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Prince of Purity
Chapter Three, Part Two
"It's getting late," said Fuji. "Tezuka and I should be leaving now."
Kawamura was confused. "But it's only five in the after-"
"I said it's getting late. Or didn't you hear me?" said Fuji, his voice sounding gentle with a hint of malice. His eyes were even opened, but they closed as Fuji looked at Tezuka. "Tezuka?"
Tezuka was puzzled, but nodded anyway, "Mm."
Fuji smiled at Momoshiro. "Thank you for letting us stay, Momo-chan, but we should be heading out now." With that, Fuji and Tezuka left, frolicking towards the sunset on their majestic steeds. Well, not really, but that was a nice image, no?
"I wonder what Fujiko-chan is up to!" whispered Eiji to his partner, curious.
Oishi shrugged. He really didn't want to know.
"There's an 89.3 chance that Fuji wants to seduce Tezuka in a secluded alley, 78.3 chance that Fuji would drag Tezuka to the sports shop to check if the new shoes he is interested in are finally out, and a 0.02 chance that Tezuka would admit their activities are dates," said Inui proudly. His glasses gleamed.
There was silence.
Every night in my dreams, I see you I feel you…
There was more silence.
"Uh… isn't that the song from that movie? Titanic?" asked Kaidoh, blushing. Whose ring tone was that, anyway?
"Yes, it is. I'll be taking this one," said Oishi, trying to fight the blush making its way to his face. No one was supposed to know that song was his ring tone! Heck, not even Eiji knew!
"Fascinating," said Inui, writing furiously on his notebook.
Oishi tried to ignore the looks his teammates cast on him and tried to answer the phone with composure.
"Hello?"
"Oishi-kun,"
"Fuji?"
"Yes."
"…How are you?"
"I'm fine, thank you. And you?"
"I'm fine."
"Listen, all of you will leave Momo-chan's house. See to it that Momo-chan and Ryoma-chan are alone."
"What? Fuji-"
"I was talking, wasn't I?"
"Yes."
"First, you should tell Eiji-kun that you should be going and Inui would do the same with Kaidoh. He will. As for Taka-san, ask him to walk with you and Eiji, and when you leave the house, meet us at Yukimura-san's house. He's Momo-chan's neighbor, apparently. Understood?"
Oishi tried to think of something to say, but Fuji's and Tezuka's voices were heard.
"Now where were we, Tezuka? I didn't know you were so loud…"
"A-ah! No… Fuji! Stop! Your fingers…"
Oishi flinched and flipped his phone closed.
...
"A-ah! No… Fuji! Stop! Your fingers…"
"Aw, you're so cute like this, Tezuka. I wonder what would happen if I…"
Tezuka frowned at Fuji.
"Get your hands off my racket… now. You're getting your fingerprints all over it," said Tezuka in a low voice. He sounded crankier than usual.
Fuji laughed and returned said racket to Tezuka. "It's a very nice racket," said Fuji admiringly. "The head's size is just right. It's large enough for producing powerful shots, but not too large that it would be hard to maneuver the ball and gain more control."
"I've had the same racket for years. And you're only telling me this now," said Tezuka blankly.
"Now, Tezuka, why don't we knock on the door already? Or else I won't give you back your wallet," said Fuji cheerfully and at the same time, menacingly.
"Why don't you bring your own money to school?" said Tezuka, trying to change the subject. Like hell was he going to knock on Yukimura's door. Yukimura had a reputation. Tezuka heard Yukimura was a rather eccentric youth, like Fuji, which scared him. Maybe Yukimura was worse than Fuji. After all, Fuji was afraid of knocking on Yukimura's door, too, wasn't he? Wasn't that why Fuji wanted Tezuka to open the door for him?
"That's not the point. Come on, let's ring the doorbell."
None of them made a move.
...
Oishi wondered how he was going to execute the plan alone, but then now that he thought of the instructions, they weren't that complicated, were they?
"Ne, Eiji," said Oishi, putting his arm on Eiji's shoulders.
Eiji looked up at Oishi. "Nya?" said Eiji, confused.
"Don't you think we should be going now?" asked Oishi. "It is getting pretty late," added Oishi softly.
Eiji looked at Ryoma who was busy teaching Momo's siblings and Momo, who was busy watching Ryoma. Eiji nodded. "Hoi! Hoi! We should be going now, Momo-chan!" said Eiji. He glomped Momo. "Thanks for having us over!"
Momo shrugged them off. "Yeah, sure. Bye,"
Oishi mentally sighed. Now to get Kawamura, Kaidoh and Inui.
Inui sensed what Oishi was trying to do and he turned to Kaidoh. Kaidoh glared at him. Inui's glasses gleamed.
"It's a date."
Kaidoh blushed and hissed.
Kawamura looked at the couples and felt uneasy. Why? Why did he not have a girlfriend or a boyfriend yet? Why? Oh, woe is he!
"Taka-san, you want to walk with us?" asked Oishi kindly.
Kawamura smiled gratefully and nodded.
They left to go for Fuji and Tezuka, forgetting about Momo and Ryoma, who forgot about them, too.
...
"Momo-senpai?" said Ryoma, looking curiously at Momo.
Momo tried to stop himself from blushing. "What is it?" asked Momo. He tried to make his voice sound even but when he saw Ryoma, all he felt like doing was hiding in his closet and never coming back.
"Where's everyone?" asked Ryoma.
Momo looked around, trying to find at least a teammate, but he realized that they all left. Momo was afraid. Momo was very, very afraid. What if Ryoma tried to do something funny to him again?
Like last night, when the brat tried to kiss him - to kiss him!
Sure, Momo could disregard the first kiss. It didn't count because it was from a guy. It didn't count because it was from Ryoma.
And if the brat tried to steal his second kiss this time, well maybe the third time was the charm, wasn't it?
"Hmm," said Ryoma, winking at Momo. "I guess we're all alone now, huh?" He crawled to Momo, in an attempt to look seductive, but he just seemed like Kayako Saeki, who was not attractive at all.
Momo flinched when the brat ran his hands on Momo's shoulders and neck.
"Oi, Echizen! My siblings are still here, you know!" said Momo, looking at the two impressionable children who were staring oddly at Ryoma and Momo.
Ryoma turned around and glared at the children evilly, like the nice Echizen-san who taught them English and incidentally, the one Takeshi-nii-chan told them of was a different person entirely. The two looked at each other and ran outside.
Ryoma looked at Momo again and smiled suggestively.
Momo wondered what he ever did to displease (or please, really) the beings who ruled the heavens.
...
"Yo, Fuji, Tezuka," said Inui, his glasses gleaming. "Isn't this Yukimura-san's house?"
"Yes, it is," said Fuji, smiling. "Why don't you ring the bell for us?"
Naive Inui rang the bell.
"What-" a low venomous growl greeted the Seigaku regulars minus Momo and Ryoma. The speaker was Yukimura, who upon realizing he had guests from Seigaku, became cheerful in less than a minute. "Hi, there! Please come in," said Yukimura hospitably.
There was silence until Tezuka said, "Thank you, Yukimura-san." Tezuka turned to his team and gave them a stern look that said 'don't let your guard down'.
...
"Look, Echizen, I-" said Momo but he was silenced by Ryoma who was trying to hold Momo's hand.
"Let's go on a date," said Ryoma and he yanked Momo up from the floor. Well, he tried to. With his scrawny build, he couldn't lift heavy Momo. And so he glared at Momo, who stood up quickly upon seeing Ryoma's face.
Momo and Ryoma are going on a date and the Seigaku regulars meet up with Yukimura! What kind of combination would two well-meaning yet misunderstood studs like Yukimura and Fuji would create? How would this combination affect Ryoma's and Momo's first date? ...Wait for the next chapter to know! :D
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