Prince of Tennis
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Pairing: Kevin Smith x Echizen Ryoma
Theme set: Alpha
Rating: G to R
Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis is not mine.
#01 - Comfort
Kevin goes through a string of losses for a month or so- just when he's ready to toss his racquet at the latest winner Ryoma shows up drinking a Ponta and with a shrug hands him the half-empty can and he decides with a gulp of grape liquid that it's not worth breaking his tennis equipment afterall.
#02 - Kiss
Kevin had first kissed Ryoma in Japan, neither had been prepared and it ended up a completely awkward event- sometimes Kevin thought it still felt awkward but now he has nothing to blame it on.
#03 - Soft
"Ryoma," Kevin asked softly before letting a hand lightly touch his lover's shoulder, only to be met with a scowl and a shove- whatever demons Echizen Ryoma was facing he wasn't willing to share.
#04 - Pain
Echizen Ryoma had visited Kevin's house exactly one time- his father had woken up from his drunken stupor to find them making out in the kitchen and Kevin had winded up absent from school for the next week when all was said and done- but every wince in his step was well worth the look on the bastard's face when he recognized exactly who his son was groping.
#05 - Potatoes
Kevin often offers Ryoma half of his lunch after a tennis match even though he is always turned down- Ryoma never offers Kevin any fries from his after-school fast food binge but he always manages to steal some anyways when Ryoma isn't looking.
#06 - Rain
Kevin has gotten used to playing tennis with Ryoma in the pouring rain- the raven-haired boy always pushes harder then with the faint glimmer of a smile on his face and Kevin almost wishes he knew who's responsible for this so he could thank them.
#07 - Chocolate
Kevin spent weeks working out the perfect gift for Ryoma for their first Valentine's Day together, he interviewed Echizen's family and specially ordered it from Japan; Echizen gave him a Hershey's bar he had bought yesterday for a snack when his mother reminded him of the holiday that morning.
#08 - Happiness
Happiness is tennis, Kevin decides on the tennis court- happiness is Ryoma, he later revises- true happiness is doing kinky stuff to his lover on the street tennis courts, he concludes as he shoves his hand down Ryoma's tennis shorts.
#09 - Telephone
When the phone rings in the middle of the night Kevin is ready to kill whoever talks on the other end- instead he finds himself in the middle of a desperate battle of tennis on a street court in his pajamas and oddly enough having the time of his life.
#10 - Ears
Kevin likes to softly whisper Ryoma's name from the side benches when he watches Ryoma play tennis and hopes that somehow, through some strong connection they share, Echizen will hear him calling and look at him.
#11 - Name
Echizen forgot his name once, you could tell by the way he looked at him with a confused look on his face, a name hidden just on the tip of his tongue- Kevin wasn't allowed the same luxury, Echizen had been among the first five words he learned to say.
#12 - Sensual
Everything about Echizen Ryoma playing tennis is sensual- from the way he arches his back to smash the ball to the way his fingers clutch at his racquet to the sounds he makes as he hits back each shot- this is probably the reason why the two of them more often than not end up having sex after a match.
#13 - Death
Kevin stares across the arena at the two figures standing across the net from each other, watching while they shake hands and say so much more with their eyes than he's ever said to his lover and thinks that this must be the end.
#14 - Sex
Sex between the two is always a battle as intense as the ones they play on the court- neither is willing to give up being on top without a fight.
#15 - Touch
Kevin likes to touch Ryoma, mostly to convince himself that this is real and not just part of his nightly fantasies; Ryoma is not a fan of touching, doesn't really see the point behind it but this is what couples do so he goes along with it.
#16 - Weakness
Kevin has never lost a tennis match to any opponent until he met Echizen Ryoma- his tennis was Echizen's tennis- the two were perfectly equal in every way so why had he lost and Ryoma won- unless of course it had absolutely nothing to do with tennis...
#17 - Tears
Kevin used to cry a lot when he was little in his bedroom after his father had collapsed somewhere in a drunken heap and he was finally all alone- just when he thought that those days were long over he discovered a pack of letters in the bottom of his lover's desk all signed simply Kunimitsu.
#18 - Speed
Kevin was actually surprised at the pace which their relationship took place- he always thought that Echizen would stubbornly drag his heels before they got anywhere but it was only two weeks before they ended up sharing Ryoma's shower.
#19 - Wind
Sometimes when he stands out on an empty court he can hear the wind whistle through the trees nearby and his voice whispers in his ears all the things he desired but was never allowed to hear.
#20 - Freedom
Sometimes Kevin looks at Echizen as an albatross around his neck, trying to drag him deeper into the water he's frantically treading 'til the water comes up over his head and he can't breathe anymore, and wonders what his life would be like without him.
#21 - Life
Echizen Ryoma equals life.
#22 - Jealousy
Echizen has a photo album one of his senpais from Japan gave him when he moved back to the U.S. filled with pictures of his perfect tennis team- Kevin stole it once and delighted in the thrill of ripping those happy smiling faces to shreds before watching them burn in his fireplace.
#23 - Hands
Kevin watched a high school couple hold hands in the park with a wistful expression hiding behind his arrogant sneer- Ryoma took one look at the sight and put his foot down- after several hours of argument later two sweaty callused palms slapped together while Ryoma glared and Kevin couldn't be bothered to hide his smile.
#24 - Taste
Ryoma tastes like Grape Ponta and winning, Kevin decided as he licked his lips with a smirk- Echizen scowled and rubbed his mouth with his sleeve, refusing to comment.
#25 - Devotion
Kevin would give up tennis if it would make Ryoma happy; Ryoma told him once he would disown his father if he wanted but they both knew how much an effort that would take.
#26 - Forever
Kevin actually doesn't expect this relationship with Ryoma to last- he wants a wife, children, and a career away from tennis to prove to his deadbeat father that in spite of him he will become a worthwhile person.
#27 - Blood
When Kevin shows up at Ryoma's window in the middle of the night Echizen doesn't say anything, just unlocks the window and slides over on his mattress to give the other boy some room- it isn't his concern if his lover wakes up with a black eye and dried blood around a spilt lip in the morning.
#28 - Sickness
Kevin is not a comforting person and he hasn't a clue how to care for anyone but when Echizen comes down with the flu he buys a tennis magazine and a case of Ponta and sits beside the boy while he sleeps with strict orders "to not even think of puking on me."
#29 - Melody
Echizen has a cd in his room where the music is rather boring, all soft mediating garbage which conflicts with the rest of his collection but he refuses to throw it out whenever Kevin suggests it and somehow this makes him feel uneasy.
#30 - Star
Echizen Ryoma becomes famous rather quickly in America, no one with his talent could attempt to hide themselves for long, and Kevin panics as he watches his lover get stolen away from him.
#31 - Home
Home to Kevin is a drunk father and a big lonely house- home to Echizen is a toss-up between Seigaku and Karupin.
#32 - Confusion
The day Echizen Ryoma leans over the lunch table and lightly presses his lips to Kevin's without saying anything shocks the hell out of Kevin- when he only gets a smirk as an explanation Kevin wonders if this translates to an invitation or a challenge.
#33 - Fear
Kevin has never been afraid before- not of his father, not of any tennis opponent, not even when he loses; he is however terrified the day Ryoma pushes out of his embrace and gets on a plane bound for Japan, just for a visit he insists.
#34 - Lightning/Thunder
It was storming the night Kevin finally told Ryoma he loved him- with the thunder rumbled ominously in the distance and the lightning crashing outside the bedroom window he should have taken the warning sign but instead he was completely unprepared for the empty silence that greeted his confession.
#35 - Bonds
Echizen cares more about his cat than he does about most people- this is a fact Kevin learns the hard way when he tried to push the cat outside the bedroom for some privacy and found himself facing a slamming front door instead.
#36 - Market
Ryoma was the easiest person to find when shopping- all you had to do was find the Ponta section and you could locate your lost lover like that; on days Echizen was in a mischievous mood you had to search in the cat food aisle as well.
#37 - Technology
Kevin tried to introduce Ryoma to the idea of instant messaging and discovered that his lover was as vocal online as he was in person- "Betterthanyou: Say something dammit!" "Madamada: ...".
#38 - Gift
For Ryoma's 16th birthday his parents surprise him by flying over all his senpais from Seigaku for a party- Kevin spends the night in an armchair in the corner fuming while Tezuka compliments Echizen on his stronger play, crumpling the small ring box he had specially picked out as a symbol of their love.
#39 - Smile
Both Kevin and Ryoma don't smile, they smirk, and fuck it if you have a problem with that.
#40 - Innocence
Echizen had never told him one way or the other but Kevin liked to imagine that his boyfriend was a virgin just like him when they first made love.
#41 - Completion
Sometimes Kevin wonders if he will be done with Ryoma after he beats him at tennis.
#42 - Clouds
Ryoma liked to lay in the grass and look up at the clouds during lunch breaks; Kevin enjoyed it as well but that was probably because Ryoma used his lap as a pillow- he wasn't really a fan of fluffy marshmallows.
#43 - Sky
Kevin often found his boyfriend staring up into the sky when he thought no one was looking- it made him worry about the impossible future when his lover grew wings and left him broken on the ground.
#44 - Heaven
It was perfect the first time Kevin pushed Ryoma into his mattress and thrust into the warm tight heat of his lover.
#45 - Hell
It was hell when their climax came with Ryoma gasping out "Buchou," and neither one able to even look at each other.
#46 - Sun
The sun has never really bothered his eyes before, even in the harshest condition but Kevin would much rather lie and pull on the sunglasses when Ryoma asks then actually admit he wears them on his head to look cool.
#47 - Moon
When night falls across the sky and everything seems perfectly still, Kevin will sit up late watching moonlight crawl across the floor from the window to light up his lover's sleeping face and he will wonder how exactly all this happened to him.
#48 - Waves
Whenever Kevin visited the Echizen household he was polite, considerate, and the perfect gentleman- that never stopped Nanjiroh from loudly proclaiming about how handsome the newly made pro Tezuka Kunimitsu had become in all his magazine articles.
#49 - Hair
Echizen once tried to steal his sunglasses and wear them in his hair like his lover- of course Kevin declared this a call to war and promptly acquired a certain Fila cap to make up for his missing belonging.
#50 - Supernova
The day that Echizen finally steps onto the Wimbledon court to shock the world, Kevin finds his own personal surprise when moments before in the waiting room Ryoma mutters a word that had always been forbidden and now watching his lover explode on the court Kevin wonders if happy endings aren't just for saps.
Pairing: Kevin Smith x Echizen Ryoma
Theme set: Alpha
Rating: G to R
Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis is not mine.
#01 - Comfort
Kevin goes through a string of losses for a month or so- just when he's ready to toss his racquet at the latest winner Ryoma shows up drinking a Ponta and with a shrug hands him the half-empty can and he decides with a gulp of grape liquid that it's not worth breaking his tennis equipment afterall.
#02 - Kiss
Kevin had first kissed Ryoma in Japan, neither had been prepared and it ended up a completely awkward event- sometimes Kevin thought it still felt awkward but now he has nothing to blame it on.
#03 - Soft
"Ryoma," Kevin asked softly before letting a hand lightly touch his lover's shoulder, only to be met with a scowl and a shove- whatever demons Echizen Ryoma was facing he wasn't willing to share.
#04 - Pain
Echizen Ryoma had visited Kevin's house exactly one time- his father had woken up from his drunken stupor to find them making out in the kitchen and Kevin had winded up absent from school for the next week when all was said and done- but every wince in his step was well worth the look on the bastard's face when he recognized exactly who his son was groping.
#05 - Potatoes
Kevin often offers Ryoma half of his lunch after a tennis match even though he is always turned down- Ryoma never offers Kevin any fries from his after-school fast food binge but he always manages to steal some anyways when Ryoma isn't looking.
#06 - Rain
Kevin has gotten used to playing tennis with Ryoma in the pouring rain- the raven-haired boy always pushes harder then with the faint glimmer of a smile on his face and Kevin almost wishes he knew who's responsible for this so he could thank them.
#07 - Chocolate
Kevin spent weeks working out the perfect gift for Ryoma for their first Valentine's Day together, he interviewed Echizen's family and specially ordered it from Japan; Echizen gave him a Hershey's bar he had bought yesterday for a snack when his mother reminded him of the holiday that morning.
#08 - Happiness
Happiness is tennis, Kevin decides on the tennis court- happiness is Ryoma, he later revises- true happiness is doing kinky stuff to his lover on the street tennis courts, he concludes as he shoves his hand down Ryoma's tennis shorts.
#09 - Telephone
When the phone rings in the middle of the night Kevin is ready to kill whoever talks on the other end- instead he finds himself in the middle of a desperate battle of tennis on a street court in his pajamas and oddly enough having the time of his life.
#10 - Ears
Kevin likes to softly whisper Ryoma's name from the side benches when he watches Ryoma play tennis and hopes that somehow, through some strong connection they share, Echizen will hear him calling and look at him.
#11 - Name
Echizen forgot his name once, you could tell by the way he looked at him with a confused look on his face, a name hidden just on the tip of his tongue- Kevin wasn't allowed the same luxury, Echizen had been among the first five words he learned to say.
#12 - Sensual
Everything about Echizen Ryoma playing tennis is sensual- from the way he arches his back to smash the ball to the way his fingers clutch at his racquet to the sounds he makes as he hits back each shot- this is probably the reason why the two of them more often than not end up having sex after a match.
#13 - Death
Kevin stares across the arena at the two figures standing across the net from each other, watching while they shake hands and say so much more with their eyes than he's ever said to his lover and thinks that this must be the end.
#14 - Sex
Sex between the two is always a battle as intense as the ones they play on the court- neither is willing to give up being on top without a fight.
#15 - Touch
Kevin likes to touch Ryoma, mostly to convince himself that this is real and not just part of his nightly fantasies; Ryoma is not a fan of touching, doesn't really see the point behind it but this is what couples do so he goes along with it.
#16 - Weakness
Kevin has never lost a tennis match to any opponent until he met Echizen Ryoma- his tennis was Echizen's tennis- the two were perfectly equal in every way so why had he lost and Ryoma won- unless of course it had absolutely nothing to do with tennis...
#17 - Tears
Kevin used to cry a lot when he was little in his bedroom after his father had collapsed somewhere in a drunken heap and he was finally all alone- just when he thought that those days were long over he discovered a pack of letters in the bottom of his lover's desk all signed simply Kunimitsu.
#18 - Speed
Kevin was actually surprised at the pace which their relationship took place- he always thought that Echizen would stubbornly drag his heels before they got anywhere but it was only two weeks before they ended up sharing Ryoma's shower.
#19 - Wind
Sometimes when he stands out on an empty court he can hear the wind whistle through the trees nearby and his voice whispers in his ears all the things he desired but was never allowed to hear.
#20 - Freedom
Sometimes Kevin looks at Echizen as an albatross around his neck, trying to drag him deeper into the water he's frantically treading 'til the water comes up over his head and he can't breathe anymore, and wonders what his life would be like without him.
#21 - Life
Echizen Ryoma equals life.
#22 - Jealousy
Echizen has a photo album one of his senpais from Japan gave him when he moved back to the U.S. filled with pictures of his perfect tennis team- Kevin stole it once and delighted in the thrill of ripping those happy smiling faces to shreds before watching them burn in his fireplace.
#23 - Hands
Kevin watched a high school couple hold hands in the park with a wistful expression hiding behind his arrogant sneer- Ryoma took one look at the sight and put his foot down- after several hours of argument later two sweaty callused palms slapped together while Ryoma glared and Kevin couldn't be bothered to hide his smile.
#24 - Taste
Ryoma tastes like Grape Ponta and winning, Kevin decided as he licked his lips with a smirk- Echizen scowled and rubbed his mouth with his sleeve, refusing to comment.
#25 - Devotion
Kevin would give up tennis if it would make Ryoma happy; Ryoma told him once he would disown his father if he wanted but they both knew how much an effort that would take.
#26 - Forever
Kevin actually doesn't expect this relationship with Ryoma to last- he wants a wife, children, and a career away from tennis to prove to his deadbeat father that in spite of him he will become a worthwhile person.
#27 - Blood
When Kevin shows up at Ryoma's window in the middle of the night Echizen doesn't say anything, just unlocks the window and slides over on his mattress to give the other boy some room- it isn't his concern if his lover wakes up with a black eye and dried blood around a spilt lip in the morning.
#28 - Sickness
Kevin is not a comforting person and he hasn't a clue how to care for anyone but when Echizen comes down with the flu he buys a tennis magazine and a case of Ponta and sits beside the boy while he sleeps with strict orders "to not even think of puking on me."
#29 - Melody
Echizen has a cd in his room where the music is rather boring, all soft mediating garbage which conflicts with the rest of his collection but he refuses to throw it out whenever Kevin suggests it and somehow this makes him feel uneasy.
#30 - Star
Echizen Ryoma becomes famous rather quickly in America, no one with his talent could attempt to hide themselves for long, and Kevin panics as he watches his lover get stolen away from him.
#31 - Home
Home to Kevin is a drunk father and a big lonely house- home to Echizen is a toss-up between Seigaku and Karupin.
#32 - Confusion
The day Echizen Ryoma leans over the lunch table and lightly presses his lips to Kevin's without saying anything shocks the hell out of Kevin- when he only gets a smirk as an explanation Kevin wonders if this translates to an invitation or a challenge.
#33 - Fear
Kevin has never been afraid before- not of his father, not of any tennis opponent, not even when he loses; he is however terrified the day Ryoma pushes out of his embrace and gets on a plane bound for Japan, just for a visit he insists.
#34 - Lightning/Thunder
It was storming the night Kevin finally told Ryoma he loved him- with the thunder rumbled ominously in the distance and the lightning crashing outside the bedroom window he should have taken the warning sign but instead he was completely unprepared for the empty silence that greeted his confession.
#35 - Bonds
Echizen cares more about his cat than he does about most people- this is a fact Kevin learns the hard way when he tried to push the cat outside the bedroom for some privacy and found himself facing a slamming front door instead.
#36 - Market
Ryoma was the easiest person to find when shopping- all you had to do was find the Ponta section and you could locate your lost lover like that; on days Echizen was in a mischievous mood you had to search in the cat food aisle as well.
#37 - Technology
Kevin tried to introduce Ryoma to the idea of instant messaging and discovered that his lover was as vocal online as he was in person- "Betterthanyou: Say something dammit!" "Madamada: ...".
#38 - Gift
For Ryoma's 16th birthday his parents surprise him by flying over all his senpais from Seigaku for a party- Kevin spends the night in an armchair in the corner fuming while Tezuka compliments Echizen on his stronger play, crumpling the small ring box he had specially picked out as a symbol of their love.
#39 - Smile
Both Kevin and Ryoma don't smile, they smirk, and fuck it if you have a problem with that.
#40 - Innocence
Echizen had never told him one way or the other but Kevin liked to imagine that his boyfriend was a virgin just like him when they first made love.
#41 - Completion
Sometimes Kevin wonders if he will be done with Ryoma after he beats him at tennis.
#42 - Clouds
Ryoma liked to lay in the grass and look up at the clouds during lunch breaks; Kevin enjoyed it as well but that was probably because Ryoma used his lap as a pillow- he wasn't really a fan of fluffy marshmallows.
#43 - Sky
Kevin often found his boyfriend staring up into the sky when he thought no one was looking- it made him worry about the impossible future when his lover grew wings and left him broken on the ground.
#44 - Heaven
It was perfect the first time Kevin pushed Ryoma into his mattress and thrust into the warm tight heat of his lover.
#45 - Hell
It was hell when their climax came with Ryoma gasping out "Buchou," and neither one able to even look at each other.
#46 - Sun
The sun has never really bothered his eyes before, even in the harshest condition but Kevin would much rather lie and pull on the sunglasses when Ryoma asks then actually admit he wears them on his head to look cool.
#47 - Moon
When night falls across the sky and everything seems perfectly still, Kevin will sit up late watching moonlight crawl across the floor from the window to light up his lover's sleeping face and he will wonder how exactly all this happened to him.
#48 - Waves
Whenever Kevin visited the Echizen household he was polite, considerate, and the perfect gentleman- that never stopped Nanjiroh from loudly proclaiming about how handsome the newly made pro Tezuka Kunimitsu had become in all his magazine articles.
#49 - Hair
Echizen once tried to steal his sunglasses and wear them in his hair like his lover- of course Kevin declared this a call to war and promptly acquired a certain Fila cap to make up for his missing belonging.
#50 - Supernova
The day that Echizen finally steps onto the Wimbledon court to shock the world, Kevin finds his own personal surprise when moments before in the waiting room Ryoma mutters a word that had always been forbidden and now watching his lover explode on the court Kevin wonders if happy endings aren't just for saps.