Hyoteis First Date
By NarutoandBleach
Teacher: Who has all the rights to Prince of Tennis?
Students: Konomi –Sensei of ocurse! The Person writing this will not own the series whatsoever!
Chapter 39: Buchou's Feelings
As the intense training begins to wind down, Tezuka finished up the rest of the day writing down the data that he needed for his own rigorous training in Germany while the three freshmen focused on cleaning the tennis courts. Once that was done, everyone left for the day except for Ryoma since he still had a few questions for the captain himself since he was still wondering if his feelings for his buchou might affect his boyfriend later on.
"tezuka-Buchou, I need to talk to you." Said Ryoma.
But Tezuka didn't hear him as he headed into the clubroom to change for the day while Ryoma followed him inside.
"Mitsu-chan, did you hear me?" asked Ryoma as he tugged at his captain's jersey. But the captain was too focused on changing he didn't even hear him. After a while, the captain readjusted his glasses before placing everything in his tennis bag and walked outside without saying a word.
As Ryoma looked back at his captain, he wasn't sure why he was getting the silent treatment and decided to follow the stoic Seigakuan veteran outside. He was not going to take no for an answer and he will not rest until the captain confesses his feelings for him. Just then, he notices Eiji and Momo eyeing Ryoma from behind.
"What are you doing, ochibi?" asked Eiji.
Ryoma was shocked as he huddled into a corner and said, "Kikumaru-sempai, don't sneak up on me like that! Are you trying to give me a heart attack?"
"Gomen, Gomen, Ochibi. But why were you stalking Tezuka anyway?"
"Like you haven't heard? I want Buchou to confess his feelings for me!" protested Ryoma.
Eiji and Momo looked at each other for a moment and giggled like crazy.
"What's so funny?" asked a confused Ryoma.
"You want Tezuka to confess his love for you? No way! Tezuka only sees you as a sempai to kohai relationship. Did you really think he would fall for a little brat like you?" laughed Momo.
"I thought for sure that he would be my second boyfriend since Atobe clearly to me that himself. Sure, he also has feelings for my Buchou, but it's like having two buchous to tell me how they really feel about me in general. I won't rest until I hear it from the captain himself." Said Ryoma.
"So you are stalking Tezuka until he gives you an answer? There is no way that will work. Do you seriously have a crush on Buchou or something? Because from the looks of it, you are gay for our captain, aren't you?" teased Momo as he gently poked Echizen's face with his fingers.
"Cut it out, you guys! This is tezuka we are talking about here! Sure he may have been old friends with Atobe and they developed a rivalry with each other. But I can't really tell which one of them really loves me. So, I have to go to Tezuka's house and shake it out of him if I have to!" said Ryoma as he quickly dashed out of the clubroom with his school uniform. As the three freshman, along with Momo and Eiji watched, they wondered if echizen is really serious about this love life he has for the captain.
That night, as Ryoma walked back home to eat his dinner and feeding the cat his food as usual. His father and mother were busy watching something on the television to help him. Just then, his phone rang and when he checked it, it was Tezuka.
"Hello, Tezuka, I have been waiting to hear from you since you left the clubhouse." Said Ryoma.
"Sorry about before, I was too focused on prepping for my trip to Germany that I didn't even see you in the room. I guess my mind was somewhere else." Replied Tezuka.
"No, its… it's fine. But I want an honest answer out of you: Do you really love me?" asked Ryoma.
Tezuka's eyes widened at that question as he regained his composure. "Excuse me?"
"Don't make me repeat it. You love me don't you? You just can't seem to confess your feelings for me ever since you and I first met each other. You wanted me to a pillar of seigaku and I have followed through on your request. Now then, I want to hear you telling me, do you really have feelings for me?" said Ryoma.
"You and I have a Sempai to Kohai relationship. You are like a little brother to me, but I cannot confess my love to you. Sure we might have spent a night together, but that was not a date. Trust me, you and I will just have to remain as friends." Finished tezuka.
"But… I thought you and I had a thing for each other. I thought we were meant to be together." Said Ryomaas he choked back a sob.
"I'm sorry to have to do this to you Ryoma, but I cannot confess my love for you, I hope you can understand. If there is nothing else, I'm hanging up." Finished Tezuka.
"So that whole relationship thing didn't matter to you? It was all a joke? What is wrong with you, Buchou? Don't you care about me!?" yelled Ryoma.
"I do care about you Ryoma and yes I do treat you like family, but right now, we can't be in a relationship together because I am not ready for it yet." Finished Tezuka as he hung up the phone.
As Ryoma looked back at his phone, he was nearly ready to break it while muttering, "Damn you, Tezuka-buchou! I thought you and I had a thing going together and now you just dump me? How dare you! Do you really hate me, or do you just not care about your true feelings towards me? Why do you shoot me down like this? Is it because you are seeing someone else?"
He then returned to the living room and sat down in between his parents and said, "Buchou's such a traitor! He can't seem to show his true feelings for me. Am I being dumped by him?"
"What's this? Your heart has been torn apart by tezuka? Ah, seishounen! You need to try harder! Remember how your mother and I met? It was a day that I would never forget. Besides, I had a tough time convincing Rinko to fall for me since she is far too busy with her work in America. However, your buchou is going through some tough times right now, so he just needs time to process it all. I am sure you will find love in due time." Said Nanjiro.
"He's right, dear. I am sure Tezuka didn't mean what he said on the phone. His mind is way too focused on other things right now so give him time. I know that other boy from Hyoutei is also after you since you seemed to be in a relationship with him." Agreed Rinko.
"Oh, I understand that, but what will it take for Tezuka to finally stop hiding his emotions and just tell me directly? He can't just hide it forever. I guess Momo and Eiji were right, maybe I am just better off pushing up daisies right now. What am I going to tell Atobe?" asked Ryoma.
"Atobe could probably understand your frustration right now. If you tell him about what Tezuka said to you on the phone, I am sure he can help you with your issues, trust me. You do love him, don't you?" continued Rinko
"I do, but it's hard for either of us to actually say it out loud to each other since we cannot meet in person because he is halfway around the world training like a maniac. Now, Tezuka-buchou is denying every having a relationship with me because he cares only about tennis and just wants to keep this as a friendship bond between us? I wanted this to be more than just a friendship between us and now he just doesn't want to tell me why. How would Atobe feel about this?" said Ryoma while crossing his arms.
"We know, brat! Just tell him the truth and he will definitely set Tezuka straight. But either way, you don't have to worry about starting a relationship with your own captain straight away. I am sure he has some difficulties of his own right now that he must deal with. So therefore, you shouldn't trouble yourself over this. Besides, don't get upset over one lost love." Said his mother while resting her hands on Ryoma's back.
Ryoma looked at them for a moment and smiled, "Thanks guys. I think I might just have just the plan to get Fuji away from Atobe since he was probably the one behind this."
"What does the tensai of Seigaku have to do with any of this?" asked nanjiroh.
"He is the ringleader and a sadist. He will always try to stop me from having to date anyone else on my team because I can smell he is up to something no good. I'm not holding any ill will towards Fuji but this is going too far. I am sure he is planning to meet Atobe at some café tomorrow to tell his side of the story and it's probably not going to be good. Therefore, I need to be there to stop him before he tries anything funny." Replied Ryoma.
"Are you sure? Because Fuji might try to punish you with one of Inui's juices at practice if you try this stunt." Stated Nanjiroh.
"I have suffered under Inui's crappy juices for a long time and I know what it feels like, but Fuji didn't even feel a thing when he got offered the drink. Sometimes, even I wonder why that tensai's body did not suffer any issues." Said Ryoma.
"Well, maybe his body is immune from Inui's vegetable ingredients. Therefore, no matter how sadistic Fuji might be, you have no other choice than to respect his decision, seishounen." Replied nanjiroh.
Ryoma could only sigh in disbelief at the advice that his family gave to him. He was worried that Atobe could easily chew him out if he heard that Tezuka wasn't serious about having a relationship with the short kid. Besides, even Atobe's friends knows what he is really up to and there is nothing that can escape from Oshitari's eyes. Furthermore, Fuji will always be there to ruin a relationship even if it's for Ryoma's own good since all his hopes at getting Tezuka as a lover dashed.
The next day, practice went on as usual for Seigaku after Tezuka left for Germany. And Oishi seems to be handling his duties pretty well since he was well prepared to become Captain. But over in the corner, Ryoma was still feeling depressed after what happened last night and decided that this would be his chance to have a serious talk with Atobe.
"Stupid sadist fuji, with his sadistic smirk and his evil plans!" Ryoma was directing his rage on the tennis balls in the cart. He was almost certain that he wouldn't win the heart of his buchou unless he can get Fuji off his back.
And once again, it was all Fuji's fault to begin with since he always had to get on his kohai's bad side and ruin his chances of finding love. But Ryoma and Atobe are still doing what they did every weekend: playing tennis, went for walks, and stopped at coffee shops before heading to his house since his parents are never home on weekends.
Only this time after practice, Ryoma could see Fuji at the coffee shop since he knows that keigo would be here on a weekly basis. At that moment, Ryoma wanted to strangle Fuji, but he couldn't find it in his heart to do so. But the sadist will feel his kohai's wrath one way or another.
As Atobe arrived, he congratulated Fuji for organizing a splendid birthday party and the picture published on a magazine. Ryoma felt happy for his sempai, but he was still upset at what Fuji did to him.
Atob bought a bunch of roses and handed them to Fuji. His own Sempai!
After that, Ryoma pretended he got a text from his mother to tell him to get home. He couldn't care less what Fuji and Atobe are actually doing, not one bit.
"Oi, seishounen! Your weird friend with his inflated ego is here! Tell him you are going to the movie!" his father yelled from below.
"Tell him I'm busy at the moment!" Completely true, he just shredded his paper.
"Tell him yourself! I will be sending him upstairs!"
Ryoma wanted to yell at his father not to send weird people up to his room because it would not do him any good. Instead, he decided to hide the evidence of his emotional turmoil without letting Atobe know what it was. Once the King entered Ryoma's room without knocking, Ryoma was certain that he'd be taught some manners.
Atobe always had that smirk on his face but it only had affected Ryoma's change. Although it did piss him off to no end, it started to turn him on, but it was only going to make him even madder.
"Ryo-chan," smiled Atobe as he closed the door behind him while leaning on it. Once Ryoma herd the click, he realized that his lover locked the door like he always did.
"Monkey King, I told you not to call me that."
"Likewise." Answered Atobe as he strolled across the room and gave Ryoma a hello kiss.
Ryoma whirled his chair around to let the kiss land on the back of his head.
Atobe was confused for a while but he shrugged it off since someone else would have been suspicious about his behavior, But Ryoma was acting like this all the time.
"So, you were still sulking last night after what happened with Tezuka? I am surprised at you. Usually you would have won your buchou's heart right about now by the time I got here." Atobe said as he draped his arms around Ryoma and leaning his chin on top of the boy's head to comfort him.
"Don't we see each other on Saturdays?" asked Ryoma as he tried to ignore Atobe's presence, but he found it difficult to do even after the end of his first year of middle school.
"you left early, remember that?" whispered Atobe while caressing Ryoma's hair.
"So? You could have knocked before entering." Replied Ryoma as he took Atobe's wrist and gently removing it, but he somehow ended up caressing his hand while gently leaning on Atobe's chest.
"I didn't have enough of you, Ryo-chan."
"Are you kidding me!? We can't do this here!" yelped Ryoma as he came face to face with the leader of Hyotei.
"Why not, I locked the door so that we can have some privacy together." Ryoma would have definitely given him a piece of his mind and a million good reasons if he didn't pull him off the chair and onto the floor. "Besides, this isn't the first time that we did this."
"Che! Mada Made Dane." Commented Ryoma before he proceeded to Kiss Atobe breathless.
He was still mad that he didn't get a chance to stop Fuji from dismantling this love relationship between Ryoma and Tezuka. But he was more than furious.
Atobe didn't seem to have any rights to give the roses to Fuji since if it should be anyone, it should be Ryoma. Not that he wanted them anyway, but why from the Monkey King?
Fuji apparently plans to give the roses to his other sadist friend, Yukimura.
Ryoma elbowed Atobe in the shoulder, getting an 'ugh" out of him since it made him feel a little better.
"What the hell was that for?" protested Atobe.
"Why the hell were you flirting with Fuji, eh? Were you planning to date him and cheat on me?" answered Ryoma while still snuggling onto Atobe's chest while he twirled his fingers on Ryoma's hair.
"If you must know, I am not fliriting with Fuji. My love with you will never disappear since I care about you. The only reason why I gave those flowers to Fuji is because Yukimura's garden has lost some Hydrangeas due to overexposure in the sun. Did you really think I would cheat on you?" replied Atobe.
"Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier?" said Ryoma indignantly.
"you never asked. Now then, what seems to be troubling you?" finished Atobe.
Ryoma moved to rest his head on Atobe's shoulder, and he encircled him with his arms, pulling him in tighter. Ryoma closed his eyes and returned the embrace and placed his hand on the side of Atobe's neck since this was the sort of position that he likes the most. In the months that they;d been together, Ryoma was growing attached to Atobe and even going far as to say he liked atobe, but he wasn't ready to tell him that, not when he wasn't even sure if this is what he wants.
If atobe flirted with Fuji, he wasn't really serious about Ryoma and that was fine. But Ryoma doesn't care since Atobe could easily attract other boys and girls for all he cared.
"Ryoma, tell me what is going on between you and tezuka before you choke me!" declared Atobe in a strangled voice.
"gomen, Atobe. Well, Tezuka tells me that he is not ready to have a relationship with me, and he didn't even say he would love me." Said Ryoma sadly.
"NANI!? After all this time, Tezuka didn't even show his feelings for you? He didn't even show a bit of emotion at all!?" yelled Atobe.
"Nope, he said to me on the phone that he is not ready to start a relationship with me, even after me and my buddies went through all that trouble giving him birthday presents right before he left for Germany. Talk about selfish."
"Such impudence! How dare he not show feelings for you! Why, I'll have him know that young boys llke you needs to be respected more. I really need to have a talk with Tezuka on the phone later to talk some sense into him. We cannot let Tezuka get away with something like this for eternity." Said Atobe furiously.
"Are you sure you want to do this? You guys both have developed rivalries for each other and now you are certain you can change his mind?" asked Ryoma.
"Of course! Ore-sama will make damn good sure that Tezuka-kun listens to me. Because there is no way that he can avoid me!" smiled Atobe. "And you, make sure you stop by the coffee shop tomorrow afternoon because I need to meet up with fuji again since this is important. Don't be late."
"Che! Whatever." Huffed Ryoma.
And with that Atobe left Ryoma's house to prepare for his meeting.
Back at his house, Oshitari and the others observed the marks that were on Atobe's neck and said, "Interesting marks you have there, Atobe." They were sitting in the back of the auditorium attending a lecture on economics since they found that course to be tedious.
Atobe touched the bruises on his neck and went without saying; he also noticed a bruise on his shoulder when he looked in the mirror. To be honest, Atobe wasn't pleased at all when he saw those marks. This was going to be a flaw in his perfect complexion since no amounts of coaxing would make Ryoma tell him what went through his mind when he assaulted atobe like that.
"What happened, did you irritate Sanada again, causing him to snap?"
"No, it wasn't Sanada. It was Ryoma." Said Atobe without turning around.
"Why, what did he do to make you look like this?" smiled Oshitari. This was not going to promise anyone good things.
"Well, Ryoma was upset that tezuka broke up with him and he was not taking it quite well either. I had a little talk with him at his house and he was certain about who the culprit was. Besides, I have a plan of my own that I wanted to use on Fuji to make sure he can change Tezuka's mind. And what do you mean, I irritated Sanada?"
"Well, you've been hanging around with him a lot lately. And each time you talk about him, he will pop a vein. This morning I actually saw him running away from you.
"Really? I didn't notice." Smiled Atobe at the thought of Sanada running away from him.
"I know. you were too busy admiring yourself at your reflection in the window." Oshitari was not hiding his amused tone for nothing.
"What else could I do? The light is just perfect because it framed my beautiful form perfectly." Atobe flipped his hair while thinking that he'd distracted oshitari from the previous conversation subject.
"you haven't been to the clubs for a while. Are you sure you haven't stopped seeing someome?"
"yes, I am."
"Who is this lucky person?"
Atobe's laugh echoed through the silent auditorium, causing everyone to look at him. Nothing could faze Atobe since he owned up to his reputation. Atobe then waved a hand at the lecturer as if he was giving him permission to continue speaking. The man was bagffled and started talking again, not even noticing that he was taking an order from a student.
"My, my aren't we curious." Mused Atobe as he turned to look at Oshitari.
"You are not the sort of person to settle down, after all." Answered Oshitari. 'We are actually betting on who's the lucky guy. Tezuka is a big favorite. And so is Sanada since you are always around him lately."
"I wonder how is taking that."
"Not all that well. I asked him this morning." Oshitari told him. "So, who is it?"
"I'm afraid that you have to find out for yourself after school." Said Atobe.
"we will be following you every step of the way."
"please do."
After school was over, the remaining members of hyotei were sent on the streets to investigate what their captain was really up to.
"You know, we are not kids anymore. And why the hell did you even drag me here?" complained Hiyoshias he was being yanked into hiding behind a parked car by an excited Jirou.
"Don't tell me you are not curious about who Atobe is seeing?" asked Mukahi. He was also crouching behind the car next to oshitari.
"Sure, but do we really have to spy on him? Couldn't we just, I dunno, ask Sanada or something?"
"he won't tell us anything. I already asked him." Said jirou
"But honestly, spying on our own captain? Aren't we a little too old for this?
"You are never too old to learn new things." Answered Oshitari.
"Such a lame excuse." Scowled Hiyoshi
"You're free to go home anytime you want to." Said Mukahi
"I am not missing out on this!" yelled Hiyoshi.
The other three smirked at each other.
"look at that, Atobe has just gone inside that diner!" yelled Jirou as he started jumping up and down while pointing at the diner.
"You're going to spoil our cover!" said hiyoshi as he pulled Jirou back down from the older boy's collar.
"This isn't a military mission, Hiyoshi." Laughed Mukahi.
"Are you thinking of police stakeouts again, Gakuto? You really must stop watching cop movies." Oshitari told his friend.
"Damn it, they are too far! I can't see who he is sitting with!" shouted Hiyoshi.
"Here, use mine!" a pair of binoculars was produced in front of him. He tirned around to see Inui Sadaharu.
"What, are you still spying on people again/" asked Mukahi.
"Of course not, I am just gathering data from both players since that is for my personal use. I just brought it." Replied Inui.
"I'm still suspicious, but thanks." Said Mukahi while waiting for Hiyoshi to give him the binoculars. But he was getting to impatient and grabbed them from Hiyoshi. "My turn!" He lifted the item to his eyes and could see the image of Atobe laughing. He then turned the binoculars to see who Atobe's companion was and surprisingly, it was Fuji Syusuke.
"Looks like the smiling tensai of Seigaku has arrived." Oshitari spoke after he used the binoculars.
'Really? So my opponent from the Kanto tournament has arrived. Let me see!" He grabbed the binoculars from Oshitari before giving it back to Inui to put it in the box.
"Don't you want to look?" Oshitari asked him.
"I don't need to see them to know what is going on there." Said Inui as he adjusted his glasses. He then took out his phone and sent a message to the third year tensai. "This will be very interesting for Syusuke."
As Atobe sat down while facing Fuji, he fiddled around with the menu since the diner was not even his choice to begin with. He would have preferred a better meeting place that would suit his status. However, for some strange reason, Fuji insisted that this would suffice. Once the waitress came, Fuji immediately ordered, "Wasabi coffee."
"Ah, the usual then, Fuji-kun. And your friend?" asked the waitress.
"Plain coffee." Said Atobe as he quickly scanned through the menu. He finds that the place lacked many aspects, including design. The simplified pictures of elephants dancing had made him shudder. Were those monkeys with pink ribbons?
"You know, I chose this place in Tokyo because it was the only restaurant that had wasabi flavoured coffee." Said Fuji.
"Ryoma mentioned that you have so many unique tastes in food."
"Not many people share my taste, but you can hardly call my liking of wasabi coffee to be unique since they serve it here. Now then, let's cut to the chase, Kei-kun. Why did you wish to see me?"
"well, I've heard from Ryoma that Tezuka broke up with him after he left for Germany and Sanada keeps running away from me. I got no one left to confide in and I must speak to someone about Ryoma's dilemma." Sighed Atobe. "And since you already know about us and among those privy of our relationship, you seem so approachable."
"I can see why you are having problems. How can I help?" asked Fuji.
As Atobe was about to answer, the waitress came with their coffees. Atobe sniffed his own cup and feared that the waitress must have made a mistake. But when he smelled the bitterness of coffee, he took a sip of it and to his surprise, it was really good.
"It's nothing too specific, but I feel that Tezuka must have done something to upset him." Said Atobe while he fiddled with the cup.
"I see, well it's pretty obvious that Tezuka didn't even agree to having a relationship with Ryoma. I just hope you are not breaking up with him as well right? His heart was already broken by our Buchou previously." Repolied Fuji as the glint in his eyes made Atobe flinch.
"No, I care about him a lot really. But I don't know how can I make Ryoma feel any better."
"Why? Did something happen?"
"You could say that." Atobe remembered what Tezuka said on the phone a few days before
It was Saturday and not willing to wait any longer; Atobe picked ryoma up after his warm-up match in the street courts. After that small argument, Ryoma finally agreed to get into his car and he drove them to his house. There they spent the evening lounging on the couch watching TV while his faithful friends were busy playing cards upstairs.
Bored, Atobe had decided to make this night more interesting. They were in the midst of a kiss when Ryoma grabbed the remote and shoved Atobe out of the way so that he could increase the volume on the television. "-Nothing has been said about the young player Tezuka Kunimitsu, who had been involved in an accident previously. He has been making a name for himself these past few months since the injury on his hand will prevent him from playing for at least 2 months."
"Which hand, you idiots! You didn't say which hand he injured! Was it the right hand or the left one?!" yelled Ryoma.
"Calm down, I am sure it is not that serious. They said that he will make a full recovery in a few months." Said Atobe as he comforted Ryoma and placed his hand on the boy's shoulder. However, Ryoma immediately got up and grabbed his cell phone from the living room and placing it at his ear.
"Damn that Kunimitsu! He is not answering." Ryoma ended the call afterwards.
"Who is not picking up?"
"Tezuka. He just hung up on me and refused to talk to me." Informed Ryoma without looking at him.
"How did you end up having Tezuka's number?" asked Atobe as he felt a surge of jealous coming to him. He was not comfortable with the former captain of Seigaku having a relationship with his boyfriend.
"I've had it ever since he travelled to Germany." Replied Ryoma before he dialed Inui's number. "Sempai, did you see the news? Do you know which hand tezuka hurt it? They didn't say." Ryoma listened for a while before banging his hand on the coffee table. "I don't give a fuck about your probabilities, Inui-sempai! If you don't know, you could have said to. Why are you so useless?" he then hangs up on his sempai and settled down on the couch again.
"I'm sure there will be news by tomorrow." Said Atobe.
"But I cannot wait that long. If Tezuka cannot confess his feelings for me, why did he even bother telling me he fell in love with me?" said ryoma. A few minutes later, Buchou picked up and Ryoma placed the phone in his ear. "Buchou? Thank goodness you called. They didn't say which hand you hurt."
"It's nothing serious, but like I told you before, I am really unable to show how I really feel about you. I can't really say if I am ready to make you a part of my family and I cannot confess my love for you. I'm sorry, Ryoma-kun but your love belongs to someone else and not me."
Once Ryoma heard those words, he was so upset that he wanted to snap his phone in half and fling it across the room.
"So basically, Tezuka seems to have his mind made up. There was nothing more you could have done for him." Stated Fuji.
"Well, I could never imagine seeing Ryoma being shot down like this, but I can see your point. How would you feel if your boyfriend rejected you and decided to watch television instead of spending time with you?"
"I can see the problem here, but I get it." Sid Fuji as he took a sip of his coffee. "You do realize that meeting me like this could be considered as an attempt to make him jealous."
Atobe laughed bitterly at the joke and said, "Me? Jealous of Ryoma? No way! I'm beginning to suspect that he wouldn't care if I humped everything with two legs."
"Oh, is that what the roses were for? I am feeling hurt here, Kei-kun." Replied Fuji.
Before Atobe could answer, Fuji took out his phone and read the message with a smile on his lips. "It seems that we got an audience watching us, Atobe."
"What do you mean, Fuji?"
"Well, don't look directly at it, but do you see that blue car across the street?"
As Atobe glanced at the car from the corner of his eye, he spotted a familiar head of red hair jumping up and down and sighed, "This is so embarrassing. I told Oshitari that he was welcome to try and find out who I am dating, but I never knew that he would take it this far. And what exactly is mushroom head doing here? How the hell did they get him to go along with this? I swear to god that guy is always level headed."
"Well, if my information is correct, I can safely assume that your teammates are convinced that we are dating." Said Fuji.
"Those idiots." Snapped Atobe. "How the hell can oshitari get it wrong? I mean I practically told him to follow me on a Saturday." He was beginning to feel a bit uneasy with his teammates around while looking back at Fuji, who was staring at him with a wide-eyed expression.
Atobe needed to explain this, but decided to shrug it off. As for fuji, he could only shake his head in disbelief and laughed softly. "Well, I think I understand your motives for cheering Ryoma up, but I am not sure if he would like my advices. I can only tell Ryoma to stick with you since you're very close to him."
"Don't worry, I got it all taken care of. " Replied Atobe as he finished his coffee while grimacing at the aftertaste. "We might as tell them that they are mistaken. You coming, Fuji?"
"This is going to be entertaining." Answered Fuji as he followed Atobe from the diner.
A/N: Well, looks like Tezuka really has made a fool out of Echizen the moment he went to Germany and I have a strange feeling that he won't change his mind anytime soon. How anyone like Tezuka could break his kohai's heart is just wrong, but I am glad to know that Ryoma has someone to comfort him in a desperate situation like this. Anyway in the next chapter, I will be letting Ryoma talk to the hyotei regulars because oshitari has a few interesting ideas about how to make the Seishounen happy again. I do believe that the love affair between Ryoma and Atobe will definitely continue in the coming chapters. See you all next time. Be sure to read and review.
