Warning: The characters don't belong to me but to Takeshi Konomi (am I writing his name right? Oh well whatever). They belong to the author and obviously not me, so don't sue me. I'm just a poor author.

Another warning: This story does follow the timeline of the anime series but it will be AU of course since in the anime you won't be able to find this scene ok? The characters are also a bit OOC since it is AU so don't flame me or sue me ok? I'll pay no heed towards them

More warning: This story contains yaoi/shounen-ai, so view on your own risk!

Ok that's all, happy reading and please be kind to review it ok? enjoy!

A Moment in the Rain Part 1 by Eriol-sama

It was raining quite heavily since evening. The rain poured likewise someone was pouring out a bucket of water from up the sky. All the tennis players from selected junior high schools had retired to their rooms. No one was in the mood to play tennis in this kind of weather and not to mention all of them were already exhausted because of the drill during the practice.

Yet, unknowingly to everyone, there was one particular person who was attracted to this kind of weather as that particular person was standing in the middle of one of the tennis courts. It was not the farthest court yet it was not the closest court too. The court was situated quite far from the main building and secluded from the dorm area too, creating privacy to who ever the person that was occupying it as the place was out of sight if only there were someone who looked out from the windows of the dorm area or from the main building.

The particular person that was standing in the middle of the court was wearing the same short he wears during the practice at the day but the upper clothes had been changed to another casual polo shirt which colour was white with red rim around the edge of the collar and despite it was heavily raining, the ever present cap was absent. He was quite short for a junior high tennis player, stood only at 151 cm. His clothes were all soaked wet yet he seemed not to mind it. He was standing there with his chest rose up and down quite quickly, letting out his short breathe quickly. He was holding a bright red racket on his left hand while the soaked wet tennis ball hit and fell onto the ground with a thud and splash sound against the water gathered on the concrete. It rolled away from the originally fallen place by few centimetres then stayed there silently regarded the boy who had hit it.

Echizen Ryoma was infuriated. Not to any particular person in this training camp, but to himself. He was angry with himself. The reason? The reason was none other than the scene he had seen accidentally when he was thinking of getting a glass of water.

Flashback

It was around 8.30 pm and it was quite dim in the hallway, yet Echizen paid no heed to that as it was obvious that most of the dorm occupants had already been in the rooms doing whatever they want inside. He walked past the deserted living room. It was a room where they could gather together, in it there were a television set complete with the audio and couches that were comfy enough to be sat or slouched. He kept walking until he reached to furthest room at the hallway. The furthest room was one of the largest rooms in the dorm area. It was a dining room, consisted of three long rows of tables where they usually eat together during breakfast, lunch and dinner. Inside it there was a kitchen too which was separated from the dining area by a wall and connected through a swinging door which has a glass section so that a person could take a look inside it.

Echizen turned and walked with his bare feet upon the carpeted floor into the dining area. He saw no one there and the room was dimly lit by few small lights that were usually switched on at the night thus leaving the dining room quite dim. He walked silently passing the rows of the tables and looked to the kitchen where he needed to pick a glass from the cabinet and some water from the water dispenser. He saw the kitchen was lit brighter from the dining room which meant that there was someone in there who already switched on some of the lights in the kitchen. He kept walking to the kitchen and he stopped just in front of the door as he heard some muffled sounds. He took a peek from the glass attached to the door.

Echizen did speculate on who was the person inside the kitchen but nevertheless he never thought he would see such a kissing scene between the person he had secretly loved and another person which was also the occupants of the dorm. He was too stunned to make sounds and his eyes were wide and still seeing the scene inside the kitchen.

The persons Echizen was seeing were his own buchou, Tezuka and his senpai, Fuji. Both of then were engaged on their lips and their position was compromising. Tezuka had Fuji cornered by the edge of the kitchen's counter, Fuji's hands were circling around Tezuka's neck and were pulling Tezuka to lean down and closer to him. Tezuka's head was tilted and both of them was ravishing each other mouth and was heavily around as their hips ground against each other.

Echizen was speechless and he slowly backed away from the door and walked out from the dining room rather quickly. He walked down the hallway, passing the living room and turned to another hallway which led to his room which was shared with Momoshiro who currently was sleeping. His mind was in a daze while the scene was repeated over and over inside his mind as if mocking him for having such a crush toward his own buchou. He even failed to notice the presence of another dorm's occupant while he was passing the supposedly deserted living room.

Once he was inside his room, he slowly and quietly closed the door and took a long breathe while quietly banged his head onto the door, closing his eyes. He was like that for few moments. He felt something was broken inside him. Something was whirling and was surging up and pounding his mind. He needed a release. All those emotions that had been coped inside him for sometime were now demanding some sort of release. He moved away from the door and walked toward the window. He saw the rain pouring and trickling down the glass window. He saw the empty wet tennis court and he felt he needed to be out there.

End Flashback

So out he was. He brought his racket with him and a ball. He played alone. He hit the ball against the wall over and over, a strong powerful hit, as the ball bounced back towards him again he hit. His mind was absorbed on something else but hitting back the ball, his body was already accustomed to swing the racket and hit the ball automatically without even looking at the ball. He even turned deaf to the pouring rain and felt nothing, not even the chill, just him swinging the racket and hitting the ball. Eyes were looking forward but not seeing anything, blinded by his own occupied mind.

Echizen's thought

Why am I angry? Why?
I've known or rather speculated that they're dating each other, that they're a couple…so why I feel this pain inside my chest?
Why am I sad then? Why I want to cry yet…no tears come out…
It's suffocating…choking my breath…
I wish I can just forget all of these things and just go on…perhaps for this night only…just for today…I mourn for my love
Tomorrow…tomorrow I'll be fine…

He kept swinging, running, and returning the ball, all alone in the dim and under the pouring rain until he was tired. He was cold and he felt the skin under those wet clothes was shivering. He knew he could catch a cold if he stayed out any longer. But he cared none of those. He needed this. He tilted his head upward so that the rain was pouring onto his face and he felt the rain trailed down on his face creating streaks likewise he was crying. Echizen could not cry. He was too cold to cry but now he silently wished he could cry to just ease this sorrow upon his heart. So the he needed the rain to substitute his tears so might the pain he felt soothed a little.

Owari?

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