Fuji glared at his sister, hard enough so that she should have felt the chills of the incoming danger she was about to experience at any moment. Instead, she stood there in front of her brother, a victorious smile gracing her lips as she examined her brother's defeated form in a head to foot manner.

When Yumiko told him that they would meet at the rest house in an hour, Fuji didn't think about having his sister stay for the entire duration of his isolation period. He wanted to be alone, and not to be bombarded with his sister's untimely intrusion of whatever masochistic plans he had for himself. And now he would suddenly know that Yumiko has taken her leave from her work to spend a week with him on the rest house. How fortunate.

"If I knew you'd stay, I wouldn't have agreed to this." Fuji said grudgingly.

Yumiko smiled at him humorlessly. "As if you have a choice. I'll occupy mom's room upstairs. You go and find your own."

Fuji rolled his eyes and headed to the guest room. It seems like his vacation would not be as refreshing as he thought it would be like after all.

"Yes? Fuji residence, how may I help you?" Yumiko gleamed as he picked up the landline. She didn't know somebody has their rest house phone number. So whoever's calling is either one of their parents' business partners, or just a lost soul who dialed their number accidentally.

"Hello?" she said, noticing the silent atmosphere on the opposite line. Perhaps it was really a wrong number. "Hey…"

"H-hai…uhm…"

Yumiko gaped and immediately pulled the phone away from her ears. She looked at it in disbelief as she processed the voice she just heard from the other line. Was it really….

"Sanada…Genichirou-kun?" she asked, regaining back her composure.

Another silence came from the other line, but this time, Yumiko didn't have to wait longer.

"H-hai…I was told…Syusuke's….taken some leave…I…." Yumiko could hear the hesitation and slight nervousness on Sanada's voice, and she had to admit that her initial annoyance had turned into something different…something….evil. She inwardly grinned.

"Right….Syusuke's really, really not feeling well…" she said, faking a very much believable tone of worry. "I was even wondering if he'll be fine if I'm not around." she added.

Sanada's reaction was all too predictable, much to Yumiko's pleasure.

"You're leaving him alone?"

"Unfortunately…I have a very important appointment with a client. I've been vying for this for almost 5 months now, and I can't afford to lose it. I just…"

"If there's something I can do…then maybe we could-"

"Really?! Great! Alright Sanada-kun! Go to this address and see you tomorrow!"

Yumiko went on giving instructions to Sanada who was very much intent on listening to her. Yumiko found it strange as to how she immediately thought of the things she was doing. In fact she was wondering what has gotten in to her to suddenly entrust her brother to Sanada whom she was not really in favor of in the first place.

When she brought down the phone after the very thorough instructions she gave to Sanada, she immediately called her office and informed them that she's canceling the leave request she initiated earlier and assured that she'll be back to office the next day.

She smiled and rubbed her temples. Her brother needs to learn a lot.

"I'm fine." Fuji calmly said, toying few locks of his hair with his finger. He was on the phone with Oishi, and Fuji couldn't wish for more than to have Oishi shut up and just settle for what he has been telling him for quite a while now.

"Fuji..you left without even saying a word. Everyone's worried." 'Especially me..' he wanted to add, but kept it to himself.

"Oishi..I'm fine." Fuji once again said, feeling slightly guilty and annoyed with the conversation. "I'm sorry if I ran off. I was just not feeling well, I couldn't stand one more second under the heat." he lied.

"You could've just said so. Tezuka was worried as hell when he learned that you left." Oishi said.

Fuji smirked. Tezuka? Worried? Hardly. Oishi didn't know their captain so well to have the audacity to say that the mighty ice king Kunimitsu Tezuka was worried. If indeed, one day their captain will worry about someone, it would definitely be someone else. Not him.

"Fuji…"

"Oishi..In as much as I wanted to explain myself, I don't think you'll ever understand my point here. I want to be alone. Now if it's so hard for you to accept that, then sorry…because that's just what it is." And with a sigh of resignation, Fuji brought down the phone.

His sister who was carefully observing him from the kitchen looked at him in disbelief.

"That was your friend." she pointed out, annoyed with how Fuji dealt the conversation.

Fuji answered her with a shrug.

"Look… I'll leave you here for good, but if you'll continue that kind of behavior, I'll really tell mom about this."

Fuji turned and looked at his sister.

"Are you threatening me?"

"No. I'm telling you what I'll do if you keep on being stupid."

"I'm not."

"Yes you are."

Fuji shook his head and left his sister. Otherwise, they'll once again engage in an argument without end. He's tired of it. When he learned that Yumiko will leave him alone, he felt relieved. But when she informed him about the visitor she invited to keep him some company, Fuji swore he could've murdered his sister for being such an intruder. Thanks to his remaining sanity which reminded him that she's still his sister and that murdering her wouldn't be that rewarding as he thought it would be.

It's not a big issue though. When Sanada arrives, he just have to drive him away. Immediately. Yumiko doesn't have to know, and Sanada isn't the kind of person who would also tell anybody about what had happened.

Right now, Fuji just want to relax and forget everything; forget that he's somebody whose mere existence brings pain to his own consciousness.

He went to his room and slammed himself down on bed. He's not called a genius just because of his exceptional skills in tennis. He can handle this.

But as he closed his eyes to get rid of all the headaches he had, the memory of Sanada's touches against his skin suddenly popped out his mind; Sanada's voice that was calling his name; Sanada's kisses that ignited something inside of him; Sanada's-

Fuji opened his eyes in horror.

What the hell is going on?

Author`s Note:

*coughs*