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Summary: Background Challenge. 06 – Cold Sea Shore. Tezuka & Miyuki.

Word Count: 723

Cold Sea Shore

A Background Challenge

Tezuka & Miyuki

It was five in the morning. The house was mostly dark, except for the dim light that came in through the windows by the morning, seeping a blue-gray color into the rooms. It was enough for the kitchen downstairs, the light creating a calm aura around the room. Tezuka Kunimitsu sat at the small four-seater table. Books were scattered across the surface, some opened, some unopened. The current book underneath Tezuka's stare was closed loudly, with a quiet sigh, and set on the seat next to him, already a large pile.

It was just the quiet scratch of pen against paper and tabletop for the next fifteen minutes as Tezuka took notes from another book. After fifteen minutes, he heard the door to the house open, some loud footsteps and a murmured voice that sounded like singing. He stopped writing, the tip of the pen hovering temptingly above the paper, ready to write the next note.

Tezuka sighed.

Twisting the pen in his fingers before leaning back and dropping the utensil and placing his hands behind his head, stretching. And just as he relaxed his muscles, in walked Chitose Miyuki, black hair bouncing in it's ponytail before she took it out and let it wave about her tanned shoulders.

"Hey 'Mitsu. When you go running, you should definitely wear an extra layer. It's pretty cold." She rubbed her arms, as if remembering before glancing towards Tezuka and his books. "Aah, nevermind. Do you mind if I invite Sakuno-chan over? Ryoma-san's having some training out here so I thought it'd be a good idea."

Tezuka picked up the pen again and started to fiddle with it. "Echizen would come and ask for a match. I'm not quite in the mood if that's okay. Maybe tomorrow. We are here for two days."

"Then maybe Fuji-san and Chieko?" She glanced over to Tezuka, a hopeful gleam in her eyes and smile on her face before realizing that the silence wasn't one of contemplation, but one of outright rejection. She sighed, rolling her eyes and looked out at the sea she had just been running by.

Stupid racquet-thief...

She opened the small window in front of the sink, letting the cold air hit her arms again and the sound of waves hitting the sea shore filling the air with a peaceful fragrance as she turned the water on, quickly washing her favorite cup.

"You know," she started, turning the water off and drying off the cup in her hands. "I really would wish you'd let me invite someone over. It's not easy to see people in late February due to all their schedules. I would really like to..." Miyuki trailed off as she heard a small click and quickly turned around to see if Tezuka had left but was surprised when she saw his slender hands slowly being pulling away from a candle that he watched to make sure it was staying lit before gazing at her, the small flame between the being reflected in their eyes.

The candle sat in a cupcake frosted in white with the number '19' in a soft yellow. "Happy Birthday, Miyuki. Can't I just have you for myself today?" She gave a smile at his soft, probably embarrassing, words. She watched that rare smile of his before blowing out the candle and gingerly taking the cupcake from him as he reached behind her and shut the window.

.: it's too cold to leave the window open :.

Author's Note: New Challenge. It's by EurukaTT and it's posted on deviantART. Though I'm pretty sure it wasn't meant to be used for written challenges. I just thought it'd be cool. So, it's going to be my Prince Of Tennis Themed chapter. Haha, this is going to be difficult... Oh, P.S. Miyuki is not an OC. She's the sister of Chitose Senri, player for Shitenhijo. You know, with Kintaro... If you don't know who these people are, you either clicked on the wrong story or you need to read the manga again. I even gave you some help with the "stupid racquet-thief" line...