Love Addict

Chapter 21

-Yukimura's house, kitchen, 01.00 pm-

Tezuka watched as Sanada and Yukimura baked or destroyed the kitchen with flour, butter, milk and everything. He held back a laugh when Sanada got his boyfriend mad and he went into devil mode and punished him by pouring a small bag of flour on his head. Sanada had shrieked like a girl which made Tezuka had to cover her mouth with his hands. He was too afraid to laugh out loud in case Yukimura turned to him and poured flour onto his head as well. Who knew? He was just as unpredictable as Fuji.

Tezuka looked around. He hadn't seen his beloved torturer since this morning and this was noon already. Yukimura said that he was going out and asked that no one followed him. Tezuka sighed. It was a good thing Yukimura decided to close the shop today since it was Saturday. Fuji had begged him to open it so that Tezuka would continue his punishment as store's mascot but Yukimura said that everyone needed free days, so Saturday and Sunday the store was closed. Tezuka held back an urge to hug and kiss Yukimura that time.

"Tadaima..." a soft voice echoed through the house. Tezuka jumped from his chair and went to the living room where Fuji was busy putting some heavy bags on the sofa. Tezuka raised his eyebrows and peeked. Many blue and yellow fabrics could be seen.

"What are these?" He dared himself asked. Fuji didn't answer him. Tezuka huffed and poked his arm.

"What?" Fuji asked annoyed.

"What are these?" Tezuka asked once again as he pointed to the heavy bags.

"Oh, those are your outfit for the next few days. You still have to be the store mascot, you know." Fuji said easily as if he was telling Tezuka that he just bought him a new shirt.

"What?"

"What?"

"Syuusuke, I have a match in week days. A FINAL match."

"So? I have told you that it will not stop you from being my mascot. You ask for my forgiveness and I will not forgive you until you finish doing what I tell you. So, if you don't want my forgiveness, get the hell out of here." Fuji said as he walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge to get some cold water. Tezuka looked at him in disbelief. God, why did he have to fall in love with possibly one of the most sadist person in this world?

"Are you okay, Tezuka?" Sanada's voice bought him back into reality. Tezuka looked at his now-clean friend and nodded. Sanada hummed before he peeked into the bag and stifled his laughed when Tezuka glared at him. Sanada wisely chose to go back to the kitchen before he exploded in laughter.

"Stop laughing, Sanada and help me here!" Yukimura called. Sanada quickly run to his boyfriend to avoid the wrath of the tennis player.

"Fuji-kun, the outfit you bought for Tezuka are really cute." Tezuka's eyes twitched. He quietly but quickly walked into the kitchen. Sanada was taking a cake out from the oven and was talking to a happy Fuji.

"You think so, Sanada-kun?"

"Of course, what's with colour, anyway? Blue? You like Blue?"

"No, it's a whale colour." Fuji explained as he sat down onto a chair.

"Whale?"

"Yes, Sanada-kun. Kunimitsu wore Bear outfit called Higuma Otoshi (I give myself. Now, it's Hakugei's turn. Kunimitsu will wear whale outfit and then the last costume called Tsubame Gaeshi will be wore by him too."

"Tsubame Gaeshi?"

"Yup, a bird costumes. A swallow costume." Yukimura and Sanada exploded in laughter as they tried to imagine Tezuka into the costumes. Tezuka scowled at Fuji who was smiling sweetly at him.

"Shut up!" Tezuka shouted childishly as he crossed his arm in front of his chest. Fuji couldn't help but letting out a soft chuckle as well. He stood up and pushed Tezuka onto his chair before sitting on his lap. He opened his blue eyes and smiled seductively. Tezuka's anger and embarrassment evaporated. He smirked and leaned down to capture those soft little lips that belonged to the older man. However, before he could taste them, Yukimura whacked his head.

"Ow...!"

"No kissing at the dinning table. Hush you two! Go to your room if you want to do something like that!" Yukimura glared at them.

"You heard Mommy, kids. Go to your room!" Sanada said, laughing. Fuji glared at him for a moment before dragging Tezuka out the kitchen.

-Sport Centre, 11.00 am-

"Hm... you're getting better, Tezuka." Inui said as he wrote down some notes into his book. Tezuka didn't answer him instead eh just sat down and took a bottle of water from Oishi.

"Remember, your opponent is Kobayashi Kano. He can be violent when he is desperate to win. One of his dreams is becoming the World Champion, a title that is yours right now. So be careful, Tezuka..."

"What about his personality outside the court?" Tezuka asked. Inui pushed his glasses as he looked at Tezuka with his eyebrow raised.

"Why do you want to know?"

"Just tell me, Inui! What's he like outside the court?"

"He's an arrogant man. I watched the interview on NationalTV few nights ago and he was so sure that he will beat you at the final. He boasted about himself so much. Oh and Tezuka, he mocked you. Don't tell me you want to crush the man with some kind of psychology strategy? You know, letting him thinks that he will win and then destroy him"

"Something like that. Someone like him should be told in different way. Anyway, did you say that he mocked me? My tennis ability or my relationship with Fuji?"

"Both, but he pressed on your relationship with Fuji-san more... and he also called Fuji-san something you didn't want to know." Inui said. Tezuka didn't say anything. Inui and Oishi looked at their best friend worriedly.

"Tezuka, you're going to have this interview on NationalTV as well tomorrow night. I'm sure that they will ask your opinion about Kobayashi's comment. Do you want to know the detail of the interview so you will know what will you say?" Inui offered.

"No need."Tezuka said shortly. Inui nodded and closed his book. His attention moved from Tezuka to three familiar figures.

"Fuji-san and others are here." He announced. Tezuka looked up and smiled when he saw Fuji, Yukimura and Sanada walked to him.

"Fuji-san, Yukimura-san, Sanada-san." Oishi greeted. Fuji and Yukimura smiled at him while Sanada just nodded his head.

"I bought you brunch. I know you didn't eat breakfast this morning." Fuji said as he sat beside him. Tezuka smiled and muttered thanks.

"I'll support you at the final match, Tezuka-kun. I believe you will be the winner!" Yukimura said excitedly.

"Thank you, Yukimura-san."

"You know, why don't you three have a match with Tezuka? You three are very good tennis player, are you not?" Inui asked.

"Sure!" Yukimura said happily. It had been a long time since he played tennis and he wouldn't miss opportunity to have a match with The Tezuka Kunimitsu. Why didn't he though about this long ago?

"Are you sure?" Tezuka asked. He didn't really know how well Yukimura and Fuji were in tennis, so...

"Are you underestimating us?" Fuji asked as if he could red Tezuka's mind. Tezuka turned to his little loved and gulped when he saw he had his eyes opened so Tezuka could see the sadist glint on Fuji's blue eyes.

"N-No, it's not that Syuusuke-"

"Good, then we will have a match with you!" Fuji cut him happily.

-After match-

"Wow, you're really a great player, Tezuka-kun!" Yukimura patted Tezuka's back as he praised him.

"Come one, Fuji! Don't sulk because Tezuka-kun beat you!" Yukimura patted Fuji's back now. Fuji didn't say anything and glared at Tezuka who was smiling in victory.

"You know, you can be a professional tennis player, Fuji-san. You could be a very strong opponent to Tezuka. I have never seen Tezuka has to work this hard to beat someone." Inui said. He was clearly taken aback with both Fuji and Yukimura's ability in playing tennis. Sure he had done research and figured out that both pretty men were a good player. However, he didn't expect they would be this good, especially Fuji.

"Thank you, Inui-san, but I don't really interest in becoming a tennis player." Fuji said. He felt a little happier with the compliment.

"You're good." Tezuka praised as he handed him his towel. Fuji smiled.

"Really? I saw you smiled your I-AM-THE-WINNER smile earlier."

"D-Do I have that kind of smile?"

"Yeah, you do. You've showed me a lot every time you won your argument or whatever that crossed your mind with me." Fuji shrugged.

-NationalTV, 08.00 pm-

"Now everyone, please welcome Tezuka Kunimitsu!" The cheerful voice of Senri Yuumi made the audience went very loud. Ichijou Shin laughed when the women immediately threw roses onto the stage when Tezuka walked into the stage.

"Tezuka-san, how are you?" Ichijou asked excitedly. It was clear that he was a big fan of Tezuka.

"I'm fine, thank you." Tezuka said as he flashed his small yet charming smile to the audiences. The women squealed and the men clapped their hands.

"Sooo, you will face Kobayashi Kano in five days, are you ready?"

"I'm always ready for a match anytime and anywhere. I have trained hard so I'm sure that I can handle him"

"Tezuka-san, I was wondering if you watched our interview with Kobayashi Kano few nights ago?" Senri asked.

"Yes, I did" Tezuka lied. He could see that the woman was nervous yet excited at the same time. It seemed that she was going to ask the dreadful things Kobayashi had said.

"He said that he will "beat the crap of you" since you've lost your touch. You only came as the runner-up at Australia championship three years ago." Senri asked which Ichijou supported with excited nod.

"Well, I believe that everyone in this world always has their ups and downs, so if there're moments where someone cannot become the fist in everything, I don't think that means that the person loses his or her touch. I see that as the correction that I have to work harder and pay attention to what I've done right or wrong and then I will train my self again to be the first winner."

"We all know that you're the winner of World Champion which is the title that Kobayashi-san is trying to get. Do you have any fear about it? Because we all know that ambition can drive people into doing their best and somehow it can turn out to be much unexpected."

"Yes, ambition is something that can drive people into doing something unexpected in both positive and negative. I don't have any fear about Kobayashi-san's ambition because I believe in myself, I have trained hard, and I have friends who help me. As long as this "ambition" do something positive not negative to Kobayashi-san's performance at final later, I don't have any fear."

"Oh... what do you mean by "as long as this "ambition" do something positive not negative to Kobayashi-san's performance"? Do you think that Kobayashi-san' performance is driven by this negative ambition?' Ichijou asked, trying to make out something controversial from the biggest tennis star of Japan.

"Well, I think we all know the answer..." Tezuka said, taking the risk of what will happen from his statement.

"Well, let's move to another topic. Tezuka-san, we have a big fan of yours than come here." Senri said, standing up to greet the guest.

"Really?"

"Yes, here it is...! Nanao-chan!" Senri announced happily. Screams filled the small studio when a man wearing Lolita dress complete with headband and wig walked out. The famous cross dresser waved to the crowd and blew them kisses. Tezuka tried to control his laughed when the cross dresser moved around expertly like a middle-age woman.

"Good evening, Nanao-chan!" Ichijou greeted cheerfully.

"Good evening!" Nanao-chan said. He pinched Ichijou's cheeks before sat down beside Tezuka.

Tezuka tried to stand up and leave but Nanao grabbed his hand, held him firmly and leaning his head onto his arm, making the audiences and the hosts laughed. Tezuka himself was trying not to laugh and punch the hell out of the cross dresser. He was 100% sure that Fuji, Yukimura and Sanada were laughing at his poor current predicament.

"So, Nanao-chan, you have met Tezuka Kunimitsu. How do you feel?" Tezuka winced a little when Nanao-chan giggled.

"I'm so happy." Nanao-chan said shortly. He winked at Tezuka.

"Okay, Tezuka-san, the first time you've spotted with your lover, Fuji, he was in girl outfit, right? Which one is better cross-dressing? Your Fuji or Nanao-chan here?" Ichijou asked as he signalled the crew to show the picture. Tezuka looked at the picture of him and Fuji had a lunch and smiled.

"Fuji, of course. He looks beautiful with or without girl outfit." Clapped and "awww"s filled the studio.

"Now now, Tezuka-san. Let's play a game! Pretend that Nanao-chan here is your Fuji-san, okay and say this to him." Senri said, giving Tezuka an envelope. Tezuka opened it and immediately shook his head.

"No way"

"Come on!"

"Come one Tezuka-san, I want to hear that to me~~" Nanano-chan whined.

"Yeah, come on!" Tezuka looked at the crowd with pity look that only increase the loud voice. In the end, he didn't really have a choice.

-Fuji and Yukimura's house, after the show, 10.00 pm-

Tezuka walked into the silent house silently. He knew that Yukimura probably had gone to sleep but Fuji would definitely wait for him. It had become a habit of him to stay at Fuji's house rather than his apartment. Tezuka step into the living room and saw a mob of honey brown head on the sofa. He smiled and immediately sat down.

"Syuusuke?" Fuji sat up and looked at Tezuka with a sad look on his face.

"Syuu, what's wrong?"

"I watched your ridiculous and pointless interview on NationalTV..." Fuji trailed. Tezuka narrowed his eyes. Ridiculous and pointless? Well, maybe because the Tezuka-Nanao time was actually longer that the real interview about his tennis match.

"And?"

"You wouldn't say those to me," Fuji said slowly. Tezuka frowned for a moment before finally realizing what Fuji meant.

"You want me say that to you?" he asked as he moved closer to the smaller yet older man. When Fuji didn't say anything, Tezuka grabbed his chin. He gazed into Fuji's blue eyes and said, in a serious, soft tone the sentence he had said on TV.

"For every minute and every second... I want to always be with you."

Few moments passed. However while cross dresser man Nanao-chan was laughing and blushing on the TV, Fuji looked into lover's eyes, his expression progressively softening. Tezuka felt warmth began to fill his chest when-

Slap!

"Syu-chan!" Tezuka touched his red-cheek in reflect. Fuji smirked. It hadn't been a harsh slap, but one hard enough to get them out of their trance.

"Don't repeat the words a cross dresser wanted you to say to him to me!" Fuji said as he stood up and went to the kitchen. Tezuka pouted and rubbed his cheek. Well, he had to find sweet words Fuji wanted to hear then... Hm... What a difficult task.

-Tezuka's house-

Tezuka Kunikazu looked at the screen in front of him. The pictures of his grandson and his lover were displayed. He had watched the youngest Tezuka grew up since he was a baby. A lot of hopes had been put on his shoulders since he was a kid. How Kunikazu longed for his grandson to be the one who continue Tezuka's family business. It wasn't because Akane wasn't good. She was excellent but would it better that the company was run by the heir of the family? Was it better that the heir of the family married and expecting a child as well? He wanted his grandson to be happy, married, and had a wife and children. He wanted to hold the son or daughter of his grandson before he died.

Kunikazu watched as his grandson's smiling pictures were on screen. His strong arms wrapped around the slim waist of someone he previously thought were a woman. Fuji Syuusuke.

"Ayana..."

"Yes, father?"

"After Kunimitsu win his match, can you call and tell him that I want to speak with him?"

"Yes, father."

To Be Continued