Title: Kunimitsu Tezuka
Summary: I knew that we were too different to ever be more than mutual teammates, but to think that we were once friends in the past makes me wonder if that can still be.
Disclaimer: I tried to negotiate with Konomi-sensei to revise and add this in the series, but he refused.

Italics means flashback.


9 years ago, I was five years old. I didn't really like talking to people, I was either reading or trying to play tennis, other times my grandmother would teach me tea ceremony, and my grandfather would always have this serious look on his face every time he watched. So I never really had many friends. So I was spending one day drawing when another boy came up to me, along with Sensei. "Ano, Tezuka-kun, you wouldn't mind if Eiji Kikumaru followed you around for a bit, he's new here," she told me. Looking up I saw a boy about my age, with red hair, dark blue eyes and a band aid on his cheek. "Hi, I'm Eiji Kikumaru, you can call me Eiji-kun, Will you be my friend?" he asked me. I didn't know what to say, no one's ever really asked me that before. But then he started poking me in the forehead, "Ne, are you okay?"

"Yeah, okay, I'll be your friend," I muttered.


"Buchou, wake up," I opened my eyes and saw Inui. "You don't usually fall asleep in class, Ii data," he murmured. I got up and followed Inui to the tennis courts, all the while wondering, what the heck was up with that dream, I know that I was taking up tennis at the time, but, what did it have to do with Eiji? All in all, I had more important things to do. Said person was with Oishi. His smile was, happy, an emotion I've never really felt, unless playing tennis, but I still didn't smile. I was envious sometimes, seeing myself, compared to Eiji, just a boy with dark blonde hair and a serious expression that rarely anyone could read, while Eiji still was able to express his feelings and not be afraid to do so. "Saa, you seem deep in thought, Tezuka-kun," I heard Fuji say.

"What are you talking about?" I asked, averting my eyes from Eiji.

"I'm talking about how I've pretty much seen as much expression as you can fit on your face," Fuji smiled.

"Fuji, just get to your practice match with Kaidoh," I muttered.

"Fine," he smiled.

I sighed, the closest thing I had to a friend right now was probably a toss up between Oishi and Fuji, and they understand me.


It had been one week since Eiji came and Tezuka found himself always looking forward to when he would meet the red-head, his smiles always extended this warm feeling right into his heart. But, when I look at him, then me, why were we friends? He was incredibly popular, and if I showed up, they would steer clear of me. So I confronted him at lunchtime.

"Kikumaru-san, can I talk to you for a while, privately?" I asked.

"Okay," he smiled, turning to the other kids, "Ja, I'll be back soon."

"Do you still consider me a friend?" I asked as we were away.

"Why do you ask?" he replied, hugging me. My cheeks felt hot.

"Well, we're different, and I..." I trailed off as his face moved up so I could see his eyes clearly.

"It's because we're different that I like you," he smiled, then giggled, "And maybe it's because you have a funny face."

"Hang on, what do you mean I have a funny face?!?!" I yelled, chasing him.


BEEP

I woke up; my room was blurred because I didn't have my glasses on yet. And again Eiji was in my dream, or could it be a memory? I honestly had no idea, if we had known each other, then why is it now, in our final year of high school that the memories return, rather than when we were first years.

Clink

I looked down to see what I dropped; it was a brightly colored amulet. "Since when did I own something like this?" I asked, studying it carefully. I remembered that I carried it out of a habit.

Well, after that I decided to continue on with my day and ignore this second dream, it was just another unnecessary thing to dwell on. I was jogging it off, although I would always jog in the morning. Although, soon I saw Eiji which threw me off balance, although no one else was around, and it was quite early.

"Ah, Buchou, ano, are you gonna make me run laps?" he asked me really quickly.

I almost laughed, but instead asked, "Why would I do that? You're already running."

"Oh, okay," he replied, looking confused, "Well, I'm gonna go a different way, see you at school."

Watching him run made me realize something, we hardly knew each other, and now that bothered me, it was a strange feeling, like you want to know someone, but at the same time, you don't. I honestly couldn't ignore it, it was strong. I sighed, "What is going on with me now?"

A/N: Yeah, this is new, I don't know where it came from or if it will make sense, but please R & R.