Sandra: Well, I'm glad that you guys liked this. Anyway, had my maths exam today! Got my English one next! I aced my maths guys! Thanks for your support, hope you guys keep doing so!

"Echizen, I need to buy some books, so your coming with me." Tezuka said, walking slightly ahead of the cross dressing boy, he just nodded, not that his buchou could see.

As they entered the bookshop, the other Seigaku members followed, splitting into smaller groups, they walked around the shop casually whilst keeping a close eye on the pair.

"Ne, buchou, how is coming to a bookstore going to help me anyway?" Ryoma asked standing next to his captain, as he was about to raise his arms behind his head and lean against the wall, Tezuka turned to him.

"Don't do that." He said, Ryoma stopped and dropped his arms.

"Girls don't stand around like that. Stand straight, clasp your hands behind your back, and don't glare so much." Tezuka said, not a single bit of emotion can be hinted in his voice, but as Ryoma knew his buchou, he could sense the effort his captain was making.

"Hai, gomen ne Tezuka-bu…" Before Ryoma could finish off his sentence, a voice cut him off.

"Well, well, if it isn't captain Tezuka." They both turned to the source of the voice.

It was Keigo Atobe from Hyotei, followed by Kabaji and Jirou.

Tezuka nodded at him. Ryoma decided to go wander around the store instead of just standing next to is buchou all day bored senseless, as he walked forward he decided to just brush past Jirou as the Hyotei students were blocking his way, but doing so, Jirou looked at him. Then he blinked and his eyes widened as he awoke.

"Eh? Who are you? Wow, you're really cute. You're here with Tezuka aren't you? I'm Jirou. I think your really adorable, do you want to go on a date with me?" He said, not letting Ryoma answer any of his questions.

"Uh…ah…" Ryoma's cheeks burned, people called him cute but in a way that it wasn't standable, this is the first time someone has said he was cute in a sincere compliment way.

"Come. Let's go." Tezuka said, taking Ryoma's wrist and dragging him away from the Hyotei members.

"Woah, slow down Tezuka, don't tell me this lovely lady is yours now is she?" Atobe said as he leant close to Ryoma, smiling his ever so charming girl swooning smile, he pulled back and flicked his hair.

"A princess deserves a prince. Like me." Atobe said, posing slightly, eyes closed as he pointed at the girl at the till who screamed and swooned.

By the time Atobe opened his eyes, Tezuka and Ryoma was leaving the store.

"Kuso. Damn you Tezuka." He said.

"Ne, ne Atobe! Did you see that girl! She's so cute! I wonder what her name is? Do you think she's really dating Tezuka? Man I wish I can see her again! Did you see her eyes, they were so magical!…" Jirou kept babbling on in his excited state as Atobe glared at the now shut door.

Back outside the store, Tezuka and Ryoma walked further away from the store until the rest of the team caught up to them.

"Well Echizen, you did quite well, of course, with a bit of help from Tezuka." Inui said.

Fuji nodded, "Remember Echizen, you are playing the role as a girl, you can't act like you normally do, no matter how tempting it is." Said the prodigy.

"So Echizen, did you like that lazy-assed Jirou flirting with you?" Momo-chan asked as he nudged Ryoma slightly with his elbow.

"…betsuni…he's still…" Ryoma was cut off by the team.

"mada mada dane." They all repeated, Ryoma smirked.

"Anyway, I think Tezuka should take Echizen around again later, except I think it's best Tezuka helps with Table manners." Inui said.

"Ne, now who's going to take Ochibi-chan around?" Eiji asked a little eagerly.

"Good point. Oishi. Can you take Echizen now?" Inui said, Oishi looked at Eiji who's smile just twitched down a little.

"Ma, I don't think I should, not really feeling it. Why don't we let Eiji take him around. It would be good practice." Oishi said, patting Eiji's shoulder, giving him a sort of knowing smile, Eiji grinned.

"No. Not just yet, at the moment, we'll keep studying on Echizen, and once we've gone through it all, we'll begin with Kikumaru." Inui said. Oishi looked sadly at his partner, he wasn't being his usual self.

'I think he…' Oishi's thoughts was cut off by Eiji who pat his shoulder and said.

"In that case, Oishi should definitely take Ochibi-chan around." The red head suggested.

Oishi looked at Eiji and nodded.

"Ne Echizen, what do you want to do?" Oishi asked as he and Ryoma walked down the street, Ryoma shrugged but his stomach answered what he had in mind.

Oishi laughed, "We'll go get something to eat."

Ryoma shrugged, "As a gentleman you got to treat the lady." Ryoma said slyly as he grinned up at his sempai.

Oishi suddenly felt fear when a small light came to him.

"You know Echizen, you can't eat like you normally do." He said, Ryoma looked up at Oishi who smiled.

"Observe." He said as they walked into the burger bar, as they walked slowly past people, Ryoma looked at the girls Oishi pointed out, how they ate quite slowly in small bites in…SMALL PORTIONS.

"You see Echizen." Oishi said as they got to the till.

"How may I help you?" Asked the girl behind the till.

"Yes, can we have two regular sized cheeseburger meals." Oishi said, Ryoma looked like he was going to faint. THAT wasn't going to fill up his stomach.

When Oishi paid and picked up their tray of food, he began walking to a table, Ryoma followed.

"Now Echizen, you don't just shovel the food down your throat. Seeing as Inui isn't here to teach you how to eat, then I will." Oishi said smiling, Ryoma sighed. Can life be any worse?

"Oishi-sempai?" An oh too familiar voice said, Ryoma and Oishi turned their head to see Tomoko and Sakuno standing there. Life just gotten worse.

"Ne, Oishi-sempai. Are you on a date?" Tomoko asked eyeing up Ryoma.

"You look familiar, have we met before?" Tomoko asked, her face right next to Ryoma's.

Ryoma shook his head pulling back.

"Well, my name is Tomoko, and this is Sakuno. What's your name?" She asked, Ryoma absolutely HATED this question.

"Ah Ryuzaki-san is here with her friend, that's great!" They all turned their attention to Momo-chan who ran up to the girls.

"Can you girls help me…I need to buy something…for a friend…but haven't the slightest clue." He said, dragging them away. He gave a small wink to Oishi and Ryoma over his shoulder as he took the girls to the mall, then said a quick excuse about forgetting his money at home, perhaps another day before running off. Tomoko and Sakuno completely forgot about the girl who was with Ryoma and just shopped in the mall.

"Now Echizen, take the napkin and place it on your lap." Oishi said, Ryoma nodded and did as he was told.

"Good, now when you pick up the burger, use two hands and hold it softly, then open your mouth a little and take a small bite out of it." Ryoma did as he was told. 'I'll be eating this thing forever then!' He thought.

"That's great Echizen. Just remember not to open your mouth big enough to put a tennis ball inside it." Oishi said, laughing at the glare the Ryoma gave him.

"Now when you eat fries, you take one at a time, and don't just pop it into your mouth, bite it down." Oishi said, Ryoma rolled his eyes upwards and gave a huge sigh.

"You're getting there Echizen." Oishi praised as he began to eat his burger.

"Ah it's you again!" A voice called, Ryoma and Oishi turned their head to see Yuuta and Mizuki standing there, Yuuta had a big smile on his face.

"Hello again." He said, Ryoma nodded as he sucked on the straw quite loudly, Oishi kicked Ryoma lightly under the table, Ryoma winced a little and turned to Oishi who shook his head, Ryoma sighed and put down the drink.

"Ne Mizuki-san, this was the girl I was telling you about." Yuuta said, Mizuki walked over to Ryoma and studied him.

"She does have really attractive eyes. Nice to meet you miss, I'm Mizuki. A Friend of Yuutas. May I know your name?" He asked, Ryoma wanted to take a sledge hammer and pummel him, this question was the worst.

"Wa…watashi wa…" Ryoma started in his girl shy voice, but was saved as someone entered the shop.

"Ah! Atobe it's that Kawaii girl that was with Tezuka earlier!" Jirou cried as he bounced over to the table. Why Atobe even took a step into the burger bar was a mystery as he doesn't usually mix with people or go places at a lower class than him. But for once he was happy to be in a place like that.

As he and Kabaji walked over to the table after Jirou, they noticed it wasn't Tezuka who was with the girl, but Oishi.

"Ne, so you're not going out with Tezuka? Are you dating Oishi? Would you still consider me?" Jirou asked as he kneeled next to the table and rested his chin on his fists, propped up by his elbows on the table.

"Oi! We was talking to her first!" Yuuta said, Jirou turned around and looked at Yuuta.

"Ah." They both pointed at each other.

"Just cause you beat me at Tennis doesn't mean you can beat me at everything." Yuuta said growling as he raised a fist at Jirou.

"Heh, don't know what you're talking about." He said as he turned his attention back to Ryoma.

"Teme." Yuuta said, pulling Jirou back and pulled him up.

"Oi! What's your problem!" They both glared at each other.

Oishi and Ryoma took this opportunity to leave.

As they exited, Inui came over to them.

"It seems you've covered eating, but that's not it. You still got a long road ahead of you." Inui said as he jotted down some more data.

"Echizen, you really do know how to make people turn against each other." Momo-chan said as he placed his arm around Ryoma's shoulder.

"…betsuni…" He said shrugging.

"I think that's enough training for today. Echizen, tomorrow after school we'll continue your training." Inui said, everyone nodded.

As Ryoma turned to walk in the direction of his house he got yanked back.

"Ochibi-chan! You can't go home dressed like that!" Eiji said, Ryoma looked down at himself, "oh yeah." he muttered as he followed Eiji back to his house.

Eiji waited in the living room for Ryoma to finish getting changed, he took this time to think things over.

'Why didn't baka Inui let me walk around with Ochibi-chan. He's supposed to be MY date. Kuso. It's not fair.' He thought, getting up to grab a drink from the kitchen, opening the can of soda he took from the fridge, he shut it, leaned against the fridge and took a sip from his drink, continuing his thoughts.

'Ochibi-chan does look cute like this, but he looks cuter in his usual outfit.' Eiji thought, taking a long gulp.

'Is it weird for me to be thinking like this?' He lowered the can from his lips.

'Ochibi-chan obviously likes the others more than me… IT'S NOT FAIR!' He thought crushing the can in his hand, causing the excess to drip onto the floor.

Throwing the can away, he sighed as he grabbed a towel and wiped up the mess on the floor.

'I wonder what Ochibi-chan really thinks of me? I'm pretty sure it's not weird to think like this. I mean Fuji-chan voices his thoughts and his ones are just W-E-I-R-D.' He finished wiping up the floor as he wringed the liquid into the sink.

'But Fuji-chan's little brother and that Jirou and Atobe better back off too. Ochibi-chan's MINE! ...Yeah…' Eiji stared deeply into sink, thinking about what he really means.

"Kikumaru-sempai?" Eiji turned around to see Ryoma standing there, wearing his own clothes except his hair and make up was still done.

"Can you help…" He asked quietly, Eiji grinned and nodded, grabbing Ryoma's hand and dragging him up to the bathroom.

Going down the cupboard, he found his sisters face wipes and took a piece. Ryoma sitting on the lid of the toilet looked at Eiji who told him to close his eyes.

Eiji took the wipe and ran it over Ryoma's cheeks, ridding the blusher. He then ran it over Ryoma's eyes to get rid of the glitter and mascara, repeating this to make sure he cleaned it all off, his other hand held Ryoma's face in place, yet feeling the smoothness of his skin, the warmth that radiated off his face. He stopped wiping at that moment, just staring at the face in front of him, eyes shut, Eiji was lost in a trance.

Ryoma felt the wiping stop, it actually felt nice, like when he was a child and his mother would help him wipe his face, it was so soft and the hand holding his face in place was so gentle yet firm. Opening his golden orbs, he felt as if he was in the sea, a pure glistening deep blue sea. He was lost in this sea.

Eiji felt like he just died and saw the light at the end of the tunnel, bright golden orbs stared right into his own. He felt as if he could almost touch the sun, he was fascinated.

'What do I mean when I say he's mine…?' Eiji thought as his face went closer.

Ryoma's eyes soon fluttered shut as the warmth came closer, it was comforting, so alluring.

Their lips barely grazed one another when a loud BANG caused them to jump apart.

"Tadaimasu." The voice of Eiji's sister could be heard from downstairs.

Eiji looked at Ryoma, then his eyes widened as he jumped away.

"Uh…ah…" Ryoma didn't know what just happened, it was like he was in a dream, things were so blurry.

"Just pour some water in your hair and then it'll drop back to how it was." Eiji said as he left the bathroom quickly.

Ryoma watched his sempai leave. What did just happen? Why did he feel so lost. Empty?

He did as Eiji said and then grabbing a towel, he dried it off, his hair was back to normal. Putting his cap back on, he walked down the stairs, said goodbye to Eiji's older sister, not being able to find his sempai anywhere on the lower ground, he left without saying goodbye.

Eiji ran into his room and shut the door, dropped onto his bed, face into the pillow.

'What…just…happened…?' He thought, he heard his front door open and shut, assuming Ryoma left. Sighing he flipped onto his back and stared at his ceiling. He heard a small thump, turning to look at his teddy which fell to it's left once again, it landed onto a pile of clothes. Ryoma's clothes. Eiji didn't know what was running through his head anymore. What his body was doing. All he knew was that he was going to explode if he didn't talk to someone. And then it was like his prayers have been answered.

"Eiji! Phone!" He walked down to answer the phone.

"Moshi moshi?" He said.

"Eiji-chan! Hi, hi na no da!" It was Ryuichi.

"Hello Ryuichi-chan. Daijobou?" He asked sitting onto the floor.

"Good. Good. How about you?" He replied.

"Same old same old." Eiji answered half heartedly.

"Ne Eiji-chan, what's the matter?" Ryuichi asked, concern filled his voice.

"Nothings wrong." Eiji said, trying to sound cheerful.

"You're lying, you know Ryuichi-chan hate it when Eiji-chan lies! Now tell me what's the matter. Did you and your girlfriend have a fight?" Ryuichi asked, Eiji blinked, it was like his cousin was almost psychic.

"No, not really. Just…Ryuichi-chan, can I ask you something?" Eiji asked.

"Nani?" Ryuichi asked, as he played with Kumagoro.

"When…when you think something is yours, when it technically isn't…what does that mean?" Eiji asked.

"Nya, It's weird having Eiji-chan ask me such a serious question." Ryuichi laughed.

"Well…I guess it's something you want a lot but can't have. Why? Is this what's bothering you? You and your girlfriend argued over something that doesn't technically belong to you?" Ryuichi asked, putting Kumagoro down.

"No. not at all. I was just…wondering…" Eiji answered.

"You're still coming to my party right?" Ryuichi asked worriedly. Eiji laughed.

"Of course I am baka Ryuichi! I want to see my favourite Kumagoro-chan!" Eiji said as enthusiastic as possible.

"Nya, Kumagoro wants to see you too!" Ryuichi said in a childish voice.

"Ryuichi, we got an interview in 5 minutes and your sitting here on the phone? Come on." A women's voice said in the other line.

"Ah, Noriko-chan, matte yo! I'm talking to Eiji-chan! Matte yo! Oh Eiji-chan I got to go now! See you Saturday!" Ryuichi said as the line went dead.

Eiji blinked. Saturday? Then He hung up the phone.

"Oh Eiji, this came through the post for you today." His sister said handing him the envelope.

Eiji went to his room and opened it, it was nine invitations to Ryuichi's party, the date was the Saturday coming up.

Eiji sighed, he'll give it to the others tomorrow. Right now he needed to sort out his brain. He felt so mad, more mad than the time Oishi pushed him. But this time he wasn't mad at someone, just himself. Himself for not knowing what's going on to himself.

"Ne Kaidoh, what do you think of Echizen's performance so far?" Inui asked the younger male as he helped him train.

"Hiss…… he's still the same brat." Kaidoh said as he did his 50th sit-up so far.

"I see improvement, but he still needs a lot of work." Inui said, keeping Kaidoh's feet plastered to the floor.

Kaidoh just hissed.

"He needs to learn to be more feminine and sociable, I doubt he would play the role as a good girlfriend with his rate of socialisation." Inui explained, Kaidoh just kept quiet.

"Which is why, tomorrow you are going to take Echizen jogging with you and socialise with him, making him socialise with you also." Inui said, Kaidoh stopped halfway through his sit-ups and stared at Inui like he was telling him to drink his Super Golden Power Remixed Inui drink.

"It will do you both some good, but before that, I'll get Tezuka to train up Echizen on table manners, then I'll get Kawamura to take him to eat dinner." Inui said, looking through his menu and schedule he planned out.

Kaidoh flopped onto the floor and groaned.

He has to spend time with the arrogant brat…AND socialise too. Why him? He was a good citizen, he saved three women from getting their purses stolen!

"Maker sure to get plenty of sleep tonight Kaidoh, you'll need the extra energy." Inui said, grinning as a flash went across his glasses.

TBC > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Sandra: Well, how was that, sorry Craze Izumi, I had too much to do so I couldn't update yesterday, but here it is! If you guys like it I'll keep updating! There's one sparkly moment between Eiji and Ryoma!