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"SUMMER VACATION HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED!"

Eiji danced around with joy on the streets, not taking notice of the stares he was getting. Fuji chuckled. Sometimes the acrobat enjoyed attention too much. The delicate brunette turned to see the reactions of the other regulars. Some were amused, equally as happy, or giving the red head 'what the hell' looks. The last one applied only to Echizen though. Fuji turned back to Eiji with a smile. It was nice of the playful acrobat to invite everyone to eat ice cream at the new shop together. Not that Eiji was going to pay for the ice cream.

"Nya, did minna-chan bring their money? I can't pay for everyone you know, especially Momo!"

The said 2nd year looked incredulous, disbelieving his food habits were ever a problem. "Eh? Why not especially me Kikumaru-senpai? There's nothing wrong with me! At least I don't think so…"

"Fshuu… Don't pick a fight with the senpai baka."

"Baka?! Who are you calling stupid, Viper?! Are you looking for a fight?!"

"Fshuu! Moron! Bring it!"

"Now now, stop it. We're in public. Both of you! We're causing trouble!"

"I think you should listen to Oishi…"

"Mada mada dane."

"Ii... data."

Fuji let out a little laugh. They were the same anywhere, on or off court. He stood to the side as Oishi's motherly instincts tried to separate the arguing pair while the rest patiently, or not so patiently, waited for them to finish. When they were finally separated, it was clear they had attracted the attention of almost everyone on the street, even the one across. In short, it was surprising. Who knew a fight caused by two junior high school boys would be so interesting? Fuji felt mild amusement as Oishi and the two rivals apologized to everyone. Would they always get public attention wherever they went? The very thought made Fuji laugh.

"Muu… you ruined the mood Momo, Kaidoh." Eiji looked a little annoyed, but Fuji knew it wouldn't last long. The ice cream would help it wash away too. There were only a few times when his friend was truly angry anyways.

The second years looked genuinely sorry and shuffled their feet in embarrassment. "Gomen senpai."

"It's fine you two." Fuji interrupted, "But we should start lining up; the shop seems to be quite popular." The prodigy pointed to the direction of a cute little pink shop. 'Popular' was an understatement. Even a shop giving out free money couldn't make a line that long. The line was utterly, immensely, impossibly long.

All the regulars stared. There was silence as the same thing ran through everyone's minds.

This line is not going to get any shorter today.

"Saa… it seems we have to find another place for ice cream Eiji."

The usually bright teen whimpered in disappointment. "But I really wanted to try the ice cream there…" He pouted and began to poke his fingers together. "I heard that if you eat ice cream from there, it will be the ultimate once in a lifetime experience. Nya… tomorrow we'll be too tired from practice to come all the way out here!" There was a mumble of agreement from the rest of the team members. Coach Ryuuzaki had promised them a harsh training.

Fuji took out his cell phone thoughtfully. His parents were in Europe so if he invited his friends over, the mess would they would make would stay there; he wasn't really one for cleaning up. He kept things tidy, but never cleaned up. It was one of his odd policies he liked to keep. Even if he asked them to be careful, the room they were in would somehow end up in disarray varying from furniture to tissue. Also, he wasn't even sure if there was any ice cream left. Fuji turned to where the rest of the regulars stood in a huddle. Hopefully they had something planned.

Taking a step towards their direction, Fuji stopped short as it seemed as though they were quite far away. Fuji blinked when there seemed to be twos of everyone. I should have slept more yesterday. He shut his eyes tight than opened them again. Still duplicated. He took another step but it didn't cover the distance nor did it make the double vision fade away. Instead, the distance seemed have increased. Fuji blinked yet again. Trying to focus better, he noticed the two Eiji's looking at him curiously.

"Fujiko? What's wrong?"

That seemed to cause all the other copies to look at him too.

"Fuji? Is something wrong?" he heard Kawamura call. Fuji blinked rapidly and rubbed his eyes. He turned back to the regulars. There was no longer twos of anyone. The tensai sighed in relief. He smiled at Takashi.

"Nothing. Saa… so where are we going now?"

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Burger King wasn't so bad. It wasn't really Fuji's favorite but it was edible. Besides, watching Momo and Echizen stuffing their faces was enough to make up for the fact that Fuji preferred something else.

"Ne… shouldn't you two slow down?" Oishi asked out of concern. They looked close to choking themselves with one of the hamburgers. Unfortunately, they didn't even look up when the worrying mother of Seigaku spoke. It seemed the newly unwrapped 10 inch hamburger was more important. Fuji pitied Oishi. A little. The prodigy mildly cursed himself for not bringing his camera. It was one of the funnier moments of the team. Not black mail material but something that would surely make him laugh later.

"Ano… I think you guys should stop eating. You won't have room for ice cream. You wouldn't want a stomachache either."

All of them looked up to see Taka carrying a tray holding eight ice cream sundaes. In a flash and jumble of hands, all of them disappeared and reappeared in the hands of every one except two of them. Fuji gently took a strawberry covered one.

"Arigatou Taka-san. They couldn't put wasabi on this could they?"

Hearing the remark, Eiji flinched while licking his own butterscotch sundae. "Nya! Why would anyone want that?!" The tensai looked around to see everyone had a similar horrified expression on their faces. Fuji chuckled. Teasing was too fun.

Abandoning his teasing, Fuji focused on his sundae. It had been a while since he had a sundae. He picked up a spoon while still holding on to the sparkling galore of strawberry syrup. It looks good for something that doesn't have wasabi on it. Intending to take a big scoop, Fuji slightly lowered the angle of the sundae.

But then why was the sundae sliding out of his hand? He hadn't meant for it to. It should have… no he should have been holding on to it tight enough. All he could think about as the sundae struck the table was the oddity of it all. Had he always been so absent minded? The other regulars stared at the icy stain on the table that had appeared in front of Fuji. They turned their gazes back at the tennis prodigy. Not exactly sure what had happened, Fuji laughed awkwardly.

"Gomen gomen. I must not have been paying attention. I'll clean it up." Fuji deftly took several napkins and proceeded to try his best to wipe off the sticky chaos. He ignored his conscious finding it ironic that he was cleaning up when it was one of his definite rules not to. There was silence as Fuji gathered more napkins.

"Ah… Fuji-senpai… you don't need to clean up you know… they have people here for that…" Momo said, breaking the silence. Fuji didn't reply.

Meanwhile, Echizen watched his senpai, feeling uncomfortable. He shouldn't be wiping the table like that… And the strange sensation he got when his senpai dropped the ice cream… it was unnatural and made him somehow ashamed

Echizen blinked back to reality when Fuji said something. It must have been something along the lines of 'are you okay' from the way the 3rd year was smiling. The younger tennis player nodded. "Hai…"

"Fuji, do you want to get another one?"

The said 3rd year looked up from his cleaning to the vice-captain of the tennis team. He was looking at him with his usual concern and worry. The motherly boy was so anxious that he was reaching for his own wallet. Fuji smiled. It reminded him of mothers who were nervous their child would start crying at the loss of their treat. Fuji couldn't put it in any other words than considerate.

"Maa… It's okay. I was hoping for something spicier anyways." This earned an 'ii… data' from Inui and furious scribbling sounds of a pencil.

"Ah… okay… Let's finish quickly and go somewhere else than." Oishi stuffed his wallet back into his pocket. The vice-captain watched the others eat ice cream at their own pace. All except Fuji. He sat smiling lightly at everything around him, with his eyes closed but watching. The vice-captain sighed. He could never read what was on Fuji's mind. He preoccupied himself with worrying over the fact that they would never finish the ice cream at the pace they were going.

As soon as they finished, the Seigaku tennis club decided it was time to go home. The sun was starting to set anyways. Despite not even doing half of the things planned, they felt satisfied with spending the whole day at a fast food restaurant that wasn't on the list of things to do. After all, they had the whole summer didn't they?

"See you tomorrow everyone! On the courts by seven o'clock sharp!" Oishi said happily.

"Nya, we know Oishi. We'll be there! But Ochibi might be late won't he?"

Then 'ochibi' was promptly 'attacked' by Eiji around the neck, jerking the smaller boy back. If it wasn't for Echizen's good sense of balance, he probably would have fallen.

"Kikumaru-senpai! That was dangerous! And it hurts…"

Everyone smiled at the daily routine. It wouldn't be a day with the tennis team without the glomping of Echizen, Fuji noted. He wondered if Eiji would be able to find another suitable plushie in high school. His smile grew bigger. Probably not.

Just then, a bright red sports car pulled into the street side. The window rolled down to reveal a beautiful brunette in her 20s. As expected, she called to the most feminine brunette in the group of boys.

"Syuusuke! I'll give you a ride."

Fuji beamed at his sister. "Thank you nee-san." He turned to wave good bye to his friends. "Well then, see you tomorrow."

Receiving good byes, Fuji climbed into the car and shut the door. His sister waved good bye to his friends also before driving. The tennis player couldn't help but smile genuinely when looking at the Seigaku regulars. They were like a family really. Suddenly, Fuji remembered: he had forgotten to buy another cactus for his own cactus family at home. Sighing, he sat back into the leather seat of the car.

"What's wrong Syuusuke? Did you forget something?"

Fuji shook his head. "Iie. It's nothing."

Looking out the window, Fuji grinned. I have all the time in the world right now anyway.

Second chapter completed!! I just want to say thank to all the ppl not logged in for reviewing (cuz I can't reply them lol). Anyways, I hope u are enjoying (I don't mean taking joy in Fuji's suffering cuz that's mean XD). I tried my best to adjust the pace of the story, so if u think it's too slow or too fast, please let me know! Now review review!