Disclaimer: As usual Prince of Tennis is not mine.

Yaw Chapter 4…. Sorry for the long wait and thanks Urchin Power for proof reading my work. Can't do it without you even though you took quite awhile but it's OK. I don't mind

Anyway I have to warned you about this chapter.. Fuji is OOC.. I don't know why I do it but yeah… I love my Fuji to be fragile hehehe.

Chapter 4

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"I want to be with you, forever."

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After three hours of non-stop scolding that he received from Tezuka and the other doctors (including staff), Fuji could finally rest in his room. His ears were totally tired from all of the scolding that he had received, especially from Tezuka who had lectured him ever since he got into the car. As punishment for running away from the hospital, Tezuka was the one who suggested that he wasn't allowed to leave the building. He wasn't even permitted to go to the hospital's park for three months. In other words, Fuji was grounded.

Even though Fuji received a lot of scolding that day, he didn't mind at all. In fact he was glad that he decided to escape from the hospital. I wouldn't have received this if I didn't run away today. Thought Fuji as he laid on his bed, holding out the key chain that Tezuka had given him as a birthday present. He still could not believe that he received a birthday present after all these years without one. Even though it was just a simple starfish key chain, Fuji thought that it was the best present he had ever received. He didn't know that Tezuka could do such thing. Fuji always thought that he was just a cold blooded doctor who only talked to him because he was doing his job, but now after the elevator incident and the birthday present, Fuji started to change his opinion about Tezuka and couldn't stop thinking about him.

I wonder what he's doing right now.

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"I'm home." Announced Tezuka as he took off his shoes.

What's the use of announcing that 'I'm home' if no one is here? Thought the annoyed Tezuka. Because of Fuji's little mischief, Tezuka had to do more work than he supposed to do. Not only did he have to write report about Fuji's run away scheme, but he also had to finish his paperwork.

I'm dead… Tezuka thought tiredly as he neatly kept his shoes. He noticed a pair of white high heel shoes. Confused by the appearance of the new shoes that weren't suppose to be there, he almost made a move to grab the shoes to inspect them, but he was interrupted by a familiar voice coming from behind him.

"Arara. Did you have to do overnight work again Kunimitsu?" Surprised that someone was in his apartment and at the familiarity the voice, he slowly turned around and glanced up to see the owner's voice.

It couldn't be! Tezuka thought nervously as he kept on hoping deep in his heart that the person who was standing behind him wasn't the one that he has in mind. However, as Tezuka saw that person's face, he gave up his hope and accepted the reality of his life.

Anyone but her…

"Why are you here Reiko?" He asked her in a very serious tone.

"Is that how you speak to your girlfriend or should I say your future wife, Kunimitsu?"

"Answer my question first. Why are you here? I told you to stay in the city." Said the annoyed Tezuka.

Noticing that Tezuka was very angry with her for coming here, Reiko then suggested going to the living room to discuss the reason why she was here. Agreeing to Reiko's suggestion, he followed her to the living room and sat down on the sofa while she went to the kitchen and made some coffee. Haven't seen Reiko ever since he moved here, Tezuka noticed that she didn't change much. Her brown reddish hair was still long and hasn't grown much ever since he left her. She was still around 180cm and still worked as a model. In other word, she's beautiful. Still, he couldn't believe that his girlfriend was here. He could feel a headache was coming as he rubbed his eyes and started to worry about his life. Why did this have to happen to me? First there's Fuji and now her. I can't believe my luck.

"Here's the coffee." Reiko said as she gave the cup to Tezuka also bringing Tezuka back to reality.

"So why are you here?" Tezuka asked as he received the coffee.

"Well, it's because I'm worried about you. Whenever I called, you were always busy or not available. You always came home late and sometimes you didn't even come home. I also wondered if you're eating right or not." Reiko explained, while holding her own cup and taking a sip from it.

Tezuka felt completely lost. He didn't know what to do anymore. Taking a long sip from his coffee, he gave up while Reiko sat next to him, leaning her head against his elbow. "I'm sorry for making you angry. I missed you. That's why I decided to take a break from work and stay with you here for awhile." She apologized. After a slight pause, she asked, "Are you still angry at me Tezuka?"

Sighing to himself, Tezuka placed his coffee cup on the table to face Reiko as he gave her a light kiss on the forehead. "Not anymore." Tezuka said.

Feeling happy that Tezuka had forgiven her, Reiko stood up and smiled. "Ja! You should go to sleep it's already late. You need to wake up early tomorrow, don't you?" With that, Reiko cleaned up the coffee cups and went to the kitchen. As she disappeared from the living room, Tezuka sighed to himself again for the second time and went to the bathroom to take a shower while thinking whether or not he could survive tomorrow.

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"Morning Kunimitsu! Wake up you sleepy head! You'll be late if you don't wake up." Reiko said happily as she opened the window beside Tezuka's bed to let the sunlight in.

Rubbing his tired eyes and protecting it from the sun that shone brightly on his eyes, Tezuka woke up from his bed with messy hair and remained unmoving for five seconds as he let his eyes to get used to the light and to give some time for his brain to work again.

"Come on! Breakfast is ready." Reiko said to Tezuka who hasn't moved from his bed. Sensing that his tired brain had started to function again, Tezuka grabbed his glasses, got up and walked to the bathroom to getting ready for another day at work/hell. After he finished his cold shower, Tezuka put on his clothes and went to the kitchen area for breakfast. Before reaching his destination, Tezuka could already smell the food coming from the kitchen. Arriving at the kitchen, he could see that Reiko had cooked him rice and salmon for breakfast as she neatly placed the food on the table before waking him up. He then sat down and started to eat without waiting for Reiko who had disappeared somewhere inside the apartment. Not long after he had begun to eat his breakfast, Tezuka heard footsteps walking towards the kitchen area.

"Do you like the food Kunimitsu?" Reiko asked as she arrived in the kitchen. "By the way, I finished putting all your laundry in the washing machine."

"You don't need to do that Reiko." Tezuka answered as he ate his breakfast.

"But I want to do it and I also made lunch for you. Here." She then showed him the lunch box that had been neatly wrapped in a blue handkerchief. "You should change your lunch menu. Eating only bread is not good for your health."

Tezuka was rather annoyed at her for lecturing him. He hastily finished his breakfast and grabbed his lunch. Making his way to the door, he promptly reminded Reiko not to come to the hospital. With that said, he put on his shoes and left through the door.

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"Are you OK, Tezuka?" Fuji asked after Tezuka slammed the rooftop's door and walked angrily towards the usual bench. "You don't look so good." Fuji added. Staring coldly and angrily at Fuji, Tezuka then took a seat on his usual bench without saying a word to the other, ignoring his presence. Feelings scared at the dangerous aura that Tezuka was radiating, Fuji decided to go back a few steps to give him some space.

"Are you still mad about yesterday? I'm so sorry about that." Fuji apologized. Ignoring Fuji's question and apology, Tezuka took out his lunchbox making the other absolutely surprised.

"Eh? What happen to your bread, Tezuka? Don't tell me that you made your own lunch?" Fuji asked with a surprised look on his face.

"No." Tezuka answered coldly as he took out his chopsticks and started eating. "My girlfriend made it."

"Eee? Your girlfriend is here? How come you didn't tell me?" Fuji demanded waiting for an answer from Tezuka.

"She arrived yesterday." Tezuka explained as he continued to eat. Upon hearing that Tezuka's girlfriend was here, Fuji wondered why his heart began to ache as the other man talk about his girlfriend.

His girlfriend is here…Thought Fuji. I should be happy for him, but why do I feel sad?

"Congratulations then…" Said Fuji with a small voice. "You don't have to eat bread anymore for lunch." He continued with a forced smile on his face. However, Tezuka was too busy eating his lunch that he didn't see that forceful smile.

"It's not as nice as you think it is. You see…" Before Tezuka could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a loud shout calling his name.

"KUNIMITSU DEAR!"

Tezuka couldn't believe that it actually happening after recognizing the familiar voice, his biggest nightmare was actually happening. Preparing his weak heart and his poor head for what was going to happen next, he slowly turned around while his heart beat faster. His head was about to explode as he found his girlfriend standing in front of the open rooftop's door with Dr. Takada beside her.

"She said that she wanted to see you and that's why I brought her here." Dr. Takada quickly explained as he noted the angry face that Tezuka had. "So I shall leave you then since Tezuka is here." Added Dr. Takada as he quickly left the rooftop before Reiko could say thank you.

"Why are you here?" Asked Tezuka angrily.

Without any fear, Reiko step forward to where Tezuka was sitting. "I just wanted to visit my darling, is that wrong?" Smiled Reiko as she fearlessly dared Tezuka. His current face was just like a mad bull getting ready for a fight. His face was completely red and you could see the angry mark on his forehead.

"I told you not to visit me in the hospital! Why can't you fulfill such a simple request?" Tezuka shouted, he couldn't hold in his anger anymore.

"But-but-but… I miss you." Reiko replied calmly while posing cutely in front of Tezuka. Tezuka couldn't take it anymore and was almost about to shout at Reiko for the second time when he heard laughter coming from Fuji.

Fuji who saw their lover's quarrel (or something like that) couldn't stop laughing, especially when he saw Tezuka's angry face. "YOU!" Tezuka pointed at Fuji, "Don't you dare laugh!" He shouted, but ignoring his threat, Fuji kept on laughing as if he heard nothing. Tezuka then stood up from his chair and walked angrily towards Fuji. Noticing that the doctor was approaching closer to him, Fuji tried to stop his laughter, but was not successful.

"Sorry Tezuka," Apologized Fuji as he tried to stop laughing. "I'm truly sorry but it's just too hard for me not to laugh." He continued to laugh in front of the angry Tezuka. "Oww… my stomach hurts now because of all of that laughing." Added Fuji as he hugged his stomach tightly to reduce the pain and to prevent himself from further laughing.

The annoyed Tezuka was about to do something to Fuji who couldn't stop laughing when his girlfriend interrupted him again, for the second time as Reiko suddenly introduced herself to Fuji. "Hajime mashite, atashi wa Nanohara Reiko desu, Tezuka no kanojo. Yoroshiku onegai shimazu." Introduced Reiko as she politely bowed to Fuji. "You must be Fuji, am I right?" She asked nicely.

Fuji was surprised by her sudden introduction that he stopped laughing immediately. "Aaa hai, boku wa Fuji Syuusuke desu. Yoroshiku onegai shimazu." Replied Fuji as he introduced himself. He then wondered why Nanohara-san knew his name. Fuji then decided to asked, "Ano… How do you know my name?"

"Tezuka told me about you over the phone. He told me that you're a spoiled brat that only brings him trouble." Reiko explained.

A spoiled brat. Thought Fuji. "That's such a nice thing for you to do, Tezuka." Said the annoyed Fuji as he stomped on Tezuka's foot.

"Oww! What did you do that for?" Asked the angry and annoyed Tezuka.

"That's my gift to you for calling me a spoiled brat, my Dear Ku-ni-mi-tsu..." Fuji said sarcastically while smiling with a twitching mouth.

Tezuka couldn't take it anymore. He grabbed Reiko's hand, dragged her to the exit door and went downstairs to search for an empty room where they could talk quietly and in private. Noticing an empty room, he dragged her there and closed the door without locking. Checking that there was no one in the room, Tezuka could finally relax a bit as he sat on the table, while Reiko stood in front of him not saying a word. Both of them stayed silent for awhile until Tezuka asked, "Why did you have to come to the hospital?"

"Can't I? I'm your girlfriend Tezuka! Don't I have the right to visit my boyfriend?" Reiko asked back.

"But I have told you so many times not to come to my workplace! I don't want you to interrupt my work and anyways, how do you where this hospital is located? I never told you the address." Asked Tezuka.

"Oh about that, I asked your grandfather for the address." Reiko answered calmly.

I see… that explains everything. Thought Tezuka as he could feel a headache coming along very soon. Feeling bad for making Tezuka angry, she then apologized as she leaned closer to him giving him a light kiss on his lips. "I'm sorry Kunimitsu, do I make you angry that much?"

Thinking that he might have been too hard on Reiko, he decided to give up. "It's alright now. Don't worry about it." Tezuka assured her. Still feeling bad about what she had done, Reiko apologized again in a soft voice. Accepting her apologies, Tezuka sighed to himself and gave her a kiss on her lips as he whispered, "It's alright I forgive you." Happy that Tezuka had forgiven her, Reiko then leaned closer to him relaxing herself against Tezuka's warm body. Anyway, I couldn't be mad at you after the promise that I made. Tezuka thought in his heart.

Comfortable with each other presence, they didn't notice that Fuji was standing outside the door. He was watching their every move from the beginning through the slightly opened sliding door.

Watching them comfortable in each other's presence, Fuji couldn't help to notice that his heart ached. It's his girlfriend, I shouldn't be mad. Fuji thought as he clutched his chest hard, not noticing that tears have fallen from his beautiful blue eyes.

He didn't notice he was crying until a tear drop touched his hand. Fuji then quickly and quietly closed the door and walked away from the room. Confused by his emotion, Fuji didn't pay attention to his surroundings or where he was going. Wiping the tears from his angelic face, Fuji suddenly stumbled on a person sitting down on the floor crying. Coming back to focus, Fuji noticed that he was in the entertainment area. He apologized to the person that he tripped on. He then noticed that the person kept on pointing to the cupboard behind him while crying. Feeling curious, he decided to a look at the cupboard. Everything seems to be normal. Fuji thought until he looked up and found a paper plane at the very top of the cupboard. Grabbing a chair, he stepped on top of it and tried to grab the paper plane. Nevertheless the cupboard was too tall for him, even with the help of the chair. Standing on his toes, he tried again stretching his arms out, not noticing a couple of people running around near him.

After a lot of hard work, Fuji was finally able to reach and grab the paper plane until suddenly someone knocked his chair making him lose balance. Unable to balance himself, the chair fell over and he fell hard on the floor cracking his head. It all happened very quickly and the fall had produced quiet a loud sound that Tezuka excused himself straight away from his conversation with Reiko. Noticing a crowd of patients not far away, Tezuka quickly went there to see what happened. Fighting his way through the crowd of patients who were crowding the place, he was surprised to find an unconscious Fuji lying on the floor with a few scratches and a bleeding head.

"I love you."

"Huh?" Replied a confused Fuji.

"I love you, Fuji."

"Do you really love me?" Asked Fuji.

"I love you."

Liars!

"I love you so much."

Liars!

"I really love you."

STOP LYING!

"Are you alright?"

"Huh?" Fuji replied weakly as his eyes tried to get used to the light. "Where am I?"

"Your room." Tezuka answered. "Are you alright? You were sweating so much while you were asleep. Are you sure you're OK?" Tezuka asked as he touched Fuji's forehead with his right hand to feel his temperature.

"I'm alright." Fuji answered weakly while breathing heavily and at the same time enjoying Tezuka's light touch on his forehead. Checking that Fuji's temperature was normal, Tezuka then said to him, "Then can you please release my hand? You're grabbing it so tightly that it's starting to hurt." Fuji who didn't notice he was holding Tezuka's left hand quickly released it and apologized.

"It's alright. Anyways just go and rest now. You hurt your head pretty badly, so you should take plenty of rest. Don't try to move so much." Tezuka ordered. "If you need anything, just beep the bell alright?" Fuji gave him a nod, agreeing to what he said.

Seeing that everything was all right, Tezuka decided to leave Fuji alone to rest, "Well, I better get going to go now." Tezuka said as he stood up from the chair. But just when he was about to leave, Fuji without realizing grabbed Tezuka's arms tightly, preventing him from leaving. Tezuka, who was surprised by Fuji's action, remained frozen as he felt the hand that grabbed him was now shaking.

Realizing what he had done, Fuji quickly released his hold and hid himself beneath the blanket to hide his embarrassment.

"Sorry Tezuka." Fuji apologized embarrassed. "I didn't mean to do it, I swear. You could go now if you want. I won't stop you" Fuji said under the white blanket.

Still in state of shock, Tezuka remained frozen in his spot for several seconds until his brain started to work again. Sighing to himself, Tezuka grabbed the chair where he was sitting before and sat on it again. He then patted Fuji softly on the head.

"It's alright." Tezuka reassured as he sat down on chair, next to Fuji.

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"So how is he?" Dr. Takada asked.

"He's asleep now. The wound was not that serious. His thick head will be back to normal in a few days." Tezuka explained in his office as he getting ready to go home.

"I see…"

"If you're worried about him, why don't you visit him?"

"Nah, that won't be necessary. Anyways, you have stayed with him until he was asleep right? So it should be alright." Dr. Takada explained.

"If that's what you want." Tezuka said as he packed his bag and grabbed his car keys. "I will be leaving then."

Note: Plural.

"Say hello to Reiko for me." Dr. Takada added while Tezuka walked away from his office.

Tezuka was still thinking about Fuji while he was walking towards the exit, where Reiko should be waiting for him. He could still feel the warmth of Fuji's hand a top his own while the other held it until sleep took over, not wanting him to leave the room. Once Fuji fell asleep, Tezuka couldn't prevent himself from touching Fuji's soft hair. Even now, he could still vaguely smell the soap that Fuji uses on his hands.

Busy thinking about Fuji, Tezuka didn't notice Reiko standing in front of him as he walked pass her.

"Kunimitsu!" Reiko called her shout snapping Tezuka back to focus.

Turning around to see who had called him, he saw Reiko standing behind him with an angry look on her face.

"I can't believe you walked straight past me Tezuka Kunimitsu! Haven't I told you not to ignore me?"

"Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you. I'm just tired, that's all." Tezuka replied weakly.

Waking up from his deep slumber, Fuji was greeted by the darkness of his room and the moonlight that shone into his empty room. Rubbing his wounded head softly, Fuji tried to sit up but failed miserably as his head hurt too much. I'm such a fool. Fuji thought to himself while looking at the moon, sorting out his new emotions.

I wonder if I fall in love again…

Haven't I learned my lesson not to trust or love another person again?

Ever since that incident, haven't I promise to myself to kill all of those useless emotions?

I don't need family,

I don't need friends,

And most of all, I don't need a lover.

These things will only hurt me and turn against me just like in the past. My heart and my soul have been broken into too many pieces; it's too late to fix it now.

That night, surrounded by darkness, Fuji Syuusuke decided to kill his emotions. Burying them deep inside his heart where no one shall find or even notice them. Fuji decided to bury his pain, grief, sadness, and other useless emotion deep inside his bleeding heart, even his feelings for Tezuka.

It's too late to fix everything, especially my broken heart. It has been stabbed too many times and now it's useless. It shall never feel anything again as I don't need these emotions.

I'm just a simple broken doll with broken strings and without anyone to look after me.

So please… someone…

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Can you believe I wrote 4000 words! The words length increased every chapter.

I'm sorry that Fuji is OOC… I just like Fuji to be fragile hehehe. Anyway I shall try to get him back to normal/ character.

Also about Reiko's visit. I know that it is impossible for her to get inside the building but she let's just think that she has her own way to get inside ('connection/power/Dr.Takada/sadist') -- If you don't understand what I'm talking about, no worries, I don't understand too hehe. Anyway she has her own way to get what she wanted.

So yeah.. Thanks for people that has commented the previous chapter and it's pretty amazing that I got 12 alerts and one fave.. colist. Love you all.

And one last thing… my school has started for about 3 weeks now and I've been very busy with work and homework, therefore it might took a long time for this story to be updated. So I'm terribly sorry and I try to write the next chapter soon (I can't promise anything though.)

Little note for:

Urchin Power - Hehehe… Reiko is evil huh. Well I try to make her like Fuji in a sadistic way hehe. Btw, thanks again for proof reading my work.

Yamatoforever – yah.. I'm from Indonesia hehe.

Alaena – I give you a sneak peak of Fuji's past in the next chapter (that is if I have time to write it sigh)

Bonus: Character bio:

Tezuka Kunimitsu (21)

- Total genius

- Cold, serious, not friendly

- Used to have one best friend.

Fuji Syuusuke (19)

- Experience many 'misfortune' in his life.

- Has a 'complicated' relationship with his family.

- Love the sky.

Nanohara Reiko (20)

- The name Nanohara came from the manga 'Delicious' by Yui Ayumi (I was having a 'Delicious' marathon before writing this story.)While Reiko was just a random name that pop out in my mind.

- Working as model in a top magazine.

- Tezuka's girlfriend

Dr. Takada (27)

- Kind, friendly to patient and other peoples.

- Even though a bit dumb on the outside, inside he's pretty deep.

- Has worked in the hospital about 1 year.

Yah.. That's about it. 4 chapters, 4 characters and half of them is OC…

Anyway I hope you enjoy it and stay tune + be patient for the next chapter.