Rikkaidai's Newest Regular | A Prince of Tennis Fanfiction

Simmer

Syusuke's POV:

Tears threatened to leak out of my eyes. 

Why?

Why didn't he tell me...........

That he was back?

I bit my lip hard, lost in my thoughts, letting go only when I tasted the metallic trace of blood. 

I dialed Ryoma's last known number. 

'Caller unavailable. Number unknown. For more details, please contact--"

Obviously. 

I narrowed my eyes, fingers just above the name 'Seiichi'.

Yokohama.......Rikkaidai...........

I bit back a sharp laugh.

And I pressed the screen.

'Caller unavailable. Out of range. For more--'

My eyes snapped open.....this time in fury and hurt. 

How could you, Seiichi? How could you?

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Seiichi's POV:

My eyes were cold as I pressed the icon. The feeling of Ryoma's warm body against my side during the ride brought nothing but guilt.

And glee.

Oh, I knew I was playing a dangerous game here.

It's a high-staked gamble. 

But I will win.

I NEED to win. 

I gently combed Ryoma's raven locks.

And I smirked.

After all, I also got my much needed info from Syusuke...

I now know 100% who Akimoto really is. 

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Ryoma's POV:

I woke up to see trees.

Yup, only trees.

And a lake. 

And distant mountains.

I turned my head sharply 90 degrees.

Ah.

There it is.

The lodge where we'll be staying.

Well........Mansion was more like it.

"Saa, Ryo-kun, we're here!" Seiichi's calm yet subtly cheerful voice whispered in my ear.

I jumped.

And pouted.

"Don't do that!" I mumbled.

Seiichi giggled.

"Aww, so cute," Seiichi teased.

I humphed but blushed a little all the same.

Then Akaya's screechingly loud voice rang out.

"OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RYOMA!!!!!!!!!! LETS GET OUT OF THIS BUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Akaya screamed in one breath. 

I groaned inwardly.

"Hai........" I said lazily.

Akaya cocked his head and grinned. Stepping over, he carried me almost bridal style out.

"Come on, little princess," Akaya said loudly.

I gave an annoyed 'che'.

"PUT ME DOWN!!!!" I shrieked as quietly whispering it to him didn't work.

Akaya nearly dropped me in surprise. Then, he looked back at Seiichi, paused, and giggled.

Huh?

Akaya turned his head back to me and gave me a mysterious yet knowing look.

"Hai hai," Akaya agreed breezily. 

And I was surprised when he carefully placed me down, and not unceremoniously dumping me down on the dirt. 

"Um, thanks," I muttered.

The gaze in his eyes even looked mature and perfectly sane. 

Then he flashed his crazy grin.

"Let's go check the house out!"

I sighed. 

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Keigo's POV:

I observed Syusuke.

And knew his anger was because of a certain Seiichi Yukimura. 

Don't take it too far, Seiichi, I thought sadly. Don't break him...

And I knew that even if Seiichi did, I would be right there for him.

Because he wasn't like the others.

So I thought, as I laid down on my bed, gazing at my glass ceiling showing the starry night sky, please don't break him, Seiichi. You can break anyone. Anyone but him.

..........................And I wasn't talking about Syusuke.

A/N: SORRY ITS SOOOOOOOOOOO SHORT! I know, only about 445 words (excluding the A/N)!!!!! It's just, I finished my homework super early, and also all my projects (ok, not literally.....)and blah blah blah since its soooo easy (especially math!), so I tried to fit an update! And I was going to make it longer but knew that this cliffhanger was perfect.

Plus, the next update would probably be a Mini Arc, and those are SUPER LONG, so yeah............And if you think this chapter is boring....well the Mini Arc I have in mind is CRAZY. Like, INSANE. Hope I can pull it off! >v<

Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed! Keigo, Syusuke and Seiichi were a tad bit mysterious, don't you think? XD