A/N: There does need to be more honesty, but right now they are set on making each other miserable. I do promise that everything will eventually come to light; we just have to go through some hurdles first. Thanks for all of the reviews! As stated at the end of chapter 3, this chapter will focus on Yukimura and Sanada. I got a little blocked on how I wanted to work through these two and I rewrote this chapter a few times. Hopefully it turned out well. Enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 4 – Lunch Meeting

There are times in each person's life that they question choices they made and things they may have done or said, and that is what Sanada was doing at the present time. Why was he with Fuji when it was more than apparent that he was not completely over Yukimura? He was jealous of Tezuka and the small kiss the bluenette had given him; and since the day before Sanada had been seeing red. However, Yukimura had made his decision long before now and the former fukubuchou was determined to move on, and Fuji was helping him.

When he thought about it, there were several things that reminded Sanada of Yukimura when he looked at Fuji, and he pondered if that wasn't the draw in the first place. They both had a sadistic streak a mile wide and didn't mind "punishing" their friends. They both smiled through the pain and their smiles could mean a million different things including, "I will kill you now." Both men were beautiful and also held a gentleness within them, and you could see it when they took care of their plants; granted Yukimura rather tend to flowers and Fuji had his cacti, but they were all technically plants. It was also seen when they were there to support their friends, to defend the others, and to get revenge on whomever did their friends wrong. Did that mean then that Yukimura should get revenge on himself, or maybe Fuji should do something to Yukimura? Shaking his head, Sanada decided that was not a very good path to travel down mentally. Two sadists going after each other, it could end up in a bloodbath.

Yukimura had waited until almost lunch before he called his friend to spread his good news, thus enacting his plan to win Sanada back to his side. When he heard the other line connect and the greeting, he said, "Ohayo Genichiro. I was wondering if you were available to meet me for lunch."

"Why?" Sanada didn't mean to sound so abrupt, but he couldn't help it. He could only imagine what his friend had to tell him, and right now he didn't want to hear it. Their relationship was still strained, but they were on the tennis team together and they needed to be able to work together. They had been friends long before feelings came into it and he wasn't willing to throw everything away due to hurt feelings.

"You wound me. I was just thought that we could have lunch together. I was planning on inviting Renji as well."

He knew he was beat and finally Sanada stated, "Fine. I will join you."

"Excellent. Let's go to that sushi restaurant we went to last time."

"I will meet you there in 30 minutes."

"Sounds good. I am going to call Renji now and we will be there soon. See you then!"

"Hai," Sanada hung up the line and sighed. He couldn't say no and now he had to spend time with Yukimura… at least Renji would be there though. He could face adversary after adversary on the tennis courts or on the kendo mat, but why was he having a hard time with someone who had been his friends since they were little kids?

As soon as he got off of the phone with Sanada, Yukimura called Yanagi. He didn't know what possessed him to say he would invite the data master, but once the words were out, he could not take them back; and unless his ears deceived him, his best friend had sounded relieved that Renji was being invited. If the bluenette hadn't understood what kind of journey he was embarking on, he might already be discouraged, but he was not one to give up easily and he would not lose Sanada Genichiro to Fuji Syusuke.

Yanagi had been unsure about attending lunch with his friends, but he felt that it was an ideal opportunity to gather new data. There was a 91% chance he had been invited in order to make Sanada feel more comfortable around Yukimura. He could see the strain between the two friends and wondered when they were going to finally admit that they still had feelings for one another. Oh, he knew why Sanada was with Fuji, and the part the bluenette played in everything, but if they would both open up their eyes, they would see that the one they wanted was right there in front of them. Some people thought that Yanagi was blind to many things and only saw the data he collected, but he was very observant indeed. He is the data master after all; it was time to sit back and watch the drama unfurl.

Walking into the restaurant, Yukimura looked around and knew he had been the first to arrive. Once he was seated at a table, he waited for his friends to join and thought about where everything changed for him. He was fine when he had turned Sanada down; at least he told himself he was. However, when his raven haired friend told him that he was now dating Fuji from Seigaku, his heart felt like it had shattered into a million pieces. It was his own fault and now he needed to fix it, and with Tezuka's help, he would do just that.

Sanada had arrived at the restaurant a couple of minutes after Yukimura and paused at the door. He couldn't go in. It wasn't that he didn't want to, ok part of him didn't want to, but this was something else: fear at hearing the truth about what was going on between Yukimura and Tezuka, nerves at being around the bluenette right now because of lingering feelings of both love and hurt, and confusion about what he really wanted. The latter two weren't new feelings, but it was the first that made him wonder if he could go through with lunch and pretend to be happy for his friend. He knew everyone thought he was stoic and hard, but to the people that knew him best, they could read him like a book, and he didn't want to give anything away.

"You know Genichiro it works better if you actually enter the restaurant. This establishment does not serve their patrons outside," Yanagi stated. He had been watching the stoic man for the past few minutes without Sanada ever realizing he was there. That was not normal.

Sighing, Sanada nodded. Without saying anything, he opened the door and walked inside with Yanagi following closely behind. If he had wanted to make a break for it, he had been too late because as soon as the data master arrived, Sanada found he couldn't find an excuse that his friend would accept. Renji was far too knowledgeable about him.

As soon as they were all seated and their orders placed, Yanagi inquired, "So what has you in a good mood. There is a 84% chance that you have news and want to share it with us, 12% that you have news and want to withhold it to torture us, and 4% you are just in a good mood."

"I do have news," Yukimura grinned wider and glanced at Sanada. He noticed a slight tightening of the eyes and mouth, but other than that the other man's expression did not change, "Tezuka Kunimitsu has agreed to go out with me." A narrowing of Sanada's eyes was confirmation to the bluenette that Sanada didn't exactly like the news.

"Congratulations," the raven hair teen bowed his head and managed to sound as normal as possible, but even to him his voice sounded a bit choked; he had no appetite left and didn't want to sit there any longer, but he couldn't move.

Yanagi nodded, "Yes, congratulations. Although I admit I am surprised that you two hit it off enough to date. He was fairly low on my list as possible dating prospects for you." The smile the bluenette had plastered on his face told Renji, he was enjoying trying to push Sanada into reacting, but Yukimura would be disappointed because the likelihood of that happening was only 3%. If the former buchou wanted to win over the former fukubuchou, he was going about it completely wrong. Sanada already believed that Yukimura doesn't have feelings for him, and this was like salt to a wound and further strengthening that belief. Would Sanada be jealous? Yes, there was a 99% possibility of that, but it wouldn't bring the stoic man running to his arms.

"Yes, well Genichiro invited me to play tennis with him and Fuji yesterday and Tezuka was there. After we talked on the phone last night, we decided to get to know each other better and to try dating," Yukimura beamed.

He could feel the urge to scream and yell building up in his system, and the only thing that let Sanada keep his cool was his years of rigorous training in kendo and the old ways. There was nothing he could or wanted to say, and so he kept quiet and continued to listen to his friend regale them with the tale of how he acquired Tezuka as a boyfriend as bile threaten to rise in his throat.

Sitting back and observing both of his friends, Yanagi was taking mental notes about everything he was seeing. Yukimura's gaze rested on Sanada 79.87% longer than it did on him. Sanada was 56% stiffer and more rigid than when he arrived, and that was saying something since he was already more rigid than normal. The dreamy look Yukimura had on his face was fake, and Yanagi believed that with 100% certainty; or at least if the look was real, it wasn't thoughts of Tezuka that put it there.

As the meal continued, Sanada could feel himself getting angrier with everything that was said whether the conversation was on Tezuka or not. He just kept thinking about everything that happened. Yukimura had told him that he didn't want to date anyone, and yet now he was dating Tezuka and before that some other guy from their school. It wasn't that the bluenette didn't want to date someone, it is that he didn't want to date Sanada; and that is what the raven haired man had to accept. Standing up quickly, he told them, "Excuse me. I will go first. I have some things to take care of."

"Wait Genichiro…" Yukimura called out to him.

Sanada glanced over his shoulder in question, "Hm?"

"Are you alright?"

"I am fine. If you will excuse me, I promised Syusuke I would call him this afternoon," the stoic teen explained and walked out of the restaurant. He hadn't said that for Yukimura; he said it to remind himself that he had moved on and had someone else in his life just like the bluenette now had Tezuka.

When Sanada had left, Yanagi turned to Yukimura, "There is a 92.98% chance that your plan will fail. He doesn't believe you have feelings for him and dating Tezuka will further reinforce that idea. You need to be honest with him."

"You sound like Tezuka now. No, he will not leave Fuji if I confess. This is the best way, and besides it is fun too," Yukimura giggled, but even he had an inkling of doubt that was starting to take root. Would it be better to just tell him? No, he would follow through with what he started. If there weren't so many people involved maybe he could be honest and just tell him, but he had to carry through with what he started. He would not fail.

Sighing, Yanagi shook his head. He could already predict that this was going to turn out to be a disaster.