Road-side Prince.

"I'll forgive you if you bring me lunch, huh." Ryota threw the piece of paper as he woke up alone, "It's not like we did anything, but whatever, I should repay her for her hospitality."

Ryota looked at the time as he got up and went to the kitchen to prepare some food. Though he wasn't an expert chef or anything, his cooking was good enough. Finding whatever there was in the kitchen, Ryota cooked up something and headed for the school.

Since it was still lunchbreak many of the students were around, he got a visitation slip to enter the school and went around looking for the nurse office.

"Isn't that the road-side prince?"

"He finally got in the school, that's amazing."

"Though I hate the guy and his pretty face, I hope he finds the girls he's looking for."

Ryota tried his hardest to ignore the people when a sudden sharp gaze made him interested. A girl with straight and shiny thigh-length straight purple hair met his eyes as they looked at each other for a while.

"Do you need help, prince?" She asked with a teasing expression.

"Um, Do you know where the nurse's office is?"

"Oh Shizuka-sensei, you've got quite the taste." She smiled, "It's right down the hallway."

"Thanks." Ryota nodded, "It's Arima Ryota, by the way."

Not looking back Ryota headed towards the nurse's office knocking on the door.

"Come in."

"You should consider yourself lucky, after all, it's my first time bringing lunch for someone." Ryota said walking in as he placed the bento on the counter, "Why are you still pouting?"

Marikawa looked at him with even a bigger pout not saying anything.

"Are you mad at me or something?" Ryota came closer, "I think I should be the one who's supposed to be mad here, after all, you were the one who seduced me first."

"But didn't you feel me up." Marikawa said, "You could've stopped..."

"You seriously expect me to stop having someone like you flirting with me?" Ryota said with a sense of justice in his word, "I am a 15 years old boy going through puberty, what more do you expect from me."

"I-I guess that's true."

Ryota got closer and grabbed Marikawa into his embrace looking deeply into her eyes. With Ryota being only a couple of inches taller than her, it was a perfect fit for them to be in this position.

"Arima-kun, I think- I don't think..."

Ryota didn't say anything and just kissed her, Marikawa struggled for a bit but soon laying back on him she kissed back furiously only separating after awhile.

"Now we're even." Ryota said slowly letting her go, "Do enjoy your lunch, I put quite a lot of effort into it."

"To think I'll get taken advantage of by a fifteen-year-old."

"Don't fret I consent to it, so you don't have much to worry." Ryota teased seeing Marikawa open her bento.

"And a virgin at that."

"You should know that I had more than 8 girlfriends in a span of a couple of months with more than 60 confession letters." Ryota defended himself, "So who cares, after all, I just turned fifteen... and it's not like I had a fucked up childhood that I'll start engaging in sex like a beast even before hitting puberty."

"Sensitive are we."

"I think you should thank my sensitiveness otherwise I'll be bringing birth control pill here not lunch." Ryota snorted.

"Fine! Fine! I'll let you go." Marikawa giggled, "You should find someone your own age though, wouldn't it be better."

"And if I want to do with you?"

"Quite the playboy are we? Wouldn't your Akane be mad? Or your fiance?"

"One might go a bit psycho but I know how to calm her down and as for my fiance, I haven't even met her so who cares."

"So I guess, it's up to me to decide whether I want to sleep with you or not, then." Marikawa said, "But I can get a bit attached, so I am warning you beforehand."

"Well, what can I say, that's just my type these days." Ryota said, "And after all, positions of mistresses are open you know."

"Then I'll think about it then." Marikawa giggled as she ate the food, "It's really delicious, maybe I should stick with you for the food then."

"You haven't even tasted what delicacies truly mean." Ryota bragged, "Those chefs from Totsuki will just make you crazy with their foods."

"Totsuki?"

"Oh never mind." Ryota waved his hands, "So I'll be taking my leave then, see you later then."

"See you."

Ryota left the nurse room heading out towards the school gate when he ran into a not so great person. That cocky expression really bugged Ryota as both of them glared one another as they crossed by.

Ryota got out of the school but stayed around since he had something else in mind.

As the school ended the students began gushing out. Ryota waited near the gates until he saw the person he wanted to meet, "Hey!"

The girl looked back at him and nodded, "Arima-kun, right?"

"Yeah, but you can call me Ryota."

"Busujima Saeko, you can just call me Saeko too."

"Then Saeko-san would you like to go on a date with me?"

As if time suddenly stopped everyone froze as they turn towards their direction.

"So the prince's date was no other that Busujima-senpai!!"

Saeko who herself was taken aback looked at for a while as she smiled, "Sure, I'd love to."

"Great!" Ryota smiled happily, "Since I am new here, I don't really know around much so we can go to any place you like."

Saeko nodded, "Follow me, then."

------------------------------------------------------------------------

"That's a lot to take in." Saeko laughed at Ryota's misery, "So that's how you ended up at Shizuka-sensei's house."

"It wasn't that bad as I thought it would be," Ryota said as both of them looked at the sunset, "It's getting late, so let me drop you home."

Saeko nodded as they walked back towards her home, "So will you bring me lunch as well?"

"You want me to?" Ryota said playing along with her joke.

"Being a first-year and all, you should call me Senpai, you know."

"I am still taller than you though." Ryota said patting on her head showing off his advantage in height with a grin on his face, "But if you want me to, I can call you whatever you want Saeko S-e-n-p-a-i."

Saeko giggles at his antics, "I guess, it's just better with you calling me just Saeko."

"Isn't it?" Ryota laughed.

"But I really enjoyed your company today, Ryota-kun. It had been a while since I laughed like that." Saeko said with a bright smile stopping at what looked to be a dojo.

"You really do deserve to be the leader of the kendo-club, huh." Ryota said looking around the place, "I should ask you to protect me or something similar then."

"You want me to?"

"Of course, my dream has always to be with someone who can protect me."