[PoT] Refraction I, PG, General, FujiRyo
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chineseinkTitle: Refraction I
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Pairing: Eventual FujiRyo.
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine.
The difference between Tezuka and Fuji to Ryoma. Part 1/4.
Refraction I
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meitachi
Tezuka looks at the figure bowed before him, hair falling forward beneath the ever-present white cap, and wonders if he expected himself to play this part. Guiding, molding, challenging, teaching—those were on his agenda, knowing that he will be a role model, knowing that he will impart what knowledge he can and then leave. Goodbye has always been in his plans.
But not quite like this.
This, with the sharpness of an early spring day, cherry trees barely beginning to flower, chilly sunlight filtering through the mostly-bare branches of the trees and leaving patterned shadows over the two figures that stand beneath. They are young, still young, but not as young as they were three years ago, having grown in experience, in knowledge, in ability and skill. Outgrown, in some cases, such as this one.
“Domo arigato gozaimashita,” Echizen says, bowing low before his former captain, lacing his thanks with the ultimate respect.
Tezuka doesn’t know if he ought to be honored at this display of gratitude, which has been long in coming in some respects. He knows Echizen has always admired him, always respected his ability as a tennis player, but he also knows that the younger boy saw him as a goal to reach and then surpass. He was a stepping stone.
Now, he suspects, he has served his purpose. Echizen is thanking him—surprising almost, considering his usual self-assured attitude—and moving on.
“Echizen,” Tezuka says and when the other boy looks up, he can’t remember what he was going to say. He leaves his hands by his side and makes sure his gaze is level and impassive as it rests on those determined golden eyes. “Fly high,” he says at last.
The expression on Echizen’s face lightens; his cockiness is back. Tugging his cap down, he flashes his now-familiar smirk and utters his trademark line: “Mada mada dane.”
Tezuka allows himself a little smile at that. Despite his inclination towards provoking his opponents, Echizen will go far and Tezuka can see it. Echizen will go further than Tezuka himself because he has pushed himself with determination, talent, and hard work until he has already done so. He is aggressive but not forceful and he learns unbelievably quickly; more importantly, he knows that there is always more he can learn, more he can do, more he can he become.
Echizen’s face is turned fully toward the future and that is how Tezuka knows he will succeed.
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* Domo arigato gozaimashita = ultimate polite form of saying "thank you"; also in the past tense, indicating thanks for a deed that's already been done.
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Started/Finished: 05/30/05
Edited: 06/02/05
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Pairing: Eventual FujiRyo.
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine.
The difference between Tezuka and Fuji to Ryoma. Part 1/4.
Refraction I
by
meitachiTezuka looks at the figure bowed before him, hair falling forward beneath the ever-present white cap, and wonders if he expected himself to play this part. Guiding, molding, challenging, teaching—those were on his agenda, knowing that he will be a role model, knowing that he will impart what knowledge he can and then leave. Goodbye has always been in his plans.
But not quite like this.
This, with the sharpness of an early spring day, cherry trees barely beginning to flower, chilly sunlight filtering through the mostly-bare branches of the trees and leaving patterned shadows over the two figures that stand beneath. They are young, still young, but not as young as they were three years ago, having grown in experience, in knowledge, in ability and skill. Outgrown, in some cases, such as this one.
“Domo arigato gozaimashita,” Echizen says, bowing low before his former captain, lacing his thanks with the ultimate respect.
Tezuka doesn’t know if he ought to be honored at this display of gratitude, which has been long in coming in some respects. He knows Echizen has always admired him, always respected his ability as a tennis player, but he also knows that the younger boy saw him as a goal to reach and then surpass. He was a stepping stone.
Now, he suspects, he has served his purpose. Echizen is thanking him—surprising almost, considering his usual self-assured attitude—and moving on.
“Echizen,” Tezuka says and when the other boy looks up, he can’t remember what he was going to say. He leaves his hands by his side and makes sure his gaze is level and impassive as it rests on those determined golden eyes. “Fly high,” he says at last.
The expression on Echizen’s face lightens; his cockiness is back. Tugging his cap down, he flashes his now-familiar smirk and utters his trademark line: “Mada mada dane.”
Tezuka allows himself a little smile at that. Despite his inclination towards provoking his opponents, Echizen will go far and Tezuka can see it. Echizen will go further than Tezuka himself because he has pushed himself with determination, talent, and hard work until he has already done so. He is aggressive but not forceful and he learns unbelievably quickly; more importantly, he knows that there is always more he can learn, more he can do, more he can he become.
Echizen’s face is turned fully toward the future and that is how Tezuka knows he will succeed.
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* Domo arigato gozaimashita = ultimate polite form of saying "thank you"; also in the past tense, indicating thanks for a deed that's already been done.
--
Started/Finished: 05/30/05
Edited: 06/02/05
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