Electronic Love
Invitation to a Rendezvous
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Electronic Love
Warning: shounen-ai, grammar, stupidity....
A/N: It was so difficult finishing this chapter. But here it is. I hope you
like it. There is a poem in this chapter and it's horrible. Believe me. I can't
think of anyway to fix it, though, so we're stuck with it for now. And I don't
know whether Yuuta come home every week or not, but
let's just say he does. It'll make my work easier. And I’ll probably change the
chocolate’s flavour later… I’ll tell you when (if) I change it. I can't think
of anything else to say so you can enjoy the fic
now....
Disclaimer: The only thing I own is the idea, the restaurant, the park and
the crappy poem. And I get no profit from inventing them
Invitation to a Rendezvous
Charming put his message?
had been searching the house since morning with the help from Yumiko for no
result.
sighed. He even searched inside the house, which was of course useless; unless
this Prince Charming were a spectral or magician, it
just couldn’t be. But where would Prince Charming put his message?
Yumiko supplied.
I’ve searched the house three times, with your help, no less. It’s neither
outside nor inside the house. There’s nothing.”
cell phone expectantly.
things.”
stalker. He
respects your privacy. Two, he is real and not a ghost.”
when his cell phone rang in his hand. On the screen was the picture of his
redheaded friend.
sighed softly in disappointment. He had hoped it was from Prince Charming.
disappointment.
line. “You know, the one we came to last month?”
said there was a small cozy restaurant nearby. He wants to treat us,
I shouldn’t disturb you and Oishi.”
told me to ask you to come, nya!”
final exam and our graduation, nya!”
would be there, too?
wasn’t sure he wanted to meet Tezuka now. It might
bring conflict to his heart. He was trying to focus on the development of his
relationship with Prince Charming. Being with Tezuka
would distract him from that.
seriously all of a sudden. “ I think you shouldn’t run
away from your problem. You can’t avoid Tezuka
forever. You must confront your biggest problem.”
attitude,
could only blink slowly. He knew Eiji was right,
though. He must confront his problem, Tezuka. With a
smile, he answered Eiji. “Alright,
then.”
up.
while and then turned to his sister who was smiling in amusement. “You don’t
have to tell me. I’ve heard.” Yumiko said when
loudness of an excited Eiji. “Go. It’s good for you.
I’ll tell you if I find the message.”
second floor. “Aniki! What
have you done to my room?!”
talking about was rather hidden in the location of office buildings and during Sundays
it was quiet there. Very few children frequented this place since it’s built
rather far from housing specifically for refreshments for the employees of the
offices nearby.
had found it during one of his Tezuka-musing times.
The park had been quiet and provided
the solitude he wanted then. Not long after the discovery, he took his best
friend there and it seemed like Eiji had told of this
place’s existence to his boyfriend.
eight other people made it difficult to do anything quickly.
so Eiji could easily see him. A few minutes later,
him. “Have I made you wait too long?”
smile, referring to the fact that it was only two minutes past the appointed
time.
said he might be a little late because he have to do something first,
friend’s hand. “Let’s wait for him over there.” He pointed to two small swings
near a camellia tree.
sitting side by side on the twin swings. The tree provided a nice shade and
made a nice view. Every now and then soft wind would ruffle the hair gently and
the sound of the rustling leaves would add the feeling of peace they got every time
they went to the park.
wanting to disrupt the comfortable silence engulfing them. The redhead swung
slightly as he enjoyed the wind caressing his face and hair.
happily looking around the quiet place when something blue caught his
attention. It stood out among the natural colors of green and brown of the
trees and bushes. For a moment he thought it was a piece of junk someone threw
under the camellia tree. But when he looked at it carefully, he realized that
it wasn’t.
heart skipped a beat as he recognized the item.
swing
occupied, a blue heart-shaped box sat innocently and attached to it was an
envelope. It was Prince Charming’s promised note,
know
going to come here? And
was quite sure it wasn’t there when he arrived. When did he put it there?
Briefly
remembered leaving the park for a while to buy candy on a nearby shop before
How come
didn’t see him?
after realizing that his best friend had been very quiet and still for the past
minute or so.
and slowly approached the tree, still not quite believing what he thought he
saw. He stared in shock and disbelieve when the item he spot were indeed a
heart shaped box and a letter. His name was even printed neatly on the
envelope. It was a letter from Prince Charming, indeed.
behind him as
bent down to retrieve the letter and the box. The redhead gasped when he saw
it. “
that…”
envelope. To his surprise the envelope didn’t contain a letter but a picture of
a beautiful house he recalled seeing in a magazine once. When he flipped the
picture he found a date there. What could this possibly mean?
somewhere… and this date… Is that a date for the rendezvous he told me about?”
him!” Eiji cried, hugging
Inside were delicious looking chocolate pieces. Then he noticed a small piece of
paper inside the top lid of the box. On the paper several words were printed
neatly.
may.
cell phone to text his sister. But before he could type a letter,
Sorry to keep you waiting!”
before he could say anything,
grabbed his hand and pulled him close to whisper something.
observed all this from under the tree with a smile. Quietly, he hid the box of
chocolate and the envelope in his jacket before approaching the couple.
greeted the vice-captain.
the others. Inui, Kaido and Kawamura will be here
shortly. But Ryoma and Momoshiro
don’t know the place so Tezuka must take them here.”
of Tezuka and Ryoma
together but ignored it. He busied himself watching the couple in front of him.
He tried to focus on the feel of the box against his chest and converse with
his friends.
could only hope he didn’t fidget too much in his anxiety.
gathered and soon headed to the restaurant.
busied himself talking to and teasing his other teammates all the time. He also
kept glancing at his cell phone in case Prince Charming text him or something.
kept his eyes on everyone. If not by habit then by other
ulterior motives. He knew that
avoided him and he noticed how the prodigy kept glancing at his cell phone.
Slightly intrigued and hopeful, he shifted in his seat -which was conveniently
located next to
silently when the latter was busy with his cell phone again.
asked softly, not wanting to draw attention from his other teammates.
and smiled at Tezuka sweetly. “Not
exactly. Why?”
phone. Or do you have something else you should attend to?”
“Not quite. Are you jealous that I’m probably waiting for a call from someone?”
but the light blush on Tezuka’s cheeks definitely
worth the regret for the slip of tongue. His smile faltered, however, when he
heard a chuckle from the other side of the table. Ryoma
was smirking at them mischievously and upon realizing this too,
he wasted his time here, hurting himself eith the
sight of Tezuka and Ryoma
together. It wasn’t his place to make any remark about jealousy to
wasn’t his place at all…
looks from his friends. “I’m sorry.” He said pleasantly. “But my sister
expected me soon. I’ve promised to accompany her shopping today.”
“You haven’t finished your food.” The redhead said, referring to
meal.
we don’t want to be caught in the traffic later.”
and left the place after saying goodbye to everyone. Once he could no longer be
seen from the restaurant, he broke into a run. A run to escape the pain of his
heart…
an attempt to forget the earlier event in the restaurant, he directed his
attention to Prince Charming’s note. Once he arrived
home he showed Yumiko the note and the gift from Prince Charming and asked her
opinion about them. Yumiko was only too happy to discuss her brother’s love
life.
on that date. It’s a good place. I’ve read about it in a magazine. He must be
rich if he could afford to rent that house.”
the time?”
anything about it. I’m thinking about asking him about it. But about this
‘usual way’… you think he means Internet or cell phone?”
Internet. You usually communicate this way, right?”
while Yumiko looked at him happily from his bed. She had been rather surprised
when
her confusion was answered when
showed her the note from Prince Charming. She had started to take interest in
this Prince Charming, too. From what
told her this far, he seemed to be a decent man worthy of being her brother in
law.
found a distraction from Tezuka. She knew
from his unrequited love for his captain. Besides, it’s rather difficult to
forget someone when you meet that person almost daily. But Yumiko believed that
her brother would probably forget about Tezuka
eventually. This Prince Charming also helped the process and now she could only
hoped that
would come to really love Prince Charming and forget Tezuka
completely.
to her brother to read the recently-made poem.
Clues
taken
And
despite my silence
I can't wait
for our rendezvous to happen
Now if
you would be mind
Please
do be kind
For this
stranger needs to be enlightened
At which
number should his time be signed?
want to hear from him as soon as possible, ne?”
button.
^_^
A/N: Is this still not long enough? Well, I'll work harder next time, then.
I have plan for the next instalment and if I do it right, you're going to get a
very long chapter. Unfortunately it also meant more to edit while I still have
projects to do here. But I promise you all that I'll do my best and finish next
chapter ASAP. In the meantime you can rate and review this fic!!
^_^
PS: I've been wondering about Tezuka's nickname.
I've never known another anime character that goes by the name
or what? Kunimitsu is such a long name, I think.