Prince of Tennis; Echizen Ryoma x Tooyama Kintarou

10iloveyou; #1 – Fear

Koshimae.. Koshimae... Koshimae..! Where are you? ! He shouted for the other first year, feeling tendrils of darkness entangle him and slowly swallow him. He cried out and fumbled through the dark after Ryoma. Kintarou was scared, so scared and he felt like something was creeping in under his skin. Koshimae! Tears spilled from his eyes and he clutched tests of hair that splayed around his head. Koshimaeee! He tugged at the red locks, which looked almost black in the darkness. Darkly green, almost black. It looked like Ryoma's hair-color. And it just made him more desperate. Where are youuuu! ? He howled into the darkness and ran forward, ran into something and fell to the ground. Iβ€”it hurts... I'm sc-aared-d.. Ko-Koshimae...! Save me..! He gasped for air and let out a loud cry. Koshi-please..!

The darkness wrapped tighter around him and it felt as if he would choke. He curled up and coiled around himseld, tugging his legs to his chest and leaning his forehead against his knees. Koshimae.. he sobbed and felt that he was choking, slowly being suffocated by the thick blackness around him. I need you...!

It was hurting, but still, he felt completely numb. Why did he feel so empty? He'd only ever felt this empty – no, not this empty, just very empty – and that was when he played a ball against Rikkai's Taishou-san. Yukimura, he reminded himself. Then he wondered, when was that? When is now? Koshimae, where are you...?

Everything went back to the other super-rookie. But Ryoma ment everything to him, he did. He was his rival, his friend, his goal and the one he loved. Koshimae, I love you.. So please...

An empty sob echoed throught the hollow darkness, and then it was silent, as the red-haired boy lay shaking in the middle of nowhere.