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where to start [@ cimorene.net](≈ 1100 words)
by cimorene
fandom: prince of tennis
pairing: golden pair
rating: pg
disclaimer: i've got nothing to do with prince of tennis. this is just for fun.

"Nyaa, Oishi," Eiji mused, "do you think we should have sex yet?"

There was a loud sound and Oishi and everything from the top shelf in Eiji's closet fell onto the floor.



where to start
by cimorene

"Nyaa, Oishi," Eiji mused, "do you think we should have sex yet?"

There was a loud sound and Oishi and everything from the top shelf in Eiji's closet fell onto the floor.

Eiji craned his neck to get a good look at Oishi. "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine, Eiji," said Oishi, staring up at him from the floor. He didn't bother to brush off the stuffed animals and papers that were scattered on his chest. "But--but--what?"

"Sex, ne," Eiji repeated patiently. Then, because Oishi still wasn't moving, he bounced out of his chair and leaned over to offer him a hand up. Oishi let Eiji pull him to his feet. Of course, he immediately tried to move to pick up the junk he'd knocked out of the closet, but Eiji kept a firm grip on his hand. "Leave it for a second," he smiled. Oishi's worried faces were so cute. "So? What do you think? Should we?"

Oishi stared at him some more. "Eiji--!"

Eiji tilted his head, waiting.

Oishi started to blush.  "How can you just ask that?"

Eiji rolled his eyes and gently pushed Oishi down onto the edge of the bed. "I want to know! Don't be silly, na, I'm just wondering! If Oishi thinks we should wait--"

Oishi's cheeks and the bridge of his nose were now fiercely red. "We're not even dating!" He burst out.

Eiji frowned a little and sat beside Oishi on the bed. He did have a point. It seemed that people usually dated first, before they got to the sex part. Maybe you were supposed to. "True," he agreed. "So you think it's still too early? You might be right."

"Eiji," Oishi sputtered, "we're only fourteen years old!" He was so agitated that Eiji had to put an arm around him.

"Hey, I know that, Oishi! But that's not all that matters, you know. It's us, after all."

Oishi wasn't saying anything, and he was still blushing. But he couldn't be too upset, because he'd automatically wound his arm around Eiji's waist.

Eiji laughed. "Still, if you want to go on dates first, that's not a problem for me. Even though I don't think we really need to, nya. How should we start? Going to the movies?"

This time when he turned his head, Oishi was smiling at him, and his blush had faded a little bit.  "We could," he said bemusedly. "If you want to."

"Great!" said Eiji, bouncing to his feet. "Does that mean you asked me, Oishi? Because then I get to pick the movie." He winked.

"You can pick this time," said Oishi, and finally loosened up enough to laugh. "Here, let me help you pick those up off the floor before you step on all of them." He dropped gracefully off the bed onto his knees and started gathering up the papers into piles. Eiji glanced down.  Oops--he was standing on them.

But at least it was good that Oishi wasn't uneasy anymore, although when Eiji dropped down on the floor to help pick up the toys and papers, he could see all the heat hadn't gone out of his face. Eiji put a comic and a stapled sheaf of his notes from English class on top of Oishi's stack of papers and scooped up a handful of toys. "Hey, Oishi," he said slyly.

"Hm?"

"You're still red." He reached out to brush Oishi's cheek with his fingertips. Oishi blushed again. He was so cute. And the reddened skin was warmer than usual, too, and soft.

Once when they'd both fallen asleep on the floor of Oishi's room, Eiji had woken up with Oishi's face only a few inches away from his. Not content just to look for once, he'd reached out to feel the curve of Oishi's cheek and found it sweetly smooth to the touch, but it had definitely been cooler then.

"You're right," Oishi smiled. He met Eiji's eyes. "About that, anyway. But you missed something with the other."

"Hm? What?" Eiji blinked. He started to drop his hand, but Oishi reached up and caught it, so he just let his fingers curl around Oishi's instead.

"We don't have to start with going to the movies," Oishi explained. "Instead, we can start like this--"

He tugged quickly on Eiji's hand. Eiji stumbled forward, and then--Oishi was kissing him. Anyone else might have bumped their noses together, but Eiji had the best reflexes in Seigaku, and no one knew that better than Oishi. He tilted his head and grabbed Oishi's other arm for balance all without thinking about what he was doing.  It was good that he could do that, because he wasn't thinking anything at all.

Right then, all he could do was feel. Oishi's mouth was soft and a little damp, and it pressed against Eiji's for a long moment before he pulled back. Eiji had never felt anything quite like that before. It was a little weird--but it sent a shock through him, a good kind of shock, and he leaned forward before Oishi could get away and kissed him again.

It was good he was already holding on to Oishi, because their instinct for teamwork didn't fail them. Oishi shifted and Eiji moved and leaned and Oishi breathed in through his mouth, like he was about to speak, and Eiji slid in and took the words right off his tongue, and then the kiss got a lot hotter, and wetter, and slippery and very, very interesting, and just like they were playing tennis, everything else spun around them and just drifted away for a while. The only things left were Eiji and Oishi.

When he opened his eyes again he was in Oishi's lap and Oishi was leaning against the bed, holding Eiji wrapped in his arms. Both of them were breathing fast. The neat stacks Oishi had started to make were gone, too. If anything, Eiji's floor was messier than before.

"Wow," Eiji breathed.  "So that's kissing. You were right, Oishi, that was definitely the right place to start."

Oishi's eyes were wide, and his mouth slightly swollen. "Eiji," he murmured, and nothing else, like Eiji's name was a whole sentence by itself.

"It's a good thing," Eiji said, nestling closer. "When I have a good idea, you follow me right away without having to ask. And whenever I make a mistake, you're always there to support me and make up for it--no matter what it is." He smiled.

"Yes," said Oishi seriously, giving Eiji that concentrated personal look that was just for him, that always made his heart beat a little faster. "And I always will be."

[end]

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 07:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bookshop.livejournal.com
OH HELL YES. This is exactly how it should be. Oh, Cim, this is a perfect tenipuri night and this is the icing on my perfect gay tennis cake.

and just like they were playing tennis, everything else spun around them and just drifted away for a while. The only things left were Eiji and Oishi.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥


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Date: 8 Apr 2006 01:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
hahahah. i'm so happy to get this finished with! i think it was the magic of marathoning so much tenipuri that made the ending just come to me when i'd had no idea where it was going. and now i can write the heistfic.

i think it's exactly how they should be too. they already seem so established on the show that i think i could read established relationship fic about them all day long, which is usually not true at all. although i could read almost any tezuryo all day long, so that doesn't really count, does it?

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 09:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tayles.livejournal.com
Oh, that was just... *sighs happily* ...lovely. Perfect start to my day, lol! And you really captured everything that the Golden Pair is to me; an easy friendship, comfort, tenderness, a little shyness and immaturity, and above all else the need to be together. Truly gorgeous ^^

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 01:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
heee. thank you! i'm glad you enjoyed it.

everything that the Golden Pair is to me; an easy friendship, comfort, tenderness, a little shyness and immaturity, and above all else the need to be together

what a nice way to put it. i'm glad i succeeded for you, because i was really trying to capture what they're about for me, too--focusing on how right they are, how they fit together like they've always been that way and always will be. and how sickeningly sweet it is for a couple to get together when they're twelve and stay that way forever. ;)

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 10:11 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] spurious.livejournal.com
oh my god, this was so sweet and adorable and oh I love that Eiji asks if they should start having sex when they haven't even kissed yet! ♥♥♥

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 01:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
thanks for reading! i loved writing that. i must admit i was really taken with the idea too, once it came to me. :)

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 03:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] storyteller.livejournal.com
flk;jgdalkfj OH GOD YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. ♥

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 05:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
:D i'm glad you liked it!

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 04:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kriken.livejournal.com
God, I loved this Eiji! I mean, the dynamic between the two was spot on and just like they were playing tennis, everything else spun around them and just drifted away for a while was perfect, but Eiji was just... So much love ♥

Thank you for sharing this! :)

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 05:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
:D i'm glad you liked that. it took a little effort to write the eiji bits, but the basis of the idea definitely revolved around this particular take on him. his whimsical nature and funny logic are what i really love about him. ♥

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 05:07 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] aidenfire
I love your Eiji voice so, so much. XDDD

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
thank you! :) i loved thinking about his pov.

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 06:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trowicia.livejournal.com
That was really adorable! XD

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Date: 9 Apr 2006 03:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
thank you!

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Date: 8 Apr 2006 08:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shushesyou.livejournal.com
Oh! This was awesome! ♥ I love GP! And Oishi and Eiji were both just perfect here! I don't know which one I love more. So I just love them both a lot. *___________*

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Date: 11 Apr 2006 02:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
thank you! i can't decide which i love better either. it's some magical alchemy in the combination!

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Date: 9 Apr 2006 12:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serenia.livejournal.com
*glee* Ooh, I love this! Eiji is so clueless, jumping the gun like that, but it's so cute! And Oishi is so adorably embarrassed. *makes random happy sounds*

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Date: 11 Apr 2006 02:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
thank you! i love how oishi is so easily worried and distressed. ♥

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Date: 9 Apr 2006 12:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] no-ori.livejournal.com
$$(_!@$(@_$!@ GORGEOUS FIC <33333333333333333333333
you captured gp's relationship so well, esp at the end <3333333
amazing job

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Date: 11 Apr 2006 02:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
heee, thank you. i'm glad you like it. they're the perfect pairing for fluff--it's like they're made of it.

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Date: 9 Apr 2006 05:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] penm.livejournal.com
I have already told you how amazingly sweet and perfect this is and how married Golden Pair are and I love it, I love this fic and I love you and this is so great. So much love.

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Date: 11 Apr 2006 02:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
♥♥♥

married at fourteen. @.@ only the golden pair, man!

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Date: 10 Apr 2006 12:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] molkita.livejournal.com
I just loved how the things happened there!
This fic is lovely and I had to give you my congrats! ^^
That's exactly how I see Oishi and Eiji starting they're "GP-Love-Life"
Heehee
Thanks for sharing this.

*hugs*

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Date: 11 Apr 2006 02:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
thanks! i'm glad you like my vision of how they started. it's my favourite way to imagine it too--a relatively smooth transition from platonic to lovers, since they've been in love since they were children, almost from the moment they met. it's like being together for them is inevitable. they're so sickeningly sweetly perfect! ♥

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Date: 11 Apr 2006 08:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] molkita.livejournal.com
Exactly! *noods in agreement*
I hope to see more fics of yours! ^^

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Date: 18 Apr 2006 11:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pixxers.livejournal.com
Bah, how did I miss this wonderful story? >.>

I was just thinking earlier today that I'd like to see a fic where Eiji just assumes that they're in a relationship without thinking to inform Oishi about it first.

And then I found this! ♥ I love the way you write them - this is exactly how I imagine they would be together.

Loved it!

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Date: 18 Apr 2006 11:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
I was just thinking earlier today that I'd like to see a fic where Eiji just assumes that they're in a relationship without thinking to inform Oishi about it first.

hahaha. when i had the idea, i had to write it. i think we can all agree that that situation itself is inherently wonderful. although really, it's eiji who's in the right here, and oishi who has rather improbably failed to notice that they're in a relationship (i'm sure no one else on the tennis team doubts it).

*prickle of guilt* ummm, i don't think i left you any feedback, but i devoured all your taka/fuji a couple of days ago in one giant gulp, and i love it.

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Date: 18 Apr 2006 05:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pixxers.livejournal.com
*laughs* That's okay. As long as you enjoyed them, I'm happy.

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