way from the Sun

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CHAPTER THREE

"Happiness belongs to those who believe in it."

The place was somewhat of a beach villa, but there was a forest behind it.

Before the car stopped outside, Momo and Eiji were already flying across the sandy shores, wind blowing strongly from the sea.

The car booth was opened and the luggage tumbled to the ground, as the driver drove off uncaringly now that he had gotten his pay.

Tezuka unlocked the door.

The place was huge, with a total of two floors and long balconies surrounding it.

Gakuto peeked into each room eagerly, finally picking one for his own and Oshitari's. Atobe picked the largest, whereupon Momo, who had been out dancing in the sand found that the only choice he had was a room the size of a broom cupboard.

Which, by the way, was already occupied.

x

"I didn't know that Mamushi couldn't swim." Momo said sounding dreadfully amused.

Inui was scribbling furiously into his notebook, his glasses gleaming as hewrote down the new information.

"Shut up or I'll kill you." Kaidoh hissed, hugging onto the side of the boat tightly.

The six of them- Momo, Kaidoh, Eiji, Ryoma, Inui and Fuji, were floating in the middle of the ocean, having paddled out to try out the prospect of drowning Kaidoh.

Momo sniggered.

"It'd be much scarier if you weren't depending life and death on the boat." Momo laughed, dodging Kaidoh's furious swipes.

Suddenly Momo let out a yell, as he was pulled underwater by a wet Eiji. "Echizen, help me!"

Ryoma, who sat on the boat along with Fuji and Inui, looked bored. "Mada mada da ne, senpai."

"Get him, Kaidoh!" Eiji yelled, holding oto Momo as he struggled.

Kaidoh made a heroic lunge onto the powerhouse.

Fuij smiled. They looked so cute together. If he had brought his camera……

"Ne, minna." Fuji said, holding up his hand for a moment. "I want to ask you a very important question."

They stopped, looking up at the tensai.

"I want you to answer this question honestly." Fuji said seriously. "What is the third letter of the alphabet?"

And when all three mouths formed the letter that seemed to make them grin, Fuji pulled out his camera and snapped a photo.

Probably furious that the picture was of Kaidoh hanging onto Momo while grinning, the two second-years tried to tackle their senpai.

Highly amused, Fuji rowed ashore to avoid the indignant couple.

"I'd like a copy of that when it's developed." Inui said to Fuji.

"But of course." Fuji replied, laughing.

Back in the middle of the ocean, Eiji groped around in the water for something until he pulled out a small fish.

Smiling wickedly, he aimed and threw the fish in the direction of the two.

"You missed, senpai." Momo said.

Eiji smiled to himself. "No, I didn't."

Back on shore, a shocked Gakuto was looking in dismay at his sandcastle that had been smashed up by a happy looking tuna.

"Ne, Momo, I have an idea." Eiji said. "Since Kaidoh is here and he can't get away, why don't we sing him a little song to keep him entertained."

"Good idea."

Kaidoh let go of Momo and let himself sink slowly to the depths of the ocean.

x

"So sleepy." Eiji yawned, climbing into bed beside his kuma-daigoro.

Oishi watched as the redhead rubbed his eyes sleepily, looking very much like a sleepy kid.

"Oyasumi nasai, Oishi." He murmured.

"Oyasumi." Oishi replied. In less than a minute, the light was out and they were fast asleep.

What a peaceful room.

x

"You are not sleeping there." Atobe protested. "That is ore-sama's bed."

"Atobe, this be is big enough for the both of us." Jiroh yawned, snuggling comfortably on the large bed, nestled in Atobe's silky pillows.

Atobe gaped.

"Kabaji, get-" he stopped, remembering that he had placed Kabaji as a sentry outside the bedroom.

Jiroh had already fallen asleep on the bed as Atobe glared.

Finally, he switched off the light and climbed into bed beside Jiroh.

"Thank God we have our own pillows." He muttered, before floating off into blissful sleep.

x

Downstairs, Momo too, was facing a problem. He was sorting through his things and arranging them neatly until the lights went out.

"Echizen! I'm unpacking my stuff!" he yelled, getting up to turn the light back on.

Echizen had found a remote to the lights and was sitting cross-legged on his bed.

-click-

The lights went out again.

"Echizen, stop doing that!"

-click-

Brightness.

"Momo-senpai, I'm trying to sleep."

-click-

Pitch dark.

"Well, I'm trying to unpack!"

-click-

The lights flicked on and off. Momo, looking at his roommate, felt that Echizen seemed more than happy to play at the game.

Half an hour later, Momo was sitting dejectedly on the floor. Remembering the prince of tennis's cocky smile when the light bulb fused, he bent down and started looking for something.

Ryoma lay down in the dark, savoring his victory. Suddenly a bright light glared into his eyes. Momo was holding a torch, grinning in triumph.

Ryoma turned away and covered himself, gradually falling asleep.

Puzzled to why Echizen had not reacted, Momo soon realized that there was only one bed in the room and Ryoma had gotten it.

He groaned, and somewhere beneath the pale moonlight, a voice started to sing.

"O give me a home, where the buffaloes roam, and the skies are all cloudy all day….."

Tbc……

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