Syusuke-kun's Letter

By: Reinne141

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Chapter Seven

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Fuji stood from his position, his eyes aflamed with anger and moved to run to the restaurant but was stopped half-way with what happened next. He stood gaping at them.. then a proud smirk found its way to his lips..

Sakuno slapped the heck out of that bastard!

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The petite girl's slap reverberated through out the restaurant and caught the attention of almost everyone. Her palm hurt but she didn't care, she can't take it anymore! Sakuno furiously wiped the tears that started to fall from her eyes, 'He's not worth my tears!', she thought as she remembered Fuji-senpai's words.

Toshi was taken aback, that certainly hurt! But then, he smirked and eyed her dangerously,

"You dare slap me?"

Sakuno felt her heart stop as the guy glared, cold fear slowly crawling through her. She gulped, not knowing what to do. The look in his eyes made her take a step back as her eyes look around for help.

The guy suddenly felt victorious as he succeeded in instilling fear in her. He suddenly felt superior and took a step forward. But when he was about to take his second step, he suddenly felt a pair of big hands firmly hold him in place. A deep voice spoke right next to him, "That's no way to treat a lady, Ahn? Ore-sama is greatly unpleased with your actions. Kabaji?"

"Usu." Munehiro Kabaji easily forced Toshi to sit, who's now cowering in fear as he realized who it was that stopped him. His Buchou! The great Keigo Atobe, the captain of Hyotei tennis club!

Atobe glanced at the auburn-haired girl whose chocolate brown eyes were still widened in fear. But before he could move, Oshitari Yuushi got to her first.

"Are you okay, Sakuno-san?", the blue haired guy asked Sakuno. The girl shifted her gaze to him and nodded before smiling with gratitude, "T-Thank you.."

Oshitari nodded and looked at the vile, disgusting creature sitting on the chair in front of them with disdain. He glared daggers at him and spoke in a dangerous tone, "YOU.. Get out of my restaurant before I kick you out myself."

Toshi cringed but looked at them with defiance, "S-Senpai.. You're taking her-"

"This girl here.." Oshitari gestured at Sakuno, "..Is a friend of mine. Now. Get. Out."

Mukahi Gakuto pulled the guy up by his collar and smirked, "You heard him."

Toshi scrambled to his feet and started to walk out but not before hearing Atobe say,

"And by the way, Ore-sama is now kicking you out of the team."

When the guy was finally gone, Sakuno let out a sigh of relief. Atobe stared at her for a while, she seemed familiar.. 'Have I seen her before?', But then, his thoughts were interrupted when in his peripheral vision, he noticed four familiar guys snatch the struggling Toshi to the bushes then dragged him off somewhere, a guy with fogged glasses followed them while writing on a notebook and a brunette Tensai was walking behind with a smile filled with sadism, holding a bottle of brown liquid in his hands. He raised an eyebrow.. What are the Seigaku regulars doing here?

"Hey.. Aren't you that cheerleader from Seigaku?", Shishido Ryou asked as he gave Oshitari a suspicious look.

"H-Hai..", Sakuno answered then bowed gratefully, "A-Arigatou Gozaimasu!"

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After that devastating date and a nice time with the Hyotei regulars, Sakuno walked home happily. She never thought in her life that they'll ever come to her rescue! Tomo-chan will surely flip when she hears about this! '..Demo, I'll tell her to stop setting me up in these blind dates!'

Even though two of her blind dates went haywire, she was glad that she met Oshitari-san. He really is a nice guy! It turned out that the restaurant is owned by the Oshitari family and it was him who was playing the violin on the mezzanine. They sort of had a reunion today and decided to meet regularly despite their busy schedules. The group was about to order when the blue-haired lad noticed her and Toshi. Good thing he did!

The petite girl smiled happily, thank Kami!

"..Sakuno-chan NYA!"

She stopped. Is that..

"Ryuzaki-san!"

"Sakuno-chan!"

"Ffffshu..!"

Sakuno turned and saw her Senpai-tachi running to her. What are they doing here?

The regulars stopped right in front of the beautiful petite girl and looked at her up and down, checking if she really is alright although they were really trying hard not to be too obvious. When they were finally satisfied that their Kouhai is a hundred percent okay, they all sighed inwardly in relief.

The auburn-haired girl just tilted her head in confusion when Eiji suddenly attacked her with one of his bearhugs, "S-Senpai!"

"Yatta, Sakuno-chan!" Then the redhead lifted her from the ground while spinning.

"E-EH? S-Senpai?!"

Oishi tried to stop his super energetic doubles partner and persuaded him to put Sakuno down. "You'll get her hurt, Eiji!" while the others just smiled at her knowingly. Momo was grinning boyishly while Kaidoh was watching her with something akin to.. was that fondness in his eyes? Inui was trying to suppress the smile on his lips and Fuji.. he was smiling at her but there was something in it that she couldn't quite place. She smiled back at them, and although she didn't know why, she suddenly felt very happy and loved.

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"Yuushi.."

Atobe called out to Oshitari who was currently deep in his thoughts. They're now on their way to a private Tennis court, not far from Oshitari's resaurant. The said guy looked at him and raised his eyebrows.

"About that girl..", The captain smirked at him, "..Ore-sama saw the regulars from her school awhile ago dragging that dirty commoner Toshi away.."

"I did too..", he just said nonchalantly while walking. Even before they approached Sakuno's table, he'd already noticed them outside the restaurant, huddled in front of a glass window.

"They.. care for her that much, ahn?"

Oshitari just shrugged, not liking where this conversation is leading. The smirk on Atobe's aristocratic face grew wider as he gave him a sideways glance.

"..And Ore-sama knows you do too."

Instead of the great speech of denial Atobe was expecting, The blue haired lad just eyed him indifferently before speaking, "..It doesn't really matter if I do or not."

"Eh? And why is that?"

Oshitari just smiled half-heartedly,

"I.. have a pretty good idea of who the object of her affections is."

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I never had the chance to tell you before about that little encounter we had with that Toshi-san. Saa.. sorry about that, Sakuno-chan. But if you only knew how much that anger I felt almost consumed me.. I never felt that kind of hatred before, but I guess it has something to do with the fact that it's you he messed with.

After that paticular incident, I must say, the ties between Seigaku and Hyotei became better.

Thank God that Osakada-san finally decided to put a stop to those dates. But then, if she didn't, I guess i'ts still okay, coz no matter what, I'd always be there to protect and watch over you. Although, I think I know the reason why she did.

Those were the times when we started to have another kind of habit, ne? Sleeping on the school rooftop after eating the food you prepared. I love having those kind of moments with you, they were perfect in their own way. And sleeping on your lap was definitely a nice experience. Hehe, I bet you're blushing right now, Sakuno-chan.

I love watching you sleep peacefully, the way your light breathing synchronizes perfectly with mine, the way your beautiful tresses dance with the wind, or the way your delicate fingers would play with my hair. I treasured those memories so much and just reminiscing about them brings a smile to my face.

We started to hang more, which made the rumors worsen but I really didn't care as long as I have you by my side. Your senpai-tachi wouldn't stop bothering me about it either but they stopped after some time..

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"Eh, Sakuno, just admit it already! You and Fuji-senpai are dating! Kyaaaaa! And I can't believe that you actually thought that I wouldn't find out about it sooner or later!"

Sakuno, tired of her friend's antics, decided to just ignore her incessant ramblings (and the death glares sent her way by her Senpai's fan girls). They just couldn't understand that there really is nothing between her and the Tensai. In fact, Fuji-senpai is now like her new guy bestfriend. She could now tell him just almost anything, and be herself around him.

"Sakuno-chan!", she heard someone calling her. So she turned but saw no one behind her. And it seems like Tomoka also heard it because she saw her friend looking for the source of the voice as well. Actually, that voice sounded just like..

"Sakuno-chan, up here!"

The auburn-haired girl shifted her gaze to the upper floors of the building in front of her and saw her Senpai at a window in the fourth floor, waving at her. She smiled as the brunette lad pointed upwards, meaning to meet at the rooftop.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I'TS FUJI-SENPAI!"

Sakuno nodded her head in affirmation and excused herself from her loud friend, then ran to the building and went to THEIR rooftop. When she entered the door, she saw her Senpai setting up a red and white clothe. She also noticed a basket there with him, what is that for?

"It's done. Come, Sakuno-chan." The Tensai smiled charmingly at her, grabbed her hand and led her to their usual place, which is now ladden with a clothe that is usually used in.. "We're gonna be having a picnic here."

"Eh?!", she wasn't able to prepare anything except for a couple of Bento's! " But I didn't-"

"Saa.. I cooked some food for us, Sakuno-chan", then he moved to show her the basket that she noticed a while ago. It looks like he got everything ready! The girl stared at him with wide eyes, her Senpai cooked? Saying that she was amazed will be the greatest understatement of the century!

Fuji pinched her nose gently, "Let's eat, ne?"

Another day of surprises from the Tensai. Sakuno can't help but feel elated by her Senpai's actions, no wonder a lot of girls envy her. 'Whoever it is who'll have his heart in the future sure is lucky!', she thought, not knowing that she already has his heart in her hands.

The two happily ate together and from afar, they looked like a beautiful couple enjoying their time with each other.

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The rumors died after a while and soon, they got used to seeing us together. There were even times when I'd hear them refer to you as Fuji-san's bestfriend. But still, some people (like Tezuka) would just give me skeptical looks although he won't really ask me anything, it's not in his nature to meddle in other people's business. Others (Inui is the perfect example) just won't give it a rest, ne?

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"..Has hidden desire for his bestfriend.. Interesting..", Inui muttered as he wrote in his notebook while Fuji was sitting idly beside him.

The brunette Tensai sighed, he really is getting annoyed by his team mate's persistence,

"Do you know how the words 'hidden desire' sound like, Inui?"

The Dataman's glasses glinted as he pushed it up the bridge of his nose, "You're right, it sounds quite perverted. Would you like to rephrase that for me?"

A creepy smile slowly formed on Fuji's lips, making Inui want to shudder but he refrained from doing so, he does have a reputation to uphold. "Saa..", he rubbed his chin, "I wonder if Yanagi of Rikkaidai would like some pictures of a certain friend being tortured by his own creation, ne? And one of those pictures actually shows his certain friend's eyes! I think he'll really like that."

Inui instanly paled.. "Fuji.. You wouldn't do that.."

"Oh, of course I will", the Tensai smiled sweetly, "But if that certain friend of his stops nosing around, I just might change my mind."

The brunette stood and reached for his bag but was stopped by the Dataman's gaze, his notebook now closed, wanting to let him know that he has no intentions of recording any data at the moment. "Fuji.. I've known you since our junior years and although you may not admit it, I know you ARE in love with her. I'm just concerned about you, being involved with someone who has her heart already occupied by another. I know you only wanted to help her before, but your actions tell a different story. And as a friend, I'm warning you, you might just hurt yourself in the end. Being the bestfriend of someone you love will not do you good.."

Fuji's smile faded but he didn't speak. Inui took this as his cue to continue,

"I can show you the figures, the percentage and the probability of you being in love with her. Would you like to see?"

The brunette just shook his head and sat again, this time he spoke but in a low voice,

"Do you really think I'm in love with her?"

"I know you know that you're in love with her, you just won't admit it, there's a 48% probability that it's because admiting it changes things between the two of you and you don't wanna risk it, 29% because you know she's not ready yet and is still on the process of moving on and 23% because you are confused of your own feelings and what course of action to take next." Inui stated in a no nonsense tone. Fuji rolled his eyes and once again stood to leave.

"When did you even become knowledgeable with romance and things like this?"

"..I have my sources", the Dataman answered.

"You can really be annoying sometimes..", the Tensai started, then smiled genuinely. "But thanks." He exited the clubhouse but after a moment or two, returned, "Oh, by the way, don't even think of telling anyone about this, Inui. And I'll make sure to keep those pictures in a nice and safe place where no one would see them.. And to keep my mouth shut about those Mills&Boons books I saw you reading the other day."

Inui sweat dropped. 'Well.. This is embarrassing.'

"Deal."

"Jya ne."

And the sadistic Tensai finally left.

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Mills&Boons- Fictional romance books. xD

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A BIG, BIG, BIG THANK YOU to emeraldlily7918 and PiNkVeElA :))

R&R !