still time [dream pair, tf]
title: Still Time
author: yumeyana
pairing: dream pair, tezufuji (if you squint)
rating: PG
genre: drama
summary: He has always been there, just right beside him. And yet Eiji never really noticed.
crossposted @ potfics, tenipuri_yaoi and @ my fic journal, quilled_dreams where it sleeps.
Author’s Notes: I don’t know what drove me to write this but I guess I just needed to do so. This is my first time writing for this pair, so don’t expect much. I hope you enjoy reading it!
Dedication: To Reeza, for the first PoT pairing you feel in love with.
Disclaimers: Tennis no Oujisama and all its characters belong to Konomi Takeshi-sensei. The quoted poem used below belongs to Pablo Neruda. Only the plot is mine.
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Still Time
01.
“Eiji, don’t sit on the edge. You’ll fall.”
“Nya~ I won’t. Don’t worry.”
“You will ‘cause I’ll push you if you don’t get down from there.”
“Eh~ you’re mean!”
“You’re stubborn.”
“Mou. But Fuji will still catch me when I fall, ne?”
“Saa… I’ll push you and then I’ll catch you before you hit the ground? That takes superhuman powers.”
“Then, I’ll just have to hold you onto you, won’t I?”
I won’t let go of your hand.
02.
“Saa… I didn’t know that Eiji has a crush on someone.”
“Eh?! Fujiko doesn’t know?”
“Unya~ he does, Taka-san.”
“I do?”
“Mochiron! You know everything about me!”
“Hmm… Do I know-”
“-Him? YES!”
“Sou…”
“Sou.”
“Hmm…”
“Mou~”
“Are you sure I know him?”
“YES!”
“Saa…”
“Fu~ji!”
“Hmm… according to my data, the obvious answer is Fuji.”
“It’s not Fuji.”
“Then it must be Oishi.”
“Oishi? Why that conclusion, Inui?”
“Because after you, it’s Oishi that he talks a lot about.”
“That isn’t much of a reliable proof.”
“I agree with Fujiko.”
“Well, the only way to know if Inui is right is to ask Eiji.”
“There’s a 100%-”
“Eiji, is it Oishi?”
“…”
“Eiji?”
“Nya~”
Why him?
03.
“That’s unfair, Eiji-sempai. Very unfair!”
“Yeah. Why does Fuji-sempai get a bigger piece of the cake?”
“Saa…”
“Nya Ochibi-chan, that’s because Fuji is my bestest bestest friend in the whole wide world!”
“Mada mada da ne. That’s still unfair, Kikumaru-sempai.”
And is that all I am?
04.
“Fuji wasn’t scary when I first saw him. That was Tezuka.”
“Kikumaru.”
“Hehe.”
“If Fuji wasn’t scary, then what did you think he was like before you were introduced?”
“Oishi nya~ that sounds like a slumbook question.”
“Well…”
“Do tell, Eiji. I’m curious about you first impression of me.”
“Let’s see… you looked very kind. You were always smiling and it didn’t creep me out-”
“Fsshh… but it is creepy.”
“-because when you spoke, you had the gentlest voice.”
“That was a first. Most people think I’m scary. Take Kaidoh for example.”
“Fsshhh…”
“But you are scary! And you’re kind and loving, too. It’s kind of like you’re a chop suey of personalities. But beneath all those ingredients is one that makes it so yummy. And that makes you special.”
“Eiji-sempai, did you have to use food as a metaphor? Now, I’m getting hungry…”
“You’re never not hungry, Momo-sempai.”
“Echizen!”
“…”
“Heh… mezurashi na. Fuji’s speechless.”
“Fujiko’s blushing!”
“Hoi! He is!”
“Ii data.”
Is being special enough?
05.
“Fuji.”
“I know. Eiji and Oishi are together.”
“Aa.”
“Fuji-”
“I’m sorry. I can’t stop them from falling.”
“It’s alright to cry.”
“You have to let him go.”
“I know. Believe me, I’ve been trying.”
“But it’s not enough.”
“Love is short. Forgetting is so long.”
“Pablo Neruda.”
“Aa.”
“Tezuka?”
“Yes?”
“Can you just stay with me for a few minutes more?”
“Aa.”
I’ll stay until you need me.
xxx
08Jan05
06:14p
488 words
author: yumeyana
pairing: dream pair, tezufuji (if you squint)
rating: PG
genre: drama
summary: He has always been there, just right beside him. And yet Eiji never really noticed.
crossposted @ potfics, tenipuri_yaoi and @ my fic journal, quilled_dreams where it sleeps.
Author’s Notes: I don’t know what drove me to write this but I guess I just needed to do so. This is my first time writing for this pair, so don’t expect much. I hope you enjoy reading it!
Dedication: To Reeza, for the first PoT pairing you feel in love with.
Disclaimers: Tennis no Oujisama and all its characters belong to Konomi Takeshi-sensei. The quoted poem used below belongs to Pablo Neruda. Only the plot is mine.
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Still Time
01.
“Eiji, don’t sit on the edge. You’ll fall.”
“Nya~ I won’t. Don’t worry.”
“You will ‘cause I’ll push you if you don’t get down from there.”
“Eh~ you’re mean!”
“You’re stubborn.”
“Mou. But Fuji will still catch me when I fall, ne?”
“Saa… I’ll push you and then I’ll catch you before you hit the ground? That takes superhuman powers.”
“Then, I’ll just have to hold you onto you, won’t I?”
I won’t let go of your hand.
02.
“Saa… I didn’t know that Eiji has a crush on someone.”
“Eh?! Fujiko doesn’t know?”
“Unya~ he does, Taka-san.”
“I do?”
“Mochiron! You know everything about me!”
“Hmm… Do I know-”
“-Him? YES!”
“Sou…”
“Sou.”
“Hmm…”
“Mou~”
“Are you sure I know him?”
“YES!”
“Saa…”
“Fu~ji!”
“Hmm… according to my data, the obvious answer is Fuji.”
“It’s not Fuji.”
“Then it must be Oishi.”
“Oishi? Why that conclusion, Inui?”
“Because after you, it’s Oishi that he talks a lot about.”
“That isn’t much of a reliable proof.”
“I agree with Fujiko.”
“Well, the only way to know if Inui is right is to ask Eiji.”
“There’s a 100%-”
“Eiji, is it Oishi?”
“…”
“Eiji?”
“Nya~”
Why him?
03.
“That’s unfair, Eiji-sempai. Very unfair!”
“Yeah. Why does Fuji-sempai get a bigger piece of the cake?”
“Saa…”
“Nya Ochibi-chan, that’s because Fuji is my bestest bestest friend in the whole wide world!”
“Mada mada da ne. That’s still unfair, Kikumaru-sempai.”
And is that all I am?
04.
“Fuji wasn’t scary when I first saw him. That was Tezuka.”
“Kikumaru.”
“Hehe.”
“If Fuji wasn’t scary, then what did you think he was like before you were introduced?”
“Oishi nya~ that sounds like a slumbook question.”
“Well…”
“Do tell, Eiji. I’m curious about you first impression of me.”
“Let’s see… you looked very kind. You were always smiling and it didn’t creep me out-”
“Fsshh… but it is creepy.”
“-because when you spoke, you had the gentlest voice.”
“That was a first. Most people think I’m scary. Take Kaidoh for example.”
“Fsshhh…”
“But you are scary! And you’re kind and loving, too. It’s kind of like you’re a chop suey of personalities. But beneath all those ingredients is one that makes it so yummy. And that makes you special.”
“Eiji-sempai, did you have to use food as a metaphor? Now, I’m getting hungry…”
“You’re never not hungry, Momo-sempai.”
“Echizen!”
“…”
“Heh… mezurashi na. Fuji’s speechless.”
“Fujiko’s blushing!”
“Hoi! He is!”
“Ii data.”
Is being special enough?
05.
“Fuji.”
“I know. Eiji and Oishi are together.”
“Aa.”
“Fuji-”
“I’m sorry. I can’t stop them from falling.”
“It’s alright to cry.”
“You have to let him go.”
“I know. Believe me, I’ve been trying.”
“But it’s not enough.”
“Love is short. Forgetting is so long.”
“Pablo Neruda.”
“Aa.”
“Tezuka?”
“Yes?”
“Can you just stay with me for a few minutes more?”
“Aa.”
I’ll stay until you need me.
xxx
08Jan05
06:14p
488 words