100 Percent – Data
Inui collects more data (cause he never has enough)and Oishi and Eiji finally get some real privacy. Fluff ahead!
Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of Tennis
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Chapter 16
Boating, water skiing, and splashing good fun took up most of the second day. They had one more night then half a day at the lake before it was back to the city and back to their rigorous schedules.
Inui spent the late afternoon at the picnic table by the cabin, scribbling in his notebook, hoping to capture every detail he had absorbed throughout the day. This weekend was proving to be good data about each of his teammates, both personally and in tennis.
Though they would argue his stance, he believed that people's personal behaviors outside of tennis greatly influenced their playing styles and overall performance. So far he had gathered the most data about Kaidoh on their trip, but that was for his personal reasons.
"Inui, you look like a goober." Eiji and Oishi ambled up from the lake looking weathered and exhausted. Well, at least Oishi looked exhausted. If Inui's calculations about Eiji were correct, the red head would catch his second wind in approximately eight minutes.
"Pardon? What is a goober?" Inui wasn't sure what Eiji was referring to since there were so many things about him that others considered gooberish. Inui jotted the word gooberish down in his notes, wanting to look it up next time he had a dictionary handy to see if it was a real word or if he had created a new word.
To date, Inui proudly claimed he had created 107 new words, 13 catchy phrases, and 19 juices.
Eiji's shoulders slumped as he sighed. "A goober is, well, it's you. You have a huge glob of sunscreen on your nose and your socks are pulled up to your knees. Plus you barely participated in the water sports and now you're sitting here like a crazed loony collecting data about god knows what…"
Oishi was too tired to tell Eiji to hush.
Inui smiled, mostly because Eiji spoke the truth. "My nose is sensitive to sunburn and I've seen over thirty poison oak plants nearby so I pulled my socks up to keep from contracting the itchies. By the way, there is a 64 percent chance you and Oishi were making out in a patch of poison oak after lunch."
Oishi groaned and reflexively scratched his arm.
"Nya! I can't have poison oak! That will limit the Golden Pair lovey-dovey cuddly time." Eiji's theatrics and choice of words produced another groan from Oishi, this time in embarrassment.
"Can we have one conversation with someone—anyone—where you don't reference our, er, relationship?" Oishi asked grumpily, scratching again.
Eiji's lower lip trembled and his eyes became teary. "Are you, Oishi Shuichiro, ashamed of me?"
Oishi groaned again and Inui ticked another mark in his notebook—three groans in two minutes, that was a new record for the vice-captain.
"I'm not ashamed of you, why would you think that? I'm just not totally comfortable declaring every detail of our private life just yet." Oishi said, placing his hand on Eiji's.
"Then prove it. Kiss me." Eiji demanded, apparently not listening to Oishi's concern because if he had, he wouldn't be suggesting public display of affection.
"Eiji…" Oishi paled and glanced at Inui.
"I don't mind, really. I've already seen you kissing three times today." Inui referred to his notes for accuracy.
"But…we haven't kissed in front of anyone today…" Oishi thought back.
"You were spying!" Eiji pointed his finger at Inui.
"I wasn't spying. I was counting poison oak plants." Inui said innocently, though really he had been spying. He needed to watch the Golden Pair in their natural habitat to gather ideas for how to approach his skittish bobcat, Kaidoh.
"Sounds like you were spy—" Eiji started but was cut off by a kiss.
Oishi had stepped forward and pulled Eiji to him in one swift movement, crushing their lips together.
Eiji probably assumed Oishi was proving that he wasn't ashamed, but Inui believed that Oishi was merely shutting Eiji up, thus killing two birds with one stone.
"Oishi…" Eiji panted, slightly out of breath when Oishi pulled away.
"Oishi," Inui started, "you have approximately one minute before Eiji's second wind kicks in. I suggest you go inside since no one is in the cabin and use your privacy wisely." Inui winked, though they couldn't see it from behind his glasses.
Eiji giggled and latched onto Oishi's arm. "Let's hurry!" He started pulling his other half away before Oishi could argue or process what Inui meant.
Of course, Inui had only suggested it so he could spy and gather more information. He had spent the hour the others were water skiing securing the best locations around the cabin to spy on each room without being noticed. Now all he needed were some specimens to watch.
The Golden Pair were good to start with because of their deep connection. After them, he wanted to study Momoshiro and Echizen, mostly because he was curious about the dynamic between them. Really, who was the "top" in that relationship? Inui wondered. He had estimated that Momoshiro was the sexual top, due to his taller stature and older age, but Echizen appeared to wear the pants in the relationship.
He needed proof to satisfy his curious mind, proof he would hopefully get before the weekend was out. Unfortunately, Momoshiro and Echizen were now sharing the sofa in the middle of the living room—not the ideal place to be physically intimate. Therefore, Inui had arranged a schedule for the couples, unbeknownst to them of course, where they could each have the cabin to themselves for an hour without interruption.
Oishi and Eiji had 58 minutes left.
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"Oishi, what's gotten into you?" Eiji asked as he was pushed down gently on the futon, his lips sealed with another kiss.
"Didn't you hear Inui? We have privacy!" Oishi smiled and started tugging at Eiji's t-shirt.
The shirt came off and fell to the floor. Eiji giggled, kissing Oishi with a surge of energy and passion. His second wind had indeed kicked in, just like Inui predicted.
Oishi's shirt was next to go, landing near Eiji's. They had managed to shut and lock the door to their bedroom and pull the flimsy nylon curtains together across the one window in the room.
Privacy was bliss.
The night before they had awkwardly groped and fondled each other in the dark and under the covers, but now they were kicking off their shorts in daylight, in full view of each other.
Eiji was naked first.
Oishi took a moment to savor the sight and noticed a small set of fading bruises near Eiji's hip. "What are those?" He'd seen them before in the locker room, but didn't realize there were so many.
Eiji looked down. "Nya? Those are from when I land wonky during tennis. They don't hurt."
Oishi leaned down, moving between Eiji's legs, and kissed him softly. "I knew you were tough, but I didn't know you were so banged up."
"It's okay. It doesn't hurt," Eiji repeated.
Oishi nodded and finished removing his shorts, blushing and leaning away.
"Oh no you don't! You got to stare at me, now lemme see." Eiji jumped on Oishi, laughing and grabbing at his partner.
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Outside the window, Inui grinned and flipped the page in his notebook to continue taking notes. He had anticipated they would pull the curtains, so he had ingeniously tied two curtain rings together so when they pulled them shut, there would be a small pleat by the edge of the window where he could look in.
His plan had paid off, though Eiji's head was blocking his view of all their special parts. Regardless, he was more interested in the way they interacted than the size of their, er, well, their size. But from the looks of it, he could definitely tell Eiji was on the medium to long size from the angle of Oishi's eyesight.
Inui made a note to recheck his own size with a ruler when he got home to see if his special exercises had been effective. Not that he was small, in fact, Inui prided himself on having the longest amongst the Regulars. Unfortunately, his data wasn't complete yet and only consisted of spying in the locker room and showers, so he needed more data.
Eiji moved and Oishi's head dropped into his doubles partner's lap. Oh god, fellatio! Inui couldn't believe his luck. Now this was good data.
"Inui sempai?" Kaidoh's voice called out, coming from the front of the cabin.
Damn. If he didn't go greet him, Kaidoh would enter the cabin and disrupt the happy campers.
Slipping away from the window, Inui muttered under his breath about losing such a great study opportunity but reminded himself that talking with Kaidoh was surely worth the loss.
"Ah, yes Kaidoh?" Inui emerged from behind the cabin and approached his kohai.
"Oh, um…" Kaidoh hesitated, shifting around nervously. "I was just wondering where you were since you didn't come water skiing."
Inui grinned ever so slightly. "I wanted to catch up on my data. This morning's breakfast proved very insightful, especially with the whole "muffin" thing. Who knew Tezuka could turn so many different shades of red."
Kaidoh kind of smiled then went back to his serious face. "I thought buchou was going to pass out."
"So did I. Thankfully Fuji was there to give him mouth to mouth." Inui said, stepping closer to Kaidoh.
A soft laugh came out of Kaidoh's mouth. "I've never seen two guys kiss before and I never thought I would see buchou kiss anyone, much less Fuji."
So the little scene that morning had intrigued Kaidoh, had it? Inui moved even closer, careful not to step into Kaidoh's personal space for fear of scaring him off.
"Did you enjoy seeing them kiss?" Inui lowered his voice an octave just like he practiced every night before bed. It was his sexy voice and it was 97.45 percent similar to the voice of his favorite actor, who happened to be the sexiest man in all of Japan.
Kaidoh looked around, avoiding his gaze. "Fsshh…"
He was getting antsy, so it was time to turn up the heat or back down for a bit. Inui decided to turn up the heat, a decision he believed was influenced by the arousing sight of the Golden Pair he'd just witnessed.
He reached out to adjust Kaidoh's bandana. It had slipped a bit in the back, covering more of his forehead than usual. He could feel Kaidoh tense under his feather light touch, but he didn't move away.
"Kaidoh, I must confess…" he started, letting his hand linger and his fingers glide down to his temple then to the top of his cheekbone.
"Inui sempai…" Kaidoh's breath hitched and they locked eyes.
Oh yes, it was fun teasing him, Inui thought, pulling his hand away from Kaidoh's face. "I confess, I enjoyed seeing them kiss." He said, turning away, hearing a hiss of relief. Or had it been a hiss of frustration?
Kaidoh was quiet for a minute and Inui refused to turn around to look at him. Kaidoh had to come forward at each step before the next could be taken. Inui would not rush him.
"I…I liked it. Seeing them…kiss," Kaidoh finally said.
Inui grinned, turning to face him again. Kaidoh was progressing marvelously. "Would you like to see something a little more...enjoyable?"
Three minutes later, Kaidoh ran wide-eyed and panic stricken down to the lake leaving Inui standing alone by the Golden Pair's window. Okay, so maybe Kaidoh wasn't ready for that.
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A/N: I wrote some fluff in this chapter, though again, I'm not going to do a real lemon or anything too graphic in this story. I've written lots of smut, but this story just won't let me get too hot and heavy. No worries, I've fallen in writing love with PoT so I'll be writing more fics later. So if this chapter was too graphic, gomen. If it wasn't graphic enough, gomen. LOL Thanks for the reviews, you guys are great! More soon…