Prince of Tennis- 100
#3- Chat
Echizen Ryoma was bored out of his mind and it was too dark to ask his oyaji to play tennis, Karupin was already asleep so it was bad of him to wake up the feline so they could play and he read almost all of his magazines thrice this evening. So he decided to join the chat room Eiji-senpai had told him about. It was a ways in the night and he doubted that anyone would still be awake at this hour but he still tried.
He signed in as 'buchouNoKoibito' since he had a secret crush on their team captain, Tezuka Kunimitsu. He knew he was just living in his own little world that he was the captain's lover but a boy can dream can he? So what's the harm? He just hoped no one would recognize him.
When he got to the chat room, he saw that only a few people were online. Ryoma groaned in disappointment when it was just as boring as his night and was about to log-off when suddenly he saw a very interesting username. He double-clicked the name and typed in a message, hoping that whoever it was would reply.
buchouNoKoibito: Who are you?
When he thought that no one was going to reply, he almost signed-out but whoever was behind the peculiar username, replied.
myPrinceOfTennis: Shouldn't I ask the same of you?
buchouNoKoibito: Che… why do you talk like that? This isn't a normal conversation you know!
myPrinceOfTennis: It is impolite to talk rudely even if it is towards a stranger.
buchouNoKoibito: Keh… so what's with your name? Have a crush on the Prince of Tennis? His name's Echizen Ryoma, right?
Hoping fervently that he was wrong, he prayed to all the Gods he knew that this person wasn't another one of those annoying fangirls.
myPrinceOfTennis: …
myPrinceOfTennis: Yes, I do have a crush on him.
'Guess it's just not my day…' Ryoma thought in his head.
buchouNoKoibito: Seriously?
myPrinceOfTennis: Yeah, what's with your name? Have a captain as a lover?
buchouNoKoibito: No, I just like him. He doesn't know I like him though.
myPrinceOfTennis: It's like that with me too, I feel your pain.
buchouNoKoibito: Keh…
myPrinceOfTennis: So what are you doing up so late? Shouldn't girls be sleeping at this time to get their beauty sleep?
buchouNoKoibito: Speak for yourself! I'm not a girl, asshole!
myPrinceOfTennis: Such rude words but my apologies, it's just that the idea of you being gay didn't occur to me immediately.
buchouNoKoibito: Huh?
myPrinceOfTennis: You like your male captain, right?
buchouNoKoibito: Oh yeah… how about you? Girl or boy?
myPrinceOfTennis: I'm a boy.
buchouNoKoibito: Oh… going gay for the beloved Prince, eh?
myPrinceOfTennis: You could put it that way…
Deciding to up the stakes, Ryoma needed to know whoever this secret admirer was, the man was gay dammit!
buchouNoKoibito: Do you know each other?
myPrinceOfTennis: Yes, I'm his captain.
Ryoma paused typing at that as he took in the words that appeared on the screen. Yes, I'm his captain. It couldn't possibly… but, could it be…?
buchouNoKoibito: Tezuka-buchou?
It was a while later did the other person reply and when he did, Ryoma thought that he was going to explode from the rush of emotions that he was feeling.
myPrinceOfTennis: You know who I am?
buchouNoKoibito: uhm…
myPrinceOfTennis: Wait… Fuji, don't tell me this is your new idea of a joke.
buchouNoKoibito: I'm not Fuji-senpai.
myPrinceOfTennis: Then who is this?
buchouNoKoibito: …
myPrinceOfTennis: If you're not going to respond, I might as well leave.
buchouNoKoibito: Wait! Don't go just yet.
myPrinceOfTennis: …
buchouNoKoibito: Did you really mean what you said before?
myPrinceOfTennis: What?
buchouNoKoibito: That you like me?
myPrinceOfTennis: …
… Echizen?
buchouNoKoibito: I like you too, buchou.
myPrinceOfTennis: …
buchouNoKoibito: Hey you still there?
myPrinceOfTennis: …
buchouNoKoibito: I'm gonna sign off now.
myPrinceOfTennis: Wait.
buchouNoKoibito: Yeah?
myPrinceOfTennis: You're not Fuji or any one else who's trying to play a sick joke on me are you?
buchouNoKoibito: Would I ever do that to you buchou?
myPrinceOfTennis: Hn. Depends on your answer.
buchouNoKoibito: My answer to what?
myPrinceOfTennis: To my question.
buchouNoKoibito: What question?
myPrinceOfTennis: Will you go out with me?
buchouNoKoibito: Depends.
myPrinceOfTennis: On what?
buchouNoKoibito: Are we boyfriends now?
myPrinceOfTennis: myPrinceOfTennis-sends you a smiley
buchouNoKoibito: Heeh… I never knew you could smile buchou.
myPrinceOfTennis: Brat…
A/N: I had a fun time writing this!