BEWARE: the most ridiculous fic you'll ever READ! (laugh maniacally!)
Disclaimer: I do not own Tennis no Ohjisama
Last Three Days
The night sky was filled with stars, spread like diamonds in a black satin cloth. The moon was full, proudly casting its glow on lovers having their midnight walks. The night has its own beauty different from the daylight; it is the time for peace and rest for most people after all the days work, but the night also holds its own mysteries and secrets. It covers people living in the shadows, it helps two lovers to meet secretly, and it holds the secrets of two pairs of brown eyes looking up to it. Two pairs of brown eyes, one hazel filled with hope and light, the other was chocolate, emotionless and cold; two pairs of eyes which were very far from each other yet bound to meet once again. One was looking out of his window before closing it and lying down on his bed, while the other was looking up to it before continuing to write down on the leather bound notebook the words:
First Day
In one of the mansions in Tokyo, a silhouette had just entered one of the rooms from its balcony and placed the item it was carrying on the night stand beside the bed before it laid its fragile body on the soft mattress….
The usual activities in Seishun Gakuen tennis court where the Seigaku regulars are currently having their practice seems to be not visible at the moment. The usual noise made by Kaoru Kaidoh and Takeshi Momoshiro's argument cannot be heard, Sadaharu Inui's furious scribbling on his notebook cannot be observed, and the match between Eiji Kikumaru and Suichiro Oishi pair against Fuji Syusuke and Takashi Kawamura was halted and good thing Kawamura had dropped his racquet. Only one person remained normal at this abnormal moment for even Ryoma Echizen looked up when his Kaidoh-senpai and Momo-senpai's noise weren't audible anymore and that person is none other than their buchou, Tezuka Kunimitsu and we don't have to ask anymore why.
The reason for this abnormalities is cause by only one person and surely, this girl is exceptional for she had just took the attention of eight out of the nine regulars of Seigaku tennis club out from anything their doing.
The eight regulars were all looking at her with amazement!
"Is she an Angel?"
Kaidoh and Momoshiro whispered at the same time and realizing it the two resumed their argument and had a glaring fight once again.
The maiden's long flowing black hair was gently blown by the wind, and her hazel brown eyes were so full of life.
"Iie data"
Inui quickly scribbled something in his reliable notebook.
A slight tinge of red in her rosy cheeks is quite visible probably from embarrassment because of all the attention, while her crimson lips were curved into a vibrant smile.
"She's so kawaii!…"
Eiji began jumping happily.
The blue and white skirt she was wearing was exactly the right length for her to play tennis comfortably and the area that wasn't covered by it shows fair white skin. Her tennis shirt fitted her quite perfectly, and the tennis shoes she was wearing completed her very kawaii look.
"Oh… she shouldn't wear that kind of dress, she might attract bad guys"
Oishi's tone was very much filled with concerned.
She walked with elegance and grace yet the aura of innocence and fragility surrounds her. There was a spark of maturity in her eyes along with something… mysterious"
"BURNING! YOUR SO BEAUTIFUL BABY!" The girl was surprise at Taka-san that she tripped, quite fortunately, nobody notice as she quickly regained her balance.
Kawamura had just picked up his racquet and waving it quite energetically, fortunately Fuji quickly snatched it away. Taka-san shyly scratched the back of his head.
The girl's smile widened even more and so was the tinge of red in her cheeks glowed even more. She was approaching the small figure leaning against the fence.
After a moment of scrutinizing, he finally recognized the girl. He smiled and cast a glance towards their buchou who still remain stoic, his arms were folded under his chest and in his observing brown eyes, Fuji's aqua blue eyes noticed something which made the smile on his handsome face widen. He called out to the beautiful maiden who had just amazed them a while ago.
"Ayako!"
Everyone, except Tezuka of course, look at him questioningly. A sadistic smile replaced the charming one on his lips. Yet, his voice did not seemed to reach her ear for she continued walking towards Echizen. The smile on Fuji's lips widened even more and he gave his teammates an I-know-something-look.
Ayako stood in front of Ryoma and smiled at him. Ryoma looked up at her questioningly. She cupped his cheek, which made him blush slightly, and she looked directly into his feline golden orbs.
"Are you Ryoma Echizen?"
He hesitantly nodded, his face getting redder.
And before any one could asked why, her lips descended into Ryoma's cheeks which made the tennis prince blushed furiously that he had to lower his cap to hide his red face when she walked away from him towards her next destination.
What happened trigger different reactions from the rest of the Seigaku regulars.
"No! Certainly not Ochibi!"
"Fssssssssssssht"
"Echizen!"
"Ie data"
"Echizen's too young for you!"
Fuji's smile widened even more and he looked at their buchou whose expression transitioned from stoic and emotionless to…. vexed… he quickly took out his camera and took a picture of Tezuka.
Tezuka who had noticed something flashed, turned towards the source but the sight that beheld before him made him vexed even more, there standing in the source of the flashed the tensai, Fuji Syusuke holding his very reliable camera and ever so pleasantly smiling at him. He felt the blood rushed to his head but being the person who was able to control his anger, he shut his brown eyes tightly and when he opened them, he shot a murderous glance towards Fuji whose smile was still plastered on his face.
He took his revenge….
"All of you, Run 50 laps now!"
His voice boomed throughout the tennis court, and without further ado, everyone obeyed their buchou's order.
"Echizen add 15 laps and to you Fuji, 20!"
Everyone shuddered, and all eyes turned to the two who seemed to have caused their captain's anger. The two both shrugged and Fuji's smile remained intact.
They were starting to run when their eyes caught the sight of Ayako and Tezuka, their eyes widened when the girl who had amazed them earlier tiptoed and whispered something into Tezuka's ear. Whatever it was, it did nothing to change the stoic expression in Tezuka's handsome face, but it was only in the eyes of the other regulars except Eiji who had caught something in their captain's eyes even for a split second. He began jumping excitedly.
Fuji looked at Eiji, still smiling.
"Did you see it too Eiji?"
Eiji nodded.
"I saw something in buchou's eyes! Something!… "
The other got curious and Fuji just flashed them his trademark look, which means he know something but he isn't going to tell them.
"What is it Eiji?" Momo asked the hyperactive cat.
Eiji tilted his head to the side and tapped his chin. After what seems like eternity, Eiji shrugged and what he said next made his teammates sweat dropped.
"I don't know..."
"Eiji!"
Just then, a soft voice rang into their ears, and when they turned to its source, once again, their eyes beheld the sight of the beautiful maiden Fuji called earlier Ayako and she was jogging towards them, accurately, towards Ryoma Echizen.
"Ohayo Ryoma-kun… may I borrow your racquet for a moment"
She smiled to all of them. Ryoma though confuse lend his racquet to her. She took it and thanked him before she jogged away from them.
"Who is she going to play with?"
Momo asked, his eyes still fixed on the girl.
Inui answered his question,
"There is a 99.9 probability that she's going to have a match with Captain Tezuka"
"What!"
Everyone chorused, surprised, they turned their heads towards Inui and back to the girl who had just arrived at Tezuka's side. Tezuka was holding a racquet as well along with a tennis ball.
"So what are we waiting for, let's start running so we could still be able to see their match!" Eiji started jogging in place so they all started running.
They all continue to do what Tezuka had ordered them and after 30 minutes, they were already on their knees and continuously panting except for Fuji and Echizen who were still complying with their punishment.
They all looked up to watch the match going on between the beautiful girl and their stoic buchou.
"Seems like she has a match for buchou.." Inui commented before scribbling something in his notebook.
They all agreed to what Inui had said, for they had just witnessed earlier the girl returned a smash delivered by Tezuka.
The match began to heat up, though she wasn't able to returned Tezuka's Zero-shiki-drop shot, to the great amazement of the watching Seigaku regulars, she tried to counter attack the Tezuka zone by putting a new spin to the ball but still failed.
"As expected.." she murmured after her attempt.
Finally, their one set match ended, 6-4, in favor of Tezuka. It was a very good match and amazing too, not only the girl put up a great fight but also showed she has a great prowess in tennis by being a match to Tezuka Kunimitsu.
The regulars were quite surprised when the two did not shake hands after the game; instead, their buchou turned his back on them and walked towards their locker. The girl only retained her smile even with Tezuka's behavior and she called out to him,
"I lose…. But I'll still be waiting…"
Tezuka froze in his tracks when he heard what Ayako had said, he looked over his shoulder and saw Ayako smiling at him, unlike Fuji's smile, which is sadistic, hers was genuine and very beautiful one too. She always gave the same one to him two years ago.
"Hn.." he looked ahead and continue his pace.
When he entered the locker room, he shut the door and leaned against it. He folded his arms in front of his chest and shut his brown eyes tightly. He calmed his self and tried to shake off those words that kept on taunting in his head. He opened his eyes and look at the racquet his hand is holding.
After almost two years, she was back again.
'What does she want now? Just a simple dinner? Ridiculous…' he thought.
"Tezuka!"
He doesn't need to turn anymore to look who had called him. Even in a big crowd, he will recognize the owner of that soft melodious yet timid voice. Even after two years, he still knew that voice.
She had arrived at his side, he turned to her. He chuckled, seeing her nearer, the change in her became more evident. He fought the urge to add the punishment he had given to his teammates especially Ryoma The rational part of his mind defended them
'It wasn't their fault that they were enthralled with her, she's just so beautiful. Don't deny it, even you was admiring her since she step on the court though you were able to hide it. Besides, it wasn't Ryoma's fault; Ayako was the one who kissed him. You're jealous aren't you?'
"What is it?" he asked instead, ignoring the last part his mind said.
"You haven't changed…." She replied, frowning a little. Tezuka ignored it. What she did next really surprised him.
She tiptoed, placed her hands on his shoulders to support her self, and whispered in his ear seductively.
"Have dinner with me tonight… at my house"
He remained stoic afraid that if he might do something, it would greatly embarrass him and her. She frowned when he didn't answer but it was quickly replaced by a mischievous smile.
"I know, I'm challenging you to a match! If I win, you'll have to grant my request but if I lose well... it will be your own free will"
He looked at her; still the same whenever she challenged him into a match, her eyes were full of determination. Before he could reply, Ayako had run towards Ryoma probably to borrow his racquet.
'Why didn't she ask for mine?" He asked his self.
He went to get his own racquet.
He had just picked up a tennis ball when Ayako arrived, still smiling.
"I hope you still remember that I don't shake hands with you whenever I lose in our matches… Let's start the game!"
They took their position on the court and Tezuka served first. As he had expected, her tennis skills are still great. She could still returned every ball he delivered, and even surprising him with some of her techniques. When he used his Zero-shiki-drop-shot, she was not able to return the ball.
'She hasn't changed a bit' he thought.
He used his Tezuka zone, he had quite expected her to be able to counterattack it but he was quite surprised she failed.
'Guess she wasn't playing as often as she used to'
When the match ended, he still remembered what she had said earlier. Therefore, he turned his back on them and walked towards the locker room.
He walked towards his own locker; he decided to read to relax his mind a bit. Unfortunately, the book that he pulled out from his bag was the book that somebody had given him almost two years ago and that somebody was none other than the girl he had just played tennis with. Instead of reading, he just gazed at it ….
It was one of the rare times when they went home together from school and usually they play tennis for a while in the tennis court at Ayako's house. They had just finished a match and once again, Tezuka had beaten her.
"I guess, I'm failing in tennis. I should practice more often "
She smiled at him.
"Why don't you practice with the girl's tennis team?"
It had been a mystery to him why she refuse to practice or even join the girl's tennis club even though she has great tennis skills, if she would tryout she'd probably become a regular right away, he's sure of it yet it was one of the many secrets she kept from him.
She replied with a shrug.
He excused his self for a while to change his clothes, when he returned on the court wearing his Seigaku uniform, the girl was nowhere in sight. He thought she must have gone inside so he started walking towards the gate. He felt once again the emptiness he was feeling all day, it was bothering him yet he tried to shook it off so that he could concentrate, he might have succeed from the outside but inside no matter how much he tried it won't go away.
"Kunimitsu-kun! Don't go yet!"
Ayako's voice halted him, he turned and saw Ayako running towards him carrying a small package. When she finally arrived at his side, she held out to him the package.
"Here!"
Tezuka just raised his eyebrow. Ayako took his hand and made him hold the package. Tezuka look at her questioningly, Ayako grinned.
"It's a gift… for you. Happy birthday!" and she gave him a peck on his cheek.
A faint red tinge crept on his face. He doesn't know why, he was used to his fan girls giving him gifts almost everyday which he either ignored or gave to someone else but this time he don't know how to react since the one giving him isn't just a fan girl, it was Ayako Kirisawa, his…. Girl friend. For she is the only girl that he was kind of close with (based on the tennis matches they usually played and she's the only girl that his really comfortable to be with.)
He clutched the package tightly,
"Domo Arigato." He bowed his head. Seeing this, Ayako smiled.
"Your welcome, Tezuka…. Oh I have to go, bye! See you tomorrow" and she ran towards the house.
Tezuka blinked, was it real, did he really saw Ayako blushed before she ran away? He exited into the gate and walked towards his own house which is actually just a few blocks away from Ayako's house.
The first thing he did when he arrived at their house and after entering his bedroom was to open the gift Ayako had given him.
When he opened the present, he saw a book more specifically a History book but not just ordinary book, it was the book that had fascinated him yet he wasn't able to buy it. When he lifted the cover, he saw a note inside written in a childish handwriting. It says,
Mitsu-kun
Hope you like this. Happy birthday!
Ayako-chan
That was it, plain and simple yet the emptiness he was feeling was gone and he found his lips curving into a smile.
Tezuka shook his head and returned the book in his bag.
'So much with memories…I should focus with the coming tournament which is the day after tomorrow' he told his self. He looked outside the window and saw Ayako talking with the rest of Seigaku regulars. His brows furrowed and he turned his back towards the window and decided to change.
When he walked back into the court already in his casual clothes he saw Ayako waving at his teammates and running towards the black car.
She turned and found six of the nine Seigaku regulars looking at her confusedly and she smiled at them. Recognizing the familiar face of Shuichiro Oishi, Eiji Kikumaru, Sadaharu Inui, and Takashi Kawamura she decided to greet them and apologize for greeting them only now.
"Ohayo Oishi-san, Eiji-san and Inui-san, and Taka-san it's good to see you again after two years. Gomen, if I didn't greet you until now"
She smiled and bowed her head.
The four looked at each other confusedly while Kaidoh and Momoshiro gave them a questioning look.
"I'm sorry Miss but-"
"Konichiwa Ayako-chan!" they all turned their heads and saw Fuji walking alongside Ryoma who is drinking a can of Ponta.
"Fuji-kun!"
"Oi Fujiko, you didn't tell us you know her," Eiji pouted at him, looking hurt.
The smile did not leave Fuji's face,
"Eiji, we already know HER"
Fuji explained to him emphasizing the word her. His teammates still look confuse though, thanks to Inui it became clarified.
"Ahhh… Ayako-chan..."
"Inui?"
"Remember Ayako Kirisawa? It's her…"
"Ayako Kirisawa!"
Oishi, Eiji and Taka chorused, and look at Ayako wide eyed, Ayako remain smiling at them.
They tried to remember a girl with wide rimmed glasses similar to Inui's and even exceeding the grade of Inui's glasses. A very shy girl who wears her hair in a bun and could be seen if not walking with her head bowed or reading a book. They remember her being in the same class with Tezuka and according to rumors; the two were having a silent competition during History class. In the middle of the school year, Ayako transferred to Osaka for some mysterious reason.
Eiji took her hands and began jumping happily.
"It's good to see you again Ayako-chan!"
Oishi smiled at her,
"Yeah, it's nice to see you once again Ayako-chan"
"Konichiwa, Ayako-chan" Taka-san greeted her shyly.
Momoshiro lend out his hand to shake hands with her. Ayako took it.
"Nice to meet you Ayako-chan, I'm Takeshi Momoshiro and this snake faced here is Kaoru Kaidoh" Momoshiro gestured towards Kaidoh who replied with a hiss.
Ayako smiled and turned towards Ryoma, she held out his racquet towards him.
"Arigato Ryoma-kun for letting me borrow your racquet"
She gave Ryoma a sweet smile so that Ryoma has to lower the brim of his cap to hide the red tint on his cheeks.
"Ayako-chan we don't know you could play tennis so well"
"You even know how to break buchou's Tezuka zone, even though you failed?"
Everyone look at her, anticipating her reaction. She just smiled at them and gave them a mysterious answer.
"I was used to it.."
Everyone once again looked at her with confusion while Inui wrote something in his notebook and Fuji's smile widen.
"Huh?" a small beep interrupted them,
"Oops, it's my cell phone, Gomen" she bowed at them and hastily took out her cell phone and gave it a quick glance.
"I had to go… Sayonara everyone.. Oh! I wished you good luck on the coming tournament. I'm going to watch"
'I will no matter what..."
She gave them one last smile before she hastily run towards the slick black car waiting for her and a chauffeur opened the car door for her.
The eight Seigaku regulars just stood staring at her. Fuji was the first one to break the ice, a sadistic smile on his lips.
"Wanna bet they had a past?" he just loves to bet.
The others turned to him incredulously, just then a cold voice spoke.
"Dismiss… "
That was it and Captain Tezuka Kunimitsu left his teammates gaping at his back.
Inside a slick black car, a figure sitting on the backside was clutching her head. She felt her head rammed by a thousand hammers and the pain grew unbearable by each passing second. She rummaged inside her bag and searched for her medicine. She quickly took one tablet and drank from the bottle of water also found inside her bag. The chauffeur was very much worried for her, when he saw a clinic he asked his mistress if she wanted to stop by there. She refused,
"No… I-I have t-to go home e-early for Te-"she was unable to finish her sentence for she had already fallen asleep.
The chauffeur shrugged, whoever that person Te is he's sure it must be someone special to his mistress. He decided to speed up.
"Oi Fujiko tell us what you know" Eiji shaking Fuji's shoulder.
The tensai remained smiling. The eight Seigaku regulars were inside their locker room and changing their clothes since Tezuka had just dismissed them.
"Oi Fuji tell us..."
Somebody slipped a racquet into Kawamura's hand.
"BURNING! FUJI TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW!"
The ever-smiling Fuji simply removed the racquet from Kawamura's hand so that he returned to normal.
"Fuji, from what you said earlier, are you implying that Ayako and Tezuka had a romantic relationship before?" Oishi asked and recalling an incident when they were still first year,"I remember, they were seatmates before and I saw them once, together going on the library, they were both carrying books and Tezuka seems quite not happy though..."
Inui wrote something on his notebook.
Fuji simply gave him his infamous smile. Oishi just sighed, there's no use asking a sadist like Fuji Syusuke.
"Aren't we free this afternoon?"
"Oh, yeah… Ryuzaki-sensei gave us an afternoon break for us to relax since there is a tournament tomorrow and the next day"
"Why don't we eat at Taka-san's restaurant?!" Momo suggested. Everyone sweat dropped.
"Typical Momo-senpai.." Ryoma said before sighing.
In the end though, they all agreed to have a small party at Taka-san's restaurant this afternoon.
"Let's start eating!" Momo shouted and he, Eiji and Ryoma started to grab some food when,
"Wait, Fuji isn't here yet and… Tezuka!"
Everyone stopped and turned towards Oishi and they looked at each other.
"Nobody informed Buchou!"
"What do we do now?"
"Taka-san do you have a telephone here?"
Kawamura nodded, and they all surrounded the said telephone.
Oishi lifted the receiver and turned to the rest,
"Does anybody know Tezuka's number?"
They all fall to the floor, (anime style) when the door opened revealing the ever smiling tensai.
"Konichiwa!"
Eiji quickly stood up and shook Fuji's shoulder which made Fuji dropped the item he was holding.
"Fuji, do you know buchou's number?"
"H-hai" they all sighed in relief.
Fuji took out his cellphone and dialed Tezuka's number. No answer, the other line was just ringing, he dialed once again and after so many tries, he gave up.
"I guess he isn't around"
"There is a 55 percent chance that his cellphone is either turned off or in silent mode, another 35 percent that he didn't feel like answering it."
"So what's the other 15 percent Inui-senpai?"
"The other 15 is that he went out and forgot his cellphone, which is less likely for Tezuka isn't the type to forget things"
"I guess, we couldn't do anything…and knowing Buchou… well, we have no choice. Let's eat!"
They all started eating; Taka-san just served his fellow Seigaku regulars another serving of sushi when he noticed something lying on the floor, he picked it up and was surprised when he saw the cover.
"Ow…" the others got curious and surrounded him, except Fuji who remained eating.
They too were surprised when they saw the cover,
"Isn't that Ayako-chan?"
Inui scribbled something in his notebook.
The cover was Ayako in a tennis outfit; she was touching her hair while leaning on a tennis racket and was slightly looking over her shoulder. The camera had perfectly captured the far-off look on her face; she seems to be thinking of someone; there were cherry blossom leaves on her background.
"She's so beautiful…" They all said together.
"Turned to page 201." Fuji told them before helping himself to another serve of wasabi filled sushi.
They followed; inside the said page was an interview of Ayako.
"According here, Ayako-chan is the hottest and one of the most popular teen model in the modeling industry. She modeled different ladies apparel especially sports wear and summer wear."
"I didn't know that"
"Why, are you reading women's magazine?!"
"Ie data!"
"According here, men from the different status in society court her or in short, she has so many admirers that almost everyday a bouquet of flowers is delivered to her. Even though she has thousands of suitors and admirers, Ayako-chan hasn't found the right one for her. Many people thought that she might be meticulous in choosing her boyfriend or she isn't ready yet for a relationship, after all she's still 14."
"14!" Momo and Eiji exclaimed.
Inui pushed his glasses to the bridge of his nose,
"It isn't surprising since she's a model after all; she is basically tall for girls her age. My estimate is, she's as tall as Eiji."
They all looked at Eiji thoughtfully for a while before Oishi who was reading it for everyone continued.
"In this interview she was asked about her ideal guy-"
"So what's her ideal guy?"
"Wait Eiji, I'm going to read it... Well, her ideal guy must be tall, intelligent, loves history like her, has prowess in tennis, has light brown hair and chocolate brown eyes, wears glasses and….. Usually... stoic?"
"Seems like she had someone in her mind already"
"Yeah, but why does her ideal guy must be stoic? Does her ideal guy a mannequin?"
"Oi Fuji, do you know someone with that description?"
Fuji simply smiled, the others sighed.
"I guess, we could all ask her tomorrow or the next day since she said she's going to watch the tournament"
"Yeah! So let's eat once again!"
And the eight Seigaku regulars resumed eating.
Tezuka Kunimitsu had never been so undecided until this moment in his whole life. His finger was only a few millimeters from the doorbell when he took it back for the third time. He leaned on the post once again, and look at the mansion looming on his side, he sighed.
"Should I go or not? Damn! Why did I came here anyway if I won't go inside"
He was scolding his own self, when a memory flashed in his mind.
The first day of school almost two years ago.
Tezuka looked up from the book he was reading when he heard a noise coming from the other seat near him. He glanced towards the seat next to him, and was surprised when he found a girl sitting in the chair, her back towards him though. Nobody ever wants to sit in that chair, like it was cursed because it was next to the chair of Tezuka Kunimitsu. Nobody could stand sitting to a person who found reading much rather interesting than talking to people or just the aura of silence surrounding him. He thought it was an advantage though so that no one would be bothering him and now somebody had finally occupied the "cursed" chair.
The girl must have felt his eyes boring on her back that she turned and caught him staring at her and because his brows were furrowed, the girl must have thought she disturbed him so she bowed her head and apologized.
"Gomenasai, you must be my seatmate. I'm Kirisawa Ayako, and you must be Tezuka Kunimitsu?"
He nodded,
"Oh, don't worry; promise I won't be bothering again..."
Since that day, he learned that Ayako sticks to her words. She never bothered him with anything, whenever she entered the room, she would just take her seat and not a word was spoken. She was never a nuisance to him; it was as though the other does not even exist for each of them. After, 1 month, Ayako hadn't transferred to another seat and their classmates, began wondering how she could put up with him, some fan girls began to get annoyed and thought that she's trying to seduce him that's why she could take being seated next to him. Eventually, they all found out that Ayako is just quiet and shy by nature, and the way she present herself, the fan girls realize she wasn't a threat after all. They thought Tezuka would not dare court a nerd like her.
"I lose… but I'll still be waiting"
"I lose… but I'll still be waiting"
"…still be waiting"
Tezuka sighed, her words kept on repeating in his head. He knew her; the girl's promise seemed to be always written on stone, hard to break.
After a long while, he finally made a decision.
Ayako quickly ran towards the gate when she heard the sound that she had been anticipating for hours and finally when she heard it, seems like someone played a very beautiful song.
When she arrived a few hours ago, she quickly changed and prepared everything she needed before she started cooking; of course, some of her maids helped her, yet she personally did most of the job, especially the presentation of the food. It was the first time in her whole life that she took 1 hour just choosing the right dress and finally, she settled for a simple white dress with a small red ribbon on the top center and a bit off-shoulder.
She waited on the living room, constantly casting the grandfather's clock a glance. A sighed escape her lips when it dawned on her that he might not come, after all she lose. She finally realized that she might be waiting for someone who is impossible to come.
She sighed and her head dropped and it shot up once agin when she finally heard what she had been waiting for.
The butler was quite shocked when she ran passed him, never was his mistress been this excited welcoming her guest except when her parents visited her of course.
Ayako opened the gate herself, she tried to keep her composure and poise even if she had the urge to hug him.
She smiled at him,
"I'm glad you came…"
Tezuka remained straight face; no emotions could be read in his eyes. He courteously bowed,
"K-Konbanwa…"
'Why am I stammering!'' he scolded his self.
The girl remained smiling though,
"Let's go inside..."
The butler opened the gate wider.
Ayako and Tezuka walked side by side towards the mansion, the sound of the birds perch on a tree in the garden is audible along with the sound of their own footsteps hitting the stone walkway. Ayako heaved air from her lungs and exhaled it, before she finally tore the veil of silence surrounding them.
"Tezuka… ano… I thought you won't come since I lose but…"
"Was it also stated that if you lose, coming here will be based on my own free will… so I came here… because I want to."
Fortunately, Tezuka was looking straight ahead while he was talking that he didn't saw the blush that crept on Ayako's face hearing his answer. She managed to control herself to say a polite thank you instead of hugging him and kissing him on the cheeks, which is what she really would have done if it were not very improper though.
The butler opened the front door for them. Even though, it isn't visible on his face, Tezuka was admiring the house and how it is well kept. He was looking at a painting depicting a historical event when he felt someone tugging his hands, he turned to know who the person is and saw it is Ayako.
"Come… "
He let her dragged him to the dining room of the house and when his brown eyes laid sight on the food, his mind thought of his teammate's eyes sparkling because of all the food served in the table. It made him sighed and a smirk appeared on his face.
"Tezuka?..."
He turned to see Ayako looking at him quizzically, he cocked an eyebrow.
"Ano… Gomenasai! I didn't mean to hold it that long..."
She let go of his hand and bowed. He just nodded.
They sat on each end of the dining table and only the noise of the utensils could be heard. Glances on each other were stole throughout the course of their dinner.
Though he keep his face serious, inside Tezuka was growing uneasy.
'Now what?'
If Tezuka wasn't obvious, it was very much visible in Ayako.
"Tezuka…ano…"
She was too nervous to ask him, that even making eye contact with him was hard for her.
"Ano…"
"Do you want to stroll in the garden?"
She looked up and found he was looking towards the painting on the far side of the room. She smiled….
She stood up and walked towards him, he must have felt her presence because he turned when she was just a meter away from him.
"Is that alright with you?" his expression remained blank.
"H-hai" she nodded, she felt her heart seem to leap out of her chest because of glee.
When Tezuka stood up, the uneasiness Ayako was feeling earlier must have left already for she grabbed his hand and led him to the garden.
He was slightly taken aback yet he felt something when she took his hand, it was the same thing he felt whenever they had body contact or even when he was just around her. His brown eyes soften for awhile.
The servants were all giggling while they observe their mistress with her guest. The attitude of their mistress the whole afternoon shows that the guest they were expecting is someone special. Their suspicions were confirmed when they found out that the guest was a very handsome young man, as far as they can remember the same one who used play tennis with her. He may seem cold, yet they could tell he is the right one for their mistress especially when his eyes soften when their mistress took his hand.
When they arrive in the garden, Ayako quickly let go of Tezuka's hand feeling her self flushing a bit. She apologized,
"Gomenasai…"
"Its okay…" he shove both of his hands in the pocket of his jeans feeling the absence of warmth when Ayako let go of it, he walked ahead of her.
Ayako caught up with him, and then SILENCE.
Ayako was observing the night sky, it felt so serene…she glanced at Tezuka.
Tezuka adjusted his glasses, and continue to look straight ahead, he cast a quick glanced towards Ayako from the corner of his eyes.
They both stop, catching the other one glancing at the other. They quickly looked away; Ayako murmured an apology while Tezuka coughed slightly.
Then there was SILENCE…
It was surprising but Tezuka finally decided to voice out the question that been haunting his mind since the incident in the tennis court. He stopped and looked at Ayako who was looking at the ground all this time.
"Why did you come back?"
His cold voice made her froze in her tracks and slowly looked up to his brown eyes, which remained devoid of any emotion.
"There's no used hiding it from him," she thought.
"Is it enough if I say because of you…"
Tezuka found his self finding the right words to reply but he couldn't find any. He remained silent but diverted his gaze to the sakura tree where two birds are perch. He didn't see the sad smile that formed in Ayako's lips.
"I'm not angry of you anymore…"
He returned his gaze to her… in her eyes he saw it…
"Why are you leaving?"
He asked her after their match. Once again, Tezuka was the winner in their one set match. She was putting her racquet back to her bag so that her back was the one facing him. Tezuka, on the other hand, was still standing in his side of the court still holding his racquet.
"Why am I leaving...?" he couldn't see the tears that were making their way down her cheeks.
"…."
She shut her eyes for a second and opened them before she turned to face him. Her eyes were identical to his, it showed no emotions.
"You.." her tone lacked any emotion.
Tezuka's brows furrowed. Before he could ask why, she had walked towards him and her right hand hit his left cheek very hard.
"I hate you Tezuka Kunimitsu!" she spoke it with hatred yet her eyes were misting with tears and there was pain and sadness in them. She ran away, leaving a dumbfounded Tezuka, holding his swollen left cheek. In his eyes, the pain of her leaving, the hurt he felt with her words, and the sadness and confusion he felt, were clear.
He looked away… a cold wind blew...the leaves of plants rustled.
"Let's go inside…."
She started walking towards the house, Tezuka trailed behind her.
They were already in the living room but still the tension between them hadn't eased up. Ayako sighed, she doesn't want some stupid memory ruin this night, and she wanted this to be memorable because….
She turned towards Tezuka who was staring at a painting, a smile formed in her lips.
'Still World History…' she thought. She too looked at the painting.
"According to father, the painter tried to paint Marcus Junius Brutus in that painting."
"Julius Caesar's assassin… "
"Yes, but he was just able to draw his silhouette not the real picture of him because…"
Tezuka looked at her, and saw her face becoming downcast. Seems like she was somewhat affected of the painter's death.
"He died just a few hours after finishing the painting…. because of brain cancer. He knew he was dying so before the hour of his death comes, he wanted to do the thing he wanted that is to paint a picture of Caesar's death with Brutus in it. Though it wasn't really a picture of Brutus, he died with a smile on his lips for he had spent his last hours in bliss… painting and painting that sillhoutte already gave him a sense of accomplishment..."
Tezuka nodded, while she was speaking he noticed that she was somewhat directing her words to her self. He resisted the urge to place his arms around her to comfort her.
She turned her gaze to Tezuka expecting his eyes to be on the painting but it turned out, he was looking at her. She felt herself flush so she quickly looked away,
"Ano... Do you want to watch some videos of some tennis matches...? I have some in my room…"
He just nodded, his eyes remaining blank.
She quickly ascended into the huge marble staircase while Tezuka sat on the nearest chair to wait for her.
After a long while, he noticed that Ayako had been gone for too long that he decided to go up to her room.
'she must've difficulty carrying the tapes' he thought, remembering that she used to always bumped into him because of carrying huge piles of books she had borrowed from the library. At first, he just helped her because he was a true gentleman after all but when they became somewhat close, he always helped her carrying those books even if she don't bump into him.
He asked one of the servants and she directed him to it.
He noticed the door was ajar but he still knocked, as was expected, there was no answer. He decided to enter, his brows furrowed when he noticed the cds scattered on the floor, all marked with the names of famous tennis players, he decided to pick up the mess.
He had picked up the last one, which is near the foot of the bed when he noticed a small red dot on it, when his finger touched it he found out it was blood;
'What the hell was this blood doing here?'
He looked up when the door of the bathroom opened revealing Ayako clad in her bathrobe, her hair damped.
Surprised was written all over her face when she saw Tezuka and nervousness when her eyes fell on the cd stained with blood.
"T-Tezuka…ano…"
"I was just checking on you since you've been gone for quite too long…." His tone lacked any emotion on it.
She quickly regained her composure and managed to give him a curt nod,
"I see… "
They were on a very awkward situation and he thought he must leave the room. He placed the cd on the table He turned to leave the room…
"Three days…"
Once again it crossed in her mind, reminding her, and making the pain in her heart deeper. She took a deep breath…
"Three days…"
"Tezuka!"
He turned and felt her lips pressed against his… his eyes widen in surprise…
She wrapped her long slender arms around his neck and pressed her naked form against his clothed one.
Many people thought of him as an ice in a human form, a rock, who couldn't feel any emotions; a person, who can control his emotions but still he is a human being, of the male species to be exact. He couldn't control the heat building up inside him, as her lips became more demanding for his response.
If this was any other girl, he would have pushed her easily the instant her lips landed on his, but this was no other girl, the owner of this naked form isn't just a fan girl of his, this is Ayako… and her lips against his felt so warm, so soft and so right…
He found himself responding to the kiss a bit.
Any man would have succumbed to this temptation, yet this was no ordinary man, this was Tezuka Kunimitsu. The logical part of his brain continue to be block by something but still to the last minute it was able to scream and prevent him from doing any mistake.
"Stop it! You're crazy!" His mind shouted just as Ayako began unbuttoning the second button of his shirt. His eyes snapped open, and finally, he was brought back to his senses.
He quickly broke the kiss, untangled his self from Ayako and grabbed the blanket on the bed.
He turned his back while he held the blanket towards her.
"I'm sorry…." He whispered.
When she took it, his hands fell to his side. He started towards the door and when he felt his hand made contact with the knob, he heard her voice once again...
"I'm sorry too… now you think I'm a slut… why does giving yourself to the one you loved has to be a sin… forbidden… what if it's the only thing you wanted before you leave this world…."
He could tell she's crying even though her voice was steady, her tone was sad. Once again, he felt the pain… the same pain he felt when the racquet hit his left arm almost two years ago… this time, it wasn't his arm but his… heart that hurts.
He turned and saw she was sitting at the edge of the bed, clutching the blanket against her naked form, and staring at the scene outside the clear glass door which connects the balcony and her room.
He sighed and made his way towards her.
Ayako looked at him questioningly; tears were brimming in her eyes.
He doesn't know why but he leaned towards her and placed what he meant to be only a soft kiss.
WRONG MOVE!
It was like a matchstick hitting the side of a matchbox, producing a flame.
The flame of passion erupted between them; the soft kiss deepened and became passionate.
Logic and reason was completely forgotten, even that rational part which screamed earlier to stop him completely shut up even when the last button of his shirt was unfastened….
The two of them collapsed on the bed….
Ayako's eyes slowly opened… she felt someone breathing above her head; she looked up only to see a sleeping Tezuka Kunimitsu, looking so peaceful. She smiled…
"I can't make you love me but let me love you even for a short time…"
She snuggled closer to him and leaned her head on his bare chest…
He felt a slight movement beside him that he opened his eyes and saw a mass of black hair… he opened his mouth to speak but words were unable to flow from it.
He pulled her closer to him…
She felt happy and contented… the first day just went perfectly alright and… memorable.
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