Writer's Note: This is part of an arc; there are two parts to it. If you do decide to review, at least have the courtesy to sign in and allow me to answer any and all accusations.

Disclaimer: Characters are owned by Konomi Takeshi, and whoever did the anime. At any rate, it's not me.

Shattered

Continuity: 083/100
Prompt: 048 – Diamond
Summary: Time to meet the rest of Eiji's family.
Author's Notes: I decided not to put in the spouces, kids, etc., because sheesh! It's hard enough to keep everyone straight!

Family: A Treasure

"I thought I was nervous about meeting your parents," Yuushi said. "It's got to be worse with the rest of your brothers and sisters."

Eiji cuddled closer, sitting on the couch with him at Eiji's parents house. "At least you know one of them likes you," he said. "It can't be that bad."

"Eiji. You realize that I only have one sister, and we weren't close, so I have no idea what it's like with this mob…."

Eiji chuckled and pulled away, smiling at him. "A "mob", to use your term, is a lot like a tennis club," he said. "There to help you, back you up, and catch the shots you can't yourself. And sympathize with you when you miss them."

"A tennis…" Yuushi started, then chuckled. "Your tennis club was very different from mine," he reminded Eiji gently.

"I'd forgotten," Eiji admitted. "Then a bunch of doubles partners. Oishi was as close as my family."

Yuushi ruffled his hair. "Your experience was so much different than mine," he said fondly.

"Eiji, Yuushi, they're here," Eiji's mother called.

Yuushi stiffened as Eiji stood up, hauling his boyfriend to his feet after him. "Just… calm down. It'll be okay," he said soothingly, fully aware of how ridiculous it was for him – who had been the hyper one – to be saying that to a normally unruffleable Yuushi.

Tomiko was the first one in the room, and she smiled at them as she bowed. "It's good to see you," she said.

They bowed as well. "It is good to see you again, too," Yuushi said.

Eiji grinned. "Hi," he said.

Behind Tomiko came his two brothers, and Eiji bowed again. "Ichiro. Kenji. And Miki," he added, when his oldest sister came into view. "May I introduce my boyfriend, Oshitari Yuushi? Yuushi, the rest of my family." He pointed each one out, repeating their names as he did so, to make it clear who was who.

"Your boyfriend?" Kenji said with a smile so innocent that Eiji eyed him nervously. "It's about time, Eiji. You've got a lot of time to make up."

Ready to be teased or not, it took him by surprise. "What?"

Before Kenji could answer – and he wanted to, from the glint in his eyes – their mother called them to dinner.

It was a nice evening. It didn't take long before Yuushi relaxed and was drawn into a conversation with Ichiro. Eiji was amused when, a while later, Kenji joined in, and then Ichiro turned to Tomiko, striking up a conversation with her.

"You can't tell me you weren't expecting this," Miki said in Eiji's ear, standing behind him with dishes in her hands. She'd bent down to speak softly to him.

He chuckled and looked up at her. "You've refined your method," he told her.

She set the dishes she was carrying down on the table, and rested her hand on his shoulder. "You'd be surprised at the amount of information Ichiro found on him."

"It couldn't have been hard," Eiji said wryly.

Miki chuckled. "Nope. He was pretty amazing."

"Yuushi or Ichiro?"

She slapped him playfully on the back of the head. "Stop fishing for compliments," she scolded.

Eiji laughed.

There was an odd look in her eyes as she bent down and kissed his cheek. "I'm glad you're happy."

He just smiled at her.

Yuushi stopped Eiji just outside the front door when they left later that night, pulling him into a hug. "They…." He hesitated. "You're a diamond to them."

"A what?"

"Something very precious. I can see why."

Eiji blushed, and buried his burning cheeks into Yuushi's shoulder.

Continuity 084/100
Prompt: 069: Thunder
Summary: Eiji's turn to meet the parents (still not the movie).
Author's Notes: Sorry it's so sketchy. I was so anxious to get it over with, I didn't bother to create a real family for Yuushi. And I know I left his sister out.

Family: The Other Parents

The weather was stormy the night Yuushi took Eiji home to meet his family. Eiji jumped a little at a burst of thunder, and Yuushi chuckled. "Nervous?"

"A little," Eiji admitted. "I'm just not fond of thunderstorms."

"Oh?"

"No."

"Why?"

Eiji shrugged. "I don't know. I just never have liked them."

Yuushi took one hand off the wheel, reached over, and squeezed his knee, and Eiji covered his boyfriend's hand with his own. It was comforting.

Yuushi's child-hood home was much grander than his own - to be expected of a Hyotei student.

The conversation at dinner was smooth, quiet, and refined. Eiji felt somewhat out of place - although not as much as he might have before working for Atobe - but he wasn't so distracted by it that he didn't notice Yuushi seemed to be as uncomfortable as he was.

"My parents are… distant," Yuushi said as he helped Eiji put his coat on after dinner. "Even to me."

"They're proud of you, though," Eiji said. "I could see that. And if they can see what kind of treasure they have, who cares if they're distant?"

He was awarded with one of Yuushi's stunning smiles - and got to see him blush for the first time.