Two
The sound of a ringing phone had woken him up. Yuuta lifted his head from the pillow on his bed and looked at the caller ID.
'Syusuke'
Yuuta pressed the talk button murmuring a sleepy,"Moshi moshi?"
"Yuuta, how are you? Is it true what I've heard from Jiroh?" asked the silky voice of Yuuta's older brother. Fuji Syusuke. Yuuta's older brother went to a completely different school, while Yuuta Fuji attended school at Saint Rudolph's his older brother Syusuke Fuji attended school as Seishun Gakuen, which full of great tennis players. Actually Seigaku High now that they were in highschool. Yuuta once again was left behind in tenth grade while his senpais' along with his older brother went into eleventh grade giving only a year more until they would attend college or live their own lives.
Saint Rudolph though had been one school going to seventh grade to twelfth. Seigaku went completely separate buildings one on one side of town and the other on the opposite side of the city. But then again, Saint Rudolph's was a private school, in which Yuuta was living off of scholarship thanks to Mizuki. The differences about Junior High and Highschool at Saint Rudolph's was the separate tennis team. And having more freedom in highschool.
"The Jiroh from Hyoutei?" asked Yuuta yawning.
Syusuke chuckled on the other line amused.
"Is there any other Jiroh we know Yuuta?" he teased.
"What did he tell you?"
"That your manager is going out with Atobe Keigo," answered Syusuke.
Yuuta gritted his teeth. Why did his brother have to bring that up? Not that it really mattered BUT okay….well maybe it DID matter, but his brother and god forbid not Mizuki were not going to find that out.
"What does it matter to you?" asked Yuuta.
"I just wanted to celebrate with you. I was so afraid that you were being molested by him," explained Syusuke.
Yuuta rolled his silver eyes.
"I was never molested in the first place. And can you stop calling Mizuki 'him'? He does have a name you know, now that he has a boyfriend you can't surely have a grudge against him," he said.
Another soft laugh on the other line.
"So did Atobe whisk him away in a limo?" asked Syusuke continuing to prod.
"No Aniki he whisked him away on a mountain bike... Yes the drama queen arrived in a limo! Don't be naïve Aniki, because I know you aren't. Are you actually trying to piss me off today?" snapped Yuuta.
"Maybe I should ask Atobe to transfer him to Hyoutei so you can be left alone for good," pondered Syusuke.
Yuuta gripped the phone hard and had an urge to yell at his older brother right then and there. Not that it wouldn't have mattered to Syusuke Fuji, he'd always tease the younger Fuji and would always managed to get yelled at.
"Goodbye Aniki," said Yuuta pressing the end button. Syusuke didn't call back any. If anything he went off to bother Seigaku's buchou or Kikumaru Eiji. Why did his brother care what happened to Mizuki anyway? I mean Syusuke hated Mizuki with the all fiery passion and had done such a good job to make sure his food was tampered with when he visited the Fuji household with Yuuta. Something else was going on here that Yuuta wasn't informed of.
Everyone would stare at him as he walked down the halls to each class. The appearance of Atobe had spread out through the whole school. Some people had actually figured out that they were going out, some people thought they were just friends, and then there were the others with farfetched ideas. Mizuki had been left alone but rumors had spread. He'd chuckle at each one he would hear from a friend of his. At the end of classes, he had headed down the indoor gym. Yuuta Fuji was already down there training his heart out. Yuuta had always been one of Mizuki's favorites on the tennis team.
Yuuta would follow orders without question and usually defend him when others would not. In short Yuuta was his favorite out of everyone he had to deal with. Right now he was being obedient and sticking to his training. Right now it was just hitting a tennis ball against one of the gym walls that didn't have a window since nobody had arrived yet.
"Practicing again Yuuta-kun?" Mizuki asked.
Yuuta glanced back only for a second to hit the ball back against the wall again.
"What does it look like I'm…doing!" he exclaimed hitting the tennis ball again in the middle of his sentence.
"So obedient lately…What's gotten into you? If you had practiced this often back when you played Echizen you'd already be as good as your brother," said Mizuki taking out some of his data on Yuuta that was somewhere on his clipboard. He'd have to change some results he had on the lefty-killer.
"I should be…asking the…same!" said Yuuta hitting the tennis ball harder.
"Were you surprised?" asked Mizuki writing down some percentages and then marking some out. The ball whizzed past Yuuta who whirled around to face the manager.
"No. I wasn't, Atobe and you look good together anyway. You guys have the same personality too, it was bound to happen some day," he replied.
Mizuki's dark blue eyes went wide in shock.
"I was talking about me coming down here so early before practice to watch you. But if that is what's on your mind then I'll will tell you Atobe is completely different from me," he answered.
Yuuta rolled his eyes.
"Other than he has more money than you?" he asked dully.
"Very funny Yuuta-kun. To tell you right now he was on the phone half way to the restaurant," snapped Mizuki looking up from his notes.
"With who?" asked Yuuta.
"Jiroh."
"So that's how my brother found out," muttered Yuuta.
Mizuki's head shot up completely and his writing faltered the pen staying in one spot.
"Excuse me? Repeat that," he ordered.
"My. Aniki. Knows. Jiroh must have told him and Atobe obviously announced it to him for him to know. You shouldn't worry about it though. Aniki is actually happy thinking that you'll transfer to Hyoutei or something," stated Yuuta simply.
He walked over to other side of the gym to pick up the tennis ball that he has missed.
"What? Yuuta-kun do you want me to go there?" asked Mizuki.
Yuuta sighed.
"I said my aniki wants to you to. Not me. I don't care, nobody's stopping you. Personally to me it's whatever makes you happy," he corrected.
"Then I'm happy here," said Mizuki.
Yuuta gave a small smile and went back to training.
"Then stay here, nobody's stopping you," he answered.
Dinner had been uneventful. Yanagisawa had been bragging on and on about his eleventh grade girlfriend the whole time and everyone had listened bored as ever. Mizuki would glance over at Yuuta every now and then to see if he was eating properly. Lately he had been eating little. Nomura even said that he skipped breakfast, and Mizuki had an urge to lecture Yuuta about that but decided not to since the boy seemed kind of down lately.
"Speaking of relationships, what was with Atobe and you?" asked Atsushi looking over at Mizuki whose gaze snapped away from Yuuta.
"Between the tennis team and me, we're officially going out," answered Mizuki.
"We'll at least Mizuki knows how to keep quite about it unlike SOMEBODY." Said Kaneda.
Yanagisawa looked over at the group of people blinking.
"What?"
Yuuta rolled his eyes and got up from the table. Only his side course finished on his plate as he walked away. Mizuki waited only a minute before also excusing himself from the table to follow Yuuta out of the mess hall. And then his phone rang interrupting his plans. Reaching into his pocket flipping open the phone he sighed.
"Moshi moshi," he said dully at the person who was calling.
"Is that a way to treat Ore-sama when he decides to call you?" asked Atobe Keigo from the other line.
"I was in the middle of something Keigo, must you call every hour to check on me?" asked Mizuki with his own questions.
He could practically know that Atobe was smirking on the other line.
"I wouldn't want anything happening to my boyfriend now would I? You really should transfer to Hyoutei, it'd be easier to keep track of you," Atobe replied.
Mizuki remembered when Yuuta had mentioned his brother wanting him to transfer, but…no he wasn't giving into Syusuke Fuji no matter how tempting the offer sounded. His teammates needed him at Saint Rudolph anyway, without Mizuki the whole tennis team would fall into pieces. Mizuki could just see it crash down and down without his managing his top players. They had gotten way too far to be cast in the shadows again.
"As tempting as the offer sounds, I think I'll stay here at Saint Rudolph's. The tennis team still needs my managing," said Mizuki.
Atobe chuckled.
"You're so loyal to your team and teammates. Ore-sama likes that in a man," he teased.
Mizuki blushed not knowing weather to take Atobe's comment as an insult or a compliment. He shook off the feeling.
"Well, I'm okay. Right now I'm going to look after my kouhai so I will talk to you in the morning," he answered.
"There was actually something I was going to ask you. Your tennis team and mine should meet at your courts and practice. I'd love to watch you manage your team, not to mention there could be match between your team and mine. Could we set it up for tomorrow?" asked Atobe.
Mizuki rolled his eyes and sighed. There was no arguing with Atobe Keigo, even if Mizuki said no, he'd bring his whole team over anyway.
"Fine, evening practice. I'll see you then," Mizuki replied.
"Yes I'll see you then. Ja," said Atobe and then there was click and the line went dead. Mizuki pressed the end button and pocketed the phone.
"I love you too Keigo," he said sarcastically as he went off to go find Yuuta.
Where was that boy? Good grief, finding him was such a hassle. Good thing Mizuki had food in his dorm, he'd make Yuuta eat every single bite of the instant ramen and green tea ice cream he stored away in his mini fridge and cabinet. It was dark and only the lamps from outside the school illuminated the place and he heard the sound of a tennis ball hitting the court's practice walls from yards away so Mizuki headed there.
Yuuta was practicing again, hard. Very hard. Mizuki was in awe at how the ball left a mark on the wall as he returned the ball. Yuuta was determined to get better so he could beat his older brother and have his own name and not be known as ' Fuji's little brother'. He wanted to conquer the Twist Spin shot that Ryoma Echizen used against him years ago. Mizuki knew Yuuta well enough to know his goals.
But Yuuta was taking it a little overboard by not eating and not even having a break except during classes… And then there'd be practice, rest for an hour (Yuuta would be lifting weights), dinner (Yuuta would only eat a little), and then whatever you wanted for the night. Mizuki wondered how Yuuta managed to complete his school assignments without failing. Hm, he'd have to look into that later.
"Yuuta-kun!" he called out.
Yuuta stopped practicing and looked over at him.
"You need to stop stalking me," he snapped.
"Not until you start eating right. As your senpai I'm responsible for what happens to you," said Mizuki.
"You didn't give a damn before. You shouldn't now either. You should be more worried about Atobe than me," said Yuuta as the ball flew past him and hit the tennis gates from behind him.
Mizuki rolled his eyes.
"What is with you? Are you jealous of Atobe and I?" he asked.
"Hell no, I just think that I'm being left out of something though. Plus I got a call from my brother who I think is planning something," replied Yuuta.
That came out of nowhere. But Mizuki couldn't blame him; going out with Atobe was very sudden and left everyone in shock. Mizuki would do the same Yuuta were going out with say….Ryoma Echizen from Seigaku. He'd want to know every single detail of their relationship and maybe even stalk them to figure out if it was true love or not. It was normal for Yuuta to be concerned. After all, Yuuta was Mizuki's favorite kouhai and member on the tennis team. And there was also Syusuke Fuji planning things… If anyone knew the tensai of Seigaku it had to be his younger brother and Mizuki had wondered if Fuji had been the one to propose that idea of transferring Mizuki to Hyoutei like Atobe mentioned on the phone…. Hm, another thing to look into. Mizuki should ask Atobe about that.
"Has he even told you he….loved you?" asked Yuuta who started to blush madly. He scurried over to grab the tennis ball that had gotten stuck in between the metal wires of the gate.
"No actually," said Mizuki. Not even once. Mizuki had told him that he loved Atobe, but Atobe had never done the same within the three weeks that they had been dating.
"Ch' he's not going to stay then,' replied Yuuta.
"What makes you think that?" asked Mizuki twirling a strand of hair in between his fingers.
"Because, he's supposed to love you and tell you that if he's going out with you. It's only a normal thing Mizuki-san," explained Yuuta shrugging.
"Well saying such words is such a big step for a couple that just got together," Mizuki defended.
Yuuta sighed throwing the ball up in the air to serve against the abused concrete practice wall again.
"Yuuta take a break, come to my dorm with me for a while," said Mizuki.
Yuuta dropped the tennis ball and looked at Mizuki surprised. Yuuta wasn't allowed in Mizuki's dorm. Ever. Nobody was actually now that Yuuta looked back on it.. What was making Mizuki change? The manager walked over to the gate and glanced back at his kouhai.
"Are you coming or not?" he asked.
"Just a second let me pack my things up," replied Yuuta running over to his tennis bag placing his racket into it. Mizuki waited until he knew Yuuta was behind him. There were times like this that Mizuki enjoyed because it'd be silent and comforting as they walked across the school grounds together. Yuuta had always been comforting, he'd never ever let anything happen to his senpai. Not if he could help it at least, and Mizuki wondered why he was being so obedient lately. He seemed sort of down too, and that was before he had figured out that his manager was going out with the diva from Hyoutei… Mizuki decided that he'd try to get it out of Yuuta slowly…
(A/N: Yay. Second chapter is up. Syusuke has to evil planning and Mizuki has to get some problems out of Yuuta. And what's up with Jiroh? You'll find out soon!)