Title: Something in Common
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis.


Normal POV
Tezuka was irritated that training wasn't on this morning, but at least he was engrossed in his novel, Angels and Demons, that he forgot about it soon enough. He also didn't notice that Fubuki showed up, wearing a girls uniform.

"Aurgh, I look hideous in this thing don't I?" she groaned, throwing her bag on the desk.

Looking up he could see a more feminine looking Fubuki, "Well, it's not that bad, you're following the rules at least," he said, closing his book.

Fubuki sighed, "It's a rhetorical question, what's that you reading?"

"Dan Brown, Angels and Demons,"

Fubuki whistled appreciatively, "Nice, I've been meaning to read that, but I found The Da Vinci Code instead, that's the sequel,"

Tezuka looked down at his book, "Well, I'm on the second last chapter, maybe if you bring your copy of The Da Vinci Code we could switch," he offered. Fubuki only smiled back in response.

When Fubuki smiled she was thinking, 'Maybe this won't be so bad, it could be worse I suppose.'

Agreeing that the cafeteria would be too loud Fubuki took Tezuka to the tree she had found yesterday. "So, you read English books?" she asked, "Why?"

"I guess I found it more interesting to learn English this way," he said.

"I know what you mean, I learnt Japanese by translating J-pops," she nodded.

"J-pops?" he asked, looking slightly bewildered.

"Hey, I like listening to J-pop as you like reading English novels," she said, lightly punching him on the shoulder. 'Man, who knew Mr. One-face actually has opinions,' she thought, chuckling to herself.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

"I'll tell you some day," Fubuki smiled, then seeing a tiny hint of a smile on Tezuka's face. "You know what would be funny?" she than said.

"What?" he asked.

"If you smiled in front of all those fangirls, they'd all be comatose for at least a year," she told him, then she looked up at the sky, seeing the birds flying again, "If I were to die and be reincarnated, I'd like to be a bird," she sighed.

When he looked at Fubuki that look he had seen, the one that struck the most curiosity with him, the one that seemed to reveal a hidden sadness was there again, but within that instant it was gone. "Would you like to fly through the sky like a bird Tezuka-san?" she asked, her gaze penetrating deep down where no one, not even his friends, had ever been before.

"I'm not sure," he replied, tearing his gaze away from her eyes to look at his watch, "We should get going, the bell will ring soon," he murmured, turning around, "Are you coming?" he asked.

"Iie, I'll stay here for a while, if you don't mind," Fubuki fiddled with the hem of her skirt.

"Don't be late," he whispered, barely loud enough for Fubuki to hear.

Watching his retreating figure, Fubuki sighed again, "How ironic, he puts restraints on himself. If I could do that, I wonder." She stared up to the sky again.

"Onee-chan!" she heard someone call out, turning she saw Sakuno, along with another girl wearing pig-tails.

"Hey there, Saku-chan," Fubuki smiled at her younger cousin, "Who's your friend?"

"This is Tomoka Osakada, Tomoka this is my cousin, Fubuki," Sakuno introduced her best friend to Fubuki.

"So you're the girl that showed up wearing a boy's uniform," Tomoka said, pointing at Fubuki, "You look better in the girl's uniform."

BRING! BRING!

"See you later Onee-chan," Sakuno smiled, letting Tomoka drag her off (We'll be late!). Fubuki quickly made her way back to class.

Luckily she made it just in time. Meeting Tezuka's gaze she smiled again, 'Well, at least we have something in common.'

A/N: Arigatou Gozaimasu to those kind people who subscribed to this story, now if only someone could review. PLEASE!! ONEGAI!!!