A/N: My all-time POT favorite pairing, yay! I kinda know what prompts are for which pairings already ('cause I decided to do the whole random selection thing at one shot for everything) and looking at my YukiRyo prompts... This just flowed out.

This one is definitely intended to be in the same 'verse and the last somehow ended up echoing the first. Please R&R and lemme know what you think of the effect! -iirse

Warnings: Definite slash, though not explicit. If you don't like it, don't read it.

Disclaimer: Original names, characters and places don't belong to me. I don't own anything except the general ridiculous plot-less plot and OC(s), if any. Yadablah.

YukiRyo "Firsts"

ONE. First Anniversary

As he won the French Open title, he couldn't help but let a tear or two cascade down from amber eyes. Tears of joy, the press called them.

But they were not. It was the day of his French Open championship, yes. But it was also the day they first played… and the day that his Seiichi walked away.

Ne, Seii, do you even remember us? You, back home in Japan, who I tried to escape from… To here, under this foreign Parisian sky but can never seem to forget.

TWO. First Conversation

In University, coaching Rikkai's tennis team part time, and so much to distract him, Seiichi could still remember the cocky brat that found him after the prize presentation at that fateful Nationals so long ago.

"It was a good game with a difficult opponent that could've gone both ways. I'd like to play you at your best or else it's just mada mada."

It'd been a much appreciated reminder of what Rikkai was, besides winning: they were always at their best.

THREE. First Laughter

If you asked their friends who laughed more, they'd say Seiichi due to his ever present smile, never realizing how rare his laughter was.

That's why whenever he got the chance at privacy, Ryoma would make us of his smaller frame to dart around to tickle the blunette into elicit that sound that had been the sweetest music since he'd first accidentally evoked it.

FOUR. First Party

Their first party – a Christmas gathering by Atobe – had signaled the beginning of the end.

Rikkai made one of its rare appearances en masse. Unfortunately, they all witnessed a tipsy Ryoma and Seiichi in the shadow of the grand stair and the softly uttered aishiteru.

FIVE. First Choice/Decision

As he watched his now-ex's back fade away, Ryoma finally let the dam down, allowing tears to cascade down his cheeks, blurring amber eyes. He'd left the decision, the choice, to Seiichi, hoping foolishly he'd choose them. Even if he knew all along that tennis was his ex-boyfriend's first choice.

Their first decision together was the decision to end it all.