Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of Tennis.

A/N: 10x biggest anime fan for being my beta. I know the story is short and is zooming by. however, I am a bit stuck on the ending and i really want to know what you want to know. . .what i mant was that i want you to tell me what dangeling threads i should tie up -.-' . . . okay now i'm confused o.O. GYAH! i'm getting a headache, just read on.

Chapter 10

"Everything's good so far."

"Actually it's going better than I thought it would." Ryo smiled at his brother. Wanting to make sure nothing went wrong on the date, they just had to tag along secretly. They were wearing glasses and wigs so no one would recognize them, and were seated at one of the tables in the café the double daters were now resting in. Thus far, their sister had been acting like a normal girl on a date.

Finishing their drinks the group decided to go to a movie. At the cinema three out of the four wanted to watch a romance movie, and only Echizen wanted to watch 'Rocky 3'. After bonking him on the head Rin had an idea. "Let's watch a horror movie."

"Horror!?" everyone exclaimed. Nodding, Rin went and bought the tickets before they could argue. Again the senpai's sat one row behind the kohai's. Fuji sat behind Echizen on the left side of Rin. The movie started, it was called, 'jeepers creepers.' Pretty soon Sakuno was crying out in fear and burying her face in her hands. Ryoma was barely affected by the movie except for the occasional jump and gasp of surprise.

Nudging Fuji, Rin motioned for him to tickle Ryoma at the waist. Fuji looked at her in confusion and she just motioned for him to do it. Consenting, Fuji leaned over and tickled Ryoma.

In his shock Ryoma raised his right arm to see what was nudging his waist, at that moment he felt somebody grab his arm and put it around Sakuno's shoulders. Sakuno looked at him in blushing confusion. He was blushing as well as he said, "Whatever." However he didn't remove his arm. In the theater a couple of people started coughing.

Behind the younger couple Rin smiled proudly at her handy work. Turning to Fuji, she tickled his waist and looked at him expectantly. At first Fuji didn't understand, then as it dawned on him he grinned. Putting his arm around her he felt her snuggle closer to him as she let her head rest on his chest. Resting his cheek on her head Fuji heard her sigh contentedly.

When Tennosuke saw what his sister had done he burst out in laughter, and Ryo punched him, forcing his brother to mask his laughter with a coughing fit. Of course they had followed their sister into the theater. However Ryo noticed that his brother wasn't the only one 'coughing'. Looking around the area he spotted a group of boys sitting a couple of rows behind him and his brother.

Eiji and Momoshiro burst out laughing when they saw how Ryoma was manipulated into putting his arm around Sakuno. Inui had called Eiji and told him what was going on. Minutes later he was accompanying them. Oishi was in the hospital, Kawamura had to stay in the sushi shop, and Kaidoh wasn't even answering. They had been following the couple for quite a while. Inui had been taking notes the whole time.

They had seen it all, even what happened in the cart at the theme park. All Inui could see was that Sakuno was shaking uncontrollably, then suddenly Ryoma was sitting next to her, holding her and apparently comforting her. It was so sweet it made Eiji and Momoshiro laugh pretty hard.

For the rest of the movie, Rin wasn't paying attention. Her thoughts were full of Fuji and his warm chest. Too bad it has to end soon. Her heart sank. She promised herself that this would be the last time she allowed herself to spend time with Fuji. Remember how he made you lose focus last time. Do you want that to happen again? Rin told herself sternly, a tear falling. Wiping it away she resolved to focus on the moment, and now Fuji was holding her close to him. Why do you have to be so perfect?

By the time the movie was over it was almost night. Sakuno had curfew so the date had to end there. "Echizen, why don't you escort Sakuno-chan home?" This time it was Fuji who made the suggestion. Rin smiled at him; he was finally catching on.

"It's okay. I don't want to be any trouble," Sakuno told Fuji.

"It doesn't really make a difference." Ryoma shrugged his shoulders. "Which way is your house?" Sakuno looked at him for a while before she said her goodbyes then lead the way, leaving the older couple behind.

As soon as the young couple were out of sight Rin nudged Fuji and said humorously, "you cheeky devil." Fuji just smiled at her innocently, making her laugh. "So what do you want to do now?"

Smiling, Fuji walked ahead. "I want to show you something."

Rin looked at him in exasperation, hands on hips. "Fuji, are you trying to tell me something?" they were standing in front of a bus stop. He simply laughed and boarded the bus. It took them an hour before they finally got off the bus. Rin 

looked around. They were on top of the mountain with only a rail to stop them from falling over the edge. "I repeat: Are you trying to tell me something?"

Taking her hand he led her closer to the rail. "Look." He extended his arm over a fabulous view of the city. Lights twinkled and winked beneath them. "Oishi brought the whole team here once to watch the sunrise." Suddenly his phone rang. Looking at the number he saw that it was Eiji. "Hello."

"Where the heck did you go off to? We lost you at the bus stop nyah," Eiji whined from the other end of the line.

"I'm with Tanami-san. Bye." Fuji turned off the phone, knowing very well how nosy his teammates could get. They'd probably been following them from the beginning. Sighing, Fuji decided to ignore that fact and focus on his date with Rin for the moment.

While Fuji had been on the phone Rin had been facing an internal conflict. I should stop this before he gets in too deep, before I get in too deep. "Fuji I need to tell you something."

He put a hand up to stop her. "Let me tell you something first." Turning to the glittering lights before them, he braced his hands on the railing. "I brought you here for a reason."

Oh no I think I know where this is going. "I hope it's nothing perverted." She laughed shakily. Please don't say it Fuji. "Because if it was, you know I was saving myself for Johnny Depp. So I-"

"I love you."

I love you too. Oh shit!

It was there in her mind, so why couldn't she say it? coward! A voice inside her head shouted. But my music, my precious music. She felt herself slipping away. If she got a boyfriend he'll want her to focus more on him than on her playing. He'll want her to spend more time with him. There was no way she could live with being held back like that.

Fuji looked back at her and what he saw made ice claws wrap around his heart. What he saw in her eyes he didn't expect. He expected shock, tears, joy, even hoped for a loving glance. But what he saw there wasn't any of those things, he saw fear, the fear an animal would show after being cornered. "Rin," he said softly.

It was the first time he said her name and it made her heart flutter. She took one step back, looking at him with wide eyes. "No," she said softly, and the look of pain in his eyes tore at her soul. What if he's different? She argued with herself. 

They're all the same. He'll want you to spend every free moment with him. You've seen it a million times.

Rin shook her head and took another step away from him. "I can't." Turning on her heel she ran for the bus stop, conveniently there was one waiting for the passengers to board. Rin climbed on and didn't look back. The whole ride home was a misery for her. 'I love you' Fuji's voice kept repeating itself over and over in her head. Damn it!

Fuji was about to chase after Rin but a hand on his shoulder stopped him. Turning he saw that it was Tennosuke, and Rin's other brother. They had removed the glasses and mustaches and were looking at him with sympathy.

The brothers saw all that had happened and thought Fuji deserved an explanation. "It's not your fault." Tennosuke smiled at him. "It's just that our sister is…" His smile slipped and his head bowed in sadness. Ryo put a hand on his brother's shoulder. Tennosuke looked up at his brother. Ryo nodded then looked at Fuji.

"Our mother was a great doctor once. She had great talent, but our dad wanted her to stay at home and spend every moment with her family." Ryo took a deep breath as if to steady himself, "even though she loved her job very much dad forced her to quit." Ryo's hands fisted by his sides as anger crept into his voice. "He didn't just do that, but eventually he got sick of his family and his wife and left us for someone younger a year ago." This time it was Tennosuke who put a hand on his brother's shoulder.

With a sad smile Tennosuke looked at Fuji apologetically. "Mom now has to work extra hours for less pay because she has no recent experience. That's what Rin is afraid of becoming."

"But I'm not like that," Fuji said, his voice shaking with anger. She should know me better, and she should know that I would never ask her to give up her piano. I know how much she loves to play.

"Prove it," Ryo told him before he and his brother turned on their heels and walked to the bus stop.

To Be Continued . . .

Plz take into consideration what I said in the bigining of this chapter and R&R. I NEED HELP !!