You are Going to Leave Chapter 4

Message from beta reader: Sorry, it took long to update. I was not able to get this chapter back to the author until about a week later. Sorry for the delay, but I was busy with school and the holidays. I hope you haven't lost interest in the story, and will continue to read this story as well as the authors' other stories. –Speadee-

Warning: This is yaoi... but soft yaoi with only some kisses nya.

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters of Prince of Tennis.


"So what you are going to do now, Eiji?" Kasuhico looked at the confused and depressed Eiji in front of him.

"I—I" What would I do? I'll play or not... I know how far Kasuhico can go if I don't accept... He can hurt Oishi... no, I'm not going to leave him do that... no, I can't. Eiji thought. "I'll do it Kasuhico... I'll do it," he finally agreed, looking at his racquet.

"Good, good... lets begin. I think you want to finish this match before classes begin, no?" The new regular made an innocent smile and entered the court with his racquet. I'll win Eiji, this match and your heart, no matter what.

"…" The acrobat was speechless. He knew the sneaky boy was strong, but he couldn't afford to lose, or the Golden Pair would be over, and he wouldn't be able to look Oishi in the face... no he couldn't loose, no matter what.

Both guys began playing. Kasuhico was really strong, but Eiji didn't go easy on him. He put all his heart in the match, and tried to return every ball with his acrobatics, but Kasuhico was really intelligent and managed to return every one of them. They didn't notice that an hour had pass, and that all the regulars had begun to gather. The first to arrive was Ryuzaki-sensei. She was planning to stop the match, but didn't do so because both guys were so into the game that they weren't going to be able to hear her.

Next was Tezuka heading for the clubroom when he heard the sound of a match, and decided to see what was happening. It was impossible that Ryuzaki-sensei would approve of a match if neither the buchou nor the fukubuchou were there, and he knew that Oishi wasn't there. That was why he was astonished when he saw the two boys fighting, both really concentrated and not noticing anyone else around, so he knew that Ryuzaki-sensei couldn't stop the match. After him everyone began arriving to see how the match was going without stopping at the clubroom first.

Oishi was going to stop the match when he arrived, but was stopped by Ryuzaki-sensei and Tezuka-buchou, so he obeyed and let the match continue. After another hour, both band members were really tired and sweating like crazy, but they continued with the intense match until Kasuhico hit a smash and of both of them fell onto their knees. Eiji placed his hand on the ground, making sure that his hair covered his eyes, so no one would see his expression and figure out his feelings. The sneaky boy only smiled and looked around.

"Wow, when did everyone arrive?" Kasuhico smiled and saw that Eiji had risen his head to discover everyone looking at them. He was searching for Oishi and found him between Ryuzaki-sensei and the buchou. Eiji widened his eyes, lowered his head, and look at the ground. The guitar player stood up, jumped over the net, knelt next to his opponent, and helped him stand up.

They both walked out of the court, and when no one was near them, Kasuhico whispered in Eiji's ear, "You know what to do now, Eiji... I think is better if you tell him at practice this afternoon." The acrobat widened his eyes and nodded as the two regulars approached the rest of the team.

The red-haired boy managed to smile but Fuji, Ryoma, and Oishi knew that something was wrong because it wasn't a normal, but a really sad smile. However, they thought it was because he lost the match so they only tried to comfort him and tell him everything was all right and that he was a good tennis player. Soon classes began, so Eiji and Fuji went to their classroom while Oishi and Tezuka headed for their own. All day Fuji noticed that Kikumaru was distracted and thinking of something very important even during recess, so he tried to talk to him, but it was impossible because his friend didn't notice him.

At afternoon practice, everyone in the clubroom noticed that Eiji was acting strange, but no one asked him anything because Fuji warned them that the red-haired boy wouldn't answer. Kasuhico arrived while Eiji was changing into his tennis uniform.

Everyone greeted the brown-haired boy as he approached the acrobat, wrapped an arm around his shoulders, and whispered in his ear, "The time has come Eiji.. I can't wait to see that."

Eiji sighed, freed himself from Kasuhico, and walked to the door, but he stopped and turned to look at the new regular. "I already know…and don't worry, I'll do it right now." He left the clubroom, and all the regulars looked at the sneaky boy who only smiled and changed as fast as he could.

"I can't lose this." Kasuhico dashed out of the clubroom with the other regulars following behind. They arrived at the court to find Eiji talking to Ryuzaki-sensei.

"E-Eto sensei," the red-haired boy said with his eyes on the ground. He was really nervous.

"Yes Kikumaru." The coach saw the nervous little neko in front of her.

"I have an announcement… it's something related to the Golden Pair." Eiji was really sad that he wasn't able to say anything else.

"Huh? Wait, if this has something to do with the Golden Pair I think Tezuka and Oishi need to be here." Ryuzaki saw how the acrobat's eyes widened when she mentioned Oishi. This was something really serious if Eiji was acting like this.

"Well… o-okay ..." Eiji's voice was shaking really nervously. He closed his eyes and heard her call to Tezuka and Oishi. As he heard footsteps coming closer, his heart began to beat faster.

"Yes Ryusaki-sensei?" the buchou and the fukubuchou replied at the same time, seeing a red acrobat in front of them.

"Kikumaru has something to tell us. He said that it is related to the Golden Pair." The coach looked at Tezuka's stoic face, then at Oishi's puzzled one, which meant that he didn't know what was going on with his doubles partner and the Golden Pair. There was something strange going on. The three of them turned and looked at the neko.

Eiji raised his head, looked at Oishi's worried face, sighed, and began to speak. "The Golden Pair… is … o- over." The three people in front of him widened their eyes and stared at him really confused and seriously (yes, Tezuka too).

"W-what are you talking about Eiji? You can't quit the Golden pair." The mother of Seigaku grabbed his doubles partner's shoulder and looked into his eyes, which had some tears in them.

"Oishi… you can be in the Golden Pair but I'm not going to be the other half of it…" The red-haired boy freed himself from the fukubuchou's grip and walked away, leaving the three of them to look at one another.

"YOU CAN'T LEAVE THE GOLDEN PAIR, KIKUMARU!" the mother of Seigaku screamed at his doubles partner. He had never screamed, and he never called Eiji by his last name, but the fact that the acrobat suddenly wanted to quit the Golden Pair made him angry and do things he didn't want to do.

Everyone else in the tennis courts stop their activities and turned to see a Kikumaru running away and a really angry Oishi, something they had never seen before. They were all was shocked at the news of the Golden Pair's breakup.

"T-the Golden Pair is o-over, Fuji-sempai?" a confused Momoshiro asked. The light blue eyes were completely open, looking at the direction Eiji was running to.

"I –I m going to see how is Eiji," reported Kasuhico with a mask of sadness for inside he was smiling, really happy about what happened. He ran after the miserable boy, and when they were alone he saw that Eiji was crying.

The sneaky boy approached and hugged the red-haired boy from behind, Eiji quickly pushed Kasuhico away and turned around with an angry face. "Don't touch me, Baka!"


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