Note: Too short to be a chapter, but it is. Plus, no humor in this chapter.
Pairing: OT5 - Thrill pair centric in this chapter
Disclaimers – I do not own 'Prince of Tennis'.
Written on the wall
Lens
For Fuji Syusuke, his lens was how he sees the world.
Since the day he was born, since the day he knew how to take a photo, since the day he had his first camera, since the day he had his first album, the world knew the existence of the tensai.
The boy was not only known as one of the best tennis players of Seishun Gakuen, but was also known as the youngest genius who won the first prize of photo competition in Tokyo. He beat the adult with the photo named 'rainbow of hidden nature' and shocked the world with his first photo album collection called 'Simple truths under the roof of cloud'.
But little did most people knew, Fuji never happy with all this…
'Make them see what you see. Make them feel what you feel.'
People's words kept echo in his mind, but was it what he really want? Photography was his pride, his passion and his life. But it doesn't mean that he considered himself a prodigy. For him, eyes weren't enough to see it all, but the camera was. He only wanted to share the world though his lens. It was rather uncomfortable to see people worship him.
'Open their eyes by your divine gift.'
"Taking more photos, eh?" The certain voice of his elegance lover put him out of his own thought.
"Yeah, it is beautiful here, Keigo." His hand rubbed the camera lovingly as he answers. "I want to take more pictures of this park." Although 'The Central Park' was one of the places that he and his four lovers often visited, Fuji still got new inspiration every time they came here together.
The photographer raised his camera to the eyes level. "The main subject in my next album would be 'Season'."
"It would be better to just keep the beauty of nature in our mind than to keep it as photos." Tezuka Kunimitsu said, not quite interested in pictures.
"Seeing it as photos wasn't too bad." Fuji stated with a tiny smile on his face.
"Your photo is an exception. Though I don't know much about photography, but I do know one thing; 'the lens doesn't lie'." Sanada Genichiro remarked.
"Your photos are more than the eyes can see." Atobe Keigo said. "All we have is this moment and certainly it won't come back again, but your photos would keep it forever in our memory."
"I know that people hungry for your works." The youngest boy added.
"Hungry? What a word?" Fuji felt amused by Ryoma's word.
"You see the world by the way that people don't. Your eyes and your lens look deep inside… beneath and beyond, I could tell that. You are truly a genius."
"Ryoma, I…" He paused, not sure of what to say next. He never asked for that name, yet people gave it to him willingly, marked him with respectful title.
"I'm not that great. A prodigy should be somewhat special which I am not."
"No, you are." The boy confirmed.
"Echizen… this is getting late. Let's go back to our apartment" Then he leaded their walk to their destination.
Hearing Syusuke called Ryoma by his surname, the four loversknew immediately Syusuke was offended.
After going back to their apartment, the triple counter player of Seigaku just kept sitting on the couch and stayed quiet in their living room.
The four could tell that Syusuke was kind of upset.Keigo wanted to talk to him about his problem, but Genichirou and Kunimitsu stopped him and processed to lead their Hyotei captain out of the room. Leave their other two lovers all alone.
Finally Ryoma was the first one who broke the silent around them.
"Fuji-senpai,"
"You call me by my last name." He noticed. Since they had become lovers, they had change from calling by their surname to calling each other by their given name.
"You started it first at the park. Don't you remember?"
"Aa… sorry, Ryoma"
"You don't seem like yourself."
"I know. I will be alright anyway."
"What is on your mind?"
"I just don't want you to be obsessed to my work like the other. People always say I should let the whole world see my works." He paused for a moment and then continued. "My works are just some photos which I mostly took without thinking. When I felt right or see nice things at some moments, I would just capture them by my camera."
Ryoma was quite surprised to hear his always-wearing-smiling-face lover ramble his feeling out this much.
"To make them stay?" He asked.
"To make them mine." The photographer corrected.
"The world through your lens is the real world, I could feel it. Your feeling and your passion are deep inside those pictures of your."
"Ryoma, just like I said back in the park. 'I'm not that great.' Please don't make me repeat it over and over again. A photo is just a photo, nothing more, nothing less. The others might think too much of what's hiding inside them, while I found it ridiculous."
There was silent between them until Ryoma broke it by his suggestion.
"Let's take a photo."
"Alright, I will go to get my camera." Fuji was about to got up on his feet, but the younger boy stopped him.
"I will be the one who take your photo." Ryoma's hand touched Syusuke's face softly.
"Me? Don't you want to have picture of us together?"
"I want to make you mine."He said as he bended down to kiss his lover's lip lightly.
End of Lens
I know… it should be better, but I'm too lazy to make it.
PS. Please review.
And… Happy New Year 2006!
