Disclaimer: I don't own PoT, even when I wish I could... *snob*

Note: This fanfic is about autism. I think many people don't know what it contains and people who have seen the movie Rain Man refer autistic people to silent people. Well, that may be true, but there are many kinds of autism. I have also autism, called PDD-NOS, but I am merely a chatterbox. That's how I am now. It was hard for me when I didn't know I had actually autism. This story is based on my experiences, and I try to let you know there are so many kinds of autism, you can't refer them to one mark. You must hava a lot of marks before it can be called autism. It's like a barcode. I hope you will understand.

Since Eiji is my favourite character, I gave him autism, so you know how I feel. In my case it was hard for me to make friends and do some work together with someone. But when you have friends, things can turn out nice, that's what I discovered.

Enjoy reading ^^

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Chapter 1: Quarrel

Kikumaru Eiji was in his 3rd year of middle school, though some things went not as smoothly as he wished they would. He was known as the silent, red-haired genius who liked subjects like maths and physics. He had many good notes and he was proud on them.

But sometimes he didn't know what his classmates wanted from him. He couldn't really recognise their expressions on their faces and didn't understand what they meant. So his behaviour was a bit different than his classmates expected. They didn't understand the reaction of Eiji. They didn't know what he was doing, but for him it was normal. He was used of not having friends and he could deal with it without any problems.

But his social skills sucked. At biology, the class was split up in pairs. They must do some research on a subject they got from their teacher and then they had to make a report about it. That's when the real trouble started.

Eiji was paired up with Fuji Syuusuke. He looked friendly, but because he had all the time the same expression on his face, Eiji couldn't see what he was thinking. They started the research, but they got in the way of each other, because they didn't understand each other, and then they got a quarrel. So they hadn't finished their report before the deadline. The teacher was a little angry about that, because he knew Eiji was a good student, so was Fuji. But together things turned out bad. The teacher knew it wasn't Fuji's fault, because he knew Eiji sucked at group work. He decided to let the two make a report on their own. He had tried to make things better, but he failed.

After school Fuji went to the training (Eiji isn't a regular here yet, but he will be soon). He walked to the dressing room when someone spoke to him.

"Something wrong?"

Fuji looked up to see Oishi Syuuichirou, the vice-captain of the tennis club, walking to him.

"I have had quarrel with a classmate today," Fuji said.

"You almost never have quarrel," Oishi knew.

He was a bit surprised about what Fuji told him.

"With whom did you have quarrel?" he asked.

"Kikumaru Eiji," Fuji answered.

"You mean that silent, red-haired genius?"

Fuji nodded and sighed. He didn't understand what Eiji was trying up to.

"Ma, let's change before Tezuka gets angry again," Oishi said.

"You're right." Fuji walked into the dressing room, following Oishi.

They didn't know the red-haired genius had heard their conversation.

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So, this is the first chapter. Hope you liked it. This is the best example I could invent to tell my story.

Please review!

~Rie-chan~