a/n: yo-hoi~ minna-san ^^ um…. It's late valentine's day, but it's still valentine's day so it's not late. I wasn't gonna write anything but :shrugs: eiji-muse ran away with it ^^;; so yeah…. :groans: this will probably be a four parter…… yeah, just about, I think…. Eth, I'll stop the babble now- enjoy~

Be Mine

by: amirynn

It was in everything he did. The way he talked, the way he walked, the way he carried himself. Maybe no one saw it, heard it, cared enough to even think about it, but it was there anyway. It was in his empty eyes, his meaningless words, and even his unsurprising lack of enthusiasm for the holiday.

But it didn't surprise him, not at all.

Kikumaru Eiji had some reason to be miserable today after all.

Oishi had gotten himself involved with someone, his older parents were out of town along with his sister as an early birthday present for her, and everyone else seemed to be either paired up, or content with their lot in life. Not to mention no one seemed to notice his misery.

With a sigh he turned away from the tennis courts and the scenes of blushing couples everywhere. From the young Ryuzaki Sakuno looking for Ochibi to give him the chocolates she'd made, to the panting Kaidoh-who'd obviously just escaped his small fanclub of followers. Inui was eyeing Kaidoh and writing in his green notebook while Syusuke was standing to the side with Kunimitsu-buchou, Oishi and Taka-san. And he, he was in the changing room; a detectable slump to his normally hyper-energetic form as he slipped into his school uniform.

With a light stretch he closed his eyes then opened them, bright smile firmly in place as he picked up his bags and bounced out of the room

"Yo-hoi~! Unnya~ sorry about skipping out so early, but Nee-san told me to be home early today." Bowing once quickly, he was careful not to make eye contact with either Syusuke or Oishi as he hefted his bag. "Mengo mengo."

Careful to leave it at that, he turned and bounced away, then paused as if in after thought, then bounced back to the semi-bewildered Seigaku regulars.

"Ne nya~ I didn't have anything to do last night, and I was bored so I helped Nee-san with her chocolates and had extra, so here! One for Ochibi, one for Taka-san, one for Inui, one for Momo-chan, one for Kunimitsu-buchou, one for Kaidoh-chan," He ignored the hiss from his underclassman as he focused on not giving any tell tale emotions as he passed the last small cloth bag to the last Seigaku regular. "And one for Syu-chan. "

They're eyes met over the deep crimson bag with the words 'I'm yours.' embroidered with delicate sapphire blue, cloudy grey twisted thread, then his eyes closed in a wider smile as he turned to open his words to all the regulars.

"See you all Monday!"

With an even brighter smile and, he knew without looking into a mirror, even emptier eyes he bound away, ignoring the even more quizzical gazes that the others were giving him. He hated this holiday, but still Syusuke would either get it or not. He could practically feel that sapphire gaze burning into his back.

He couldn't get away fast enough.

~tbc~