Giving

Summary: Tezuka and Fuji find time to see each other on the day of their 3rd monthsary despite their hectic schedules that Monday. [TezukaxFuji]

Disclaimer: (long forgotten. Gomen.) Prince of Tennis is not mine. We should all know that by now.

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Tezuka woke up that Monday morning thinking about the day ahead. It was around 7:40 in the morning when he brought himself to take a shower to rid him of his sleep. He was originally supposed to hitch a ride with one of his cousins to school, who, his father informed him, was leaving at 8:30. When the stoic youth was dressed and ready for school, he checked the time and saw that at around 8:00, there was still no movement from his cousin.

Tezuka shrugged. 'Looks like I'm commuting this morning…' he told himself as he brought his bag over his shoulder and turned everything off – the TV and his laptop – in his room before moving to head out.

A few hundred steps down the long street of his subdivision, Tezuka paused and looked down at his shoes. He furrowed his brows as he examined them. 'They're getting worn out…' he noted with a shrug. 'I foresee my feet to hurt at the end of today…' he added, shaking his head as he put on one earplug and turned his iPod on.

It didn't take long for Tezuka to commute to school that took him two bus rides. There wasn't as much traffic, which satisfied the bespectacled youth as he eventually got down at the blue bridge. 'It's only been a few minutes and I'm already worn out… Darn shoes…' he cursed silently to himself as he made his way into his university for his first class.

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Tezuka was tasked to do a little errand for one of his two organizations – reserve a room for the upcoming Art Tutorials. The stoic youth made quick strides from the isolated building where his last class was held to the office to check the availability of rooms. Soon after, Tezuka had to trudge off to another building to get approval before returning to that particular office for approval.

It took Tezuka almost an hour to get everything in order before getting in contact with Fuji as he began making his way to the shortcut into Seigaku. The tennis player found himself a little out of breath from walking so much – though he had to blame his shoes indeed for the lack of support it gave. He sat himself down at a bench to wait for Fuji to rest a little.

When Fuji had finally arrived, Tezuka asked for a few moments more to rest. The former buchou took some time examining Fuji, smiling inwardly at the gold band decorating Fuji's finger. Tezuka rose to his feet to indicate that they start their walk and began making their way to a particular donut shop to spend some time together.

While they were there – and enjoying some donuts while they were at it, talk about their roleplays on the forum came up. Tezuka pulled out a notebook where he scribbled the possible plans for two of their roleplays and kept track of the timeline for one roleplay (A/N: Anything for You), browsing through it and held it out to Fuji where he took note of a particular list they had completed before and would use in due time.

Tezuka pulled out his pen and wrote something down before Fuji straightened and began rummaging his bag to try and locate his own pen of the same brand. Tezuka slowly packed his notebook away as Fuji searched his bag. The tensai sighed. Both of his pens were gone; one he had lost that morning, and the other he was sure he left in the room where he did some work back in Seigaku.

"Do you want me to buy you a new one?" Tezuka piped up.

Fuji shook his head. "It's alright. I can get one in Seigaku. It's cheaper there," the tensai replied.

"I don't mind," Tezuka argued.

"Didn't you say you were saving up for something?" Fuji countered.

"I did, but that's what Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are for."

Fuji frowned and shook his head once more. "It's alright."

This little debate went on in silence with Fuji still refusing and Tezuka urging to buy the tensai a new pen. The stoic youth paused and pulled out his phone and typed a message and showed it to Fuji.

The message read: 'It's already our monthsary and yet you still decline?'

The tensai sighed before finally agreeing.

Tezuka smirked before stashing his phone away. After a while, he got to his feet as they made their way to the nearby bookstore to purchase the said item.

After getting a satisfactory pen, Fuji pulled Tezuka up to the second floor to look at a few textbooks. When the tensai was through browsing, they headed back downstairs.

"What was that for?" the stoic youth inquired.

"For my major," Fuji replied smoothly.

"Which one?" the stoic youth inquired, knowing full well that Fuji had two classes that focused on his major that semester.

"Both."

"For next year, you mean?" Tezuka asked.

Fuji nodded.

They moved up to the counter and while waiting in line, Tezuka winced before turning to Fuji, furrowing his brows. "What was that for?" he demanded, bringing a hand to his shoulder.

The tensai smiled. "That was a 'thank you' bite," he teased.

Tezuka resisted the urge to twitch his eyebrow before muttering a 'Don't mention it' and paid for the pen.

They left the bookstore and begrudgingly parted ways. Fuji needed to head back to Seigaku to go home with his sister while Tezuka went to attend to his club activities. They parted with a kiss before they want separate ways.

Tezuka arrived at the tennis courts, his feet aching still before meeting with the other members. After a while, the stoic youth borrowed a spare racket and began hitting a few rallies and eventually ended up playing a short doubles match. While he managed to hit some service aces, Tezuka frowned at his partner's lack of proper service which inevitably cost them the game (which was just a race to 4 than a traditional 1-set match).

'I still blame the shoes…' he told himself firmly before he was picked up by his mother to go home.

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After he had eaten dinner and gone up to his room, Tezuka went online. He smiled softly at Fuji's chat window popping up and began chatting with the tensai, who seemed to be busy working on a report. Just the night before, Tezuka had been chatting with Shiro-sensei (who was, in fact, the stoic youth's teacher for F101) about Fuji. The educator shared that he had found out about a particular song that the tensai was fond of and suggested that the stoic youth sing it for Fuji.

Tezuka felt himself blush at the idea but complied. On the evening of their third monthsary, Tezuka opened up his recording program and got to work; he wanted to finish it and send it to Fuji before the day ended. After he was satisfied with the output – as best as he could work with his sore throat-, he proceeded to send the recording to the tensai.

Fuji did not seem to waste time expressing his appreciation (and love) for the gesture the stoic youth did. Tezuka smiled softly.

'Anything for you, Syusuke… I'm just glad I could make you happy…After three months of being together…'

TBC

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A/N: If you're all curious of the song, it's Lullaby for a Stormy Night by Vienna Teng. Beautiful, beautiful song.