NOTE: Hello all. I do not own these characters nor do I own the Prince of Tennis. This is a quick little fic in Ryoma's POV. TezukaXRyoma.
Pillar Kiss
When his body lightly brushes up against mine, I quiver and my heart begins to race. When he looks at me through those glasses with stern eyes, I can't help but listen to his every word. When he told me I was a pillar of strength holding Seigaku's tennis team up high, I wanted to become more than just that in his eyes. Before I knew it…I was falling in love.
Most people would say that I don't even know what love is, and that all I care about is tennis. I won't deny the fact that tennis is my life, but Seigaku's captain breathed a whole new meaning into me. I wanted to continue to challenge him to tennis matches until I was able to beat him. If that was to happen, I was sure he would see the potential I have. I wanted to be more than just this young boy who continues to win match after match but always loses when it comes to him.
At tennis practice, he never noticed how I would stare at him from the corner of my eyes. I don't exactly remember when I began to look at him differently. I think it was when he first told me that I could be the one to hold up Seigaku's tennis team. To be given that responsibility was almost thrilling. If I could continue watch him forever, I would be satisfied.
"Echizen," when he called my name, the wings of butterflies began to flutter around in my stomach. Alone with him, all I can do is stand there and wait for him to speak more. "Good work today."
"Uh-huh," I could feel myself becoming flustered. It was never like this before.
"You have something on your face," he bent down and roughly brushed his right thumb against my cheek.
"Tezuka-buchou―" I choked on my words. My face began to glow red.
"Is something wrong?"
When he asked things like that, I wanted to speak out and say that him not being with me was what was wrong. I knew that such a thing would sound selfish. I wish there was a way to pull together how I felt and utter it out of my mouth. No matter what people thought of me, I still was insecure when it came to certain things.
"Echizen?" his voice pressed for an answer.
"It's nothing."
"Ah, then I'll see you tomorrow," as he began to walk away, I found myself following behind. Before I knew it, my left arm was extended and in my hand I held the cloth he wore on his back. "Hmm?"
My arm fell back to my side as I focused my attention on the ground. There were no words to explain my odd behavior besides 'I love you'. I could feel my body swaying in the breeze. "Have a good day."
"Is that all?"
I took a few steps forward and let our eyes meet. I knew that I was losing control of my limbs as my hands were placed on his broad shoulders. Getting on my tiptoes, I found myself leaning in to let our lips meet. To my surprise, a gentle hand was placed under my chin that helped me reach his gentle lips even better. As we broke apart, the embarrassment was shown on my face for I couldn't even look up at him again.
"We'll have to practice harder tomorrow," he nodded as he turned around to leave once again. I didn't really know if he was talking about tennis or kissing. Either way, I would be happy as long as we could continue small moments together like that.
NOTE: I'm sorry if I changed tense from here and there. This is the first time I've written in first person in over a year (I believe), and the way I wrote was a lot different from how I would usually do so. Thank you for reading~!
