CHAPTER 16

At the restaurant everybody had sat down and ordered. Ryoma and Momo had their competition. The second year had managed to get though 8 while the cat got though 17. To say the others were shocked would be the understatement of the century. While Fuji didn't know whether to be amazed or think about how much money he had lost. He was glad the cat had stopped eating though. Most of them where still on their first burgers.

Ryoma had actually fallen asleep after he had the 17th one. Curled up at Tezuka's side without realizing it. He had brought his legs up and hugged them while his head rested on the captains shoulder. They all saw that Mitsu wasn't going to comment on it or try to move the boy so they left it. That was when Momo and Eiji came up with their idea of fun. They where sitting next to each other and whispering.

The tensai only realized what they where doing when Eiji who sitting across from Ryoma and on the end of the table got up and crouched down near the sleeping boy.

"Saa... What do you think you're doing?" Syu let off a creepy grin saying there will be hell.

"Nya... I want to know what O'chibi is hiding behind his hood." With that the other got interested except for Fuji and Tezuka. Tezuka had no idea what the boy was trying to cover but he would never do something which could make someone else uncomfortable. Especially the talk with Syu he knew the boys appearance was the most important to the kid. So the captain lifted his arm and brought it round the boy. He gave them all, except Fuji a look promising there will be pain and death if anyone even tries. Fuji then spoke his thoughts.

"Lets just say if any of you touch him I'll be making my own version of Inui juice." They all looked at the kid sleeping. It was Momo who spoke up next.

"Ah, but don't you want to know what he is hiding?" The genius gave a shrug and answered.

"I already know. I saw it Saturday." They all looked at him hoping he would give them some hint if he wasn't going to let them see for themselves. "He's adorable." Opening his eye's he looked at Kikumaru who had tried to sneak his hand towards the boy.

"Nya... Fujiko is being mean! Captain does that mean you know as well?"

"No and I don't really care." They all looked at the captain in disbelief. It was then that Ryoma turned his head and rubbed his face into Mitsu's side. They all looked back at the boy. Some smirking slightly at the scene.

They all where ready to leave the restaurant. They only had one problem and that was the cat. It seems the cat was really a heavy sleeper like Sei had said. No one was able to wake him and so they came to the final decision of someone carrying him home. They all looked at the captain. They all knew for a fact that Ryoma doesn't liked to be touch, but for some reason the captain was an exception and nobody had any idea why. Fuji was still slightly on edge knowing that Ryoma's tail might be noticed by the one carrying him.

It did end up being Tezuka. The tensai did offer but Ryoma seemed to of got a death grip on the captain's arm which he didn't know was there until he tried to move. Mitsu said that he will and Fuji can show him where the boy lives. So now they where all walking down the streets. Ryoma had his head resting on his shoulder along with both his arms slung over and gripping the back of his shirt. While both his legs wrapped around his waist. All the regulars kept sending glances at them until one by one they all slowly took off in their own direction to there houses. Now it was only a sleeping Ryoma along with a captain and a tensai.

"Mitsu, about after school today." Tezuka's grip tightened around the boys waist.

"Please Syu lets not talk about that. I shouldn't of done it. So please, drop the subject." With a sigh from Fuji they carried on in silence until they got to the front of the cats house. Knocking on the door and waiting for someone to answer. A few seconds past and the door opened to revile Dr Oishi. He looked surprised to see those two standing there.

"Ah, come in you two." The two went in as Akitaka closed the door behind them. Making there way into the lounge they saw Sei laying down with his arm stretched out. "Don't worry about anything." He said as he came in from behind them. "Seiichi just collapsed. No one was here. It was lucky that his phone was in his pocket." With the mention of his name he looked up and saw the Seigaku students.

"Hi, I got you text Syu. So how much did Ryo-Chan eat?" He gave them a grin knowing that it was a lot.

"17 beef burgers" Fuji said and it made Sei laugh.

"Yeah, that's why he woke up that time. He hadn't had enough to eat so he wasn't sleeping deeply. Normally when he eats enough he goes straight to sleep afterwards." Tezuka could feel the boy move in his arms. Fuji leaned down and gave a kiss on Sei lips. Mitsu saw this and looked down at the kid in his arms hoping to not show how jealous he was. "So Tezuka you can either put Ryo on the sofa behind you or in his room? Your choice." Hearing his name he finally decided to come back to reality. Slowly waking up and rubbing his face in to the captain's neck he slowly looked up to see an emotionless face of a man.

"Kazu..." He whispered.

"No... Mitsu." He replied. He didn't even realize he had just asked the boy to called him by his first name indirectly. Fuji and Yukimura both smiled at each other when seeing the way the other two interact. It took time for him to realize what had been said and not a second later he had jumped out of the 18 year olds arms and slowly walked backwards until he was in his corner sitting down. Tezuka took this time to sit in the arm-chair near the door and Fuji lifted Sei head up and sat down so the blunette had a lap pillow. Dr Oishi had now turned his sights on Ryoma.

"Please, today will you let me check your back or at least tell me what you know about the scar?"

"No." He even shook his head to prove his point.

"Echizen, since there is no club activities tomorrow I'll let you come round and you can go fishing with my grandfather, Kunikazu." He had heard from the man that he had taken Ryoma a couple of times and the kid seemed to really love it.

"Kazu... Really. Promise." He stood in front of Tezuka with his fingers all curled up except his little finger. The captain reach over and did the same locking there fingers together. Ryoma let off a smile and turned to Akitaka. To all of them it felt like the boy wanted something from the beginning and now he has a deal he would do anything. "This spine isn't mine." He just blurted out. All eyebrows in the room raised. That wasn't something they weren't expecting. Seeing the reactions Ryoma started to feel uncomfortable again. He suddenly thought that might of not been the best approach.

"So you had yours removed and replaced." Dr Oishi confirmed. Sei straight away let his mouth do the talking before he could even let the thought pass his mind.

"So your tail is part of your spine." Tezuka froze. He looked at the kid wondering if what he meant by tail actually meant a tail. Sei seeing him stand up realized what he said and looked at the cat who looked terrified. 'Woops.' Was the only think of. Tezuka was suddenly looking down at the boy.

"A tail?" Ryoma looked at him with big golden eyes. The captain then realized that he was scaring the kid. He was about to kneel when the cat reactions took over. He is kick Mitsu right between the leg and ran upstairs as fast as he could. You could hear the slamming of Ryoma's bedroom door.

Meanwhile they where all looked at Tezuka when he fell to the ground grabbing his balls. You could hear him groaning in pain. Fuji didn't wait a second before getting up to check on him. While Sei stayed seated and watched Syu fuss over the other.