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A/N: Yay!!! I'm still in Bali, visiting bunch of places. The beaches is very nice, especially the Nusa Dua one! When I stood on the beach, listening to the sounds of the waves, it feels like my mind is filled with inspiration. I got another inspiration for other Tenipuri fic. Maybe I'll write it down when I'm back home. Well… this is the 4th chapter of WHWTWL. Enjoy!
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Chapter 4
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"Like for some tennis?" Momo asked reluctantly. He is lying on the couch in the lobby lazily. The cold circumstance made the Seigaku's entire tennis regular member lost their appetite on everything just to gather around the fireplace and enjoy the warmth of the fire.
"Iya…" Eiji answered directly, putting his head on Oishi's shoulder beside him. His eyes closed, devouring the soft heat shot from the fire. "It's so cold out there."
"Well… we forget all the purpose we had for being here." Fuji giggled, drowning himself as far as he could to the couch.
"It's good to have a break sometimes." Taka-san said with a smile. He himself is sitting on the hand of the couch beside where Momo sat. "It's holiday though."
Oishi smiled as he leant on Eiji's head, smelling the soft scent of Eiji's hair. "Taka-san is right. It's really good to have a break sometimes."
Ryoma smiled at the conversation his seniors performed. He himself is sitting on the carpet in front of the fireplace, feeling the strong heat directly in such a short distance. The 4 couches that made a shape of half circle with the fireplace as the center were all occupied by the sempais. The golden pair shared one; Fuji egoistically took fully one by himself, Momo sat together with Takashi who seems to be comfortable enough by just sitting on the hand of the couch and the last couch occupied by Kaidoh who slept against the chest of Inui.
The question is where is the captain? Ryoma turned his head from the dancing flames to his side where Tezuka sat.
The brunette's eyes locked on the fire and the light from the fire seems to be dancing on his face. He then turned to Ryoma who is looking at him. "Doushitano?" He asked.
"Betsuni…" Ryoma answered. He turned back to the fire with smile. He had used to smile to this kind of occasion. "Just wanna know what will you say about it."
Tezuka looked back at the fire, inhaled and exhaled slowly. "I don't blame them. The weather's no good."
Ryoma giggled. That drew Tezuka to look at him again with a questioning look. Ryoma automatically turned back at the captain.
"What are you laughing at?" Tezuka asked.
"Nothing… just it feels weird to hear such an excuse from a stern person like you."
"So you think I'm stern?" the captain asked with no proper purpose.
"Yeah." Ryoma answered. "But sometimes you can be really gentle too." He added then grinned.
"In what occasion?" Tezuka asked, began to concerned.
"Like this one." Ryoma suggested, and Tezuka snorted in amusement. "But I agree with Taka-san. It feels good sometimes to enjoy the holiday with laziness like this."
"Well, to hear such a lame word from you is surprising." Tezuka said in a slight teasing way.
Ryoma grinned. "Just… sometimes…" He stood up then left the lobby, leaving the older boy on the floor alone.
Tezuka came back to the flame and watched it dancing energetically while it burns the lumbers. His mind was blank while the orange color shadowing his face. No one else speaks up and the comfortable silence somehow disturbs him.
He took a deep breath before he stood up and left to the direction where Ryoma's figure vanished. When he passed out, he saw Inui kissed the top of Kaidoh's head.
Ryoma was standing against the fence of the veranda, looking at the darkened sky above him as the sun gradually left the sky to the west. The stars one by one popped up at the sky, coloring the plain dark blue background with its twinkle. He is thinking about other planets when he heard Tezuka's voice calling him.
"Echizen."
Ryoma turned back and saw Tezuka's figure emerged from the door. His first response is to smile at the older boy.
"As I guessed, you must be here." Tezuka said as he walked approaching Ryoma.
"Really? How can you guess?" Ryoma asked.
"I don't know. Just popped up in my mind." Tezuka stopped beside Ryoma against the fence and placed both his hands on it. He inhaled deeply.
"We'll be back tomorrow, right?" Ryoma asked, though he really had known the answer.
"Yes." Tezuka answered. "At morning." He added to make it clearer. Or perhaps just to make their conversation longer. Because sometimes people talk about what they have known to others just to make a verbal conversation.
They fell into silence again as neither of them start any conversation. The sound of wind colored the background and once again, Ryoma thought about the weird things happened between him and Tezuka.
"Tezuka-san…" Ryoma started as he turned to face the taller boy.
They came eyes to eyes in a very short time for Ryoma could react nothing when Tezuka suddenly yet unhurriedly closed the gap between them and kissed Ryoma on his lips gently. It's only a chaste kiss. Tezuka's lips only touched with Ryoma's and did no other movement for a few second before he pulled back.
Ryoma, who had been surprised to death, only stared at the brunette, shocked. "Te… Tezuka…"
Tezuka merely looked at the younger boy before he suddenly pulled Ryoma to his embrace. When he encircled his arms around Ryoma's small figure, he said, "don't ask. I don't know how to explain this either."
Ryoma felt his body relaxed and questioned himself when he did tense up. He entrust himself completely in Tezuka's embrace, ask nothing as Tezuka said and inhaled deeply the sweet scent he never expected from Tezuka's body. "You smell good." He commented.
The older boy said nothing, merely tighten his arms around Ryoma's body as the response he could gave.
"That considered unexpected." Ryoma said, and he closed his eyes; devouring the very moment he experienced.
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It feels like a complete dream when Ryoma rethought about what happened to him this evening. But what he did at the very moment was even more unbelievable. He laid his head on Tezuka's lap while the older boy leant against the top of the bed, playing his fingers within Ryoma's silky hair.
They have been talking about lots of thing before finally they came into this topic.
"Echizen…" Tezuka called, hesitated for a slight moment. "The next year, at January, I will go America and continue my study there."
Ryoma, though pretend to be calm, can't help to feel surprise by the sudden news. "America?" He asked.
"Hai. I got a scholarship for Tennis there. It is really good opportunity to be missed so I surely will accept it."
Ryoma silenced for a quite moment. Though he had expected for a separate after Tezuka graduate, he never thought about being in the different country with the brunette. And much more, in this very short time. He feels suddenly… unready. "Well… I'll accept it if I am you."
Tezuka let out a small sigh. "I'll be waiting for you there."
Ryoma sat up from Tezuka's lap and stared directly to the brunette's eyes. His hair was messed up and it made him looks cuter. "What if I choose not to go to America?"
"Then let's just wait until we meet again. If fate really arrange us to be together, it will be." Tezuka looked deeply to Ryoma's eyes. Telling how much he meant the words.
"Mate won't go anywhere." Ryoma said, strangely calm. "Let's wait until that time then." He smiled, sincerely. Easing all the doubt in Tezuka's mind.
Tezuka smiled as he put his hands on Ryoma's cheeks and drew their faces closer. Their lips touched then slowly Tezuka moved his lips gently upon Ryoma's. Ryoma hesitantly response the kiss awkwardly, letting Tezuka took the dominance but doesn't let himself stunned. Not long after, Tezuka licked his tongue on Ryoma's lips, demanding for entrance. The younger boy tentatively opened his mouth and felt a very strange jolt inside his body when Tezuka's tongue enters his mouth, licking every spot it can reach.
Tezuka's moves are not hurried, neither lazy. It fells perfectly right for Ryoma, as if this really mean for them. Both of them feel themselves floating in the air with no ground or sky. They are flying in a non-gravitational air while they held on each other.
At the limited time for the needs of air, both of them pulled themselves unhurriedly. Staring at each other for a few second. When Tezuka moved forward to continue the kiss, Ryoma put his forefinger on Tezuka's lips.
"Let's save the interesting part for the award of our next meeting." With that, he gave a chaste kiss upon Tezuka's lips and pulled the older boy unto his embrace. Then, they slept in each other arms the whole night.
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The End
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A/N: Yahoo!!! It feels really great after I finish this story! Hehehehe!!! But, it's not really the end. There's an epilogue I have prepared after this chapter. Though, if you want to have your own imagination about how they'll meet again, I suggest you not to read the next chapter. But, if you want to know how I will end such a cliffhanger, please read the next chapter! I'll update soon! And before you leave this page, please give me a review… Let me know how do you think about this story. Thank you!!!