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Electronic Love
by
Ryu Reikai-Akuma
Warning:
OOC-ness. Shounen Ai. Angst. Bad grammar. Spelling mistakes. Weirdness. Madness.
A/N:
Wow! You all really surprise me! I didn't expect to get that much reviews from
you! But I'm not complaining, really. Your reviews brightened my dreary weeks
and gave me a reason to live through all this ordeal. Thanks for the support
*bow*!! Now about the fic. There will be rain in this chapter. It is a must
to include a raining scene in a TezuFuji fic. And for those who think that my
chapters are short, I hope this one makes up for the others. It seems longer to
me, but...*shrug* I'm sorry for the complains and madness in the Author's Notes
in earlier chapters. I was frustrated because of the sudden movement and my new
place doesn't seem to fit me. But as long as I have you guys and your reviews, I
can get through everything!! And finally, I wonder if the equations by Inui are
right and whether that's really how dating site work. If I made mistake please
do tell me. Now on with the fic!!
The
Prince Who Break Hearts
Fuji
sighed as he closed his biology textbook. With the approaching final exam, the
teachers gave quizzed more often, prompting the students to study even harder
than usual. Fuji actually didn’t have to do it, he came top of his class
without much studying. But who knows about the final exam? Maybe it’s more
difficult than predicted. Besides, it also allowed him to study for his entrance
exam.
The
clack showed that it’s nearing ten o’clock in the night. It’s almost time
for him to sleep since Fuji dislike sleeping too early. He decided to check his
incoming mail in the site his sister showed him, in the mean time.
Maybe
he shouldn’t have used the nickname nekoboy. It drew some unwanted responses
like weird e-mails from non-members and stuff like that. Thankfully most people he met on
the site were nice enough. They were serious about building a love relationship
and making new friends. They generally started with how they ‘come out’ and
people’s responses to their preferences. Fuji also expressed that it was
difficult to admit that he was gay to the world, but at least he had told his
family and they were accepting enough. Through the site, Fuji could share his
problem as a gay more than usual and meeting with people with the same problem
as his made him get new good friends.
None
of them managed to attract him that way, though. Kind and understanding
as they might be none cold replace his buchou. But hope remains. Fuji decided to
keep looking. Maybe among his online friends was his Prince Charming.
And
speaking of Prince Charming…
Fuji
frowned lightly at the unfamiliar name. Prince Charming. That name sounded too
romantic for a pervert. Curious, Fuji decided to see what the message was about.
What he read astound him and Fuji was rendered speechless for a rather long
moment.
From far away I have watched
For many years I have wondered
What it would take to make you see
That somewhere, waiting for you, is me
I had wished my dreams to become reality
And now I was given this opportunity
I shall waste time no more
May I ask for the key of your heart's door?
‘For
long time I have watched’… Does this mean that Fuji had a secret admirer all
this time? And from the rest of the poem, he concluded that this shy admire was
very close to him. Curiously, Fuji viewed this member’s profile. The name was
also written as Prince Charming and his e-mail address wasn’t familiar to him.
And just like Fuji, he allowed his picture to be viewed by selected people only.
Fuji
stared at the screen for a long moment. There were two possibilities. One was
that this person was a secret admirer of his who was just as desperate as he was
that he visited this site and got lucky enough to find him as a member. The
second possibility was that it was one of his friends in tennis team Eiji had
undoubtedly told about his membership in this site. The first possibility was
almost impossible seeing that this was a very new member. In fact this Prince
Charming just joined two days before!
But
if it’s one of his teammates, then who?
Fuji
promptly scratched Eiji and Oishi from the list. They’re together and were
loyal to each other, there’s no way any of them would stray to him of all
people. He crossed out Kawamura, too. He knew the gentle boy was straight. Ryoma?
Maybe. But the poem indicated that this person had been with him for a long time
while he only knew Ryoma for less than a year.
So
what did this leave him?
Momoshiro,
Kaido, Inui and… Tezuka.
The
thought that maybe Tezuka had sent him such note sent his mind reeling. He tried
not to hope too much but… What if it was really from Tezuka. Did this mean
that his feeling was reciprocated after all? A hopeful part of him said that it
was possible. It was Tezuka and the stoic boy had feeling for him, too. But a
more rational part of him said that there’s no way Tezuka would sent such
message. He was too unromantic to do that. Besides this past two days Tezuka
made no move to get closer to him at all. If anything, his captain was being
more distant.
Well,
he would try to find out tomorrow, discreetly, of course. Now he should decide
whether this person deserve his reply or not.
“Hmm…”
Fuji hummed thoughtfully, angling his head slightly in contemplation. “Who are
you Prince Charming?”
Fuji
lifted his fingers above the keyboard. They hovered in the air for several
hesitant moments before descending and began to dance on the buttons. Once he
was satisfied with the answer he typed, he clicked the ‘send’ button and
turned off the computer. His Prince Charming must wait until tomorrow.
*
For
once, Tezuka was grateful for the Internet connection in the school’s library.
Usually he thought it was useless and bothersome. The few computers in the
library were mainly used by some students to play online games. For Tezuka it
was a waste of the school’s fund and as the Student Board President he had
brought the topic a couple of times. But his argument was beaten because the
computers were undeniably useful when students needed to do quick research on
something.
But
today was a special day and Tezuka couldn’t wait to go to the school’s
library and use one of those computers. As usual, early in the morning only a
few students occupied the library and none of then lounged near the computers.
Tezuka would die of mortification if someone caught him opening some dating
sites.
The
pink color that dominated the site still made Tezuka cringe. Quickly, he opened
another window to visit an educational site for cover up. Then hastily, Tezuka
logged in and check his message status. He smiled inwardly when he saw that he
got a message from nekoboy. The message’s content made him frown, though.
Your note surprises me
For I didn't realize, honesty
But if you mean only to jest
Then I suggest it'll be best
If we end this immediately
How
dare Fuji doubt him! Angrily he typed a reply. Of course Fuji didn’t know it
was Tezuka and was naturally suspicious about him. But to have the prodigy
question his motive like that still annoy him.
“I
don’t know you’re into these things, buchou.”
The
voice behind him almost made Tezuka jump in surprise. Quickly, he minimized
the window to reveal the educational site, then he turned to find a smirking
junior that he chose as the third pillar of Seigaku.
“Echizen.”
He acknowledged stiffly, pushing his glasses up to hide his blush.
“Buchou.”
The third pillar of Seigaku peeked through his captain’s shoulder to look at
the computer screen. “This isn’t what I saw.” He commented with a smirk.
Tezuka
didn’t how to respond to this remark so he merely gave his junior a death
glare. Echizen smirked even wider at this and sat down on a chair next to Tezuka.
“Corresponding
with someone there?” Echizen asked. Clearly he didn’t refer to the
educational site.
Tezuka
sighed inwardly, pushed his glasses up his nose and turned to the computer
screen. Giving up, he closed the window to the educational site. Echizen glanced
at the screen; his eyes glinted in amusement at the sight.
“Nice
poem.”
“…
Thank you…” Tezuka replied uneasily.
“So…
who’s this… nekoboy?”
“…”
Tezuka remained silent, partially because he was hesitant to reveal his crush on
Fuji and partially because he didn’t know what to say.
Echizen
shifted closer to take a better look at the poem Tezuka was writing. Tezuka felt
a brief urge to push the younger boy away but remained silent and still anyway.
“I
don’t know you’re so romantic, buchou.” Echizen drawled, feeling
victorious for finding a mock-worthy fact about his fearsome captain.
Again,
Tezuka remained silent. He merely glared at his junior to show his displeasure.
Too bad they weren’t at practice right now. If they were, Tezuka would order
two hundred laps to this cocky freshman.
Seeing
that his captain wasn’t inclined to say anything, Echizen changed tactic. He
leaned back and away and then taunted his captain. “I don’t know you could
get over Fuji-senpai so easily.”
This
earned Echizen a harsher glare. “I have not.” Tezuka said after a lengthy
silence. Echizen could see that Tezuka was annoyed at being discovered. The
stoic captain obviously thought that he was well guarded and expressionless
enough. But if one observed at a length of time the captain’s interaction with
other people, one could figure this little fact in almost no time at all.
Tezuka
was only close to two people, Oishi and Fuji. It didn’t mean that Tezuka was
that cold a guy, but his relationship with other people, like his teammates were
impersonal. Tezuka cared for them as a captain but beyond that he didn’t
really care.
Oishi
was his trusted friend. Echizen guessed it was Oishi’s loving nature that made
Tezuka comfortable around him. There were times when Echizen thought that having
these two as the captain and vice-captain of the tennis team was like having
real parents. Of course Echizen’s own father was the complete opposite of
Tezuka but that’s the kind of parents he saw on TV. They’d make very
interesting couple if they did end up together.
But
the loophole in the theory that Tezuka had a crush on Oishi was the fact that
right now Oishi was officially going out with Eiji and that Tezuka was
supportive of their relationship. Besides, there were these few times Echizen
saw Tezuka with Fuji. Very few of the Seigaku tennis club’s members were
actually brave enough to get near the tensai. They respected him and fear him.
Fellow seniors were quite close to him but they never seemed to understand him.
With the exception of Eiji, everyone seemed to keep their distance from him. He had friends, of course, but none seemed to be able to understand him completely.
Tezuka
was different. Tezuka understood his ‘language’ and work of mind. Tezuka
didn’t mind them at all. When Fuji had something in his complicated mind,
Tezuka would come silently, watching him until Fuji tell what he had in mind and
Tezuka never did that to anyone else beside Fuji. All in all, Tezuka’s close
relationship with Fuji was very suspicious. Fuji was so obviously special to
Tezuka. Echizen didn’t know what kind of ‘special’ it was, but now he
knew. If Tezuka were gay and in love with someone in the team, it would be Fuj.
“Fuji-senpai,
huh?” Echizen leaned closer to the screen, re-reading the poem Tezuka only
half-finished. “Very romantic. So you’re serious with him?”
Tezuka
let his glare answer the question When was he now serious?
“I
think you should change this line. It doesn’t rhyme with the previous one.”
Echizen commented, pointing to a certain line, which in fact didn’t rhyme.
Tezuka
glanced at the screen and at that particular line. Then he returned his glare to
Echizen. He was about to tell his junior to go and stop poking his nose into
other people’s business when he realized that a giggle of his fan girls had
entered the library, no doubt because of his presence inside it instead of for
educational purposes. He didn’t have much time, then.
“Echizen.”
Tezuka said at last. “I’ll talk to you after practice.”
Knowing
that he had dismissed, Echizen just shrugged. “If that’s what you want,
buchou.” He said as he left his seat with a small smirk.
Tezuka
watched Echizen’s retreating back before turning back to his work. Now how
should he finish the poem….
*
Fuji
was disappointed when he earned that the Regulars of tennis club weren’t the
only ones who knew about his joining the dating site. Several girls had asked
him what nickname he used there and why he joined a dating site, something that
was considered unmanly for boys.
Despite
his disappointment, Fuji managed to smile and answered these questions. He
refused to tell his nickname, saying that it’ll ruin the surprise.
But
really, with someone like Eiji he couldn’t hope to keep the news from
spreading. Well, at least he hadn’t told Eiji that he joined gay channel. To
have that news spreading around the school would be hazardous.
“Lucky
yet?” Inui asked during practice that afternoon.
Fuji
smiled at the data collector as he angled his head quizzically.
“Found
anyone interesting on the site?” Inui asked again, while preparing to write
another good data on his data book.
The
genius thought this over. “Yes, a lot.”
Inui
hummed as he wrote something on his data book. Fuji didn’t know what kind of
data he could get from ‘yes, a lot’ but he knew that there’s always a way
to counter Inui’s data, no matter how accurate it really was.
For
a while, Fuji was tempted to ask Inui just how big the chance that the Prince
Charming was Tezuka was. But he thought he knew the possibility was slim even
without Inui’s calculation. Someone maybe got lucky and found him in the
channel He knew that he had a group of fan girls and fan boys in the school. The
overflowing chocolate gift on Valentine’s Day proved that. Besides, Tezuka
would never go near that kind of site.
But
still, it’s difficult to quench his hope. So Fuji kept glancing at his captain
during practice, hoping to catch him stare. But the few times he did, Tezuka
gazed back, unwaveringly, a sign that he had nothing to hide.
The
practice ended early because of the dark clouds. Fuji was leaving the clubhouse
when he saw Ryoma approach Tezuka. The two nodded at each other before leaving
together.
Fuji’s
heart beat madly in his chest. Tezuka and Echizen? It was an irrational thought,
Fuji knew. But he’d never seen them go home together before and to see it now of all
times made his heart ache. Curiosity and jealousy spiked and he decided to
follow them.
It
was difficult of course. He was no Inui. But Fuji was a genius and he could do
anything if he put his mind into it. So Fuji managed to follow his captain and
his junior to a café near downtown shopping center. The place was too far from
either of their house and their school. Fuji instantly knew they pick this place
because they want no disturbance from anyone they knew.
The
two were conveniently seated near the window, enabling Fuji, who stayed in the
bus stop on the opposite side of the road, to watch them. The drizzling rain
brought people to seek shelter on the bus stop, providing him a camouflage. With
his sharp eyes, he could see his two teammates though he couldn’t read their
lips from this distance.
When
Fuji saw that Tezuka and Echizen were having a civilized conversation, the first
alarm went off in his mind. Tezuka barely ever had a civilized conversation with
anyone, save for Oishi, Ryuzaki-sensei and Fuji himself. The second alarm went
off when Tezuka almost smiled at something Echizen said. Even from this distance
Fuji could recognize the expression on Tezuka’s face whenever he held back his
amusement.
The
third and final alarm went off when Tezuka and Echizen had done. Tezuka was
reaching to take his wallet in his uniform’s inner pocket when Echizen
suddenly held his hand. Then they argued for a while, with their hands still
tangled until Tezuka relented. An almost tender expression crossed Tezuka’s
face when Echizen paid for their tea and snacks.
The
conclusion hit Fuji hard. His buchou was having a relationship with Ryoma.
He
should’ve known. After all, Tezuka had been watching the boy closely for a
year now. Tezuka had cared for him. Why didn’t Fuji see it coming? Why
didn’t he realize that this was happening all this time? Why didn’t he…
In
the midst of the downpour of the rain, Fuji ran home. Tears wet his already wet
cheeks. Somewhere in the back of his mind, his prodigious self said that it was
so sad a day that even the heavens cried for him.
~_~
A/N: Need your REVIEW... Want your REVIEW... Give
me REVIEW...
And tell me if the poems suck cuz I think it is. English isn't my native
language *shrug* but I'm trying my best. And no offense to TezuRyo fans who
happens to read the part where Fuji thinks that TezuRyo is impossible. I just
take a few liberties in making him sound like a hopeful in-denial guy. Now give
me those REVIEWS!!!!!!
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