SFF: This is bad... I'm sorry...

NOTE: Mistake in last part: Momo's specialty is DUNK Smash, not Jump Smash... Sorry

NOTE 2: When I say Regulars, I mean Tezu, Oishi, Kiku, Fuji, Inui, Taka, Momo, Kaido, and Ryo-chan.

You Remembered

Part 2 of Surprise, Surprise

SadistFujiFan

It was Sunday, December 23rd 1. The sports clubs at school had ended back on December 3rd. The tennis club practiced more anyway, however. When the snow came down, however, they all went to the new indoor tennis courts a few blocks away. There were usually at least 3 Regulars there everyday. Many rival players came as well. Fudomine's Ibu and Kamio came many times, and St. Rudolph's Yuuta, Mizuki, Yanagizawa, and Kisarazu also came. Momo usually dragged Echizen there.

That day, however, Echizen had to run errands for his mother, Rinko. So Momo went on his own. When he got there, he could see Fuji, Inui, Kikumaru, Oishi, Ibu, Kamio, and Tachibana An. The Golden Pair were up against the Ibu-Kamio pair, with An-chan umpiring. Fuji and Inui were watching the game, Inui taking data. Momo walked up to them.

"Momoshiro. You grace us with your presence when there was only a 14 chance of you coming here today. I thought you would take advantage of Echizen not being around. Ii data..." (Who said that? GUESS! Like it's hard!)

"What do you mean, Inui-senpai?" Momo was baffled.

"It's Echizen's birthday tomorrow, so we thought you would go and buy a present for him, seeing as he has things to do today. Perhaps you already have a present for him?" Fuji inquired.

Momo froze. It was Echizen's, his boyfriend's, birthday tomorrow?

"Momoshiro-kun! You didn't know?!" An-chan took her eyes away from the game and looked at Momo.

"Momoshiro doesn't know his own boyfriend's birthday. Ii data..."

Fuji chuckled. How interesting! "Momo, if you would like, I have an idea for his birthday that you could pull off. It won't take very long... although that depends on how long you take for various things."

Momo looked at Fuji so hopefully that Fuji had to laugh again. Oh, if he had a camera, it would have been the best blackmail picture around!

"Let's go, Momo. See you around, Inui, Tachibana-san. Tell Eiji and Oishi that I left and said goodbye. To Kamio-kun and Ibu-kun too. Bye," Fuji waved, with Momo following him.

"Welcome to my room, Momo. Sit on my bed, I have to get something," Fuji waved Momo into his room and went straight to his bookshelf. He rummaged around for a while and finally took out a photo album. He walked over to where Momo was sitting. Fuji sat down and opened up the album. There was a title to the album, for the first page was titled "Momo and Echizen Boy Love."

"Fuji-senpai? What's this?" Momo looked kind of scared.

Fuji just smiled evilly. "Turn the page, Momo."

Momo did as he was told. There were pictures of Echizen and himself together. Some were from when they weren't going out yet. It seemed as if Fuji had known they would get together from long before they actually did.

"Choose one, Momo. We'll scan it into my computer and play around with it," Fuji let Momo have the album while he booted up his computer.

Momo flipped through the album, amazed at all the pictures that Fuji had collected. There were clearly over a hundred pictures. Finally, after much pondering, he chose a picture of Echizen sleeping on his shoulder on the bus. Momo showed the picture to Fuji, who promptly took it out of the album and into his scanner. Momo sat down in the chair Fuji had brought in for him and watched.

Fuji opened up a program and the picture. He then turned to Momo. "What do you want to do? There are many things we can do, like put a border around the picture," Fuji turned back to the computer and did just that. "Or we can write on the picture." This time, Fuji went into his drawer, took out a touch screen, connected it to his computer, and took out the attached pen. He wrote on the bottom, "Momo and Echizen Together Forever."

Momo was amazed. There were so many things you could do with computers and pictures. "Fuji-senpai, can you do that thing that looks like clouds or something as like a border?"

"You mean you want to add a vignette 2 the picture? Black or white? I think white would work better for this, though," Fuji clicked around and a white vignette appeared.

"Yeah! Can I write something now?" Momo had an excited look on his face. Fuji just smiled and handed the touch screen and pen to Momo. Momo carefully wrote, "Always Together Never Apart", in blue. He looked so proud of his work.

Fuji took the touch screen back and saved the picture. He then got some of the special picture paper and put it into his printer. He printed two copies, one 8.5 inch by 11 inch 3 copy, and one 4 inch by 6 inch 4 copy. He turned to Momo. "Now to get a frame."

Momo and Fuji walked around various stores, looking at frames. However, they did not find one that would work. It was either too weird/ugly or too expensive. Finally, they arrived at a small store that no one would have seen unless they were looking for it.

"My favorite store, Chiyo Photography. My sister's friend owns this shop and it has beautiful frames for a reasonable price," Fuji told Momo as he entered the store.

"Welcome! Oh, Syuusuke-kun! How is Yumiko? I should call her soon! I haven't seen her in ages! Who is this young man?" A young woman whose emerald eyes sparkled said.

"Chiyo-san! Nee-san is fine. She was talking about you, saying she should visit you too. This is my kouhai 5, Momoshiro Takeshi. We're looking for a frame for a present," Fuji replied.

"I have a great wooden frame selection that just came in. It's made of the best wood from Hawaii, koa wood 6. I was going to sell it for 10,000 yen 7, but for my favorite customer's friend, I'll sell it for half the price. How big is the picture?" Chiyo inquired.

"Thank you, Chiyo-san. It's an 8.5 by 11 picture. Do you have that size?" Fuji answered.

"I think so! That's a pretty common size. Wait, I'll go and bring it out," Chiyo said. She disappeared into the back room.

"Fuji-senpai, I can't pay 10,000 yen! That's too expensive! I don't have that much!" Momo looked panicked.

"Chiyo-san said she would give it to you for half the price, 5,000 yen 8. Don't worry; Yumiko-nee-san will pay her back somehow, like treating her to lunch. They always do that. They were best friends in college, you know. Chiyo-san majored in photography," Fuji informed Momo.

"But..." Momo was about to complain when Chiyo came back.

"Syuusuke-kun! Here it is! Isn't it beautiful? How about it, kouhai-kun?"

"He'll take it. Right, Momo?" Fuji looked at Momo intently.

"Yeah... yeah, I will... are you sure it's okay? Half-price is kind of too little, isn't it?" Momo took out his wallet, but still looked hesitant.

Chiyo winked at him. "Don't worry about it. I'll just raise the price of the ones I will sell to about 15,000 yen."

Momo took out 6,000 yen and handed it to Chiyo, who was wrapping up the frame. She handed the package to Momo, took the 6,000 yen and gave 750 yen back (tax was 250 yen... 5).

"Thank you! Come again! And Syuusuke-kun, tell Yumiko I'll call her soon so let's meet up for lunch, okay? Bye!" Chiyo waved them out.

"Bye, Chiyo-san! Thanks again! And I will!" Fuji answered back.

Outside, Fuji turned to Momo. "Now you got the frame. Let's get that picture in the frame and you're done!"

Back at the Fuji residence, the two fit the picture into the frame. It fit perfectly. As Momo left with the picture, he thanked Fuji.

"Thanks, Fuji-senpai! You're a lifesaver! I'll get Ryoma to buy you wasabi sushi!"

"You're perfectly welcome, Momo. Oh, and here's a copy for you," Fuji said and handed Momo the 4 by 6 copy of the picture.

Momo thanked Fuji once more and left.

"Young love..."

CHRISTMAS EVE, ECHIZEN HOUSEHOLD...

Momo was at Echizen's house. Echizen's parents were on a hot spring trip while Nanako went over to a friend's house. (How rude! To leave when their son's/cousin's birthday is that day!)

Momo and Echizen were on the couch, watching "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" in English. Momo kept asking what was happening and what they were saying, as he could not catch it all. Echizen was kind of getting annoyed.

"Momo-senpai, if you didn't talk so much, you might be able to understand it," Echizen mumbled.

Momo rumpled Echizen's hair for revenge. Echizen pouted, but it turned into a smile when he saw Momo. They watched the rest of the movie in silence.

When it was done, it was almost 11. Echizen sighed. "Only an hour away from Christmas."

Momo wrapped his arms around Echizen's waist and held him tight. "Only an hour left of your birthday."

Echizen looked up at Momo. "You remembered."

"Of course! (Not). And I have a present too." Momo reached behind the couch and handed the wrapped package to Echizen.

Echizen carefully opened the present. Looking at the picture, he asked, "Where did you get this? I don't remember this being taken."

Momo rubbed his head. "Umm... Fuji-senpai had it. He helped me do all the things, like the words. Do you like it?"

Echizen nodded and leaned back onto Momo's chest. Momo rewrapped his arms around Echizen's waist. They looked at the picture together.

"It's a nice picture," Echizen decided. Momo just nodded in agreement.

They fell asleep soon, on the couch, in each other's arms.

Fuji Residence, Fuji Syuusuke's Room, Same Time...

Fuji was at his computer, with the same picture and email program open.

"Now who to send it to..." An evil grin was plastered on his face...

Okay, that was horrible. And Fuji came out more than the Birthday-boy. Proves that I like Fuji MUCH better, no? I actually think this is an improvement from Surprise, Surprise Part 1. But I don't know. Please criticize, point out any mistakes, and flame! Thank you!

END NOTES:

1 – The Sunday is because in Volume 23, as in previous part, July 23 is a Wednesday. Counting from that day, the 23rd of December would be a Sunday. So Voila.

2 – I'm not too familiar with photography terms, but I believe this is that border-like thing that looks like clouds. I think mostly they are in black or white. I don't really know. Correct me if I'm wrong.

3 – 8.5 by 11 in centimeters would be 21.59 cm by 27.94 cm.

4 – 4 by 6 in centimeters would be 10.16 cm by 15.24 cm

5 – Kouhai is underclassmen, as senpai is upperclassmen.

6 – Koa wood is a very good Hawaiian wood. I live Hawaii (Japanese citizen... born in Japan, live in Hawaii).... Thus the reason I used it. It's really pretty and very durable. It's really expensive too. But it makes great presents and I would kill to get a koa picture frame. Not literally, of course.

7 – 10,000 yen is about... $91, I believe. I'm not too sure about the current exchange rate, but I think that's about it.

8 – 5,000 yen is about $45.50 (well, duh). Again, I'm not too sure about this.

NOTE: 10,000 yen would really cheap for koa wood. It's really good. It's like $150 for a small frame, I believe. But I had to make it nice with a price range of a middle school student. And having 10,000 is kind of common. I myself have about 3 or 4 times that in my Japan-only wallet.

Thank you for reading this awful fic.