Through Karupin's Eyes
Ryoma was almost fallen to sleep during his English class when suddenly he heard an awfully familiar voice from outside his class. Correction, he heard an awfully familiar cat voice from outside his class. So, he suddenly stood up, making a loud noise as he coarsely push his desk forward and managed to make his chair fell to the floor. Of course it was only natural for him to get all eyes in the room directed at him, but he was too preoccupied to even be bothered by it.
"What is it, Echizen?" The English teacher said while observing his cocky sleepyhead student. Yes, he noticed that Echizen slept in his class almost all the time. At first he was annoyed by that fact but then again the brat- eer… the kid always managed to outsmart him when he ordered the young boy to answer his question, that's why he was tolerating Echizen's behavior lately.
"Sensei. I have to go."
Twitched. Okay, the kid was really abusing his generosity. Letting the boy sleep in his class was one thing, letting him cutting his class was another thing. He pointed his hand and motioned the kid to get back to his seat while giving "No. Back. To. Sit. Now." to him.
"But my stomach crammed." Ryoma answered, determined to get out of class even if that meant to deceive his teacher.
The class suddenly turned noisy as the other students began to talk in a low tone. Some was talking about a very lame excuse to cut classes (really, stomach cram was the second oldest excuse in history to cut classes, after the sudden severe headache onset which somehow only appeared inside the class) while some was talking about 'even the Echizen Ryoma could experience such cram'.
The teacher sighed. He could see flames burning in Ryoma's golden eyes, which meant that Ryoma would force his way out even if he didn't let him to. "Okay, leave. But you better be in infirmary when I checked you later."(1)
"Uisu." And with that, Ryoma dashed out of class, leaving his teacher sighed deeply as he shook his head in disbelief. "And he said he had a stomach cram…" His students then let out a loud snicker for a while before they continue the class.
Through Karupin's Eyes
Fuji was smiling merrily as he walked toward Ryoma's class. His mind was making a plan on how to annoy Ryoma during today's lunch break. Oh, he was going to have some fun! He chuckled evilly at that thought, making all other student within five meter radius to shudder and stay out of the tensai's way.
"Fuji-senpai?"
A familiar voice brought Fuji back from his sadistic inner mind theatre(2). He tilted his head, trying to figure out what was this kid name again. He was sure that the kid was his junior in the tennis club (that explained the familiar voice part, he thought) but how come he couldn't remember his name? Let see… I'm sure I heard him saying something about two years tennis experiences after he said his name A LOT..
"What are you doing here?" The familiar voice whose name was still remained forgotten asked him again.
Oh yeah! I remember!! Fuji claimed excitedly. See? He WAS a genius. He even remembered that kid's name! "Ah, Horio-kun. I'm here to see Ryoma-chan. Can you call him for me?" He asked sweetly.
"Echizen was in infirmary since this morning. Geez, he is such-"
Fuji didn't waste his time to hear Horio's sentence anymore. He quickly ran toward the infirmary, forgetting that his bento box was still in his possession, which meant he would eat a not so beautifully arranged bento for lunch. Now, if Fuji were patient enough, he would hear Horio said, "He is such a lousy liar." And being a genius that he was, Fuji should able to figure out that Echizen was only pretending to be sick so he could cut classes.
"I wonder why Fuji-senpai is in such a hurry…" Horio mumbled as he went to the cafeteria to buy some food. He forgot to bring one today. If Horio had even 1/10 of Fuji's genius mind, he would be wondering why Fuji addressed Ryoma with such a cute casual name, unfortunately (or fortunately if you see it in Ryoma's perspective) he didn't so he was going to remain clueless until Fuji decided to go public.
Through Karupin's Eyes
"Whoa!! You're cute!!! Let me touch it. Mmm, so soft!"
Fuji stopped in front of the infirmary door as he heard the loud voice.
"Stop saying crappy words, Momo-senpai. It's not like you haven't touch it before."
Ryoma-chan? Momoshiro? Fuji thought.
"Haha, guess I have. Anyway, I've seen you without any clothes on all the time so I want to see something different today! You're going to wear this!!"
A loud gasped followed a loud snicker.
Fuji was in rage. Momoshiro already know that Ryoma-chan was his but he still had the nerve to flirt with his precious golden-eyed tennis prodigy? How dare he!! He had been going out with Ryoma for two weeks and he never see his lover's divine shoulder skin let alone seeing him naked. Momo-chan… you are going to be on the to of my 'Must Eliminate Enemy' list! Wait. Momo was going to be on the second top of the list, he forgot about that Mizuki guy from St. Rudolph.
"What are you doing?! Take it off!!!"
Oh my, Ryo-chan… Do you really enjoy being naked around Momoshiro so much?? Why didn't you come to me when you're horny? I will be more than glad to- (a/n: I shouldn't finish this sentence or I have to change this fic's rating. It is better left unsaid anyway so you can insert any of your dirty thought here.. //smirk//)
"Don't run!! You'll fall from the table if you suddenly move like that!! Geez, do you really hate this thing so much? It is better than staying naked you know…"
He just couldn't take it anymore. Momo was having too much fun with his Ryoma-chan and he didn't like that. Momo should find another one if he wanted to channeled his sexual drive when his hormone was high, anyone except Ryoma-chan. So, with that in mind, he burst in to the infirmary.
A blink.
A dumb look. (3)
A surprised Fuji.
And a sound of a bento box being dropped to the floor.
"Fuji-senpai?" Both the freshman and the sophomore said in chorus. Fuji was speechless. He was a tensai and he never had his speechless moment before. But this… was an exception.
"Meow."
On the table was Karupin, Ryoma's Himalayan cat, ready to jump off the table. On the bed was Ryoma, fully clothed, both hand was holding Momo's hand. In front the table and on the right side of the bed was Momoshiro, his hand was holding a bandage, which was aimed to Ryoma's cat. Everyone with a sufficient brain capacity would understand vaguely how the three figures ended up in that position, but if you were a tensai like Fuji who had been listening their conversation for a while, you could even made a precise chronology of what happened in that room. For the first time in his life, Fuji felt like the most idiotic person in the world.(4)
Through Karupin's Eyes
So. Ryoma's sadistic possessive lover finally met Ryoma's delusional equally possessive cat. They knew the instant their eyes met, they were going to share an eternal rivalry. At least that was what Karupin thought since Fuji did not have the slightest idea that Karupin was the jealous possessive type of cat.
We finally met, Morning-chan… Karupin thought, forgot that she was in the middle of a struggling to free herself from the spiky haired male grasp.
"Fu-Fuji-senpai! Don't get the wrong idea!! I was just.. ano…" Momo stuttered, knowing exactly that he better not get to Fuji's bad side or he was going to end up in one of Fuji's sadistic victims list, he was sure that Fuji had that kind of list somewhere.
"Hahaha.." Momo let out a nervous smile while he quickly free his hand from Ryoma's and kept it as far as possible. "I have to leave now… hahaha…. Maybe I'll go annoy mamushi for the rest of lunch break…. Bye."
Wimp. Karupin thought as she saw the once cheerful and energetic boy dashed out frantically from the infirmary. She then leapt to Ryoma's arm and let herself being brushed gently by her boy. Somehow, she had to show that smiling weirdo who's exactly Ryo-chan's favorite around here. "Meow" she said in a very seductive voice. Of course if she did that to other cats, they were going to faint because of a severe blood loss from their nose, but she was doing it to Ryoma who had no idea that cats could let out a seductive 'Meow' so he was just thinking that Karupin was only being cute.
"Are you sick?"
There was a worried tone in that weirdo's voice.
"No."
Was her Ryo-chan short reply. He was avoiding eye contact with the other one, she noticed it because Ryo-chan was pulling down his cap to cover his face.(5) Fuji, being perceptive as ever, thought that Ryoma was hiding something, while Karupin turned her face in the taller boy direction. Ryo-chan is not pleased seeing your face right now. Take the hint and GO. I will take care of him. (of course, in Fuji's ear Karupin's voice was heard like this: "Meow Meoow Meow. MEOW.")
She was forced to leave Ryoma's arm as Fuji shoved her away and pulled Ryoma's cap up, seeing the younger one blushed.
So rude!! I'm here first, you're the one who had to LEAVE!!
Seeing his lover blushed like that, Fuji couldn't help but to had this small hope in his heart that perhaps… just perhaps… Ryoma was actually loved him back and was not totally forced to accept his confession.(6) A small curved appeared on his face as he lift Ryoma's chin and made him looked at his beautiful blue eyes straightly. Little did Fuji know that Ryoma was actually blushing because he was embarrassed for cutting class just to search for his Himalayan cat. Poor Fuji…
Wait!! What are you doing??! Stop that!! Get away from Ryo-chan!!! Karupin was protesting wildly as Fuji leaned closer to her boy but get shoved away easily since Fuji had waited for this moment for a long time (two weeks were a long time in Fuji's dimension).
NNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Fuji pressed his lips softly against his dark haired lover, ignoring how wide Ryoma's eyes were when he felt the warm lips over his (7) (or maybe he just couldn't see it since he closed his eyes. You see, Fuji thought that the most important rule of all the kissing rules was to close your eyes when doing it, he deliberately deleted the one rule saying 'it needs two people in the same sane mind and willingness to actually shared a kiss')
After what seemed forever for Ryoma, Fuji finally broke the kiss. Now, Ryoma's face was turning in to a darker shade of red for a completely different reason from the previous one. He actually had two reasons, first one: Did Fuji have to kiss him like that in the infirmary?? What if someone walked in and found them kissing?? Wouldn't it be uncomfortable for them?? Scratch that. Fuji would be more than pleased if it actually happened. So the one who would be uncomfortable would be him and the one who caught them kissing. Second one: He actually enjoyed Fuji's kiss. Sure, there was some spicy taste (he was guessing that Fuji added lots of wasabi in his breakfast this morning) but it kinda felt… okay.. Not that he would let his lover about this fact. Ever.
Fuji turned in to his normal self again. His normal sadist self to be exact, as he gave Ryoma his sly smile. "Ryo-chan…"
Ryoma gasped. Karupin twitched. Well, Karupin wanted to twitch since she had no sufficient facial muscle to do the activity. She also hated the fact that Ryo-chan called him 'Fuji-senpai' rather than 'Morning Practice'. He actually called this man with a cute name, cuter than her name. Ryo-chan? No one was allowed to call him Ryo-chan beside me!! You're pushing your luck Morning-chan!!
The furious Himalayan cat was now moving toward Fuji's arm and decided to give this annoying rival of hers a memory he would not forget. A deep, long scratch. Made that scratches since she was giving Fuji five scratches.
"Karupin!! What are you doing?" Ryoma said, quickly took his cat away from Fuji's bleeding arm. "Sorry Fuji-senpai!! Karupin doesn't usually attack other people.. I don't know why she…"
His sentence was cut by yet another kiss, both were two preoccupied to hear Karupin's protest.
"It's okay." He said after he broke the kiss again. He gave a side glance to the Himalayan cat which was just giving him scratches a few minutes ago saying 'I'll be watching you from now on' and didn't bother to hide his evil aura, which made Ryoma shuddered. But, Karupin was not the coward type. When her rival let out his evil aura, she took it as a declaration of catfight. Not long after, she also radiated an evil aura, equally dark evil aura as Fuji's, which made Ryoma shuddered. Again. If those two were a mind reader, they would hear Ryoma saying 'God! It feels like there are two Fujis in this room!!' in his mind. He had no idea of how close his thought was.
"I am saying…" Fuji started to talk while cleaning his bleeding arms with antiseptic liquid, which btw stung like hell(8) but he was not going to let Ryoma saw his weak side so he didn't groan, "We'll play a punishment game."
"Eh?" The prodigy blinked.
Fuji chuckled a little, which indicated that he had some evil plan inside his head, and continue, "Every time you say a lie, you'll be getting a kiss from me (no matter where and what situation you are in, he added mentally and chuckled in silence)."
"WHAT?!"
WHAT?! (a/n: This is Karupin thought, btw. In case you were wondering :P)
"As your senpai and as your lover, I have the responsibility to teach you this kind of things. You know, telling the truth and stuffs."
"Not fair!!"
Yeah, not fair!! Honesty is a subjective thing!! How can you tell whether my master lies or not?! Are you a mind reader or something?? Just admit that you only want to kiss my Ryo-chan!!!
"I know. That's why, I will also join this game."
"Meaning?" Did he want to hear the meaning of Fuji's word?? Did he?? He could vaguely guess where this all were going to but..
"If you caught me lying, you could give my punishment." There was an evil glint in Fuji's eyes but Ryoma didn't catch it since he was already in a shocked state. See? His plan was PERFECT. If Ryoma lied, he could kiss him. If he didn't lie, he could just accuse that the younger one lied and kissed him after all. And also, he would demand his punishment whenever he lied, which he did EVERYTIME. Oh Fuji, you were so GENIUS!!
"No."
That's right, Ryo-chan!! Don't agree with this stupid game!! If you want a kiss so much, I will do it for you!! (9)
"Aw.. you hurt me…"
"Stop acting like that." He snapped as he continued to brush Karupin's fine fur. "I will join this game but there has to be some change in your terms, senpai."
"What?" He replied cheerfully, again giving the Himalayan cat a side glance. This time, it said 'hah! I win!!'
"Whenever you tell the truth, I will kiss you."
He thought for a while.. that was a tough request. He was used to lie all the time and suddenly he had to be honest? Hm.. it looked like Ryoma was not that naïve to be fooled by a simple trick eh? Oh well, this offer was too delicious to be ignored..
"Okay."
Karupin wanted to scream in annoyance. It turn out that this rival of hers was indeed a tough opponent. She had to formulate a plan in her tiny little brain, FAST. Just wait, Morning-chan. I'm not going to be easy on you…
a/n:
I am assuming that you already know the Japanese terms in this chapter so.. on with the footnotes..
(1) I wonder did he really checked on Ryoma… haha guess not.
(2) Yes, I borrowed this line from Ouran Koukou Host Club…
(3) Could you guess who's the one who blinked and who's making a dumb look//snicker//
(4) Fuji: Saa, it's a lie. I am too genius to even feel like an idiot even when I am in the idiotic mode (which is only a set up by this crazy author, me? Feel idiotic?? NEVER) I will be the smartest idiot around which means I'm not that idiot to be called idiot. Understand? Good.
GGGRRR!!! You're making me angry Fuji!!! Want me to pair Ryoma with Tezuka instead?!
Fuji: Aahh.. gomen2..
(5) Yep, he still wears that cap even on the infirmary bed…
(6) Of course he was FORCED. You threatened him, remember??
(7) Ryoma: FINALLY!!! Some real kiss!!! I am beginning to think you forgot that Fuji and I ARE a couple!!!
Fuji: You like being kissed by me so much//evil glint//
Karupin: Back off pervert!! Ryo-chan is MINE!!!
Fuji: Saa… I wonder what a cat can do.. //chuckled//
(8) You guessed it, it was inui's antiseptic liquid. He 'secretly' switched ALL the antiseptic liquid available in Seigaku with his invention… haha
(9) You're being delusional again, Karupin… do you really think Ryoma wants a kiss from you??
Karupin: Shut up, PIIIPP
Karupin!! You're a girl!! Girls don't curse…
Karupin: Well, I also happened to be a CAT and cat can curse.
Whatever… I'm gonna make you get abducted by alien next chapter so you will never see your Ryo-chan again. haha //snicker//
Karupin: NOOOOOOO!!!!!
Karupin//Chase the author like a crazy angry cat// How come I only got one scene in this fic??!!! It was supposed to be MY fic. All other characters (except Ryo-chan) should only be EXTRAS!!!
GOMEENN Karupin!! But you already have your front stage in the first chapter, I'm just being fair to the other characters!!! Wait.. Maybe I should change the title.. 'Through Seigaku's Regular Player Eyes' how does that sound???
Karupin: gggrrrrr…. I'm going to PIIIIP you and PIIIIP you and –
Yeah yeah, I get it. I'll try putting more of your scene next chapter.. okay?? Anyway, my college starts again at Thursday so I don't think I'll be able to up date soon. But maybe if I'm inspired enough and the mood REALLY struck me, I'll be updating soon enough.Extra notes:
let me tell you something first.. i upload the wrong document for this chapter.. haha.. silly me.. and it's too late to put the right story now since you already read this chapter so... oh well.. and yeah, i noticed the confusing scene... you see, i have this tendency to think that other people can think the way i think so every so often i forgot to write all the things in my mind. hmm.. definitely have to fix that tendency...
i know that Karupin is a male cat. But i can't have a male cat fall in love with Ryo-chan right?? I'm not sure that cats can be gay… haha XD So.. in this fic, Karupin is a female. Ok?
The -chan part... i just think that this suffix means an insult if said to someone at Fuji's age so if Fuji can hear Karupin's words, he'll be angry. Do you notice that I usually add the '-chan' part only when that character was angry or annoyed?
Karupin called Fuji 'Morning-chan' because she thinks Fuji is the 'Morning Practice'. For more information, read the first chapter again…
NineTsuki-chan: thank you!! i've change that part.. whew.. like i said, i am confused about the grammar part.. so, if anyone sees any grammar problem, tell me!!
Okay, that's all i think... oh yeah.. i forgot one thing..
Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis is not mine.