CHAPTER 11
Arriving at the park Yukimura though it was time to give Ryoma a ponta as it looked like he was about to wonder off to find a vending machine.
Finding a grassy hill to sit on that over looked the tennis courts they all settled down. Ryoma though decided to sit closer to the fence. That's when he saw him again. The monkey named Sasabe was making his way towards them. Standing up he walk towards them.
"Hey, learned your grips yet?" Quickly Sasabe grabbed his racket and swung it towards Ryoma's face just stopping a few centimetres away from hitting it. Looking at the kid with a confident smirk it soon disappeared when he realized the boy didn't even flinch.
"You think you can tell me information about tennis. I been playing since I was 10 I don't need some brat telling me what's right and wrong." He sneered.
"Want to play a game?"
"Lets." Both Sasabe and Ryoma walked to the free court that wasn't being used. Sei, Syu and Sasabes two friends looked at each other before following eager to know what's going to happen. "So this is self judge and a one set match, I'll start." He threw the ball and hit it. Ryoma just stood there and watch it go pass him. "What! Was I going to fast for you? Here I'll do under arm." You could here the smugness in his voice. Ryoma was just standing there thinking that this was a waste of time seeing as the ball wasn't even that fast. Seeing the guy do an under arm serve he ran for it and smashed it back with his right hand.
"Your slow." Sasabe looked shock at the kid. While on the side lines you could hear Syu chuckle.
After some more serves the score was 3-0 to Ryoma. Since it was self judge Sasabe made sure that any lobs the cat did where called out that was until the kid put a spin on it and made it so it stopped just before the line.
"So does that count as my point?" Fuji carried on smiling but Sei was the one that caught the glint in the monkeys eye.
"Syu... Something's wrong." Looking towards Sei in concern he held his face in his hands.
"What do you mean?" Opening to take a proper look. The next second they heard something clattering to the ground.
"Whoops my hand slipped." They all turned to the court to see Ryoma clutching his forehead. Sei ran up to the boy and gabbed his chin making the boy look at him.
Ryoma couldn't do anything. He didn't know if he was more shock at the injury or the fact that the dog had just done something outrageous like touching him like nothing is wrong. The blood was dripping down and going onto his shirt.
"Ryo-Chan... Can you hear me?" Blinking Ryoma looked at the ocean blue eyes. Lifting his hand up he slapped the other hand away.
"Don't touch me." He spoke quietly. "Get off the court. I have a match to win." Sei smiled slightly as left to stand back at the sides. Syusuke was just as shock as Ryoma. He didn't know if he should be jealous that fact that Sei was worried about someone more than he ever been worried about him or the fact that he wanted to be the one going to Ryoma to make sure he was okay. Looking to Sei he asked.
"Is he alright? It looks bad." Getting a smile from Sei he replied.
"Yeah, if he hit my hand away he'll be just fine." The match ended with an even more injured Sasabe. The twist serve did come in handy for Ryoma. Every time he got to use it, it would always hit the other in the face. At the end the tiger walked off with a slight smirk while looking at the two 18 year olds. Turning more of his attention to Sei he asked.
"Can I have another ponta?"
"You need to sort your wound out first."
"How?" With a blank expression from both Fuji and Yukimura they both exchanged glances and then looked back at Ryoma.
"If I'm going to sort it out you need to let me touch you head." Syu said making sure the boy understood that there is going to be contact. "You also need to take that shirt off. Other wise you'll be stared at and I expect you really don't want to go around covered in blood for the rest of the day."
Meanwhile Sasabe and his friends had wondered off somewhere.
"I... I don't have another shirt on me." Looking up into Sei eye almost begging to help him out.
"I brought one of my jumpers. It just doesn't have the clips so you just need to keep an eye on it alright." Syusuke decided it wasn't the time for questions and so with a nod from Ryoma as he sat on the bench, Fuji got a bottle of water and asked for some napkins from some people in the park that where having a picnic. Kneeling down in front of the boy he put his hand on the boy cheek and directed Ryomas face down to face him. Looking into the golden eyes he could see all the pain the boy was hiding. Grabbing a napkin he poured water on it and brought it to his forehead.
"You alright?" Fuji asked gently. Sei watch the interaction between the two. Smiling slightly at it. He had been worrying all day about nothing it seems. He had a thought ever since he left the house that Syusuke was going to do what he did and ask a question which will make the other snap but so far he been 10 times better than he was. "There all done." Fuji let go straight after and stood up. There was a small cut that wasn't too deep and a graze surrounding it. "Now you just need to change. The toilets are over there." He decided to point them out before the cat could freak out. Quickly grabbing the jumper from Sei he left. The two watch as Ryoma went off. "You know, I'm jealous." Sei head snapped to Syu as he spoke.
"Why?" Fuji leaned his forehead against the blunettes.
"Because... You can see it in your eyes that the two of you are sharing a secret. I just feel left out." Sei looked into those light blue orbs of Syusukes.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you sad." He pecked Fujis lips a couple of time before sealing them together completely. Syu a few seconds later went to deepen it. Opening his mouth and pushing his tongue into the others.
Ryoma had just left the bathroom with blood stained shirt in his hands. Keeping his head down and walking towards them he stopped about to asked something but was stunned silent. He had just looked up and couldn't tear his eyes away.
They separated and leaned there heads against each other again. A sting of saliva still connected them.
"I think someone's watching us." Fuji looked into Sei eyes telling him he thinks the same. Turning there heads to see a white hoodie and looking down even further to see golden eyes just looking. "Uhh, Ryo-Chan is something wrong?" His face just continued to stare for a couple more seconds. The jumper was far too big. Just like Shan shirts it ended at his knees.
"So does that mean people will make love anywhere?" That just did it for Syusuke. He burst out laughing and grabbing Sei shoulder burying his face into his neck. Sei could feel the vibrations going down his back and sending a shiver up his spine. Of course the boy didn't know what was so funny and just waited for his answer.
"No, people don't just do it anywhere unless they want to get arrested for doing it in public. Why ask that though I though you knew what kissing was?" Ryomas eyes widening slightly at that.
"That was kissing. I thought you where trying to eat each others tongues or something." Fuji had actually calm down but started again after comment along with Sei chuckling.
"Ryoma that was a kiss just more intimate. Please tell me you have kissed before?"
"I have." He stated. The two stopped laughing and looked to the boy.
"Who?" Fuji asked.
"Sam." Both looking to each other and Ryoma before asking.
"Who's Sam?"
"I met him when I was 7. Knew him for two years and one night he asked me to give him a kiss goodnight and he never woke up the next day." They both went silent. They just now felt sad for the boy. Sei and Syu both decided to drop the subject.
"Come on Ryoma. Let's get ice cream and watch some matches."