Title: The Beginning of Something New (4/6)
Author: Lucifer Hisaki
Rating: NC-17 Overall
Fandom: Prince of Tennis/Tenipuri
Pairing: Eventual Sanada Genichirou/Echizen Ryoma/Tezuka Kunimitsu
Summary: Compilation of Themed Ficlets of StagesOfLlove Livejournal Community claim. It's the Beginning of Something New and the bumps that go along with it
Disclaimer: I don't own Tenipuri or we be seeing orgies upon orgies of yummy yaoi smex
Notes: Double † or (††)around the subtitles indicates Sex Scenes
Overall Word Count: 7202

† Morning After †

Ryoma shifted in the warm set of arms that were wrapped around him. The sun struck the lids of his eyes; he curled more into the warmth of heat and blankets. A soft chuckling caused him to jolt awake. He glared at the bed occupant next to him. "Bastard."

"Good day to you too," Sanada replied back as he stretched his arms.

Rolling his eyes, Ryoma turned his back to the older man, burning daggers into the wall before him. "Why'd you pick me up?"

Sanada ran a hand through his hair, "Because you happened to be a lover to my friend and I can't leave you in the rain like that. And besides, why were you out there? Especially like that?" He looked pointedly at the smaller male's back.

"What did it look like?"

"You looked like a whore on the street." Sanada didn't bother to sugar-coat his words.

Ryoma rolled his shoulder, "Maybe I was, so how much you going to pay?"

The other man just stared at him, jaw locked in a gap. "You sold yourself?"

"Ya, whatever. Who cares. I'm sure you don't."

Sanada's eyes narrowed into a glare. "I do."

"Right, right, I believe ya." Ryoma huffed, his body quivering in restrained anger, "So how was Kunimitsu? I'm sure you two had loads of fun in bed together."

The taller man's eye twitched, "We are not together, last time I checked you two were."

"We broke up."

"I don't think Kunimitsu thinks so."

"He should."

"Why'd you run?"

"Why the fuck do you want to know?"

"This is my friend we're talking about and you both had a good relationship."

Ryoma didn't answer but Sanada already knew the answer. "It's me isn't it?"

Still, the other male didn't move. "You should talk to him. He didn't do anything wrong."

"I did."

"No you didn't, what you did was understandable."

Ryoma scowled deeply, snapping back, "It is not." He turned his head, glaring, "Fucking bastard, why do you care?"

Sanada quirked a hint of a smile, "Because if your relationship fails, what of the rest of us? You two were so bloody happy."

"It wasn't always sunshine."

"Of course not, you should at least talk."

"I wouldn't know what to say," the smaller man turned around to face the other, "besides he probably already forgotten about me now." Ryoma frowned, slapping away the hand that reached for his shoulder.

"He hasn't, trust me." He never could.

"Fine, I will but I'm not promising anything."

The elder lawyer smiled, "Good enough."

And as if on cue, the phone rang. "Get that will you?" Sanada rolled over, "I'm not ready to talk to anyone. If it's a client just politely blow them off will you?"

Ryoma scoffed as he rolled off the bed and picked up the phone from the stand, placing it near his ear. He tossed a look at Sanada before speaking. The other man just continued his stretches.

† Phone Call †

"Hello," Ryoma spoke softly to the phone, eyes darting to Sanada who propped his back against the headboard, arms behind his head. The older man winked at him knowingly.

A voice soon answered him. "Ryoma?"

His legs felt like jelly, eyes widening. He was standing next to the window, phone in one hand, another on the glass to help him stand. "Kunimitsu," he asked slowly, memories of their fight from months ago, flooding his mind.

"Ryoma." There was a sigh of relief, "Thank Kami-sama, Genichirou found you. I've been so worried."

Ryoma pulled the phone from his ear, staring at it, mouth gape. Sanada shifted to the side of the bed, removing the covers before standing up to walk over to Ryoma. Casually, he took the phone, putting it on speaker phone. The taller male spoke, humor lacing his voice slightly, "Kunimitsu, that you?"

"Genichirou," Tezuka answered.

Finally Ryoma's legs buckled, he leaned against Sanada's warm chest. "Doushite," he whispered.

"Because I love you," the man on the phone replied, obviously hearing the question no matter how soft it was. "Ryoma, I want to fix our relationship," Tezuka continued in a somewhat commanding voice, "I want what we had back. I miss you." Ryoma could hear the longing in the voice, warmth filling his chest.

"After all this time?"

"Yes. Ryoma, please, stop running away from me."

Sanada placed a hand on Ryoma's shoulder, squeezing it gently, giving comfort to the shocked male. He lowered his head and whispered into the smaller man's ear, "He really wants to fix this, Echi- Ryoma." Sanada shook his head slightly, after what happened only hours before, it should be time for them to be on first-name basis. Even if-

The tall lawyer crushed the fear away, now wasn't the time for that. He was supposed to help them. If anything he was a romantic and playing matchmaker, no matter how out of character for him, was one of his specialties.

Ryoma nodded and held the phone tighter, "Alright."

Tezuka's relief was well-heard, "Thank you Ryoma. I promise we won't have to go through this again."

The college student cracked a smile, "Don't make a promise you probably can't keep."

Lightly chuckling, the doctor responded, "Well if I can help it, we won't."

"So where do you want to… meet?" he said hesitantly, shivering, huddling more into Sanada.

"How about that new restaurant? Mikato? I heard it's really casual and the food is great," Sanada answered the question, "I know the owner and I could set up a reservation for the both of you."

"Thanks," the others replied at the same time. Ryoma's smile grew a bit larger.

"Not a problem," Sanada laughed as he moved his body to embrace Ryoma gently, "Kunimitsu have a particular day in mind?"

"This weekend?"

"Got it." The taller male nodded before glancing at Ryoma, "I'll call you back."

Ryoma stared out the window, deep in thought as Sanada pulled him closer to his body. "It'll be alright."

† Continued in Part 5 †

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