Fuji walked out of the cottage and out towards the mountain area. Momoshiro was following Fuji from behind , walking very slowly . Fuji on the other hand , was smiling . Well , even though he was smiling , a part of him was angry and pissed with Momoshiro .
"Neh ..Fuji-senpai .. Where are we going ? I thought you wanted to talk to me about something ?" Momoshiro asked while smiling and acting completely innocent . Fuji saw that and it irritated him even more . Fuji turned around and gave him a big Fuji-like smile . However , this wasn't the usual smile that Fuji always give .
"F..Fuji-senpai ?" Momoshiro sweat dropped . His face became pale and his eyes were wide open . Even though Fuji was smiling at him , there was a dark aura coming out from Fuji himself . Yes , Fuji was angry . Not only that , he was extremely pissed off at Momoshiro .
"Momo , why don't we go for a walk ?" Fuji said . He then turned around and continued walking towards the mountain area. Momoshiro stared at Fuji . He was wondering what Fuji was trying to do and on top of all , he was wondering what Fuji had wanted to talk to him about . Momoshiro said nothing . Instead , he followed Fuji . While they were walking along the mountain path , no one said a thing . Momoshiro looked at Fuji worriedly .
"Just what is going on with Fuji-senpai ? He looked so scary just now .And that aura Fuji-senpai have …" Momoshiro thought to himself . Just then , Fuji came to a stop . The dark aura that was emitting from Fuji subsided . Fuji then turned around and smiled at Momoshiro . This time , Momoshiro couldn't sense any dark aura coming from Fuji . This confused him .
"So Momo , how are things going with you and Ryuzaki ?" Fuji asked in a calming tone . Momoshiro stared at Fuji in shock . This was the usual Fuji that he knew . He felt relieved for a moment .
"Ah , so is this what you wanted to talk to me about ? You scared me back there Fuji-senpai ! And I thought I did something wrong . You sounded so serious ." Momoshiro placed his hands behind his head and started laughing to himself .
"You did . And it's serious alright ." Fuji's tone of voice changed again . Momoshiro stopped laughing .
"E-eh ?"
"I mean come on ! This is about you and Ryuzaki-san ! Of course it's serious !" Fuji's voice changed back to normal again . "So you haven't answered my question Momo . How are things going on with you and Ryuzaki-san ?"
"Oh , I see . We're doing fine ! Everything between us is great ! But Fuji-senpai , why do you wanna know ?" Momoshiro asked .
"Oh it's nothing . I'm just curious you know . I'm envious of you . Ah ~ how I wish I got a girlfriend too ." Fuji smiled while looking at Momoshiro . Momoshiro started laughing .
"Fuji-senpai , I'm sure you can get a girl easily ! Look at how many fans you have . If you seriously look for one , I'm sure you'll find one soon ! I have faith in you Fuji-senpai ." Momoshiro patted Fuji on the should . Fuji opened his eyes slightly and took a glance at Momoshiro .
"Neh.. Momo , tell me about the time when you wooed Ryuzaki again . I could use it as a reference you know ? How did you get her ?" Fuji asked with his eyes opened . Momoshiro started to get flustered .
"Well , I'm sure you knew that we got together after Echizen cheated on her right ? Well , she was sad and all when she found out the truth . Echizen is such a bastard . She was on the verge of falling apart and I was there for her . During those times , I comforted her and made her laugh . I stayed by her side . And through it , I fell in love with her and when she told me she loved me , we got together you know . I didn't actually wooed her . We just went with the flow ." Momoshiro smiled and he started to get all flustered . Fuji was staring at Momoshiro . He knew for a fact that Momoshiro was lying . Fuji walked towards a tree and he leaned against it .
"So Momo , you're saying that after Echizen broke up with Ryuzaki , you stayed by her side and that's when it all happened ?"
"Yeah !" Momoshiro said while blushing .
"She must love you a lot .."
"She does ! On occasions , she would even cook for me !"
"I'm so jealous of you Momo." Fuji smiled . Momoshiro started to get all flustered . He was getting into the conversation and his guard was completely down . He thought that Fuji was really trying to get advice about love from him but little did he know , he was falling deeper and deeper into Fuji's trap .
"There's nothing to be jealous of ! You'll find someone that you love one day ! I'm sure of it !" Momoshiro laughed with his flustered face .
"I see .. So how long have you been in love with Ryuzaki ?"
"I've been in love with her ever since she helped me with my injury ! Remember the time when I had a huge cut on my right leg ? The one that left a scar ? She was the one that helped me with the bandaging and the icing . I've been in love with her ever since then !" Momoshiro smiled happily . That's when it hit Fuji .
"I see . So you fell for her when Echizen left her right ?" Fuji made his way towards Momoshiro .
"That's right !"
And then , Fuji's aura became dark . Momoshiro stopped laughing and looked up at Fuji . Fuji opened his eyes and glared at Momoshiro .
"You fell for her when you injured your leg and she helped you with the bandaging . That's so sweet … But Momo , that was during the time when we were training for the nationals . And Echizen wasn't even together with her yet. So how is it possible for you to fall in love with her after he left her when they weren't even together yet ?" Fuji stopped in front of Momoshiro and shot him a deadly look .
Momoshiro eyes were wide open and in shock .
"W-what are you saying Fuji-senpai ? I…I mean…"
Fuji smiled at him and he placed one of his hands on one side of Momoshiro's shoulder.
"I know Momo . You mixed everything up . I understand . You don't have to get so worked up ." Fuji moved forward towards the side of Momoshiro's shoulder until their shoulders were against each other and spoke in a low tone with his eyes opened while glaring at Momoshiro . "In fact , I know everything . And when I said everything , I mean everything ."
Fuji shifted away from Momoshiro .
"Momo , lets get back to the others . I'm sure they're starting to get worried . Lets go ." He told Momoshiro while giving him a smile in a sarcastic way .
Fuji walked away from Momoshiro . He was smiling to himself . He knew that he got Momoshiro and that Momoshiro was lying . On the other hand Momoshiro was standing there and staring at Fuji's back .
"Damn .. Damn it ! How the hell did Fuji-senpai know !? My plan was perfect ! HOW ?! I can't let the others find out ! If they found out that I was the one that stole Sakuno from Echizen and that we were in love with each other behind his back , what's going to become of me ?! No , She wasn't even his from the start ! She was only using him to get close to me ! She never even loved him ! Its not my fault ! Damn it ! Damn him ! Echizen Ryoma !" Momoshiro thought to himself as he punched the tree .
Back at the cottage…
The regulars were doing their own stuff . Some were preparing to take a bath while some were just chatting in the dining room . Ryoma on the other hand , was in the lounge together with Chiyo .Ryoma had just finished the meal that Chiyo had made for him and now, he's lying down on the sofa at the lounge with his one of his hands covering his eyes.
"Ah , that was a great meal ." Ryoma said in a low tone . Ryoma then moved his hands to the side a little and took a glance up at Chiyo who was sitting beside him. Chiyo was digging her bag for the flu medication for Ryoma .
"Hmm, where did I put that medicine?" She said to herself while frowning.
"Idiot, you left it at my room remember?" Ryoma said as he sat back up .
"AH ! You're right ! I totally forgot ! Wait right here okay ? I'm going to go-" Before Chiyo could finish her sentence , she was cut off by Ryoma .
As Chiyo was about to stand up from where she was , Ryoma wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled Chiyo close to him . Hugging her from behind , Ryoma rested his head on her shoulder and hugged her tightly around his arms . Chiyo's face went red instantly.
"Er..R-Ryoma ? I..I …I need to go get your medicine …" She blushed.
"It's fine… I don't need any medicine so long as you're by my side… That's all I need…" Ryoma hugged her even tighter.
"B-but ... you need to continue eating your medication in order to get better!"
"Like I said, I'm better already .So stop being such a grandma idiot ..." Ryoma teased.
"What was that?!" Chiyo shouted as she turned around to look at Ryoma.
"I'm saying, stop being such an old lady." Ryoma started to laugh.
"Why am I an old lady ?!"
"Because I say so .."
"HUH ?!" Chiyo shouted in confusion . "If I'm an old lady , then you're an old uncle !"
"If I'm an old uncle , doesn't that mean that I'm younger than you since you're the old lady . Baka~"
"HEH ?!" Chiyo shouted again and Ryoma started laughing due the expression that Chiyo has on her face . He just love seeing her like that .It always make him smile and laugh no matter what .
"By the way weirdo , aren't you tired ?" Ryoma asked as he pulled away from the hug .
"Heh ?" Chiyo replied while looking at Ryoma .
"I mean , you probably didn't get enough sleep right ? Taking care of me and cooking for everyone … Aren't you exhausted ?"
"I'm fine ! Really ! You don't have to worry about me !"
Then , Ryoma flicked Chiyo's forehead with his finger .
"Ow ! What was that for !" Chiyo placed both of her hands on her forehead .
"Idiot , you're tired . Admit it ."
"I'm not-"
"Geez , you're as stubborn as ever …Go and take a rest you idiot .. Or do you need me to carry you to bed by force and sleep with you ?"
"Wh-Wh-Who'd want to be carried by a beansprout ?! And why would I want to s-s-sleep with you ?! BAKA !" Chiyo shouted as her face grew bright red . After saying that line , she jumped up from the sofa and made her way towards one of the vacant room . Just before she entered the room , Ryoma called out to her .
"Hey weirdo …"
Chiyo turned around to look at Ryoma .
"Goodnight …Chiyo…" Ryoma said in a low tone and gave her a light smile . As soon as Ryoma called Chiyo by her first name , she started to blush again .
"Y-yeah … Goodnight.." Chiyo replied and she went straight into her room , blushing .
Back at Ryoma …
She's such an idiot . Just by hugging her and calling her by her first name already made her blush so much . How exactly are we going to take our relationship further ? Oh well , I guess she's never been in a relationship before but that's not the case . It doesn't matter how far we can go in the relationship . Being by her side is all I care about . I started smiling to myself . I've been smiling a lot recently , and its all thanks to her . I closed my eyes .Just then , a voice came from behind me which brought me back from my own thoughts .
"Echizen …"
I opened my eyes and saw that Fuji-senpai was standing there . I got up from my seat and stared at him . Ah god ! What does he want ? And just when I'm in a good mood ! I turned around and started to walk away. I walked out of the cottage and out into the tennis courts , hoping to get away from Fuji-senpai . Even though I didn't seem so hostile towards him , I'm still scared and hurt . Heh… I sound like a coward . Even though I said I would be fine , even though I have Kaidoh-senpai , Oishi-senpai and Chiyo by my side , I'm still scared of the past . So just leave me alone . I opened the gate to the tennis court and went inside .
"Echizen , can we talk ?" A voice called out to me again .
I turned around and saw Fuji-senpai behind me . Damn ! Has he been following me ?! He's starting to get on my nerves !
"What ?!" I shouted . Can he just stay away from me ?! Just because I was a little nice to him , doesn't mean I've forgotten about what he did to me ! No … What they did to me ! So just bloody stay away from me !
"Echizen , I just want things to be normal again ."
"There's no way things can be normal again and you know it !" I shouted at the top of my voice ..
"Echizen …"
There's no way things could be the way they were before . I can't just go pretending that nothing happened . I can't .. I clenched my fist hard . No matter how much I wish … No matter how much I want … things can never be the same . Damn it .. I'm losing it . I feel my heart breaking again .
"Just because I've started talking to you again, doesn't mean I've forgotten about everything .." I told him . Fuji-senpai kept quiet for a while and he stared at me . Then , he started making his way towards me . I took a step back . Fuji-senpai stopped as he saw me doing that .
"Echizen , I know what actually happened …"
"What ?" I glared at him .
"I overheard your conversation with Chiyo …"
I kept quiet for a while .. So he heard me . So he know .. but still ..
"…So what ? That was just my side of the story . It doesn't prove that I'm telling the truth . So what makes you think that I'm telling the truth ? Isn't that what you said to me two years ago ?" That's right .. Fuji-senpai told me that when I was trying to tell them the truth two years ago .Those words struck my heart where it was . You have no idea how painful that was.
"Echizen .. I know that you're telling the truth .. Because I found out that Momoshiro has been lying to me all this time . I know what's right and what's wrong , so please . I know what I said back then hurt you a lot , but , I really want you to believe me and trust me again ..I want things between us to return to the way they were …"
Trust you ?! Believe you ?!
"Why should I ?! You didn't believe me when I told you the truth ! You didn't trust me ! And yet , you want things to go back to how it was before ?! It will never happen ! How can I pretend that nothing ever happened and just go back to the way things were ?! So what if you know ?! So what if the truth is revealed ?! SO WHAT ?! It doesn't change anything ! It doesn't change the fact that I've been hurt ! It doesn't change the fact that everyone left me alone when I needed them the most ! It doesn't change the fact that I was treated like shit because of this ! It doesn't change anything !" Crap .. I .. I can't control myself .. All this hatred , anger and sadness inside me is overflowing out of me . I turned away from Fuji-senpai and placed my hand on my face . Ryoma , you have to keep your cool . Fuji-senpai stood there and he said nothing . There was a moment of silence . After a short while , he called out to me .
"Echizen …here .."
I turned around and looked at him . He hands was stretched out towards me , holding a tennis racket . I looked at the racket at his hands and then back at him .
"What ?"
"Since talking doesn't seem to do us any good , we'll settle this with tennis . Echizen , I hereby challenge you to a tennis match . Have a match with me .."
TADA ! Guys , I'm so so so sooo SORRY ! I know my last update was a about two months ago ? I know I said I would update ASAP but I was so super busy with school work and stuff that I can't even write ! But I'll make it up to you ! I promise ! My exams are over so I promise that the next chapter will be out in 2-3 days time ! So anyways , back to the story , Momoshiro was caught red handed by Fuji in an indirect way so now , Fuji know that he's lying . YAY ! Congrats Fuji ! And now , Fuji is trying to reconcile with Ryoma . But this time , with a tennis match . What's going to happen ? And what is momoshiro going to do to prevent the others from finding out the truth ? Read to find out ! Love you guys ! really love you all so much ! Thanks for the support people ! :D
Disclaimer : I do now own POT :D