready on what theyre going to do...
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they heard a group of students who will pass by...
"im sorry...," Ryosuke muttered and the part of her cheek which was bleeding
"gambatte..." and ran away...
Ritsu was left dumbfounded...
after about how many  minutes, she was already at the waiting area for those who will participate
"Ritsu daijobou? your staring into space for quite awhile now..."  ritsu was still staring to space
"RITSU!!" Sakura clapped her hands infront of Ritsu's eyes only to recieve a sad sigh from her
"daijobou?"
"un..."
"your staring to space..."
"i just remember something important, ill be back"
"eh? but Ritsu..., its your turn next!"
Ritsus didnt mind Sakura and went to get a drink
"*sigh* he said i was cute..." she mumbled as she drink the water from the bottle
"i saw that..."
"hnn?" Ritsu was shocked and looked around
"i saw what you guys did..."
"Yu..yuki?"
"hes such a ert even you on your cheek.." he said as he touched Ritsu's cheek that was by Ryosuke
"hnn..!" she said as she shove Yuki's hand off
"oh..., what a reaction..."
"Ryosuke might be like that, but youre more of a than him!"
"hmm? i wonder..." He held her cheek once more
"dont touch me!" she shoved his hand again
"...ATTLE..,I REPEAT, BADMINTON SINGLES PARTICIPANT, KIYOMIZU RITSUKI~SAN, THE GAME WILL START NOW, IF YOU FAIL TO COME HERE IN A MINUTE, YOU WILL BE FORFEITED IN BATTLE, I REPEAT..."
"kuso!" she ran to the gaming place
"THE PLAYER HAS ARRIVED"
"gomenezai.."
then they started the match, Ritsu wasnt focused yet with all the happenings, she doesnt seem to hit the shuttle
"hey Ritsu! whats going on?!"
"Ritsu~chan, gambatte~!"
"i cant seem to focus, damn it!"
>recalls<
"gambatte..."
.................
"thats right, for Ryo~chan, im gonna win this thing!"
Ritsu was fired up again. she can hit the shuttle with no problem again, making her opponent get confused and lose
"i..i did it..i did it! yatttttaaa~!"
"good going Ritsu~!"
after a few moments they were already eating, together with the twins, Shii and Ryosuke
"..., so whats the silence about?"
"ah, yeah the silence...,"
"whats with it?"
"its kind of irritating"
"ah, sorry, let me introduce them to you Shii~chan"
"ah sure"
"this, is my bestfriend, Takahashi Sakura"
"ah, hajimemae"
"ehe"
"and Sakura, this is Shii~chan"
"hi~!"
"ehe"
-another awkward silence-
"uggh, i ing hate this silence, will you guys please talk?!"
"Sakura, calm down...,"
"whats with you guys? Ryosuke!"
"hai?!"
"talk to Yuki~kun!"
"nani?!" tey said in unison
"Sho~kun, talk to Sou~kun"
"hai..,"
"Atsuki~kun!"
"hai?"
"just talk with whoever"
"ok?"
so they talked with ? topic in their heads
"you guys are irritating me"
"konnichiwa~" Chinen suddenly spoke while leaning on Sakura
"konnichiwa Chii~kun"
"konnichiwa Yuuri~kun"
"konnichiwa" they said in unison
"so, whatre you guys talking about?"
his sentence just made Sakura irritated more
"chii, come here, we will talk to Yuki~kun"
"Yuki~kun?"
thats pretty much what happened during the lunch break they ended at 12:30 so for the remaining minutes, they just walked the whole school
"ah, Ryosuke, its already time for the game"
"yeah, i know"
"you guys can watch"
"hai hai"
"im just going to the basketball club, they might..."
"ok, we have no problem with it"
"thats harsh, i didnt even finish my sentence...,"
"i know you wont go, considering youre a "
"what did you say?!"
"dya ne"
"dya~"
"grrr"
they went to the .... getting ready for the game, while the game is going...
"gambatte Ryosuke~!"
"gambare~!"
"Ritsu~chan...."
"nani?"
"Yuki~kun's game is starting"
"huh? waddya mean?"
"i think its the same time as the soccer game"
"huh? then, you go on and watch him"
"i cant leave you"
"oh yeah, i forgot about that, but wont it start at 2:00?"
"he said it change and moved to 1:15"
"i see, then lets go see him after the first half, can we do that?"
"yes, we will return after the first half"
"yup, Sakura"
"nani?"
"we will just watch Yuki~kun's game"
"eh~?! but Ryosuke~kun's game is just starting"
"yeah, we will be back after the first half"
"ok then, but arent you the manager?"
"im just a co-manager, the manager's there" pointing at the side of the court
"souka na, jaa, after the first half?"
"un"
"ok, ill tell Ryosuke~kun"
"its better if you dont"
"nande?"
"secret, anyway, bye"
"ah, ok"
Ryosuke noticed them leave
"where is she going? the game is just starting"
Ritsu and Sou headed to the other court, where Yuki is and as said, the game is already starting
"ah, hes already in there"
"gambatte Yuki~kun~!" Ritsu shouted half-hearted and Yuki gave a thumbs up with a fake smile
after the first quarter
"its taking too long..."
"then we shall head there first"
"but Yuki is expecting that we will stay until the first half"
"ok then"
after the first half...
"Yuki~kun, we will just go to the soccer court, the game is also taking place so"
"ok, i got it, i know Ryosuke~kun is important to you, i dont mind, just kidding i do but..."
"hnn, thanks"
Yuki just gave her a fake smile and Ritsu and Sou went to the soccer field
"ah, hes out of the field?"
"he got cramps"
"what~?! ill go over there, please save a seat for for me"
"ah, ok"
Ritsu hurriedly went to the....(ahaha, i have lost my vocabulary :D)
"Ryo~chan daijobou?"
"Ritsu..."
"daijobou?"
"hai...,"
"is your leg alright?"
"yeah, its perfectly fine now"
"yukata..."
"were you worried?"
"of course i was!"
"nande?"
"nan..de? nande? well, because...because.."
"because?"
"because your my friend! thats why!"
"friend..., Ritsu come closer..."
"huh?" Ritsu went nearer to him, they were the only ones at the small room
"Ritsu..." theyre faces were close now, just like earlier
"do you still want to continue where we left off?" Ryosuke asked kinkily and Ritsu just gulped
"now that i see you this close, we dont look exactly alike..." his face got nearer
"only our eyes, cheeks and skin tone are the same..." his face got nearer
"let me ask you one thing..."
"na...nani?"
"whom do you really want to watch in this fest?"
"wh...who? well, y...you of course..."
chu~
Ryosuke kissed her passionately. Ritsu cant do anything but recieve his kisses. After a few seconds he already stopped and both of them were panting
"im...im sorry, i think i got carried away..." he said while covering his mouth
"no, its alright.." she said, also covering
"Ritsu i..."
"hn?"
"i..i like you..." covering his face now
Ritsu removed his hands from his face
"eh?"
"i like you too!" she said cheerfully and hugged Ryosuke and they kissed again
"lets go back..."
"un!"
they held hands as they went to their group
when they got there, they were criticized, well not really critisized they were like yiiie~ and such
"we should go now Ritsu~chan"
"ah, hai dya ne Sakura,Ryosuke"
"dya ne"
then they returned home
"you know Ritsu, you shouldnt be sticking with Yamada~kun that much"
"huh? what do you mean?"
"it will be just trouble"
"i dont get you"
"youll soon get it"
"what?"
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sorry if i was in a bit of a rush in this chapter :(
read the next chapter as soon as you read this please (:)
SORRY AGAIN IF I WAS IN A RUSH THIS TIME AND SORRY TOO FOR BEING SO SLOW BEFORE :(

AND OH YEAH, AFTER CHAPTER 49, I MIGHT OPEN A SHOP ^^ IM JUST THINKING ABOUT IT THOUGH
BUT I THINK I WILL DO IT..., MOST LIKELY :)
ILL TELL YOU GUYS ON CHAPTER 45 ABOUT MY DECISION :3