By KaZUK
It's finally the summer holidays and the Seigaku regulars were in for a treat! Two weeks before the holidays had started, their team's captain Tezuka had handed out some consent forms on crisp white paper. There were dark bold letters on it that announced, "Seigaku Regular's Summer Holiday Trip."
As soon as Eiji got his hands on the piece of paper, he scanned through the contents of the letter briefly and squealed, "Nya, Buchou! Sugoi! Did you plan this for us? I'm so happy!"
Eiji was about the pounce onto Tezuka with a big hug when he was rooted by a stern glare from his captain.
Fuji sighed as he read the letter in his slim hands and said, "Oh dear, I have already made plans for the holidays. Tezuka, may I please be excused?'
In return, Tezuka blinked then said a very curt, "no". Maybe he should have told the members about the trip earlier. He had not anticipated that they might have plans for the holiday.
After he had handed out the last of the letters, Tezuka cleared his throat then he said, "I have discussed with coach Ryuzaki and we came up with the idea of a trip for this summer holidays. This is a reward for the team's effort in the whole of this year's practice. I expect the entire team of regulars to be present on that day."
He paused and scanned the faces of his teammates. No one looked as if they had something to say.
"If you are not able to make it on that day, a typed letter with your parent's signature must be handed in." Tezuka said as he glared around.
Eiji's hand shot up into the air, he looked as if he was about to burst if he did not speak.
"Yes?" Tezuka asked.
"What if you don't hand in the letter to excuse yourself?"
A vein popped at the back of Tezuka's head.
" Then be prepared to run 50 laps around the court and hand in a letter with BOTH your parent's signature."
"Nya Buchou, you are mean!" Eiji exclaimed.
"Eiji, 10 laps around the court now." Tezuka grated out.
"But what did I do?" Eiji blurted out with his large blue eyes sparkling as twin pools of hurt. It's not fair. Nya! It was just a silly question!
"Tezuka, Eiji didn't mean for it to sound like that. He was just a little tactless as usual," Oishi explained patiently.
"I am not tactless! Oishi!" Eiji pouted cutely.
"Sometimes only," Oishi said with a smile.
"No!" Eiji stuck out his tongue.
Two veins popped at the back of Tezuka's head.
"20 laps now! Oishi you too! The rest of you, you are dismissed."
With that Tezuka picked up his bag stalked off.
"I guess we better start running now huh?" Oishi said and got off the floor. He stretched a little and dusted his butt. It had been a really long day and all he wanted was to take a long hot bath. Yeah, that would feel so good.
Eiji growled and elbowed him in the ribs.
"This is all your fault! Nya!" he grumbled and started jogging.
Hot water splashed onto his tan bare skin scalding it a little. Oishi's cheeks were flushed with the heat as he sighed in pleasure. The hot water felt so good, he was very glad that the school's bathroom had a hot water supply. When he was finally done, the stepped out of the cubicle feeling like a cooked noodle. He wobbled to the hangers to grab his clothes and threw them on clumsily.
"He's always like that isn't he?"
Oishi jumped when he heard some one speak to him. He whirled around and sighed, "Man, Fuji you sure scared me. Who's always like that?"
"Tezuka is." Fuji said with a smile plastered on his face.
Oishi grinned back at him and nodded in agreement. "Yeah, that's right. I've never seen him smile before. He's always such an uptight bastard isn't he?"
"Like he's got a stick up his ass."
Oishi stared at Fuji's smiling face in silence then he snorted and burst out laughing.
"If he heard that, it would be 100 laps straight away!" Oishi laughed as he squashed his sweaty clothes into his bag.
"That's right. Tezuka's always so strict with us isn't he? But he really cares for us. If he didn't, He wouldn't have planned this summer trip for us to bond as a team."
Oishi stopped packing and he grinned to himself. Fuji was right. Tezuka did care for the team; sometimes he cared too much that he did seem like a very stern and unapproachable person. He just wanted them to be clear that he meant business.
"But I still find it hard to imagine him planning the trip with coach Ryuzaki."
"Huh?"
"Read the letter and you'll get what I mean. I'll see you tomorrow. Bye Oishi."
Oishi waved to Fuji as the boy left the bathroom. Then he rummaged his bag for the file where he kept all his homework and the letter. He pulled out the letter and read it quickly. His gasped.
The letter said:
Seigaku Regular's Summer Holiday Trip
Things to bring
Goggles
Sun tan/ sun blockSwim wears (only Seigaku colors allowed. No pink(that's you Fuji) and peach (Momoshiro) colored trunks allowed)
Towel
Change of clothes and underwear etc.
Extra cash
Bring a float if you can't swim
Dear Members,
You have been invited to attend the Seigaku Summer Holiday Trip. All members are to assemble in school at 7am on 5/6/200x. You have already been briefed about the trip. Unpunctuality will not be tolerated. You will be thoroughly punished and left behind. I hope that the trip will be a fruitful one.
Yours truly,
Tezuka Kunimitsu (team captain)
"We're going to the beach?!"