Chapter VII-Meeting The Family
Disclaimer: Do Not Owe Prince of Tennis!

Warning: boy/boy (Tezuka/Ryoma) Do Not Read If This Offends You.

"I'm home!" Ryoma called out as he had just stepped inside the living room.

"Ryoma, your finally….You brought a guest!" His cousin, Nanako exclaimed.

"I hope I'm not intruding at all," Tezuka said slowly.

"Of course not. We were just getting dinner ready. Auntie! We have a guest!" Nanako called out into the kitchen.

Rinko came out from the kitchen and looked at her son and the stranger, "you are from Seigaku, aren't you?" She asked as she noticed that Tezuka was wearing the uniform tennis clothes of Seigaku.

"Yes."

"Ah. Ryoma, can you set the table for me? I'm sure Nanjiro is coming soon."

"Of course mother. Tezuka, you can sit anywhere if you like," Ryoma said as Tezuka nodded and Ryoma hurriedly went into the kitchen to get the plates.

Just then, a cat came towards Tezuka as he looked down and saw that the cat was staring at him. Tezuka smiled to it as he petted the cat, the cat gave a small purring sound.

"Looks like Karupin likes you," Ryoma observed as he came back from the kitchen as he set the plates down onto the table.

"I like cats," Tezuka said as Ryoma smiled.

"Is that grilled fish I smell?" A voice asked as Ryoma looked and saw it was his father who was coming in.

"Yes dear!" Rinko's voice called from the kitchen.

Nanjiro sighed as he pulled out his magazines from a hiding place, "father!" Ryoma exclaimed as Nanjiro looked at him lazily.

"What?"

"We have a guest," Ryoma said as he wanted to smack his father for having those 'magazines' out but didn't since Tezuka was there.

"Oh! Aren't you Kunimitsu Tezuka?" Nanjiro asked as he put his 'magazines' down hurriedly and Tezuka nodded to him. "Didn't I enrolled you to Aichi Middle-School? Why are you hanging out with a Seigaku Middle-School kid?"

"Aichi didn't accepted me in their tennis club," Ryoma said slowly.

"Is that true?" Rinko asked as she came in with Nanako with the foods as Ryoma nodded.

"What can you say about Aichi? They are strict over there," Nanjiro said with a sigh.

"Which is a wonders how Aichi never got to the Nationals," Ryoma mumbled.

"That's a great school!" Nanjiro protested as Rinko chuckled.

"He transferred over to that school since he didn't want to be near Ryuzaki-sensei, right?"

Nanjiro growled as he didn't say anything.

"What about Seigaku? Did they want to the Nationals, Tezuka?" Nanako asked.

"Yea. Although we were defeated by another school," Tezuka said slowly.

"Oh? What school?"

"Hyotei. Atobe Keigo defeated me," Tezuka said unhappily.

"Atobe? I heard of him," Nanjiro said quietly.

"Who doesn't know Atobe, dear? His such a cutie!" Rinko exclaimed.

"Hey, aren't you supposed to be married to me?" Nanjiro asked annoyed.

"It's just adult love dear," Rinko said as Nanjiro sighed.

"Why'd I have to ask?" He muttered to himself.

"Is your high school going to be in the nationals Tezuka?" Nanako asked.

"Depends if I do get in the tennis club," Tezuka replied.

"Of course you will. Why won't they accept you?" Ryoma asked as Tezuka didn't say anything.

"Fuji is so much cuter then Atobe auntie. I'm sure of it," Nanako said as Rinko looked at her.

"No way. Atobe is way cuter," she said as the two ladies glared at each other.

"Oh, we have a guest you two. Stay calm," Nanjiro said with a sigh.

The two broke apart their glare as they went back to eat.

"Speak of the devil, it's about seven-thirty. My parents might be worried of me," Tezuka said as he looked at his watched.

Just then, they heard a cracking noise from outside and then a loud 'boom.'

"Is it raining?" Nanako asked as she looked out the windows.

"It must be. The wind is awfully hard right now," Rinko said.

Nanako returned from her investigation, "Tezuka, I don't think you can go home tonight. Why don't you sleep in our guest room? You can use the phone to call your parents."

Tezuka nodded, "thank you for your hospitality."

"Ryoma, do you mind showing him the guest room when his done with dinner?"

"Why not? It's by my room."

"Actually, I'm done now," Tezuka said as Nanako nodded.

"Same here," Ryoma murmured as he went to show Tezuka the guest room.

"My room is right next door. If you need anything during the night, don't hesitate to wake me up. The bathroom is just right across the hall," Ryoma instructed as Tezuka nodded.

"There's a phone inside the room, right?"

"Yea. There are two phones available actually. One is in the living room and the second is in that room," Ryoma explained.

"Thank you."

"Don't mention it," Ryoma said with a small smile as he left the older one alone.

Tezuka sighed as he closed his door; he was within the house of his newly developed crush. Why does it have to happen to him?

tbc...

me: Why don't we just say that, after meeting Kevin's team, Ryoma decided to try harder so he began to practice with the Seigaku and ex-Seigaku regulars.

Ryoma: hope that helps a bit.

Tezuka: we'll be onto the next chapter soon

Nanjiro: review and update.