Pictures on the Wallet
Note: This is a shounen-ai story involved with Tezuryo as the main couple. If you are offended by it, don't read. If you are fine with that, please continue and review me, kay!!
Finally!! This story is beta-ed all by my marvelous beta-reader!!! Thanks to Windy Hurrice!!! Hontou ni arigatou!! Enjoy reading now!!!
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Prologue
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Ryoma walked towards the shelf where the cat food was placed within the supermarket. He then opened his wallet to make sure he has enough money to pay for Karupin's cat food. However, he realized he did not have much money left. He has also forgotten to ask his mother for the money.
He counted the money in a slight glance and his mind then assured him. It's not much, but if it's needed to buy the cat food, he can still manage it. He looked up at the shelf to decide which one he should buy since there are many different flavours available. And since he didn't close his wallet, his eyes caught a glimpse of a picture on the wallet which somehow forced him to look at it.
He looked at the picture that he had placed on his wallet from sometime ago and it had still been there until now. He doesn't quite remember when he put it there, but all he could assume was that picture has been there for quite a while since he is now used to see it there. But no matter how long it had been there, Ryoma still couldn't stop himself from looking at that picture every time it caught his eyes.
It wasn't a picture of himself, even though he's supposed to be the owner of the wallet. And it's definitely not a picture of his family members. The person inside the picture wasn't his best friend since they didn't talk to each other too often and Ryoma himself doesn't really know that person too well. To conclude it all, Ryoma placed the picture there without specific reasons.
Tezuka Kunimitsu, reading a book with a cup of tea placed on the table in front of him, is all that the picture can describe. Ryoma got the picture from Oishi when he helped his senpai rearrange the photo album. And this picture somehow drew his attention and immediately, Ryoma had found himself asking for the picture. Of course Oishi gave it to him without asking further questions since he had the cliché of the picture.
Ryoma sometimes asked himself the reasons why he had put the picture there, but he found none. It's not because he has no other place to put it but he did it because he want to. Because he liked to see that picture place there in his wallet, so he could see it every time he opens it. And if he tried to look for another reason, he'll end up confusing himself.
He smiled slightly and then closed the wallet before putting it back inside his jeans pocket. That's what he always do after taking a glance of that picture. Then he came back to the cat food on the shelf. He coughed for a while and he reminded himself about the flu he has until now.
"Maybe I'll buy some vitamins." Ryoma said to himself, remembering about the fact that he will face the tennis tournament soon and he needs his body to be in perfect condition during that time. Ryoma took one of the cat food flavored 'Tuna' and went to the drug section to buy some vitamins (as much as his money can afford) and headed towards the cashier.
His head felt a bit dizzy. He coughed again and found his throat beginning to hurt. His mind came out with a conclusion; this is the beginning of a bad sore throat. And he has a bad feeling about this.
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"Tezuka." Fuji called in utter disbelieve to the Seigaku tennis club captain whom he saw was standing in front of the window of a gift shop in the mall he is visiting.
The one who got called turned his sight around and found the tennis club prodigy is looking at him in a slight suspect. "Oh, Fuji." Tezuka whom bent down before straightened while Fuji walked closer to him.
"It's not a common view to see you all around in a mall." Fuji said his greetings with the smile he usually wear.
"I'm looking for a present for my older sister's birthday next week." Tezuka explained, since Fuji is right. He's not the type of going-to-mall person. "What about you?"
"Just walking around. I'm thinking about buying bonsais in the flower shop on the first level." Fuji said as he turned his head to the window glass of the shop, which Tezuka was looking at before. "Have you found the gift already?"
"Not yet. I don't know what to buy." Answered Tezuka and looked at the fancies again that were behind the window glass of the shop. "Have no idea."
"Hmm… want me to give an advice?" Fuji asked with a friendly smile as usual.
Tezuka looked back at Fuji. He remembered Fuji has an older sister too. "That's fine. Since you have a sister too, you may have a better idea than me."
Fuji laughed softly. He know that Tezuka is a stoic person but he never thought that Tezuka would have problems looking for a present. "You know, Tezuka." Fuji said as he stepped inside the shop, followed silently by Tezuka. "You should learn more about fluffy stuffs that girls love. Or else you won't get any girlfriends."
Tezuka gave a slight blink from Fuji's suggestion. "I don't care about that kind of stuff. Girls are difficult to comprehend."
"Yeah… sometimes they act differently." Fuji said with an amused smile. "Anyway, what does your sister like?"
"I think she loves writing. She's a journalist anyway." Answered Tezuka, looking at Fuji who picked stuff off from the shelves, examined them and putting them back on their previous place.
"If she likes writing…" Fuji said, more to himself than to Tezuka. "What type of person is your sister?" Fuji asked again, "What does she like most? Classy, simple, or colourful things?"
Tezuka frowned for a moment. "Simple, I think." He said rather doubtfully.
"Hmm… if that so…" He reached his hand upwards, grabbed a green clay pot with a simple design of a Japanese ocha glass, and examined it for a moment. "What do you think?" He asked to Tezuka. "She can use this as a pen holder."
Tezuka took it from Fuji's hand and examined it for a moment before agreeing. "It's good. Thank you." said Tezuka with a slight grateful smile. Then he took it to the cashier, put it on the cashier table and reached for his wallet inside his jeans pocket. While he opened it and took the money, Fuji caught a picture there and suddenly felt curious. Whose picture would make a person like Tezuka place it in his wallet and bring it anywhere with him?
Fuji peeked in closer to have a better look at the picture. Though he couldn't visibly see it, he could assume that the picture contains a person that is not Tezuka, since that person seems to have a darker hair colour than Tezuka's. "Whose picture is that?" Fuji asked slowly.
Tezuka turned to Fuji, "Oh, this?" He shoved the wallet to Fuji so he could have a better look at the picture. From the closer distance, he could now see whom the person is. "Echizen." Tezuka answered the same time as Fuji came up with a realization.
It's a picture of Ryoma holding his cat upon his embrace. "Why Echizen?" Fuji asked, not knowing why exactly he asked that question. It's just strange to see a person like Tezuka having Ryoma's picture in his wallet. More ever, Ryoma's picture only, considering their kind of relationship.
"I don't know." Tezuka answered while taking the change and putting it back in his wallet. "Just like to look at it since I received it." He took the pot that was now wrapped in a plastic bag and walked outside the shop with Fuji.
"Who gave it to you?" Fuji asked, demanding to fulfill his curiosity.
"Eiji. He got lots of Seigaku's member pictures." Tezuka answered. "Then I asked to have that one."
"Oh so…" Fuji nodded a few times. "And you put it in your wallet?"
"Yeah. I like it there." Tezuka answered plainly.
Fuji came to a thought. He never really paid attention to this kind of thing. But then his mind reminds him about how he placed Yuuta's picture on his wallet too, without any reason. He just like to see it there and brings it everywhere with him. Perhaps, that's what Tezuka feels too. But Yuuta and him are brothers, so what about Tezuka and Ryoma?
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TBC
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A/N: I'm really bad in English. Really! I think I should find a beta-reader soon. Sorry if I have many grammar mistakes…
It's just the PROLOGUE! Review me! Please tell me what you think about this story, okay!!! PLS!!!