Spy Games
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Ego Trip: Nothing much except hope you enjoy the story and don't forget to review. Thanks much.
Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis characters are not mine…
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Early morning
"Eiji, have you seen Tezuka? He's usually up and out on his morning jog by now," asked Oishi worriedly. Since they'd started living together Oishi had taken note of Tezuka's routine and usually by the time he got up to start on the early morning chores, Tezuka would already be up. The man ran like clockwork and usually Oishi would notice him jogging around the house when he looked out the window as he got dressed. However today Oishi had been standing at the window for five minutes and still no Tezuka appeared.
Realising there was no forthcoming response from Eiji, Oishi turned to where he'd last spotted his redheaded roommate. Even though the house had plenty of rooms to spare, Eiji didn't like being alone and had pleaded to share Oishi's room. Knowing Eiji needed plenty of room to be disorganised in, they had picked one of the larger rooms in the house to share. Even now as Oishi surveyed the room, it bore the mark of having both himself and Eiji as occupants. On his side, everything was in place and organised while on the other side, it was as if last night's storm had been concentrated in that area, as if a hurricane had blown through. Noting the differences with wry affection, Oishi scanned through the mess for Eiji.
Usually it took an inordinate amount of time to wake Eiji up and get him ready for the day and today was no exception. It had taken him ten whole minutes of shaking and yelling into Eiji's ear to elicit even the tiniest fluttering of his eyelids. It had taken a further five minutes to get Eiji to open his eyes fully, but once he woke fully, Eiji was likely to start bouncing around at full energy level. Even as he was scanning the room, a loud thud could be heard followed immediately by a loud groan, coming from under Eiji's bed.
"Wah, it hurts! Painful!" wailed Eiji as he emerged from under the bed rubbing the top of his head and wincing in pain. "Eiji, what were you doing under the bed?" asked an exasperated Oishi. "I was looking for my homework, you know the report we had to write about dust bunnies…" Eiji replied, absently raising his other hand that was clutching what vaguely resembled a crumpled up report covered in dust bunnies. "Oh yeah that's going to score you an A Eiji, real in depth report," grinned Oishi, noting that the condition of Eiji's report that looked more like the subject of his report than the actual thing itself.
"Back to my question, have you seen Tezuka? He's not following his normal routine," repeated Oishi as Eiji hurriedly tried to salvage his report. "Maybe he overslept?" suggested Eiji. After exchanging looks that said 'NO WAY' both shook their heads and said, "Nah can't be."
"Maybe we should go check on him, last night's storm was quite nasty, maybe something happened," said Oishi, beginning to get really worried. "Don't worry so much Oishi, maybe he just decided to skip the jog because it's wet and cold outside," suggested Eiji, trying to placate Oishi's worrying mind.
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Outside Tezuka's room
Knock knock
"Tezuka? Are you in there? … Ok we're coming in now," shouted Eiji through the door. "Stop fretting Oishi, I'm sure he's…" In his shock, Eiji never got to finish his sentence. The sight that greeted him and Oishi was simply too mind-boggling and he completely lost his train of thought, not to mention any control he'd ever had over his jaw. Oishi was having the same problem, trying to keep his jaw from hitting the ground.
In the dimly lighted room, with the curtains drawn and the lights turned off, there was Tezuka and Fuji snuggled together in the king size bed. Even with the blanket pulled high up and under the dim lighting, there was no doubt they were sleeping in the same bed, cuddling together for warmth and maybe…
Reflexively, Oishi pulled Eiji out of the room and shut the door quietly. As their minds worked to process what they'd just seen, it took them a few minutes to shake themselves out of their dumbfounded state. Exchanging disbelieving looks, it took them moments before either found their tongues.
"Did you see what I just saw or did I imagine that?" asked Eiji in a stage whisper.
"I think we both saw what we both think we saw," replied Oishi in the same tone.
"Whoa," both said in unison.
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In Tezuka's room
As if sensing that someone was talking about him, Tezuka awoke as he usually did, swiftly and completely. In a split second, he went from slumber to consciousness, but unlike usual, he wasn't alone. As the memories of the past night flooded back into his mind, Tezuka realised the warm body snuggled beside his belonged to Fuji and he was there by Tezuka's own invitation. The mere thought of it had a flush creeping up Tezuka's neck and he thanked heavens Fuji was still sleeping. 'What had gotten into him? He'd actually invited Fuji to sleep with him' the mere connotations of his own thoughts had Tezuka's flush blooming out of control.
Noting in slight horror the time, Tezuka berated himself for oversleeping. Somehow his usually reliable mental alarm clock had failed to take into account Fuji's presence. Gently prying himself from Fuji's grasp, Tezuka got out of bed and he'd rather die then admit it but he did so reluctantly. Subconsciously protesting the lost of Tezuka's warmth, Fuji murmured in his sleep and burrowed further into bed, seeking the warmth stolen when Tezuka left the bed.
With his angelic face and peaceful expression, Fuji looked so contented Tezuka had to restrain himself from crawling back into bed. Shaking himself out of the reverie, Tezuka hurriedly went about his usual routine of showering and getting dressed.
Hearing the sound of the shower being turned on, Fuji finally opened his baby blue eyes. Unable to hide his joy, Fuji took a moment to enjoy the simple wonder of being in Tezuka's room, Tezuka's bed, feeling the lingering warmth of Tezuka's body, the lingering scent that was uniquely Tezuka… the list went on. Stretching his body like a cat, Fuji felt contented enough that he almost purred like one. Last night was the best night's sleep in his entire life and Fuji couldn't help wishing for another storm soon.
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In school
Due to Tezuka and Fuji oversleeping, all four of them were late for school that morning, causing Tezuka to be in an unusually foul mood, which meant his expression was more forbidding than usual and when spoken to, he did little more than grunt his response. On the opposite, Fuji was practically glowing with happiness, his usual radiance turned up another couple of notches. Watching the pair from behind them, Oishi and Eiji exchanged knowing glances, smiling at the private joke only both knew about. As they walked down the hallway, none of them realised but they attracted the attention of the other students effortlessly. With Fuji leading the way, Tezuka slightly behind him and Oishi and Eiji walking side by side behind Tezuka, their presence sent many schoolgirls tittering away in fits of giggles. Unbeknownst to them, there was already a fan club in the works for them and the number of members was already increasing rapidly.
As they rounded the corner, they came face to face with Tenkawa Kai and his posse. Today, he had two bodyguards behind him and what an odd pair they were. The one on the left was tall with spiky hair and a cocky grin while the one on the right was a short freshman with a look of extreme boredom. Both Tenkawa and Fuji stopped to make the routine greetings.
"Good morning Fuji-kun. I didn't see you this morning, I trust you are well? Last night there was a particularly nasty storm, I hope it did not cause you any distress," Tenkawa enquired smoothly.
Was it just him or did Tenkawa seem to know his phobia of storms? "Certainly not, I was well protected," Fuji replied smoothly. Was it his imagination or did Tenkawa's freshman bodyguard just roll his eyes?
"Yeah last night Tezu…" Eiji tried to say before Oishi clamped his hand over Eiji's mouth and forcibly dragged him away, mumbling something about forgetting their textbooks. It simply wouldn't do to give away that kind of information to Tenkawa or anyone else for that matter. Besides if Tezuka knew they'd seen, there was no telling what would happen to them. Somehow or other, Oishi knew he had to prevent Eiji from giving the game away. Feeling a headache brewing, Tezuka absently raised a hand to rub his left temple, today was not his day.
After the pleasantries were exchanged, they went their separate ways. As Fuji brushed past Tenkawa's taller bodyguard, was it his imagination or did the taller boy wink at him? Shaking his head slightly, Fuji thought he must have imagined it, why would Tenkawa's bodyguard be winking at him? Behind their master's back, the three bodyguards exchanged glances as they brushed past each other.
End Of Chapter
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End of yet another chapter, hope you like it and please don't forget to review. Thanks much.