Supplement

Pairing: Inui/Shinji

Fandom: Prince of Tennis

Theme: #28. Wada Calcium CD3

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters herein. I do not claim to own them, and I am not making any profit off of this. This is just fun in a fandom I enjoy. If you want to sue me for all I'm worth…please do! You're welcome to my student loans and other bills.

Rating: PG-13

Shinji sat on the bleachers at the street courts, watching the match taking place in front of him, and found himself wondering just how it was it had taken him and Inui this long to meet up over tennis. One would've thought it would be something natural for them to do, considering their status on their teams and all.

Not that they had really met up purposely now. Shinji had planned to go to the street courts with Kamio—Kamio had said something about having to teach Momoshiro a lesson, and Shinji agreed to go with him, because where Momoshiro was, Echizen was, and Shinji hadn't needled Echizen about the grip tape in almost three weeks, couldn't have Echizen thinking that Shinji had forgotten—and Inui had just…been there.

Shinji wasn't paying any attention to Inui, though. No, he was focused completely on the Kamio/Momoshiro grudge match and had not a thought at all for the way Inui was helping Kaidoh stretch out his muscles. It wasn't bothering him one bit.

At least, that's what Shinji was trying to tell himself.

He was so focused on ignoring Inui and his kouhai that he missed the end of the match that he was, in theory, watching. His only clue came when a hot, sweaty Kamio was suddenly draped over him, panting and reaching for a water bottle. "Tiebreak again," he grumbled. "Honestly, I know he's not better than me."

"Maybe you're equals, Akira." Shinji gazed down at the exhausted redhead in his lap. "It would explain why you go to a tie nine times out of ten, and why you seem to like playing with each other so much. I think you like playing with him better than me, and I'm supposed to be your doubles partner. Maybe you should team up with him and not me, do you think?"

"Shinji!" Kamio rolled over so he was looking up at Shinji, his head still in Shinji's lap. "Don't say that. You know I like playing with you better than anyone else. Except for maybe Tachibana-san," he amended.

"Well, of course." Shinji nodded. "It's Tachibana-san."

They smiled at each other in perfect understanding, and Kamio reached up to playfully ruffle Shinji's hair. Just as his hand made contact, a voice behind them said. "Hello, Shinji. Kamio."

Akira jumped and fell to the ground, glaring up at Inui. "Where the hell did you come from?" he asked. "And would it be too much to warn a person that you're there?"

"I'm sorry." Inui didn't sound particularly sorry, though, as he sat down next to Shinji, moving a little closer to him than was strictly necessary. "I just thought you might like to know that Momoshiro is over by the vending machines with Tachibana-chan."

"He—what!!" Kamio shot upright, all traces of exhaustion gone. "Momoshiro!!" Kamio was gone, running over to them before Shinji could blink.

He turned and frowned at Inui. "That wasn't very nice, Sadaharu. Akira was tired. It wasn't nice of you to make him run like that."

"He was all over you," was Inui's defense.

"And you weren't all over Kaidoh? Tell me, just what stretch is it that requires you to be wrapped around him?" Shinji crossed his arms and just looked at Inui.

Echizen interrupted them before Inui could respond. "Hey, Ibu. Since Momo-sempai abandoned me, care for a game?"

"Sure." Shinji jumped to his feet. "I'll beat you this time, and you'll give me what you owe me."

"Mada mada." Echizen walked to the court, Shinji following him.

A large part of Inui was disappointed that Shinji had been taken away from him, but the rest of Inui recognized what a golden opportunity this was to gather some more data on his boyfriend. So, he grabbed a notebook and watched the show unfold, writing down his observations and drawing a couple conclusions.

The match went to Echizen, which was no surprise, though the rather narrow margin of the win was. Either Echizen wasn't playing at his full strength, or Shinji has improved quite a bit. Judging from the expressions on their faces, Echizen was playing at about 90 percent of his strength, but Shinji's game has improved by 31 percent since the last time I saw him play. Inui frowned as he watched Shinji rub his shoulder as he came back into the bleachers while Echizen wandered away, presumably in search of his Ponta.

Inui replaced the frown with a smile as Shinji sat next to him. "Good game, Shinji."

"Thanks…but he still won. I will beat that brat one day, you know." He was smiling, though, as he said it.

"I believe you." Inui looked Shinji up and down, something clicking in his mind. "You've grown."

Shinji blinked. "I guess I have," he said slowly. "People do that sometimes, at our age."

"Yes…." Inui ignored Shinji as he pulled another notebook out of his bag, flipping through it rapidly before he stopped on a page. "You have grown approximately three centimeters since you played Echizen in the city tournament."

"Is that all?" Shinji looked confused. "Sadaharu, what does this have to do with…well, anything?"

"You've been growing…and therefore putting more of a strain on your skeletal structure as your play compensates. I would advise a calcium supplement until you have finished growing to help prevent damage to your bones and joints."

"I don't think that's necessary. I take a multivitamin, and that has calcium in it. I'll be fine, Sadaharu."

"I really think you should consider it." Inui took a bottle from his bag and removed a pill. "It's really not so bad, Shinji. Kaidoh takes one every day, and it has greatly benefited him."

"Oh, really." Shinji narrowed his eyes. "I don't need it, though."

"Take it?" Inui held out the pill to him. "It will help improve your ability to take heavier swings by at least 14 percent."

Shinji shook his head. "No deal, Sadaharu. I don't want to, and you really shouldn't be badgering me about this once I said no."

Inui sighed. "Maybe you're right…." He turned away from Shinji and rummaged in his bag.

"Thank you, Sadaharu. All I want is to know that I'll be respe—mmmph!" Shinji was cut off as Inui suddenly whirled around and pressed his mouth against Shinji's, sliding his tongue between Shinji's lips. Shinji relaxed into the kiss for a moment before feeling something hard and not Inui's tongue shoved far back into his mouth. Shinji had the options of swallowing or choking, so he chose the former, pulling back from Inui to glare at him, coughing a little. "You didn't."

Inui had the courtesy to look guilty as he responded, "It worked out better when I pictured it in my head…."

"Still." Shinji glared at him. "I said no! Are my wishes that unimportant? Or do you think yours are the only ones that matter?"

"I'm really sorry, Shinji…."

Shinji continued on without missing a beat. "And what if I said no for a good reason? What if there was some perfectly valid reason that I couldn't or didn't want that? You had no right to—" Again, Shinji was cut off as Inui pulled him into another kiss, one with no ulterior motives this time…well, other to quiet Shinji, but Shinji didn't need to know that.

Finally feeling the need to breathe, Inui pulled away from Shinji. "I'm really, truly sorry, Shinji."

"About what, now?" Shinji blinked up at him.

Inui grinned and was about to respond, when the sound of something heavy dropping behind them captured Inui's attention. He turned to see Momoshiro's shocked face, Echizen's indifferent face, and Kamio's amused one. Shinji, seeing their audience, turned bright red.

No one spoke for a minute, then Kamio broke the silence. "Should we leave you two alone?" he drawled.

That woke Momoshiro up. "Ibu—Inui-sempai—kissing…what!?" He turned to glare at Kamio. "You knew about this?"

Kamio shrugged. "Shinji tells me everything."

"Or Akira bullies it out of me," Shinji muttered."

Momoshiro ignored that. "And you're okay with it?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" Kamio looked confused. "Shinji seems happy enough. That's good for me."

"Of course Ibu is happy! He…he corrupted Inui-sempai!"

"He corrupted?" Kamio glared at Momoshiro. "If anyone was doing the corrupting, it was that creepy sempai of yours! He kissed poor innocent Shinji first!"

Inui watched the chaos, reaching for his notebook, his glasses glinting. "Ii data…."

Shinji edged away from his boyfriend and approached the only one there who still looked sane. "No comments?" he asked Echizen.

Echizen shrugged. "Not my business," he said pragmatically. "The two of you can date whoever you want. Everyone at Seigaku will know tomorrow, though." He looked over at the still-shouting duo. "Excuse me." He went and dragged Momoshiro away, Kamio following behind them, still arguing with Momoshiro.

Shinji went back to Inui and took the notebook from him, closing it. "Probably not quite how you wanted your team to find out, is it?"

"Not particularly." Inui sighed, mind working. "I need to call Kaidoh and tell him myself. I'm glad he missed the…spectacle."

"Oh?" Shinji raised an eyebrow. "Something you didn't want him to know? Are you ashamed or something?"

"No! Don't even think that, Shinji. It's just…." Inui sighed. "We're close. And he deserves to not hear about something like this from a rumor. If our positions had been reversed, wouldn't you want to tell Kamio yourself?"

"I…you're right." Shinji smiled a little. "I'm sorry."

"Were you jealous, Shinji?" Inui grinned.

"No! Were you jealous of Akira?"

"Definitely not." Inui adjusted his glasses.

"Glad we got that settled." Shinji looked down at his watch then jumped up. "I'm late! I have to go…." He bent and kissed Inui quickly. "I'll call you tonight." Before Inui could respond, Shinji was running for the stairs, pausing at the top. "And…I'll think about the calcium pill thing." He disappeared down the steps.

Inui grinned and decided that he could consider the concession a victory for him. Too bad he was probably going to spend the next couple days being teased by his teammates, though. Sighing, Inui gathered his things as well, rehearsing what he was going to say to Kaidoh…but anticipating Shinji's call even more.

--The End--