PoT: Before You Repent

[striking_sparks]

Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Pairing: Tezuka/Ryoma
Rating: mild R
Continuity: manga, no specific spoilers
Warnings: angst?
Notes: For pillarchallenge, and also for kessie. Set a good thirteen years post-canon. Title is translated from La Jardinera by Violeta Parra - antes que tú te arrepientas.

Comments

[no_ori]

perfect.

[flyby]

Thank you. ^_^

[weirdlyyours]

He's taken the world, but Tezuka is everything. Oh Ryoma. I am shaking right now because this was terrific and just the thought of Ryoma without Tezuka is one of the angstiest things ever. :(( Just like Ryoma without tennis.

I especially love the bit about Ryoma being jealous and Tezuka shifts under him, shaking a little, arms possessive bands around his ribs as he murmurs inaudible words into Ryoma's hair. Possessive Tezuka is fantastic, so is the way they just cling to each other after three years.

Guh. ♥

[flyby]

*flails* They will probably end up going back to the pros once Tezuka's done with university, actually. Either way, they'll do it together. ;_;

Thank you! ♥

[ego_elite]

Going through the angst was will worth it for the ending. I'm just surprise that it took three years for them to get back together, too much angst. ;___;

But yay for the ending. =D

[flyby]

They were both being stupid, and knowing that they were being stupid, but waiting for each other to change the situation even though they were both miserable. Idiots. -.-;

Thank you!

[seii_ryu]

Midway through, I was so worried that Ryoma would remain stubborn/stupid, Tezuka would give up waiting and Fuji would go back to meddling in other peoples' lives, but thank the gods. Crier #3 for the list, please.

Ryoma doesn't believe a minute of it, but professional tennis hasn't dulled his appreciation for free food.

Thank you for this sentence. I was trying to blink back the tears, and then this came along. Perfect Ryoma, perfect.

Maybe it won't ever be quite the same as before, he thinks, but this is enough.

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I'm reminded why I love your TezuRyo fics best now... and the way you have Ryoma call him 'buchou' at every turn is so touching, even if he is 25 now.

♥

[flyby]

#4, actually; I was the first. ^^;

Mm, it's habit, because Kunimitsu is way too personal for the relationship Ryoma thinks they have at that point, but at the same time using Tezuka would signify a lot more distance than he actually feels. It would be like admitting that Tezuka isn't his, and he won't do that.

♥ Thank you!

[shikishi]

That was absolutely lovely.

Thank you for sharing.

[flyby]

♥ Thank you for reading.