The Princes Of Tennis

Author: Lana Mizutani

Pairing(s): Fuji x Ryoma, Oishi x Eiji, Inui x Kaidoh, Momoshiro x Ann, Shinji x Kamio x Shinji, Tezuka x Atobe, others

Warnings: Slight AU. This is a yaoi fic which means boyxboy love. Homophobes not welcome...

Disclaimation: Umm... If POT was mine, I wouldn't be sitting at the computer typing yaoi fics, I would have made the characters get it on.

Chapter: A sort of epilogue

"Fuji-senpai, I want to continue our match." These were the words of Ryoma to his senpai.

"Hontou ni? I'd be glad to," answered Fuji with a smile on his face. He took his racket and stood up, looking down at the face that was covered slightly by a cap. "However only if you're really prepared."

"What do you think?" Ryoma smirked and and turned to walk to one of the empty tennis courts.

Ryoma lost the set 4 games to 6.

"It was a good game," Fuji said, holding out his hand for Ryoma to shake.

"No it wasn't but next time I'll win," said Ryoma who was still smirking although he had lost. For the first time, he actually felt that he had done his best and had no regrets but he sure wasn't going to let Fuji win over him once more. He reached his hand over to shake Fuji's hand.

"Saa, if you say so..." On agreeing that, they both made their way back to the shower rooms only to find that they were one of the last few members left.

"Fuji! Slow, Nyaa!"

"You both sure took your time, ne. Now, hurry up cause it's late and we have to lock up, okay?" said Oishi who was with Tezuka, being both the vice-captain and captain respectively had the duty of making sure everything was back accordingly and had to lock up the area after practice. Other than the two of them, there was also Eiji who was waiting for Oishi.

"Actually, if you don't mind, I was thinking to ask both of you to allow me to do the lock up today because I'm going to take some time in the showers and I wouldn't want to waste both in fact including Eijis' time by making all of you wait."Fuji said while taking out his towel and other bath accesories.

"Actually I don't mind because I trust you and I know that Tezuka trusts you too but it's his decision," said Oishi.

"You may take the keys but I hold you responsible if anything happens to go missing." With that Tezuka takes his tennis bag and heads out of the locker room with both Oishi and Eiji on his trail.

"Bye, Nyaa!"

"Bye."

The shower room had no cubicles like most common sports showers in Japan. So everyone had to bath in the nude together. In this case, it was only Fuji and Ryoma.

Ryoma was making sure that his body was thoroughly clean when he suddenly felt uneasy. He looked around for the source of discomfort only to of course find Fuji having a shower. It was when he decided that his mind was playing tricks on him that he found himself looking at the drops of water that was sliding down Fuji's chest towards.."Echizen?"

Eh! Fuji senpai caught him doing something that he never imagined himself to do..."Nani?" Ryoma asked trying to stay composed. "Ano, can you pass me the soap over there?"

Ryoma sighed in relief. Fuji-senpai didn't notice anything unusual. Ryoma picked up the bar of soap that was lying on the floor and walked towards Fuji, his hand holding out the soap. All of a sudden, he slipped on the slippery floor and found himself heading towards the floor fast. He held out his hand to protect himself and to brace himself for the hard fall but it never came, instead, he found himself in a pair of arms belonging to Fuji when he looked up. He sort of blushed if you considered a very slight tinge of red on the cheeks as blushing and pulled himself out of the 'embrace' quickly.

"Daijoubu ka?" asked Fuji with a concerned voice.

"Aa..daijoubu. Arigatou." With that Ryoma returned to his shower not before giving the soap that was miraculously still in his hands to Fuji. He hurried himself and was soon ready. Before he went off, he said goodbye to Fuji who was still in the middle of wearing his school uniform.

"Ryoma-kun. Anata no kawaii desu yo.." Fuji smirked and after cleaning up, locked up the rooms before heading home himself.

A/N: Although this was a good place to end, I'm still not yet satisfied so...on with the fic!

"Echizen! Hayaku or we'll be late!" Momoshiro yelled. He was in his daily routine of fetching Ryoma to school.

"Matte!" With that Ryoma came out, the corner of a piece of toast in his mouth and his hands carrying both his school and tennis bags. "Better hurry up next time," nagged Momoshiro.

"Hai, hai."

"And so that ends the lesson on trigonometry. Tomorrow we're going on to a new topic. Make sure all of you finish your homework by tomorrow or else you'll have detention. Class dismissed." The bell rang right on the dot.

"Maa...Trigonometry is so hard! I don't think that I'll be able to finish all the homework Abaki sensei gave. How about you Echizen? I bet you can't do it too!" Horio was in his annoying mode. Ryoma simply brushed him off with a Hn and walked out of the classroom for lunch. He tried to but Horio kept distracting him till it was too late to notice HER.

"Ryoma-kun..Ano, are you eating lunch?" It was coach's granddaughter, whose name slipped his mind. Well duh. Of course he was going off to eat lunch, it was lunch period after all.

but..."Hn."

"I see...ummm...Can you..eh? Where did Ryoma-kun go to?" She looked around only to see a piece of cloth disappear by the corner.

"I guess Ryoma-kun is busy..." Poor girl. She and her deluded mind...

As usual this corner of the rooftop was empty. This was the place he always went to during lunch or at times when he wanted to rest. He put a step in only to trip on a leg that he had not seen on the ground. Great, a second fall in just two days, I'd better pray that there won't be a third time soon. With that, he put up his arms to protect himself and lo behold, he didn't feel the ground. In fact, he felt the same thing as last time and that is a pair of arms around him.

"You know, Echizen, with your agility on the court, it's unbelievable that you are so clumsy outside."

Ryoma whipped his head up to see a pair of icy blue eyes that were immediately hidden behind smiling eyelids. It was Fuji-senpai!

"You should be careful you know. It's not like I'm always there to save you..." Fuji gave Ryoma a smile.

"But this time, it wasn't my fault. How was I to know that there was someone sitting beside the doorway hidden from view."

"I guess, I'm to be blamed too. Gomen.." said Fuji apologetically.

"Daijoubu, at least you made up by helping me," said Ryoma, and pulled down his cap to cover his face, He took a seat beside Fuji, making himself comfortable before starting on his lunch. Both of them finished their lunch fairly quickly considering they were both teenage boys. They sat there in peaceful silence, simply enjoying the breeze and looking up at the sky.

After a full lunch, Ryoma felt sleepy and finding that it was such a nice weather, decided to fall sleep after all.

Fuji was surprised when he felt something on his shoulder. It was Ryoma who had indeed fallen asleep and in his subconsciousness had tried to find the most comfortable way to sleep which was to place his head on Fuji's shoulder.

Fuji unable to control himself smiled, and proceeded to carefully place Ryoma'c head on his lap where Ryoma indeed found it a much more comfortable place to sleep because he did not wake up until Fuji woke him up 5 minutes before the end of recess bell rang. Although embarrassed, Ryoma had pride so he opted to thank Fuji before returning to class.

A/N: Weird place to end but it's already two in the morning, so bye!

The author needs her beauty sleep...Not! Review...Constructive criticism much welcomed...Gomen if they are to OOC...