Prince Of Tennis Fan Fiction ❯ Love at Second Sight ❯ chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

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Title: Love at second sight

Fandom: Tenipuri/POT

Genre: General/Romance

Rating: PG-13

Type: Multi-part?? Chapter 3/??

Pairings: Oshitari/Eiji

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Prince of Tennis.

Author's notes: This chapter might be a little confusing, but this is so as my thoughts are rather scattered at the moment. ^^;; I'll try to make it understandable...

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Chapter 3

A period of time had passed since Oshitari's unexpected appearance at Seigaku, and ever since then, Oshitari had not shown his face around Seigaku. Just when Eiji was starting to wonder if the latter had just been playing around with him, he found himself walking straight into the said person himself.

He was so deep in thought that he did not realize he had had knocked into someone until he heard a distinctive, familiar voice.

"You know, it's not very good to daydream when you walk. That is usually how accidents happen."

Looking up at the person, Eiji was about to apologize when he found Oshitari smirking at him with amusement dancing in his eyes. Words of apology died at his lips, for his mind was suddenly blank. His mouth opened and closed, before uttering a muffled, 'Sorry.'

Dismissing his apology with a simple nod, Oshitari asked Eiji,

"Are you free?"

"Huh?" Eiji blinked, "Now?" he asked.

"Yes, now."

Not trusting himself to speak, Eiji merely nodded hesitantly. He was about to get clarifications of Oshitari's visit, when the latter cut him off with a firm 'Good!'

Eiji's eyes widen as the other boy pulled him towards the opposite direction where his home was located. "Wait! Where are we going?" Eiji protested, although he did not bother in making any effort to stop the said tensai.

Oshitari smirked. "You'll know when you reach there," was all that he said in response to Eiji's query.

Sometime later, Eiji found himself sitting opposite Oshitari in a posh restaurant, which served Italian food. Not knowing what to order, he let Oshitari do the ordering while he shifted uncomfortably in his seat; his eyes looking everywhere else but the person sitting opposite him.

Somehow the idea of dining with Oshitari still made him nervous, hence when the latter reached across the table and touched his hand, he nearly jumped a foot up in the air. Oshitari seemed to enjoy the sight of his nervous behavior, for the latter was smirking openly at him, causing him to redden in embarrassment.

"Relax, I'm not going to eat you. Why are you so nervous around me?" Oshitari frowned.

"Nothing... I'm just not used to the idea of being alone with you..." Eiji responded.

"Hm..m... then I suppose we should do this more often ne, so you can get used to it." Oshitari commented.

"Yeah... we probably should..." Eiji replied absently before realizing what he had just said. It took some time before the words registered in his mind, causing his eyes to widen with realization. 'God, I didn't just say that!' he groaned mentally to himself. Resisting the urge to slap his head in annoyance, Eiji chose to glare at the ground angrily.

Oshitari watched in amusement as a series of reactions played out on Eiji's face' going from being surprised, to embarrassment, and finally, to annoyance. Thankfully, the waitress decided to appear with their food, helping to draw Eiji back to reality. Both of them uttered soft 'Thank yous' to the waitress before digging in.

For a while, neither spoke as they took the time to enjoy their wonderful meal.

"So what do you think of this restaurant?" Oshitari asked.

"Huh?" Eiji scanned the restaurant for a moment before answering. "It's nice, and the food is delicious too."

"I thought so too." Oshitari commented, before signaling for the waitress to bring their bill.

Eiji took that time to peek at the price of their food. His eyes nearly fell out of their sockets at the seeing the amount of money they had spent on just a simple meal. Just when he was wondering about how to pay, Oshitari took the liberty of paying, and handed his debit card over to the waitress.

It took all of Eiji's self control to prevent himself from exclaiming in shock. Never in his life have someone paid for his meals, when he went out for food with Oishi or Fuji; they always went dutch. The thought of someone paying for his meals and at such high price was a big shock for Eiji.

Once they were no longer within the waitress' hearing range, Eiji could not help himself and blurted out the question in his mind.

"Why did you do that?"

"Do what?" Oshitari frowned.

"Pay for me, it's so expensive..." Eiji responded.

"Aa... I never let those I dated pay for anything." Oshitari smirked.

"Oh..." Eiji echoed, before he fell silent. The idea of him dating the said tensai have never occurred to him before. At this moment of time, he wasn't even sure if they were dating yet. After all, they had only gone out twice, and kissed once. The memory of their kiss caused Eiji to blush furiously.

Apparently, Oshitari have taken Eiji's lack of response as an agreement to what he had said. The sight of Eiji blushing like a tomato was simply irresistible, and before realizing what he was doing, Oshitari had pulled the redhead in for a kiss. When they broke apart for air, both were blushing furiously, for they had just kissed in front of everyone dining in the restaurant.

The tensai retrieved his card from the waitress who was attempting to stifle her giggles, but failed miserably in doing so. Oshitari dragged Eiji behind him as they exited the restaurant in embarrassment.

'God, that was embarrassing. I can't believe we did that in the restaurant.'

This similar thought occupied their minds as they left. Neither of them spoke for they had no idea what to make of that embarrassing moment. It was not until they reached the cross junction and were about to head separate ways, that they bade each other farewell softly. Oshitari watched as Eiji disappeared round the corner before heading the other way himself.

~to be continued~

date started: 13/06/05

date completed: 13/06/05