A/N notes: Onto the next usual pairing I figured I'd write InuiKaidoh next cuz Inui is also sort of one of Fuji's "closest" friends…well, they do share data and have a lot to talk about! I also thought I'd give Fuji another hint-pairing, like TakaFuji or FujiMomo which I've used so far in the fic, and so I brought up another one of my fave characters :hearts:

But, again, I favor TezukaFuji in this fic.

Anyway, sorry for those who wanted MomoRyoma, but don't worry, the time will come:fades away with an evil laughter:

Disclaimer: Not mine -- am I seeing traces of a Christmas depression there! XD

Chapter 3: Inui x Kaidoh

The hallways were pretty empty where he walked, mostly because of the fact that it was lunch break. Tezuka still hoped to catch a glimpse of the tensai tennis player, on the other hand not wanting to catch a glimpse on another person he had shared a too interesting phone call with the other day.

Lost in his own troubled thoughts, he almost didn't notice the slender body belonging to Fuji, about to walk right past him. Tezuka stopped dead in his tracks, reaching an arm out only to make the smaller boy pratically crash into it.

"Te-Tezuka." Fuji gave out something that sounded like a gasp.

"Fuji, I wanted to see you."

Fuji stayed silent, waiting for Tezuka to continue.

"Let me see those." Tezuka finally said, grabbing Fuji's wrists and bringing them closer.

"Tezuka, it's nothing." Fuji protested, feeling the taller boy fold his sleeves and reveal some of the bruises. "Listen, it was my own fault. I gave Taka-san the racket and due to him being depressed a lot lately he just lost control."

"Wanting to take comfort in you?" Tezuka's statement shocked both himself and Fuji, who snapped hidden blue eyes open. The captain cleared his throat. "I'm sorry. Was anyone else hurt?"

Tezuka pulled down the sleeves again, letting go of Fuji's wrists.

"No." A chuckle. "You're making it sound like he was on his way to-"

"Rape you." Tezuka's reply was something between a question and a comment.

"…mass murder us." Fuji said, eyes searching for clues on the boy in front of him. "Tezuka, are you feeling alright?"

"Please excuse me." the normal stoic answer was and Tezuka made his way out of there fast enough, before Fuji could continue on their embarrassing conversation.

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Was the stoic captain of Seigaku able to avoid others? In that case Tezuka did try to avoid having to be near either Fuji or Taka. The brunette tensai gave a sigh, tired of chasing Tezuka by stalking after him where ever the boy went.

It was practice time and Inui was taking notes as usually, secretly watching Kaidoh at the same time, also as usually. Fuji tried to peek into the book from behind the other third year's shoulder.

"There's a 100percent chance you're obsessed with Kaidoh." Fuji said, smiling at how Inui jumped and closed the notebook immediately. "And I didn't have to read your notes to know that."

"F-Fuji." Inui replied, still shocked. /Impossible! Fuji, you knew. That's illogical…or by a 78 percent at least./

"You know, you're not so hard to figure out." Fuji continued and Inui backed away a few steps.

/Alright…68 percent then…/

"As a matter of fact, that is my worry number three on my list. I've gathered over 89 percent more data about Kaidoh, than I should have."

"Hmm, what are worries one and two then?" Fuji asked interested.

"Two: to get Kaidoh to admit his feelings inside of his denial…" Inui started doubtfully, but received only an encouraging smile. "One: to get Kaidoh."

The smile spread even wider. "And what are your solutions to these problems?"

Inui stayed silent for a while, before dramatically speaking again. "None."

"And why is that?" Fuji wanted to know why a guy like Inui hadn't tried something earlier on his kouhai. Most were just afraid of the other one's reaction or that they might lose a friend by confessing how they truly felt. But that wasn't Inui.

"Ever since that whole…" Inui coughed. "…misunderstanding with that date, Kaidoh has been on his toes around me. 70 percent of the time we hang out, which of 71 percent is club time, is spent talking about tennis and 22 percent not talking at all."

Even a genius like Fuji could get confused by the percents here and there, so Fuji just came to the conclusion Inui couldn't bring it up to Kaidoh for several reasons. So once again it was up to Fuji to save a possibility to a good relationship.

"So in other words you could use my help." Fuji smiled and the other boy watched him carefully, not sure if he wanted to let Fuji in on this. But then again he did want Kaidoh and according to his data Fuji had already successfully paired up two couples plus his own…and Tezuka was a real challenge in that area. If Fuji had managed to beat through that cold front, then taking Tezuka down on court would probably be even easier for the tensai…

"All I need is your book, the information you have on Kaidoh." Fuji then continued, noticing how Inui was deeply troubled by his thoughts.

Just how good was Fuji really in tennis? Inui thought he should write that down, but with a quick "yes, of course" Inui had instead handed the notebook over to Fuji, not even considering what he was doing and Fuji had scampered off happily.

"….Oi! Fuji? My notebook!" Inui woke up as Kaidoh disappeared from his sight and gave his mind a chance to process everything in his environment. /That is even more illogical/

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Fuji sipped on some juice and turned another page. Very interesting data indeed, especially on the personal profiles. It seemed like Inui had gathered just as much data on Fuji as Fuji had expected him to.

The boy turned the next page, bumping into some new information on Tezuka, Inui must've written it just recently and it looked like he had scribbled it down in a hurry as well.

Tezuka seems to frown twice as much as before. Increased by 52 percent. Ever since Fuji, who is my best guess, paired our golden pair finally up. Tezuka has stopped taking showers together with any of us and avoids being in the locker room other than alone. Also he has been spending a lot less time with Fuji these past few days, even though the two have always been close. Discreased by 67 percent. The number is shockingly high for a dating couple, propability for crisis inside the relationship: 91 percent

Oishi again has been spending 32 percent of his time more than usually with Kikumaru, which is at the highest it can get during day hours.

Also Kawamura seems to have gotten rid off his previous depression and there is a high chance Fuji is behind that as well. Propability: 97 percent

Fuji turned a couple of pages back to get to Tezuka's profile. Finding it, he studied it harder than before, not letting one word slip from his sight and reading between the lines.

Inui wrote Tezuka and him as more than friends even before the incident in the showers. He wrote that the slightest of feelings their captain had ever showed towards another person had always been towards Fuji and that maybe it was because Fuji was the only person, with his methods and personality, able to bring that forth in Tezuka.

Fuji took another mouthful of juice. But he could study Tezuka's profile to his heart's content after he looked through this little problem with Kaidoh. Fuji flipped through the pages again. Inui had indeed gathered more data on the junior than on any other regular. Both personal and very personal data. Ah, some of this could be very useful.

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Inui walked back and forth on the same place, producing a circle in the sand under him. He had tried every resonable and unresonable place possible to look for Fuji. The school, the tennis courts, there had been no answer at Fuji's house and Tezuka had not been very pleased when he had come over to ask if the captain was hiding Fuji there.

He needed to get his book back. It was personal, besides even though Fuji was aware of most of the data in there it was still too dangerous to let the tensai get his hands on the rest that he didn't know about yet.

Plus his Kaidoh data. Inui blushed deeply, thinking how Fuji was probably right now reading through all the notes for the hundredth time in his little hideout. Inui still suspected Fuji hid in Tezuka's room. He just hoped Fuji wasn't reading it out loud for his boyfriend, otherwise he would have another worry on his list called 'Deal with Tezuka's punishment'.

"If you go to Kaidoh now, there's a 99 percent chance there will be no further misunderstandings."

"Fuji! Where is my book?" Inui spun around to meet the smaller boy.

"Very interesting reading. Have you got others with you?" Fuji smiled as if he had just read a novel and Inui blushed again, opening a new notebook and writing something down.

Fuji stood up on his toes, trying to peek into the open pages. "Writing a list of things to do?"

"New data. I just heard before leaving from school that someone has waterproof evidence that you and Tezuka are dating." Inui muttered. "He had caught you with his lover."

Fuji gave a small chuckle. "Really?" He was right. It was Monday and the news were all over the school. Good old reliable Eiji.

Inui stopped writing, closing the book in front of Fuji's curious face. "So what did you mean by what you said? About Kaidoh."

Fuji sank back on his feet again. "You know where Kaidoh lives, right? You haven't only memorized his underwear size, have you?"

Inui fixed his glasses on his nose, trying to look nonchalant. "Yes."

"He's on his bed…or possibly under it…in his room anyhow. I doubt by a chance of 90 percent that he has left his room." Fuji said and Inui's eyes widened under his glasses.

"W-what have you done? How do you know that?"

Fuji beamed another smile. "He's probably ready to evolve with your help…or should I say involve?" Inui's eyes widened and he dashed towards the direction Fuji had come from, totally forgetting about his precious notebook that was still in Fuji's gentle care.

Reaching Kaidoh's home Inui considered ringing the doorbell, but if Kaidoh was home alone and tied down on the bed or something like that, there was really no point. Trying the door instead Inui realized it wasn't locked and he quickly entered the house.

He found Kaidoh's room easily, the location to said room being one of his most precious data in all of his books together. Opening the door his eyes fell on a big form on the bed, shaking under the blanket. Inui carefully walked over to the bed and sat down, slowly starting to remove the object from the boy.

Kaidoh sprang up, feeling that someone else was in the room with him, only to bump straight into Inui and knock them both down on the floor, with Kaidoh on top hissing and blushing his head off.

"K-Kaidoh!" Inui fought the pain of his aching back, but forgot it almost immediately when he felt Kaidoh's hands on his chest and thigh. "It's only me."

That didn't seem to reassure the junior at all, who jerked back and made a bee-line for under the bed. Inui stood up and sighed. As he peeked under the bed he could see Kaidoh in one corner.

"Kaidoh?" Inui asked confused.

"Go away! I saw your plans!"

"What plans?"

"I saw what you had planned for me! I saw your new training schedule for me and the new formula for the next drink called Inui's ultimate love juice!"

Inui bent down and took a steady hold on the younger boy, pulling him from under the bed. "I don't have an ultimate love juice…well, atleast not yet-"

Inui grabbed Kaidoh around the waist, just in time to stop him from fleeing the room in panic. "Would you calm down and tell me what happened?" Saying that, Inui saw an open notebook behind Kaidoh on the bed.

"My data." Inui mumbled and lifted the book up in his hands.

Kaidoh's new training schedule:

Even Inui had to admit he felt a blush creeping up on his face reading the notes he had no memory of writing down…perhaps imagining once or twice, but that was beside the point! The hand-writing looked almost like his, but Inui with his knowledge could easily tell it was Fuji's coping his. Too bad he was the only one who could.

Inui turned the page.

The ingredience for the new Inui's ultimate love juice:

Inui's face flushed and Kaidoh sent him a glare. "Eh…Kaidoh, it's…not what you think..."

"Not what I think, senpai? I'm the new secret ingredience? All that you need for my new training is a bed and a couple of handcuffs!"

"Well…-"

"And after my training you should most likely have the resources to make a whole pitcher of juice!" Kaidoh's face was beat red.

"You didn't by any chance read the rest of the data, did you?" A glare. "Oh Kami-sama."

"And then a guy who said his name was Yanagi Renji called! Wasn't that your old friend? He thought I was you and asked if you had gotten your first piece of juice ready yet, and if I had followed my training schedule like the two of you had planned!" Kaidoh babbled angrily. "And there was another guy moaning in the background and I know I heard chains!"

Two guys working the scheme then? Inui doubted strongly it was the real Renji who had called. It had to be someone who's voice Kaidoh didn't recognize, so both Fuji and Tezuka were erased from the list of suspects along with the rest of the team. Fuji of course being one of the troublemakers, but not the one making the call…but possibly the one moaning in the background…

"The guy told me you were gonna come over here shortly if you hadn't already, when he understood he was talking to me and not you. And that there was no point in running since then you would probably confront my family and ask for their permission to date me!"

"Kaidoh."

"I demand an explanation, Inui-senpai!"

"The things you heard…" Inui replaced his glasses on his nose, taking a minute to pause and collect his thoughts. Inui let out a smirk. "Were true."

Kaidoh's mouth fell open and Inui advanced closer.

"It's true that this new schedule could do your body a lot of good." Inui continued, removing his glasses from his nose, revealing his eyes for the first time to the second year. They were close enough so he didn't need them to see Kaidoh's shocked face anyway.

Kaidoh could only stare and back away in fear until he hit the bed behind him. Inui dropped his notebook to the floor, his careless action making Kaidoh seriously worried.

"Inui-senpai?" the junior yelled, being put down on his back on the limited area that was his bed. "You were not really gonna go through with it, were you? He wasn't telling the truth, was he?"

Kaidoh had definitely waited for a really good explanation to all of this. He had waited for Inui to say that it was a prank or some way to collect new data from him.

Instead he got a kiss that left him speechless and panting nervously under his senpai.

Inui smirked at the sight. No, he wasn't really gonna molest him today. It was quite late after all and Kaidoh's parents would be home any minute now, but he could always let the other boy believe it for a little while longer.

Inui leaned down again onto a freaked out Kaidoh Kaoru, who did his best to continue living in the denial and push Inui away. Luckily his attempts failed.

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Fuji packed down some chains into an old chest in his attic. "There we go." he smiled and closed the chest, getting up from his knees to meet Saeki's usual grin. "Thank you for helping me out today."

"Nah, it was nothing! Anytime, Syusuke." Saeki waved it off. "It was only fun to play with prank calls, chains, moans and you…Is that your cell phone?"

Fuji listened as well. "I believe it is." he then said and the two returned to the hall where they had left their tennis bags and Fuji digged after his phone. "Hello?"

"Fuji." the boy on the other line said.

"Inui?" Fuji was actually wondering if it could be Tezuka, wanting to talk about what had been going on the past few days. Guess that last meeting had scared the captain off from that thought for good.

"I've just seen Kaidoh and…" Inui searched for the right words.

"Did everything work out alright?" Fuji took the opportunity to ask in between.

"Fuji, that was the most exceptional idea I've ever witnessed you perform." Inui commented, but his voice gave away how well it must've gone.

"Ah, but it worked." Fuji guessed.

Inui fell silent for a while, before confessing. "He was resistent of course. And the concequences of him reading my book…"

"Well, there's some new data for you." Fuji said in his optimistic voice, in the corner of his eye he saw Saeki close in on him from behind and wrap an arm around his lower belly in a hug, the other hand settling on his chest.

"Un. I just wrote it down. By the way, who did you have with you helping you to scare Kaidoh?" Inui asked and Fuji couldn't help smiling even wider at the boy hugging him and on purpose blowing air into his ear and neck.

"Helping me?" Fuji asked innocently.

"If you don't want to say it's fine. I just wanted to know who else to be grateful to." the glasses man on the other end said, probably still hoping for a name. Saeki nuzzled his face to Fuji's in an attempt to tease some more.

"So you really hooked up?" Fuji elbowed the other boy, who planted a single kiss on his cheek before letting go, one arm still remaining around Fuji's waist.

"Well, in the end I asked him out on another date..." Inui replied. "And I had to resort to blackmail, but we're due tomorrow evening."

"There you see. I bet there will be no further misunderstandings between you two from here on in." Fuji smiled as he spoke. "Ja, I better start going now. Say hello to Kaidoh from me."

"I will. Goodbye."

"Bye." Fuji hanged up and placed his phone back inside his bag. "I'm sorry for that, but it all went well."

Saeki shot him a grin. "Nice to hear. You've been quite busy lately doing this."

"Yes, so I really appreciated all of your help." Fuji said and laid an arm around the boy's neck.

"Mmm, how much?" Saeki pulled the smaller boy closer and returned the smile in silence for a while. "Why couldn't we have ever fallen in love?" he then teased. "Torturing someone with you is such a ride."

"But Saeki I do love you." Fuji smiled, hand dropping to Saeki's chest and he planted a soft kiss on the other boy's chin, being the highest place he reached to without having to stand on his toes. Saeki's grin widened and they made it to the front door.

"Can I thank you by pairing you with someone else?" Fuji suggested innocently and Saeki laughed, letting go off the tensai and pushing the bag over his shoulder.

"Syusuke, there'll never be a someone else for me…" he murmured, kissing Fuji on the forehead. "But seriously, I'm all good. I'll let you know though."

"Alright then." Fuji opened the door.

"Yep, I'll call you." Saeki winked and exited the house.