Hello people! Thanks for the lovely comments and suggestions, it gave me the courage (that I needed) to continue with the story. As promised this is the second chapter. Enjoy! =]


Chapter 2

Nothing unusual happened during morning practice, it was just like any other day.

"Viper! Watch where you swing that racket, you almost hit me!"

"Idiot, don't walk where I swing," Kaidou said.

Momoshiro grabbed Kaidou's shirt and Kaidou grabbed his.

"20 laps, both of you!"

"Nyaaaaaa! Kikumaru beam!"

"Mada mada dane."

"Burning!"

Fuji was paying special attention to all the regulars, even though he was playing a set with Tezuka. Using his peripheral vision, he was checking if anyone was giving him any dreamy stares or behaving weirdly.

Naturally when a person confesses, they'll try to avoid their crush because they become extremely nervous and start blushing for no reason.

But no one was avoiding the tensai or blushing spontaneously, everyone was acting normal.

This is going to be harder than I thought. I need to come up with a plan.

"Fuji," Tezuka said firmly, "you seem to be distracted." The stoic captain came up to the net. The score was three to zero, Tezuka was leading.

"Eh?" The tensai snapped back to reality, he was now facing a very disappointed Tezuka.

"Don't let your guard down."

"Gomen, Tezuka," Fuji said with smiling eyes. Then Fuji opened his piercing eyes, striking Tezuka, as if the tensai was looking into his soul. "I will play seriously from now on." Their gaze locked for several long seconds. Tezuka was surprised because he had never seen the tensai so serious, so... passionate about proving something.

Fuji spun the tennis ball in his hand and hit his famous disappearing underhand serve. Tezuka was still analyzing what had just happened several seconds ago, he was completely unprepared when he swung his racket.

"Ne Tezuka, you look a bit distracted." Fuji slyly smiled with confidence.

It was because I was serious. You didn't think that it could happen with you? Tezuka, you were the one who wrote that letter.

"Don't let your guard down," Fuji said in a velvet voice, mocking the stoic captain.

Tezuka gripped his racket tighter and glared down the tensai.

Fuji was giggling at this, Tezuka looks so cute when he's determined.

Tezuka returned the tennis ball that Fuji hit down the line with twice the power and speed.

Which is why I won't let you have it so easily, Fuji continued to giggle.

Fuji lobbed the ball, giving Tezuka an invitation. Tezuka positioned himself for a smash and then with all of his power, he smashed the ball towards the left corner of the court. Fuji's cerulean-blue eyes focused on the course of the ball, he timed his Higuma Otoshi perfectly.

Tezuka didn't need to look back to know that the ball was going to be in. So this is the real Fuji, he thought to himself.

Fuji continued with his underhand serve, this time dashing towards the net. Tezuka was caught by surprise, Fuji usually plays at the baseline. Fuji struck the ball passionately causing it to rocket towards Tezuka's right side.

Fuji continued to battle, point by point, surprising the stoic captain with unorthodox moves. The topspin-ball bounce on top of the net and rolled to the right side until it gently dropped on to the court, inside the single's line.

Game, Fuji. Five games all (means 5=fuji and 5=Tezuka).

Echizen was following Fuji's movements, admiring the tensai's skill and graceful shots.

"Fuji-sempai plays beautifully when he's serious."

Fuji inclined his head, he heard what the freshman had said about him.

So he thinks I play beautifully. I wonder if he thinks I'm beautiful as well. Could I be wrong about Tezuka? Echizen is really shy, maybe he wrote the letter.

"Game, Fuji. Six games to five, Fuji leads. Change sides," said Oishi, the referee.

Tezuka and Fuji both went to the bench, they were drenched in sweat. Fuji smiled seductively, he had a wicked idea. The tensai innocently walked over to the fence with his water bottle in hand. He unscrewed the cap off and slowly poured the water over his head, leaning against the fence.

"Ahhhhh, it feels sooo good," Fuji sighed, smiling.

Echizen's cheeks were slightly turning pink, he took pleasure in watching the little streams of water gliding on his sempai's toned muscles. The sun was shining on the water droplets, reflecting little rainbows everywhere which made Fuji sparkle like diamonds. Fuji noticed Echizen's blushing cheeks and faced the freshman, the smaller boy quickly looked away.

So he does think I'm beautiful, Fuji giggled to himself. Echizen is so cute when he's blushing. Yes, he definitely wrote the letter.

"Morning practice is over, Fuji, Tezuka, we will continue this match in the afternoon. Everyone is dismissed," Ryuzaki-sensei barked.


Fuji was staring out the window, contemplating over the morning's events.

Tezuka was really distracted when I showed him that I can be serious...with him, what was he thinking about? And Echizen was staring at me during the entire match, he even said that I played beautifully.

Ever since Fuji caught the smaller boy admiring his body, the blushing freshman was avoiding the tensai.

Argghhhh! This is going no where, two people can't give me one love letter!

Feeling annoyed, Fuji turned away from the window as if it were the cause of the problem. Fuji stared straight ahead until he felt a soft poke. He turned to see who was the perpetrator. Eiji smiled widely and showed him the peace sign.

"Ne Fuji, you look like you're going to kill someone." Eiji said, giving his best friend a cautious smile. "Are you mad at anyone?" Eiji said carefully, hoping he wasn't the one Fuji was angry at.

Fuji sensed Eiji's hesitation and put on his famous smile that he always wore. "No Eiji, I'm more mad at myself than at the other person."

Eiji exhaled, realizing he was holding his breath.

"Oh... that's good," Eiji replied nervously. Just then the teacher called on Eiji to write on the board. The red-haired boy jumped in his seat and rush to the board, tripping over his backpack. Eiji caught himself, but the contents of his backpack spilled on the floor next to Fuji. Eiji turned bright red and quickly rushed to the board. He ignored the fact that his books where all over the place and his classmates were laughing at him.

Fuji began picking up Eiji's books when he froze, in his hands was a calligraphy-for-beginner's book.

You've got to be kidding me. Fuji let out a deep sigh. I need to come up with a plan.


Hahaha poor Fuji, just when he thought he figured it out... something else comes along and pulls him back to square one.

Anyways I'm somewhere in the middle of the next chapter and it is hilarious. This one might take a while (like maybe Tuesday) because I have a rankings match on Monday. And yes I do play tennis if you haven't figured it out by my writing.

*special thanks to ImperialPairFanatic for inspiring me to add another character, I forgot about Atobe.