My new story is here! It will be more complicated. Really,,Tezuka and Fuji made me! Lol. Enjoy! Some grammatical errors still there. But I hope it is not serious.
The first time Tezuka met Fuji was when Fuji's family moved next door. He was just arrived at home and his mother called him to greet their guests. In their living room were Fuji's family and his family -only his mother though- gathered.
"Kunimitsu! Let's meet our new neighbors! This is Fuji Yoshiko-san." Tezuka gave her a greeting and polite bow.
"This is Yuta-kun. Isn't he a cute little angel?" Tezuka Ayana told him the name of a little boy in his arm. She was giving him a mouthful smile. He was chubby and not really amusing. What's so great about this little boy?, thought young Tezuka.
"And that is his older brother. Syusuke." His mother added.
Tezuka's eyes were diverted to a boy next to Fuji Yoshiko. If Tezuka's mother didn't tell him,he wouldn't find the boy mentioned. He was so small and he sat beside his mother. In his hand was a glass of orange juice. He sipped his drink and stirred his juice, seeing the juice swayed. Another sip and he frown.
"Mama, why is this juice tasted funny?"
"Ara? Really? Is the juice tasted bad? I did check the expired date. Wait a minute okay? I'll go change it to new one."
"No need Tezuka-san. My Syusuke has a bit different preferences than ordinary people. He liked his drink spiked with wasabi." Fuji-san explained.
Tezuka sat on the sofa across little Syusuke. Because Fuji just a little boy, his feet didn't touch the floor. His small body gave him a girly feature. If it was not his name Tezuka would think he was a girl. His light brown hair almost touch his shoulder. His hands were very small.
"Onii-chan,what cha name?" Fuji started to speak. He had the same smile with his mother.
"It's Tezuka Kunimitsu."
"Mitsu nii-chan?"
Tezuka's left eye twitched. "No! You can't cut my name like that!"
"I'm sowwy... What shou' I call you then?"
Ayana laughed at him. "Oh! Leave him be, Kunimitsu. He is just three years old boy. I swear my Kunimitsu is acting like an old man more than his own father."
"It's not!" Tezuka frown.
His mother ignored him. "Why don't you show Syusuke your room? I think you would like to show him your book collection?"
"Okay." Tezuka sighed and walked out of the living room. Fuji followed him with his little feet.
They spent the rest of the evening at Tezuka's room. They argued about how Fuji called Tezuka. The argument last for hours -it's rather Fuji asked why and why, again and again and Tezuka tried to explain the reason to him- and finally decided "Tezuka nii-chan" was favorable to both of them. At that time Tezuka was seven years old.
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Tezuka was on his way home, he wanted to reach home ASAP to check on his plants at the backyard after big rain when he heard a ruckus behind a neglected building. He tried to search the source. He walked around the building and found a bunch of kids yelling and throwing mud to something.
He chased them away using a little shove and low kicks.
"Well! Just you see Syusuke-chan! You will pay for this! It's cheating to call a bigger friend!" one of the kids yell at the thing they were bullied before.
Tezuka ran to Fuji quickly to make sure he was okay. When he reached him he was shocked. Fuji balled his body as if to protect something under himself. Fuji Yuta was sobbing under him. His tears and snot smeared his face.
"It's okay Yuta. They had gone. See? Tezuka nii-chan had chased them away. Shhh... It's okay. Nii-chan will protect you." Fuji tried to cheer on Yuta.
"Are you okay,Fuji?" Tezuka kneeled beside them and pulled out his handkerchief. He dabbed it into Fuji's soiled face. He took Tezuka's handkerchief and cleaned Yuta's face instead.
They went home together. Tezuka heard from his mother that they were bullied because of Fuji's delicate feature. When the kids couldn't get a wanted reaction, they changed their target to Yuta. They got Fuji's attention like they wanted. Tezuka decided to help Fuji, he tried to teach Fuji some basic self-defense techniques but Fuji seemed doing it half-heartedly. Tezuka explained to him the importance of self-defense but brushed off by Fuji.
"I know how to make them miserable without using self-defense techniques." answered Fuji when Tezuka asked why he didn't want to learn.
A nine years old Tezuka was sure that Fuji's technique was more dangerous than his self-defense.
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Fuji's sixth birthday was already passed. He got many presents and he loved his Kuni (a cactus given by Tezuka) very much. He would show it to everyone he met. He would tell Tezuka how the cactus grew. Tezuka spent many nights dreaming about a big cactus chasing him.
Two months after his birthday, Fuji stopped talking about his Kuni. Tezuka felt blessed but also curious. His curiosity got the better of him. One day when Fuji came to play, he asked about Fuji's cactus nonchalantly. Fuji surprised him with a big wail.
Fuji cried and explained at the same time. After a long time-consuming decoding his words, Tezuka knew that Yuta took a more liking at his cactus. When Fuji didn't give it to him,Yuta threw the cactus pass through the garden and was run over by a car.
Tezuka knew how Fuji loved his brother. He never cry although Yuta took all of his things but losing his Kuni made him cried like this. Tezuka felt sorry to him. He told Fuji how he was a brave and a great big brother to Yuta.
Fuji's smile that day worth all of Tezuka's hard work to cheer him up.
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After the cactus incident Fuji became an important part in Tezuka's life. For Tezuka, Fuji was his little brother but to Fuji, Tezuka was his everything. Tezuka was his best friend, his brother, hero and beloved person.
"Tezuka nii-chan! Happy valentine day!" Fuji showed at his house early in the morning at valentine day. He brought a small box of chocolate that made by him and his mother. When Tezuka ate it he had to empty his two liters water bottle plus some ice cream to wash away the wasabi flavour.
"Tezuka nii-chan! Happy Easter day!"
"Tezuka nii-chan! Happy birthday!"
"Merry Christmas! Tezuka nii-chan!"
When Christmas came by, Fuji would stay at Tezuka's house (Fuji's family actually scheduled to visit their grandparents and sister at Chiba but Fuji prefer staying with Tezuka).
Their togetherness weren't unrecognizable by their family. For Tezuka's family it was like having a second son and for Fuji's family it was like having a place for Syusuke to learn and behave.
When another Christmas came, a twelve years old Syusuke made up his mind to confess his feeling to his beloved Tezuka nii-chan. He had convince his mother to allow him celebrating Christmas with Tezuka at the city.
He had made a perfect plan. They would have a dinner at their favorite restaurant near the town's square. After the dinner they would enjoy the romantic view at the town's square and the big fountain. When the clock hit midnight he would give his present to Tezuka and confess his feeling to Tezuka. Perfect!
They promised to meet at the bench near the town's square fountain.
Tezuka never arrived.
Tezuka's household phone rang at one a.m. It was from Fuji's mother. She asked whether Syusuke stayed over at their place.
Tezuka froze. He forgot about their appointment.
As a junior in their high school he received many new responsibilities. He felt enthusiast. He joined tennis club and also worked as the class representative.
He didn't have so much time to meet and play with Fuji lately. Last time he saw him was when Fuji asked him to go out with him. Tezuka nodded and brushed him off that time. He had to catch the train. He was kept busy until the winter holiday. There were reports to be filled, exercise to be done, meeting to be attended. He even came home late at the Christmas's eve. Totally forgetting about Fuji and their promise.
He changed in a record time and ran to the promised place. That winter was colder than last one. He hoped Fuji was fine. He ran fast although his feet cried and wanted some rest. His heart raced and he wonder whether because of his running or him worrying about Fuji. He was sure the later one was the reason.
When he arrived, he ran around the fountain. His lungs were crying for some air but it didn't stop him to run. He was really afraid about Fuji's wellbeing. Then he found him. Fuji was there, sitting on the bench near the fountain. He hugged himself. He wore a thick black jacket. There was an earmuffs on his head. His hair was covered by snows.
Tezuka ran to his direction. When Fuji saw him his blue eyes were opened and blinking in happiness.
"You've come."
Tezuka untied his scarf and put it around Fuji's neck.
"You idiot! Why are you still waiting here? You should come home after waiting for two hours!"
"But..we promised to meet here,ne? What happened? Did you get some accident, Tezuka nii-chan? I'm so worried but I didn't want to leave this place incase you came and didn't find me." Fuji's puffed out some air.
"I'm sorry, Fuji. I forgot." Tezuka said with a grimace.
"You forgot?" Fuji blinked.
"Yes. I had some works to do at school. It was really a busy week, it's my fault forgetting our plan." Tezuka exhaled and looked so pitiful. His face showed how tired and disappointed he was.
"I..it's fine. I see. It's okay. I got it." Fuji blinked several time, trying to wash away his disappointment and sadness. He bought some cakes this evening to share it with Tezuka but he ate them while waiting. He was hungry and lonely. He wanted to call but couldn't leave this place. It was really cold. There were some parents asked whether he was lost but he held up and believed that Tezuka was on his way. But no,he didn't come because he just forget about their appointment. For Tezuka, his school was more important than their friendship.
Tezuka asked for his forgiveness but Fuji didn't really pay attention. He stood up and walked away. After several feet away he stumbled and dropped dead on the snow.