Feb 03, 2007 19:10
To Em; February prompt number 3
Oishi/Eiji - "Five glasses changed my mind".
I want this to be something twisted and complicated, if you can work it. ;)
Oishi and Fuji conspire to get Eiji in a compromising position, with or without his consent. Unfinished, 1059 Words.
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People suspect that even though Oishi and Eiji, the Golden Pair, get along so well, even though Eiji and Fuji are really good friends, even though Oishi and Tezuka are captain and vice-captain of the tennis team and don't mind spending time together, even though Fuji and Tezuka have some kind of odd friendship where Tezuka doesn't speak much but still listens, that Oishi and Fuji don't really spend much time together at all.
That assumption is supposed to made.
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"I feel like he's leading me on."
"So confront him about it; Eiji's not one to run away."
"I've tried! He acts like he doesn't know what I'm talking about."
"Ah. Well, perhaps he doesn't."
"Exactly. So if it's subconscious, we have to do something to draw it out of him, right?"
"To settle the balance of nature you mean?"
"Yeah, that explanation works."
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Oishi also doesn't appear to spend much time with Inui outside of the tennis club, but it's not true for any of the members really; Oishi cares about each of them, makes an effort to spend time out with them every week or so. He likes to know them inside-out.
The moment Inui steps out of his front door, Fuji sends a text message to Oishi, written in advance. His phone, along with an innocent looking bottle of mineral water, are the only things he carries today. He backtracks his steps a while, then jogs towards Inui's house. By the time he reaches the doorstep, his breathing is deep and even, and then sun has allowed him to sweat just a little.
Inui's mother doesn't seem entirely surprised to see Fuji. Especially when he mentions a maths textbook he suspects he may have left behind.
"Ah yes, I believe Sadaharu mentioned it," his mother nods. "When I was cleaning his room he asked me to leave it on the desk; I'm sure you'll find it there, Fuji-kun."
Every few weeks, though not in any kind of pattern, Fuji leaves something behind at Inui's. He finds that if he mentions Yuuta will be home sometime around that period, Inui attributes his forgetfulness to worry. It helps in instances like these.
Fuji's water bottle had been drained half-way by the time he got to Inui's house again, and made sure to ask for use of the toilet while he was in Inui's room, but the only thing he does while in the bathroom is refill the bottle to the top. Then, ignoring his textbook for the time being, he goes to the mini fridge Inui was bought in order to keep his juice drinks preserved. His father highly approves of Inui's interest in health drinks (such as they are), and hopes his son will go into chemistry, or pharmaceuticals as an off-shoot of these experiments.
Fuji always wears loose shorts to jog in; fortunately this means that smalls pots can be placed in the pockets and be unnoticable. He monitors everything he does thoroughly, knowing Inui will probably have leveled off the drink with so much air to spare in the bottle or jug it is stored in. He can only afford to snatch a small amount of each; diluting them too much can change the colour or the texture, he has discovered from watching Inui's experiments.
It only takes a little while, no longer than would be necessary to use the bathroom and collect a forgotten textbook. Fuji even accepts the offer of a snack, not wanting to seem like he's in a rush, and anyway, Oishi will keep Inui occupied for as long as possible.
Like Kawamura, he has developed a personality hard to say no to, because he never seems to ask for anything.
M.A. Fuji texts to Oishi's phone once he is a sensible distance away from Inui's house. Oishi meets him at home not long after.
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Sometimes it feels like winning matches is to keep plans on track more than it is for the sake of winning. Oishi is glad he can rely on Fuji to always pop out a win, is glad when Fuji does not sit with himself and Eiji, but still offers to make ridiculous cocktail mixtures for Eiji to try. Eiji is always up for experimental drinks, as long as they aren't Inui's.
Which is why it is lucky he doesn't know they each contain a small sample of various Inui concoctions.
"There's one in there that can knock a person clean out." Fuji insists. "I know of a couple it is not, so we'll start with them. Don't want to have to make a disappearance too quickly."
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Tezuka is the first to leave; he nearly always is, unless Kaidoh has an altered training menu to adjust to, and cannot return to Kawamura Sushi within a reasonable time. Oishi is glad Tezuka isn't there to see it when Eiji collapses onto the table, and silently thanks Fuji for the practice sessions in which he had to fake surprise and just the right amount of concern for Eiji.
And start a minor argument with Fuji.
"There's nothing in this place that's truly dangerous!" Fuji insists. "I used mostly fruit. Most of you watched me make my drinks. Perhaps he's just passed out from doing too much today. Maybe he hasn't eaten enough."
Oishi pretends to swallow his pride and admit Fuji might be right. Between them they insist they will get Eiji home, leaving a few team members behind, who would soon agree the celebration was over.
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It lasts longer than Fuji had estimated, though he did cut off a good five minutes in order to make sure everything ran smoothly. As usual, no-one is home at his house, and nobody knows that it is where he and Oishi and have brought Eiji to recover. Supposedly.
When Eiji wakes up, he doesn't remember much. Fuji hands him a glass of water, which is all it is, he says smiling, and a pill he tells Eiji is a painkiller.
Eiji doesn't take a second look at it, just downs it and promptly becomes incapacitated again.
"S'ok if I watch?" Fuji asks, draping himself across his desk chair lazily as Oishi crawls onto his bed and straddles Eiji's waist.
"Whatever." Oishi replies, focusing on removing Eiji's shirt, and pretending it isn't ten times hotter to know Fuji's eyes are on his back.
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characters by team:seigaku,
wordcount:1001-2500,
fandom:prince of tennis,
prompts:february daily drabbles,
pairing:oishi/eiji