Disclaimer: If only I own Tenipuri… Ah, how sweet it'll be to own those cuties.
Rating: G or K
Genre: Drama, slight humor, slight suspense
Pairing: Implied Tezuka and Fuji
Warnings or notes: OOC-ness, 1000 words. Nothing else to be warned of since I am not one to write anything that contains adult themes or such.
This is done especially for those who are already dying to know the new roles given to everyone! Sorry for the super late update; I was facing a lot of problems for the past few weeks. Oh yeah, I edited 'Chapter 8 – Preparations' as 'Interlude – Preparations'. Reason one; it's shorter than my supposed chapters. Reason two; it fills out the gap between events.
Thanks to Carzla for being my beta reader. Please drop a review after reading ne? Thanks!
: Ready… Go :
Interlude - Roles
The next morning, the regulars were given a new script that Oishi and Inui had worked overnight on editing the lines based on the new roles that were assigned to the seven of them. The instant the regulars took the new script, everyone, excluding a few people, did the same thing; they opened the first page and scanned through the new roles they were given.
It was time for photographs, Fuji mused in mild amusement as he silently retrieved his camera. Beside him, Inui was ready with his data collecting tools, while Kaidoh just kept silent since he did not share their curiosity, Oishi was sighing and Tezuka was staring at his script as though he was hoping for something else to happen.
"I am the stepfather? I doubt I can manage it…" Kawamura voiced out his concerns timidly. Eiji bounced towards the worried regular and placed his tennis racket in his hand as everyone nodded knowingly. Turning on his 'burning' mode would solve everything, after all. "Burning! I can do just fine!"
Momoshiro, on the other hand, was laughing alone hysterically. "I am the stepbrother! And Echizen is the stepsister! Hahahaha!" No one else knew why the idea of making Momoshiro the stepbrother of Ryoma was so hilarious. They were too concerned about their own roles to care about the others for the moment.
The youngest amongst them all, Ryoma could care less. He dreaded whatever role they assigned to him, since he was blackmailed into it. It was against his will to act as a girl, so he would never give his full cooperation whatsoever. He just knew that he was doomed the moment Fuji flashed his infamous menacing smile at him. That was just what the other genius did merely a second ago.
"Che," he frowned, pulling his cap lower to cover his rebellious eyes. "I doubt Fuji-senpai's innocent enough to be Cinderella. He'll just ruin the image," Ryoma murmured under his breath when his catlike eyes spotted where his senior's name was.
Eiji, on the other hand, was bouncing joyfully around everybody. "Yay! I'm the Fairy Godmother! Nya! And Oishi is the King!" With that, he hugged his doubles' partner from behind casually. Oishi blushed slightly out of embarrassment.
All the while, Tezuka was still staring at his script, but his attention was not on his name. His hazel eyes were fixed on one particular name – Fuji's. Apparently, he was Cinderella's lover, and he need not be reminded that Fuji was playing the dreaded role. A cold chill descended around him, sending shivers up his spine. Somehow, he had a feeling that everything was jinxed by that dangerous smiling genius.
The said genius was busy snapping pictures until he stopped right in front of the troubled captain. Upon seeing Tezuka's stiff look, he grinned in triumph. "You know, Tezuka. You are my Prince Charming," he said with an innocent smile, causing the others to stare at the two of them with widened eyes.
"Wah! I didn't know Fuji'll confess so easily! Nya, Oishi! This is big news!" Their acrobatic player pulled on Oishi's sleeve in an overexcited way.
His partner shook his head violently. "That's not the point, Eiji!"
"The point is, I had absolutely no idea Buchou is gay!" Momoshiro interjected Oishi's scolding with a yelp.
Kaidoh merely hissed in surprise at Fuji's comment and strangely he blushed slightly, while Inui jotted down everything with a malevolent smirk. Kawamura's racket had been taken away from him a few minutes ago so he only scratched his head in confusion, being unable to remember much when in 'burning' mode. A metallic thud was heard as Ryoma dropped his can of Ponta in shock.
Tezuka was the only one remained expressionless, although obviously several veins were already forming on his forehead. "Fuji," he warned threateningly, but it held little power against the sadistic regular.
Nevertheless, Fuji decided to explain. "Maa, I was talking about the play. See?" He pointed at his name and then at Tezuka's. "I'm Cinderella and Tezuka is the Prince. That was what I meant," he explained in a soft voice. It was then when everyone sighed in relief. "But I wouldn't mind if you wanted to take it the way you imagined…" he added, chuckling slyly.
Several scandalized cries of 'Fuji-senpai!' and 'Fuji!' were heard right after his joke. "Momoshiro and Kikumaru, 50 laps around the courts now. Fuji, 100 laps," was all Tezuka said after all of them had calmed down. The said junior and third-year complained why they should be punished, but it was cut off by an annoyed Tezuka, who threatened to add more punishing laps if they dared to complain. Patting both Momoshiro and Eiji's shoulders, Fuji grinned before setting off like it was sweet routine to him.
"Saa… I bet that Atobe would want to get his hands on these lovely photos. Ah, they'll sell just fine," the sadist mumbled happily as he picked up his speed. His words were almost inaudible, but to one who had sharp hearing such as Eiji, they were heard perfectly clearly.
Deciding to run with Fuji for a few words, the acrobatic player sped up as well, leaving a curious Momoshiro behind. "Ne, Fuji. Give me some of the commission okay? I helped too!"
After settling the rest of the regulars down, Oishi was rubbing his temples slowly as he felt a headache forming steadily. Now he understood why Tezuka often rubbed his forehead grumpily. "Tezuka, do you happen to have a few aspirins to spare?"
Instantly, a bottle of aspirins was placed into his hand wordlessly. Oishi's eyes widened in fear when he saw Tezuka's bag contained several empty bottles of aspirins already. But he immediately refrained himself from saying anything out of worry under that infamous death glare from the bespectacled boy.
Mentally, Oishi prayed to the Kami-sama that nothing bad would happen to their captain if he continued to take those aspirins much too often for it to be healthy.
: To be continued :
Additional: Here's the list of roles for those who are confused or something like that. Sorry to disappoint those who gave me ideas on the roles.
Cinderella – Fuji Syusuke
Prince – Tezuka Kunimitsu
Stepfather – Kawamura Takashi
Stepbrother – Momoshiro Takeshi
Stepsister – Echizen Ryoma
Fairy Godmother – Kikumaru Eiji
King – Oishi Syuichiroh
Carriage driver – Kaidoh Kaoru
Prince's assistant – Inui Sadaharu
Certainly, some of you already knew the roles beforehand because they went to see my DA and FAC accounts, where I uploaded an artwork related to this particular fanfiction of mine. You may be interested to see it and here's the link. Beware of the possible spoilers of my fanfiction in that artwork.
Kindly remove the spaces in between when you copy and paste it into your browser.
www. deviantart. com/ deviation /29779825/ OR www. fanart-central. net /pic-375834.html
Oh, the Tenipuri characters are in super-deformed forms (a.k.a 'chibis'). Hope you like it!