Gao, it's been so long since I've posted a new chapter of this story. Mucho thankies to all the people that have put alerts and favorited this story. I forgot where I was going with this fanfic, but after watching some TeniPuri, I remembered and couldn't wait to start writing again. Anyways, here's chapter 10 of Just Be Friends. I hope you like it!
Chapter 10: I Like
"Fuji-sempai!" came the happy voice of Yuu as she ran towards the tennis courts while waving a sheet of paper in the air. As she was running, everyone on the courts stopped what they were doing to look towards the girl with the same thought going through their minds: She's going to trip…again…
"Yes?" asked Fuji, looking over to the direction of the small girl.
"I drew this and I want you to have it" said Yuu as she gave Fuji the paper she had in her hand
"An apple?" Fuji asked, looking at the detailed drawing. He started to wonder just how detailed an apple could be.
"Yup. I drew an apple during class and it reminded me of you since you like apples." She explained smiling up to the boy, hoping he would like the small gift.
"Let me see! Let me see! Came the energetic voice of Kikumaru as he bounced over, taking the drawing from Fuji "I forgot Fujiko-chan likes apples, but you know…speaking of things Fujiko-chan likes…who's the person you like so much?" Kikimaru asked turning to Fuji
"Saa…I don't know what you're talking about" said Fuji with a smile. "This apple looks delicious. I want to eat it." He said hoping it would change the subject.
"As your friend, I have a right to know who you like…so who do you like Fuji? You still haven't told me yet" continued Kikumaru, not giving up on the matter
"What's going on?" asked Tezuka, walking over to the group with Ringo beside him. He had just come out of a student council meeting and was wondering why two of his regulars weren't out practicing. When he came over, Inui, Oishi, Momoshiro, Kawamura and Kaidoh decided to join in and see what everything was about
"Fujiko-chan is being mean and won't tell me who he likes." Replied Kikumaru with a pout
"If he doesn't want to tell you, then he doesn't have to. It's something personal and we should respect his decision" said Tezuka hoping that would end it so they could all go back to practicing.
"Hoi hoi, I bet you're only saying that because you also don't want to tell us who you like." said Kikumaru turning his attention to Tezuka
"Saa, this I'd like to know as well. Who do you like Tezuka?" asked Fuji smiling happily at their captain. He was glad the attention was no longer on him.
"This is interesting. I want to know too." Said Momoshiro wondering who Tezuka likes.
"This would make really good data" Inui stated as he got out his green notebook, ready to write down the name of the girl who Tezuka was interested in
"I bet she's really special if she was able to catch your attention" added Kawamura
"Fshu…of course she's special. Buchou wouldn't like just anyone." Joined in Kaidoh
"After buchou tells us who he likes, Fuji needs to tell too, nya!" said Kikumaru excited that he will finally know who Fuji likes and even know who Tezuka likes as an added bonus.
"Yeah Fuji, you should also tell us who you like" agreed Momoshiro
"Ii data" mumbled Inui
"If it's Fuji, I bet the girl he likes must be really nice and beautiful." Said Oishi trying to think which girl in the school Fuji might like
"This is bad. What should I do? Fuji-sempai doesn't want anyone to know he likes Ringo-sempai, and I'm pretty sure Tezuka-sempai doesn't want anyone to know who he likes. This is all my fault" thought Yuu as she saw the two boys seemed uncomfortable at being asked who they like. She just wanted to make Fuji smile, but it seemed it had a different effect as he was being harassed by his teammates into revealing who he liked. To make things worse, Tezuka was also being harassed when he already had many other things to worry about. Everyone kept asking questions to Fuji and Tezuka, their words clashing, making it hard to decipher what was being asked by who. The words seemed like they would never stop.
"I like Ryo-sama!" yelled Yuu confused by everything that was going on and not knowing what to do. Silence in the air, Yuu sighed happily that the suffocating words were gone. The silence soon became uncomfortable when she noticed that everyone just stood in place staring at her.
"Ii data" Inui was the first to speak and break the silence as he started to scribble notes into his book
"No way! The Moon Child likes O'Chibi!" yelled Kikumaru happy to hear some kind of information. "I bet he likes you back since you two seem so close. So you know what, I'm going to do you a big favor. Let's go tell him right now, nya! Since he's in the library helping out, let's go over to him" said Kikumaru happily as he grabbed Yuu's wrist and started to drag her across the tennis courts.
"Kikumaru-sempai, wait" Yuu complained as she tried to get out of the third year's grasp
"Don't worry, you'll be fine. It's best to tell him these things soon." he replied smiling back at her and continuing to pull her in the direction he wanted to go
"But Kikumaru-sempai, he already knows" stated Yuu blushing
"What?! " yelled Kikumaru, immediately stopping and turning to the small girl with a shocked look on his face.
"I never knew you were so bold Tsuki-chan. Ah, young love" said Momoshiro with a grin on his face
"That's…" started Ringo, looking at Yuu's blushing face. "That's really amazing. You're really shy, but you were able to tell him how you feel. Thank you so much"
"For what?" asked Yuu confused at to what was happening around her
"For this. Tezuka, I really like you." Said Ringo as she looked lovingly at the tall tennis captain beside her
At that moment, everyone froze as they replayed the scene before them multiple times, trying to make sense of what was currently happening. Nobody could speak since they were shocked at what they had just heard. Not even Tezuka could speak even though he didn't seem affected like the others. When Tezuka opened his mouth about to reply, Fuji grabbed Yuu and dragged her out of the tennis courts, taking everyone out of their thoughts.
"Fuji!" Tezuka yelled after their retreating backs
"I just remembered Amano needed the Moon Child for something" Fuji replied, not even looking back at the others. He ran far from the tennis courts with Yuu behind him, only stopping once they were behind a secluded school building. He looked over to see Yuu's head was down and her bangs were covering her face. Remembering what happened last time, he fished out a small handkerchief from his pocket and placed his hand under Yuu's chin. Gently, he lifted her chin up so she was facing him and brushed her bangs to the side. Looking straight at him was a pair of golden and red tear filled eyes.
"This look doesn't suit you Moon Child." Stated Fuji as he knelt down to her eye level and started to wipe away the tears from her eyes. He opened his eyes to look at her, hoping that it would be like the last time and she would stop crying. Unfortunately, it didn't help out much because even though he was trying so hard to smile for her and reassure her that everything was fine, Yuu could still see the hurt in his eyes. Feeling bad that she couldn't do anything for Fuji, tears started forming once again. Fuji felt horrible knowing that the girl he liked didn't feel the same about him. Knowing that his crush liked his best friend also hurt, but what hurt even more was that even though he wanted to be happy for both of them, he couldn't. Seeing Yuu cry hurt him just as bad since he knew he caused the tears being shed. No matter how hard he tried to keep smiling, the small girl knew he was hurt. Not knowing what else to do, tears started to form in Fuji's eyes, catching Yuu's attention. Yuu leaned over and kissed the tears away from Fuji's eyes as she remembered the trick Ryoga would do to stop her from crying when they were younger. Pulling away, she noticed the shocked look in Fuji's eyes and got worried.
"I'm so sorry! It's just that I didn't want you to cry and I remembered Ryo-sama would stop me from crying like that. I'll never do it again. I'M REALLY SORRY!" Yuu rambled on with a huge blush on her face as she started messing with the bells in her hair.
"She really is interesting" Fuji thought as he started to laugh at the flustered girl, leaving her to wonder what she had done to get that kind of response.
That's the end of chapter 10. Once again, mucho thankies to all the people that alert, favorite and read this story. Mucho munchies of wuv to all of you! 3