Life
Summary: Life is such a fickle thing. Like a candle in the wind. One blow and it goes out. Even the strongest flames wither. Even though he shined brighter than anyone, I never thought that he too would flicker and die. Thrill Pair: FujiRyo
Author's Note
My second Prince of Tennis fic. I was really depressed after reading Homecoming by Ishka, so I decided to write a depressing one myself.
Life
Life, I never thought much about it. I never imagined how fickle life was.
"Game match, 6-6 Echizen Ryoma! Tie breaker!"
Cheers from the crowd exploded to full force.
The World Wide Tournament was at the Finals.
Finalist:
Echizen Ryoma
Fuji Syusuke
An arrogant smirk and usual insult.
"Mada mada dane, Fuji-sempai."
Sapphire eyes watched intently as the service game shifted and it was Echizen's serve.
The yellow ball flew to the right. No time for reaction or even movement.
"Did you just see that!"
"It was a serve ace!"
"That was fast!"
The murmuring of the crowd became shouts.
Both players ignored it. Each solely focused on the other.
Life was like a flame. A flame in the wind. One blow and it dies.
"1-2!"
"5-4!"
"8-7!"
The games continued, none of them giving the other an opportunity to steal a point.
This was it, Fuji does one of his famous counters. However, now with modifications, his counters are unstoppable.
"Phoenix Return." From the original Tsubame Gaishi.
The icy blue orbs watched the ball fly over the net, they widened in surprise when the ball flew back toward him.
Up until now, only one person was able to counter it. He was the second and probably last.
A cool smirk was seen on the face which the owner's cap hid half the face.
"Mada mada dane."
"Game and match! 7-6, Echizen Ryoma wins!"
"In the end you still beat me."
Sapphire met gold.
Smirk.
Arrogant brat…
His flame was by far the strongest of us all. I couldn't and still can't believe that with one blow…
…the light that used to shine so brightly…
…extinguished replaced by the dim glow of others…
A handshake.
With the crowd wildly in cheer, no one noticed the slight creaking of metal. Even if they did, it was ignored.
It happened so fast…
…the heavy light structure was falling…
…those small hands pushed against his causing him to be shoved slightly backward…
… the next second sapphire could no longer located those warm gold eyes…
…instead cold iron replaced it.
Most people started screaming. Others turned away in fright. He couldn't take his eyes off the death, he escaped narrowly.
Instead he left someone else dead in his wake.
He has so much ahead of him. A career, a life, and a dream. I never stayed to see the body crushed under it. I didn't want to see those crushed dreams.
"Echizen, if I gave you a kiss, would you wake up like Sleeping Beauty?"
The older asked the one on the hospital bed. The younger seemed so peaceful laying there.
The doctor's voice rang in his head.
"He's not dead, only in a coma. However we don't know when he'll wake up and if he even will."
"Echizen, if I gave you a kiss, would you wake up like Sleeping Beauty?"
Silence was met with my question.
A sudden thought came to mind, I was shocked I never tried it.
Then reconsidered since it was desperate notion.
Bending down is planted a soft kiss on those pale lips.
My vision grew watery, where did this water come from?
The sun was bright and coming down in gold steams of light. Not a cloud in sight. Then again, we were inside. How could it rain in a building?
Dabbing the back on my hands over my eyes I noticed the moister. Tears?
Slowly gold came into my vision.
I guess life isn't as feeble as I believed it to be.
A/N: I'll keep you guessing what it was. Was it the sun or something else? X) My attempt at FujiRyo. I've never wrote a shounen-ai fic in my life. Second Prince of Tennis fic. First shounen-ai one! I feel so special now! XD
I'm taking any request for any pairing. Partially because I'm bored with nothing to do over the winter break, and partially because I have some really good ideas when I write for a purpose. AND I'm starting some PoT doujinshi. I want good ideas for them…so if you have any good fics you want to recommend I'll draw them out and post them with the author's approval. Shounen-ai is always good. No yaoi please, cause I end up ruining the pictures.