Chapter 8 - Ryoma's Point of View

It was morning and I was still pretty tired. I had been out the whole night with Ty, Kaido, and Momoshiro. I was surprised that the two hadn't gotten into a fist fight. They didn't though. Both Ty and I would have been pretty pissed off at them if they had started something like that.

I took a step out side and had to cover my eyes. The sun was pretty bright and it hurt to look around when I just came out of a dark house. I blinked a couple of times before making my way to Ty's house. It was a warm day and school was out for the summer. We still had practice left and tournaments to go to. I was sure that Tezuka wouldn't mind letting us have some time off.

I stopped on Ty's porch and knocked on the door. His mother was the one to answer the door.

"Hi. Is Ty home?" I asked.

"Yes. He's up in his room. He might be sleeping still. Just knock before you go. Alright?" She opened the door wider and stepped aside to allow me entrance.

I ran up to Ty's room, skipping steps on my way up. I reached out and gave the door a loud knock. It didn't take long for Ty to answer it either.

"Hey, Ryoma. What brings you here?" He asked opening the door and letting me in.

I shrugged and looked around. I almost jumped in surprise when I saw Kaido sitting on Ty's bed.

"I just thought I would come and see what you were up to. Did you spend the night Kaido?" I asked taking a chair next to the window.

Kaido nodded and glanced up at Ty who only smiled. I decided to busy myself by looking out the window. It was a little awkward to be sitting in Ty's room with Kaido right there. It made me think of what they might have been doing. Then again I knew that Ty wasn't like that so I quickly pushed the thought out of my mind. Then another thought hit me.

"Let's go camping!" I blurted out looking up at Ty and Kaido.

They both seemed surprised that I said it so suddenly. I looked back out the window quickly so that I didn't have to look at them giving me funny looks. I could feel my face go red. I let out a sigh that I was hoping the two didn't hear.

"That sounds like a good idea. Why don't we invite the team? I'm sure they'd have fun. What do you think, Kaido?" I could hear Ty say.

I looked back up and him and smiled a little.

"I'll make the phone calls then. I'm sure they'll all wanna go. Just watch out for the Inui juice!" I said with a laugh and got to my feet.

"Yeah. I will. Call me when you got every thing figured out so I know what's going on." Ty said as I walked out of his room.

I nodded and made my way home. If this was going to be a camping trip with the whole team then I was going to have a lot of planning to do. I was just a little afraid of what was going to happen during it. I knew that Momoshiro and Kaido didn't get along. I also knew that Kikumaru liked to whine over the dumbest things and that we'd all probably be in for some Inui juice. It didn't matter though. We were gonna have fun on this camping trip whether they liked it or not. Plus Tezuka wouldn't allow any miss behaving.

It didn't take me as long as I thought to get the plans assembled and the team ready to go. We had our gear and were going to walk to the place where we'd be camping. It wasn't a long walk from the school and it was by a rived which was really nice. I knew the exact location and where everyone would have their tents placed. I also had the sleeping accommodations figured out.

It seemed that Tezuka wanted to sleep alone, but that was normal. Oishi and Kikumaru were sleeping in one tent. Fuji and Kawamura in another. Then it would be Ty and Kaido, and then Me and Momoshiro. Inui also got his own tent as well.

I looked around at the team and smiled. They seemed happy that they were getting a break from Tennis and actually having a real vacation. The only one that didn't seem to even show anything was Tezuka, like normal.

" had it timed that if we left the school now, it's about eight, we would get there in about fifteen minutes. We should have camp set up by at least ten. Then we can hang for two hours and have lunch. How does that sound to everyone?" I asked looking at my watch.

"What are we having for lunch?" Was the only question I got and it was from Kikumaru.

I just rolled my eyes and began to walk. The wind was giving off a nice breeze making it cooler then it really was. It was the perfect camping condition as long as it didn't rain. Although we were prepared for if it did. I had packed some tarp so that we could cover everything in case it did decide to rain. I had also checked the forecast and it said that it would be pretty sunny all until at least next week. So we were safe for now.

Ty's Point of View

We got to the site that we were going to be staying at. It took about two hours to maneuver the tents into place and get everything unpacked. When Ryoma told everyone who was sleeping with who they were pretty surprised when they found out who I would be sleeping with. I smiled a little and felt my face flush so I looked at the ground quickly and turned my back. I then busied myself by trying to unpack my bag.

By the time we were done it was nearing ten thirty and we were all kinda tired. I sat down and looked around at our work. Everything fit into place perfectly. Kawamura got out the food and said that he would cook lunch. He then told everyone to go find something to do so that he could concentrate. I got back up and looked at Kaido. He nodded a little and followed me out to the river.

"It's really peaceful here isn't it, Kaido?" I asked taking a seat by the river.

Kaido sat down next to me and tossed a pebble into the water.

"Yeah. It is. The water looks really clear too." He replied. He tossed another pebble in and laid back.

He seemed so peaceful when he was resting or sleeping. I smiled and leaned over him looking into his eyes.

"You know, you're cute." I muttered softly. He smiled and reached up, running a hand through my hair. I sighed contentedly and laid down next to him.

I always felt safe around him. He always acted so tough around everyone else, but around me his attitude was less tough.

I was starting to fall asleep when I heard Kawamura call everyone together for lunch. I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I looked up as Kaido got to his feet and hold out a hand to help me up. I took and pulled myself to my feet. We quickly got back to the others and sat down next to the fire.

It was Momoshiro's bright idea to give Kawamura a racket so that he could light the fire. I thought he was trying to make the wood explode. It scared me a little.

Most of the regulars were talking amongst themselves. It felt weird to be here since I wasn't a starter, but Ryoma said it would be okay and that he had invited me. He also said that I was part of the team so I was welcome to come. Kaido agreed with him which surprised me a little. The two of them kinda reminded me of Momoshiro and Kaido. They some times fought, but for the most part they got along.

Lunch was really good. Kawamura's parents own a sushi place and that was where he learned how to cook. I ate a lot more then I normally did. That's how good it was.

I threw my plate in the garbage and stepped into my tent. The day was warm and I wanted to go swimming with Ryoma and Momo. They were already changed when I came out of the tent. I smiled and grabbed a towel then followed to a nice part of the lake. I didn't notice that Kaido had come along until I was thrown face first into the water.

The water near that part of river back was deep enough to go diving. I resurfaced quickly and drew in a breath. I looked around thinking that it had been Ryoma or Momoshiro, but instead I saw them both laughing and standing next to Kaido. The next thing I knew was being hit with a wave as Kaido jumped into the water.

He was then followed by Ryoma and Momoshiro. We started to splash each other, but Kaido seemed to just be swimming around and not really wanting to much more. I didn't really blame him. He didn't seem like the type to play like that.

I was floating on my back when I was hit by wave after wave. I looked up to see pretty much the whole team jump into the water. I kept getting hit in the face with water, but I didn't mind. It made me laugh my ass off.

By the time we got out of the water it was closing in on dinner. So we went back to the camp and dried off. Kawamura took to the cooking again and whipped up a quick supper since we were all really hungry from horsing around.

Before starting to eat, I went into the tent to get changed quickly. I never really liked sitting around in wet shorts. I stepped back out and sat down next to Kaido.

Kaido's Point of View

I smirked slightly as Ty sat down next to me. His hair was still wet and it made him look so cute. I thought he was going to be a little mad at me for throwing him into the river, but he didn't seem to mind. He laughed about it after words.

"Hungry?" I asked softly.

He nodded and I fixed him a plate.

"Eat. You're skinny enough. We don't want you to get any skinnier. If that happened you could get lost behind a tree." I said.

He laughed a little and took the plate. He was a pretty slow eater and I was already done before he was, but I still took his plate and tossed it into the garbage for him even though I had already thrown away mine. I then decided that I wanted to sit out and watch the stars. It had gotten pretty dark out and the sky was completely clear so you could see the stars perfectly. The others were sitting around the camp fire talking.

I got up and took Ty's hand and lead him back to the river where we could get a clear view of the sky. It was beautiful and I wrapped my arms around the smaller boy, pulling him close. We were silent so if there was any one trying to sneak up on us I would be able to hear them. A part of me didn't really care though. I was just happy to be with the boy in the first place.

I could feel him curl up to me in the dark and rest his head on my chest. I ran my fingers through his hair and pulled him closer to me. It was still pretty warm, but the nights were a lot cooler then days in the summer.

I glanced down at him and then back at the sky just in time to see the first shooting start I had ever seen.

"Make a wish." Ty whispered to me.

I smiled and closed my eyes making my wish.

"What did you wish for?" He asked looking up at me.

"Would you really want to know?" I replied looking back into his bright blue eyes.

"I might have wished for the same thing."

I smiled.

"I wished for this night to last for a while longer." I muttered kissing him on the lips. I could hear him let out a small giggle.

"I wished for the same thing. We'll always have nights like this though. I'm not too worried about it." He replied when I pulled back.

Ty laid his head back on my chest and I rested my hand on his head. My eyes slowly closed again and I could feel myself start to fall asleep.

"Ty? Want to get back to the tent soon and get some sleep?" I asked.

"Yeah. I'm kinda tired. We can come out and look at the sunrise in the morning. How does that sound?" Was his reply.

"Sounds great." I said and got to my feet.

I helped Ty up and lead him back to the camp. A couple of our team mates were still around the fire, but most of them went to bed. I let out a yawn despite my best attempts to stop it. Ty smiled and we went into our tent. I closed it behind us and laid down next to my lover. His eyes were already closed and I could tell that he was half asleep. That didn't bother me though. I wrapped my arms around him and fell asleep listening to his soft breathing.