Waah~ Hmm…. I don't know what to say right now because all I can think about is what's happening around me and stuff, and you probably wouldn't want to hear about my life over and over again but want to read this fic. So… ta-da! Hahahah

Disclaimer: I do not own PoT

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Chapter 7: Momoshiro's turn

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The next day, Fuji entered his classroom with certain nervousness as he immediately looked around the room. 'Good, he's not here yet,' he thought to himself as he approached his seat and looked out of the window. 'I wonder what will happen today.'

As he sat there alone, however, thinking to himself, Tezuka was on the way to his class for morning practice just ended. 'I hope that she's not there yet,' he said to himself.

Flashback: last night, Tezuka' place

Tezuka lay on his bed as he stared at the ceiling. He was trying to fall asleep for he still had morning practice the next day but found it impossible as his mind won't stop wondering to a certain blue-eyed girl.

'Why am I feeling this way? Maybe I should tell her already and ask her to be my girlfriend. She has so many guys though, I'm not even sure if she's playing with me,' no matter how quiet a person may be, he still thinks and when it comes to these kinds of things, who knows how many words are uttered in his mind.

'I should just confront her tomorrow and not go on with this little game. She'll probably feel awkward though. All I could say is that I shouldn't let my guard down, but this is something different from tennis. But like tennis, confessing your feelings have the same result, either you win or you lose. I just…' Tezuka's eyes kept staring at the ceiling as he lay motionless on the bed, the clock signaling the time, 1:00 am. 'I've been thinking of telling her face to face about how I feel about her, and we went on a date already. I really should tell her tomorrow before someone else gets her. I can't let my guard down, and with Fuji, I really can't let my guard down and let those other guys get to her first.' He finally looked at the clock. 'I really should sleep now.'

End of Flashback

Finally in front of the classroom's door, Tezuka opened it and stopped when he saw Fuji on his chair looking out of the window. He took a deep breath and walked over to his seat which was right besides Fuji. Getting closer, Fuji noticed him and looked at him in which their eyes met each other. Both immediately tore their gaze away though after slightly freezing from their eye contact. It was obvious that both were feeling awkward to talk to each other. Fuji kept staring out the window and Tezuka sat down on his seat and was fixing his things. After a while of awkward silence between the two, Tezuka finally got the courage to speak and looked at Fuji. "Fuji," he said.

Fuji, on the other hand, didn't say anything but just looked at him. It's not that he was mad; he just didn't know what to do since he doesn't get into these kinds of situations that much.

"Can I talk to you later during lunch?"

"Sure," Fuji replied and finally smiled and Tezuka wanted to smile too but just opted for his usual stoic face. He was just happy that Fuji isn't mad at him after what happened yesterday.

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It was finally lunch time and Fuji and Tezuka walked up to the roof.

"What is it that you wanted to tell me, Tezuka?" Fuji asked as he leaned into the railing of the rooftop.

"I just wanted to apologize for how I acted yesterday," Tezuka said as he stood in front of Fuji, eyes staring into his azure ones.

"You mean for being jealous?" Fuji asked bluntly and Tezuka was stunned for a while.

"Yes," Tezuka replied, paused, and then talked again, "I also want to say something else to you."

Fuji cocked his head at this. "What is it, Tezuka?"

"Fuji," Tezuka looked at him seriously and felt nervousness as he'd never done these things before. "I," he said then paused again as he and Fuji never broke eye contact, "would you like to be my girlfriend?" Tezuka suddenly blurted out and he was surprised by his own actions, it was no surprise though that his facial expression stayed as stoic as ever.

Like Tezuka, Fuji was shocked and it was clearly written on his face as he kept looking at Tezuka.

Seeing how uncomfortable it became, Tezuka sighed and started talking again. "I apologize for asking you that. I think I should go now," Tezuka turned around and started walking as he felt as if he had been rejected by that short silence. Before he was able to take a step though, Fuji grabbed his hand but still stayed silent. As expected, Tezuka stilled and turned around to see Fuji looking down with sad eyes as Tezuka just stared at him. He wanted to hug the person in front of him so badly and ask what's wrong but couldn't find the will to do so; he was just not an open person.

"I'm sorry," Fuji said as he lowered his head even more. "I want to say yes and get into a relationship with you but I just can't do this."

"Why?" Tezuka asked as Fuji stayed silent after that sentence.

"Because," Fuji started again, "I just can't. There's a reason for everything, Tezuka," Fuji finally looked at him, "and there's a reason for this too. It's not because of Eiji either, if that's what you're thinking, or any other guy in particular. I just have to turn you down." Fuji didn't know why exactly, but he felt his heart clenching and Tezuka felt the same thing.

"Then why?" Tezuka's stoic expression never left but inside, he knew that the feeling his face was showing was different.

"I can't tell you," Fuji wanted to just shout right there that he was a man but didn't want to make things worse as it is already. "I can tell you this, however," Fuji lowered his hand to clutch Tezuka's hand instead of his arm, "after this year, I'll make sure that you won't see me again so that it'll be easier for you to forget this whole happening."

"Fuji," Tezuka's mouth slightly dropped as he said that name and those words crashed on him.

"I'm sorry. If I tell you the reason, then you'll hurt even more," Fuji finally let go of Tezuka's hand. "I'll go now," and with that, Fuji started to walk towards the stairs going down, walking pass Tezuka and not even sparing him a glance. The pain in his chest was just too much for him to handle right now.

"Wait," Tezuka said as Fuji reached the door. Fuji did stop but didn't look back. "Would you still go to practice every day with me and allow us to still be friends?"

Hearing that, Fuji smiled. 'Who knew those words can hurt so much,' Fuji turned around and smiled sadly. "Of course, now, let's go down and have lunch already."

"Hn," Tezuka nodded his head and actually smiled. He wasn't happy that Fuji had to reject him, but he was happy to know with Fuji's words that Fuji did have feelings towards him and that he didn't lose Fuji at all. He realized with those few seconds that maybe, he didn't have a chance with Fuji because of this reason but they held the same feelings for each other and that they could still be together, side by side, even if it's only by friends. Seeing Fuji in front of him, smiling and waiting for him to come closer, he walked to Fuji's side and they both walked down.

Hearts were hurt because of this secret that Fuji refuses to tell, however, with this happening, a mind busted in surprise.

While Fuji and Tezuka were talking, someone was actually trying to fall asleep on the other side of the roof hidden by the stairs. He laid there on his back with his arms crossed behind his back and was about to enter dreamland when those two came in and started talking. He didn't think it was important at first so that's why he tried to sleep but as the conversation kept going, he just got shocked and was just too stunned to say anything. When the two left though, he immediately stood up and after a few minutes, he nearly screamed the words "what the hell was that?!"

That person was no other than Momoshiro.

"But," he said to himself, "What's keeping Fuji from getting together with Tezuka-buchou? And what's with that drama about not seeing him again?!

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Later, on the way to practice, Momoshiro and Ryoma were walking together,

"You know what, I heard Tezuka-buchou and Fuji-senpai talking to each other earlier," Momo was telling Ryoma. "I can't believe that Tezuka-buchou actually confessed his feelings to her too!" Momo exclaimed and Ryoma listened quietly. "But Fuji-senpai rejected Tezuka-buchou because of this something that she can't tell him."

"Hn," Ryoma just nodded his head and drank his Ponta. "Well, there are a lot of rumors around Fuji-senpai."

"Really?" Momo exclaimed and looked at Ryoma. "I heard a lot too but I'm not sure that what I heard is the same as yours. Tell me what you know about her!"

"I heard that she's seeing this other guy out of school."

"Another guy?" Momo stared at Ryoma, "the only thing I heard about Fuji-senpai is that Kaidoh and Inui are head over heels for her and that Inui has even been keeping notes about her. I also heard that she and Eiji are secretly seeing each other."

"Hn," Ryoma nodded again and still had that uninterested look on his face. "I heard of those too."

Suddenly, an idea popped out of Momoshiro's head, "Hey, let's follow Fuji-senpai after training!"

"Don't want to," Ryoma immediately replied without any hesitation at all.

"Come on," Momo tried to persuade Ryoma as they neared the courts, "it's for Tezuka-buchou!"

"Don't want to," Ryoma wouldn't be budged. However, someone was walking behind them, listening the whole time without being noticed.

Wanting to finally join the conversation, he finally spoke up, "I'll go with you."

"AH!" Momoshiro screamed and turned around, the same with Ryoma but Ryoma didn't utter a sound. "Inui-senpai! Why do you always have to surprise us like that?!"

"I was just wondering what you were talking about," Inui smiled evilly and continued, "Anyways, I'd gladly go with you."

"Uh," Momo stuttered, creeped out with how Inui was acting, "su-sure." And with that, Inui started walking again and left those two. "Seriously, I think that the rumor about him being obsessed with Fuji-senpai is true."

"Uh-huh."

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When practice was over, Tezuka stood beside Fuji near the gates.

"I'll walk you home again," Tezuka told him.

"Sure," Fuji smiled as both of them started walking towards his home, both not noticing the two dark haired guys following them. "Hey, I'm really sorry that I can't tell you the reason."

"Don't worry about it," Tezuka replied without any emotion on his face. "I understand."

Fuji looked at him, "you do?"

"Hn," Tezuka nodded, "there are just some things that some people couldn't tell others." 'But I really want to know why you'd want to disappear after this year.'

"Tezuka," Fuji said quietly, "you really are something."

"Hn," and then, both just walked in silence.

As all four of them were nearing Fuji's house, Momoshiro nudged Inui. "hey, this is the neighborhood where I live in."

"It is?" Inui was surprised. "So did you know about Fuji living here?"

"Well," Momo was about to answer when they were hiding behind a tree and spying on the two when suddenly, a silver haired teen popped out of nowhere.

"Hey there!"

"AH!" the two exclaimed and clutched their hearts.

"Yeah, Fuji-chan lives there near the white house with the black gate," he smile and told the two.

"How did you know?" Momo asked him.

"Because he and Tezuka just stopped in front of that house and were saying their goodbyes," he answered back.

Upset that he got surprised again, Momo exclaimed "Just who are you?!"

"Saeki Kojirou," Saeki said, "are you one of Fuji's numerous suitors?"

"WHAT?!" Momo turned red, "what made you say that!?"

"Well," Saeki put his fingers up, "one, you have that certain look in your eyes and two, you're stalking her."

"WHAT?!" Momo was shocked. He just had to be surprised a lot today.

Saeki just laughed with his reaction. "I'm just kidding, I'm Fuji's friend by the way." He said and moved to the side from the tree, "that's where Fuji lives," he pointed at the house and both Momo and Inui moved to the side with him to see the house.

"Oh!" Momo exclaimed, "So she's the daughter of that family! I live on the corner of the same street!"

"Really?!" Inui and Saeki looked at him with wide eyes.

"And you never knew that it was Fuji?" Inui asked.

Momo laughed and looked at both of them with a sheepish look, "nope."

"Eh?" Saeki couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"So," Inui started, "why won't you go there and knock on the door and pretend to be a good, friendly neighbor."

"Sure," Momo said and was about to leave towards Fuji's place when he stopped and looked at Inui, "What do you mean pretend?! I am good and friendly!"

Saeki, however, was the one who replied to it, "whatever, just go," and with that, he pushed.

"Okay, okay!" Momol mumbled and started walking towards the house, "such impatient people." When he reached the house though, he stopped right in front of it on the other side of the street, at his house, and stared at it. 'Hm, I never knew that she lived so close to me,' he said to himself as he was readying himself. He didn't even notice Saeki and Inui sneaking up behind him so that they could see what will happen. Momo, however, sighed and was about to walk towards the house when he noticed Fuji on the second floor window. Momo halted in his tracks and just stared, then, he noticed that Fuji was changing and he froze on the spot. 'What?!

'Oh no,' Inui thought while he stood behind a tree. 'Momo will find out!'

'Yes!' Saeki thought while he stood beside Inui on the other side of the tree, 'this will give me an excuse to go over and say that I saw Syuusuke!'

As for Momo, he just stood there, frozen. Then, Fuji was unbuttoning his top and pulled it down, revealing a flat, male's chest. Fuji sighed and brought it up again to button it up and cover up his chest. When Fuji finished buttoning his blouse, he looked out of the window with sad eyes. However, those eyes widened as he saw Momoshiro staring on the other side of the road, 'No,' he thought as he felt his body froze. 'No!'

While Fuji was chanting that word repeatedly in his head, Momo was stuck to the ground. His face was blank, his mind was blank.

Suddenly, Fuji ran out of their sight and Inui and Saeki just stared at each other now.

"What do you think will happen?" Inui asked Saeki.

"He'll probably run out of the house and run to that shocked guy over there," Saeki pointed at Momo. Just as he suspected, Fuji did run out of the house and ran towards Momo. "See, he may be wearing a skirt, but he's still Syuusuke."

A short distance away from those two, Momo, still shocked, just stood there as Fuji walked towards him.

"Fuji…chan?" Momo couldn't think properly.

"Momoshiro," Fuji quietly said as he was now standing in front of Momoshiro. "What were you doing?" He didn't know if he should be nervous, scared, or annoyed.

"I-I," Momo was stuttering as he stared at Fuji, "I live there," Momo shakily pointed his hand to the house at the corner.

"Huh?" Fuji was shocked. He heard that the guy who lives in that house studies in the Seigaku also, but he never thought that it was Momo. "You're the one who lives there? Seriously?"

"Uh," Momo was couldn't get over the shock that he got, "uh-yeah?"

With that, Fuji just sighed. "I guess you want to know the truth too, huh?" Fuji looked at Momo with a lone face, his smile wasn't present.

Momo wasn't even given a chance to reply to Fuji's question as someone suddenly interrupted both of them.

"We do," Fuji and Momo turned to the voice and Fuji's eyes widened. "We all want to know the truth," It was Saeki who left Inui hiding behind the tree, "Fuji Syuusuke."

"Kojirou," Fuji mumbled.

"You're crazy if you thought that you can fool me," Saeki said with a serious face, staring straight at Fuji.

Still not getting over the shock and being the loudmouth that he is, Momo spoke as he looked at Fuji, "So wait, you're really a guy and you're real name is Fuji Syuusuke?"

Hearing his real name, Fuji just sighed and looked down.

Knowing that he won't feel comfortable with explaining everything, Saeki spoke up again. "Hey, why won't you go to Inui over there who's still hiding behind that tree," Saeki pointed to the tree, "while I talk with our friend for a while."

Being told that, Momo glared at Saeki. "Hey, I have every right to know what the hell is going on as you!" He practically screamed then looked at Fuji and saw that he was feeling awkward. Seeing that face, Momoshiro just sighed, "okay okay, I'll leave you two alone but I still want to hear the whole story after this," and with that, Momo started to walk towards Inui.

After Momo took a step or two, Fuji brought his head up. "Inui's hiding behind that tree?" he asked loud enough for Inui to hear, then, Fuji turned to look at the tree where Momo was heading to and saw Inui peeping out of it, smiling at him with a sheepish smile.

"Hi, Fuji," Inui said, nervousness still written on his face as Momo, who was still mumbling the words "what the hell is going on?" was approaching him.

"Wait," Fuji looked at Saeki, "were you three spying on me?" Fuji asked with a glare.

"Uhm," Saeki wanted to back away as he felt fear creep up on him. Even if he was close with Fuji, there's no assurance that he's safe from him. "Why won't you just tell me your little secret," Saeki said with a nervous smile as he held Fuji's shoulders and led him back to his house.

"So you were spying on me?" Fuji asked as Saeki could feel his heart beating faster.

"You're really pretty as a girl, you know," Saeki wanted to escape his wrath.

"Answer me, Kojirou."

"Not only your face, but also your body can easily pass for a female's!"

"Kojirou."

"Did I mention that you have splendid blue eyes?"

"So you were."

"Oh look," Saeki stopped in his tracks as they now stood in front of the front door. "Now, invite me inside so you can tell me everything and I so that I can see your family again," Saeki said with a smile, hoping that he'll get out of this.

"I'll tell you," Fuji opened the door and finally smiled as he looked at Saeki, "but that doesn't mean that I won't get back at you."

Saeki gulped.

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TBC

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Hmmm… that wasn't much of a long wait, right? After all, I updated this first before "Doubles to Couples," heheheheh.

By the way, before I end this, I'd like to thank AniManGa19930 for she was the one who gave me the idea to put Saeki in this story. I've been meaning to thank her for weeks already but I keep forgetting, hahaha.

So… reviews, anyone? You'd make me really happy 