Distance

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Warning: boy/boy (Tezuka/Ryoma) Do Not Read If This Offends You.

"Ochibi, now don't cry once you see buchou again," Kikumaru teased as everyone was on the bus and was off to see Tezuka at the clinic in Germany to give him the Gold Medal.

Ryoma growled in annoyance, "I DON'T CRY!" He defended himself.

"Hoi? I do remember a time when you lost your cat Karupin, that you have almost cried as soon as you saw Karupin jumped out from Momo's jacket," Kikumaru said with a smirk.

Ryoma threw a glare at Momoshiro who was sitting beside him, "Kikumaru!" Momoshiro scowled.

"It's the truth!" Kikumaru complained.

"Saa, I wonder how you will react when you do see buchou," Fuji said quietly to Ryoma as he sat right beside him in the next aisle and he had leaned over to whisper in his ear.

"Nothing's going to happen," Ryoma murmured as there were too many people around to even give a kiss to Tezuka.

"Welcome everyone," Tezuka said as soon as he saw the others coming out from the bus. His heart leapt up as soon as he saw Ryoma coming out off the bus. Ryoma gave him a longing look before Tezuka led them inside the lobby of the clinic.

"We all wanted to give you this, Tezuka," Oishi said as he got out the Gold Medal and held it in front of Tezuka's face.

Tezuka's face brightened at the sight of it, "Minna, arigatou. Even though I do not deserve it," he said.

"Not deserve it? Tezuka, you were with us all the time," Oishi said.

"That's what made us win the tournament in the first place," Fuji said.

"You deserve the Gold Medal as everyone else, Tezuka," Coach Ryuzaki said.

"Arigatou," Tezuka said slowly as he got the Gold Medal and he gave them his rarest smile to everyone. "By the way Echizen," he began as he lowered his medal down to see Ryoma.

"Hmm? What is it?" Ryoma asked.

"Good job on beating Sanada, but you still got a long way too go," Tezuka said as everyone laughed.

"He got you there Echizen!" Momoshiro exclaimed.

"Ceh," Ryoma murmured as he glanced at his boyfriend with an annoyed look.

"Now that we are here, why don't we give Echizen the time to settle in? I'm sure that he will be happy to know that his staying in the same room as Tezuka," Coach Ryuzaki said.

"Nani?" Ryoma asked surprised as he looked at his teammates.

Fuji nodded, "We all agreed since that you did so poorly during your match with Sanada, that you will be able to get some pointers from Tezuka," he lied.

"Hoi? We never agreed to that!" Kikumaru piped up.

"Is that alright with you, Tezuka?" Coach Ryuzaki asked as she even know the truth that was going on between Tezuka and Ryoma at the same time.

Tezuka frowned but he knew he wanted to spend as much time with his boyfriend as well. "That would be fine," he said as he was going to ask for an extra rollout bed to be put in the room.

"Why don't we go to the cafeteria then? I'm sure everyone's hungry," Kawamura suggested.

Oishi nodded, "Echizen, will be at the cafeteria if you need us," he said.

"Coach Ryuzaki," Tezuka began.

"Hmm?"

"Shouldn't you rest for awhile? I'm sure that the clinic has an extra spare room to lend you," Tezuka said.

Coach Ryuzaki smiled, "I'll be fine. Just settle in with Echizen for the time being," she said as Tezuka nodded and the two watched the group leave for the cafeteria.

"This is a perfect room for you, buchou," Ryoma commented as soon as he entered the room and saw bookshelves, a computer desk and one bed.

"You could call me by my given name when we are private, Ryoma," Tezuka said as he sat on the bed and watched his lover put his stuff on the floor and sat beside him.

Tezuka smiled as he went behind Ryoma and hugged him from behind as he also put his chin on Ryoma's shoulder. "I've missed you this last few weeks. Watching you on video wasn't the same," he said.

"You watched me on video?" Ryoma repeated as he was clearly confused.

"Ah, Oishi send me tapes of each and one of yours Kanto Tournament battles," Tezuka explained.

Ryoma blushed, "He didn't mention to it to any of us," he said.

"You know Oishi," Tezuka said quietly.

"Is your arm getting better, Kunimitsu?" Ryoma asked slowly.

"It is. But it isn't quite there yet," Tezuka admitted.

"I see."

"We better get going to the cafeteria. The others might be wondering where we are," Tezuka said as he moved from his spot and he was now standing in front of Ryoma.

"Kunimitsu?"

"Hmm?"

Ryoma pulled him down and he kissed him on the lips roughly and passionately as Tezuka was yet surprise by another one of Ryoma's tactics as he opened his mouth and obliged him to kiss him. Tezuka responded back and the two kiss as they battled it out for dominance before they were needed for air.

"That was one of the things that I've missed the most when you were away," Ryoma said as he was quite flushed from the kiss.

Tezuka chuckled before giving Ryoma a kiss on the cheek as he stood up from his spot. "Well, we have the whole night to ourselves before you leaving for Japan, now do we?" He asked as he saw Ryoma's face turned red even more.

"I still can't believe you actually were lost, Mamushi!" Momoshiro said laughing as soon as he saw Kaidou the next day as everyone was boarding the bus to leave for the airport.

"At least I know my way back!" Kaidou snapped back.

Inui's eyes glinted suddenly as he pulled out his special juice, "If you two don't be quiet, I may have to force you with this,"
he said.

Both of them paled at the sight of it, "Ah, will be good," Momoshiro said as Kaidou nodded quickly and the two sat in there seats quietly.

"Buchou?" A voice asked.

Tezuka looked and he saw that Ryoma was looking at him from the window that was opened.

"Get better soon," Ryoma said with a smile.

Tezuka nodded, "You do good on your training, Echizen," he said.

"Usu," Ryoma murmured.

"Hoi! Don't forget to bring us something back from Germany!" Kikumaru piped up.

"Eiji! You just bought a lot of stuff! I'm sure Tezuka doesn't even have that enough money!" Oishi scolded.

"Nani? But he should, Oishi!" Kikumaru wailed.

"Eiji..." Oishi said with a groan.

Coach Ryuzaki laughed at the sight as she was about to board the bus. "Well, I hope you had fun yesterday Tezuka," she said with a teasing smile.

Tezuka blushed bright red at the moment and he knew that everyone saw it.

"Gah! Is that really Tezuka-buchou?" Momoshiro asked seeing his red face.

"Ceh," Ryoma murmured pulling down his cap as he knew that Tezuka might be embarrassed still about last night events that the both of them shared.

"This is one of a lifetime," Fuji said smiling as he took a picture of Tezuka's red face.

"Tezuka?" Coach Ryuzaki asked as Tezuka looked at her, "get well soon," she said seriously as Tezuka nodded and he watched her board the bus.

"Good-bye Tezuka," Ryoma said looking back at Tezuka one last time before the bus had taken of. He knew that it would be awhile for him to see Tezuka again. But he knew that the next time he was going to see Tezuka, would be doing the Nationals.

TBC...

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