DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POT
takari love: I'm so sorry. I guess all of you must be wondering why I replaced the first chapter. It is because I did a careless mistake at one part. ." Here was the mistake I made. I wanted to put this:
'Ouch,' Ryoma thought of his spiky-haired senpai with symphaty.
but instead, I accidentally wrote this:
'Ouch,' Ryoma thought of his spiky-haired captain with symphaty.
I've change it to the correct one already.., I'm so sorry...
Chapter 1: Unexpected Call
Summer finally came and Ryoma Echizen decided to snore his day away. Well, that was his plan anyway. What ruined it was a much unexpected call from someone unexpected.
"Oi, boy, you have a phone call," he heard his father said.
He growled as he slowly got up. 'What does time has against me?' he thought when he saw that it was only eight o' clock in the morning. After Ryoma pick up the phone, he said, "This is Ryoma."
"Echizen," the person said.
Ryoma recognized the voice from the receiver. But he was surprised thought for he would never thought this person would call him on a day when they are no tennis practice. "Buchou?" Ryoma asked.
"Hai," Tezuka said from the other end. "I was wondering if you could meet me today."
Ryoma looked at the phone in his hand with a weird look while thinking, 'Has buchou been abducted by aliens or something?'
"Hello, Echizen?"
Ryoma shook the thought off by reasoning to himself, 'Maybe buchou wants to have a practice match with me.' Ryoma asked, "Do you want to have a practice match with me buchou?"
There was silence for awhile. Ryoma waited patiently for his senpai's reply.
"N-No," Tezuka said. "I want you to meet me at the Kinokuniya Bookstore at ten o' clock."
'Meet at a bookstore?' Ryoma thought. He felt suspicious so he asked, "Buchou, is Fuji-senpai daring you to do this?"
At the Tezuka's place, he sweated when Ryoma asked him that. "Why would you think that?"
'Well, for one reason, Fuji-senpai is sadistic enough to do something like that,' the freshman thought. "No reason," Ryoma replied.
"Well, could you or could you not meet me at the bookstore today?" Tezuka asked.
'Is buchou crazy or something? This is my first day of summer. I chose to sleep,' Ryoma thought. "No," he answered his captain.
Well, it seems like Tezuka is loosing his coolness because…
"Echizen, meet me at this bookstore at 10 a.m. or else I'll put you off the Regulars!" Tezuka yelled.
Ryoma winced at the loudness of Tezuka's voice. With his usual cool face and tone, Ryoma replied, "Alright, alright, I'll meet you, buchou."
"Thank you, Echizen," Tezuka said. This time, he has his normal stoic expression back. "I'm sorry for yelling," he said before ending the conversation.
Even after the 'beep' sound was heard, Ryoma kept staring at the phone. 'Did buchou knock his head or something?' he thought.
At half past ten, Ryoma entered the Kinokuniya Bookstore. Well, knowing Ryoma, he was always late. But surprisingly, when he entered the bookstore, Tezuka was not there.
'Where's buchou?' he thought. When he didn't see Tezuka anywhere, Ryoma decided to go to the manga section while waiting for his buchou. After a few minutes looking at the manga, he suddenly felt someone's presence behind him. When he turned around, he saw his stoic-looking captain.
"Echizen, you were late," Tezuka said.
"You're the one to talk," Ryoma muttered under his breath.
Unfortunately, Tezuka heard him. "I arrived thirty minutes before ten," he said.
"Well, I didn't see you, buchou," Ryoma said, keeping his cool mask.
"I was at the literature section," said Tezuka.
'That explains a lot,' Ryoma thought.
"And why were you late?" asked Tezuka.
"Sleeping," answered Ryoma simply.
Tezuka raised his eyebrow. "But I spoke to you at eight o'clock this morning," Tezuka said.
"Exactly my point," Ryoma replied.
Tezuka decided to drop the conversation.
"So, why do you want to meet me here, buchou?" Ryoma asked.
"Well, Echizen…uh…" Tezuka stopped halfway.
Ryoma thought he saw a faint blush on his captain's cheeks but he decided to shake the thought off. 'Nah,' he thought, 'it can't be.' "Well?" Ryoma asked.
"I need you to help me find a present for Fuji," Tezuka said. His voice was so soft, barely above whisper, and Ryoma could barely hear him but he did.
"You," Ryoma said, pointing at Tezuka, "need me," he pointed at himself, "to find a present for Fuji-senpai?" Tezuka nodded his head. "And you chose me because I'm such an expert at it," Ryoma said sarcastically.
"No, I chose you because you won't accidentally spill out the secret," Tezuka said.
Awe, buchou trust me so much. That's so sweet. Not. "Why don't you go to Oishi-senpai?"
"Because he'll lecture and asked a whole lot of questions," Tezuka answered.
Ryoma stared at his buchou with a raised eyebrow. 'The high and mighty Tezuka is afraid of Oishi-senpai's lectures and questions.' Ryoma said, "Inui-senpai?"
"He'll try to collect data," answered Tezuka.
"Momo-senpai?"
"That boy can only choose hamburgers," the stoic captain said.
'Ouch,' Ryoma thought of his spiky-haired senpai with sympathy. "Kawamura-senpai?"
"He's busy with his sushi store," replied Tezuka.
"Kikumaru-senpai?" asked Ryoma.
"His mouth has no insurance," muttered Tezuka. "Besides, he's Fuji's best friend."
'Ouch!' Ryoma thought again. 'That was harsh.' "Hmmm, have you considered Kaidoh-senpai?"
"Kaidoh is…too innocent," said Tezuka.
Ryoma looked at Tezuka with a look that said, 'And-I-am-not-innocent.'
"Echizen, you know what I mean," said Tezuka.
Ryoma sighed. Yes, he did understand what his buchou meant. "Alright, I'll help you."
"Thank you," Tezuka said for the second time to the same person on the same day. "Ikuzo," he said.
"Wait, where?" Ryoma asked. "Aren't you buying books?"
"Who said anything about books?" Tezuka asked.
"But you asked to meet at the bookstore," Ryoma pointed out.
"I needed to buy some books," Tezuka said, showing Ryoma the paper bag he held in his right hand.
A sweat drop appeared on Ryoma's head. 'That explains a lot,' he thought.
Tezuka and Ryoma exit the bookstore and they walked down the street. Unknown to them, a certain sadist saw them.
'Hmm, why is Tezuka with Ryoma?' the brunette thought. He decided to call Tezuka.
TEZUKA AND RYOMA
Ugoiteru toki no naka
Meguri aeta ne You and I
Afuredasu kono omoi
Kie-
Tezuka quickly answered his cell phone. Ryoma, on the other hand, was looking at his buchou with a weird look. 'That is buchou's ring tone?'
"Hello," Tezuka said.
"Good morning, Mitsu-chan," Fuji said.
Tezuka twitched and replied, "Good morning, Fuji."
"What are you doing?" Fuji asked.
"I-I…err, reading Macbeth for my English paper," Tezuka lied.
"With whom?" he asked again.
"Alone," Tezuka lied again, carefully not to let his guard down.
Ryoma looked at his captain with an expression that said 'Why-the-hell-did-you-lie'.
Tezuka ignored the look Ryoma gave him and said, "I have to hang up now, Fuji. Ja ne," he said and turned off his cell phone.
BACK WITH FUJI
Fuji stared at his cell phone with an expression that said 'I-can't-believe-he-hung-up-on-me while thinking, 'this means war, Tezuka Kunimitsu.'
BACK WITH TEZUKA AND RYOMA
"Was that Fuji-senpai?" Ryoma asked.
"Hai," Tezuka answered.
"Why did you lie to him?" came Ryoma's straightforward question.
"I can't possibly tell him I'm searching for a present that I'm going to give him at our date tonight," Tezuka said.
Ryoma looked at Tezuka with a raised eyebrow. "I always thought of you as a well-prepared person, buchou," he said.
"I…forgot," Tezuka replied quietly.
"Forgot about what?" asked Ryoma.
"First anniversary," answered Tezuka with a faint blush on his face.
'Okay,' Ryoma thought. "I'm not going to question any further."
After a few minutes walking in silence, Ryoma asked, "Buchou, what do you think Fuji-senpai would want?"
"Uh…"
"Never mind," the freshman said. "What does Fuji-senpai like?" he asked. 'Other than torturing people,' he added in his thought.
"Cacti," Tezuka answered.
Again, Ryoma gave him the weird look. "Buchou, you can't give someone cacti as an anniversary present, no matter how much that person loves it."
Tezuka looked at Ryoma with a look that said 'And-you-said-you're-not-an-expert.'
Ryoma glared. "My cousin has a boyfriend."
"Oh," said Tezuka.
"What other things does Fuji-senpai loves?" Ryoma asked.
"Photography," answered Tezuka.
"A new camera will be way of a high school student's allowance," Ryoma said. 'Well, all except for Monkey King,' he thought. "And buying a new camera for Fuji-senpai will be death to us all."
"Why?" asked Tezuka.
Again, Ryoma looked at Tezuka with a raised eyebrow. "You do know that your boyfriend captures pictures for his fun and pleasure to blackmail people, right?"
"You don't need to remind me," Tezuka replied through gritted teeth.
'I guess buchou is also a victim to Fuji-senpai's prank,' Ryoma thought. Suddenly, his stomach growled. Tezuka heard it too.
The captain sighed. "Alright, Echizen, let's go for lunch." They went to the place where Ryoma and Momoshirou always go to eat after practice.
Ryoma ordered his usual two large burgers, two large French fries and one large Cola meanwhile Tezuka ordered half of what Ryoma ordered.
'How does this boy eat so much?' went through Tezuka's thought.
BACK WITH FUJI
Fuji, who was sitting on a bench across the street from the place Tezuka and Ryoma went to, thought, 'Its time to start my plan.'
Fuji took out his cell phone and dialed Eiji's number.
EIJI'S HOUSE
"Konnichiwa, this is Eiji, nya," Eiji answered the phone.
"Eiji, this is Fuji," Fuji said.
"Fujiko, nya," the acrobatic player said cheerfully. "What's up?"
"Eiji, can you meet me today?" the tensai asked.
"Today?" Eiji thought out loud. "But Fujiko, I have plans with…Oishi."
Fuji could have sworn that Eiji's voice was softer when he said Oishi's name. Fuji smiled from ear to ear. It seems like he had a plan in his mind.
"Please, Eiji," Fuji said. "I promise you that I'll help you with Oishi."
"EH! What was that?" Eiji asked. 'Did I hear him properly?' the acrobat thought.
"The point is could you meet me today?" asked the brunette.
"Well…"
"Or else I'd tell your deepest secret," threatened Fuji.
Eiji panicked. He had been best friends with Fuji for three years and by now, he knows what Fuji's capable on doing.
"Alright, alright, I'll postpone my plans with Oishi," Eiji said.
Fuji smiled. "Excellent," he said and told Eiji where to meet him.
After ending the conversation, Eiji put down the phone. "I wonder what Fuji is planning, nya," he said to himself.
takari love: Well, how was it? Pls R&R...
tbc
