Pairing: Yagyuu x Oshitari
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Disclaimer: not mine, cool? cool.
The week came and went. School was normal – practice was normal. He and the other members participating in the newcomers' tournament played more practice games than they normally would as first years, but the current tournament was top priority. Quicker than he thought possible, Saturday rolled around again.
His match against Shudou Satoshi of Rokkaku was hard, as expected. He lost – his second loss in a row, but this one wasn't even close. Shudou all but destroyed him. He wondered if he really was Hyoutei's prodigy player.
He'd figured out where Atobe was playing before his match began, so he could dash straight over right after he finished. Jirou was already there, and waved when he saw Oshitari approaching. "Atobe's winning," he said.
"By?" Oshitari
realized he was kind of relieved to hear that, and was shocked that his
subconscious was that clear on whom he was loyal to.
"Three-two."
"They've only played five games?"
"They're having amazing rallies," the over exuberant boy said, turning his full attention back to Atobe, who was serving. Oshitari looked at the courts for the first time, just in time to see Yagyuu turn from looking his way to looking at Atobe.
Atobe's serve began a great rally. The word "great" is used so often that people have become desensitized to it, but Oshitari knew what he was seeing, and he knew it was great, in the truest sense of the word. Neither player held back – the pace of the rally was beyond the capabilities of even many so-called good players. Yagyuu used his finishing shot, the laser, only for it to be returned by Atobe without a hitch. Jirou was more excited that he'd ever been, even for his own matches against top players (though he was always most excited only when Marui was on the courts). Finally, Atobe sent a shot straight past Yagyuu's ear, ending the game. "Game, Hyoutei Atobe. Four games to two."
Yagyuu served next. Yagyuu didn't have as fearful a serve as Atobe, but it was something normal players wouldn't be able to return. Yagyuu kept his service game well, only letting Atobe get one point. "Yagyuu lost his first service game," Jirou explained.
"Ah."
"So, Oshitari-kun, how was your date with Hiroshi? He refused to tell me anything." Oshitari closed his eyes and inwardly groaned, just as Atobe served. He didn't see Yagyuu's eyes narrow in obvious disapproval at what he probably thought Niou was saying.
"You went on a date with Yagyuu Hiroshi?" Jirou practically screeched, clearly more interested in this bit of gossip than in the match that up until now nothing could distract him from. Apparently Jirou had gotten quite a bit of sleep the previous night, to have this much energy today. "When?"
"Last week, isn't that right, Oshitari-kun?" Oshitari took a deep breath and pretended to nod distractedly, as if he were super focused on the game – which, incidentally, was getting interesting. Yagyuu seemed to change, playing even more aggressively than before, sending Atobe chasing lasers all over the court. In minutes, he'd won, and brought the score up to four-three.
"Whoo! Go Hiroshi!" Niou clapped. Oshitari could feel Niou's eyes boring into him, even as he frowned. What was up with Atobe? Had Yagyuu merely been toying around?
Sure enough, Yagyuu blew past Atobe's narrow lead, winning the set without letting Atobe get another single point. Niou cheered for his friend, while Jirou enthusiastically informed the unamused Atobe that it had been an awesome game and that Yagyuu was an awesome player.
He hadn't expected Niou to kiss Yagyuu full on the lips as cause of all his troubles exited the court, though.
So uh... "dash" incorporated using its transitive verb definition, not the "I dashed over here" definition. I usually automatically think of the intransitive verb first, hence the explanation. :P Comments?