Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis, but I DO own that cool specimen of a duck!
Chapter 8: Naming
Fuji was quick to the scene and warmed the area by asking Sakuno who was also quite surprised.
"Sakuno-chan, what are you going to name it?"
Sakuno thought about it, she didn't know. She looked at Tezuka hoping he would have an idea. But Eiji was the best at giving names squeeled.
"Kennichi! Tezuka Kennichi! Nya!"
Tezuka wouldn't have minded but he had just one argument.
"Why give the name Tezuka?"
Eiji hid behind his golden pair Oishi and stated
"Why not? You looked after it too. Nya!"
Sakuno blushed at the idea, but she likes the name. She stared at the figure beside her, Tezuka. He didn't want that to happen just because Eiji decided it. He would be happy to let it carry his surname, but for reasons untold he felt almost ecstatic. But keeping it stoic he asked Sakuno.
"Ryuzaki, what do you think?"
Sakuno smiled her happiest, after all he did help her. Everyone thought for a moment, they must be dating.
"Of course! Sempai helped look after it. Demo... Shouldn't Ryoma-kun get some part of it?"
The regulars had forgotten the long fuming Ryoma. He was very mad at this happening. The duckling had been Sakuno and his project. Because he couldn't care less about it, does make him very mad at his behavior. He should have taken turns with her. Maybe things would have been different now. He shrugged. Logically Tezuka buchou should have it.
"No. Buchou helped anyway."
Tezuka couldn't believe his ears, Ryoma had agreed? But it felt all of the sudden that there was an acceptance that he was the father and Sakuno was the mother of this duckling! He could not describe the feeling.
It felt right and great. But he looked at Sakuno who was petting the duckling whilst smiling, he knew. It was about time he gives his heart the credit it sole deserves, for it was his heart that made him realize he was in love with Ryuzaki Sakuno. Everything up until this moment, that explained every single feeling he had felt when he had lived with her.
That night, the duckling was now and forever known to be Tezuka Kennichi.
To be Cont...