Chapter 7

Mio arrived on the tennis court at 07.00 in the morning. The coach told her she had to come early for practice. Tezuka volunteered to drive her there, and willing to stay to watch her play. She was a little disappointed because Fuji was still sleeping.

"Don't worry. Mama will come straight after she woke up." Tezuka assured her when he saw her sad eyes.

"Tezuka-kun!" Takeru called her from the court. Mio approached him, and Tezuka walked to the spectator seats beside the court.

"Lead the girls to do the usual warm ups, and then do the training menu I gave to you before."

Mio nodded. "Hai." She left for court B, where Saori and her other friends awaited her.

- -

An hour later, most of the teams arrived. Mio gave a sign to stop the practice and prepared for the first match.

"First match on court A, Seigaku Elementary versus Senkawa, doubles 2." The umpire called from her bench.

Seigaku's doubles 2 were Saori and Kasumi. Mio approached her friend. "Saori, you still remembered about their doubles 2, right?"

Saori gave her a "V" sign. "No problem!" And then she ran to the court with excitement.

And, Saori and Kasumi did win. 6-3, 6-4. So far, Seigaku had gathered 3 points from the doubles 2, singles 2 and 3. It's now Mio's turn as the single 1.

Mio stepped to the court, ready with her racket on her hand. Her opponent was also the captain of the team.

"This could be an interesting match." She thought with a smirk.

Before she started to serve, she took a glance to Tezuka, and he replied with a nod.

- -

The match was a great starting point for her. She was good. Her style of play was a mix between Fuji and Tezuka's. She showed off her ability and won the match, 6-3, 6-2.

"She could be the next Echizen, ne?" suddenly, Fuji appeared beside Tezuka.

He turned to see him, but only to find one of the ridiculous yet amusing idea of Fuji's genius mind.

"You…" Tezuka glared at him.

Fuji quickly shushed him. "We'll talk about this later. Let's see Mio, ne?"

- -

"Congratulation. That was a very good match." Takeru said while giving her a towel.

She received it with a smile. "Arigatou."

Saori ran to her and clung onto her. "Mio-chaan, you did greaato!"

Mio patted her head and released herself. "Thanks. You too."

But before Saori could complain about her short reaction, someone called Mio.

"Mio!"

Mio turned her head and saw Tezuka behind her, with Fuji, who wore a light brown skirt and a white shirt, plus he put make up on, which made him looked totally…beautiful and angelic.

She gaped. Suddenly, everyone on her team turned their attention to the stunning couple.

"Ma..Mama?"

Fuji leaned down and kissed her cheek. "Omedetou on your first win, dear."

It seemed like she was still shocked with the whole commotion. "..Ee..Aa.."

She turned to her Papa, silently asking what had happened. He answered with a head shaking 'that's your Mama.'

"Oh," Fuji turned to Saori who stood besides her, staring at him," Are you Saori-chan?"

Saori snapped out of her trans. "Eh? Ha..Hai! I'm Mio-chan's best friend, Yamada Saori. Nice to meet you, Tezuka-san!"

Fuji giggled. Seeing her, he remembered his friend, Kikumaru. "Nice to meet you too. I'm Tezuka Shu-…"

Tezuka sent him a death glare.

"-ko. Tezuka Shuko." Fuji finished it, with a wide smile on his lips.

The father and daughter sighed together.

Fuji turned to Tezuka. "Ah, and this is Mio's father, Tezuka Kunimitsu."

Tezuka bowed at Saori. She answered with a polite bow; a red blush was on her cheeks.

"Wow, your father is so handsome!" She whispered to Mio. "Plus your mother's like a miss universe!"

Now she really didn't know whether to thank her or spilled the truth.

"Saa, are you ready to go home?" Fuji asked Mio.

"Hai." Mio turned to Saori. "See you tomorrow."

Saori waved her hand cheerily. "Bye bye!"

- -

In the car, Mio and Tezuka were silent, as usual, while Fuji was humming his favourite song.

"Mama," She started," about today… arigatou."

Fuji turned to his daughter with a smile. "About what?"

"For… well, wearing a woman's clothes." She answered shortly, with her eyes looking down.

He hugged her and patted her head. "You're welcome, Mio. Mama will do anything for you, and so does Papa."

Tezuka looked back for a moment, to show her his genuine smile, and then kept his eyes to the road again.

Mio hugged him back. "Demo, Mama, even if you show up with a man's clothes, I won't care. Because whoever you are, you're still my parents, both of you."

Right now Fuji and Tezuka could be the proudest parents in the world. Their little daughter had grown up, so fast. Immediately, Fuji pulled her into a tight hug and kissed her forehead. "Mio, thank you. Thank you for accepting us…" Tears flown out of his eyes. Mio started to panic, and wiped Fuji's tears with her hands.

"Mama, what are you talking about? We're a family. Of course I will always accept you."

Tezuka suddenly stopped the car on the roadside. He got out, and then opened the back door and hopped in.

"Papa?" Mio asked with confusion.

Silently, Tezuka embraced his family, and kissed Fuji's eyes. "Koi, she's right. I know she will accept us and she will love us, because she's our daughter. Even though she's not biologically, but in our heart, she will always be our daughter."

After hearing those words, Mio nodded. "Mama, Papa, you are my parents. And you are my family."

a/n: waah...

man, it had been a horrible week..

so, I decided to end this fic... I'm really sorry! But for your notice, nowadays, I always get home at seven o'clock P.M because of extra lessons for the exam..

I'm reaally tired. Ah, but maybe I will write some one shot fics on weekdays..

Thank you for all of ur support! v