[Prince of Tennis] Seven Days: The First

[shiraume_fic]

Seven Days: The First

380 words. Rated G. Gen/Tezuka Kunimitsu character study. Originally written on 7/24/2011 as part of a drabble project.



Tezuka kept a diary since he was in grade school. He'd made an effort to write daily, summarizing his day or highlighting his thoughts. When he became the captain of Seishun's tennis club, the short entries progressed to detailed accounts of club activities. On the day they won the National Championship title, however, he found he had nothing to write after, "We won."

Japan's number one. Fuji had reminded him at the end of Echizen's match against Yukimura. Fuji, who'd noticed his smile and playfully commented on it.

Ever since he entered the Seigaku tennis club, so many of his journal entries had been about Fuji. This had never struck him as anything extraordinary: he'd found no one else who intrigued him quite like Fuji did over the three years. It was impossible to accurately gauge Fuji's strength, or fathom why Fuji kept playing tennis while never giving it his all. Of all his teammates, he found Fuji the most difficult one to deal with, because he could never fully understand Fuji. Even when thoughts on Echizen became more prominent in his journal entries, Fuji remained a shadow never quite forgotten.

What was Fuji to him? More than a simple teammate, certainly. A friend -- if any friend could see through him so clearly yet stay closed to him. The rival he'd never had, because he couldn't find a way to make Fuji understand what he wanted. And now, they didn't have the time anymore even if Fuji finally found his fighting spirit. It should have been enough that Fuji found it for the team before the National Tournament ended.

Only -- it wasn't. He'd achieved everything he wanted for Seigaku, but there was something else he wanted, not for Seigaku but for himself. And Yamato-buchou had said it was okay to play tennis for his own sake, to enjoy himself. Now that Seigaku was out of his hands, he could afford to be a little selfish. So he accepted Fuji's request, defeated Fuji with everything he had, calling with all of his soul. This wasn't for Seigaku, unlike with Echizen. This was for Fuji, and more importantly, this was for himself.

And when at last Fuji answered, he would be there, to play the best match of his life.

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[kazuxcess.livejournal.com]

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[sakuran-p.livejournal.com]

Thank you~! ♥