Hello my lovely readers! Thank you for all the reviews! ^^ I hope you enjoy reading this chapter as well. Though I'm not a big fan because I think it's similar Und. Pun. and I don't really like that. :p But it had to be written for this one. Sorry for doing this to Fuji, again. But those who already know me must know that I always end the story happy. ^^
Don't know how long you'll have to wait for the next one. But it will be with perfect pair moments. ^^
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Warning: contains sexual harassment and lots of angst.
Persistence: chapter 7
FUJI'S POV
I woke at the sound of my alarm clock and quickly pushed it off before it got too loud. I did my morning routine and went to school. When stepping outside the door and saying goodbye to my mother I heard footsteps coming nearer and stopping close to me. I thought it was Ito and after not seeing him an entire day, I wasn't sure what he was up too.
But when turning around, my captain was looking calmly at me. I on the other hand was surprised to see him here and was curious as well. I asked him why he was in front of my door and he stoically answered that we would walk to school together. I, of course, was more than happy to follow him and the two of us walked in a comfortable silence to the school gates to start morning practice.
I was so happy at this side of Tezuka. Since the pictures he hadn't left my side, only to go to his classes and I to mine. I wouldn't have thought that today would be the same, but it was. He came to stand in front of me again when changing and was constantly aware of his surroundings. I always noticed him looking around for a certain person before relaxing when he didn't see him. He had walked me back to class, had lunch with me together with the golden pair, and afternoon practice went pretty much the same as the morning one. He even walked me back home, I was ecstatic with the extra attention I got from him.
The regulars weren't the only ones who noticed Tezuka's behaviour when with me, and the fact that we were constantly seen together. Rumours started around me and my favourite captain. A girl after lunch came up to me, when I was walking to class and Tezuka was beside me, to ask if we were together, since well most of the gossip was about that.
Almost nobody seemed to care that the student council president and the famous buchou of the tennis team, would be gay if he dated me. It seemed that it didn't matter a lot anymore and I was glad for that. Otherwise Tezuka could have gotten into trouble when always being this close to me and his reputation would have changed for the worse.
I didn't want to cause him any trouble, but Tezuka himself didn't seem to care about the gossip of the day. He told the girl 'no' with not one emotion showing on his face. It hurt hearing him say that, since being together with Tezuka was all that I wanted, but well, a guy couldn't have everything. I just hoped I could keep all of his extra attention even after all this was over with Ito.
Talking about Ito, I was starting to think that by now he would have given up. The pictures he had gotten must have been enough for him and his 'needs'.
The girl looked between the two of us for a moment before asking me if that was really the case. I nodded while still smiling, covering the disappointment up. She looked longer to me for a while and then bluntly asked if Tezuka was the one I liked, and the reason why I rejected all the others. I was surprised for a moment and tried my best not to blush, the best way to come out of this was not to deny but neither tell them the truth.
So I just smiled and then told her: "Himitsu."
She looked surprised for a moment before blushing and then walking away with her head bowed. She could interpret it in any way she wanted which from seeing the blush was probably that he was the one I liked. But if she would spread it people would ask if I really told her that and when she told what had happened less people would really believe that Tezuka is the one I like. I'm sure they would just see it as a typical reaction from me.
Tezuka stayed emotionless, ignoring that a girl just asked if I liked him. He probably thought about all the rumours going around and thought that that was one of them. Not paying more heed to it, he just shook it off, not even asking me about it. I was slightly grateful for it, if he would have asked something I would have definitely blushed and well, that would make certain things quite obvious wouldn't it.
The rest of the day had been uneventful. At the end of the day I said goodbye to Tezuka who was in front of my door again. I smiled at him and waved as he turned around and left to his own house. He told me he would pick me up tomorrow morning as well, so we could walk together.
Because of this I entered the kitchen to grab something to drink with this big happy smile on my face.
"Was that Tezuka at the door again?"
"Huh...ah, hai, oka-san." I said to her. She looked weird at me and just shook her head with this smile on her lips.
"Well, I'm just glad you are happy."
"Eh? What do you mean mother?" I asked slightly confused by why she would say that.
"Nothing, go put your stuff upstairs and then come and help me set the table."
"Okay." I nodded as I headed upstairs. I put my stuff away and headed back down to help my mother who was still looking weirdly at me. We ate with the three of us; Yumiko, my mother and me. Yuuta was still in the dorms and father was on a business trip once again. I decided to stay downstairs until I went to shower and go to bed. I watched some TV as I didn't have any homework to do for tomorrow.
My mother had been upstairs for a while before she came to sit with me and my sister. My sister then got a call from one of her friends to ask if she wanted to go out. Yumiko answered positive and she got up to get ready for a night out. I yawned when it was getting late and told my mother that I would go to bed. she said goodnight to me as I went upstairs and grabbed my things that I needed for showering.
I crawled in bed, clean with still wet hair that was plastered on my forehead. It was very warm in my room so I decided to just sleep without a T-shirt. A couple of minutes later and I was fast asleep, not aware that my window was open since the curtains were in front of it and there was no wind coming into the room.
Soft exploring touches were running slowly over my stomach to my chest sliding back down via my sides. Feather light kisses were placed on my neck down to my shoulders and up again. Lips were caressing my skin as hands ventured lower, going up and down my legs slowly working their way to my inner thighs. I shivered slightly trying to get the unwanted touch away when Tezuka's face appeared in front of me as I opened my eyes. And the unidentified hands and lips turned into my beloved buchou. Everything was white, my whole room had been void of any colour. The only thing I could see was Tezuka above me.
Relaxing as he looked lovingly to me continuing his exploration of my body. Hands going into my pyjama bottom, dark hazel eyes filling with lust, his body moving closer to me, his breath warming the skin of my neck. My breathing picked up at the sensations that coursed through my body, feeling the soft fibres of my sheets and the barely there touches.
I softly moaned in response to all the attention I was getting from Tezuka. I wanted to touch him as well but my body felt too heavy to move. I then felt a leg coming in between mine and hips against mine as he started to grind against me. Grunting my name in this irresistible sexy voice.
"Kuni...mitsu..." I moaned again as a hand softly, teasingly went over my crotch.
But then something changed, the kisses I received got demanding, harder, no more subtle. Hard nips in my neck, along my chest, a hard suck on my right nipple and a hand pinching the other. A sudden bite in my neck, hands that stopped caressing me, but groped me instead. Rough movements, a grip on my arm that became tighter and tighter. A hand moving inside my boxers grabbing me roughly.
"Itai!" came over my lips, but the touches didn't stop, this wasn't Tezuka...He would have stopped...Something's wrong...I...I need to get away...I...need to leave this place...
The previous completely white chamber turned dark and ominous, my body started to resist, getting away from the rough treatment, afraid for what was to come next...fearing every next hand that came in contact with my body, the pain that came more and harder...and harder...becoming unbearable...I want to leave...get away...away...
My breathing turning faster and faster, panic starting in my heart, coursing through my entire body until...finally...
I woke up, body shocking awake, eyes opening wide as the nightmare was still fresh in my mind... I looked around the room and saw a pair of dark brown eyes looking at me with lust and want primary in them, anger as the follow up.
Those eyes weren't Tezukas'.. The panic immediately came back as my mind came to realize who exactly had been touching me as Ito's face was looking straight at me.
I opened my mouth to scream but a hand was quickly placed on it so the sound was minimized. A hand came to grab my throat making it harder to breath, Ito slowly pulled his hand away and as I was about to scream once again, wanting to alarm my mother or my sister if she had already returned, he tightened his grip on my throat. That way I couldn't utter a sound except some chocking noise. I tried to breathe again as he loosened his hold, tears were in my eyes from the pain and the panic.
"I'll choke you, if you try to scream again. Understood, babe?" Ito told me threatening. I quickly nodded in fear, unable to utter even one word as simple as yes. I looked to the side and noticed the moved curtains and the wide open window with shocked eyes. I was almost hyperventilating as Ito started to move his hands again.
His left hand was moving back down and slipped under the waist band of my pants and boxers. I made a noise of disgust and fear as his hands touched my privates. He on the other hand just moaned out in delight at being able to touch and hear me. His other hand pinched my nipple roughly making me groan in pain.
I tried to get my body away from him, but he only seemed to like it more as I struggled.
"Yeah,...that's it babe, keep going." He moaned as he started moving his hips again as well, grinding against me. I felt his 'thing' against me as he rubbed up and down and felt so disgusted that I nearly wanted to puke. I didn't want this, it had to stop. But I didn't know how. I could just hope that somebody heard me. His both hands then stopped their movements as they both went to the waistband of my pants and started pulling them off along with my boxers. I kept struggling with all my might since I had no hand on my throat anymore. But as soon as I did that he used one hand to grab my wrist and kept them above my head as his other one struggled to pull my pants off.
He managed to get them off partly as they hung slightly above my knees. I shivered from the cold air and the wanton look Ito send me as he looked me over. A grin split on his lips as he went to sit on my legs, he had a pair of jeans on and a black T-shirt. He let go of my wrists as he quickly pulled his shirt off. I tried to push him off in the mean time but his weight was too much for me. I was smaller and thinner than him so he definitely had the advantage.
"Now just wait for a moment, you're being inpatient. I'll please you in no time...But damn, you're just sex on legs...Seeing you like this, you make me so horny...Oooh, I want to be in you so bad." He said as he moaned at the last part, creeping me out even more. I had to get away from here,...I didn't want to be raped...
I started tossing and turning even more hitting my arm against the headboard of my bed, making a loud thud. I was so scared as he started to undo the button and zipper of his pants. But then I heard something from downstairs and Ito must have heard it as well because he suddenly stopped undoing his pants and silently listened. I was about to scream again but his hand easily found his way to my throat and I immediately swallowed my scream and looked terrified at his eyes. It was quiet for awhile and Ito started to loosen his pants further, I saw the chance and moved my legs and arms again hitting the headboard for a second time, creating a loud knocking sound. He hit me in the stomach which made me groan out and vehemently whispered out; "Are you nuts? What if someone heard you?! I just want to please you, you know."
But then my heart made a loop as I heard the voice of my sister coming up the stairs. "Syusuke? Are you awake?"
Ito, knowing that my sister would come in no matter if I said something or not, quickly left through the window, but not before he told me to keep quiet about this. He left me there in my room, barely covered. I quickly put the blanket over me, not sure what to tell Yumiko. Would I tell her or not? My mind was in such a mess, unsure of what to do, but scared for Ito's reaction if I did tell her. I wasn't sure that he had left and was terrified of him coming back in.
My door opened as I saw Yumiko looking inside the room. She saw that I was awake and stepped inside.
"Syusuke, are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost and I heard a lot of stumbling from upstairs."
Seeing her worried expression I decided to tell her the truth; "I...I had a nightmare, that's all." Well at least a part of the truth.
"Are you sure you're okay? Do you want to talk about it?" She gently asked, clearly seeing my distressed state. I just shook my head, telling her that I would just go to sleep again.
She watched me for a second before nodding and telling me goodnight. She closed the door and left me alone. I immediately pulled my pants back up, got out of my bed and closed the window as quickly as I could and closing the curtains as well. I trembled as I walked back to my bed, falling down on it...
Breaking down...
I started crying, moving my body in foetal position, shivering as disgust, fear and panic coursed through my veins. I was too afraid to fall back asleep and all I could think of was that I wanted to have Tezuka near me to protect me.
Xxx TIME LAPS xxX
My alarm clock signalled it was time to wake up. I tiredly put it off, my headache only worsening from the sound. I got out of bed on trembling legs and walked to the bathroom. I steadied myself on the sink as I washed my face and got dressed, ignoring the bruises that were on my wrist, the bruise that was on my stomach, the bite mark that was on my shoulder and the bags under my eyes. If I would open them, you would see the red around my pupils from all the crying I had done and had been unable to fall asleep after.
I saw my mother downstairs making breakfast for me as I put my mask on and smiled. She was really busy and turned around for a moment when she heard me coming and put a plate with food on the table.
"Here, son. I have to leave early for work. Oh and my boss called yesterday, I have to go out for the weekend. But Yumiko is home to take care of you and you can let somebody sleep over if you want. Okay?"
I absently nodded my head as I tried to swallow my meal. She smiled at me and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek, which I tried not to cringe from. My mother then left me as the house was left in silence. My hands were constantly shaking as I tried to take another bite of my breakfast. But my stomach resisted it, in the end I only took a glass of water to drink and then left for school. I opened the door and saw Tezuka coming my way. I had totally forgotten about him picking me up to go to school together.
He stopped in front of me and bid me good morning I said the same. I started to walk to school, my hands in my pockets trying to keep them from shaking. Tezuka followed and came to walk next to me.
TEZUKA'S POV
"Something wrong?" I asked as I noticed Fuji's lack of enthusiasm when greeting me. He had been more cheerful yesterday morning. Maybe he didn't want me to walk with him anymore. But he seemed so happy yesterday when I told him I would pick him up again.
"No, I'm fine." He merely replied in a voice that lacked sleep. I then looked him over and saw the bags under his eyes and the way he held himself. His hands were in his pocket and his head was down, like he was making himself smaller. I was starting to worry as to why he would lie to me. He was clearly not fine.
"Fuji, did you get enough sleep?" I asked as we were walking in a calm pace towards school.
He seemed to stop for a moment but immediately started walking again. "Not that much." He replied shortly. Something was definitely not right.
"Why?" It had been really warm last night, so maybe he couldn't sleep because of that. But then why didn't he just tell me?
"I...I had a nightmare." He whispered while he stared at the ground. I was surprised for a moment. A nightmare took away his sleep? I hadn't had any in years but it seemed like it really troubled him. He might have been hesitant to tell me, because he could be ashamed.
"You want to talk about it?" Fuji seemed to cringe to this as I calmly asked him. He quickly shook his head.
The rest of our walk was quiet as Fuji didn't say anything and I left him alone since he did seem really tired. I thought he might have wanted some peace and silence.
We entered the school gates and went to the club room, Fuji seemed to follow me reluctantly like he didn't want to go to practice.
"Are you okay to practice?" I asked him worriedly. He looked at me for a moment and smiled, although it looked really fake.
"Would you mind if I sit morning practice out? I think I'm going to the nurse to ask for a painkiller for my headache." A headache? He probably had one because of his lack of sleep.
I nodded at him and told him it wasn't any problem, he should just rest a bit before classes began. Fuji smiled once again and headed for the nurses office. I looked at him until he was out of my sight and entered the clubroom. Everyone looked to me and Kikumaru was the first to ask where Fuji was.
I told them he hadn't slept well and had a headache so he went to the nurses office and would not be practicing for the moment. They all seemed to be worried for a moment because Fuji was rarely sick and then they just went back to what they were doing.
I told Kikumura that me and Oishi will be picking the two of them up for lunch and he happily nodded before going to class and seeing his best friend.
My classes were not that interesting and I had to correct my teacher of English, once again. I just hoped that Fuji was feeling better by now, maybe he could have slept a bit more at the infirmary.
Me and Oishi headed for Fuji's class and saw Eiji talking to his best friend energetically. But the contrast between the two made it very clear that Fuji was still completely exhausted. He was leaning his head in his hand while smiling tiredly to the red. Until the latter directed his attention on Oishi. Fuji smiled at me as he grabbed his stuff and stood up, although slow. I went to walk next to him as the four of us went to our usual spot, the roof. It was calm there so Fuji could rest a bit if he wanted.
We all had eaten our lunch except for Fuji. He seemed like he had trouble getting something inside his stomach. I was looking worriedly at him and Oishi gave me a thud and a knowing look. It was his way to tell me that I was being really obvious. But at the moment I couldn't care less.
Fuji was quiet the entire time we were there and at a certain moment his head fell on my shoulder since he was sitting next to me. I was surprised and when I tried to look at his face I noticed that he was asleep. The golden pair stopped their conversation to look at Fuji, before Kikumaru happily talked further. I let him sleep on my shoulder until it was time for classes again.
He blushed cutely when he noticed he had fallen asleep on me, I told him it was okay and he shyly nodded his head. I softly smiled at him without him noticing, though Oishi saw but he knew about my crush on him, so there was no problem.
We walked the two of them back to class. There we passed Ito. I hadn't seen him yesterday or this morning so I was afraid that he was planning something. I walked closer to Fuji, who hadn't noticed him yet. I also saw Oishi and Kikumura tensing as they got sight of Ito. But all Ito did was pass us by, the only thing that I didn't like was the look in his eyes. They were full with lust, like he could jump on his prey right at that moment. I noticed Fuji cringe and make himself even smaller. We walked further but I then heard a moan coming from behind me and I quickly looked at the sound of the noise. I saw Ito looking straight at Fuji's ass. So it wasn't that weird to guess who just moaned. Fuji's whole body shook as he heard the moan and his breathing got slightly harder.
I wondered why he reacted this strongly. He normally would have tried to ignore it. Something was definitely up, I just had no idea what. Fuji stayed standing there, shocked to place. I called his name and he immediately snapped out of it. And just started walking again like nothing had happened. The three of us just followed and split when we came to Fuji's class.
I had to do some student council work after classes, so I told Oishi to pick Fuji up to go to afternoon practice. The latter had told us at lunch that he would join us since he was feeling better, although according to me that better wasn't much.
I came into the clubroom and saw that everybody was already there. Fuji was looking interestedly at the blue curtains that hung before the window.
"Ryuzaki-sensei approved them." I told him as he turned towards me and gave me the best smile of the day. This one at least looked genuine, though still tired. I started to change into my regulars outfit but saw Fuji's reluctance. I saw him hesitating though no one could see him except for us.
"Fuji?" I asked him and he seemed surprised as his body shook once. He looked at me smiling and asked what was wrong.
"Why aren't you changing? Is something wrong?" I asked him and the other regulars turned their attention towards us, founding Fuji's behaviour concerning.
"I...I'm just tired, that's all. I wasn't really here with my mind, I'm sorry." Fuji said calmly trying to sound convincing. The only thing that was convincing about his words though were the fact that he indeed looked really tired.
"Fuji, are you sure that's all?" I asked him again and as he was about to answer, his cell phone went off. He used this opportunity to not answer my question and read the message he had received. I got slightly annoyed to why he seemed to avoid answering and always said the same. But this annoyance quickly disappeared as Fuji dropped his phone with a loud thud and his breathing started picking up fast. His body started to shook lightly. I went to him and tried to calm him down but when I touched him, it only got worse. I pulled my hand back from his shoulder in a matter of seconds when I saw his reaction.
Oishi and Kikumaru came closer as well trying to calm his breathing down, we all were unsure of what to do. Fuji just didn't calm down, I was getting so worried. At the moment that I was about to ask for someone to get Ryuzaki-sensei, Momoshiro had picked the phone up and read the message out loud.
"Hope you enjoyed last night, don't worry we'll get to finish that. I'm dying to see you n… naked again, to…touching you. Next time babe, there won't be any… interruptions." He read shocked but nobody of us had the proper time to register that into our minds as Fuji suddenly groaned in fear and his legs decided to fail.
He fell onto the floor with another loud thud and his body started to shake vigorously as he almost began to hyperventilate. Everything then came together in my mind. The message must have been send by Ito and then Fuji's reaction when passing him, the lack of sleep…
"I...I had a nightmare."
Nightmare? Ito...did he...? My eyes were wide open as I looked at the trembling figure of Fuji, who cringed away at my touch...
"Nya! Fujiko! What's that red mark on your neck?" Kikumaru asked out of nowhere. My first reaction was to look where the red heads finger was pointing to. My eyes widened even more if that was still possible at seeing a bite mark on the side of his neck. His hair had been hiding it, but it was now more than visible.
"Fuji...Ito...what did he...do?" I asked afraid to know the answer. My heart was beating loudly in my chest. If that guy had dared to do anything to my tensai, I would have no idea to what I was capable off when seeing him.
"...He...he...window...nightmare...I..."
"Fuji! Calm down, please breath slower." I said as I knelled down in front of him and made him look at me. When he knew it was me and not someone else, I softly and slowly put both my hands on his cheeks and made him look into my eyes.
"It's okay...He isn't here...we'll protect you." I tried convincing him as I looked to his teary sapphire eyes. He kept looking at me for some seconds and then finally slowed his breathing down, his body stopping with trembling as he let his head fall against my chest. He started sobbing in my shirt.
"I'm scared..." he murmured through his tears. I put my arms around him and hoped that this would comfort him. "He...he touched me...I didn't want to...I didn't..."
I felt pain in my heart at hearing him say this in this broken voice. He looked so fragile.
Embracing him, whispering soft words to him was successful to calm him down. I told everybody that there would be no practice today. They normally would be happy, since they got more free time, especially since it was the day before weekend. But nobody reacted that way.
"Tezuka...Can you stay over?" he whispered, but since it was absolutely silent everybody had heard it.
Another chapter down. Please look forward to the next one and review, it makes me happy. ^^
Ja ne xxxx
