AN: Hello, I'm here again! Sorry, it's been a long time, but right after my surgery I hurt my left wrist and since I'm left-handed, all my time went trying to keep the same pace as every one else at school. Plus, I've been so much away from school that my grades are dropping lower than ever... I used to be one of bests in my class and now I'm barely getting through tests.^^
Oh, there is going to be a side pairing, Fujicest, meaning SyusukexYuuta.
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When Atsushi was brushing his teeth in the morning, he noticed something red under his pajama's neckline. He washed his mouth and took of his shirt to see that his whole chest was full of hickeys.
When he had time to open my shirt and do all these marks, Atsushi wondered. He looked at his watch and noticed he was late from practice. I have to change clothes here; I can't let others see these hickeys. I don't want them to know before I can get courage to tell Shinya.
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When Atsushi got to the courts, Mizuki was waiting for him.
"You're late. Seems like you got back late, am I right? And where is your headband? I remember clearly telling you to always use it so I can identify you. You didn't have it last night either. Go, find it and put it in your head. Then come back and run laps until morning practice ends. I'm sure Akazawa doesn't have anything against it. Is that clear?" Atsushi knew Mizuki wasn't very pleased to know he didn't use his headband. He thought a little where he had left it.
"In fact, I think my headband is in Ryou's pocket. He took it from me yesterday. So, I think it's probably in Chiba now."
"Arrgh. Very well, go running at least!" Atsushi left quickly.
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When practice ended, Atsushi ignored it and kept on running. He didn't want to go shower while others were there for certain reasons. When all of them had left, he went to locker room and shower.
Atsushi was putting on his clothes when surprisingly Yuuta came in.
"Senpai? Why you're still here? Class is starting soon, you know.... Oh, now I understand", he said when he noticed the love bites all over Atsushi's chest. Atsushi blushed.
"Yuuta-kun, please, don't tell a soul. Especially not to Shinya!" Atsushi was desperate. If Yuuta told him, their friendship would be over.
"I won't tell. But can I ask one thing? Is it Ryou-senpai?" Yuuta started to call Ryou as senpai when he was in same elementary school in Chiba and it seemed like he wasn't going to change it.
"... How did you know?"
"..."
"... Could it be? Y- you are in same situation as I am! You must have heard it from you brother! I wouldn't be surprised if he knew it from the start!" Atsushi gulped in his mind when he realized he had called Yuuta as "Fuji's brother".
Now it was Yuuta's turn to blush. "Shh, senpai. You don't have to shout it so loud. ... Yes, I am in the same of kind situation with aniki." Atsushi couldn't believe his ears! If Yuuta hadn't told him, he would never guess Fuji brothers felt like that towards each other. And Yuuta totally ignored "brother" thing as if Atsushi never said it. "But at least I'm not with one person and having sex with another", Yuuta continued. Atsushi felt his jaw dropping.
"I- we- we aren't that far!" He wanted to get out and fast. "But now we really have to go. We are late already!" Atsushi grabbed his bag and went out followed by grinning Yuuta.
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The whole day Atsushi was spending time alone thinking what Yuuta had said.
He's right, I have to stop this. The longer I'm acting like nothing's wrong, the more it's going to hurt Shinya. Atsushi thought a little. So much has happened in such a short time. It's probably time to me to do something myself.
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Atsushi knocked on Yanagisawa's door. When he heard "Come in!" he opened the door and let himself in. Yanagisawa turned towards door to see who came in.
"Atsushi. What's up? You have been pretty silent today." Atsushi looked to his feet for a minute and then turned his head to meet Yanagisawa's eyes.
"Shinya... I think... I think it's the best if we stop dating." Yanagisawa 's eyes almost plopped out of his head and he ran to Atsushi's side.
"What do you mean? Stop dating... Are you o.k.?"
"I'm sorry." Atsushi lowered his head.
"You are in love with someone else, aren't you? No, you are in love with Ryou-san, I should say." Atsushi lifted his head quickly.
"How...?"
"Atsushi I'm not that stupid. I know you. I noticed how you behavior changed after your visit in Chiba. Would you care to tell me what happened?"
"You don't want to know..."
"Tell me nevertheless."
"Saeki had a little party and we all were pretty drunk. I... ended up in same bed as him." There. I said it. Are you now happy? Are you happy I told you I cheated on you?
Nothing but silence answered him. Atsushi turned to door and opened it.
"I'm really sorry, Shinya. I didn't want our relationship to end like this. I truly love you. It's just that I love him more." And so Atsushi left Yanagisawa's room.
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AN: BTW, I and my friend Hidoineko are going to write Prince of Tennis version of Snow White. The first chapter is going to be in FFN on 24th of this month, Ryoma's birthday^^ It will be posted on our joint account, Nekoryuu. I'm telling you this because there may be people who are interested.
My holiday starts on the day after tomorrow, so I WILL add a new chapter on holidays IF nothing happens to me^^ Reviews please!
