Credits to LivingInAnUnknownWorld for the original story.
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Tezuka walked into his classroom, earlier than before, just to find a smiling tensai already there waiting for him.
As Tezuka sat down on a seat beside Fuji, Fuji suddenly asked, "Tezuka, do you remember when we were in the first grade?"
Tezuka was puzzled but the question but being the stoic captain of the tennis club, he didn't show any expression.
"Hn," he replied, as usual.
Fuji smiled. "When I first came to this school, you were my only friend." Then he added, "Until I joined the tennis club, that is."
After a short pause, Tezuka said, "Every first grader was afraid of you. Your eyes to be exact."
"Aren't you afraid?" Fuji asked him, smiling as always.
At first, Tezuka didn't want to reply. He thought it was a stupid question.
But then, the classroom was filled with silence and he had no other things to do.
"No." The answer was short. Short, not sweet.
He hesitated for a moment, then asked,"Why don't you open your eyes often?"
Fuji chuckled. He never knew Tezuka was so chatty.
"I do when I'm afraid or when I'm furious."
"So, you were scared on the first day of school, right?" Tezuka concluded.
Fuji nodded.
"Do you remember the time I got punished for making the senpais angry?"
Fuji thought for a while.
"You were always punished cause they were always jealous of your amazing tennis skills."
"The first time I got punished to run 20 laps and you ran half of it for me," Tezuka said, thinking of before.
Fuji smiled. "Never knew you had an amazing memory too."
Tezuka almost smiled.
"The second time, I got punished to do 50 push-ups and you did 25 for me"
"Inui did Oishi did the rest for you too," Fuji pointed out.
Tezuka nodded, then continued. "Once I had to clean the whole court by myself and the first years came to help me. But, you helped the most."
"It's not a big deal, really. Remember when I had trouble doing my homework?"
"Hn."
"You always came by to help me. When I got frustrated and wanted to hit someone, which I did, you always protected me and got yourself punished."
"You did most of the punishments for me," Tezuka said. "I can't imagine how I could survive the punishment my self."
Ring… Ring…
"Those were nice time, ne Tezuka?" Fuji asked, a grin on plastered on his face
"The teacher is coming, we'll talk later at recess."
Fuji chuckled. Ah… The teachers pet…
