Chapter six is here, no need to worry no more. But the ending is slowly stretching towards the true climax of the story. Without further instruction, let the chapter begin. Enjoy, and R&R.
Summary: With the breaking of a promise, Yuuta's world becomes unstable and seeks other people to try and bring that world back from the brink of destruction, but even after going as far as to try and repair things, will Yuuta ever find a way to repair the damage done (especially in his heart)?
Warnings: This is yaoi, YuutaxMizuki, FujixTezuka, YuutaxAtsushi, Fujicest, and Kisarazucest, and mentioning of TezukaxRyoma.
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis, nor any characters in this fic. And I do not own any songs you see, which belongs to Blink 182.
// And if we can have another day
I've got so much left to say
I'd tell you everything
And I'll laugh when I think about the past
When I see you after class
You're hating everything //
"I'm gunna be better than you at something, Aniki." Yuuta pouted, his brother beat him at another board game. Fuji laughed.
"We'll find something sooner or later."
"It's gunna be my goal. To be better than you." Yuuta was determined.
"But if you're better than me, then there will be no need for me in your life." Fuji's smile was a little on the sad side.
"That's a lie. Because I want you at my side, Aniki. I'll protect you." Fuji ruffled Yuuta's hair. The eight-year-old grumbling about his brother antics.
"I'll always be by your side, no matter what happens. I'll always be here when you call for me."
"You'll have to go away at some point." Fuji shook his head.
"Unless you want me to do so, I'll remain here for you." Yuuta drew his knees to his chest.
"Don't you have dreams and goals, Aniki?" Wouldn't he just be hindering whatever goals his brother wanted to do? Stop his brother from fulfilling his dreams.
"I want to become a photographer, that's my true aim." Yuuta blinked, he had always believed it would be tennis.
"What about tennis?"
"That's just something I do in my spare time, something I do for fun to spend more time with you, Yuuta." Yuuta huffed.
"Stupid, Aniki. If i never beat you at tennis and then you can retire to become a photographer. I'll do it before high school." Fuji chuckled.
"But what about you, Yuuta? What do you want to do when older?" Yuuta thought about it for a minute. He always was thinking about jobs when little.
"I will be whatever I'm allowed to be, as long as I can stay with Aniki."
No one could find the missing boy. The search had been going on for an hour long and no one had been able to find him. The best bet was that he had somehow escaped out of the school. Atsushi brushed some hair from his face as he opened his door, running his fingers through his hair, but paused mid-action.
"Yuuta?" The said boy looked up at the third year.
"Shut the door and don't tell anyone I'm here." Atsushi nodded and closed the door.
"Mizuki said you ran off. Mad he broke up with you." Yuuta was quite shocked, Atsushi noticing it.
"I broke up with him. I.. I can't play tennis anymore." Yuuta was holding back from bursting to tears from a mixture of pain from his heart and the pain from his swollen left wrist.
"What're you talking about? Of course you can." Atsushi knelt down next to him. "Just because you broke up with Mizuki doesn't man you can't play..."
"My wrist..I think he broke it." Atsushi's eyes trailed over to the swollen wrist, which hung to the side at a weird angle. Atsushi hurriedly tugged Yuuta to his feet, throwing a jacket around the boys shoulders.
"I'm taking you to the hospital, and I won't take no as an answer. We can't just do nothing." Yuuta bit his lip as he was escorted to the hospital. It was more like a hike than a regular walk, but it was a little on the deserted side when they entered. Yuuta was rushed right away from Atsushi to the x-ray room, where it was confirmed that Yuuta's wrist had actually been shattered completely across, which a hair pin fracture in his thumb. The cast really itched as he was returned back to Atsushi. The older boy smiling at him.
"It hurts...And this cast is itchy.." Yuuta complained. Atsushi moved over to the counter, digging into the pocket of his jacket and paid for the hospital visit. "Eh, I'll pay you back, Atsushi-senpai."
"Don't worry about it, Yuuta." Atsushi signed a slip and placed his jacket back around Yuuta's shoulders, leading him back out into the winter night. "I want you to spend the night in my room. I won't tell anyone you're there. If they ask where you went, we'll say you went right away to the hospital and they held you there for a while." Yuuta nodded and the rest of the trudge back to the school was in silence, even entering Atsushi's room. With Shinya away at home, it would mean that there would be silence.
"You can take my bed and I can sleep in Yanagizawa's bed." Atsushi blinked at Yuuta gripping his shirt.
"Please... Share your bed with me." Atsushi patted Yuuta on the head and nodded. Easing the boy into the bed he rested beside him, wrapping his arms protectly around him.
"He did it because I hung out with you more than I did with him. He got really mad." Yuuta was slightly shaking.
"It still doesn't excuse what he did to you."
"Sorry, this hasn't been the most exciting weekend. From your brother to me and Mizuki-san." Atsushi ruffled Yuuta's hair.
"Don't worry about it. Just try to get some sleep." Yuuta nodded. A little bit of silence fell between the two boys.
"Atsushi?"
"Hm?" Yuuta kissed him.
"Thank you." Before Atsushi could respond, the other boy had fallen out. Something about it just made the Kisarazu boy chuckle.
Morning seemed to come quickly. And at first light, both boys were down in the dorm leader's room.
"You want to switch Yuuta and Yanagizawa's rooms? On what grounds? Would he even accept these terms?" The dorm leader was tapping a clip board with a pen, as if trying to decide whether or not to go through with it.
"Hajime Mizuki is right across the hall from Yuuta and up until last night they had been going out. He broke Yuuta's wrist in a fit of anger and I don't think he's safe being alone for a bit. It's our last time couple months at this school. Yanagizawa is always making comments that he wants a single room next year." Yuuta was just looking back and forth between the two.
"Fine. Approved. Make sure to have the things switched by evening and sorted out. Any trouble and I'm seeking you out Kisarazu Atsushi." Atsushi tugged Yuuta up.
"Thank you." He lead Yuuta out and smiled. "Shall we begin the move?"
"Uh, sure." The move was more simple than they thought, since Yanagizawa was more organized than Yuuta. Settling into his new room with Atsushi, the third year tore up his bedings and moved them to the upper bunk.
"You'll have the bottom one. It'll be easier on you with a broken wrist." Yuuta nodded, setting his things on his half of the desk. He didn't really use the desk unless it was for homework, but liked writing on his bed, it was more comfortable. The door twisted and opened and Yanagizawa stood in the door way.
"You won't believe what happened, Atsushi, da ne. The dorm leader stopped me as I walked in and said I was being moved to a single room, da ne. It's like a dream come true, not that it was bad rooming with you, da ne. But I get my own room. I wonder who'se room I'm taking over, da ne." Yuuta could now understand why Atsushi would seem a little relieved to get rid of the other third year, but they also had been a pretty good doubles pair.
"You're getting his room." Atsushi pointed to Yuuta.
"What?" It was the first time since arriving he didn't say his trademark words.
"I don't want to be alone and Atsushi-senpai said I could trade with you and you wouldn't mind. I hope you don't." Yanagizawa blinked, was Yuuta actually acting insecure? Or was the boy just going to say 'psyche' or something dumb.
"It's no problem, da ne. Have fun, da ne." He disappeared from sight, off to settle in the new room. The first night was a little weird, Yuuta wasn't used to a double room.
"You asleep, Atsushi?" There was a little noise before Atsushi's face appeared handing over the side of the bed, his hair completely away from his face.
"Can't sleep?"
"I can ask the same about you." Yuuta was holding back from laughing.
"Just thinking. What's bothering you?" Yuuta sighed, looking to his cast, which already has Atsushi's signature on it.
"I made a promise with my Aniki. I would defeat him by the time he goes to high school, but I won't be able to fulfill it..and he'll go off to being a photographer and leave me behind." Atsushi chuckled.
"Don't worry. If he's like how you describe him to be, he'll always wait for you." Atsushi disappeared. "If he really loves you, he'll always be right there waiting for you when you return."
Yuuta closed his eyes and imagined his brother's image. The happy face was full of love. The mirage's lips moved, Welcome home, Yuuta.
With a new development in the story, how can Yuuta deal without being able to play tennis. And with a new relationship looming, will everyone be accepting of it? And what about Fuji? What does he think of the new things going on in his younger brother's life? It's a summer of reunitings, love, and conflict. And when Yuuta thinks about the past, will Yuuta finally come to terms with the sticky situation between him and his brother or will everything just become worse? Find out next chapter.