The Chase
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Why do you always do this to me?
When I thought you were there, you disappear. When I thought I was ready to be by your side, you defeated me so easily. You who are always ahead of me, what do you want from me?
How strong do I need to be? How many more sacrifices do I need to do to be able to stay by your side?
Can we stop this game? You who are always ahead of me from the beginning of our encounter.
I thought winning the Nationals was enough, but it was my naivety that blinded me from seeing your ambition. Yet it was that determination that made me fall for you. The moment I laid my eyes on you, I was transfixed by your strength and dreams.
I want to quit but your intense gaze stop me from ending this game. You told me once, in German, that you love me. Was it really I that you love or how I play this game of yours?
Can we stop this chase? I might have grown tired of it. I am scared of the day, when I no longer have the strength to chase your shadow. The day where you disappear forever from my life because I was weak.
Tell me Tezuka, do you love me, even if I stop playing? Will you still be there, if I stop chasing?
It was fun, that feeling of winning, and also sad, that feeling of losing. I shed a tear that day, disappointed in myself and yet proud for being able to change. These emotions, given by you as I was chasing that shadow will forever be in my mind and a part of this game of our.
But can we stop now? I no longer want to chase you. I long for your hand instead, to bring me to your side where we can walk together and no longer feel the need to play this chasing game.
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Hi everyone. Never in my mind will I thought I'm going to write more Prince of Tennis fiction, but I guess I did. I do miss writing as well.
Hope you enjoy this little piece of mine. I was re-reading the New Prince of Tennis a couple of days ago and that scene where Fuji cried when he lose against Tezuka was so powerful that it stirred the imagination.
And thus this little story was born and how I hope they get more fan service in the future (Fuji kinda disappear from the New Prince of Tennis as well)