new prince of tennis fic: "the case of the missing phonecall, or: favourable outcome", tezuryo, pg

[cimorene]

the case of the missing phonecall, or: favourable outcome (≈12 300 words)
by cimorene
prince of tennis
tezuka/ryoma, pg
thanks to bookshop for the title and the original idea, as well as the beta.

in which tezuka and inui form a truce, ryoma shares tezuka's preference for mysteries over gothic romances, and tezuka keeps giving ryoma his phone number.

Comments

[arclaud.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was so lovely! So much fluff, but also a lot of depth of emotion. I love how you write Tezuka. He is very srict, with high expectation, and so in love, which makes him so canon. This is the way Tezuka would have a crush on Ryoma, and gah, you killed me with all the slits of paper and Tezuka never giving up, sure that it must have been lost and not ignored. And lol at how he wrote it on his arm SO YOU WON'T LOSE IT, oh Tezuka. Gah, and Ryoma cuddling and forcing Tezuka to put his arm around him... you can just feel all that chemistry between them. They are such t00bs in love.

But the best part has to be the matches. I love it when writers keep the tennis theme because in TezuRyo it just can't be ignored. And you did it so well too, the way they know each other better through tennis, how they spend time together in the court. I don't think someone like Tezuka or Ryoma could get to know someone any other way. I love Inui too, I just love how he pesters Tezuka. And then he gives him the math book. Oh, Inui!

Funniest scene: Kikumaru worrying over murders and Fuji appearing out of nowhere. How I love thee!

You make me love this pairing. Thank you!

[cimness.livejournal.com]

thank you! i have a great weakness for fluff which usually causes it to creep in even in the angstiest places, but in this story it was really the other way around - a crack bunny that just kept growing and growing and, thanks to the tezuka pov, turned perversely solemn. i think the cuddling is another thing that is mainly there because i love cuddling, so i'm glad it seemed to work. also, i think ryoma is totally a cuddler. just look at him with karupin. :X

as for the tennis matches, this part of your feedback really means the most to me, since i find them sort of agonising to write and i hate doing it. unfortunately, you're right that tennis is so intrinsic to their relationship - you certainly can't get away with no tennis at all, and actually consummating their love (*cough* - symbolically, of course) on the tennis court is practically necessary when they're still so close to canon.

ps. fuji appearing out of nowhere is my favourite scene too. :)