Chapter ten, enjoy. RIP, this is in honour of my poor kitty who just passed away. 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, belongs to My Nii-san.
// Just this morning, you were so caring...
Just this morning.. you were so good...
Just awhile ago... you were so beautiful
Just awhole ago.. we were so happy...
Your love easily just vanished
faster than your blinking eyes
Just awhile ago it was there, but it vanish instantly.. faster than your blinking eyes //
Hands up in the air, he twirled around and almost fell on his butt. A laugh was emitted from his companion. The two year old grinned sheepishly.
"Almost, Yuuta." The three year moved over to his baby brother and showed him again. The tiny boy did it perfectly this time. "Yay, you did it."
"Yay." The small one clapped his hands.
"Now, after that, you bow." Fuji bowed and Yuuta copied him. "Can you remember everything?"
"Yah." Fuji moved over to the cd player and pressed play, going right back to Yuuta. Yumiko hit record and recorded her two baby brothers dancing. It was just adorable. Yuuta was always watching Fuji, doing what he did. He almost tripped a couple times, but would catch himself. And when the bow came, Yuuta was so proud of himself, he clung to his brother's arm, smile stretching from ear to ear.
"You did really good, Yuuta. You wanna show Okaa-chan and Otou-chan and Onee-chan?" Yuuta nodded his head.
"Yah."
"You wait right here, I'll get them." Yuuta plopped right down as Fuji took off out of the living room, almost running into Yumiko in the hallway. She smiled and helped Fuji find their parents. With the three sitting on the couch, Fuji went back to Yuuta and smiled. "Ready?"
"Yah." Yuuta tossed up his hands as he giggled. Fuji pressed the play button before moving back and both boys danced. Their audiance of three laughed and clapped along, clapping even more when both boys were done. Both boys laughed and smiled at each other. It was true happiness.
The summer had passed by in a more pleasent style. Atsushi and Yuuta getting along. Yuuta started the school year off well, especially as the Captain. Kaneda as his vice captain. But the year just flew by, and it was back to being the summer time. They hadn't spent as much time together, Atsushi and Yuuta, as the had prior, mostly due to a difference in schedules. But the summer was the best time. Yuuta would be attending high school with Atsushi in a couple months, and even got assigned the same room as the soon-to-be third year. But this summer would change Yuuta and his relationships with everyone.
First day, Yuuta passed up on going to Atsushi's house and went home. As he stopped in front of the door, he unlocked to find that the top lock had been done, which meant he couldn't get in. He tried calling his brother's phone, but didn't get a response. He tried calling Yumiko.
"Yuuta, something wrong?" Her voice was somewhat comforting, but Yuuta could tell she wasn't home, probably out with friends.
"Is Aniki home?" Yumiko sounded a little surprised when she spoke.
"Eh? Yah. Did something happen?" Yuuta growled.
"He locked the bolt on the door. I can't get in." Yumiko blinked, not that Yuuta could see.
"That's so unlike him. I'll try calling him and will call you back." Yuuta sighed and agreed, tucking his phone in his pocket as he sat right in front of the door. His phone started to go off and he tugged it back out.
"Any luck?"
"No. He wasn't answering. He'll have to unlock it later when Kaa-san and Tou-san come home. Just hang in till then, Yuuta." Yuuta sighed, getting up.
"Alright. Call me when you get home. I'm going to go pass the time else where."
"Alright." Yuuta tucked his phone away and took off on a walk, backpack and tennis bag on his shoulder. Somehow wandering around Tokyo lead him to the street courts, which were currently holding some matches. Yuuta took a seat on a bench and yawned. Grey orbs fell upon the familiar sight of the golden pair playing against Momoshiro and Kaidoh. Yuuta slumped further into the seat, but a voice drew his attention.
"You shouldn't be sleeping there. You could catch a cold, then you wouldn't be able to play tennis. If you really enjoy tennis. Or else you wouldn't have a tennis bag with you. Unless you brought it along for someone, or one of them left it up here. But things could get stolen from it. But stealing is really wrong. I wouldn't steal a thing, but other people might. Other people could be inconsiderate of those types of things. Like sleeping where people sit. You should sleep at home. Unless you don't have a home, but then you should find a friend. But you might not have friends. But there should be places for people like you to go to. Although it is nice outside, but not right to sleep-" The boy's thoughts were cut off by another.
"Shinji, stop mumbling. You're scaring him." Shinji shut his mouth. Yuuta just blinked.
"Yo, Kamio. I want a rematch from the other day!" Momo called from the courts. The boy who shut up the mumbling boy smirked.
"Finish your match then and I'll be more than glad to beat you." Shinji silently took a seat next to Yuuta, settling his bag on the ground.
"You really have no shame, Kamio-kun. You're always playing him. He's all you talk about, too. And Ann-chan. Music is better than this. You really don't think about other people. It's really annoying. You never talk about me to other people like that. You even talk more about Tachibana-san more than me. I don't really mean anything other than a person you can play tennis with. But you wouldn't play good tennis if I wasn't around. You wouldn't have anyone to play with. Or you would go seeking out that Momoshiro and play him. But then you would have no one to rant to about-" Kamio huffed.
"I get it, Shinji." Shinji became quiet. Yuuta felt like he really got off the wrong side of the bed, this day wasn't getting any better. It wasn't long before Kamio was on the court playing Momoshiro in a match. Eiji, Oishi, and Kaoru were now crowded around the bench he was resting on.
"Fuji's little brother, right?" Eiji poked his face in front of Yuuta.
"It's Yuuta." The boy twitched.
"Hai hai. Yuuta. What brings you to the street courts?" Yuuta felt his eyebrow twitch.
"I'm kinda locked out of the house."
"Eh? But Fujiko went right home after we got let out. It couldn't be that he locked you out." Yuuta twitched before his phone went off.
"Hello?" Yuuta blinked at the other voice.
"Yuuta, I just talked to Fuji. He says he'll unlike the door, so you can head home." Yumiko's voice was cheerful.
"Ah. Thank you, Nee-san."
"Tell Syuusuke not to lock that bolt when he knows he's the only one home. It keeps all of us out." Yumiko sighed.
"I will. See you later, Nee-san." Yuuta stuffed his phone in his pocket, grabbing his bags.
"He just decided to unlock it. Ja." The youngest Fuji walked off. As was told, he found the door unlocked. It was a slight relief. Had he returned to find it still locked, he wasn't going to stand it. Yuuta removed his shoes in the genkan before stepping into the house.
"Tadaima." There was utter silence from the house, making him sigh and go to his room. His brother's room was completely silent, like the rest of his house. He began to wonder if his brother left. Shaking his head, Yuuta collapsed into his bed, falling into a light sleep. This wouldn't be the first time it happened. Yuuta would take off to go to lessons and return to find the front door locked, and Yumiko wouldn't be able to reach Fuji for some time.
Two weeks of summer have already passed, and Yuuta arrived back home to find the door locked. This was ridiculous. It was like flipping a coin, somedays the door would open for him, other's it wouldn't. Tiredly, Yuuta took off for the train station, just about falling asleep on the train.
Atsushi and Ryou blinked at finding Yuuta collapsed on their couch. Their mother held a finger up to her lips. They followed her into the kitchen, where she explained.
"Yuuta-kun showed up asking for you Atsushi, whenI told him you weren't home he sighed and turned to leave. He looked so tired that I requested him come in and rest. He told me that his brother has been locking him out of the house lately. It really has me worried about him." Atsushi nodded.
"Fuji...I can't believe him." Atsushi got up and left to the living room, taking a seat on the floor, watching Yuuta's sleeping form.
"How could he do such a thing to his brother? Doesn't he realize how much Yuuta has slowly been trying to get used to things? This isn't helping. No, it's like pushing Yuuta back away. Is Fuji Syuusuke trying to break Yuuta? I won't allow it." Atsushi's thoughts stopped there as Yuuta slowly woke up.
"Eh? I'm sorry. I must've fallen asleep." Yuuta sat up, face slightly tinted pink. Atsushi leaned over and ruffled Yuuta's hair.
"Don't worry about it. Why not spend the night, Yuuta. You can go home tomorrow." Yuuta nodded. But it wouldn't be one night, no. It was going on a week before the Kisarazu family knew it. The seventh day, Atsushi sighed at breakfast.
"Gomen. I've been nothing but trouble." Atsushi was staring at the reflection in his cereal. Both Kisarazu boys were at the table with him.
"Hey, Ryou. Watch Yuuta for the day. Take him to play some games, or play a match with him, or something. I have something to take care of today." Ryou could tell what Atsushi had in mind, and had his own agenda in mind as well.
"Right. I'll leave it to you. Good luck." Atsushi nodded as he got up and washed out his dishes, then leaving. Yuuta sighed.
"Is this really alright?" Ryou nodded.
"You're Tsushi's boyfriend. It'd be wrong to turn you away when you need our help. You help out around the house, so you make up for any trouble you cause, like you cause any." Yuuta nodded, unknowing of what exactly Atsushi was doing.
Fuji sighed as he heard the doorbell ring, but knew that Yumiko would get it. It was probably just Yuuta finally figuring he could get in. It was nicer without the boy there causing him to go down guilt trips and bringing home boyfriends. Fuji was ignoring the loud ripping noise as he tore another page from his photo album. He didn't even hear the sound of feet racing up the stairs or his door bursting open, but he did turn his attention at his name being called.
"Fuji Syuusuke!" Atsushi huffed, stopped at noticing Fuji half way tearing a page in half.
"Atsushi, right?" Fuji tored the page right off.
"What the heck do you think you're doing?!? You're hurting him! You're hurting Yuuta! I can't take it. How can you just lock him out and refuse to pick up when he calls for you to open the door?! Did you ever stop to think about what you're doing to him?! Well?! You're driving him to the edge! Why are you putting so much mental stress on Yuuta?!" Fuji slammed the album shut.
"Because it's the only way to protect him from me. I love Yuuta, even if he's gone on to love you. It's not that brotherly love. It's the way you love someone else, someone whom you want to spend the rest of your life with. I made a mistake and he won't forgive me, it's why I moved on, then so did Yuuta. But I feel so guilty seeing his face. I really love Yuuta, but just being near him is shattering me piece by piece. Yuuta wasn't ready to know, and that's why he hates me, but I hate myself as well. This is my punishment, and trying to free Yuuta." Atsushi's breath got caught in his throat. He could relate, it was sad. Atsushi knew the pain of being in love with your brother, for your heart to be torn. It was like being in love with your shadow. Was this how the Fuji brother's relationship had been? Atsushi left it at that, leaving back home, but the situation wasn't welcoming.
"Tadaima." No one seemed to answer him, so he searched the house for Ryou and Yuuta. He huffed at finding them in the kitchen still, having a stare down. He couldn't even imagine how long they had been at it.
"Alright, now cut it out, or I'm going back out." Both boys broke their stare to look at Atsushi, he now took a seat.
"I refuse to lose to him." Atsushi blinked at Ryou's words.
"Eh?"
"I don't care how much this boy loves you, I love you more." Yuuta huffed. Atsushi sweatdropped. "I'm not giving you up to him anymore." Atsushi then began to laugh.
"That's exactly what Syuusuke is doing. He doesn't want to give Yuuta up to anyone." Atsushi than began to explain that he went to see Fuji and what he said. Yuuta slammed his hands into the table, getting to his feet.
"I don't want that kind of love. It's wrong, no matter how I feel. I couldn't do such a thing with my brother." Both twins looked at each other, a twinkle in their eyes. A slight plotting going on in the silence. This was the beginning of their secret operation.
Summer passed by, and Fuji let his brother come home, live continuing like nothing had happened, except there be little communication between the Fuji brothers. Atsushi and Yuuta continued their trips betwen districts. And Tezuka still ventured over the Fuji household from time to time. But even summer came to an end and life was back to schooling.
High school life was a little bit of a rough change for Yuuta, but he managed. The work load was more than he got in middle school, and on top of tennis practice, it was barely managable. Even after a month of being in high school, Yuuta couldn't get used to it. Atsushi would help th eother boy, both staying up late in their dorm room. But this particular night would be different. School had been going for a month, and Yuuta was exhausted beyond anything. Atsushi had the other rest for a minute and the boy was out like a light in a minute. It was quite cute. The second year grabbed his phone and left the room. He went off as he got out of the school.
"Hello?" The boy answered.
"I'm at the gate."
"Ah. I'm on my way." He shut the phone and stuck it in his pocket. He couldn't help but smirk at noticing the figure by the gate. The two lone figures stood in the moonlight just staring at each other.
"You're really going to do this?" Atsushi nodded, taking an envelope from the other.
"Yes. I want to repair things with Ryou. You also having repairing to do with Yuuta, Fuji Syuusuke." Blue orbs came to stare at the other second year.
"Saa... Possibly. Just make sure he gets that." Atsushi watched the retreating form of the elder Fuji. He sighed and returned back to the dorm room, but couldn't help but blink at noticing a half awake Yuuta.
"Where'd you go?" Yuuta rubbed his eyes.
"Bathroom." He hid the envelope behind his back.
"Oh." Atsushi moves by the desk and puts the enveolpe down before moving over to Yuuta. He gently kissed the boy on the lips.
"Go back to sleep, Yuuta. Everything will be better in the morning." Yuuta nods and goes back to sleep. Atsushi brushes toys with the sleeping boy's hair.
"You know... I'm really sorry about this. Hopefully...one day you can forgive me."
What is Atsushi talking about? And what's in the envelope that Fuji gave the younger Kisarazu? So many questions. But you'll have to stay tuned to find out in the next chapter.