Rumored Relationship ~ Chapter 4
Story Summary: A certain rumor leaves Tezuka wondering as to exactly what Fuji means to him. shonen-ai: Perfect Pair.
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis or any of its characters.
Chapter 4
Eiji was practically bouncing beside Fuji as they entered a shop filled with all types of clothing. “Ne, ne? Where are you and Tezuka planning to go tomorrow?”
Fuji browsed through one of the racks of clothes, shrugging. “We don’t have any specific plans. Tezuka is going to pick me up at noon, and we’re going from there.”
“So something casual but nice and sexy.”
“That sounds about right. So that means no leather.”
Eiji giggled. “Too bad. You would look really good in leather pants. Oh! Try these on!”
Fuji nodded and took the pair of white jeans the acrobat handed him. As he headed towards the dressing rooms, the tensai snagged a shirt off of a rack as well. He quickly changed into the clothes and stepped out to show the other boy. “What do you think?”
“Wow.” Eiji looked his best friend up and down. “Get that outfit. You look really hot in it.”
Fuji looked himself over in the full-length mirror. The white jeans Eiji had handed him tightly hugged his lower body in all the right places. The shirt he wore was a long-sleeved button-up shirt that was a shade of blue that matched his eyes. He had only buttoned up the shirt half-way, leaving a good portion of his chest exposed. “Do you really think it looks good?”
Eiji nodded. “It’s perfect. Especially if you leave the shirt open like that tomorrow.” Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a familiar flash of red and quickly pushed Fuji into the dressing room, slamming the door shut behind them both.
“Eiji, what-”
“Shh!” The redhead peeked out the door carefully. “It’s Gakuto and Akutagawa from Hyotei.”
Fuji peeked over Eiji’s shoulder and indeed saw Hyotei’s acrobat and sleeping beauty.
“Gakuto…” Jirou trailed off into a yawn. “Why are we here again?”
“To get you some new clothes of course.” Gakuto grabbed the volley specialist’s wrist to keep him from settling down on the floor to sleep. “Then Atobe might finally stop staring at himself and stare at you instead.”
“But I’m sleepy~. I’m supposed to be taking a nap in Kei-chan’s bed right now.”
The acrobat looked at Jirou incredulously. “You mean Atobe actually lets you sleep in his bed?”
“Why wouldn’t he?”
“So you actually sleep in his bed and call him 'Kei-chan,' and he still doesn’t get that you like him?”
Jirou merely yawned and shrugged.
“Stupid, conceited…”
The Hyotei played moved away from the dressing rooms, unaware that a pair of Seigaku players was listening in on their conversation.
“Well, that was interesting.” Fuji reached over Eiji’s shoulder and closed the door.
“Nya! I didn’t know that Akutagawa liked Atobe.” Eiji slipped the shirt off of Fuji as the tensai unbuttoned it and folded it neatly.
“It’s pretty obvious if you know where to look.” Fuji quickly put on his uniform shirt and began sliding the jeans off of his legs. “Akutagawa always gets excited about Atobe the most. Not to mention the fact that he ends up sleeping on Atobe more than anyone else.”
“Really?”
“Mm. It’s always happens whenever they’re at the street courts. It’s cute how Akutagawa practically curls up in Atobe’s lap. Unfortunately, for all that Atobe’s Insight lets him see, he’s completely oblivious to Akutagawa’s feelings.”
Eiji took the jeans from the tensai and folded them as well while Fuji finished dressing. “That’s too bad. Akutagawa is actually kind of cute. He reminds me of a puppy!”
Fuji giggled and took the clothes from Eiji, heading off to pay for them. “A puppy?”
“Yup! He just falls asleep wherever he is when he’s tired and is all jumpy when he truly wakes up. It’s just like whenever any other puppy wakes up and wants to play.”
“Saa, that’s true. He is fun to play with too. I don’t know why Atobe doesn’t just accept him. After all, he already sleeps in Atobe’s bed and lap.”
“Is your friend getting a puppy?”
The tennis players looked towards the woman who was ringing up Fuji’s clothes and giggled.
“Well, it’s more like a trial period right now.” Fuji smiled brightly. “The puppy already loves him, but he doesn’t realize exactly how much the puppy means to him yet.”
The woman nodded. “Choosing a pet is a big decision, but sometimes the pet ends up choosing you. I’m sure that your friend will realize how much that puppy means to him soon.” She handed the tensai a bag with his clothes and waved as the boys left the store.
“It looks like your analogy is pretty accurate, Eiji.” Fuji smiled.
Eiji giggled. “I guess it is. That lady didn’t even know we were talking about a person.”
Fuji checked the time on his cell phone and sighed. “It already seven. Do you want to sleep over at my house tonight?”
“Really? Yeah! Let me just call my parents.” Eiji quickly pulled out his cell phone and dialed home. “Kaa-san, it’s okay if I spend the night at Fuji’s, right?...I’ll be home before noon tomorrow…Eto, I think that I still have clothes at Fuji’s.” A quick glance towards Fuji confirmed his statement. “Yup. Fujiko says I do…Well, I sleep over at his place often enough, and he stays with us a lot. That’s why I have a set of his clothes in my room too…We have not had a sleepover recently. It’s been a long time since we’ve had a sleepover…It has to been a long time! It’s been three weeks!...Okay! Bye-bye!” He hung up and smiled brightly. “Kaa-san says hi and to come over for dinner soon.”
The tensai nodded and led the other to his house. He opened the door and moved into the kitchen. “Kaa-san and Nee-san are gone for the night. They went back to Chiba to visit some friends, so we’re on our own. What do you want for dinner?”
“Let’s make cookies!”
“You want cookies for dinner?”
“Not just cookies. Let’s order a pizza and make cookies while we wait.”
“Okay. I’ll order the pizza while you get the things for making cookies out. You know where everything is.”
“Hoi! Hoi! Wait, I’ll pay for half of the pizza.”
“Don’t worry about it. Kaa-san left me money for food.”
Are you sure?”
“Positive.”
By the time Fuji returned from ordering the pizza, Eiji had already started mixing the cookie dough and had flour on his face and in his hair.
“Eiji, I think there’s more flour on you than in the cookie dough.”
Eiji laughed and threw a handful of flour on the singles player. “Now it’s on you too.”
The doorbell rang as the two were getting ready to put the tray of cookies in the oven.
“I’ll get the door, Eiji. Put the cookies on the top shelf of the oven, okay?”
“Got it!”
Fuji opened the door and paid for the pizza while the man blinked in surprise.
“Saa, I wonder why he seemed confused.”
Eiji smiled. “It’s probably because you’re covered in flour. And we only had three flour wars this time too.” The acrobat took the pizza and slipped it onto the bottom shelf of the oven to keep warm. “Go take a shower. I’ll clean up.”
“I can help you with that.”
“Nope! You bought dinner, so I’ll clean up.”
“Technically, Kaa-san bought dinner, so-”
“Go!”
Fuji ran upstairs laughing. He quickly showered and returned to the kitchen. “I’m done, Eiji. You can go shower now.”
“Okay!” Eiji had amazingly been able to make the kitchen free of flour in the time it took the tensai to shower. When he came down after his own shower, Fuji had set the table and was waiting for him to start eating. “Yay! Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!”
The two gossiped as they ate, covering the games all of the tennis teams they’d played against and, most importantly, who was dating whom on the junior high circuit. They had removed the cookies from the oven earlier, so by the time the pizza was gone, the cookies were finished cooling.
“Ne, Fuji?” Eiji asked, nibbling on a cookie. “Do you really have no idea about where you’re going tomorrow?”
Fuji tilted his head to the side in thought. “Well, I have a couple of ideas, but nothing’s set in stone.”
“Isn’t there anywhere special you always wanted to go with Tezuka? Like, the perfect date?"
“Not really. I never actually expected to have a date with him, so anywhere is fine as long as we’re together.”
“Yeah. That’s how I was when I first started dating Oishi. Oishi! Nya! I forgot that I’m supposed to call him!”
Fuji laughed as the acrobatic player began panicking. “Calm down, Eiji. It’s only nine o’clock. Go ahead and call him while I clean up.”
“Okay, but I won’t take long.”
Fuji washed the dishes then sat down on the couch in the living room, staring at his phone. ‘Should I call him? I want to, but I’ll be seeing him tomorrow. He might not like it if I call him now. Maybe I should-’ Fuji jumped as his phone suddenly rang, a distinctive tune filling the air. ‘I guess that settles my problem. That’s Tezuka’s ringtone.’
“Hello?”
“Fuji.” Tezuka’s voice sounded out from the other end of the line.
“Tezuka. Did you need something?”
“…”
“Tezuka?”
“Sleep well.”
Fuji stared at his phone as he heard a dial tone replace Tezuka on the line. He laughed lightly. ‘That’s definitely my Tezuka.’ He then ran upstairs to his room and tackled Eiji, who had just gotten off the phone with Oishi, onto the bed.
“Gah! Fuji~!” The redhead grabbed a pillow and whacked the tensai over the head with it.
Fuji laughed before grabbing another pillow and began the traditional pillow fight he always had with his best friend.
Tbc...
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis or any of its characters.
Chapter 4
Eiji was practically bouncing beside Fuji as they entered a shop filled with all types of clothing. “Ne, ne? Where are you and Tezuka planning to go tomorrow?”
Fuji browsed through one of the racks of clothes, shrugging. “We don’t have any specific plans. Tezuka is going to pick me up at noon, and we’re going from there.”
“So something casual but nice and sexy.”
“That sounds about right. So that means no leather.”
Eiji giggled. “Too bad. You would look really good in leather pants. Oh! Try these on!”
Fuji nodded and took the pair of white jeans the acrobat handed him. As he headed towards the dressing rooms, the tensai snagged a shirt off of a rack as well. He quickly changed into the clothes and stepped out to show the other boy. “What do you think?”
“Wow.” Eiji looked his best friend up and down. “Get that outfit. You look really hot in it.”
Fuji looked himself over in the full-length mirror. The white jeans Eiji had handed him tightly hugged his lower body in all the right places. The shirt he wore was a long-sleeved button-up shirt that was a shade of blue that matched his eyes. He had only buttoned up the shirt half-way, leaving a good portion of his chest exposed. “Do you really think it looks good?”
Eiji nodded. “It’s perfect. Especially if you leave the shirt open like that tomorrow.” Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a familiar flash of red and quickly pushed Fuji into the dressing room, slamming the door shut behind them both.
“Eiji, what-”
“Shh!” The redhead peeked out the door carefully. “It’s Gakuto and Akutagawa from Hyotei.”
Fuji peeked over Eiji’s shoulder and indeed saw Hyotei’s acrobat and sleeping beauty.
“Gakuto…” Jirou trailed off into a yawn. “Why are we here again?”
“To get you some new clothes of course.” Gakuto grabbed the volley specialist’s wrist to keep him from settling down on the floor to sleep. “Then Atobe might finally stop staring at himself and stare at you instead.”
“But I’m sleepy~. I’m supposed to be taking a nap in Kei-chan’s bed right now.”
The acrobat looked at Jirou incredulously. “You mean Atobe actually lets you sleep in his bed?”
“Why wouldn’t he?”
“So you actually sleep in his bed and call him 'Kei-chan,' and he still doesn’t get that you like him?”
Jirou merely yawned and shrugged.
“Stupid, conceited…”
The Hyotei played moved away from the dressing rooms, unaware that a pair of Seigaku players was listening in on their conversation.
“Well, that was interesting.” Fuji reached over Eiji’s shoulder and closed the door.
“Nya! I didn’t know that Akutagawa liked Atobe.” Eiji slipped the shirt off of Fuji as the tensai unbuttoned it and folded it neatly.
“It’s pretty obvious if you know where to look.” Fuji quickly put on his uniform shirt and began sliding the jeans off of his legs. “Akutagawa always gets excited about Atobe the most. Not to mention the fact that he ends up sleeping on Atobe more than anyone else.”
“Really?”
“Mm. It’s always happens whenever they’re at the street courts. It’s cute how Akutagawa practically curls up in Atobe’s lap. Unfortunately, for all that Atobe’s Insight lets him see, he’s completely oblivious to Akutagawa’s feelings.”
Eiji took the jeans from the tensai and folded them as well while Fuji finished dressing. “That’s too bad. Akutagawa is actually kind of cute. He reminds me of a puppy!”
Fuji giggled and took the clothes from Eiji, heading off to pay for them. “A puppy?”
“Yup! He just falls asleep wherever he is when he’s tired and is all jumpy when he truly wakes up. It’s just like whenever any other puppy wakes up and wants to play.”
“Saa, that’s true. He is fun to play with too. I don’t know why Atobe doesn’t just accept him. After all, he already sleeps in Atobe’s bed and lap.”
“Is your friend getting a puppy?”
The tennis players looked towards the woman who was ringing up Fuji’s clothes and giggled.
“Well, it’s more like a trial period right now.” Fuji smiled brightly. “The puppy already loves him, but he doesn’t realize exactly how much the puppy means to him yet.”
The woman nodded. “Choosing a pet is a big decision, but sometimes the pet ends up choosing you. I’m sure that your friend will realize how much that puppy means to him soon.” She handed the tensai a bag with his clothes and waved as the boys left the store.
“It looks like your analogy is pretty accurate, Eiji.” Fuji smiled.
Eiji giggled. “I guess it is. That lady didn’t even know we were talking about a person.”
Fuji checked the time on his cell phone and sighed. “It already seven. Do you want to sleep over at my house tonight?”
“Really? Yeah! Let me just call my parents.” Eiji quickly pulled out his cell phone and dialed home. “Kaa-san, it’s okay if I spend the night at Fuji’s, right?...I’ll be home before noon tomorrow…Eto, I think that I still have clothes at Fuji’s.” A quick glance towards Fuji confirmed his statement. “Yup. Fujiko says I do…Well, I sleep over at his place often enough, and he stays with us a lot. That’s why I have a set of his clothes in my room too…We have not had a sleepover recently. It’s been a long time since we’ve had a sleepover…It has to been a long time! It’s been three weeks!...Okay! Bye-bye!” He hung up and smiled brightly. “Kaa-san says hi and to come over for dinner soon.”
The tensai nodded and led the other to his house. He opened the door and moved into the kitchen. “Kaa-san and Nee-san are gone for the night. They went back to Chiba to visit some friends, so we’re on our own. What do you want for dinner?”
“Let’s make cookies!”
“You want cookies for dinner?”
“Not just cookies. Let’s order a pizza and make cookies while we wait.”
“Okay. I’ll order the pizza while you get the things for making cookies out. You know where everything is.”
“Hoi! Hoi! Wait, I’ll pay for half of the pizza.”
“Don’t worry about it. Kaa-san left me money for food.”
Are you sure?”
“Positive.”
By the time Fuji returned from ordering the pizza, Eiji had already started mixing the cookie dough and had flour on his face and in his hair.
“Eiji, I think there’s more flour on you than in the cookie dough.”
Eiji laughed and threw a handful of flour on the singles player. “Now it’s on you too.”
The doorbell rang as the two were getting ready to put the tray of cookies in the oven.
“I’ll get the door, Eiji. Put the cookies on the top shelf of the oven, okay?”
“Got it!”
Fuji opened the door and paid for the pizza while the man blinked in surprise.
“Saa, I wonder why he seemed confused.”
Eiji smiled. “It’s probably because you’re covered in flour. And we only had three flour wars this time too.” The acrobat took the pizza and slipped it onto the bottom shelf of the oven to keep warm. “Go take a shower. I’ll clean up.”
“I can help you with that.”
“Nope! You bought dinner, so I’ll clean up.”
“Technically, Kaa-san bought dinner, so-”
“Go!”
Fuji ran upstairs laughing. He quickly showered and returned to the kitchen. “I’m done, Eiji. You can go shower now.”
“Okay!” Eiji had amazingly been able to make the kitchen free of flour in the time it took the tensai to shower. When he came down after his own shower, Fuji had set the table and was waiting for him to start eating. “Yay! Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!”
The two gossiped as they ate, covering the games all of the tennis teams they’d played against and, most importantly, who was dating whom on the junior high circuit. They had removed the cookies from the oven earlier, so by the time the pizza was gone, the cookies were finished cooling.
“Ne, Fuji?” Eiji asked, nibbling on a cookie. “Do you really have no idea about where you’re going tomorrow?”
Fuji tilted his head to the side in thought. “Well, I have a couple of ideas, but nothing’s set in stone.”
“Isn’t there anywhere special you always wanted to go with Tezuka? Like, the perfect date?"
“Not really. I never actually expected to have a date with him, so anywhere is fine as long as we’re together.”
“Yeah. That’s how I was when I first started dating Oishi. Oishi! Nya! I forgot that I’m supposed to call him!”
Fuji laughed as the acrobatic player began panicking. “Calm down, Eiji. It’s only nine o’clock. Go ahead and call him while I clean up.”
“Okay, but I won’t take long.”
Fuji washed the dishes then sat down on the couch in the living room, staring at his phone. ‘Should I call him? I want to, but I’ll be seeing him tomorrow. He might not like it if I call him now. Maybe I should-’ Fuji jumped as his phone suddenly rang, a distinctive tune filling the air. ‘I guess that settles my problem. That’s Tezuka’s ringtone.’
“Hello?”
“Fuji.” Tezuka’s voice sounded out from the other end of the line.
“Tezuka. Did you need something?”
“…”
“Tezuka?”
“Sleep well.”
Fuji stared at his phone as he heard a dial tone replace Tezuka on the line. He laughed lightly. ‘That’s definitely my Tezuka.’ He then ran upstairs to his room and tackled Eiji, who had just gotten off the phone with Oishi, onto the bed.
“Gah! Fuji~!” The redhead grabbed a pillow and whacked the tensai over the head with it.
Fuji laughed before grabbing another pillow and began the traditional pillow fight he always had with his best friend.
Tbc...