Rain
Summary: Spending a day full of ups and downs, Tezuka finds himself dejected with the world. And he blames it all on the rain. [TezukaxFuji]
Disclaimer: (long forgotten. Gomen.) Prince of Tennis is not mine. We should all know that by now.
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5:30 PM. Tezuka disembarked the bus, walking the rest of the way to his house. He sighed, shaking his head in disappointment. The day was gloomy with the rain pour in the morning.
'The weather has a way of reflecting moods, doesn't it?' Tezuka mused needlessly to himself as he turned a right to enter his subdivision, adjusting his hold on his bag.
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The day was as gloomy as the weather was. His USB was still missing in action – he was still feeling a bit sore about losing it, of course -, and no affirmative news of it being found came to him. His friend had told him that it wasn't at the Lost and Found, and the buchou had asked a classmate of his to check the lab he was at two days prior to see if they saw anything.
During his PE class – basketball -, Tezuka took some moments glancing off to the tennis courts nearby. The synthetic ground was soaked. He groaned, shaking his head. The rain carried on until the early afternoon. It wasn't long before he received a text message from their coach, announcing that the tennis clinic that night would have to be cancelled. Tezuka thought about the court still wet from the morning rain before shaking his head, cursing inwardly.
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The only good thing that may have happened with the stoic youth today was that his mother (and father) had allowed him to accompany Syusuke to the night carnival next Saturday. The tensai would be sleeping over afterwards, which put Tezuka in a slightly better mood than he did that morning. Not to mention his short exchange of messages with the said tensai. How it reassured Tezuka everyday that his feelings for Syusuke were not just a dream every single time he read the words 'I Love You' sent to him by his boyfriend.
Lunch time practically surprised the stoic youth. He had arranged to meet up with a few people who he had hosted with during one of the culminating activities for one of the foreign language departments of the university. One of them - a girl - offered him a fruit cake as a late birthday present. He thanked her with a nod, thankful that the box it was in was a reasonable size to still fit in his bag. He mentally reminded himself to tell his mother about it when she returned from work.
When he arrived home, he placed the cake in the refrigerator before heading up to his bedroom and settled in his chair and pulled off his socks. Tezuka sighed. 'Don't tell me it'll end up raining again when we meet each other for breakfast tomorrow, Syusuke…' he thought to himself. Out of the many times he and Syusuke had met up for breakfast, it was raining. He powered up his laptop and moved to retrieve Kurt. It seemed to be a routine for him to pick up the stuffed dog when he got home.
"And it's not the sole fact that you came from Syusuke that I'm doing this…" Tezuka muttered conversationally to the dog. 'I'm just more secure with you around…'
It was raining again, and the sun had long since set.
A deep sigh escaped the buchou.
He knew he hated rain for a reason.
This was probably why.
TBC
