Disclaimer: All belongs to Konomi Takeshi-sensei, god amongst men, and thus I hold no rights over any characters. I also make no profit out of the writing of this story, save the entertainment of messing with the character's head and turning them into helpless paranoiacs. Heh.
Sorry if this seems a bit too ooc, I wasn't really thinking about that, just write what came to my mind in the moment.
Fuji Syuusuke: Sadistic jealousy
By: Cinammon Sweet
Chapter I: The Proposal (aka: Introduction)
Possessive bastard. That's the term with which Fuji Syuusuke would be described by the general Seishun Gakuen Academy population. But they just knew it from words, unproven rumours that floated through classrooms, lunch cafeterias and, occasionally, the rooftop. All of them, though, were stopped abruptly, however subtly, when a certain freshman with black-green locks entered the scene. If he noticed this, he gave no sign of it, he rarely ever seemed to, and for that everyone was grateful.
Why? Because Echizen Ryoma was in no way attached to Seigaku's resident tensai, besides their senpai-kouhai relationship, and as human beings who cherished their existence in even the slightest bit, no one intended for the younger male to suspect otherwise.
Unlike them, though, Seigaku's tennis regulars knew about this obsession, and had suffered from it for almost a year now. Because a fact that no one knew was that throughout the year, all of them had shown varying degrees of interest on the baby of their team, and felt their hopes being squashed by the blue-eyed prodigy each and every time, in the worst possible ways.
This is where we must introduce Ryuuichi Takeo, a junior in Seigaku, who had a dream: to become a world-class journalist. Naturally, he couldn't pass up this opportunity, and he went in search of the stories of all the regulars. He was imagining the fame, how he would reach the top and finally be awarded the Journalism Award this year, how he was going to be published because of his compilation of short stories, which he was planning to name "Fuji Syuusuke: Sadistic jealousy". It was brilliant.
So he begun his quest, which was by no means easy. To find them alone was difficult enough, they seemed to move in groups and tended to avoid empty places. So finally, he resorted to sending a request to meet at an unused classroom after classes to all of the regulars (sans Fuji and Echizen), including Inui Sadaharu who was acting as a physical trainer. Then he had to assure them that this was no to be released until after their graduation, it was to be kept secret until he received the 'okay' from Tezuka Kunimitsu, this year's buchou. They gathered around for a bit after his proposal, to discuss things, and Ryuuichi Takeo crossed his fingers, 'please, let them say yes'. After a lot of discussing, a vast amount of cursing -mainly from Momoshiro Takeshi and Kaidoh Kaoru- and some shouting, they turned to face the anxious junior and Oishi Syuichiroh, the team's fukubuchou, cleared his throat and declared in a tone of voice proper of a lawyer.
"Ryuuichi-kun, please listen to all I have to say and our conditions, and then you can decide if you want to go through with this, though you must meet all of our... demands. Firstly, we will arrange it for you to meet us one at a time, one regular each Sunday. We will fix a meeting place and time which will change every week, and you will be informed of it by a text message from either me or Tezuka the day before, probably in the afternoon. Secondly, you shall arrive by bus to the designated place, we will go by other means, and you must arrive at least ten minutes before, please make sure you're not followed-"
"Oishi-fukubuchou, you make it sound as though we were partaking in a crime or something."
"Oi, Momo, shut it, do you even want to know what will happen to us and Ryuuichi-chan if Fujiko finds out? Nya! Scary..." Kikumaru Eiji shuddered at the thought and grabbed his partner's arm.
"Eeh! You're right. Gomen ne, Oishi-fukubuchou"
"It's okay, Momo. Well, then, I hope you agree to these arrangements, since we all would like to let it all out. So, what do you say?"
Ryuiichi thought, hard. Of course, it was complicated, and he suddenly felt tremor down his spine when he thought about Fuji-senpai. I mean, there had to be a reason why the regulars went to such extent just to avoid Fuji's wrath, so it must definitely be a good story.
"Well, I think your petitions are very reasonable, and the only thing I ask in return is your full cooperation and as much details as possible."
"Sure. Arigatou, for your discretion." Oishi bowed slightly.
Ryuuichi bowed deeply and replied hastily "No, thank you for this opportunity. I really look forward to working with you" and with that he left the classroom, a bounce in his step as he happily made his way back to his house.
Back in the classroom, Oishi started having doubts, and turned to his friend.
"Are you sure this was a good idea Tezuka?"
"We already said we would do it, Oishi. Minna, we must follow through with our decision discreetly, neither Echizen nor Fuji may suspect of the arrangement with Ryuuichi-kun. In order to make things easier for him, we will go in chronological order, which means that-" Tezuka, who was giving one of the longest speeches anyone has probably ever heard, was interrupted by a panicky voice.
"No! That means I go first! I don't want to go first, nya! Oishi!" Kikumaru whined, nervous.
"I'm sorry, Eiji, but Tezuka is right. We shouldn't trouble Ryuuichi-kun"
"Yeah, he's right, he's already in imminent danger if Fuji gets somehow involved in this." Kikumaru sniffed in resignation "okay, I'll do it. But I'm still nervous" he pouted.
The classroom was suddenly overcome with an uneasy silence, as they all wondered how they would retell their story, and feeling a sense of dread just from doing it. It stretched on for about a minute, though it definitely felt longer, until Momoshiro broke it, voicing everybody's thoughts.
"Man, it's not fair that the two people than can't know are the sharpest in the team."