I'm backkkk!! Well, thanks for all the advice guys. This chapter was going to be pretty short too but I decided to combine two of them to make it longer. I also tried to clarify a few of the confusing moments too.

Dedication: To my muses who just won't shut up. Oh and for all the readers too!

Pairing: FujiRyo!! The Thrill Pair! (Might have some one-sided Dream Pair and one-sided Ah-Un Pair later) One-sided Fujicest in this chapter (YuuFuji).

Chapter: 2

Disclaimer: Does not own Tennis no Oujisama

The Beginning of the Wait

Fuji Yuuta's POV

I hate Echizen Ryoma, I really do. I hate him with a fighting passion for what he did to aniki. I used to respect Echizen but after he just left aniki like that, I can't help but hate him. Aniki said it was his fault that Echizen left but I didn't believe that for a second. Aniki would never hurt anyone he loved on purpose and he wasn't careless enough to make a huge mistake like that either. But now, thanks to Echizen, aniki's different; it wasn't a good change either.

It all started when I got the call from nee-san, she sounded really worried about aniki. At first I thought it was just her sisterly worries again but when I saw aniki I understood. He wasn't normal. He was just sitting there spacing out; he wasn't even smiling! It wasn't like aniki at all. But that wasn't all, he didn't even greet me, all he kept saying was, "He's gone… He's really gone…" in a depressed voice. It wasn't like the aniki I knew at all, it was like he was a totally different person; he stayed like that for weeks as well.

That wasn't even the worst part. The worst part was when he snapped out of his trance, when he began talking again. He acted like nothing was wrong, like nothing had happened, like he never knew Echizen. But every time someone brought up his name he would just smile and change the subject, he wouldn't even let out his emotions. Aniki never had a real mask that he hid behind, he just liked smiling (it was probably because it freaked a lot of people out too thought; but that's not important). But now he did, all thanks to Echizen. He wore it everywhere he went, smiling everywhere, he never got angry, or sad; all he did was smile. He wore it everywhere except his sleep.

In the night when I stayed at home I could hear his terrified screams, screams for Echizen to forgive him and come back. I could hear his crying when he woke up from those nightmares, the next day he would be even happier hiding behind the façade of his. I hated it, I hated his mask, and I hated Echizen for putting it there. As soon as aniki started wearing that mask we became more and more distant with each other.

Maybe it was as much my fault as Echizen's that aniki and I became more distant. I should've been expecting it, even if Echizen had never left. I had never tried to keep in touch with aniki before, it was always aniki who would invite me home, start conversations, call and visit. I just waited for them. My pride wouldn't let me keep in touch, my stupid pride. How much I regret that now…

There was a reason he never kept in touch anymore too. It was an accident that I found out really, I bet aniki never expected to see me in that bar.

Some people at St. Rudolph had decided to make a little visit, and they had invited me too, them dragging me there made it obvious that I never had a choice in the matter anyways. I had sort of expected that though. But what I never expected was to see aniki there as well, especially by himself. No wait, he wasn't by himself, not literally anyways, since he was surrounded by older drunk men and women. I can still remember it clearly. My aniki there, drunk and dressed in sluttish clothing surrounding by a countless amount of drunk older men and women. I could still remember how they he grabbed and molested him everywhere, and how he flirted with them urging them on.

My patience had snapped, I still remember that look on his face when he saw me grab on to him and pull him away. He had a guilty sort of look in his eyes even if his face showed nothing. I brought him home after that, I can still remember nee-san and kaa-san's shocked expressions along with pity.

I couldn't believe it, no I wouldn't believe it. I wouldn't believe that aniki had sold himself, his body; aniki would never do that, would he? But I learned later on that aniki had repeatedly visited that bar again and again before I found him and continued going after I had for him. From that day on I seriously thought about what had happened between aniki and Echizen; could it have been that horrible? Horrible enough to make aniki into a regular bar customer and prostitute?

Maybe it was all the pressure that was building up in aniki, the pressure from tennis and I. I had been a horrible brother to him, I really loved him too; he was my most important person. But my pride wouldn't let me show it, my stupid pride that won't let me show my worry now. But maybe, maybe one day I'll tell you of all this; but for now I'll just do what I can, help nee-san to help you and do anything in my power so you won't suffer as much. I'll watch from the sidelines as I see you and Echizen together again one day knowing that my chance had passed long ago.

Well that was the first part in Yuuta's POV, now for Fuji… Oh and just a reminder, all my work is Unbeated so… Heh…

Fuji's POV

It hurts, the pain really hurts. Not the physical pain, no, I was already used to this, men and women grabbing my skin tightly, going inside of me, no that pain was long gone. The pain that hurt was inside of me, no not my actual body but my soul hurt. My thoughts are haunted with your face, your voice, your hurt. I saw you everyday and it hurt more and more, so I drowned myself with alcohol. Alcohol numbed the pain but it was still there and it still hurt.

Maybe I was just hurting myself even more by doing this, by coming to this bar, by selling myself to others; but I didn't care, I deserved it for what I did to you. But it still hurt, especially when I'd shout your name out after being fucked. Each and every time I shouted out a name, it would always be yours and I would always wonder. I wondered why I couldn't do it when it was our first time, why I shouted Kunimistu instead of Ryoma.

Stupid aren't I? I had gotten over Tezuka 2 years before, in junior high; but yet 2 years later I scream his name in ecstasy instead of my lover's? I'm really the stupidest idiot ever aren't I? It had hurt you so much; I had hurt you so much. I saw the pain in your eyes, your voice showed it too. I bet you didn't like that, to be so sensitive that even your voice leaked it out.

Do you remember what you said before you asked me to take you? You asked for me to stay here, to wait for you no matter what happened. I promised you that I would wait for you no matter how long it took. I'm such a fool; promising that I would wait for you? I should've asked you to wait for me, to forgive me for doing such stupid things.

Many people envied me, my ability to do well in school and on the tennis courts. They called me a tensai so that they could feel better about themselves; so that they would be assured that I was one in a million. They couldn't be more wrong about me, a tensai? That was the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. If there was perfection, then I would be the farthest thing from it.

Most people envied me, but you didn't. You challenged me straight on, you made me strive to become better and better so I would always have something in common with you. I was planning on quitting tennis in high school, did you know? That was before you came along though, before you made me serious, before I fell in love with you.

I fell in love with you. It was slow but I noticed it; how I would get jealous of people that were closer to you, how I wanted to be your most important person. I noticed all of that and I knew I loved you. That's when I tried to get you to notice me, I started working harder in tennis, I also tried to involve you in my more humorous plots. It paid off. You had finally turned your interest in my direction. I approached you one day and I stole your first kiss. I still remember that day well and what you said to me after I kissed you. You smirked and you said, "Mada mada da ne Fuji-senpai." That's when I fell for you all over again. I fell for the confident, little bastard you were.

Now I know, I know what I will do. I'll stop drinking and get on with my life. I'll never sell my body again. I'll keep up my end of the promise and wait for you for eternity, even if you will never come back, I will wait for you. I'm waiting for you Echizen Ryoma; I'm waiting for you because I love you. Now I wait, I wait for you to come back to me, even if it takes an eternity, I will wait, I'm waiting for you to be in my arms once again.

Mwahahaha!! Fear the fluff! coughs Ahem, well, hopefully this chapter is better than the last? R & R!! Please tell me what to improve! begs my horrible writing needs critism!!