Warning: Er… I have the tendency to overdo the narrations up to the point that the whole thing was already getting dull or really cheesy. I hope that you could all bear with it.

REPOSSESSION
By: Deranged-Insanity

Prologue
DAWN

Fuji Syusuke looked as placid as ever with his eternal smile forever painted on his face. But his smile today was different. One who very well knows the Seigaku tensai could point out that his smile was something different, a beautifully different one. For his smile, this time, was something genuine—he was up to something wonderful yet there was the fact that he was still uncertain. A tiny twinge of anxiety churned in his stomach as he grasped his racket a little too tightly and his this-time-genuinely-magnificent smile faltered just a little bit. He feared that his plan might not go the way as he wanted it to be. Nevertheless, he was willing to gamble and take his chances in order to achieve a very desirable outcome. Besides, it has been quite a while already.

Three years was a very long time. At first, he knew he was doing everything for him because he was his friend, one of his confidants. Friendship was a treasure he really, really value. He was just a devoted friend, ever loyal to him.

That was before when everything was still casual.

Fuji really didn't know when his feelings for the buchou started. Suddenly, he more than liked the captain's cool demeanor and strict yet sincere ways. He became more aware of his expressions therefore understanding him more than anyone else. The captain also understands him, Fuji knew, through the way he takes his jests and teasing. And these led him to fall deeper and deeper into the Tezuka zone.

The whole Seigaku Tennis Club was having their usual practice with the strict and disciplined guidance of their team captain, Tezuka Kunimitsu, a third year junior high student acknowledged as a National-level tennis player. But how ironic for he seldom grabs a tennis racket and have a practice match with anyone in the team and still everyone knew how strong and hard-willed player he was. He was also a remarkable team captain always concerned with the welfare of his members. To let his members discover their own styles and further enhance their skills was his priority in guiding them. He had his own observations and opinions yet he seldom speaks of it. A mere nod, frown or change in his stoic expression is very unnoticeable thus leaving only a very few persons to understand him.

Tezuka was a mystery to his teammates, to his classmates, teachers, or the whole school in general. However this fact never hindered girls from being attracted to him, and even made him more popular, desirable and even… sexy. Of course the Seigaku team captain and ace player was oblivious to all these things. He never paid attention to this nonsense—these things are for him—for his attention, time, and even his vulnerability were concentrated on only one person.

"Okay, everyone, that is enough. You're dismissed." Coach Ryuzaki walked idly towards the players who immediately stopped whatever they were doing as their training came to an end.

"Second years, it's your turn to clean the court." Tezuka ordered to the sophomores who all right away walked across the court to pick up all the tennis balls lying around. He stood for a while on his spot as he closely watched the working sophomores. Right before he walked away from his spot, somebody has tapped him on the shoulder from behind.

"Tezuka,"

Tezuka turned around and was mildly surprised upon seeing Fuji standing closely next to him, his serene face and eternal smile not too far from his.

"Hn."

"Is it all right if we walk home together?"

"Hn." His response was as nonchalant as ever opposite the rising curiosity and anticipation at the back of his mind.

"There's something that I..." Fuji's voice trailed a little, "that I wanted to discuss with you."

Tezuka noted the hesitation in Fuji's voice and began wondering if there was something the matter. "Aaah."

The Seigaku tensai returned to his old serene smile as a sign that he understood him. He did not need to be told twice for he could very well read and decipher the words behind thebuchou's silent Hn's and soft Aaah's.

Fuji looked up at the sky as a raindrop fell on his face. He idly wiped it out with his finger still not taking his eyes off the darkening sky. His peaceful eyes were open as if sharply watching the sky for another raindrop that might again fall on his face.

Anxiety was gradually embracing his determination. He was worried and nervous thus wiping for a while the serenity of his eyes and the different type of beauty his lips were displaying a while ago. His mind also suddenly became preoccupied. He failed to notice the presence of another person whom he was actually waiting for.

"It's going to rain."

Fuji averted his gaze from the sky directly to the speaker that was none other than Tezuka. The latter looked as though he was some months younger (or just right for his age) as he also looked up, observed and quietly adorned the changing of colors of the sky from an orange hue to a dark blue shade as rain clouds little by little invaded the barely visible sun. He stared at the gorgeous face for some time then calmly answered him,

"Hai. We better hurry." He gave him his smile of assurance then followed the buchou's short decorous strides.

"It's drizzling." Tezuka pointed out as more raindrops fell continuously around them. He started walking a bit faster than his usual pace to avoid himself from getting completely wet. He halted when he noticed Fuji had stopped walking for a while as the smaller gent continued relishing the rain quietly. "What's the matter?" He asked.

"I've always loved the rain." The tensai answered, purposely ignoring the captain's question. "Do you like the rain too, Tezuka?"

"Aaah…"

Slowly, Fuji approached where Tezuka was standing and then stopped again upon reaching him. "The rain is a sign that a rainbow will appear afterwards. It refreshes the land, satiates the plants' hunger and brings people closer together." He looked up, opened his azure eyes and stared at Tezuka's eyes intently.

"You're a great mystery to everyone, Tezuka, but not to me. I've known you since our freshmen year and I've known you even more as our companionship developed." Fuji closed his eyes and smiled his usual smile again which lacks certainty this time. "I've always understood you, Kunimitsu."

Briefly pondering on what Fuji has said, Tezuka came to realize everything that his friend has done for him; quick flashes of their shared memories popped in and out of his mind. He wondered whether Fuji was…

No.

He shut the thought for a while yet deep in his heart he knew. All this time he actually knew yet he was always dismissing the thought. But now, the feeling was so intense that it couldn't be neglected. And there was something different at the way Fuji has addressed his given name. It was mellow and… sweet. His eyebrows went up in surprise. Though it was just a fraction of a centimeter, it didn't pass Fuji's closed yet watchful eyes automatically understanding the meaning behind it.

"I know it's quite surprising but I just want you to know that…" Fuji lost his voice and failed to continue his statement. He was at loss for words. He didn't know how to proceed. Confessing his love to him meant risks that he should be ready to face. Rejection was present; he didn't know if Tezuka would accept him as more than a friend.

Yet, he still tried to continue. With one nervous gulp he proceeded, "I want you to know that I… that—"

"Sshh…" Tezuka's finger brushed lightly on Fuji's lips silencing him. "I think I know what you want to say."

The tensai's eyes fluttered open and came to realize that the moment he was sharing with Tezuka just now was an intense one… an intimate one. He looked at the brown eyes opposite him and was a little bit surprised to see this pair of eyes staring at him with the unusual intensity, warmth and fervor comprehensible in it.

Tezuka placed his hand beneath Fuji's chin slightly lifting the tensai's face, "You were always there beside me and have always made things easy for me. You always say the words that I wanted to hear. You knew when I needed to be alone and when I needed company."

"Tezuka…" Fuji was surprised to hear these words from him (other than his unavoidable surprise to hear Tezuka speak in long sentences.) He was somewhat paralyzed with the way Tezuka held his face and the unusual passion evident in his hazel eyes staring back at him.

Tezuka started speaking in an audible whisper, each word he uttered was hypnotizing Fuji. "You are my compliment, my other half, my…"

"Your soul mate?" Fuji cut him off teasingly yet still trapped by Tezuka's hypnotizing effect. A big genuine smile was plastered on his face. He agreed to everything that Tezuka has said: that they complete each other.

"Hn." Sometimes, Fuji's straightforward jokes catch Tezuka dangerously clinging to his guard. Not for anything but most of the time it was because Fuji's jokes are more than half meant and the captain often agrees to it because it was true.

Fuji chuckled. Truly, Tezuka is simply Tezuka. He can poke at his guard but not fully take it away from him. To make up for his jest, he opened his eyes revealing to the other gent his azure eyes conveying his love for him.

"I love you."

With the rain completely ignored yet both of them being partially soaked by it, Tezuka grabbed Fuji's hand and stuffed both their hands inside his pocket. This got the tensai inattentive for just quite some time which seemed like eternity before he totally grasped the reality that it was his and Tezuka's hands inside the pocket—it was the warmth of Tezuka's hand which made his finger shiver slightly. Quickly wiping off his obvious surprise, Fuji intertwined his fingers with Tezuka's and gave him once again his smile of assurance. Now, there is no doubt that not only their hands were coalesced into one but their intentions as well and feelings for each other.

"I love you too."

The moment he felt Fuji's fingers finding their way to occupy the spaces among his own fingers Tezuka felt complete. It was as if he has finally inserted himself correctly in his own puzzle. He was no longer a missing piece of a maze, no longer a mystery left unsolved leaving him unsatisfied of his own existence. All uncertainties and façade he was trying to deal with were washed away by Fuji's assuring smile. They were finally together and no one could stop them from having everything they want. It was always Fuji who understood him, who knew his every action. Only him who dared discover whom everyone knew as the mere Tezuka Kunimitsu and saw everything beneath him.

"Ne, Tezuka…?" Fuji suddenly asked, his eyes sparkling with pure happiness. It no longer had the look of apprehension he was feeling just a while ago.

"Hn?"

"Did you know why gaps were created between our fingers?"

"Iie… why?" Looking at Fuji's beaming eyes; Tezuka knew that the answer to his question was a wonderful one, something that would definitely reflect what they have right now.

"So that someday, the one who was made for you will come and fill those gaps by holding your hands forever."

At that, Tezuka felt Fuji's grip tightened its hold on his hand. He too gently squeezed the hand he was holding and wished that the gaps between his fingers will be eternally filled with Fuji's own fingers, with Fuji's presence. Both of them have become a part of each other's puzzle where they previously thought both of them wouldn't fit.

"Tezuka?"

"Hn?"

"I would prefer if you call me Syusuke."

Tezuka quietly smiled in full bliss. He answered, "Aahh… I will only want to hear you call me Kunimitsu."

Random Notes

1 Wow! I can't believe I've finally finished at least one chapter, that I was actually able to start another fanfic! You see, I was on a hiatus. And I was able to get pass through it. Yeah! I would like to treat everyone with cheeseburger! Magpapa-cheeseburger ako! Haha. Burger! Burger! BURGER! BURGER!

Haha. Nevermind that. It came from a TV ad in my country. XD

2 Forgive me if Tezuka and Fuji were a little bit out of their character. Well, love is developing… Er, no, I mean, they are in love with each other. Inevitably, positive changes are going to happen with their personalities to deepen their relationship.

3 Reviews are, of course, highly appreciated. But please be gentle, I'm still in the process of regaining my writing skills and recovering from a hiatus. :3