Fandom – The Prince of Tennis

Theme – 004 Dark

Character – Seigaku's third years

Words – 645

Warning – None

004 – Dark

"When light is gone, darkness will hunt you until you fall and then, you'll see the most terrifying face of death. It'll look to your eye while you sleep, it'll scratch the walls of your room and it'll lick your body and tie yourself to the bed-"

"Come on, Fujiko! That's not terrifying." Eiji interrupted his terror tale before it turned to be an erotic tale. He was getting scared but when he heard his last words, his brain recovered the control of his body.

The third year regulars were at Fuji's home having a boy's sleepover. Exactly, they were studying for his exams and when they realized what time was, his parents already called to tell them they could stay there without problems. Fuji's sister called them before ordering the dinner.

Back to the room, beside Eiji, Oishi sighed in relief with his cheeks blushed while Tezuka cleaned his glasses, eyes closed and frowning. He knew when Fuji started to talk, he would end like that. Kawamura, sitting at Fuji's other side let out a nervous chuckle, embracing his legs with his arms. He didn't like Fuji stories, instead of fear he felt shame because he always talked about hot boys with sculptural bodies and liters of lubricant. Inui stared at them, raising an eyebrow. They had the same reactions every time, but they never stopped him at the very first. At least, they had fun; that was the important thing.

"Ok, I'll be a good boy this time," he didn't sound like he would be. "Maybe we need to change the subject." Telling that kind of stories wasn't fun at all if his brother wasn't there to feel the same shame as Kawamura. What a pity.

"We can talk about our future," Oishi was the first who talked, trying that Fuji didn't bring out another spicy theme.

"It'll be a short conversation, then," Eiji said, pouting at the other half of the Golden pair. "We all know what we're gonna do next year."

"Yeah, but future it's not only next year, Eiji," Kawamura pointed out, smiling at him shyly. "It's more than our studies; it's our lives, our wishes, that kind of things."

"Taka-san's right," Fuji said, ducking his head to look at him, showing a small smile. "For example, I want to go to France someday. It's a good place to take photos and I'd like to learn French."

"That's pretty interesting, Fuji," Inui was already writing in his notebook.

"Isn't it?" Asked Fuji, smiling even more now. "What about you, Tezuka? I know you're focusing in tennis, but there're other things to do in life." It was like he was reproaching him about that, but none of them said nothing.

Tezuka sighed before putting his glasses back to his nose.

"Don't know how I'll spend my time in Germany. I'll tell you when I arrive there," there was a silent minute in which Eiji started to pout.

"Promise it, Captain! All of us!" He exclaimed, getting up still hugging a cushion. "We'll still contact each other when this year ends," he was almost tearing so Oishi got up too and hugged him.

"Of course we will," Fuji and Takashi said at the same time and then, they smiled.

"It's not like world's end is next week, isn't it?" Oishi said in a sweet whisper to Eiji's ear, making him blush.

"And we still have two resting weeks before school starts again," pointed out Inui, "so let's enjoy them together."

So there they were, smiling back to their friends, forgetting about the darkness above the house they were. Might be darkness will chase them once they followed their own ways, but they had a light with them and they weren't afraid of dark.

While they had his friends in their hearts, nothing and nobody could make them felt any fear.