A/N: Arigatoo for the reviews and criticisms…I just wonder why other authors don't want to receive flames from other authors or readers…Anyway, that's them and I shouldn't interfere. On the other hand, it's my opinion… Pls. see phase 2 for some spoilers for this chappie…
Let me go to the first phase…THANKS TO:
Rebeccasanfujieijilvr – thanks for continuously reading and reviewing my fanfic. My heart tells you that you're really a kind person…ahehehe…anyway, there'll be more Tezuka and Fuji coming up and as I said, my characters will be slowly disappear…and TezukaxFuji pairing will dominate the story…just be patient ne?
Jv – kudos to you though you didn't like my story that much…I know that I have lots of characters at start. It's not like I want to start a new story not prior to POT nor to my TezukaxFuji pairing fanfic…but it's because I need those characters to complete my story twists and conflicts between them…And this story NEEDS a lot of characters…that's really my plan… And regarding to Ryoma having an appointment to some strange guy at the Tokyo Tower alone is… okay, I'll give you guys my spoiler: Ryoma has a connection to Yukito and Hiroshi knew Ryoma well. Kira was normally Yukira whom I've introduced in the past chapters. You can scan phase two for the spoiler…
Charwebb1 – Thanks again for your wonderful review. And I let myself laughing on the floor when I read that you're going to recommend your guy friend a pregnancy kit when he gets sick…on second thoughts, was that a compliment or an irony? Hehehe…
Soring Angle POT – Thankies to you too for reviewing…Are you literally asking about what will the other schools might say when they saw Fuji's belly grows? Ahahaha…there might be somebody in the other schools will end up like Fuji…-evil grin- (POT Characters sweat drops) Anyhow, keep on reading and reviewing.
Uhm…there is one person that doesn't like my story much…but I have to respect his opinions though he already INSULTED me straight.
Okay, second phase…Some Spoilers…
Ryoma, as I told Jv here, that he has a connection to Yukito and his other siblings and this Hiroshi guy knew him well. Both Ryoma and Yukito will be meeting up at Tokyo Tower for some important news…breaking that Kagamihara was under crisis and vise versa, Ryoma will tell Yukito about Fuji's condition. Yukito's jaw dropped. Now, the question is, what's the relationship of Yukito to Fuji? Tsk, tsk…find that out… And one more thing, in this chapter, Ryuzaki-sensei will be receiving a letter for Ryoma from Dr. Natsukawa(formerly Dr. Shiraishi…pls. see third phase for the notes…), so watch that out.
Third phase, some note…
Pls. take note guys that Yuhikaru, Yukira, Yuhiko and Yukito will no longer be Shiraishi, even their father. From this day forward, their surname will be Natsukawa. Just let me have the pleasure of time to re-edit those. And one more thing, I might add more characters in the later part of the chappies so watch for them and see what they can do to ruin or to save the story…
And oh I might change my penname to -'Miaclartha Ciatrine'-…since that my other co-writer is still in the state of absence and locked ideas of what story she'll make, I have to stand on my own.
And lastly, Fourth phase…an apology note…
Guys, in these coming days, I may not be able to update, yet you may story alert me…to the reason that I have lots of work to do at school and, that I'm a graduating high school student so I have to complete my requirements…So in advance, Gomen.
DISCLAIMER: Like the others…I don't own Tennis no Ohjisama…it's obvious…hehehe…I only own my mind and passion for Tennis no Ohjisama and it's characters… :P
PAIRING: Switching mode…to Tezuka and Fuji…
RATING: Hmmm…uhm…sorry for those lemon lovers out there, but I am not the typical person who types lemon in his/her story…I just love reading or watching it…hehehe… By the way…It's rated T…
GENRE: Two words… General and Mystery
NOTE: You may encounter thoughts, flashbacks and indication of places, days and time here. So if it's a thought: Italics and letter contents; flashback: bold; place, day and time: both Italics and bold.
BY: -Spring Blood (You see guys…there were two names in the penname, one is Spring Blood and the other is Winter Dream…actually, there were two authors owning one account so…it was done….)
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CHAPTER SEVEN
Knock. Knock. Knock.
"Who's that?" Ryuzaki asked aloud. She was finally back to work after a 30-minute shocking conversation with Fuji and Tezuka. And now, she's trying to tape all the papers she accidentally torn.
"This is Takiro, the principal's student assistant." Takiro replied.
"Come in." the boy went inside the office.
"What is it that you want Takiro?"
"The principal received this letter 15 minutes ago that was addressed to Echizen-kun, and he ordered me to give this to Echizen-kun. Sadly, I can't see him around so I decided to give this to you."
"Oh…" as the boy handed over the letter, Ryuzaki-sensei took it and asked, "From whom is this letter came?"
"As far as I can recall, that came from Dr. Natsukawa."
"Dr. Natsukawa? You mean the best doctor from Saint Lilac?"
"Yup."
Ryuzaki-sensei was silent.
"Sensei?"
Ryuzaki-sensei snapped out, "Oh sorry, I was just thinking of something. By the way, thanks for delivering this."
"No problem sensei. I'm just doing my job."
After that, the boy bowed down as a sign of respect and walked out of the room. From then, Ryuzaki-sensei was all alone again and all she does was to stare the letter.
What could this letter contain? She thought. After a moment, she opened the letter and read it.
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In the meantime, there is a slight commotion happening at Kagamihara. The senior officers of the Arts Club were running frantically back and forth like there was a living fire that eats them up. Due to extreme noise, the President of Cavalene Council, Eirisen Reishin, went inside the club room and asked,
"What's going on here?"
"Mi-mizuko-senpai…" A scared student ghastly said, "He-he's been attacked."
"Attacked?" Reishin curiously asked.
"Hai. Now, he's been laying down at the floor and we can't do anything but to stare…We're just…"
"I know. But somehow you could at least called the nurse from the clinic. Not that you guys kept on running and running like something's burning."
"I know that Reishin-senpai. But, it's was just too frightening. It did almost kill our club secretary."
"How did these things happened?"
"Actually, we're on a painting session for the upcoming painters contest when 2 unexpected sharp needles came from nowhere and struck Mizuko-senpai by the neck nerve pulse. Then he fell to the ground. It's just frightening…!!!"
Wait a second, Reishin thought. Then he asked again, "Did you just said 'needles'?"
"Yes. Needles! And they were so sharp."
"When did this thing happened?"
"Just 13 minutes ago."
That's odd…a needle? Reishin thought again. He was trying to figure out the weird thing happened. But it seemed that his mind isn't in the mood yet.
"Oh well, you might just as well report to me afterwards, okay?"
"Hai." After that, the guy tried to call the clinic from some assistance.
That's just really odd. I guess I should tell this to the others and add this to my report. Reishin thought. Afterwards, he reminded the guy again and went out of the room.
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Back to Ryuzaki-sensei, she was currently out of her office for the reason of she was looking for her stubborn-player Ryoma. She walked down the second floor and the first floor and off to the grounds. She passed by the Science Laboratories (which was another building aside from the school, yet it was a bit smaller than the school) and passed by a small garden. After 5 minutes of walking, she finally reached the courts. There, she spotted Kikumaru and Inui playing doubles against Momoshiro and Kaidoh. As she roamed her eyes, she saw Tezuka standing at the left side of the umpire seat and Fuji behind him, seated in one of the benches. With no further ado, she went inside the courts and when everybody saw her, they greeted her with full respect.
"So, how was everything buchou?" Ryuzaki-sensei asked as she emphasized the word 'buchou', sending a slight shiver down Tezuka's spine.
To his surprise, he motioned effortlessly and steadily to his sensei, saying, and "Everything's fine sensei. Yet, Oishi isn't still waking." Then he pointed out Oishi where he was sleeping.
"Oh… And I presume that your colleagues already knew about your condition."
"Yes, they knew."
"Hmm…" She murmured. Once again, she roamed her eyes to look for her target—Echizen. But it seemed that she cannot see him so she asked Tezuka, "Have you seen Echizen around?"
"I haven't seen him sensei. But he was with us a while ago when I broke the news." The bespectacled brunet said.
Where on earth did that brat go? Ryuzaki-sensei thought. Sure she was going to scold Echizen for being not around the courts. Suddenly, she thought that Echizen might be at the wall practice area, since that Echizen liked to practice all by himself.
She talked to Tezuka again and said, "Thanks Tezuka."
"You're welcome sensei." The bespectacled man replied then shouted, "Momoshiro, quit slouching!"
"Hai, buchou!" Momoshiro replied back.
Ryuzaki-sensei sighed. Then, she walked towards Fuji and said, "Hello Fuji. How are you now?"
"I'm fine sensei." Fuji said and smiled widely.
"Sorry to bother you but, could you do some errand for me?"
"Sure."
"Okay, I want you to take this letter to Echizen. It seemed that the letter contains a very important message because that came from Dr. Natsukawa."
"Eh?!" said Fuji, prolonging his 'Eh?!' statement. "Really?"
"Yes. Do you know Dr. Natsukawa?"
"Ah. Not only that he's the best doctor, but he's my uncle."
Ryuzaki-sensei gaped, never expecting to know that Fuji was a nephew of the best doctor in town. As she snapped back to reality, she told Fuji, "Anyway, please make sure that Echizen gets that okay?"
"Don't worry sensei. It would be a swift."
"Oh, by the way, do you know where he is?"
"Since I can't see him here, he might just be at the wall practice area."
"I see." She muttered. She has the same thought as Fuji.
"Very well then, I'd better get going."
"Okay."
After the conversation, she walked away from Fuji and waved a hand to him. And as she walked out of the courts, she can still hear the loud voice of Tezuka, scolding his regulars. She just sighed.
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"Whew!" Echizen said under his breath.
He was already finished practicing and to be exact, he was practicing for almost 1 and a half hours. Now, he was all lumpy, lying down on the wall practice court with lots of balls scattered around him. His sweat kept on dripping down from his temples and his eyes were half-closed. He placed his right arm above his forehead, covering his tired eyes from too much sunlight. As he tried to sit up, a feminine-like figure approached him and said,
"It seems like you've worn yourself out." It was Fuji smiling at him.
"Fuji-senpai." Echizen said as he was completely seated and looked up at him, "What do you want?"
"Don't worry, I won't bother you. I'm just here because Ryuzaki-sensei told me to give this to you."
"Eh?"
Fuji handed out the letter from his pocket and gave it to Echizen.
Echizen took it and asked, "What's this?"
"Isn't it obvious that it's a letter?"
Echizen glared him.
"Okay. I don't know what's inside that letter so I can't answer you properly."
"Hn." Echizen muttered and stared at the letter.
"Well?" Fuji asked impatiently.
"Well what?" Echizen returned his senpai's question.
"Aren't you going to open that?"
"I'm just going to open it when you're away."
Fuji frowned. Echizen glared.
"Okay, okay. I'll just go back to the court."
"You'd better be. And besides, Tezuka-buchou might be looking for you now."
"Eh?" Fuji asked then smiled at his kouhai.
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With the kind of Echizen said to Fuji, it made Tezuka sneeze a lot.
"AAAAACHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
Sniff…sniff…
"Are you okay buchou?" Kawamura asked.
"Hai. Maybe somebody remembered me." Tezuka replied.
"Could that be Fuji?"
"Hn." Is all Tezuka could say. As he jerked his head to see Fuji, he noticed that his tensai lover wasn't around. In a moment, the bespectacled man's worrying-side appeared and said,
"Have you seen Fuji? He wasn't at the bench. If he wasn't there, he might get hurt and—"
His words were cut when he heard this voice, "Don't worry Tezuka, I'm back."
And it belonged to Fuji.
Tezuka let out a small flush and immediately went back to his usual composure, "Where have you been?"
"Maa…"
"Fuji…"
"Just around."
"You're lying."
"I'm not."
"You are."
Fuji didn't answer.
Tezuka glared.
And vice versa.
After a minute of silence, Fuji gave in.
"Looks like I'm defeated. Well, I went to the wall practice area to give a letter to Echizen."
"A letter?" Kawamura interrupted.
"Yeah. Ryuzaki-sensei asked me that favor."
"You could have at least told me that." Tezuka said, turning his head away from Fuji's sadistic face.
Fuji smiled, "You're that 'super' worried huh?"
"Of course. You're pregnant and—"
"Calm down." Fuji said. Then he leaned himself to Tezuka to give him a nice, warm hug, "I know what I'm in but as Ryuzaki-sensei's student, I need to do her errands."
Tezuka gave in to the hug and felt relaxed, "Just…don't scare me like that."
"I will. And sorry if I made you worried."
Kawamura blushed. It made him felt a little awkward and out-of-place, seeing the two love birds comforting each other. I guess, I shouldn't interfere them now, he thought.
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Back at Kagamihara, Reishin was inside the Cavalene Council and was seated at one end of the rectangular table. He was typing what he saw at the Arts Club room and the condition of the victim. Still, he was confused of what happened. Suddenly, the telephone rang and he answered it.
"Hello?"
"Rei! It's me Yuhiko!" Yuhiko said aloud.
"What's up?"
"I called you just to say that we might be back after two days."
"And?"
"That's all…and oh, Hikaru's at the hospital."
"NANI?!" Reishin asked, banging his two hands on the table.
"Not so loud Rei!"
"What happened to her?"
"Well, we we're both playing doubles against Setsuna and Kenji. Sadly, Setsuna and Kenji teamed their shot up and accidentally hit Hikaru's knee. But, no worries, she's fine now and there's no serious damage."
Whew, is all can Reishin say. But, it's a sure deal that he'll have Setsuna's and Kenji's hairs out of their scalps.
"Anyway Rei, that's all. I have to go to check up on Hikaru."
"Okay. Tell Hikaru to rest."
"Yup. Maybe I'll try to call you tomorrow for some update there."
"Sure."
And the lines went down.
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After a long rest from the wall practice, Echizen finally fixed his bag and sat under the shade of a Sakura tree. He took out the letter that Fuji delivered from his pocket, opened the envelope and read it. The paper was scented sweet and the content goes like this:
Ryoma,
I know you're in the middle of practicing tennis from the upcoming 'Kagamihara-Seigaku friendly match for a cause' but, could you do something for me? Could you bring Fuji and Tezuka to me at Saint Lilac today? I just need to talk to me about Fuji's case…and I guess you already knew about that. And oh, I hope you already knew that Yuhiko wants to see you. Well, my letter ends here and I have some work to do. So, ja ne!
Natsukawa, Hayate
Ryoma's eyes narrowed, crumpled the letter and forcefully threw it onto the ground.
AS IN NOW?! He thought aloud and his temper rising.
He got up from his place and took the crumpled letter and put it inside his bag. He zipped it very nicely and carried the bag through his shoulders. Then he told himself before he totally left the place, "Do I have any choice?" he sighed and proceeded on.
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It's already dawn, and all of the regulars are finally done with their practice. And at that very moment, Oishi finally woke up from his long-road-dream-of-shock. With Kikumaru seeing him get up, the red head cat-like regular thoughtlessly helped the mother hen of Seigaku, giving him the look of how-are-you-feeling-and-are-you-alright face. Far from them were Momoshiro and Kaidoh who were banging their HEADS again at each other. It seemed that they don't like to rest the fight everyday. Kawamura, on the other hand, was actually fixing his bag and Oishi's bag. Might as well call that helping Kikumaru. Inui was still scribbling down at a bench of their practice and was already a practice menu for them tomorrow. And, Tezuka and Fuji were both fixing their things. After that, Tezuka walked forward at Fuji to wipe his face and in return, Fuji handed out Tezuka's water jug and smiled for him.
"Look at them, their so sweet." Kikumaru said softly at Oishi's ear.
"Yah." Oishi agreed. Realizing the day passed by him, he asked Kikumaru, "Uhm, how long have I been asleep Eiji?"
"I guess, since you knew Fuji was pregnant?"
Oishi gaped. He was a bit embarrassed for that action. But, it's not his fault for being so shocked. He was just human.
"You okay Oishi?"
"Yes Eiji. Don't worry."
"Hoi minna!!!" Momoshiro called out after a long way fighting against Kaidoh, in which Kawamura restrained them. He said, "Have you seen Echizen around?"
Hearing Momoshiro's question, Fuji answered, "I think he's still at the wall practice area."
"WHAT?! Oooh, that brat has a lot of nerve."
"Let him be Momo. You know his nature: always alone."
Momoshiro sighed.
"Gomen…" Echizen muttered, surprising everybody.
"What the mystifying thing are you doing? You've been missing all day!" Momoshiro blurted out, making Ryoma's head bent a little and making everyone shut.
"Isn't it obvious that I'm at the wall practice area?"
"Since when? You didn't even tell me."
"Since when Fuji-senpai and Tezuka-buchou revealed their secret…"
Momoshiro gave a large scowl on his face, "Do you really have to say that in an icy way?"
"Got a matter of that?"
"It's a solidified liquid." Kaidoh mumbled.
"What?" Echizen asked, confused.
"I said 'a solidified liquid'. You asked about the matter of the ice right?"
A sudden 'whoosh' of the confused wind passed by the gleaming-dusty grounds of the courts and a ball of tangled fibers of dirt passed by the shocked regulars.
"Uh, Kaidoh-senpai…I was expressing it…and not asking it."
"Are you trying to crack things up Kaidoh?" Momoshiro sternly asked.
Kaidoh stared at them for the moment and recalled all the things he said the statements said by Echizen and Momoshiro. When he had put up all the scattered puzzles of memories into place, he stopped breathing. He realized that, he just had been corny—he cracked a lame joke! WHAT THE HELL…!!! Still, the regulars remained silent as Kaidoh flushed furiously, revealing the total redness of his face.
"T-that's okay…K-Kaidoh…" Kikumaru walked towards him, patted him gently as a comfort, "…but next time, pls. listen to what people say first, nya."
"H-hai…"Kaidoh murmured in a very, very, low voice with matching head facing the ground.
"Ahem." Echizen coughed, startling the regulars back to their senses, "I hate to interrupt your eye-to-eye shocked contact senpais but, Fuji-senpai and Tezuka-senpai, would you come with me?"
Fuji turned to him and showed a slight smile, "Why? Are you going to date us?"
Echizen glared his senpai.
"Okay, okay…just answer my simple question 'why?'"
"I don't know. All I know is Dr. Natsukawa wants to see you both."
"Erm…How did you manage to know him?" Tezuka asked.
"He was my mother's doctor before she died."
"Sorry."
"It's okay buchou. Anyway, let's go."
"Sure."
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Around 7 pm, in front of the Tokyo Tower…
"I wonder where Ryoma could be." Yukito said as he looked at his watch.
Seconds later, a taxi stopped behind Yukito's back and the car door opened. There was Echizen.
"Gomen, Yuki-kun. I have lots of errands to make." Echizen apologized.
"No worries Ryoma-kun. Anyway, I shouldn't have been bothering you anyway."
"That's okay too."
"Maa, I guess we should go up the tower now and eat there."
"Sure."
And the two boys walked inside the tower. Both of the two boys were somehow a bit awkward at each other. To the reason of, people were staring at them and with their eyes set on them; various expressions and thoughts were seen. Both of them were already thinking what others thought of them: like are they brothers? Or are they lovers? Or are they colleagues? A lot of questions were running. As they walked, there was a long silence. Zip. No sound. Silencio. Nothing. Zero. It's all that described their silence. It was like you're in an outer space in which you cannot talk if you doesn't have an astronaut suit with a fish-ball like thingy covering your head and was containing oxygen for you to breathe and talk. Then, they have finally reached the elevator and took the ride up to the fifth floor, wherein one of the elite yet cute and small restaurants was built. Still, silence made a barrier. After a matter of minutes, they got out of the elevator and went to the restaurant. Echizen flushed a little because he never expected that Yukito would be elegantly treating him to some high-quality food restaurant. And take note, Yukito was just going to have a meeting with him. How money-elegant.
As the two boys looked at their menus, Echizen asked, "Why did you take me here?"
"Excuse me?" Yukito asked confusingly, "Are you thinking that this is a date?"
"No, no…okay, let me rephrase. Why did you choose this place to be our meeting place?"
"Well, nothing in particular. All I want is to eat here with you and have our little conversation here."
"Oh…so, what do you want to tell me?"
"Actually, I just want to ask you if your school had undergone major crisis like pregnancy."
"Hmm…as in 'major'? A lot?"
"Yes."
"Well…not much of that really. And I don't care."
Yukito sweatdropped.
"Why are you anyway?"
"Actually, our school is currently under that kind of state. More over, the pregnancies were made by our male students…and rampant. And because of this, I'm looking for other schools that have the same case as ours."
Echizen's face went pale and his eyes widened. Yet, he remained calm and composed that made Yukito not to read his shocked expression. Echizen never realized that the male pregnancy crisis was that—epidemic. Good thing it didn't happen to his school…or not. Just think of Fuji…now that made Echizen shiver and Yukito noticed that.
"Something wrong Ryoma-kun?" Yukito asked.
"Uh…I just remembered something…" Echizen replied.
"Like?"
"There is somebody I know that was pregnant…and he's a male…"
"What?! Well then, who is it?"
"You know him very well…And I know you won't like it if you heard his name."
"Come on Ryoma-kun, tell me now."
"All right…it's…" He shifted his voice to a lower pitch of tone and said, "…Fuji-senpai."
Yukito's jaw dropped. His eyes widened and tears of hatred filled it. It seemed he wanted to kill the person who did it to Fuji. His fists shivered along with his raging body. His head is in total annihilation process and in any moment, he might blow up.
He asked Echizen in a slow, hoarse voice, "Who…did that…to my…Cousin?!"
Echizen felt the anger inside of him. He felt how hard it is to know that one of your male relatives was pregnant instantly. Slowly and carefully, Echizen opened his mouth and managed to answer Yukito's question, "Who-who knows? I don't know anything about that…besides, all I did was to practice for the upcoming match."
"BUT THAT'S AN OUTRAGE!!! Don't you even realize that?"
With the bang of the fists landed on the table, Echizen's butt jumped a little and the people around them stared. Slowly again, and this time, Echizen tried to comfort the dark brunet guy.
"I do realize that Yuki-kun. But pls. don't let your anger out here. The people are already staring at us!"
Yukito roamed his eyes and saw the confused people and scared children looking at him.
He finally calmed down and said, "Gomen."
Echizen let out a sigh of relief at last.
"I'm sorry for that Yuki-kun. But I really don't have the idea how the hell it started."
"It's okay. Anyway, I'll just have to tell this to Reishin and start to include that on the investigation."
"Okay. By the way, how's Yui?"
"Well…she's all right. But right now, she's at the hospital because of an accident yet it wasn't that serious. My twin called me a while ago."
"Oh…I hope she's okay by this time…"
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From the distant place, a sneeze was heard, "ACHOOOOOO!!!"
Okay…that's really a loud sneeze…
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"Oh, she'll be okay." Yukito said, still in a low voice.
"Are you still sobbing?"
"Of course I am. Syusuke is my cousin and I'm well concerned about his health."
"Right…"
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At Saint Lilac…nearly 8 pm…
The door at Dr. Natsukawa's clinic opened all of a sudden.
"Syusuke! Tezuka-san!" said the panting Dr. Natsukawa.
Fuji and Tezuka turned their heads to him by surprise.
"Did you two wait long?"
"Not that much uncle," Fuji said in a calm voice and a smile, "Besides, we took one and a half hours before we get in here."
"Souka…"
"Why did you call for us by the way?" Tezuka asked sternly.
"Oh that? I was just going to tell you something about Syusuke's case. Since you're on a special case Syusuke, I'll have Dr. Mihara as your personal OB-GYNE."
The curtained swayed away by the hands of Dr. Mihara, "I'm here Syusuke-san. Hope you don't bother calling you by first name."
Fuji smiled, "Don't worry Dr. Mihara. It's fine."
"You've been doing a lot of things for us already Natsukawa-san." Tezuka said.
"Nah. It's nothing Tezuka-kun. Besides, Syusuke is my nephew and I'll always at his side."
"Thanks uncle."
"I guess it's already late. Go home now guys."
"Hai."
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A/N: And there you have it guys. Did you like it? The only thing you have to figure out is the relationship of Ryoma to Dr. Natsukawa and his kids…
Read along!