Nine
The whole work hard and reward thing went on for a whole month leaving Yuuta lust crazed for kisses and he'd almost had enough of being teasingly kissed. Just barely kissed with just a flick of a tongue. It was so fast that Yuuta barely even would get to respond to each kiss. Yuuta had no idea why he loved kissing; it just felt really really good. Yuuta had kissed before. A long time ago with his brother when they had been together. That was until Syusuke found Tezuka at least. Yuuta remembered his brother telling him that he was in love. Yuuta was shocked and seemed a little hurt but Syusuke kissed him long and sweet before he continued.
'I'm in love with Tezuka Kunimitsu.' Syusuke had whispered in Yuuta's ear. And Yuuta understood why Syusuke was leaving him. Because there would always be a comparison between them. Syusuke Fuji was the prodigy while Yuuta Fuji was as normal and plain as anybody could get. Syusuke wanted Yuuta to be happy and move on to become something better than ' Fuji's little brother'. It might've meant changing schools to make a new name, but it would've tore Yuuta apart if they were still lovers.
So Syusuke broke off the relationship with Yuuta as a lover at set his eyes upon the cold-hearted Tezuka Kunimitsu; from what Yuuta guessed was more of a challenge for his older brother. Tezuka was hard ice to break, and Fuji might've gotten some slivers of ice off by now but he still hadn't made Tezuka his yet. Syusuke had not ended his relationship with Yuuta as a brother though.
Syusuke was very overprotective of Yuuta; he'd often still act as though they were still lovers. Holding hands in public was still a sign of affection for his younger brother, and suggesting dates with him even though they're relationship wasn't over most definitely meant that Syusuke still cared. Yuuta gritted his teeth in frustration. Oh yes, his aniki loved to make a scene…
The bus stopped at the bus stop that was near the city part of Tokyo. Yuuta, Kaneda, and Nomura had decided to go hang out for a while. Well…Kaneda and Yuuta that is. Nomura had wanted to tag along actually but wanted to most definitely head down to the bookstore to buy some sort of book or something. Ch, that was Nomura for you, still was geeky and worrying constantly as always. Not to mention forgetful. Yuuta didn't know how many times he had to hit into Nomura's head that he was not ' Fuji's little brother' that he was Yuuta Fuji.
"Alright how about we grab something to eat, go to arcade, and then see if we can find some manga," said Kaneda.
Yuuta agreed; this was about their everyday schedule when they weren't in school. It felt nice to get out every once in a while just to relax and not worry about some tennis match that would be coming up. Yes everyone had aimed for the Nationals, but St. Rudolph had a ways to go development wise. They had Fudomine, Hyoutei, and most definitely Seigaku that they had to beat before they could make it that far. So everyone liked to take things easy as possible because stressing out over winning wouldn't help them in the long run.
They first grabbed something to eat at McDonalds, Yuuta got himself some fries and a drink for himself as he stared out the window watching people walk by along with cars being lined up in a traffic jam. Yuuta thought about maybe going to see his brother over the weekend…but then again that might not be such a good idea. What if Syusuke actually got Tezuka and were doing unspeakable things to eachother when he decided to come over?
Yuuta shuddered and shook the thought away… But when he shook the thoughts out his older brother away the thoughts of Mizuki would come along.
"You're looking annoyed Yuuta. What did Mizuki place extra training on you?" asked Nomura.
"Pfft as if Nomura, we all know that Yuuta is Mizuki's favorite and he'd never do a thing to harm his precious 'Yuuta-kun' ," said Kaneda snickering behind a hand.
"Shut up Kaneda, that's his problem not mine. I rather be left alone. Between him and my brother it's like hell living or being just a couple miles away from them," snapped Yuuta.
Nomura's glasses slid down him nose.
"Now Kaneda didn't mean it Yuuta! We all know that Mizuki just likes you because you tend to work very hard," he said.
"Dammit Nomura! I don't need you comforting me. Sheesh you need to become a shrink or something," said Yuuta.
Kaneda laughed loudly at that.
"Now it might be me Nomura, but I think Yuuta has a crush on our manager," he said.
Yuuta blushed madly.
"I do not!" he shot at him.
"De-ni-al," said Kaneda smirking.
Nomura blushed madly at the comment and looked at Yuuta with shy wide eyes.
"Then what about you Kaneda? A certain birdie told me that you were smitten with Akazawa," hissed Yuuta slamming his drink down on the table.
Kaneda turned pink in the face at the comment.
"That's none of your damn business!" he snarled.
"So it is true," said Yuuta.
Kaneda looked away.
"What about you and Mizuki?" he asked
"Nothing had went on between us and it's best kept that way. I'm into girls anyway," answered Yuuta shrugging.
Nomura blinked looking surprised.
"Really? I thought you and Mizuki were really together, he's always with you and telling us that our goal is you because you work harder than all of us and just a bunch of things. I'm surprised," he said.
"He says stuff like that about me?" asked Yuuta.
Kaneda nodded.
"All the friggin' time man! Mizuki is literally in love with you. Well not all the time, but he worries about you a lot," he said.
"I always thought he was bitching and moaning," muttered Yuuta darkly.
"He does that too," added Nomura.
They finished up the food and headed to the arcade where Yuuta ended up playing pinball. He liked pinball a lot because he was good at it. Not as good as his brother was at it, but he was pretty good at it and was always getting better. He could make a whole set of three balls last for about an hour. And then decided to play a couple shooting games. Now that he was good at. Always. Almost as good as his brother since he practiced a lot but usually he was stuck playing 'Metal Slug' on his Game Boy Advanced most of the time to really get to play with one of those video game guns.
"Wow you've gotten better," said Nomura his glasses slipping off his nose in awe. Kaneda glanced over from the 'Initial D' game he was playing to see Yuuta's score.
"As always. It's not a surprise he hasn't beaten every single shooting game in this joint," he said as he hit the gas and braked a little at the same time making the white panda eight-six swerve at a sharp corner. Sadly if it has been a real car and a real life situation, Kaneda would've hit the guard rail, chipped the paint of the car or dented it, and most likely would've wrecked out.
Finally the screen flashed a 'You Win-Game Over' sign and they decided to head to the nearby bookshop that held a wide variety of manga. But as Yuuta passed by he spotted a shop that sold a type of lip gloss that tended to catch his eye. The kind that Mizuki wore to be precise. And Yuuta was getting curious… And as they say curiosity killed the cat.
(A/N: Hehehehe what an amusing chapter. > I'm starting to miss writing Seigaku centric stuff! It's so hard to write Mizuki and Yuuta stuff when you haven't seen a lot of the Saint Rudolph arc. Evil. I just tend to read things and then go from there, character bios ect. Ect. But I'm such a Seigaku junkie! > I miss writing about Oishi and Eiji dammit! Not to mention sweetest of sweet Inui and Kaidoh and Fuji and Tezuka…AND my beloved Momo and Ryoma! –cries- I MISS them! XD Anyway I was actually SICK this weekend so I couldn't update but got alot of work done on the fic since I missed a whole week of school. I'm happy to annouce that 'Anthing for You' is currently at it's 24th chapter and isn't even close to finishing yet. And I have soooooo many plans for Mizuki and Yuuta. I'm currently working on the sequel section of 'Anything for You' where we get back to Fuji and Tezuka match where we all left off in 'Memory'. XD Can't tell you who wins. I'm actually far past that part but I really don't want to give anything away. It's became a more Tezuka/Fuji and Mizuki/Yuuta centric fic after the whole 'Memory' thing is past. Because technically they are so of family...Mizuki is Fuji's brother-in-law. XD So yeah they have to be sort of connected and I've had alot of them have a alot of quality bonding time. >> Anyway, I hope you are enjoying this fic and until next chapter!)