A Poem for You

Summary: Tezuka finds that even he can be capable of being romantic… if only just in writing. But it's a nice start. [TezukaxFuji]

A/N: Based on a true experience, but that's all I can say.

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Tezuka re-read the words he had typed down on Notepad for a good 10 minutes. Of course he had intended to do something for Fuji for the longest time, especially after receiving a song written by the tensai himself. He wasn't even sure how, but as his fingers flew across the keyboard typing down what he wanted to say in this intended poem for Fuji, he felt like a different person.

"Is this… really me?" he breathed as he reached the end of his poem, staring at the blinking cursor of the Notepad. His mind argued that it was, considering that it was he who was sitting in front of the laptop and whose fingers had just finished typing it.

The stoic teen often showed his caliber in writing when it came to school activities, much to the amusement of his fellow classmates. It seemed that he composed a number of poems lately that had put a smile on people's faces. Go figure.

It was late at night, and he was still chatting with Fuji, though he had taken time off such idle chatter to compose this poem - in that short amount of time. He glanced at the chat window for a good few minutes, debating whether he would send it to him or not. He was a bit uncertain how the tensai would react.

Tezuka shook his head slowly. 'No… Syusuke needs to see this… It's for him that I made it, after all…' he told himself firmly in his head. He moved to copy-paste what he had typed on Notepad to the chat window for the tensai to read:

The Unsaid Words

If I were to write our history together,
I'd describe it like a roller coaster.
You and I had many opportunities,
Yet no one dared take another step.
We stayed as friends - and just as that;
Merely watching from afar.

As time passed, feelings became overwhelming,
Indescribable by even ourselves.
One faithful day, it just happened -
We recognized them, and confessed.
Speech continues to escape me,
Leaving me unable to take that next step.

So I continue this in my own way,
A way you have been much exposed to.
Hoping that someday you'll understand,
Knowing that one day you'll see the real me.

Please forgive the awkwardness,
The stiffness and all other screw-ups.
I will try to go beyond that, however,
If only to see your genuine smile.

Silently I thank you,
For even considering me.
If I am your world,
Then you are my universe.

For our paths to cross,
To meet in this lifetime.
I'm grateful for your presence,
For completing what was missing.
Now, illuminated are the unsaid words,
In a smile I keep only for you: I love you.

TBC

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Perfect Pair drabbles from Tezuka's PoV. Call it a compliment to Bloodysamurai's drabbles from Fuji's PoV (EDIT: entitled 'Things You Don't Know'. The link: http:// www. fanfiction. net / s / 4678055 / --- just take out the spaces) Look out for more from the both of us.