Sandra: I'm sorry I haven't been updating, the fact that my body isn't motivated and the occasional writers block doesn't help.
But thank you guys for waiting and being so patient!
Oishi walked around the hall looking for his doubles partner, but no such luck, he saw Ryoma standing by the punch next to Fuji, but no Eiji.
Taking his walk a little further, he walked out into the garden and wandered around, when his eye caught sight of a single red head sitting on the edge of the fountain, head down, swirling a cup of punch.
Walking over, he sat beside his friend and looked at his sad expression.
"What happened Eiji?" Oishi asked, concerned.
"It's all over." Came the reply.
"What's all over?" Oishi asked, a little confused.
"He doesn't feel the same Oishi. All this time, I thought I'd wait for the perfect moment and tell him, but when I did, everything went so wrong." Eiji looked up, there wasn't the tears that you'd expect to see from Eiji, nothing was flowing, but hurt, sadness and what seems like a shattered world could be seen by looking into his once glistening blue eyes.
"I'm sorry." Oishi said, placing an arm around Eiji, Eiji didn't lean into the hold, but hunched over, staring into his drink that constantly swirled.
Meanwhile, back inside the party, Fuji looked at Ryoma who looked really distracted, almost searching.
"What's the matter Echizen?" Fuji asked.
"Iie, betsuni." He answered, but his body answered differently.
"Where's Eiji?" Fuji asked looking up at the crowd for a moment, before turning his attention back to Ryoma, who so obviously stiffened up.
"I don't know…" Ryoma answered honestly, he shoulders dropped a little.
"What-" But as Fuji was about to ask Ryoma, someone came over to him.
"Kawaii-chan!" No one other than Jirou.
Ryoma didn't pay him any attention, as his eyes continued to search through the crowd.
"Do you want to dance?" Jirou asked, Ryoma turned to him about to decline, when Jirou grabbed his hand and dragged him into the crowd.
"I think it's best you speak to him." Oishi said. Eiji looked up at Oishi as if he told him to go stab someone.
"No way. It's obvious anyway." Eiji said, turning his head away, sadness written all over his face.
"But he never said it. Maybe he was just surprised. Now come on." Oishi said, standing up, reaching out a hand to his friend.
Eiji looked up, then smiled and took the offered hand, they both headed inside.
"Ne, Kawaii-chan, are you seriously going out with Kikumaru Eiji?" Jirou asked, Ryoma looked up at Jirou straight in the eye for the first time since they started dancing.
"I…uh…" Ryoma didn't know how to answer.
"I take that stuttering as a no?" Jirou asked, leaning in just a little bit closer, making sure not to break eye contact with the smaller one.
"I…" Ryoma wanted to look away but he couldn't. And he definitely couldn't look away when Jirou leant down and claimed his lips and a gentle kiss.
Ryoma's eyes widened, but they were going to practically pop out when the corner of his eye caught sight of Eiji, who was looking directly at them.
Ryoma pulled away from Jirou, and turned to the spot he saw Eiji, only to see it empty.
"Ryuichi-chan." Eiji called, Ryuichi turned to see his cousin walk over to him.
"Nani, Eiji-chan?" he asked, noticing unhappiness on his beloved cousin.
"I'm not feeling too great, so I'm going to have to leave early. I'm sorry." Eiji said.
"Ah…ok, but will you come and see me tomorrow. So we can catch up and have lots of fun!" Ryuichi said, Eiji smiled and nodded, but Ryuichi knows that smile wasn't fully genuine.
"Ja ne." Eiji said, turning around and walking off. Ryuichi watched sadly as his cousin disappeared.
'What would make Eiji-chan so upset?' He thought, turning around he saw Ryoma looking around.
'Ryoko-chan? Did she hurt Eiji-chan?' Ryuichi thought, watching the 'girl' run around.
"Nani? Ryuichi." Tohma asked, looking at his friend. Following his eyes, he saw who he was watching.
"Excuse me for a second." Tohma said to his other guests, taking a trip over to Ryoma. If 'she' was the one causing trouble for Ryuichi, then she'll just have to be punished.
As Tohma made his way through the crowd, getting closer to Ryoma, Fuji noticed this, the look in Tohma's eyes, the look he was oh-so-familiar with. Making a quick dash over to Tohma, he stopped the man.
"Fuji-kun." Tohma said surprised.
"Don't." Fuji said, blue eyes staring piercingly into the blonde haired man's eyes.
"Sorry Fuji-kun, but if she's the one that's bothering Ryuichi on his party, then I'm afraid there's nothing you can do to stop me." Tohma said.
"How about we discuss this else where." Fuji said, dragging Tohma away from the crowd, hopefully giving Ryoma enough time to leave.
'This is all I can do for you Echizen, so hurry up and fix thing.' Fuji thought.
Ryoma ran around the hall desperately but couldn't find Eiji anywhere, as he ran outside to the garden, someone grabbed his hand.
"Let go!" Ryoma yelled, to turn and see Tezuka standing there, face firm.
"buchou…" Ryoma mumbled.
"Hurry Echizen." He said leading him through the crowd and to the door.
"Where are we going? Let go, I got to find Eiji…" Ryoma paused, he actually called his sempai by his first name.
"He's not here." Tezuka said, as they almost reached the door.
"Leaving with your team mates lover now are you Tezuka? Tsk, tsk, I expected better from you." The two Seigaku members turned around to see Atobe standing behind them.
"Let's go." Tezuka said, turning away from the Hyotei captain.
"My, my. Kikumaru must be so heart broken, nah, Kabaji." Atobe said, followed by a "Usu" from the big Hyotei player.
"How would you know how he feels?" Ryoma fumed, glaring at Atobe.
Atobe stopped for a moment and looked at Ryoma curiously, suddenly his eyes widened.
"Echizen…Ryoma." He said, Ryoma clasped his hands over his mouth as he realised what he just did.
"Interesting…" Atobe said.
"Let's go, Echizen." Tezuka said, grabbing Ryoma's arm and dragging him out.
As the two left, Jirou walked over to Atobe.
"Ne, Atobe, have you seen Kawaii-chan anywhere?" He asked.
"She… had to leave, urgent apparently." Atobe said, deciding not to spill Ryoma's secret.
"Oh…" Jirou said sadly, Atobe suddenly had an urge to change his mind.
"Ne, Jirou, you know how your so infatuated with this girl, what is she was a he?" Atobe asked, leading Jirou off to the punch table.
When the cab stopped outside the hotel, Tezuka paid the man as Ryoma ran out of the vehicle.
Repeated tapping the lift button as soon as he was in the building, he started swearing at the lifts for taking so long when he's only been there for twenty minutes.
Passer-bys looked at Ryoma strangely, some assuming he needed the bathroom and so ever kindly walked over and told him which way was to the nearer toilets, only to get a glare and Ryoma being held back by Tezuka before Ryoma would've pound the innocent person into the ground.
When the lift finally came, Ryoma ran in, slamming on the button to shut the door and the level floor he was on.
Anyone who wanted to get on the lift decided to take the stairs or wait for the next one.
"Echizen, calm down." Tezuka said, but even Tezuka almost feared for his life as a dark aura surrounded Ryoma, Tezuka decided to stay on the other side of the lift.
At last, they finally reached their floor, Ryoma ran down the corridors to where's Eiji's room was, then stopped, straightened his hair and clothes, he knocked on the door. Suddenly, his palms were sweaty, his mouth dry, his heart racing, and time seemed to be running in slow motion.
When he heard the door click, he began to rethink whether or not he should just walk on now.
The door opened slowly, suddenly a head popped around the corner.
"Echizen?"
"Oishi-sempai?" Ryoma said, somewhat a little calmer than how he felt inside.
"What are you doing here?" the vice-captain asked.
"Is Kikumaru in there?" Tezuka asked as he neared.
"He's asleep." Oishi replied, however, inside the room, Eiji was lying on his bed, wide awake, listening to the small conversation.
"Oh, alright, sorry to bother you Oishi-sempai." Ryoma said as he walked away. Oishi looked sadly at Ryoma, then nodded to Tezuka and bid good night.
As Oishi shut the door and walked back over to his bed, he looked at Eiji who had his back facing him.
'Eiji…' He thought, so badly wanting to help his friend. That was the last thought on his mind before he laid down and went to sleep.
When Eiji was sure that Oishi fell asleep he sat up and walked over to the window, sitting on the chair and stared out into the night sky.
He saw an image of Ryoma, then it changed to an image of Ryoma and Jirou. His eyes watered and he turned away from the sky and looked down to the city.
'It's over…' He thought, curling into a tight ball.
TBC>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Sandra: Sorry it's short and everything, but I just realised that I do not know where this story is going anymore. So it's all improvise now!