It All Started With a Bet

Deuce

Hye! I am back with the new chapter. Sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy for not updating until now. I hope this will compensate from the last time. Last chapter was a cliffhanger I know. I think most of you anticipated what will happen next. This is the next chapter... domo...

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Chapter 23: Deuce

Chapter Summary: Everything that happened seemed to be a tie. She just couldn't believe that her beliefs would be the same as well. All this time, she thought she would never reach such level.

Everything around her seemed to stop. The time, the wind, the noise and even the people around her stopped from moving. It was just the three of them. Sakuno, who was standing between the boys, remained speechless. Her hazel eyes, which were widely opened, were actually looking at a pair of amber eyes. The amber eyes which were slightly recovered from the shock a while ago were now seriously looking at her.

She wasn't aware of her surroundings until Fuji made his presence visible. Sakuno turned around when he started to speak;

"I guess I am done here," He said inserting his hand in his pocket, "Good luck you two."

"F-Fuji-senpai!" Sakuno tried to catch up to him but Fuji faced him telling her not to. Fuji then instead looked at the other boy and observed him.

"Don't miss this chance or I'll never give you another." Fuji said before he continued walking to the front door of the rooftop.

The place became quiet after Fuji left. It was awkward now that they were just the two of them in the rooftop. This was never in her plan. She wasn't planning to talk to him today, not that she would in the future.

"Say it again."

Her heart was pounding. She didn't know when she got the guts to stare straight to his eyes but she just did, "There's nothing to say."

"Yes, there is," He said not tearing his gaze away from her... that made her look away instead, "Say it Ryuzaki."

Sakuno refused to speak as she continued looking away from him. Somehow, she needed to think of a way on how to get away from him. She hoped that she wasn't too late about that especially when he started walking towards her.

"Say it loud and clear if you don't want me to make you."

"W-what if I do? What will you do?" She snapped that she couldn't stop herself from speaking then she realized what she had just said making her eyes widened due to shock.

He didn't stop from walking and that made her walk backward, "Then I'll win you."

"R-Ryoma-kun," She started trying to convince him, "T-that doesn't change anything! Forget what I said!"

"Sono muri da!"

"It is if it is you!" She said and felt the fence from her back, "Everything is possible for you."

He continued walking until he was just in front of her, "You're right. Everything is possible for me even winning you back."

Her eyes widened and her heart was beating fast. She had never expected that this day would come again. She had never expected that Ryoma would do something like that. She just shook her head not trusting her voice to speak. She didn't want to betray herself anymore, fearing that she would say everything to him. Since her mind was clouded, she didn't have the time to react when Ryoma inserted his hands near her waist, gripping the steel bar that her back was leaning at. His body was just inches away from her.