Author: Ria Sakazaki

Pairing: TezuRyoAtoFujiSan

Genre: Romance

Disclaimer: I don't own POT….as much I want to

A/N: I do hope I succeed in this one! Mwahehehehehehhe! I like OT5 very much so I decided to make this. This will have a little crossover from Striker: Hungry Heart, SlamDunk and a tiny bit from Angelic Layer, just to establish the foundation of the story. I hope you like this.

Summary: Ryoma's childhood love arrives, almost shattering their already-complicated relationship…or would it? Ryoma and his koibitos will soon learn how to appreciate simple joys….and of course, not to assume too much….

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Note: "" for dialogs and '' for thoughts and flashbacks and '' for SF

Ryoma is busy scanning his notes for his psychology test. It was a pretty normal day for him so far since none of his lovers tried to jump on him which was ironic since they've been doing that for the past 8 years. He pleaded that they allow him to study for a day since his finals is just a week away. As he scanned his thick Atkinsons text book, a picture was blown away by the gentle wind. Ryoma's eyes followed the picture as it flew towards Fuji who was busy scanning a magazine for ideas for his next project.

"Hey." Fuji said when the picture landed on his lap. This got the attention of their other lovers who were busy doing their thing; Tezuka who was reading another book again, Atobe who was reviewing the latest FS from his company and Sanada who was busy playing Heroes in their PC.

"Something wrong Syusuke?" Atobe asked without looking up. Ryoma stood up and went up to Fuji. "That's mine." A pair of golden eyes blinked a couple of times. "Wow….will you look at this?" Fuji flashed his swoon-worthy smile at Ryoma. "Mine." Ryoma insisted, reaching out o the photo but Fuji's fingers are glued to the photo.

"Saa…..be patient." Fuji swatted Ryoma's hands. "Aren't you supposed to be studying for your finals? You should take the test seriously since you are already an incoming third year." Fuji taunted as he strode away. Ryoma pouted. "Give that back." Ryoma followed him. Fuji flopped down next to Tezuka. "We promised not to bother him Syusuke." Tezuka told him.

"I'm not bothering him. I just was to take a good look at this picture." Fuji replied. He opened his eyes and studied the photo in his hands. From the looks of it, it's already old yet the colors didn't fade away. Fuji immediately recognized the toddler Ryoma who was in the middle, mouth opened for a big smile and a noticeable blush on his cheeks and Nanako-san who was sitting next to him with a sweet smile on her face. Fuji's eyes were glued to the three other kids in the picture was well. There were two boys, the younger one was sitting next to Ryoma holding a soccer ball and the other was standing behind them. The last one was a very pretty girl who was hugging Ryoma.

"Give that back." Ryoma's voice broke his concentration. Fuji looked up and saw Ryoma pouting in front of him. "Maa Ryoma…..don't be selfish. Hey guys! Come here, Ryo-kun looks sooo adorable in this picture." Fuji said. "Why you…." Ryoma fumed and tried to wrestle the photo out of Fuji's hand but Tezuka already has it. Not a second later, Sanada and Atobe are already sitting next to his buchou, staring at the photo.

"I never thought the brat can smile like this." Atobe said while glancing at Ryoma then back to the photo. "True…and there's Nanako-nee-san." Sanada agreed while pointing at the photo. Tezuka's lips just curved up little while quietly staring at the picture,

"Give that back…" Ryoma stomped his feet. "Who are the rest? I see Nanako-nee-san there but…" Fuji started but Ryoma cut him off.

"None of your business." Ryoma snapped before stomping back to his study table a grumpily scanned his notes again. The four just started at him in surprise. Silence fell amongst them for a few seconds. Finally….Ryoma sighed and closed the book he was holding. He spun around on this chair and faced the seriously looks on his koibitos,

"They're my cousins." He said. The heavy aura looming inside the room was lifted as Tezuka stood up and led Ryoma to sit with them on the bed. "Tell us about them." He said gently. "Yeah…and you have to take your break from studying as well." Sanada added. "Kunimitsu….Gen-san…." Ryoma stammered. He sat on the bed and stared at the picture.

"This picture was taken 16 years ago back when I was still in America. Nana-san was with us to spend the summer break so oyaji decided to take us to a park." Ryoma started. Memories came flooding back into his head. "Who are the boys?" Atobe asked. "The one sitting next to me is Kyo-nii-chan. the other is his older brother, Saisuke-nii-chan. we're cousins while virtue of marriage." Ryoma answered. Actually….he's already getting dizzy from the sudden flood of memory that came to him.

'Nee Ma-chan, promise me you'll be a better tennis player ok?' 'Of course he will! He will be better than Terrence. Right Ryo-kun?'

"Ryo-kun, daijobou?" Fuji asked. "I'm fine." He replied. Fuji didn't miss the sudden gloom in their young lover's eyes.

"And the girl?" Tezuka suddenly asked. Ryoma looked up. "Who?" he asked. "The girl who's hugging you." The bespectacled young man asked. Ryoma stared back at the picture, staring at the familiar face. He felt a knife invisibly struck his heart.

'Why can't nee-chan come to my birthday?' Ryoma asked. The seven year-old boy pouted. 'You're Sandra-nee-chan is sick. But she sent you this gift and…..

"Ryoma?" Sanada tapped his shoulders gently, bringing Ryoma back to reality. Ryoma stared at the worried faces before him then back to the photo. "She's my Cassandra-nee-chan." Ryoma whispered. "Who?" Atobe asked again. "She's my Sandra-nee-chan…." Ryoma took the picture and started to walk away from them, "she's the only girl I've ever loved…" with this he went out of their huge bedroom. He left his four lovers dumbfounded.

Later that afternoon…

Nanako picked up the phone by the time it rang for the third time. As usual, her lazy uncle is busy reading his porn magazines again.

"Moshi!" Nanako greeted. She could here three other voices in the background.

"Nanako-san…" Fuji spoke up.

"Fuji-san! How are you?" Nanako greeted him. She was kind of surprised that once of her cousin's boyfriends is calling.

"I'm fine Nanako-san and I hope that everything there is good as well?" Fuji asked. Nanako realized that she's in speaker phone.

"Hi Nanako-san!" she heard Atobe greeted. "Hello!" she answered back. "Is everything ok at the mansion? Is Ryoma-kun doing fine?" she added. There was long silence from the other line. She was glad she didn't gasped when Tezuka suddenly came on the line.

"That is actually that's the problem Nanako-san." Tezuka said. "Really? What happened?" Nanako asked. "Nanako-san, Genichirou here. Actually it all started with a photo…"

Genichirou told Nanako the whole story about Ryoma and the picture. After the long explanation, Nanako smiled sadly. "I see now…" she said. "What seems to bet he problem Nanako-san? Ryoma's really upset right now." Atobe asked with a tint of worry in his voice.

"Let's just say Ryoma still can't accept some facts regarding his relationship with Cassandra, facts which should be discussed by him. It is true that even though we're all cousins, Ryoma admired or rather loved Cassandra dearly than the rest of us." Nanako told them. Again, there was a long silence between them.

"So it's true that she's the only girl Ryoma ever loved." Fuji murmured. "Yes actually….since we have noticed that his indifference towards the opposite sex actually started when she left." Nanako told them. "But…." Atobe started but decided to keep his thoughts to himself.

"I know you're worried, not only for Ryoma but for the sake of your relationship as well but I guess you have to give him time to open up the topic with you." She added. "We understand Nanako-san. Thank you very much for the time." Tezuka said. "But…." Atobe started but Sanada cut him off. "Enough. Bye Nanako-san. Say hi for us to the rest." He said.

"No problem." Nanako said. They murmured their farewells and she heard the line was cut off. She sighed and gently placed the receiver down. She was about to go back to her room when her uncle Nanjirou spoke up. "I received a phone call…" he started. "Really uncle? From whom?" Nanako asked. There was a long paused before he sat up. Nanako realized the seriousness of his gaze.

"She's coming home…"

Meanwhile…

Ryoma hugged Karupin tightly as he started blankly at the setting sun. "Why did you leave, nee-chan? Am I not good enough to replace him?"

NOTES:

Atkinsons : Author of Introduction to Psychology

FS : Financial Status

PC : Personal Computer

Heroes : Game Title : " Heroes of Might and Magic"

A/N: ARGH! Damn you inner demons! What'd you think? Please review! Oh yeah…I need a BETA for this….anyone interested, e-mail me at love you guys! Next chappie…..well…just wait…..mwaheheheheheheh!