Prince Of Tennis Fan Fiction ❯ Electronic Love ❯ This is the Time! ( Chapter 14 )

This is The Time!

When the promised day arrived, Fuji and Tezuka were both bundles of nerves. They opted to stay in their own classroom to avoid meeting each other and changed their minds. Their respective best friends were in charge of lifting their spirits and assuring them about the rendezvous as well as making sure they wouldn't attempt to flee and avoid the situation.

“It's going to be awesome. It's all right, Tezuka.”

“… I hope so.”

Oishi shook his head in desperation.

Meanwhile, in Fuji's classroom…

“The rendezvous will be super! I just know it!”

“Saa na…”

Eiji rolled his eyes.

The moment the bell rang to signal the end of the school, neither boy knew whether to linger on their seats or bolt out of the classroom. Their best friends made the choice for them, though. They were quickly dragged out of the school grounds to different directions. Fuji was forcefully dragged to his house, while Tezuka to the house with Oishi, Inui, Kaido, Momoshiro and Kawamura.

“Hurry up! You must get ready, nya!” Eiji ordered as he pushed Fuji into his house, “Take a bath. A very long thorough bath.”

“Maybe I should rest for a while…”

“No! Look Yumiko-neesan even left a message for you here. Take a bath and do not let any spot untouched. It's officially an order, nya!”

“What's going on in here?”

Fuji and Eiji turned to see Yuuta standing by the door. Apparently he just arrived from St. Rudolph dorm because he was carrying a large bag. Fuji saw this as an opportunity to try to escape the awkward situation.

“Okaerinasai, Yuuta. Should I prepare food for you?”

“No! Fuji, just take a bath, will you!”

“Snacks, Yuuta?”

“Fuji!”

“Something to drink? A massage?”

Soon, Eiji had enough and dragged Fuji to the bathroom and locked him in it. Yuuta watched all this quietly with a mixture of horror and amusement on his face.

“What's going on in here?” He asked the redhead.

“Fuji is going on a date, nya. So he must prepare.”

“A date?” Yuuta asked disbelievingly.

“Yeah. Probably he won't be back tonight.”

“He'll spend a night with a girl?” Yuuta asked incredulously, his eyes widening in surprise. Wasn't Fuji underage for this stuff?

“I didn't say it's a girl.” Eiji replied cheekily.

“Aniki's going to spend a night with a guy?!” Yuuta's eyes were as wide as saucers now.

“Eiji!” Fuji reprimanded his friend from inside the bathroom.

“Who is it?” Yuuta asked, ignoring Fuji.

Eiji smiled mischievously. “He hasn't known yet.”

“Aniki's going to spend a night with an unknown guy?!” Gods, he's going to die of stroke at young age at this rate.

“Fuji is going to be okay, Yuuta-kun. Now why don't we prepare Fuji's clothes, nya? We'll play dress up with Fuji!”

*

“I'm done, Oishi. Let me out of here.”

“You've only taken a bath for ten minutes. Yumiko-neesan said wash thoroughly.”

“I've washed myself thoroughly.”

Oishi paused to listen to something Yumiko said from one of the bedrooms. He grinned as he repeated it for Tezuka. ”Yumiko-neesan said that if you don't spend at least half on hour bathing, she'll make me bath you.”

“And will you do that?” Tezuka asked warily from the bathroom.

“Or, she could bathe you herself. Your choice.”

Oishi grinned in victory at the sound of running water from the bathroom. Right now, everyone was busy all around the house. Kawamura was cooking in the kitchen with the assistance of Kaido. Inui and Momoshiro who were banned from the kitchen were doing something in the master bedroom. Yumiko was moving from room to room to make certain everything was perfect with the help of a grumpy looking Echizen. Oishi was assigned to guard the bathroom as Tezuka bathe. Everyone was so excited in making tonight a night to remember for Tezuka and Fuji.

Exactly thirty minutes later, Tezuka knocked on the door. “Can I get out now?”

Oishi grinned wider as he unlocked the door. “Momoshiro and Inui have been preparing something in the master bedroom.” He informed Tezuka. He smiled in satisfaction when Tezuka obediently followed him to the master bedroom.

The glinting of Inui's glasses and Momoshiro's grin greeted him immediately after Tezuka entered the bedroom. Much to his horror, many pieces of clothing were scattered on the floor, some of them he never dreamt of wearing. There were what seemed to be very tight leather pants, fishnet shirts, very thin shirts that wouldn't cover anything. They couldn't possibly ask him to wear such clothes, could they?

“We had a long argument but eventually decided on this.” Momoshiro said as he thrust some pieces of clothing to Tezuka's hands. Oishi and Inui immediately ushered him to the bathroom connected to the master bedroom to wear the clothes. When Tezuka had finished changing, he came out of the bathroom and showed the result to his friends. They looked satisfied and astounded even. He took it as a good sign that he was looking especially good this evening.

“I've told you he'll look great in that.” Momoshiro told Inui.

Tezuka was wearing a black suit jacket with laces adorning the collar, the part where the buttons and buttonholes are usually located, and the cuffs of each hand. And inside the suit, he wore a pristine white shirt. He was actually dressed very simply, but with his cool demeanor, he managed to look extraordinarily gorgeous in it. Tezuka even personally thought that he only needed a sword to complete the Prince Charming persona.

“You've used the perfume?” Inui asked. “A suited perfume will enhance your chance by five percent.”

Tezuka nodded. The perfume Inui gave him was quite nice. He rather liked the musky scent of it, yet it also had some sweet smell to it that he considered suited the romantic arrangement.

Right then, Yumiko burst into the room, appearing mussed but excited as hell. She was reading a long to-do list she had made without even paying attention to the person in the room. “The food is ready. All the rooms had been prepared and cleaned. Everything has been checked and all seems to work in order. I've told my friend to pick Shuusuke up at six o'clock, meaning that we still have more than half an hour. Overall everything's going just fine. Now are you… Oh my God, Tezuka!” Yumiko stopped ranting and stared at Prince Charming who truly looked like a harming Prince now. “I don't think Shuusuke will be able to reject you when you're in this get up. But in case he does, you know my number.” She said with a flirtatious wink.

Tezuka blinked as his friends guffawed. Well, at least he got an approval from Yumiko. That must mean something good… right? He surely hoped so…

*

“Are you sure I should wear it like this, Eiji?”

“Sure! You wear it like this all the time, anyway.”

“I don't know about this time…”

“You look hot! Prince Charming won't be able to leave you alone!”

“That's exactly the problem…”

Eiji had forced Fuji into a white shirt with many golden Chinese style buttons. The shirt was only half buttoned, exposing Fuji's milky skin beneath. To draw attention to his chest, he wore a necklace with a golden pendant. Then above the shirt, he put on a black suit jacket. He also put on a plain jeans trouser because he thought that his appearance was too extravagant. Even Fuji thought that he looked delicious enough to eat.

“You have to look your best, nya! Prince Charming has made a lot of efforts for you. You have to look your best for him in return!”

Though Fuji actually didn't really mind about going to the rendezvous that much, he was uneasy with Eiji's and his sister's attempts to get him laid with Prince Charming. Last time he checked, he only agreed to try to like him and give him a chance. There was no need to rush to the sex part.

“And to occupy you until six o'clock, Yumiko-nee-chan told me to give this to you.”

Fuji took the bundle of papers Eiji offered curiously. The first page was a `hope this'll be useful' note from his sister. His suspicious was piqued when he read the pink, bold letters that filled the next page.

“Guide to Love?” Fuji asked his best friend who sat down next to him to read it with him.

“Is there such a thing?”

Fuji shrugged and flipped the page. His eyes shot open when he read the title to the page, Guide to Oral Sex. As the title says, the page was detailing the act explicitly. A smirk crawled into Fuji's face while beside him, Eiji was blushing to the root of his hair. He read the instructions briefly, before turning page. How to do Anal Sex. Hmm. Next page. A save Bondage. Now that's what he called fun. Perhaps his sister did have a point this time.

*

“Just sit still right there. I don't want you to smell like sweat during the date!!” Yumiko ordered Tezuka.

Tezuka glared at his snickering friends but didn't have any chance to order them to run laps because Yumiko shoved him a bundle of papers. He looked at her questioningly.

“Read it and don't bother yourself with our activity!”

His eyebrow twitched when he read the title. Guide to Love? What did that suppose to mean? Tezuka wanted to ask Yumiko but the young woman had already left with his friends to finish their works. Tezuka sighed in resignation and flipped the page.

There, he paused.

Guide to Oral Sex?! What the… But despite himself, Tezuka still read some of the points. His face might not show it, but he was actually very shocked as well as embarrassed as he read point after point of the page. Half way through the page, his cheeks were tinted with slight pink. Did he really have to do that? He was only fifteen!

Of course Inui was fifteen too and he had already done it (or so Tezuka gathered from what he heard last weekend) with Kaido who was only fourteen years old. And what about Ryoma? The boy was only twelve! And yet Tezuka had heard more than in one occasion him and Momoshiro making out. Even Oishi and Eiji had seemed to done it.

He didn't know about Kawamura and he certainly hoped that Fuji hadn't. But one thing was for sure. Tezuka had never even kissed anyone before. And here Yumiko gave him guide to sex?! The furthest sexual act he'd committed was jerking off in the bathroom and that one time he visited a porn site. He couldn't believe Yumiko expected him to have sex with Fuji now.

Though to be honest he wouldn't really mind. Fuji had occupied his wet dreams and sexual fantasies ever since they knew each other. It would surely be nice to have them come true. Hesitantly, Tezuka flipped the page.

Fighting against his blush, Tezuka braced himself to read the page that was titled `How to Do Anal Sex”. As the title says, the page was detailing the sexual act and reading it was enough to make Tezuka squirmed uncomfortably on his seat. After gaining some control over his body reaction, he flipped the page again.

Gods, this was even worse. The page contained very graphic images of positions in sex. Beneath each image was explanation of how to perform it and the kind of sensation it inflicted. Tezuka was sure his face was as red as a tomato right now, if not even redder. The page was appropriately titled The Gay Kamasutra. He didn't even want to know if such thing truly existed.

He should've stopped now if only for the sake of his sanity and dignity. But blushingly Tezuka admitted that he didn't want to.

*

The doorbell of Fuji's house rang at precisely six o'clock in the evening. Eiji jumped from the couch from both surprise and excitement. Fuji slowly put down the papers the two had been so engrossed in earlier onto the coffee table. This was the time!

“It's time!” Eiji exclaimed excitedly and went to open the door.

Fuji smiled despite feeling nervous inside. Hearing the commotion, Yuuta went down from his room on the second floor to open the door but saw a tense-looking Fuji instead. Remembering what Eiji said earlier about Fuji's plan for the night, he decided to ask his brother for confirmation.

“Aniki?”

“Yes, Yuuta?” Fuji smiled a little too widely.

Yuuta blinked. “Er, I'm just wondering … are you really going on a date? Not that I care of course.” He added hastily.

Fuji nodded. “Yes, I am.'

“With a guy?”

Fuji nodded again. “I'm afraid so.”

“And you're going to spend the night with him?” Now Yuuta sounded just a little too horrified for his own liking.

“Ah… that part hasn't been determined yet.”

“Fuji, hurry up! Your golden carriage is waiting!” Eiji yelled from the front door.

“That's my cue to leave. Ja itekimasu, Yuuta.”

Stunned, Yuuta followed his brother to the front door wordlessly. Outside the gate was a sleek black car and opening the car door was a man dressed in a black suit. Fuji waved at them before entering the car but only Eiji waved back. Yuuta and the redhead stood quietly next to each other until the sound of the car's engine disappeared.

“Now I have to go too, nya!” Eiji said. “See you, Yuuta-kun.”

To his utter disbelieve and horror Yuuta found himself stopping Eiji and asked. “Wait. Aniki… he's going to be fine… right?”

“I'm sure he'll be okay. But I expect him to be sore tomorrow. Good night, Yuuta!” Eiji said cheekily. Those print out Yumiko gave had been eye-opening to him. He'd probably ask for a copy later. But now he needed to find his boyfriend to make up for their lost quality time together.

Yuuta stared at the redhead in horror until he disappeared into the night.

*

“It's time everyone!” Yumiko called out. “My friend said he's already at my house.”

Everyone gathered around their stern-looking-but-very-nervous captain Tezuka. The house was already in a perfect condition or so Yumiko had declared five minutes ago before she started to pace around the living room grumbling about how time seems to move very slowly when one's waiting for something good. Now Tezuka only had about twenty minutes before Fuji arrived and running away was the last thing in his mind. He didn't even think he could move at this time, paralyzed by anxiety as he was.

Oishi gave him a friendly slap on the back and smiled at him encouragingly. Yumiko asked Inui a long list of questions about the preparation and ignored him almost completely. Momoshiro grinned at him widely and beside him Kaido stared at him supportively (or so he thought. Kaido wasn't hissing and he took it as a good supportive sign). Standing close to Momoshiro, Echizen gave him an amused smirk. Overall they were all very supportive to him. Tezuka couldn't help but feel more at ease. Kawamura appeared from the kitchen just as Yumiko finished interrogating Inui.

“I've prepared the dinner in the balcony. There are some leftovers in the fridge. Just heat it up when you and Fuji want to eat tomorrow.” Kawamura turned red to hear his own words.

“Well. Good luck, Tezuka.” Oishi said. “With all these…” He gestured to the room. “I don't think he could refuse.”

“Good thing you've gathered your courage after all this time. But still… mada mada dane, buchou.”

“Sorry about my bet with Echizen. Good luck, buchou!”

“Fssh… Good luck, buchou.”

“There is almost a hundred percent chance that he'll accept you to be his boyfriend. I'll be very surprise if he rejects you.”

“Good luck. And remember; if he rejects you, you know where to find me.”

Some of them didn't really sound supportive but he still thought that that was their ways of encouraging him. He bowed to them politely. “Arigato, minna-san.”

They smiled back to him and left. Yumiko and Inui lingered behind after the rest of them leave the house. Tezuka used this chance to hand back the print out that Yumiko gave him earlier.

“Thank you nee-san. That's very enlightening.”

Yumiko giggled. “I hope you'll practice some of them. I must warn you that Shuusuke won't settle for anything ordinary. I hope it gives you some references.”

“It does.” Tezuka admitted.

Yumiko laughed cheekily. “Oh, I hope you won't call me unless to spread the good news. Good luck, Tezuka.”

“Good luck, buchou.” Inui said with a nod. They turned to leave, but then Inui paused and turned back to Tezuka. “If you need anything, it'll be in the bedside drawer.”

Tezuka raised an eyebrow at the statement. But before he could ask Inui, Yumiko decided to give another final word also.

“Oh, and Tezuka?”

“Yes, nee-san?”

“I want my brother back tomorrow evening, no sooner and no later, please. You still have school next Monday.”

For the lack of better response, Tezuka smiled slightly. “I'll keep that in mind, nee-san. Thank you.”

*

Fuji tried to think of a proper rejection on the way to the rendezvous. It wasn't like he had never rejected anyone because he had, many times before. But Prince Charming wasn't one of his ditzy fan girls. This was a person who seriously wanted to start a relationship with him. This was a person who was willing to sacrifice his time and money for him. This was a person who had put all his efforts into pleasing him. Fuji could be sadistic at times, but this wasn't the time for him to be sadistic at all.

Sadistic as he was, Fuji didn't want to play with matters of the heart. He had experienced the pain of not knowing his real position in his beloved's heart and he didn't want anyone to feel it, especially someone who had been so kind to him.

Did he really have to reject Prince Charming, though? He remembered what Eiji said before: give the two of you a chance. Well, Fuji had given Prince Charming a chance. First by responding his emails and now by coming to the rendezvous. This far Fuji decided that he kind of like him. He seemed to be a decent person. Like a romantic Tezuka.

He sighed. And of course there was the issue of Tezuka. Fuji really couldn't get over him no matter how hard he tried. Because for Fuji, when he chose someone, that would be it. He would give that person his heart wholly. He couldn't do it right now with Prince Charming. Not when he constantly thought of Tezuka. He wondered just how big his chance with Tezuka was, even without Echizen as the obstacle between them. Micro sized, he guessed.

Of course there was still a chance that he might like Prince Charming. That's the whole point of this rendezvous; to find out whether he'd still like Prince Charming after meeting him in person and comparing him to the person he seemed to be in his emails. Fuji wasn't sure whether to hope that he turned out to be a total jerk unlike what he initially thought so that he could reject him and continue to moon over Tezuka, or to hope that Price Charming was indeed a charming prince.

The car came to a halt before Fuji could make a decision. Outside was the house in the picture Prince Charming sent him. Fuji couldn't help but felt awed by the romantic atmosphere surround the house. The lanterns, peaceful lake and the silver moonlight made everything so romantic, a perfect place for love meeting.

The driver opened the door for him and Fuji stepped out of the car.

*

Tezuka was slightly fidgeting on the couch when he heard the sound of the stopping car. He stood up, taking slow calming breath. For the past few minutes he had been preparing himself for any possible response from Fuji. He didn't think he'd ever truly be ready for it, though. Either it's positive of negative response; he still thought he would never be prepared for it. He took a single rose stem left by Yumiko to give to Fuji and waited in the living room where Fuji could see him when he entered through the front door.

The door opened and Tezuka said one final pray.

Fuji entered the house.

Silence.

Tezuka held his breath.

Finally…

“… Tezuka?” Fuji breathed.

^_^