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Lady Monozuki: I got the update out like I wanted. I just wanted to thank everyone for their support. It has been a year since I started this fic! It doesn't even feel like it's been that long. Thank you everyone for reading and reviewing! You are all amazing! (And for the record, I am totally aware that Ryoma and Syuusuke would have moved on to different grades by now and be attending separate schools. I don't care. It's my fic, I can do what I want xD)

Chapter Twenty-Five: Anniversary

Ryoma watched as his boyfriend ran laps around the field for being late. It was unusual for Fuji to be late to school, or even practice. He turned his attention back to the match that he was supposed to be refereeing for, just in time for the receiver to score a point.

"Fifteen-all," he said in a bored tone. The match was taking far too long for his liking. He mentally cursed Ryuuzaki-sensei for informing the Regulars that they would be meeting earlier than their morning practice time to go over some drills. He had made plans with Fuji to meet up before school and they had to cancel them.

He wasn't going to lie. He was disappointed that he didn't get to meet up with Fuji. After all, this day was important to both of them. It was even more concerning that his boyfriend had shown up late to practice too. Also, judging from his boyfriend's face, Syuusuke was pissed. He tried to keep his mind on the game, but that was proving to be impossible. Inui tapped him on the shoulder.

"What?" he snapped.

"Tezuka asked me to take over for you."

He could tell it was a lie, but he didn't care. He hopped out of the chair and was glad to let the data master take over his spot. Immediately, he started to seek out his boyfriend. He couldn't find the tensai anywhere on the courts. He growled, which effectively scared the freshman trio who were apparently coming up to talk to him.

Ryoma wasn't going to apologize though. His mind was on one track and that was finding Syuusuke. As he passed the clubroom, someone grabbed his arm. He turned to see his boyfriend's face before being violently yanked inside. Once the door closed, he decided to protest.

"What the hell did you do that for?" he growled.

"Why didn't you meet me on the roof like we had planned?" his boyfriend countered.

"We had practice. Is that why you were late?" he asked.

He noticed a look of hurt on Syuusuke's face that quickly disappeared.

"You don't remember, do you?"

He sighed. "I didn't forget. I thought we could postpone our plans until we had more time."

His boyfriend kissed him. "We have the rest of practice time. Inui's covering for us."

"Happy anniversary, Syuusuke."

"Happy anniversary, Ryoma."

He smiled and kissed his boyfriend.

~End~

Omake:

"You know, if you want to spend more time with me, we could skip school," Fuji suggested.

"The last time we did that, we got grounded for a week."

"Only because we made the mistake of not leaving a window open, I left mine open just in case you wanted to ditch."

Syuusuke pressed another kiss against his lips.

"Mm, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try."

~End~