Summary: Who would have thought it turn out like that.
Disclaimer: How I wish it's mine and the characters are real…
Author note: This is my second time writing the PoT story. This time I'm trying to write something more relaxing. I'm trying to stick with the characteristic Takeshi Konomi had given to them. Bear with me if the story lines are bad. Please forgive me for any spelling mistake, especially the Japanese ones. Comments are welcome.
Who Would Have Thought!!!
Chapter 1: Summer Vacation - Shattered!!!
Summer vacation is one of the holidays that Tezuka Kunimitsu loves. He could go camping with he almost-never-seen father during this time of the year. This was one of the times in the whole year he could actually spend time with his father to strengthen father-son relationship. The older Tezuka had been a very busy man, waking up early in the morning and only reaches home near to midnight. If too much work needed to be done, he would call his wife that he is staying at the office. The only thing that Tezuka Kunimitsu remember about his almost-never-seen father was the hands shaking him to wake up in the morning and the voice which he usually hears it when he was about to go to bed.
He and his father share the same interests' namely camping, mountain climbing and fishing. The two love to camp at places where lakes presence so they could do one of their favourite activity – fishing. This year his father had promised to take him to Fujigoko (a/n: This place actually exists. It at the foot of Fujisan, and Fujigoko actual name is Fuji Five Lakes). He was looking forward to this camping. He could take his mind of tennis for once. No ordering running laps (he was sure he is going to miss it anyway), no need to hear the two sophomores quarrelling (he swore he took more aspirins than he could remember), no need to be aware of Inui Juice he carefully avoided (he still could not understand how Fuji could stand it), and no sudden heart attack from Eiji's sudden pounced from behind. He would probably missed Fuji Syusuke and Echizen Ryoma, the two least troubled teammates. But then, Fuji would never let him go away easily.
(a/n: From this point onwards, I'll be using their first name, to avoid confusion. Sorry if I offend anyone, although I would prefer to use the family name that I'm used to.)
It all started when Fuji Syusuke spent a night at his house two weeks ago. Syusuke were having some trouble with his additional mathematics that he need Tezuka Kunimitsu's help, which he later found out it was just his plan to stay over. Syusuke could have just tells him so, instead of going through so much trouble. But being simple was never Syusuke style. He found it strange that when Syusuke called him that he badly needed his help in additional mathematics that night. Fuji Syusuke is after all Seigaku's prodigy. He could swear he almost never sees Syusuke study, but still being at the top of his class. He remembered Eiji telling him that Syusuke almost never paid attention in class, but miraculously still knows where the class at. He could do the same thing Syusuke was doing, but daydreaming was not his liking and forbidden in the family. He knew if that tensai put a little more effort in his study and had a bit more challenging spirit, he could easily end up in his class and probably being one of the best students in the school. But it is not the tensai liking to beat his opponents without having them to suffer first. He saw a lot of these in the tennis he played.
Back to the night Syusuke spent at his house, after they had solved the problems, Kunimitsu went to the kitchen to make hot chocolate for the both of them. While he was away, Syusuke saw his buchou's calendar. He was interested to know what buchou wrote on the calendar. One of the marking caught his attention - 'Camping with otousan at Fujigoko'. It was mark two weeks from that night (I have no idea when is summer holidays at Japan school. My place is sunny all year round, so we don't have such holidays). Two weeks from tonight means, it's on summer holidays, Syusuke thought. Come to think of it, he hadn't thought of where to go for this summer vacation. Suddenly a plan popped into his mind. He took out his phone and called his beloved brother.
"Mushimushi. Fuji Yuuta speaking," said the voice on the other end.
"Yuuta. How nice it is to hear your voice. How are you doing?"
"Oh Aniki. What it is you want?"
"Just checking if you are doing well there," the older brother replied.
"Aniki, you know better than I do that you don't call for no reason."
"It is wrong for aniki to check on how his ototou is doing?"
"Nothing's wrong. It is unusual for aniki to call at this hour, unless something important. Nothing's wrong at home?"
"Everything is fine. Okaasan and otousan is away and nee-san is staying over at her friend house. So I'm alone at home and decided to spend a night at Tezuka's house."
"I see. So what's the matter?"
"Em…Yuuta, this summer holidays, are you going anywhere?"
"Not in my plans yet. Maybe Mizuki-san will tell later."
"I see. I'm planning to go to Fujigoko this holiday. I was hoping you can come, so we could spend time together. Just the two of us."
"Well, ok then," he answered without thinking.
"Ok. Ja," with that he hung up. That was easy. Tricking Yuuta was always easy to him.
At the other end Yuuta find it odd for aniki to ask him to spend holiday with him. Aniki always going away with his teammates somewhere on every holiday he could remembered. Well, don't think too much, Yuuta. Unknown to him, his older brother had planned something else in his mind.
"Who was that?" asked Kunimitsu as he entered his room with two cups of hot chocolate.
"Yuuta called if I had any plan for this summer holiday. Then I accidentally saw your calendar marking about going to Fujigoko. So I suggested Fujigoko to him. He said it would be great. You don't mind us coming along, ne, Kunimitsu?"
Kunimitsu knew all was too true to him. One time of his life where he could free from the faces he sees everyday just destroyed by Fuji Syusuke. He suspected there are twists and turns in the tensai's words. Rejecting his request would be a bad idea. He thought for a while and said,
"I'll ask otousan if we can have companies."
"Good. I'll be waiting for the good news."
Kunimitsu nodded. He swore he'll be having nightmare that night. He gave the cup of hot chocolate to him.
One week later, after asking his father about it (he was disappointed his father said he didn't mind and his wish to know his son's friends) he told Syusuke the news which he was too happy about it. He told him to meet at his house early that morning so they could set out together. Kunimitsu don't know which was worse, to have the tensai following him or his father said he wouldn't mind.
Who would have thought this could have happened.