Disclaimers: I do not own these characters.
A/N: Sorry for the delay. In truth, there were already two chapters written and ready for posting. This is one of them. But each time I reread, it feels like a teenage love story that's full of bubblegum and what-not. Well, you decide:
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Maybe Cupid Plays Dice with the Universe
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"Yeah? Yeah it's really cold out nya," Kikumaru exhales, a puff of white cloud exiting his lips. He glances back at his footprints in the snow while moving forward.
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Oishi crouches in front of his fish bowl, follows one with his eyes as it swims laps across the aquarium, "You should have told me you were going out, I could have accompanied you." He straightens, heads to his door.
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"Hm-hm," shakes Kikumaru's head, expertly weaving through the crowd on the streets, "It's just a quick errand."
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"Still," the vice-captain negotiates, fingers full of coat and doorknob.
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"I'm just being bullied at home nya. If they found out you came after me, they'd just tease me some more!" The redhead spots the store, gets in line. The queue wasn't so long, after all. He releases a sigh of relief.
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The other half of the golden pair, carefully pins the phone between ear and shoulder, struggles to put an arm in one sleeve at the top of the stairs, "How's the line?"
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"As short as O-chibi, lucky!"
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"Oh," Oishi breathes, transferring the phone to the other side before slipping his other arm in the jacket-sleeve.
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"Got the cake, nya! See? That was quick, hehe". Kikumaru begins to make his way home, then decides to let his family wait. They made him go on this errand when it was so cold out and when the warmth in the house was lovely, after all! He spots a shed with an unoccupied bench, sits before anyone could take the space. He looks around, sees no one but couples, "Nee, Oishi~"
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"Hai?" His mom is startled to see him heading out the door. He gestures to the phone, and is out the door when his partner speaks, "It's almost midnight!"
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"Uhn."
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"You really should go back home, you know?"
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Oishi freezes, then resignedly chuckles. He retraces his steps, and it isn't until Kikumaru hears the creak of a gate closing that he laughs, "You're too crazy sometimes nya. But thank you."
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"Kikumaru?"
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The redhead is surprised, looks up in amazement, and sees their tennis captain standing before him, bundled up, a bag of something in hand, "Oh."
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The clock tower lets out a resounding gong.
"Eiji, happy new year," a voice cuts through the reverberating second bell.
"Happy new year," came the acrobatic tennis player's smiling, though quiet reply, voice directed to the person on the other line, his eyes on Tezuka.
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Warned you it was like a teeny-bopper flick. Hope you enjoyed nonetheless -25c