Without a Word
Summary: Tezuka's thoughts on Fuji's sickness. [TezukaxFuji]
Disclaimer: (long forgotten. Gomen.) Prince of Tennis is not mine. We should all know that by now.
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Tezuka knew more than ever that today would be a day of distractions for him. Having found out that Fuji had no credits on his cell phone to reply to Tezuka's messages and that he would be taking today off from school calmed the stoic youth. Just a bit.
As he sat down at his place for Japanese Literature class that morning, Tezuka uniquely felt that things were incomplete. Shunning everybody else's presence - for he knew he would snap at them if they came near - away for the time being, the stoic youth took out his spare notebook once again and began to write:
'Even if you tell me not to worry, I still would Syusuke.
What you ask of me is just absurd.
If there was a way to cancel out your illness for just a day...
If there was a way to share your illness...
I would do it in a heartbeat.
Your definition of worry is different from mine.
I worry because I care.
I care because I love you.
A prayer to Kami-sama has been sent.
All hope is that he grants my wishes.'
Tezuka reread what he had written. 'Syusuke... I'll continue to worry about you without a word... without a second thought.'
TBC