Guess what, I've only had two or three hours of sleep for like three days already because it's time for our tests already. I so hate this. The reason why I'm stressing so much is because almost all our requirements are due this week –and that's a truckload. Anyways, I gave up on this subject because my teacher didn't return my notes. So what am I going to study? That's why I decided to finish this chapter, although I rushed it a bit. Sorry about that. Anyways, hope you like this.
Disclaimer: And I will never ever ever in my whole life own this anime
Chapter 12:
Touya's restaurant
As he walked, the others followed him. The ones at the back were no other than Fuji and Tezuka. However, they weren't even able to take ten steps when they heard someone call a name.
"Fuji Nakuru!"
Everyone froze in their tracks as they heard that. They even knew who that person was.
'Touya,' Tezuka thought as he heard the footsteps getting closer. He encircled his arm around Fuji's waist and turned them around; trying to get Touya to register in his mind that 'Nakuru' is not available. He even greeted Touya the moment that their eyes met. However, he was stunned to see Touya without his get up, the same goes for the rest. The man who stood in front of them had dark brown hair that framed his face perfectly. Without his costume, Touya was just stunning. They would have thought that this was another person if not for him calling out 'Nakuru', and his sharp violet eyes that were apparently revealed the night before thanks to Momoshiro.
Finally, it hit them; this was Hirofumi Touya, a second year who is considered as one of the stars of Seigaku's soccer team.
"Good morning, Touya," he said coldly for they started to glare daggers at each other.
"Good morning, Tezuka," he replied with the same tone as Tezuka's.
After those words, an eerie silence came. The two just kept their eyes on each other as the one in Tezuka's arms just smiled in amusement. 'This is going to be an interesting day.' However, the others in the corridor weren't feeling the same excitement as him. They instead feared what was going to happen. There stood the two of them wanting to kill each other as the object of their affection just stood there, doing nothing. They paled as the silence got to them.
'No,' Oishi thought, 'why is he here? Now Tezuka's getting all jelous, and I bet that Fuji is even excited about this! What are we going to do? Touya can't stay here with us… with Tezuka!'
Getting annoyed of the silence, Touya finally spoke, however, he was addressing to Tezuka. "How was your night, captain?"
Trying to be polite, Tezuka answered, "It was peaceful." He then brought Fuji closer to him and asked as he turned to face the one in his arms, "right, love?"
Hearing that, Ryoma just sighed in his mind, 'Great, here he goes with that 'love' again.'
"It was," Fuji answered as he kept his hands down and the smile up on his face. He then turned his head to address Touya, "How about yours, Touya?"
Hearing that, Eiji wanted to wail, 'He's trying to get Tezuka jelous even more! Fujiko, don't kill us!'
"I was able to get enough rest," Touya finally smiled as he cut the stares being exchanged from him and Tezuka, "thank you."
"I didn't know that you were polite," Fuji replied with the full intention to annoy Tezuka, "Touya."
Being told that, Touya took a step forward and kept his eyes on Fuji, "I'd be anything for you," he then brought his hand to hold Fuji's, however, he wasn't able to even touch his hand because of Tezuka. Seeing that action, Tezuka suddenly turned the two of them around to face the regulars.
"Shall we go now? We shouldn't waste time here," Tezuka, after saying that, brought Fuji even closer to his body as a way of telling him that he was getting irritated.
"Sure," Inui said as he turned around. The others followed this and started to walk, but stopped however as Fuji here spoke.
"Goodbye, Touya," he faced Touya while he was still in Tezuka's arms, thus causing Tezuka to hold him closer even tighter. "We're just going out for lunch." 'No matter how hate you, I find this whole thing interesting.'
Hearing that, Touya suddenly remembered about their family business. "Hey, where are you going?" he asked as he walked to stand beside Fuji. The regulars, fearing a jealous Tezuka, didn't dare turn around as they were frozen on the spot.
"To the Italian restaurant just nearby." Fuji answered. Touya, however, just grinned from ear to ear after being told that. Suddenly feeling uneasy, Fuji spoke, "What's wrong?"
"That restaurant belongs to my family! It's one of our branches!" Touya practically screamed as he was once again, excited.
"What?" Momo and Eiji screamed as they turned around to face the grinning Touya. They nearly had a heart attack hearing that, and so did the others. They just stood there, feeling the blood being drained from their body. The same goes for Fuji, 'Uh-oh, I shouldn't have done this.' As for Tezuka, he felt himself getting more furious by the second.
"Come again?" Tezuka asked as he faced Touya.
Feeling as if he was the luckiest man on Earth, Touya answered with the grin staying on his face, "That restaurant belongs to my family!" Then, he said something that caused Momo to forget the issue between Touya and Tezuka, "I could treat all of you there! Eat all you can!"
"Really?" Momo exclaimed as he surprised everyone with his sudden reaction. "Then please come with us! You're very welcome!" he said quite happily. However, after saying that, he noticed the glare of Tezuka on him. Seeing that, his smile turned upside down and he looked down, not uttering another word.
Seeing that Momo was silenced already, Tezuka turned to look at Touya so he could take back Momo's words. However, Touya spoke first.
"I'd love to."
'Great,' Tezuka thought as he fought the urge to twitch and order Momo to run thirty laps around the hotel, 'I can't wait to see what he'll use on Syuusuke now,' he sarcastically thought. 'Better watch him carefully.'
Feeling nervous and wanting Touya out of the way, Oishi turned around to talk to him, "Uhm, Touya, you don't have to treat us."
Touya, feeling confident, answered, "It's fine with me to treat you guys. Momo here was even happy when I offered."
Momo, sulking even more after those words were said, felt as if he was melting since Tezuka glared at him yet again.
"Uhm," Oishi tried again, "we don't want to bother you. You might have this thing to do or something."
"Oh no," Touya said as he brought his arm around Fuji's shoulder who just stiffened at the action, "I'm free for today. My friends can do well without me. After all," he turned to look at Fuji who just kept his gaze on the wall, "if it means having to spend time with this beauty here, I'd be willing to give up anything."
Feeling annoyed, Tezuka moved to his side, bringing Fuji with him. This action caused Touya to lose his balance and almost fall to the floor. 'Hn,' Tezuka felt a bit amused, 'that suits him.'
Touya however, just got annoyed with it. 'That ain't enough,' he glared at Tezuka, 'you need to do more to get rid of me.'
The rest, seeing what had just happened, wanted to laugh but decided against it. They all knew that the captain did it on purpose but they still didn't want to get on his bad side.
With Touya glaring at him, Tezuka glared back. Fuji, being in the middle of the two, thought that they need to get their minds off of each other.
"Why won't we just go to the restaurant already?" Fuji asked with his smile on his face.
"Yah," Eiji agreed, "let's just go already!"
"Yah," Momo followed, "let's go!" He turned around and started to jog, dragging Ryoma with him.
"Hey!" Ryoma exclaimed, however, he was ignored as Momo kept jogging at a slow rate.
The rest, seeing them take off, followed their lead. Like before, Tezuka and Fuji stayed at the back, walking like the others. The only ones who were jogging were Momo and Ryoma. However, unlike earlier, Tezuka and Fuji had another person with them –Touya.
As they walked, Tezuka never let go of Fuji even once, annoyed of the other man with them. 'Momo's going to go through a lot when we're back at school.'
With each second that passes, Tezuka got more annoyed. From the moment in the hotel until they reached the restaurant, Touya just wouldn't stop talking.
"So, Fuji-chan, how long are you going to stay here in Tokyo?" Touya asked as he was aware of Tezuka's hatred towards him.
"I don't know, but I'm going to be leaving soon." Fuji said as his voice remained the same –calm.
Inui however, was the opposite of what Fuji seemed to be. 'Stop that Fuji. You'll just get Tezuka annoyed. Stop it!'
"What will happen with you and Tezuka here when you leave?" Touya asked curiously.
"Hmm," Fuji thought, 'yah, what will happen when people find out that Kunimitsu dropped 'Nakuru' for Syuusuke.'
"You still there?" Touya asked as Fuji seemed to space out.
"Huh?" Fuji said as he faced Touya, "uh, yah. I'm just wondering too." He then turned to Tezuka, "what will happen to us, Kunimitsu?" he asked.
Tezuka, also pondering on that subject, answered, "I don't know," he kept his eyes on a certain someone's back. "What do you think," he asked, "Inui?"
Hearing his name and knowing that that statement was meant to hit him, Inui nearly stopped dead in his tracks. He was still able to answer though, however, it did take him some time. "I don't know." 'I didn't think of what'll happen afterwards! The whole school knows about Tezuka and 'Nakuru' being together. What'll they think of when they hear
that Tezuka dropped 'her' for 'her' brother?' he paled at the thought of it and at the thought of what will happen to him. 'a hundred laps? Two hundred? Three? Five? Eight?'
"Anyways," Touya said, clearing the silence that has came upon them with that thought, "I'll never stop thinking of you even when you're gone." He flashed a smile then took Fuji's hand into his.
Tezuka, being the only one who saw this, removed his hand from Fuji's waist to grab Fuji's free hand. The moment their hands touched, Tezuka dragged Fuji to the front of their group, surprising everyone. Touya, because of the sudden action, let go of Fuji's hand. Fuji was also stunned but amusement also came to him. As for Touya, he smirked at the action, thinking 'This is going to be fun competition.' The rest however, were clueless. They knew that Touya probably did something to annoy Tezuka yet again, but they didn't know exactly what he did.
Having the want to get rid of Touya, Tezuka asked, "Are we getting near it?"
Too scared to answer, the regulars didn't say a word and it was Fuji who answered them. "It's already there, Kunimitsu," he pointed to the building on the next block, "Do you see it?"
Looking at that direction, Tezuka saw the building and nodded.
Touya, hearing their conversation, went to walk in front of them with a smug look on his face.
Fuji, being Fuji, just had to talk to him. "You seem to be happy, Touya."
Being talked to by 'Nakuru,' Touya faced her and answered, "It's because I'm with you," in which his next word caused everyone to pale, "honey," but caused Tezuka to get furious.
'Did he just say 'honey'?' Tezuka thought as he suddenly brought his hand back to Fuji's waist.
The regulars however, had thoughts on the lines of 'does he want to have hell unleashed?!'
Fuji on the other, just smiled, but he thought, 'did he just call me 'honey'?' He felt irritated at that, 'If I was a girl, I would've smacked him. Well, at least it's not as bad as when he compared my beauty to the sun and the sea.'
After that, no more words were exchanged until they reached the restaurant.
Arriving at their destination, Touya led them inside in which he talked to the guy who seemed to be the manager. So they just stood there waiting for him to finish. Before they knew it, Touya and the guy were walking towards them.
"Bon Journo," the guy said as he lightly bowed, "I'll bring you to your room," he then directed his hand and their gaze to his left, "Follow me," he said as he started to walk, followed by the rest.
Kaidoh, wondering what was happening, asked Touya, "where's he taking us?"
"To a private room," he answered.
"Oh," Kaidoh answered. He wanted to say something else but decided against it for he wanted to be careful with this guy when Tezuka is around. After his question was answered, he turned to face the rest, but his eyes caught something that caused him to stop in his movements. 'It's her,' he thought.
Noticing Kaidoh freeze, Momo came to him. From being at the front of the group, Momo went to the back because Tezuka and Fuji went forward,
"Hey, what's wrong?" he asked as his grin stayed on his face.
"That's wrong," Kaidoh answered as he kept his voice low, not noticing that they were already left behind.
Being told that, Momo followed Kaidoh's gaze, and like Kaidoh, froze.
It took a few seconds for Kaidoh to recover. "Let's go. We can't get caught," he grabbed Momo's arm and dragged him to where the gang was, which was on the second floor already. The moment they reached them, the doors of their private room were just being opened, and only Kawamura was the only one to notice their return.
"Hey," Kawamura said, "where've you been? You're panting."
"We," Momo answered, "saw them"
"Saw who?" Kawamura asked as they entered the room.
"Remember the girl we saw shirtless?" Momo reminded him.
"She's here?"
"Yah," Momo answered as he glanced back. "We can't let us get seen by them. She's with her boyfriend."
"Ooh, the one who you almost got into a fight with?" Kawamura asked but he wasn't answered when they heard Touya spoke.
"Okay, like I said, this will all be on me." He said.
Knowing that the rest are far to unsure to even say 'thank you,' Fuji did it, "Thank you, Touya."
Hearing Fuji's voice, he turned to him, "Anything for you, hon."
The moment the 'hon' came to Fuji's ears, he froze, 'Call me 'hon' one more time and I swear that I will not go easy on you.'
As for Tezuka, 'Call him 'hon' one more time and I will not hold back anymore.'
Ignoring the glare that Tezuka directed on him, Touya spoke, "why won't we sit down already?"
"Yah, let's sit down, Kunimitsu," Fuji said as all of them took they're place. Apparently, getting annoyed of calling him 'hon', Fuji took the seat at the corner so he could only be seated next to one person –Tezuka. However, the person who sat in front of him was no other than Touya.
All of them sat down on their seats, quietly picking their orders and telling it to the waiter.
Beside Tezuka sat Oishi, after Oishi sat Echizen then Kawamura. In front of Kawamura was Kaidoh, who was seated beside Momo. On Momo's other side sat Eiji, then Inui, who felt really unlucky. He was seated beside Touya and was in front of Tezuka.
As they waited for their orders to be served, they talked –'they' meaning Touya, Fuji and Tezuka. The rest just stayed quiet for they felt uncomfortable.
"So, Fuji," Touya said as all the regular's eyes were focused on him, "how long have you and Tezuka dated?"
Fuji, feeling a bit awkward, answered, "We'd rather keep it confidential."
Tezuka, irritated, asked, "Don't you know that it's impolite to ask people personal matters?" and glared at Touya.
Feeling the least bit intimidated, Touya smirked at him and went to focus his attention on Fuji. This time though, he wanted to hit Tezuka's nerve, "How far have you've gone?"
Hearing that question, the regulars froze, minds gone blank.
Fuji felt awkward at that question, however, immediately after those words were said, Tezuka kicked Touya under the table.
"Ow!" Touya exclaimed as he clutched his knee. Feeling satisfied with the result that he got, Tezuka sipped his water. The regulars, knowing that it was Tezuka, concentrated their eyes on him. Tezuka, however, just ignored them. Fuji on the other hand, acted immediately to cover Tezuka's action.
"I'm so sorry, Touya," he said as he feigned guilt on his face. "I have this habit of swinging my legs." He put his hand on his face to make him look more feminine and he opened his eyes to show that his was sincere. Everyone –except Touya- knew that this was an act. He just seemed to believe in anything Fuji says.
"Don't worry, Fuji," he said as he straightened up, "I'm fine. Although I must say that you kick hard."
Thinking that Tezuka will kick him one more time, Fuji moved his leg over Tezuka's to make sure that he won't try to do it again.
"Why," Fuji said, not knowing what to say exactly, "thank you."
"So," Touya went back to his question in an attempt to annoy the hell out of Tezuka, "How far have you guys gone?"
Hearing that question yet again, Tezuka thought of another thing to do to Touya. This time though, he couldn't kick him instead, he raised his hand to call a waiter, 'accidentally' hitting Inui's glass of water. He couldn't hit his because it was already half done, while Inui's was still full; also considering that Inui's glass was closer to Touya. So Inui's glass fell, its contents spilling on Touya's part of the table and his shirt.
"Wah!" Touya wailed as he immediately stood up, gaping at his wet shirt.
Wanting to annoy Touya even more, Tezuka looked at him, "I'm sorry. Did I get you wet?"
Touya, thankful that they were in a private room, scowled at him, "what do you think?"
"I think you are," Tezuka answered.
"Hmph," Touya glared at him, "I'm going to dry myself off," and he walked out of the room to go to the bathroom. He was going to get back at Tezuka. 'hn, didn't know he'll get that annoyed. This is war, Tezuka.'
The moment he was out of the room and the doors were closed, everyone turned to gape at Tezuka.
"Woah!" Eiji exclaimed as he and the others finally relaxed inside the room, "I have never seen you get that angry! Well, I have, but the times I've seen you angry were because of different things! And you usually give out laps, not get people wet."
"Well," Tezuka answered, "he deserves it. He should learn to keep quiet."
With his eyes on Tezuka, Fuji said, "I agree with you, Kunimitsu."
Not a second later, the doors opened to reveal some waiters with trays in their hands.
"Looks like Touya got us the best service he can get," Oishi said, and the waiters placed their orders in front of them, not making a single mistake.
Before they knew it, the waiters finished and left; and Touya returned. You could still see the spot where the shirt got wet.
'hn,' Tezuka felt bad that he returned, 'I won't give up, Touya.'
TBC
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