"Confession"
By: Setsuna- X
Summary: Ryoma wants to confess his feelings to a certain captain but doesn't know how to go about it so he asks the rest of the regulars for some tips. Pillar Pair TezuRyo
Disclaimer: PoT and it's characters do not belong to me
Warning: This contains mentions of boy x boy (yaoi, shonen-ai, BL, slash, etc.)
Pairings: Eventual TezuRyo. MomoxAnn, Golden Pair, InuixKaidoh
Note(s): May contain several OOC moments
Chapter Three- Golden Pair
As soon as Ryoma stepped onto the courts he was immediately assaulted by Eiji. Though perhaps 'assaulted' was too harsh.
"Kiku..maru..senpai…too tight.." Ryoma managed to gasp out.
"Eiji, let him go, he can't breathe!" cried Oishi, saving the freshman.
Kikumaru let go immediately at the sound of his boyfriend's voice. "Sorry Ochibi!" Ryoma glared at the acrobatic player lightly as Oishi-senpai hovered over him.
"Are you alright, Echizen?" the Moon Volley specialist asked worriedly.
"Hai."
"Nya, Ochibi, let's go practice!" Ryoma nodded but then before taking a step an idea came into his head. Oishi-senpai or Kikumaru-senpai both had to confess to one another once if they were going out so it made more sense to ask them about this than anyone else, and having them both together would be better.
"Wait senpai," called Ryoma. Both Eiji and Oishi turned to look at the shorter boy.
"What is it Echizen?" Ryoma walked over to where they were standing.
"I have a question for both of you." Oishi and Eiji turned to each other in unison, both confused at what the tennis prodigy wanted to know. Noticing they were waiting Ryoma just asked.
"How do you show someone you like them?"
Before Oishi could open his mouth Eiji had launched himself atop of Ryoma, gripping him in a restraining and enthusiastic hug. "Waah! Ochibi likes someone! He's all grown-up. Nooo! Ochibi!" wailed Eiji dramatically.
Ryoma felt his face fighting over becoming pale in dread or red in embarrassment. It settled on a rather awkward shade of pink on his face.
"Eiji!" chastised Oishi, concerned over Echizen's lack of air and trying to keep his secret a secret. It wasn't often that the freshman ever asked for anything and in order to Echizen to trust them enough to ask something else later they had to retain his trust. Kikumaru stepped away from the younger boy but there was a large grin on his face.
"So, who's the lucky person?" asked the redhead. Oishi would have intervened, but he had to admit that he was curious as well. He couldn't really picture his kouhai romantically involved with anyone.
Ryoma was wondering if this really was such a great idea after all. His senpai was too loud sometimes. He only hoped that no one had heard them.
"Not telling," answered Ryoma bluntly, crossing his arms across his chest awkwardly since he was still holding his tennis racket.
"Aww, don't be like that, Ochibi," cried Eiji, clinging onto Ryoma's shoulder.
"Yadda."
The older teen just pouted up at his boyfriend. "Oishi, Ochibi is being mean!"
Oishi looked at his adorable boyfriend and gave him a reassuring smile. "He doesn't mean to be, Eiji. Echizen, it's okay if you don't want us to know, but do you mind if I ask a few questions?"
Ryoma looked reluctant, but realizing that this was Oishi-senpai he knew that there was no alternative agenda when he asked that question. The other was too good and nice, unlike a certain tensai who is using the information as blackmail. "Fine," he still said reluctantly. Eiji's face suddenly became happy again.
"So, who is it?" asked the acrobatic player. Oishi and Ryoma both groaned. "What?" asked Eiji, looking back and forth between the freshman and the vice-captain.
"Echizen, is it a boy or a girl?" asked Oishi calmly, ignoring his boyfriend for the moment.
For some reason hearing that question asked from his kind senpai made him a little embarrassed. "A boy," he muttered out. Eiji was about to go on another wailing trip, but Oishi kept him in check.
"Older or your age?" he couldn't really see Echizen liking someone younger than him.
Ryoma felt a sudden sense of deja-vu. This was the same trail Fuji-senpai used. Maybe he had overestimated his vice-captain's kindness and the older teen did have an alternative plan. Well, he wasn't going to be tricked so easily! "Older," he answered simply.
"I see," simply said Oishi, asking no further questions. Ryoma had to admit he was a bit disoriented at that.
"Nya, Oishi, can I speak now?"
"Of course, Eiji."
"So, Ochibi, who is it?"
"Never mind that!" Ryoma raised his voice slightly. The question was getting annoying and the fact that Fuji-senpai already knew didn't sit too well with him. "Just, can you answer my question?"
Eiji looked a little put out, but regained his usual cheerfulness fast enough. "Well, when Oishi asked me out—" Oishi blushed at that "-- he bought me a tube of my favorite toothpaste and said—" and here Kikumaru-senpai tried his best Oishi impression "--'Eiji, here. I want you to have this and I hope you continue smiling with me forever. I love you.' "
Oishi was now a permanent shade of red. That was a very personal confession, but Eiji just said it so casually. It led Oishi to believe this wasn't the first time Eiji had relayed this story.
"He was so sweet!" laughed Eiji as he wrapped his arms around Oishi. Ryoma didn't know how to react to what he had just heard. The confession was so sickenly…sweet. He couldn't imagine himself saying something like that with a straight face, let alone meaning it. And wouldn't Tezuka wonder why he had gotten him a tube of toothpaste of all things?
Despite being red in the face Oishi felt that he had to give better advice than his boyfriend. "Echizen, a good way to show someone that you like them is to call them by their first name." At that Kikumaru turned a little red himself, embarrassed that he still called the moon volley specialist by his family name. He shuffled his feet a little, but went unnoticed by both Ryoma and Oishi. Ryoma just nodded his head, wondering how it would sound calling Tezuka "Kunimitsu". It had taken him a while to stop referring to the older teen as 'Buchou' or 'Tezuka-buchou'.
"Uh, thanks so much for the help, Kikumaru-senpai, Oishi-senpai." Ryoma turned around and walked away a little faster than normal. He overheard Oishi chastising the acrobatic player about being so frank about their personal matters and Kikumaru wailing about how he was sorry for not calling Oishi by his first name. Ryoma didn't know that asking for help could be so draining on his nerves. To feel better he decided to practice some power shots with Kawamura-senpai.
TBC
A/N: First of all, I'm really happy by the large warm reception this fic has gotten. All my PoT fics are written on a whim, so giving myself a deadline is pretty fun and interesting. Hope the chapters don't disappoint. Anyway, thanks again to all who read and to my reviewers (this fic's for you!)
Blue-eyed Fox- thanks and things will work out for our dear Ryoma-kun
mikkimikka-Haha, I feel like I use Fuji as a plot device as well (cuz he's just too good at it!) haha, and Inui is very creepy
Gwynhafra-thanks for the review and for reading. Go Fuji!
EvCaCeLy-thanks for your review. This fic will probably be anywhere between 5-7 chapters.
yumi2482-thanks
shadowhawk-haha, you're welcome. Fuji can be extremely creepy if he wants to as well, and poor Inui, he's probably still confused over the whole thing
EternalYaoiFanGurl4Lyfe-(first, I love your user name, lol) haha, thanks for your review. I think Inui just felt that Ryoma was treading on his territory so he claimed Karou as his own before Ryoma had any ideas of taking the snake-shot player away.
buchouslvr-Thanks, and hope you enjoyed this chapter
simplistikmind-lol, poor Tezuka will probably more confused than anything
kj101-well, this just got updated today. Updates are going to be once a week, so the next would be on May 18, then May 25, and considering if I make a 6th chapter, it'll be updated on June 1. It'll be anywhere from 5-7 chapters. And a maybe on finishing before May 29…I'll try though. If I finish typing it sooner I may post sooner as well. Haha, I'm really glad that you really like this though and I'll see what I can do about updating faster.
Thanks again everyone for reading and especially to those who reviewed. This story wouldn't exist if people didn't like it. Oh, and Happy Mothers Day!
