DISCLAIMER: I do not own Prince of Tennis. I wish I own Royal Pair though, but I don't. Sob...

WARNING: This will be YAOI / BL story. Possible MPREG in the future. If you don't know what that means you should check it beforehand. Cannon characters may be OCC.

Warning #2: This chapter is not beta-ed yet. It will be replaced later on.

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A/N:SURPRISE! I wasn't planning on updating for more or less two weeks because of work/exams, but the amount of the reviews I have received made me so, so happy that I couldn't help it, but to write another chapter. Here in Poland it's already 14th February so happy Valentine's Day! I hope that after reading this chapter you won't hate me. Remember that I wish all the best for Ryoma and Keigo!

ENJOY !


Chapter 12: Break up?

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Previously on chapter 11:

"And now let's listen a few words from the captain" the blond man, who spoke at the beginning announced, leaving the empty space in front of the microphone. All the Japanese players awaited Kevin, who led their team inside, to step forward, but instead they observed as their opponents drew aside letting the black-green haired boy to approach the microphone.

"I'm Echizen Ryoma, the captain of the Team USA. Yoroshiku."

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"Wha... Wh.. Wnen?" Kikumaru was trying to formulate a proper question, clinging into Oishi's sleeve. The latter however, was unable to reply. He was standing stunned, looking at Echizen.

The press conference was over and the only reminder in the room was Japanese players. They still couldn't believe their eyes seeing the Team USA with it's captain ahead was approaching them.

"Ouch, fsss. What are you doing you Peach-head?" Kaidoh hissed when Momoshiro pinched him on his arm. It definitely was going to leave a mark since the spiky head sometimes didn't realize how strong he was.

"Shut up Mamushi. I'm just making sure that it's not a dream," Momoshiro muttered rubbing his eyes.

"Huh, he likes it. He really likes it," mumbled Ibu at the other side of the room.

"What are you talking about Shinji?" Kamio knew this guy for almost half of his life, but he still cannot, and probably never will, understand how his twisted mind is working.

"Being in the center of interest. That Echizen. Everything he does seems so cool and everybody keeps talking about him. I really don't like such a behavior, although I also think that it's so cool. Really, I'm envious about him and angry at myself at the same time."

"He is unpredictable as ever, that boya," Yukimura smiled looking at Ryoma who was now just few feet away from them.

"Echizen," Tezuka spoke when Ryoma stopped in front of him. The expression in his eyes was inscrutable.

"Buchou, I-"

"Ochibi, how could you?" Kikumaru interrupted his kouhai in half a word, wearing very disappointed look.

"Oi, Eiji calm down. I'm sure Echizen will explain everything," Oishi tried to restrain his doubles partner from jumping to the front. He very well understood how his partner has felt, but still believed that their freshman had a good excuse. After all they were friends.

"Let me go Mamushi," Momoshiro desperately tried to relieve himself from Kaidoh's tight grip, "I said let me go! I want to talk to that little punk."

"Stop struggling you stupid Peach-head or I will hit you in that empty head of yours," Kaidoh hissed, tightening the grip on Momoshiro's arms even more. How did he end up babysitting this overgrown child?

"Silence," Tezuka cut all the complaints and grumbling, then turned to the boy standing in front of him, "You have got something to tell us, Echizen."

"I'm sorry senpai-tachi, but I couldn't tell you earlier. And as you can see I am not in a position to abandon this team," he pointed the boys standing behind him.

"Oi captain, I don't know what you are talking about, but shouldn't you at least introduce us?" one of the twins from the Team USA asked in English. This innocent at the first sight question made quite a ruckus. None of the Japanese players would ever believe, if they didn't hear it with their own ears, that their ever cocky and arrogant kouhai would be called a captain.

"Yeah, you should princess,"Kevin spoke putting his hands into the pockets of his shorts.

"Hahahaha," Kirihara started to laugh madly and couldn't stop it. "Princess? Hahaha. You are so lame Echizen."

Ryoma narrowed his eyes, but before he could say anything Sanada groaned "Cut it out Akaya. You will be assigned proper punishment later."

"Hai, hai"

"Che," Echizen sighed. He will deal with Kirihara at the camp. Now he wanted to finish this whole presentation thing as soon as possible. "Let me introduce my team," he started as he used to do during the meeting with sponsors, his manager drags him into, but continued in more unofficially tone, "I believe that all of you know already this blondie," Ryoma gestured to his right. "Kevin is my vice-captain. Those two are Matt and Alex," he pointed the twins standing besides him. Wearing the same uniforms they looked totally alike. "I wish you luck distinguishing them."

"Oi captain! I'm Alex," the boy on the left exclaimed.

"And I'm Matt," the other twin jumped to the front.

"Jeez, they are it again," a tall, brown hair shook his head, "They are never tired of this game."

"Yeah, right. I know exactly which one of you is which," Ryoma turned facing the twins.

"Sorry captain, but this time you are wrong, right Matt?" the one calling himself Alex asked his brother and smiled pugnaciously.

"That's right Alex," the other replied revealing the whole range of his teeth.

"If I were you I would shut up as soon as possible, before you will earn laps around the hotel," the brown hair teen spoke once again. Somehow he became the one holding the twins out of trouble, which they seemed to attract like a magnet.

"Hmm, interesting," Inui adjusted his glasses, "There is one hundred percent that Echizen has learnt this from Tezuka."

"Huh, what did he said?" one of the twins asked.

"He said that Ryoma has learnt it from Tezuka,"Kevin replied pointing out the stoic Tawamure's captain standing in front of them. He was looking mature as always with his imposing figure that kept everyone at the distance from him. Unfortunately it was way to little for thee twins to get scared.

"Huh?!" both of them exclaimed simultaneously, live fire burning in their eyes, "So YOU are the one behind all the laps we had to run till now?!" Alex moved forward and tilted his head up a little to look straight into Tezuka's eyes, which expressed no emotion as always.

"Do you have any idea, what we had to go through because of YOU?!" Matt didn't fall behind his brother and now two angry pairs of eyes were piercing Tezuka to undisguised delight of Fuji and Yukimura and horror of most of the other players.

"Twenty laps around the hotel. Now," Echizen ordered the twins, effectively preventing the twins from venting his anger on Tezuka.

"But Ryoma, it's all this guy's fault that-"

"Thirty. "

"Didn't I tell you?" the brown hair boy shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. Those two will never learn.

"But-"

"Oi Matt, stop it already. I don't want to run until the dawn," the one calling himself Matt earlier put his hand on his brother's shoulder trying to pull him back. The latter, although reluctantly, listened to his twin and both of them left the room. The faster they will start, the faster they will finish.

"Oi Eiji, why are you crying now?" Oishi tried to calm down his doubles partner, who was now sobbing onto his sleeve, mumbling some incomprehensible words.

"I'm just so moved Oishi. Our Ochibi has grown so much," the red-head smiled, whipping of his tears, arousing weak chuckling from Fuji.

"Ekhm, I will continue if you don't mind," Echizen cleared his throat and continued, "The one in charge of the twins is Rick," he pointed the tall brown boy, who has now the headphones in his ears. He was already in his own world and didn't care about anything around him.

"The one over there is David," Echizen introduced the bespectacled teen, standing at the end of their team. He looked perfectly normal. There wasn't a single thing distinguishing him from the crowd. That is until he speaks. With his IQ far beyond the level considered an average and his ability to absorb the knowledge, there wasn't a single person that wasn't either delighted or annoyed.

"I'm David. Nice to meet you," he spoke in fluent Japanese to everyone's great surprise.

"Oh, I see you can speak Japanese?" Yukimura smiled with his most innocent smile, which dangerously resembled the one of Fuji's.

"When I was a kid I've spent some time in this country due to my father's work," David explained shortly, not delving into details.

"I hope we will have an occasion to hear more about it during the camp," the Rikkai Dai captain said, then turned to Ryoma, "Now Echizen-kun has two more people to introduce."

"Hai, hai. This is Julian," Ryoma pointed the handsome brunette who was typing on his phone with an extraordinary speed.

"Didn't I see you somewhere before?" Sengoku asked trying to recall where from could he has known this face

"Huh, you too fuku-buchou?" Kamio scratched his head.

"You are a model Julian, am I right?" Fuji spoke, receiving revealing 'aah' from Sengoku.

"Of course I'am. No wonder that my fame reached also this place," brunette smiled widely showing his left profile, exactly in the same way as in the last add, he posed for.

"Ne Atobe, doesn't his attitude remind you of someone?" Oshitari tried to provoke a little unnaturally silent ex-captain.

"Ore-sama has no idea what are you talking about Oshitari. Are you insinuating something, ahn?" Keigo definitely wasn't in a mood for any ambiguous conversation. Since Ryoma appeared at the hotel he didn't look at Atobe at all. No a single glance. Atobe desperately tried to seek even the least hint of distress or regret in his boyfriend's eyes for not telling him a single word, but no matter how hard he wanted too find it, he just couldn't. He felt an ache in his heart. No matter how bad he might feel about it, he couldn't show any weakness. He put his hands into his pockets and turned around.

"Oi Atobe, where are you going?" Oshitari asked when the diva started to walk away, "Aren't you going to stay till the end of presentation."

"I'm not interested," he replied not slowing the pace and left the room. He needed some fresh air to cool his head and to think about what has gone wrong. It's true that he was the one who seduced the brat, but he didn't oppose it as much as Keigo assumed. He could swear that during the past weeks Ryoma really started to feel something deeper for him. Not to mention sex they had. Was is nothing for him. Just a friendly favor?

Echizen observed the whole scene between Atobe and Oshitari. He really wanted to catch Keigo and explain him everything, but he still has duties as a captain. Damn, whose idiotic idea it was to make me a captain?! So what he was the best player of his team. It doesn't mean that Kevin or Rick couldn't take his position as a leader. Damn Kevin, damn Oyaji, damn , damn all of you.

When the short conversation between Fuji and Julian, about the magazines the latter appeared in, was over Ryoma introduced the last member of his team.

"This is Tony," he pointed the boy about his height with light hair and friendly looking eyes. The soft smile on his face made him looking so innocent and harmless, that it was really hard to believe that he has beaten lots of rivals before he was enrolled to the strongest high school team in the USA. "So this is the whole team," Ryoma finished his introduction, then turned to his teammates, "And those are my seniors from Japan. That's all."

"Oi Echizen!" Momoshiro exclaimed gaining the whole attention, "Aren't you going to introduce us as well?"

"Look around Momo-senpai. How long do you think would it take?"

"He is right Momoshiro. You can do it at the camp," Tezuka finally spoke. Everyone was curios to see, what the stoic captain had to tell to Ryoma. After the Nationals he left Japan, but he has never left his former teammates hearts. They always considered him one of them. Now he came back, reunited with them and instead of standing with them at the same half of the court he appeared as their enemy.

"Bucho, I-"

"Echizen," Tezuka interrupted Ryoma in half of the sentence, "You shouldn't call me like that, until the Goodwill Game is over. I've talked to Tosaka-sensei and know that you have promised to keep silence about it, but now you are the captain and the pillar of support for your team. Rest assured that we will do our best and won't go easy on you."

"Same here, Tezuka-senpai. Yudan sezu ni ikkou*," Echizen smirked and turned around leading his team out of the room.

"Oi Eiji, are you alright?" Oishi grabbed red head arm, when the latter slid down onto his knees.

"Let him be Oishi," Fuji put his hand on Tawamure's mother-hen's shoulder in a reassuring squeeze, "He is just little dazed from the excess of shocking information."

"What are you going to do now Tezuka?" Sanada asked turning to the Tawamure's captain, "This may affect the spirit in your team."

Tezuka closed his eyes, crossed his arms and lowered his head a little. Sanada may be right. This whole situation may cause trouble. Hopefully the morale will go up when the team finds out why Echizen didn't say anything. When Tezuka was analyzing all the options to solve the occurred problem, the blue hair captain of Rikkai Dai pulled him out of his thoughts.

"You should have more faith in them. Look," he smiled and pointed the players behind them. Momoshiro was already burning almost like Kawamura, Kaidoh was talking with Inui about new training regime, Ibu was mumbling something under his nose and Kirihara was arguing with lively as ever Kikumaru. And that's all thanks to Sengoku, who mentioned in his conversation with Tachibana, that now it will be a great chance for him to play against Echizen and measure his skills against the pro. This sentence has a salutary impact on all the gloomy players, boosting their spirits and restoring the atmosphere of friendly rivalry.

While the positive vibrations were filling the hotel room, which all the Japanese players were still occupying talking about the upcoming camp and declaring that they will be the ones chosen to the National team, the atmosphere in the apartment number one at Tawamure's dormitory was exactly the opposite.

When the whole introduction of his team was over Echizen has hurriedly left the hotel and arrived to school. He hoped that Atobe came back to their room and wasn't mistaken. The diva was sitting at his desk scanning some documents. Jeez, nothing but work.

"Why did you left so suddenly, Monkey King?" he asked, but Atobe didn't even raised his head. "Keigo, are you listening to me?"

" …"

"Kei," Ryoma repeated for the third time, clenching his fists. He came here as soon as possible, trying to explain everything and say that he was sorry for not telling anything, but the Atobe was either not interested in the conversation or too much absorbed by his stupid work that he didn't even realize that Echizen has came.

"Fine, if the work is so important for you that you don't have even a time to look at me, let it be," Echizen's nerves snapped. He was so angry and disappointed, that if he only had a tennis ball in his hand he would definitely crush it. He took a deep breathe, lifted his suitcase that was lying in the corner of the room and tossed it onto bed. Then he opened the wardrobe and started to throw out all the necessary things and clothes he would need at a camp.

"Ore-sama has no time to look at you Ryoma, ahn?" Keigo finally spoke, lifting his head, looking as his boyfriend was packing his luggage. He came to the room half an hour ago and tried to forget about everything. He took some documents from the drawer with a greatest intention to read them, but all he could do was starring bluntly at the sheets in his hands. "If Ore-sama recall it correctly, and be sure that Ore-sama's memory is very good, you were the one who didn't look at Ore-sama at all the whole day and apparently you think that Ore-sama is not good enough to be informed that his own boyfriend is going to play for the opposite team," he spoke at one breath.

Echizen fastened the zipper from his suitcase and throw his tennis bag on his shoulder, "Even if I would tell you, you wouldn't listen to me. Lately you do nothing but work!"

"…"

"Che, you don't even deny it," Echizen put on his Fila cap and grabbed his suitcase, "I'm going to sleep at the hotel today. See you at the camp Monkey King," he left the room and shut the door behind him with a loud bang, leaving Keigo alone in their room. Was it over to their freshly blossoming love? In the end Ryoma was too stubborn to come back and Keigo was too proud too call him back.


*Don't let your guard down (but I think that all of you know it already)

A/N:Yeah… their first serious quarrel… I hope you don't want to kill me for this. As I wrote at the beginning: Remember that I wish all the best for Ryoma and Keigo. How do you like Team USA?

In the next chapter: The beginning of the camp!