Chapter VIII-It's Building Up
Disclaimer: Do Not Owe Prince of Tennis!
Warning: boy/boy (Tezuka/Ryoma) Do Not Read If This Offends You.
The next day after breakfast, Tezuka and Ryoma were meeting the others at Shibuya. They were first going to the arcade, movies and then in the afternoon, play some tennis within the private courts that they know of.
Tezuka and Ryoma got off the bus as they went inside the arcade and saw the others playing at different video games.
"Kikumaru! You cheated!" Oishi's voice cried as they heard Kikumaru chuckled.
"Not again!" Kawamura's voice said unhappily.
"Looks like you got beaten by a freshman, Kawamura!" Aoi said chuckling.
"Tezuka! Echizen! You two made it!" Fuji's voice exclaimed.
"Wouldn't miss this for the world," Ryoma said quietly.
Fuji chuckled, "Kaidou also thinks that this is a waste of time. His over there playing a game against Inui," he said as he gestured to a corner.
"Ryoma! Play with us!" A voice called out as Ryoma looked and saw Haruko and Midori, as they were playing a DDR game.
Ryoma sighed, "be right back," he said simply as he left the two alone.
"You planned this, didn't you?" Tezuka asked as Fuji returned back to his game as Tezuka played second player against him.
"Planned what?" Fuji asked with an innocence smile.
"You know what I mean! After being stuck in his house last night…" Tezuka began.
"That wasn't my doing. You're the one who wanted to walk him back to his house and then a thunderstorm came along. I did not know any of it," Fuji said.
Tezuka snorted, "I barely know the kid Fuji."
"Yet you love him, right?"
"Does anybody know about this?"
Fuji looked at him after he lost a game against Tezuka, "nobody knows except me and Oishi."
"As suspected from Oishi, I've also known him since freshman year."
Fuji smiled, "so, are you still mad at me?"
Tezuka shook his head, "this was a good idea," he murmured as Fuji chuckled.
Just then, the two heard a noise coming from the DDR section. "What's going on?" Fuji asked Kawamura who was passing by them.
"Ryoma is in a duel against someone," Kawamura explained.
"What?"
"I thought Ryoma doesn't know how to play arcade games except tennis," Fuji said slowly.
"An upperclassman defeated Haruko and is suspecting a date from her, although Haruko doesn't want to go out with that creep. Haruko didn't agree to anything as it was all the upperclassman's doing. Ryoma is defending for her," Aoi explained.
The four went to see the duel as Ryoma was winning against the upperclassman.
"That kid is so awesome!"
"I heard he won four tournaments in America!"
"I thought he was only in sports and not video games?"
Tezuka knew he was smiling within the inside as he watched the battle in front of him.
"Player one, game won!" The machine called out as Ryoma and the upperclassman were both breathing heavily.
"You got screwed by a freshman, Mizuki!" One of the upperclassman's friends exclaimed to him.
"You must have cheated freshman!" Mizuki snapped as he grabbed the collar of his shirt.
"Calm down Mizuki. It's only a game," one of his friends said with a smirk.
"Made made dane," Ryoma said with a small smile.
"Why you…!" Mizuki began but someone held him back.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Tezuka said as he glared at him with his icy glare.
Mizuki gulped, "since your bodyguard is here, I'll let you go," he said.
Ryoma didn't say anything once he said that.
"C'mon guys, we don't want to get in trouble with these freshman's bodyguard," Mizuki said to his friends as the group left.
"You were awesome Ryoma!" Haruko exclaimed as she went up to hug him tightly.
"You got the highest score on the machine!" Midori said excitedly.
"Oh? This was my first time playing," Ryoma said as everyone's jaw dropped excluding Tezuka of course.
"Even I couldn't do that on my own time," Momoshiro said.
"You're proud of him, aren't you Tezuka?" Fuji asked quietly as Tezuka didn't say anything as he was just staring at Ryoma.
"Play against me kid!" A voice challenged as Ryoma nodded to the person.
The group watched Ryoma's excellent moves as he played against the person.
So, this is what it feels like, to be in love. Each passing day, my heart grows onto him even though I had no idea it was love at first. I love him. There's no doubt about it, I have had a few girlfriends and boyfriends in the past, but nothing felt this way around them. Echizen Ryoma, you are the one, Tezuka thought as he watched Ryoma's dancing moves as he won another game.
Ryoma beamed at the surrounding people around him, Tezuka knew it was time to tell him.
tbc...
me: here's the next chapter for Inseparable.
Ryoma: how many chapters left?
me: (shrugs) at least one or two.
Tezuka: that's it? Aw...
Fuji: we'll be onto the next chapter soon
Kawamura: review and update.