Yubiwa - Their love, her fingers, his ring.
Wiping of beads from sweat from her forehead, gently kept her precious tennis rackets and then examined her hands. She sighed and knew that her boyfriend would not be happy about the little red lines across her fingers. She was making bento for him when she accidentally scraped her fingers against the knife.
"Injured your hands again?" jumped. This moment is what they would usually call "speak of the devil".
"Mou! Syusuke! Don't scare me like that." The tennis club captain turned around and gave her boyfriend a gentle kiss on the cheek. Being one of the popular members of Seigaku boys' tennis club, Fuji Syusuke's appearance created a commotion among the girls from the girls' tennis club. Especially when everyone knew that he was dating their worst nightmare.
"Sorry, I just finished my practice so I thought I'd come over and check if you're done." Fuji gave an ever-innocent smile. surrendered and dismissed her club members, fully aware that she could never resist the prodigy's smile.
"So, Mr. prince charming, where are we going?"
"Let's get your wounds fixed first shall we?" Fuji took out a small blue bottle from his tennis bag and made sit on a nearby bench. The brunette watched on with both amusement and annoyance as the tennis prodigy then carefully applied a white lotion onto her injuries. She wondered for a moment if her boyfriend was concerned about her, or her hand?
"Syusuke, from the day I started dating you, I knew you had a fetish for fingers... I just never realize that it was that bad." pouted and earn a chuckle from Fuji.
"Correction, it's more like I have a fetish for you... you don't expect me to date your fingers do you? And as your boyfriend, I also have to make sure that your fingers are well taken care of. You're not jealous of your hands, are you?" the tennis prodigy pinched his girlfriend's nose gently.
"Jealous? Maybe I should just make my hands filled with scars and then we'll see if you still wanna date me. You are also a tennis player Syusuke. These minor injuries are inevitable." sighed as she locked the door of the club room.
"Even if your hands are filled with scars I would still date you. And when they wrinkled they would still be the most beautiful pair of hands in this whole world. They are filled with your passion for tennis and most importantly your love for me. told me you injured your fingers when you were making bento for me this morning." the blue eyed teen gently caressed the fingers that were filled with red lines, a worried expression on his face.
"It's ok, they don't hurt anymore. I was careless with the knife." stuck out her tongue and gave Fuji an embarrass look.
"Sigh, you need to be more careful. I don't want you getting any injuries when that day comes." A sly grin formed on the tennis prodigy's face.
"That day? What day?" the brunette looked at her boyfriend suspiciously. That grin usually spells something bad.
"I will only tell you the answer when we graduate from senior high. It's still too early to say it now." sighed. She has been dating Fuji since they were third years in middle school . Two years had passed since then and the captain of the girls' tennis club had come to know two facts about her boyfriend.
For one, Fuji had a big brother complex. That was something she knew since they were children, and was partially one of the reasons why she had fallen in love with him. The second one though, was that her blue eyes boyfriend had a fetish for fingers. It was something that didn't really develop until he started middle school. could never quite understand the reason behind her boyfriend's obsession with her fingers.
For the rest of the day, never succeed in getting her boyfriend to tell her what had he meant by 'that day' and it was soon forgotten. Time flew by and before she knew it, it was the last day of senior high.
On the night of their graduation prom, Fuji had pulled to a nearby fountain and made her close her eyes.
"What's with the mysterious aura?" giggled.
"Remember you asked me about my fetish for fingers? Well, here's my answer." was wondering what Fuji meant by 'answer' when she felt something cold sliding against her wedding ring finger. Opening her eyes, the ex tennis club captain gasped, then looked at Fuji with a pair of eyes that were filled with confusion.
"Remember how Yuuta was always being bullied when we were younger? There was this time when you cut your knuckles after hitting the guy who always picked on Yuuta. At that moment I told myself that I would never let anyone hurt this pair of hands again. Thus in the end my protection for your hands became a fetish." Fuji laughs.
"Then what does it gotta to with this?" pointed to the white gold ring on her finger as tears welled up within her eyes. The tennis prodigy smiled and gently wipes away the tears from 's eyes.
"That, is to let everyone know that these fingers belong to me. But it's only possible if the owner of the fingers agrees to marry me, so, are you, with the most beautiful pair of hands in this world, willing to accept? Will you, marry me?" Holding onto the brunette's hands tightly, Fuji looked at his girlfriend with absolute sincerity. It as a look which knows immediately that the blue eyed boy before her was serious. It's something which Fuji seldom even showed during tennis or towards Yuuta.
"Say yes !" the couple turned around to find the whole Seigaku boys tennis club and 's best friend standing behind them. It didn't take long for 's face to turn a bright pink.
"So, my princess, with all the witnesses here, will you be my queen?" Fuji asked again, which sounded more like that statement.
"Queen you say? I wonder if I would be more like a prisoner of war... then again I'll probably be the only prisoner in the world who had the most beautiful and smooth pair of hands." chuckled.
"Prisoner huh... that would makes me the only king who does not torture his prisoner. And I'm even nice enough to include a king size bed and a walk in cupboard along with many other things to keep her entertained. Now, I wonder if I am considered a compassionate and benevolent ruler?" could hear the impatient from Fuji's tone, which was pretty rare coming from someone who hid himself behind layers of masks.
"On second thought, I think I would rather be the queen. If the king can be so nice to the prisoner, surely he won't treat his wife that badly, right?" grinned and pulled Fuji downwards for an intense and demanding kiss. The crowd went wild, with Kikumaru Eiji and Momoshiro Takeshi's cheers practically echoing throughout the school. Even Tezuka Kunimitsu, the stoice captain of the boy's tennis club was smiling.
"Yes, I'll marry you."
"I"ll never let go of these hands." Fuji smiled and lean in for another kiss as he held onto 's hands tightly.
Love, though complex, is often simplest at heart. That is why when things get difficult, you have that special someone beside you.
~ Owari ~ 03.10.2006 babysyusuke