💌✨ CHAPTER 17: “The Reunion. The Scandal. The Jealousy.”
Alt Title: Your fave tennis couple gets BABIED by their teacher and then BLOWN UP on the Seigaku Gossip Network™️ in under 2 hours
🌨️ SCENE 1: “WHEN THEY WERE FOUND.”
It’s 7AM. The blizzard’s gone quiet. The air’s that kind of crisp, post-chaos calm — all snow sparkle and cinematic lighting. Seigaku’s search party trudges through knee-deep snow, half-asleep, half-panicking, and then —
THEY SEE THEM.
Ryoma Echizen and Sakuno Ryuzaki. Curled up in that tiny cabin like two lost kittens who discovered “emotional intimacy” and said, yeah, we’ll stay here actually. Blanket wrapped. Snow dusted. Joy (the diary, our emotional support icon) sitting like a sacred relic between them.
And when the rescue squad bursts in —
THE HOMEROOM TEACHER COLLAPSES.
Like, legit drops to her knees sobbing, ugly-crying in 4K.
“MY BABIIIIIIIIEEEEESSSS!!!! 😭😭😭”
Everyone just freezes like this is a daytime drama.
Ryoma: 😐 “Ma’am, personal space.”
Sakuno: 🫣 visibly debating reincarnation as a snowflake
Joy: (canonically silent, but spiritually screaming “get a grip, woman.”)
The teacher HUGS THEM BOTH like she’s auditioning for a tragic reunion movie. Tears. Snot. Gratitude to the universe.
“NEVER — EVER — SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN!”
Then — THE PINKY PROMISE.
She makes them lock pinkies and solemnly swear not to almost die together ever again.
Ryoma, monotone but deadly serious:
“…You’re crushing my ribs, sensei.”
AND THEN THE PRINCIPAL SHOWS UP.
Because apparently this is now a school-wide emotional crisis.
He’s got a blanket. Hot cocoa. A literal certificate that reads:
“For Acts of Extreme Bravery & Adorableness in the Face of Meteorological Tragedy.”
Ryoma’s face says “please delete me from existence.”
Sakuno’s just pink from embarrassment and maybe still hypothermia.
But Joy? Joy is thriving. Sparkling in the sunlight like the main character she is.
📱 SCENE 2: “THE SEIGAKU GOSSIP EXPLOSION.”
They make it back to the lodge. Everyone’s awake now. And it’s a scene straight out of a high school reality show.
Eiji: bawling. Like, full tears.
Fuji: holding a camera with the smile of a man who already has the thumbnail, title, and tags ready.
Inui: “I’ve calculated a 97.3% increase in emotional bonding when life-threatening weather is involved.”
Kaidoh: “Che.” (Translation: internally screaming.)
Momo: on the literal rooftop yelling, “DID YOU GUYS KISS OR WHAAAAAAT???”
Ryoma: deadpan.
Sakuno: face = cherry blossom levels of red.
Joy: internally writing her memoirs, title pending: “Surviving Love and Snowstorms: A Diary’s Journey.”
And then —
THE LEAK.
Someone (probably Fuji, let’s be honest) posts in the Seigaku Gossip Network™️ group chat:
“RYOMA ECHIZEN AND SAKUNO RYUZAKI.
SHARED.
A.
BLANKET.
IN.
A.
CABIN.
ALONE.
AND.
SURVIVED.
A.
SNOWSTORM.”
Within two hours, it’s gone viral.
Fanclubs are forming. Hashtags are trending. Posters are being printed.
#SnowLoveCanon is born.
And chaos reigns.
💌 SCENE 3: “THE LOVE LETTER INCIDENT.”
Later that day. Ryoma’s just trying to exist. Open his locker. Mind his business.
But destiny (and by destiny, I mean thirsty side characters) said no.
Inside his locker —
✨A LOVE LETTER.✨
From a random girl.
Cute stationery. Pink ink. Little hearts. The whole “I like you~ let’s get juice sometime~” vibe.
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Sakuno SEES IT.
And we get:
🥰 → 😳 → 😐 → 😤 → ☠️
Girl transforms from soft cinnamon roll to full anime jealousy arc in 0.2 seconds.
She walks up. SNATCHES the letter. Opens it. And reads it aloud in front of the entire class in her cutest, sweetest, most passive-aggressive baby-angel voice.
“‘Dear Echizen-kun~ I think we’d look really good together~ maybe we can go get juice sometime~’”
And then —
She SMILES.
RIPS IT into confetti.
Tosses it like a fairy of vengeance.
“Sorry,” she says, “he’s booked. Emotionally attached to a diary girlfriend.”
The class: 👁️👄👁️
Momo: “OH SHE’S GOT HANDS.”
Fuji: already uploading to the group chat.
Joy: blushing in spirit.
Ryoma just smirks. That tiny, smug, you-wish-you-were-me grin.
“You tell ‘em.”
Sakuno pretends to glare, but you can literally hear her heart combusting.
📓 SCENE 4: “JEALOUSY?? FROM THE DIARY???”
That night. All quiet. Just Sakuno in her room, wrapped in blankets, reading Joy before bed.
But — wait.
There’s a new entry.
One she didn’t write.
Same handwriting as Ryoma. But signed…
“Love, Joy 💅💔”
Sakuno: 😶 “What.”
She reads it:
“Dear Sakuno,
I’m upset. I can’t believe you got jealous of some random juice letter. I thought I was your jealous girlfriend.
Where’s MY possessive moment? When are YOU gonna fight people for ME, huh??
Love, Joy 💅💔”
SHE. LOSES. IT.
Grabs her pillow. Marches over to Ryoma’s dorm like she’s about to commit a crime of passion.
SLAMS the pillow into his face.
“WHY ARE YOU ROLEPLAYING AS MY DIARY!?!”
Ryoma, not even flinching, grin absolutely criminal:
“You called her your girlfriend first. I’m just being supportive.”
Sakuno: “SUPPORTIVE??? OF WHAT???”
Ryoma: “Healthy diary relationships.”
Sakuno: “I — YOU — ”
Joy (in spirit): “I ship it.”
And that’s how Ryoma Echizen got hit with a pillow, earned a glare that could end civilizations, and still walked away smirking like the smug prodigy of love he is.
🎬 POST-CREDITS: THE SHIPPER TEAM™ REACTS.
Momo, already in the group chat:
“BREAKING NEWS: RYOMA AND SAKUNO ENTER JEALOUSY ARC. HE WROTE AS HER DIARY. THIS IS PEAK FICTION.”
Eiji: “They’re so CUTE I could EXPLODE 😭💖”
Kaidoh: “…Why does the diary get more romance than me?”
Fuji: sipping tea, smiling like the puppetmaster he is:
“Because, Kaidoh, love always finds a way.”
Tezuka, seeing the chaos unfold:
“This is a tennis club, not a romantic circus.”
Fuji, without missing a beat:
“You keep saying that. The universe disagrees.”
Joy: ✨ Now trending again on Seigaku Gossip Network™️ ✨
#DiaryGirlfriend #JealousyArc #SnowLoveCanon
