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Chapter 6 – The Third Wish
Fuji turned to the source of the voice and was not happy at all to find Sue glaring haughtily back, with arms folded across her chest.
"Hello. Do I know you?" Fuji lied.
The female sauntered towards Fuji and planted her feet firmly, staring at the tensai coldly in the eyes, "Stay away from Mitsu-kun." She said harshly without even bothering to introduce herself.
'Inui was right,' Fuji thought. No way was he going to back down, unless Tezuka loved this girl, which Fuji did not believe at all.
"Why should I?" He asked in a cold, yet defiant tone.
Sue frowned, feeling irritated. She had not expected Fuji to question her back. She only expected the boy to obey her. Drawing herself to a full height, she squared her shoulders as she answered, "Well, you kept Mitsu-kun busy from his schedule. Don't you think that you are selfish? Mitsu-kun has lots of more important things to do than to entertain you!"
A tense silence immediately followed, making Sue look away as she felt slightly uncomfortable, sensing the cold stare from the tensai.
"And…what if I refuse?" Fuji slowly replied with an evident note of challenge in his voice, his usual smile etched onto his face.
Immediately, Sue snapped her head up and glared at the calm-looking Fuji. "Let's have a match then. If you lose, you will have to stay away from Mitsu-kun forever."
This was a fight. 'It can be a fight over Tezuka, but it can be a fight over my pride,' Fuji thought. But he was not certain anymore when he answered with a strong conviction, "I accept. If I lose, I will stay away from Tezuka."
"Good. I shall see that you keep your word." Spinning around, Sue was about to saunter off in the opposite direction with a smirk of triumph on her face when she heard Fuji asked, "By the way. Who are you?"
She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. Didn't Fuji Syusuke know her? "Sue," she said irritably as she turned to face the tensai again. But she was only greeted by the retreating figure of her rival.
Dragging his feet as he slowly approached his house, Fuji gazed at the sky. Punctuated by huge beautiful stars, it was as though the sky was a huge canvas of glittering lights and Fuji could not help but feel dwarfed by the immense cosmic spectacle before him.
'Keeping you busy from your schedule…' Fuji whispered softly as he recalled the words that Sue had said earlier.
Taking out his handphone, Fuji sent a text message to the Seigaku captain. He typed, 'Tezuka, here is my third wish and final wish. Take care of yourself and stay happy.'
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Tezuka blinked. He read and re-read the text message from Fuji repeatedly. "…take care of yourself and stay happy?" He read out aloud, his face gradually showing a frown as his eyebrows drew together.
Immediately, Tezuka dialed Fuji's handphone number, hoping that the tensai would answer his call.
Tezuka frowned even more as the ringing continued. Fuji was not answering his call at all.
Finally deciding to give up, Tezuka ended the call as he sat on his bed, shoulders slumped in defeat.
He read the message again. It was so…un-Fuji-like. Tezuka had looked forward to grant the tensai's third wish, but right now he could not help but feel disappointed…and lonely.
Fuji's wishes were unexpected, and though the third wish was out of Tezuka's expectations too, the captain felt disappointed. 'That means I can't have other excuses to be near Fuji,' he admitted.
Tezuka sighed as he removed his spectacles and massaged his temple. Today's date and Fuji's sudden question had cleared the cloud of emotions that Tezuka had been feeling towards the prodigy.
He loved Fuji.
But how was he going to tell Fuji after what had happened earlier? No doubt that Fuji was hurt, but if he were to tell Fuji now that he loves the tensai, it was highly likely that Fuji would think that Tezuka had only said it just to comfort him.
'Tomorrow,' Tezuka swore silently as he stared out of his window, 'No matter what, I will let Fuji know.'
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Morning sunlight streamed in through the glass, making them as warm as summer. Fuji stirred, his face crunching up in a frown as his eyes fluttered open to meet the sunshine.
Taking in a deep breath as the tensai stretched lazily in his bed, Fuji muttered, "Well, time for the match." He said grimly.
A/N: Hi everyone! I am very sorry for the lack of update as I am quite busy lately. sets fire to the pile of work
I do hope you enjoyed reading this chapter though.
I must say thanks to all who reviewed the previous chapters. Because of you all, I kept telling myself that I must update.
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