Title: Studying Fandom: Tenipuri/POT Genre:General Rating:PG-13 Type: Drabbles Pairings: Tachibana/Tezuka Disclaimer: No, I do not own Prince of Tennis. Author's notes: This is for trinityhelix

Tachibana Kippei was panicking, he have never felt so helpless before. His parents have just informed him that they will be keeping an eye on his school grades, and if they're not up to standard. He will be banned from doing tennis practice, until he managed to maintain his school grades.

Now he's heading back home with a book in hand, trying to memorize as many details for the upcoming test next week. He was helpless, he needs someone to guide him in his school work. He was behind his classmates, but he can't approached his classmates for help. No one dares to help him for he looked too stern and nobody dare to mess with him.

He was so engrossed in his task that he failed to notice his surrounding, hence it wasn't surprising when he felt himself crashing into a figure in front of him. He would fall if it weren't for his fast reflex and the person whom he crashed into, had reached out and held him in a steady grip. The person only let go when he's standing steadily.

Looking up, words of apology died on his lips. He found himself staring at the captain of their rival team, Seigaku. His mouth opened and closed, as he tried to locate his voice. Once, he managed to recover his voice. He greeted solemnly.

"Aa...Tezuka..."

"Hn. Tachibana." Tezuka responded calmly.

Bending forward, Tachibana picked up the book he had dropped when he crashed into Tezuka. He flushed a bright red at the mere memory of it, looking up at Tezuka for a moment before uttering a soft 'Sorry' under his breath.

He had just about to turn and leave the site when Tezuka held him back.

"Wait, do you know it's not good to read while walking?" Tezuka stated.

"Well... I have a test next week, and I'm too far behind time. Therefore, I was hoping that I can make use of the time while walking home to read through the book." Tachibana response, a pink blush crept over his face.

Tezuka glanced at his watch before looking at Tachibana, as if thinking about something. After a while, he gestured for Tachibana to follow him.

"Where are we going?" Tachibana asked.

"My home." Tezuka responded simply.

"Eh?" Tachibana paused in his steps, not knowing how to react. "Isn't it a little too fast?" he asked.

Tezuka looked at him strangely, before saying. "I'm trying to help you study, in case, you misunderstood my intentions. I've no inclination to introduce you as my lover to my family members yet."

"So it's not..." Tachibana let his sentence trailed off at the sight of Tezuka's stern expression.

"Whatever you're thinking about, it's defintely not it. We are just going to study, that's all." Tezuka stated, hinting that he will not answer any more question outside of books.

Letting out a sigh, Tachibana followed Tezuka's lead silently.

Now as he sat in front of Tezuka's study desk at home, he found it hard to concentrate on his books with Tezuka sitting beside him looking so attractive. Somehow, Tezuka must have noticed his lack of attention as the other boy suddenly said. "No."

"Huh?" Tachibana blinked, not understanding Tezuka's sudden response.

"No, we can't kiss. No, you can't escape. No, we can't do anything else as my parents were home for the day." Tezuka answered his unasked questions, before asking. "Need I go on further?"

Shaking his head at Tezuka, he started to concentrate on his work. For hours he concentrate on his task, willing himself not to stare at Tezuka or else, all efforts to study will be in vain. When he was finally done, he was surprised to find a can of lukewarm juice standing by the side of the table. Despite it being lukewarm, it still warm Tachibana's heart as this is part of Tezuka's little gestures of affections.

Owari

date started: 06/06/05

date completed: 06/06/05