Summary: Eiji was cold, bored, and he had nothing to do. So what's better than spending one day with your friends on a hot spring? eijiXfuji... NON-yaoi...
a/n: hi, minna-san! this is my first POT fic... i hope you like this... i don't know much about the POT characters except my Eiji so pls bear with the story... this story is EijiXFuji but no yaoi, you know? just plain humor... so i hope you'll find my story humorous... hehe... so enough with my drabble... READ ON & ENJOY!
Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis is not mine... unfortunately.
Chapter 1: Too Many Happenings
It was a bright sunny day.
"Nya, it's too cold!" Kikumaru Eiji wailed as he made his way towards the tennis courts, for once failing to do his trademark acrobatic moves. He noticed some of the Seigaku regulars were practicing, namely, Kaidoh and Kawamura. Wrapping his jacket tighter around himself, he ran over to the benches. "Aren't they cold?" he mumbled to his doubles partner.
Oishi grinned at him. "You know Kaidoh is immune to anything, and Kawamura can't be stopped once he holds a racket."
As if to prove a point, Kawamura began hollering in a loud booming voice. "BURNING! Bring it on, Mamushi!"
Kaidoh narrowed his eyes at his opponent, hissing darkly.
Eiji sighed, looking around. He spotted his favorite first year, none other than the prince of tennis himself, talking to a girl outside the courts. An evil smile crept into his features. "Hoi, hoi! What's Ochibi doing with Sakuno-chan?"
He failed to notice that the tennis prince was holding his racket and was demonstrating his grip to his fan.
Oishi blinked, turning towards his partner, distracted by the snake shot that Kaidoh has just delivered. "You were saying something, Eiji?"
The bouncy redhead just flashed a smile at him, dashing towards his partner-in-crime, Momoshiro, who was currently sprawled across one of the benches, his eyes closed. "Hoi, hoi!"
"Eiji-senpai!" Momoshiro said, surprised and a little annoyed. He was daydreaming about a Burger World when his senior broke into his thoughts.
"Ochibi was talking to a girl!" Kikumaru said in a rush, practically bouncing in excitement. "It was Sakuno-chan, nya! And they were alone too!"
Violet eyes twinkled wickedly. "A girl, huh? Maybe-"
"98.3 percent that Echizen is talking about tennis..." a voice broke in coolly.
"Inui!"
"Senpai! Didn't see you there!" Momo said, annoyed. Were the seniors making it a habit to startle poor little him?
Inui adjusted his glasses, scribbling down on his ever-present notebook. "Unaware of people around him... easily startled..." he muttered to himself.
"I am not!"
"Momo! O-" Eiji started frantically, when he sneezed loudly. "Achoo! Nya! It's too cold!" He shivered again.
"Saa..." a soft quiet voice interrupted."Would you like me to warm you up, Eiji?"
Momo started again, and then cursed viciously. 'They ARE making it a habit!'
The redhead grinned at him widely, bouncing over to Fuji then patted his shoulder. "No thank you, Fuji. Maybe some other time."
The smiling tennis player gave a rather evil, well, smile. "I shall keep that in mind..."
Inui frowned slightly, taking his pen. "Kikumaru still immune to Fuji... I need more data." he mumbled to himself before walking towards the courts.
"ACHOO! ACHOO NYA!"
Momo looked at him incredulously. What normal person would sneeze with a nya?
"Bless you."
Oishi was there in a flash, instantly worried. Placing a hand on Eiji's forehead, he frowned. "No fever. Are you all right, Eiji?"
Kikumaru nodded, attempting to speak when another bout of sneezes attacked him. "I am fine. Just a little cold."
Oishi, always the worrier, shook his head. "No more practice for you today, Eiji. I don't want you getting sick."
Momo rolled his eyes inwardly. It seems Eiji-senpai already forgot about the latest happening in their Ochibi's love life. Shaking his head, he began daydreaming about burgers again. 'Mmm... cheese...'
"Nya, Oishi, I don't want to go home!"
"But Eiji-"
"20 laps around the court." a cool voice said icily. The three players turned and saw their infamous captain, Kunimitsu Tezuka, staring at them pointedly.
The tensai pasted a beautiful smile on his face. "Tezuka. It is very cold today, don't you think so?"
The vice-captain nodded vigorously. "Look at Eiji here. He's freezing."
"ACHOO! I am not!"
Tezuka just looked at them again, before he went to meet his other teammates.
Eiji grinned as a very wonderful idea presented itself in his mind. "I know!"
Oishi glanced at him curiously. Kawamura had won, 7-5. "Nani?"
"Let's all go to a hot spring!"
Fuji smiled.
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Ryoma shook his head. "Not like that, Ryuzaki." he muttered, holding her hand with his own as he taught her how to grip a racket.
Sakuno blushed prettily, nodding. "H-hai. G-gomen nasai, R-ryoma-kun."
Smirking beneath his cap, he just shook his head. Why was this girl always stuttering anyway? But of course, he wasn't about to complain. He found her stuttering very... endearing.
She knitted her eyebrows in concentration, holding her own racket tightly. "L-like this?"
He sighed. But sometimes, she was just too exasperating. "Mada mada dane." Suddenly, he tensed inwardly. Through the corner of his eye, he could see Kikumaru-senpai looking at him with a wicked grin on his face, then talked excitedly to Momo.
"R-ryoma-kun? D-daijobu ka?"
"Yeah." he grunted. 'I think I don't want to practice anymore.'
Sakuno looked at where he was glancing at. Tennis court. "Y-you have p-practice, R-ryoma-kun!" She bowed, thanking him profusely. "A-arigato!"
He raised an eyebrow. "Coming?"
She lifted her pretty head up at him, blinking rapidly. "P-pardon?"
He glared at her coldly. He absolutely disliked repeating himself.
She blushed again, her stammering doubled. "H-hai! Gomen nasai!" Bowing her head, she walked after him, desperately avoiding the evil stares Ryoma's fan girls were directing at her.
"Oishi-senpai!" the young tennis player called out. The vice-captain nodded at him in greeting, moving away from the sneezing Eiji. "Ryoma. Sakuno."
"K-konnichiwa, Oishi-senpai."
Oishi grinned at that. "You sound like Ryoma's female counterpart."
She blushed. "S-senpai!"
"Ah! Ochibi!"
Ryoma visibly winced. 'Not Kiku-senpai...'
Momo bopped Ryoma's head lightly. "Ochibi, why didn't you tell me?"
Ryoma rubbed his head grudgingly. "What?"
"Sakuno-chan here! You know!" the second year nudged him suggestively. "I didn't know you had it in you!"
Ryoma tugged his cap down to hide his smirk. Ryuzaki's face had flamed again. He decided he didn't want to reply to that.
"Ochibi!" a voice yelled.
Ryoma managed to grunt in surprise before a weight slammed into him. "Sempai." Wow. He was getting fast. Last time Kiku-senpai latched on him he didn't even have the time to blink.
"I had a wonderful idea!" the hyperactive senior said, bubbling with excitement.
"I think I don't want to know about it..." Ryoma muttered to himself, making Sakuno giggle softly before she blushed again.
"Everybody! Come here, come here, come here!"
The Seigaku regulars walked over to the group. Kaidoh was hissing, Inui was still taking data from Kawamura, while the latter was still spouting nonsense.
"YEAH! BURNING, BABY, COME ON!"
Eiji looked at the other side of the court. "TEZUKA!" he shouted, waving at the captain energetically. "OVER HERE!"
Momo stared at the redhead thoughtfully. "Hmm... if Tezuka-buchou's fan girls were all like Eiji-senpai..." he trailed off.
All of them, except Fuji, Inui, and Kaidoh, shivered, imagining their unsmiling captain being mauled by a thousand redheads all shouting "Nya!"
They waited as Tezuka walked over to them.
And waited.
And waited.
"Tezuka!" Eiji finally burst out, his tone almost whining. "Hurry up!"
Tezuka shot him a glare, promising a slow painful death. Inui quickly leafed across his notebook. "Eyes narrowed, glasses steely, stiff walk, arms and shoulders tensed, glare directed at Eiji, slow pace..." He lifted his head up, adjusting his glasses. "He wants you to run a hundred laps around the court."
Momo sweatdropped. Inui-sempai has data like that?
When Tezuka finally joined them, Eiji couldn't resist poking his side. "Mou," he complained. "You were taking too long..."
"BURNING!"
Fuji gingerly took the tennis racket from Kawamura's hand, making the sushi man immediately calm down. "You were saying, Eiji?"
The redhead clapped his hands. "I had a wonderful idea!"
"Shoot." Momo muttered.
"Let's go to a hot spring!" he yelled excitedly, looking at his teammates for their agreement.
Silence.
"I agree on Eiji..." Fuji admitted softly.
Ryoma shrugged. "Mada mada dane."
To their surprise, Tezuka spoke albeit coldly. "If I said yes, would you swim a hundred laps in the springs?"
"Waah! Tezuka said yes! Hoi, hoi! Let's go now minna-san! Buchou said yes!"
Oishi shook his head, amused. "I think he didn't catch the last part, Tezuka."
"I think there's no harm in going..." Fuji added cheerfully, flashing all of them a slow smile. "So let's go!"
They nodded.
There was no way they were going to say no when Fuji had that particular sadistic look in his eyes.
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Ryoma tugged his cap down over his face, annoyed. How on earth did he end up in this bus ride anyway?
Oh yeah.
'Damn Fuji-senpai and his sadism. Damn Kiku-senpai for forcing me. Damn Inui-senpai for threatening me. He said he will sell my data- MY data- to the other schools! And...'
He shook his head forcefully, making Momo-senpai look at him weirdly. 'Not going to think about it...'
"R-ryoma-kun, d-daijobu?" a soft voice asked softly.
There. That's it.
'Ryuzaki and her smile. Damn it.' Looking at her worried face at the corner of his eye, he sighed inwardly in defeat. "Mada mada dane."
She smiled shyly at him then tapped the shoulder of the person in the seat in front of her. "S-senpai," she started.
Dark hazel eyes stared her down.
Sakuno gasped in surprise, unconsciously inching closer to Ryoma. "T-tezuka-senpai! G-gomen nasai!"
All the regulars quickly looked at the captain and their Ochibi's 'girlfriend.' Inui took out his pen and notebook. "Ii data..."
"What is it, Ryuzaki-san?"
They blinked.
"Nya? What happened?"
Ryoma hid a smirk, nudging his companion lightly. "Hey. Buchou's asking you."
She gulped, looking around desperately at the faces around her. There were encouraging ones, like Oishi-senpai's and Fuji-senpai's, gleeful ones like Eiji-senpai's and Momo-senpai's, and plain mean ones, like Kaidoh-senpai.
Well, Kaidoh looks mean all the time anyway.
Ryoma nudged her again. "Ryuzaki."
"H-hai!" She took a deep breath. "A-are w-we near the h-hot springs now?" she stammered nervously.
A very pregnant silence.
"Iie." Tezuka replied finally. "You should sleep." he added quietly.
They gaped openly. Momo's jaw dropped to the floor while Eiji was so paralyzed you'd think he couldn't do his "acrobatic tennis" anymore.
She could only nod in surprise.
To their further astonishment, he directed his piercing gaze to the tennis prince. "Make Ryuzaki-san comfortable."
THUD!
Eiji had fainted.
THUD!
Momo banged his head on the window.
PAK!
The others began slapping themselves to see if this was real.
Ryoma raised an eyebrow.
Tezuka didn't even bat an eyelash.
The youngest Seigaku regular cursed inwardly. 'Not Tezuka-buchou too!' A little grudgingly, he scooped the numb Ryuzaki and placed her gently on his lap, laying her head on his shoulder. "Happy?"
They could hear the furious scratching of notes in the background.
CLICK!
CLICK!
Ryoma whipped his head around. Fuji-senpai was taking pictures of him- and Ryuzaki. In that position too!
The tennis genius smiled gaily at him. "Blackmail material, Ryoma."
Kaidoh glanced at Ryoma, and then hissed again. "Fsh..."
Kawamura smiled, and then returned to looking outside.
Tezuka just sat back down in his seats, ignoring the stares his teammates kept shooting at him.
"Eiji! Eiji! Wake up!" Oishi said, slapping the redhead's cheek lightly. "You need to see this!"
"Nya..." Eiji muttered groggily. "Toothpaste..." Unexpectedly, he pulled toothpaste and a toothbrush from his pocket, and then began brushing his teeth. "... oishii..."
The vice-captain just sighed, and then returned to his seat. "You people are making me old..." He shot a reproving glance at Tezuka who merely looked away.
Meanwhile, Sakuno was so tense that Ryoma found it hard to relax. "Hey, Ryuzaki."
She stiffened even more. He was practically breathing down her ear! "Gomen nasai." She didn't even realize she didn't stutter!
She heard an intake of breath, and she could hear the smirk in his voice when he spoke.
"Maybe I should you hold more often..." he said softly."You sorta annoy me when you stutter, Ryuzaki..."
'I should really feel insulted.' was her first thought. 'He wants to hold me! OMG!' was the next her mind processed, but it took long several moments before it sunk in.
Tucking her head under his chin, Ryoma decided that, just this once, he would take this opportunity and bask in her presence. Of course, it had nothing to do with the fact that he liked Ryuzaki.
Oh no. Not at all.
It was an order from his captain. An order. He always follows orders.
'Yeah right, Echizen.' his mind supplied sarcastically. 'Maybe if you think more like that, it'll finally sink in.'
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a/n: so, did ya like that? originally, this wasn't supposed to be a ryomaXsakuno fic- or chappie, for that matter... i guess i was just used to M/F fluff so i can't help but slip them in... oh, i'm hopeless... but the real action comes in the next chappies... i'm planning to make this a three-chapter fic so pls bear with me until then... this was really a one-shot but i don't want you people scrolling down and down and down so, that!
by the way, the regulars are in some sort of small bus, y'know? ryoma, sakuno, and momo are in the seats at the back so... plz review this chappie, coz i won't know if i'm any good! thanks, anyway! R&R please!