You Are Not Alone

Author Note: Sorry it took so long! And sorry it's kinda short but I did my best, hopefully things don't seem too rushed or anything...well sorry again! Don't even ask when The Sun Will Shine Through will be updated cuz I have no clue! So SORRY! T-T Well enjoy! Hopefu;;y it doesn't suck too bad!

Disclaimer: I don't own ANY of the Prince of Tennis characters, just the plot of this story! Only the PLOT! Remember that! LOL :D

"talking"

'thinking'

flashback

December 3rd

'Where am I?' thought Ryoma as he opened his eyes to find himself seeing nothing but purple. 'What the...' he thought as he slowly pushed himself up. He heard a loud screech and noticed Karupin had fallen down to the mattress beside him. "Gomen Karupin..." After petting her as an apology he looked down to see that it had been a pillow...a purple, silk covered pillow. He turned over and layed back down facing the ceiling this time. Karupin made her way onto his stomach making herself comfortable once again on her master. Ryoma looked own at her petting her affectionately. 'Can't believe I broke down like that in front of the Monkey... Atobe, he must think I'm such a wimp...but it felt good letting everything out...' his thoughts trailed away as he started to think of his Okaa-san and Oyaji... Unknowingly his eyes turned glossy and tears made their way down his face. "Okaa-san... Oyaji..."

"...Ryoma?" Atobe said, making his presence known to Ryoma.

"Atobe!" Ryoma shouted in surprise rushing into an upright position on the bed. Tears still makinkg their way down his face despite him trying to wipe them away. He heard another screech but deemed it unimportant at the time.

"Are you all right Ryoma?" he spoke softly making his way towards the bed. Once he reached it he sat down by the boy. He gently took the boy into his lap and wiped away the tears that were still falling no matter how often they were wiped away. "What's wrong Ryo? You can tell me, I swear." This made Ryoma look up in surprise.

"Atobe? Where am I? What happened?" he asked in a whisper, resting his head on Atobe's chest without himself knowing he was doing so.

"You're in my room, but Ryo, what's wrong?" he asked again, determined to find out what was wrong with his favorite little prince.

"It's... I mean... I..." Ryoma tried telling him, but the words wouldn't come out, he wanted to tell someone, holding everything in was too painful.

"Shh... Ryo, it's okay, you can tell me when you're ready, okay? Shh, everything will be okay..." he kept whispering these things into Ryoma's ear until his breath was even and he was only sniffling.

"Sigh... Thanks, Keigo..." he softly spoke into Atobe's chest. Then a thought came to mind. "Why is Karupin here?" Atobe was surprised at Ryoma calling him by his first name but he was happy nonetheless. He was brought back from his thoughts at Ryoma's questions.

"...I had one of my servants fetch her from your home. You were having nightmares and I thought maybe she would calm you down..." he said slowly, afraid Ryoma would wonder why he fetched Karupin from home but didn't take him home.

Bells started going off in Ryoma's head. 'I hope that servant didn't say anything to Keigo about no one being home and...'

"By the way Ryo, are your parents out of town or something, my servant said no one answered but I was very adamant about getting Karupin for you so I said try everything they could think of. Turns out the door was unlocked, but still..." Ryoma was stiff by the time he heard the word 'parents'. "Ryo? Ryo, what's wrong?"

Ryoma was frozen stiff, he didn't know what to do, Atobe obviously knew something was up by the way he reacted. Ryoma finally decided that he should try and explain to Keigo what had happend and why he was like he was. He buried his face into the crook of Keigo's neck and tried saying what he wanted to let Keigo know, but it was just too hard! Keigo could feel the tears slide down his collar bone as Ryoma tried desperately to get the words out, choking in places. He began to rub Ryoma's back in a soothing rythmn, whispering things to him and trying to make out what he was saying.

"They...airplane...crash...GONE!" and with that Ryoma broke down into full blown hysterics. Atobe didn't know completely what was wrong but figured it had something to do with Ryoma's parents and an airplane.

"Shh Ryo, Shh... It's okay, you're with me right now. With Keigo, try and calm down, please?" he said softly almost pleadingly. After a few more soft words from Keigo, Ryoma calmed down enough to take his head out from the crook of Atobe's neck.

"...I'm sorry I acted like a baby..." he said avoiding meeting Atobe's gaze. Atobe took Ryoma by the chin and pulled his face up to meet his.

"There's nothing to apologize for Ryo, I'm just glad I was here for you when you needed it." Atobe said softly, gazing into Ryoma's eyes.

"...Why?" he asked quietly gazing into Atobe's eyes hoping to all gods he'd find the one emotion he'd been longing for for a long time now.

"Why? Because... because I love you Ryoma and I would do anything and everything to help you, to make you smile."

"But...why? Why do you love me of all people, you could have anyone..." he said, looking dejectedly to the side.

" I love you because you are Ryoma Echizen. I love your arrogance and your cockiness and all those 'mada mada's' you throw out. I love how you look at those you hold dear with that twinkle in your eye and how that smirk of your's can speak a thousand words... Most of all I love you, simply because you're you, you're my Ryo-chan and I love you." After that he bent his head just enough so that his lips would reach Ryoma's and he captured them in one of the most loving, heart-felt kisses ever, his eyes sliding shut. Reluctantly he pulled away and slowly opened his eyes to the most beautiful sight in the world. A smiling Ryo-chan.

"Thank you Kei...and..." he said softly looking into Atobe's eyes, then he leaned in near his ear and whispered lovingly, "I love you too." With that Atobe embraced him, burrying his head into Ryoma's soft emerald tinted hair, nuzzling it with care and affection.

"Thank you Ryo..." he said, laughing softly when he heard his newly deemed boyfriend yawn much like a cat. "Why don't we lay down for a bit and then maybe when we wake up you could try telling more about you-know-what?" he asked hesitantly.

"Yeah, I...I'll try, okay? For you." he said softly, burrying his face into Atobe's chest as they both layed back on the bed.

"Okay Ryo, that's all I'll ask for, for you to try. Now try and get some rest you had a fever earlier today." But before Ryoma heard all of that he was already softly snoring away on Keigo's chest. "Silly Ryo-chan..." he said lovingly, petting his hair. All of a sudden he heard a meow and then a big ball of fur landing on the bed beside him and Ryoma. "I suppose your going to join us as well Karupin?"

"Meowr!" she agreed, getting comfortable beside Atobe and as close to Ryoma as she could get.

"Well all right, let's get some shut eye, I'll see you and Ryo in the morning." he spoke laughing as he drifted into a peaceful slumber filled with his Ryo-chan and himself.

Hopefully tomorrow wouldn't be too bad, he needed to speak with Ryoma about many things...

Author Note: Well? How was it? Let me know! But be nice about it, please! Sorry I made them both so out of character but it seemed appropriate in this case I guess, well too bad for those who didn't like that cuz I do. Well, anyways, review please! :D