King and Prince

Chapter 9: Sickness and Sweetness

Ryoma opened his eyes and saw a familiar ceiling above him. "Where am I?"

"Oh thank God you're awake!" He heard his mother's voice and found himself in a tight hug.

"Um…okaa-san, what happened?" Ryoma asked his mother who was still hugging him. Rinko smiled at him and caressed her sons' head. "You see dear, you were given to us by these four young men in a limousine." She explained. "They told us that something happened at your school that's why your unconscious."

Ryoma blushed. "Something happened, ha." It was their fault why I was unconscious." He muttered.

"Anyway, the most important thing is that you're safe here…" Rinko said standing up. "I'm going to fetch you some food, so stay right here, okay?"

Ryoma nodded and plopped down to his bed as soon as he heard the door closed. He sighed in relief while rubbing his hair.

'Many things happened in this past school year…I've never though that this'll happen to me.' He thought blushing at the memories they shared at Tezuka's house.

"I don't feel so good…" He mumbled touching his face. He felt cold yet his face was hot. "Don't tell me I have a fever…why now?!"

Nanjiroh entered Ryoma's room laughing. "Oi shonen, you alright now?" He asked walking towards him. He noticed his face was red and was panting slightly.

"What's the matter?" He asked touching Ryoma's forehead. "You have a fever! Rinko!! Rinko!!" Nanjiroh panicked running outside the room.

Ryoma sweat dropped. "Such a wimp. Guess I can't go to school today." He thought and drifted off to dreamland.

Hyotei gakuen, chancellors' headquarters

Atobe smirked after hearing the report of the students. Today, he ordered his kouhai to punish the three suspects who harassed their poor Ryoma.

"Excellent." He mumbled with a smug face.

Fuji and Tezuka arrived with their school bags and went towards the sofa to sit down.

"Where's Gen?" Atobe asked.

"He has club practice." Tezuka simply replied.

"Oh." Atobe answered back.

Fuji smiled after the waiter poured tea in his tea cup. "Ne, Kei, do you know that Echizen's absent today."

Atobe blinked. "What? Why? What happened?"

"Dunno, I tried to call his house but no one's answering." Fuji answered sipping his tea.

Suddenly, the king stood up dramatically. The other two looked at him, Tezuka in surprise and Fuji amused.

"What?" Tezuka asked.

"We're going to visit him!" He announced running outside the room. The stoic man sighed and let himself be dragged by Fuji.

Archery club

"Genichirou!!"

Sanada was about to release the arrow when three of his lovers barged in. The students squealed at the sight of the three chancellors walking towards Sanada.

"What?" He asked in an annoyed voice glaring at the king. Atobe, in return, smirked at him and pulled him out of the club room. Sanada dropped his bow letting himself be pulled by the king.

"We're going to visit Ryoma!" He said still pulling his lover. Sanada blinked. "What happened to him?"

Fuji smiled at him. "It seems that our little Ryoma got sick."

"Oh, is that so."

Echizen household

Rinko stopped cutting vegetables when she heard the doorbell rang. "Nanako, can you please get that for me!" She called out.

Nanako nodded and went towards the door.

"Sorry for wai-…" She gasped when she saw four bishonen in front of her. "Ah…"

Fuji was the first one to greet her. "Good afternoon, you must be the older cousin of Echizen-kun. Nice to meet you. We're the sempai of Echizen and wanted to visit him." He said politely.

Nanako blushed and opened the door wide. "Good afternoon too, please come in, Ryoma-kun still in his room…" She informed.

Ryoma's room

Ryoma continued to play with Karupin in the bed, enjoying the company of the cute cat.

"Come in." He shouted when he heard a knock on the door.

"How're you, brat?" Ryoma turned around, his eyes widening hearing that familiar voice.

"M-monkey king?!"

"Don't call me that, idiot." Atobe muttered entering Ryoma's room. The other three did the same and looked around at their kouhai's room.

"It sure is small." Atobe mumbled earning a glare from the boy.

"What're you doing here?" He asked in annoyance.

"We just wanted to visit you after hearing that you've got sick." Tezuka said.

The four chancellors sat down the floor.

"It's Keigo's idea, not mine." Sanada whispered quietly though he was heard by Fuji.

"Hey now, Gen, don't be like that." Fuji cooed while crawling towards the said boy. He placed himself at Sanada's lap, gently stoking one of his thighs. "I know that your practice was delayed but this is for Ryoma-chan's sake."

Sanada sighed. "Alright, I guess you're right."

Ryoma blushed at the public display of affection. "Will the two of you cut it out?! You're freaking me!"

Atobe chuckled. "It's normal for us, brat. So, did you really catch a cold?" He asked approaching the boy. He planted his hands on Ryoma's forehead causing the latter to blush more.

"Hands off, idiot!" Ryoma slapped Atobe's hand away.

"What's wrong with you? I just wanted to check if you're alright…" Atobe pouted, caressing his bruised hand.

"I don't need you to do that…" Ryoma muttered still blushing.

Fuji chuckled. "You really are cute, Ryo-chan…" He said sweetly walking towards him.

Fuji pinned down the boy into his bed, his lips curved into a sadistic smile. Ryoma gulped remembering the thing happened at Tezuka's house.

"Stop it…you idiot!" He tried to protest but he was starting to feel weak against Fuji's body. When Fuji was about to kiss him, Nanako suddenly entered.

"Sorry for interrupting, here's your tea!" Nanako said putting the tray on the table.

The five boys sighed mentally, thanking the deities that Nanako didn't saw that scene.

"Please call me if you need something." Nanako said leaving the room.

Grabbing the chance, Ryoma pushed Fuji away from him who was distracted by Nanako's presence.

"Why are you doing this to me?" Ryoma asked, trying to hide his reddened face.

"Didn't we tell you…we were doing this because we like you?" Fuji said standing up from his fall.

Ryoma closed his eyes. "But…why? You don't even know me…you don't even know who I really am…"

Tezuka smiled and cupped Ryoma's face with his hand. "It doesn't matter. Whatever happened in the past, we'll still like you."

Sanada and Fuji nodded their heads in agreement.

Ryoma blushed at the sweetness of Tezuka's voice.

BANG!

The four chancellors turned around only to see a man in a monk dress in front of them.

"I think my heart fell…" Ryoma thought at the sudden appearance of his oyaji.

"So you're the four chancellors of Hyotei, ha." Nanjiroh said smugly looking at the faces of the four boys. Hmmm…they really looked like they came from wealthy family. "Oi, the four of you, what's your family business?!"

"My father runs a wine cellar company and my mother's a top model." Fuji answered.

Nanjiroh twitched.

"My father is a doctor and my mother owns a TV station." Tezuka replied.

Nanjiroh twitched again.

"My parents are the owner of Teito University (1)." Sanada responded.

Nanjiroh twitched yet again.

Atobe blinked. "It'll be too long if I tell you what my parents businesses are."

Nanjiroh suddenly grinned. "Oi shonen!" He approached the boy. "Make sure to be good friends with them, okay?!"

Ryoma stared at him. "What? Don't you hate rich kids, oyaji…"

Nanjiroh blocked Ryoma's son. "Nonsense! Did I ever say that! It's best to make many friends, right?!"

Fuji smiled. "Yes it is."

Ryoma sighed in his mind.

Rinko arrived smiling. "Oh what handsome young men…aren't you the ones who sent Ryoma back?"

Sanada nodded. "Yes."

"As a token of appreciation, I'll give you some of by home bake cookies." Rinko said still wearing her everlasting smile.

"What are you tal-" Ryoma was cut off when Nanjiroh laughed.

"Yes, that'll be great, right, dear?!" He added and the two of them laughed.

Ryoma sweat dropped. 'And here I thought okaa-san is normal.'

The four boys smiled. "Thank you."

Rinko blushed and chuckled. "Oh it's nothing…we should be the one thanking you. Arigato, for taking care of our little Ryoma."

"Hey okaa-san, what do you mean little?! I'm not little!"

"Yes you are." Atobe teased poking Ryoma's cheeks.

"No, I' m not."

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not."

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not."

"Yes you-"

Punch!

Narita airport, luggage counter

People started to whisper when they saw a familiar person walking down the path. Girls blushed at the sight of the new arrival while boys were amazed at how cool the person was.

Sigh. "It's so hot in here."

"We should go to your hotel now."

"No need…I want to see the four of them."

"Are you sure? You still have jetlag."

Smile. "It's alright. It's worth it if it's for them."

"Alright. I'll call you if the press already knows you're here."

"Yeah, thanks a lot, manager." Smirk. "I can't wait to finally see them, my four sweet kittens."

Hehe, guess who the new character is! He'll be playing a role that I think best fits him! Oh, and thank you for the sweet reviews. And as I always said, comments are all welcome! Please enjoy this new chapter! See you!