Prince Of Tennis Fan Fiction ❯ Love at Second Sight ❯ Chapter 4
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By: jgal 
Anime/Manga: Prince Of Tennis Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 09.08.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 442 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Prince Of Tennis Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 09.08.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 442 | Status: Completed
Title: Love at second sight
Fandom: Tenipuri/POT
Genre: General/Romance
Rating: PG-13
Type: Multi-part?? Chapter 4/??
Pairings: Oshitari/Eiji
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Prince of Tennis.
Author's notes: Sorry for the long wait, but I'm busy with schoolwork... hence the delay.
***
Time passed by slowly; days into weeks and weeks into months and so on. Soon the winter break had come. However, this was also an important period for all the third years, as it meant it was time to decide on their future education endeavors. For they all would be graduating next spring, with their finals not long after they had come back from their break.
Just like his peers, Oshitari Yuushi was facing the very same problem of deciding on his future career path. Despite being enrolled in Hyoutei, a school that would automatically promote them to the level of University degree, the students will still have to achieve a certain percentage of attendence to be able to continue their studies there. That alone, was hard enough for him to maintain. After all, being a member of the of the Hyoutei Tennis club, a lot of time had been sacrificed to improve his tennis skills just so he would be able to remain on the team.
Whenever there's any inter-school or national tournament that involved the tennis club, it meant that he had to be absent from class. The schoolteachers would not cover the topics he had missed, hence he would be expected to catch up with the class himself, depending on the help of his fellow classmates. Usually, he would have time for revision after tennis practice. However, due to the intense training with the tennis club recently, he had had to cut short his studying time to ensure that he gave sufficient time for his body to rest.
Yet despite trying his best to keep up with his academic results, Oshitari found himself constantly losing his concentration whenever he tried to study, for his mind, was not only tired, but it would be wandering off to a certain redhead whom he'd kissed some time ago.
"Argh!!!" Oshitari groaned in frustration, after he realized it was no use staring at the book when nothing was going into his mind. Slamming the book close, he ignored his mother's concerned look as he stalked out of the room, towards the front parlor. Pulling on his cloak, he grabbed his keys and stepped out of the house.
The cold wind brushed against his face, causing his shoulder-length hair to flap freely. He stuffed his hands into the pockets of his coat in attempt to prevent the ice-cold wind from freezing his fingers. Cursing silently for neglecting to bring out a pair of gloves, he decided to walk around for a while to clear his mind, and with no intention of turning back. The prospect of dealing with his mother's nagging didn't seem appealing at the moment.
Walking aimlessly along the pavement, as he browsed through the display windows on various storefronts; he couldn't help but wonder what Kikumaru Eiji would be doing at that very moment. The thought of Eiji seemed to have snapped him out from his daydreaming state. /What on earth am I thinking about? Why can't I do something without him appearing in mind?/ Oshitari frowned.
Glancing around the surrounding, he realized that there were no other people around except himself. /Well... who else will be insane enough to head out in such cold temperatures.../ Letting out a sigh of warm breath, he decided to turn back and head home. However, before he could even take another step forward; he found himself walking straight into someone. That someone was none other than the person who he had been thinking about for days, Kikumaru Eiji.
"Aa... Sorry!!!" Eiji apologized frantically, not knowing he'd walked into Oshitari Yuushi of Hyoutei.
It wasn't until Eiji took a closer look at the person in front of him, did he realized it was actually Oshitari. Flushing an adorable shade of red, Eiji greeted Oshitari shyly.
"I didn't know it was you... sorry." Eiji said, his eyes looking anywhere but at Oshitari.
His awkwardness was forgotten as a trademark smirk tugged at the corner of his lips. Oshitari stated dryly, "How many times must I tell you not to think while walking? One of these days, you're bound to land yourself into trouble...What if you'd walked right in front of a car instead?"
Upon receiving no response from Eiji, Oshitari arched an eyebrow at the silence and questioned. " Cat got your tongue?"
"Eh?" Eiji blinked, before realizing he'd been spacing out. "No! I'm just..." His face reddened further when he realized he had indeed been daydreaming. /Lord, this is so embarrassing... why must it always be him who saw me when I'm in my most embarrassing state.../ Eiji stared at the ground uncomfortably, as if expecting the ground to open up and swallow him alive.
For a while, silence maintains between them as Oshitari debated over the issue of asking Eiji out for tea. It was at that moment however, that his nose allergy decided to act up. "Ah... Choo!" He sneezed, "Excuse me!" he apologized immediately, mentally cursing himself for his stupid behavior.
However, the sneeze seems to have melted the awkward tension existing between them. Eiji had taken the initiative and asked him what he was doing out here in the streets.
"Huh?" It took him a while to register the question, before replying smoothly. "I'm just out for a walk..."
Eiji blinked twice, before his eyes widen at the seriousness of Oshitari's words. "What?! A walk?"
"Yeah... anything wrong with that?" Oshitari frowned, baffled by Eiji's dramatic reaction.
"No! I mean there's nothing wrong with taking a walk... but a walk in such /horrid/ weather?" Eiji stressed on the word 'horrid', before blurting out. "Are you out of your mind?"
Slapping a hand over his mouth, when he realized he'd caused quite a stir and the fact that Oshitari was staring at him as if he'd suddenly grown two more heads, caused him to blush furiously. Refusing to surrender to his embarrassment, he hurried to amend. "You're going to get yourself sick if you continue on like this..."
Glancing about their current location, Eiji reached forward for Oshitari's hand and pulled the latter towards one of the cafes nearby. This action alone caused Oshitari's heart to flutter madly, even though Eiji had simply wanted to take him to a warmer place. Carefully hiding his emotions, Oshitari took on a look of aloofness as he allowed Eiji to lead him into the cafe and to a seat by the window. Almost immediately after they had settled down, a waitress arrived and took their order.
For a while, neither spoke but observed the surrounding atmosphere calmly. It wasn't until the waitress brought them their orders did they finally spoke to one another.
"So... what are you doing out here in such weather?" Oshitari asked calmly, "Since you claimed to say my taking a walk was insane... I supposed you have a better intention for being out in such a cold day?"
Eiji fidgeted uncomfortably before uttering something incoherently under his breath. Curiosity piqued, Oshitari prompted yet again. "Yes, care to speak louder? I can't hear you if you're mumbling..."
"Taking a walk..." Eiji muttered in response, his face beet red.
For a while Oshitari didn't respond, and just when Eiji thought Oshitari wasn't going to say anything else, he was heard the sound of Oshitari's laughter.
"What are you laughing at?" Eiji frowned, not understanding what was so funny about the situation.
Oshitari eyed Eiji amusingly, and replied dryly. "In case your memory has failed you, didn't you just call me insane for wanting to take a walk in such weather just a while ago? Yet, now you are telling me the same thing... looks like I'm not the only insane one... cause' if I am insane, you are too."
Upon realizing the truth behind Oshitari's words, Eiji couldn't help but join the latter in and laughed as well. It took them some time for their laughter to subdue and thankfully, no one else other than the two of them were inside the cafe. Others would have easily thought them to be patients whom had escaped from an asylum. After having been outside in the cold for quite some time, neither of them wanted to leave the warm atmosphere. So the two spent the rest of their evening lounging and discussing various topics in the cafe. It wasn't until they realized that it was starting to snow did they then bade each other farewell. Together, they exited the cafe and headed back home in different directions, with a smile dawning both their faces.
~to be continued~
date started: 21/08/05
date completed: 21/08/05
Fandom: Tenipuri/POT
Genre: General/Romance
Rating: PG-13
Type: Multi-part?? Chapter 4/??
Pairings: Oshitari/Eiji
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Prince of Tennis.
Author's notes: Sorry for the long wait, but I'm busy with schoolwork... hence the delay.
***
Time passed by slowly; days into weeks and weeks into months and so on. Soon the winter break had come. However, this was also an important period for all the third years, as it meant it was time to decide on their future education endeavors. For they all would be graduating next spring, with their finals not long after they had come back from their break.
Just like his peers, Oshitari Yuushi was facing the very same problem of deciding on his future career path. Despite being enrolled in Hyoutei, a school that would automatically promote them to the level of University degree, the students will still have to achieve a certain percentage of attendence to be able to continue their studies there. That alone, was hard enough for him to maintain. After all, being a member of the of the Hyoutei Tennis club, a lot of time had been sacrificed to improve his tennis skills just so he would be able to remain on the team.
Whenever there's any inter-school or national tournament that involved the tennis club, it meant that he had to be absent from class. The schoolteachers would not cover the topics he had missed, hence he would be expected to catch up with the class himself, depending on the help of his fellow classmates. Usually, he would have time for revision after tennis practice. However, due to the intense training with the tennis club recently, he had had to cut short his studying time to ensure that he gave sufficient time for his body to rest.
Yet despite trying his best to keep up with his academic results, Oshitari found himself constantly losing his concentration whenever he tried to study, for his mind, was not only tired, but it would be wandering off to a certain redhead whom he'd kissed some time ago.
"Argh!!!" Oshitari groaned in frustration, after he realized it was no use staring at the book when nothing was going into his mind. Slamming the book close, he ignored his mother's concerned look as he stalked out of the room, towards the front parlor. Pulling on his cloak, he grabbed his keys and stepped out of the house.
The cold wind brushed against his face, causing his shoulder-length hair to flap freely. He stuffed his hands into the pockets of his coat in attempt to prevent the ice-cold wind from freezing his fingers. Cursing silently for neglecting to bring out a pair of gloves, he decided to walk around for a while to clear his mind, and with no intention of turning back. The prospect of dealing with his mother's nagging didn't seem appealing at the moment.
Walking aimlessly along the pavement, as he browsed through the display windows on various storefronts; he couldn't help but wonder what Kikumaru Eiji would be doing at that very moment. The thought of Eiji seemed to have snapped him out from his daydreaming state. /What on earth am I thinking about? Why can't I do something without him appearing in mind?/ Oshitari frowned.
Glancing around the surrounding, he realized that there were no other people around except himself. /Well... who else will be insane enough to head out in such cold temperatures.../ Letting out a sigh of warm breath, he decided to turn back and head home. However, before he could even take another step forward; he found himself walking straight into someone. That someone was none other than the person who he had been thinking about for days, Kikumaru Eiji.
"Aa... Sorry!!!" Eiji apologized frantically, not knowing he'd walked into Oshitari Yuushi of Hyoutei.
It wasn't until Eiji took a closer look at the person in front of him, did he realized it was actually Oshitari. Flushing an adorable shade of red, Eiji greeted Oshitari shyly.
"I didn't know it was you... sorry." Eiji said, his eyes looking anywhere but at Oshitari.
His awkwardness was forgotten as a trademark smirk tugged at the corner of his lips. Oshitari stated dryly, "How many times must I tell you not to think while walking? One of these days, you're bound to land yourself into trouble...What if you'd walked right in front of a car instead?"
Upon receiving no response from Eiji, Oshitari arched an eyebrow at the silence and questioned. " Cat got your tongue?"
"Eh?" Eiji blinked, before realizing he'd been spacing out. "No! I'm just..." His face reddened further when he realized he had indeed been daydreaming. /Lord, this is so embarrassing... why must it always be him who saw me when I'm in my most embarrassing state.../ Eiji stared at the ground uncomfortably, as if expecting the ground to open up and swallow him alive.
For a while, silence maintains between them as Oshitari debated over the issue of asking Eiji out for tea. It was at that moment however, that his nose allergy decided to act up. "Ah... Choo!" He sneezed, "Excuse me!" he apologized immediately, mentally cursing himself for his stupid behavior.
However, the sneeze seems to have melted the awkward tension existing between them. Eiji had taken the initiative and asked him what he was doing out here in the streets.
"Huh?" It took him a while to register the question, before replying smoothly. "I'm just out for a walk..."
Eiji blinked twice, before his eyes widen at the seriousness of Oshitari's words. "What?! A walk?"
"Yeah... anything wrong with that?" Oshitari frowned, baffled by Eiji's dramatic reaction.
"No! I mean there's nothing wrong with taking a walk... but a walk in such /horrid/ weather?" Eiji stressed on the word 'horrid', before blurting out. "Are you out of your mind?"
Slapping a hand over his mouth, when he realized he'd caused quite a stir and the fact that Oshitari was staring at him as if he'd suddenly grown two more heads, caused him to blush furiously. Refusing to surrender to his embarrassment, he hurried to amend. "You're going to get yourself sick if you continue on like this..."
Glancing about their current location, Eiji reached forward for Oshitari's hand and pulled the latter towards one of the cafes nearby. This action alone caused Oshitari's heart to flutter madly, even though Eiji had simply wanted to take him to a warmer place. Carefully hiding his emotions, Oshitari took on a look of aloofness as he allowed Eiji to lead him into the cafe and to a seat by the window. Almost immediately after they had settled down, a waitress arrived and took their order.
For a while, neither spoke but observed the surrounding atmosphere calmly. It wasn't until the waitress brought them their orders did they finally spoke to one another.
"So... what are you doing out here in such weather?" Oshitari asked calmly, "Since you claimed to say my taking a walk was insane... I supposed you have a better intention for being out in such a cold day?"
Eiji fidgeted uncomfortably before uttering something incoherently under his breath. Curiosity piqued, Oshitari prompted yet again. "Yes, care to speak louder? I can't hear you if you're mumbling..."
"Taking a walk..." Eiji muttered in response, his face beet red.
For a while Oshitari didn't respond, and just when Eiji thought Oshitari wasn't going to say anything else, he was heard the sound of Oshitari's laughter.
"What are you laughing at?" Eiji frowned, not understanding what was so funny about the situation.
Oshitari eyed Eiji amusingly, and replied dryly. "In case your memory has failed you, didn't you just call me insane for wanting to take a walk in such weather just a while ago? Yet, now you are telling me the same thing... looks like I'm not the only insane one... cause' if I am insane, you are too."
Upon realizing the truth behind Oshitari's words, Eiji couldn't help but join the latter in and laughed as well. It took them some time for their laughter to subdue and thankfully, no one else other than the two of them were inside the cafe. Others would have easily thought them to be patients whom had escaped from an asylum. After having been outside in the cold for quite some time, neither of them wanted to leave the warm atmosphere. So the two spent the rest of their evening lounging and discussing various topics in the cafe. It wasn't until they realized that it was starting to snow did they then bade each other farewell. Together, they exited the cafe and headed back home in different directions, with a smile dawning both their faces.
~to be continued~
date started: 21/08/05
date completed: 21/08/05