A/N: I proudly present to you the next chapter of my story! This one was particularly amusing for me to write, and I think you'll understand why after you read it. Anyway, enjoy and be sure to review and such. Once again, constructive criticism is appreciated! Oh, there will be yaoi in the next chapter since it is the final one. I will of course put a warning on the actual chapter but I thought I'd give you all a heads up.

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Prince of Tennis or any of its characters etc., etc. Though I sometimes dream that I do...

Not surprisingly, Eiji was the first to speak.

"Did Echizen really just run away from practice?" The concept seemed too much for anyone, even Innui, to process. It was something that was unheard of. After all, who would want to risk Tezuka's anger to miss one practice? Even when members of the team were extremely ill they showed up on time and stayed until Tezuka ascertained that they really were sick and told them to go home. What was Echizen thinking? Finally snapping out of his uncharacteristic shock, the Seigaku captain turned the full force of his gaze on the person most likely to have caused this…unforeseen circumstance.

"Momoshiro-" Tezuka started; a threatening edge to his voice that made all the others flinch. "What, exactly, did you do to make one of my star players run home as if Hell itself were chasing him?"

Biting his lip, and attempting not to run away himself with that look directed at him, Momo gave the honest answer after only a moment's hesitation. "I…I don't know, buchou. One second we were talking and the next he was halfway across the courts." Waiting for the lecture he was sure was coming, though he couldn't imagine what it would be on since he didn't even know what he'd done wrong, he was more than a little surprised when Fuji cut in.

"Momo did you- say or do anything right before Echizen ran off? I think the best thing to do is for you to tell us exactly what happened even if it seemed normal to you. After all, something must have caused his reaction. Maybe if we all heard it we could figure out what's wrong with him." After waiting to make sure nobody had anything else to say, Momo sighed and rubbed his neck in frustration.

"Honestly guys, nothing happened. All I did was ask him why he was late this morning. Then he told me he forgot to set his alarm and he only woke up because Karupin knocked his alarm clock onto his head. He looked kind of embarrassed about it, but that's not surprising, I mean he was one-upped by his cat." Shaking his head for a moment he continued. "Anyway, I started laughing, said he was a riot, took his hat and ruffled his hair." It was only then that Momo realized that he still had Ryoma's hat in his hand.

"Are you sure there wasn't anything else Momo?" Fuji pressed, looking very serious for reasons Momo was certain he wouldn't understand.

"Well, he did start acting kind of funny when I came up beside him, and I think he blushed when I ruffled his hair. Come to think of it he's never done that before, I do it all the time…" He trailed off. He was still trying to figure out what had happened when he realized that everyone was staring at him. "What?" No one answered. "WHAT!?"

"Nothing Momoshiro." Tezuka replied smoothly. "Why don't you make yourself useful and take Echizen his hat and bag since he obviously has no intention of returning to practice today." Confused, all Momo could do was stare at the captain. "Well, are you just going to stand there all day or are you actually going to do something?" Tezuka asked, he eyebrows rising slightly.

"But, buchou, I haven't finished my laps and-"

"Don't worry about it Momoshiro. You're excused from practice today." Still completely lost, but unwilling to admit it or lose the chance to miss practice, Momo picked up Ryoma's bag. And after throwing one last perplexed look over his shoulder at his teammates, he started jogging toward the Echizen household.

"He honestly doesn't know does he? He's more of an idiot than I thought."

"Don't be so hard on him Kaidoh. After all it took you a while to figure out that you liked me." Innui interrupted as he watched Momo disappear in the distance and adjusted his glasses. "There is a 93 percent chance that Momoshiro will be spending the night at Echizen's."

"Only 93?" Fuji asked, seemingly very amused with the whole situation.

"Well, I suppose there is a chance that his father will be home." Tezuka said; a slight smile on his face as he put an arm around Fuji's waist.

"It really is about time you know!" Eiji chimed in as he leaned against Oishi. "I've been waiting for them to realize they like each other for ages!"

Just then they heard a yelp as Kawamura returned from the bathroom and saw all of his teammates paired up with their respective boyfriends. Taking a moment to compose himself, though his eye still twitched slightly, he tried to find a way to stop thinking about what he was seeing. Sure, he'd known that the majority of his teammates were gay, but that didn't make him anymore comfortable with the notion. "Umm…sooo…where are Momo and Ryoma?"

"We think Ryoma's finally figured out that he likes Momo because he got all embarrassed a few minutes ago and ran home after talking to him. We decided to help them out by sending Momo after him." Eiji stated helpfully.

"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! AM I THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS ENTIRE TEAM THAT'S STRAIGHT!?"

"Pretty much." Fuji replied amiably, and all Kawamura could do was hang his head in defeat, and mumble-

"I don't even want to think how angry the entire female population of our school is going to be when they find out."