CHAPTER 46

It was now Sunday and Mitsu had gone to sleep in Syu bed seeing as his was taken. He was laying there going over the different thing that came into his head. 'One, I love Ryoma. Two, I love Syu. Three, I love Keigo.' He couldn't believe he was getting a headache so early in the morning. What was worse was it was him giving it to himself than someone else for a change. Mitsu looked at the alarm clock and saw it was 5 in the morning. He heard a car pull up outside assuming it was Tomo. 'I want a match against Ryoma.' Was his last thought as he sat up and went into his room to get a change of clothes.

He could hear the front door open as he walked into his room. Inside Gen was completely under the duvet not letting a single piece of him show. Even his head was covered. While the other three that were in his bed had the blanket round their waists except for Syu who had it over his shoulders as well since he was further down the bed, so he could hug the boys hips and buried his head in the boy's stomach.

Kunimitsu opened his wardrobe and started to looked for something to wear. He could hear shuffling and then he heard a voice. "What are you doing?" Tezuka turned to see golden eyes watching him. Ryoma had woken up when he heard the opening of the door. Noticing the scent as Mitsu's he decided not to bother, but ended up getting curious at what the other was doing. Ryoma had unconsciously started to run his hands though Syu hair finding some comfort in doing so.

"I was going to go for a walk, but we could always have a match?" He could see the boy pulling himself up slightly. Looking over at him to see if he was telling the truth.

Ryoma knowing he could escape easily, slipped down the bed and slip the shirt he had on, off so it was still there in between the two, hoping he didn't wake them up. So now only in his underwear he went over to his chest in the corner he started searching. "Hey, Kunimitsu. Are we playing in the temple's court?" Getting a nod for the older one Ryoma decided to wear white tennis short which had a hold to slip his tail though and a normal plain polo shirt. The bandages that were on the boy's arms annoyed him so he pulled them off. He couldn't care anymore, the wounds had stopped bleeding and now just needed to heal properly.

"I thought you cover up when going outside?" Mitsu watched. He knew the boy hated to be seen and so it confused him. Why would a child who want's to hide suddenly decided to go out reviling his big secret.

"Oh, the tennis court is a just for us and it's up the flight of stairs. Up there are no houses or other signs of humanity. It's pretty safe." Mitsu nodded. He hadn't actually been up there yet. He knew there was a shrine and a court, but he didn't know that the place was practically deserted.

They had gone down the stairs and saw Tomo in the kitchen. "Butler Tomo." Ryoma called as he gave the man a hug. "Me and Kunimitsu are going in the back garden to play tennis." Ryoma stopped remembering something. Quickly running up the stairs he grabbed the hat and came back down in less then a few seconds. He went to the coat cupboard and started to move thing trying to find his box.

Tomo knew what the boy was looking for. Shan had told him where he hid the box for the boy just in case he forgot. Ryoma was now sitting on the floor and opened the shoe box. He moved a few things and pulled out a photo. He then placed the hat inside and put the box back. "Ryoma, what's the box for?" Mitsu's curiosity finally got the best of him. Ryoma placed a finger on his lips.

"A secret." With a nod Ryoma gave him the photo. Mitsu finally got to take a proper look at it. He tried to fight down the blush. He couldn't believe that Keigo had taken this... On second thought he could believe it. Going into the kitchen he put one of the hobs on and set it alight. He then went out the back door and put it on the patio so it could disappear into the flames completely. Letting out a sigh knowing no one can use this as blackmail now.

Both him and Ryoma made their way to the temple. They both warmed up and started.

Inside Sei groaned slightly and slowly opened his eyes. Looking down he saw Syu's head. He didn't remember what happened. All he knew was that he had fallen asleep listening to a story. A blush slowly crept up to his cheeks. He couldn't believe he fell asleep on Mitsu. He looked around to see he was still in the room and could see a lump on the other bed guessing it was Gen.

Hearing a mumble of 'Ryo-Chan, you naughty kitten,' from Syu, he decided to wake the tensai up in the best possible way. Which of course was pushing him off the bed. Falling to the ground Syu shot up with surprise while shouting. "Wait, Ryo-Chan!" He was now sitting on the floor with one arm reaching forward looking like he was trying to grab something.

"Something wrong Syu?" Sei sat up on the bed with an amused expression. They both heard a moan and looked over to see Gen moving to roll over onto his side. "I think we woke Gen." Sei looked slightly alarmed. "We better go before he realizes it was us that was creating the noise." They both stood and where about to escape when they heard the grumpy voice.

"Sei... Shut up." They both saw Gen peeking out from under the covers giving them a glare.

"Hey, Sei is something wrong with him? From what I've seen he's normally more like Mitsu in the not showing emotions to others." Sei looked at Syu, smirking.

"He's not a morning person." Getting a nod they both went to their rooms and got changed.

Downstairs Keigo was sitting at the table, silently eating his breakfast when he saw both Sei and Syu enter. "What are you two up to now?" After the photo incident, he decided that when both of them are together nothing good ever happens.

"Have you seen Ryo-Chan or Mitsu?" Syu knew that Mitsu would probably end up sleeping in his bed, but it was empty this morning.

"What? Wasn't he in your room. Unless he hid. Ore-Sama wouldn't blame him either. You probably would of joined him and would make him do things in his sleep." Sei rolled his eyes and Syu smiled at Keigo.

"Saa... How did you guess? Mitsu is his weakest when asleep." Kei felt a shiver. He couldn't help, but feel sorry for the captain of Seigaku. They heard foot steps coming down the stairs and Gen appeared not long after. He just stood there still in a half asleep state. Tomo decided to tell them where the other two where.

"Oh, by the way Ryoma and Kunimitsu went to have a match at the temple grounds." They all looked at each other before standing up and rushing out the door to go see if it's true. They wanted to know the outcome.

When they got there, they were met with two out of breath players. Ryoma was on all fours panting. He had never had such a hard match in his life. Mitsu was standing there with sweat dripping down his forehead. He couldn't believe how talented Ryoma was. He had caught on that when the boy's tail is out, Ryoma has much better balance and since his ears weren't covered his hearing was better as well. The match ended 6-4 in Tezuka's favour. But god, Ryoma had the flexibility of Eiji and he could think fast on his feet.

Mitsu had never had a match so challenging. Maybe against Gen and Kei he had to go all out, but he never nearly lost like this before. If it wasn't for the zero shiki drop he thought he might of lost. Mitsu was hoping that after the match the 'love' he felt for the boy might of been just wanting to go against him on the courts. He couldn't believe how wrong he was. It just seems that he has fallen even harder. He let his eyes soften. He knew he shouldn't, but like he would care. Syu and Sei both flirted and besides he's not as extreme as them. Walking to the net, he looked at the boy seeing if he would get up.

Ryoma finally saw Mitsu's feet. He couldn't believe he lost. Sure he quit in the middle of games for reasons, but had never lost a match by playing the whole game. He force himself to stand up. Still slightly wobbly on his feet. All the cat could think about was when his next game with the captain will be.