BLURRY EYES

Shinji dragged in silence with Shinobu as they slowly and somewhat painfully exited the indoor court.

"Thinking bout Kaji ?" Shinobu only looked at his brother, with an expression only his brothers could read and know about. He didn't answer, he just continued walking.

Again, silence devoured them as they made their way to their rooms.

"And you about Riki?" finally, he said something. Shinji carried on without answering as well. He didn't know where or how to begin.

"Where have you two been." Sakuya waited outside Shinji's room, since his was the nearest to the gym. He had his hands on his waist with this rather angry but cute expression on his face. Shinji couldn't help but smile a little.

"We got lost?" Shinobu tried to get the angriness off the boy's face.

"Right� anyways Sendoh called, he said there won't be any practice tomorrow." still rather pissed since he had been waiting for quiet some time.

"Ok� so maybe we can go exploring tomorrow or something, around town?" Shinji suggested. He wanted so much to check out the local town, especially their coffee place. Speaking bout coffee places� *sighs*

"Sure, anything beats staying in this larger than large, house." Shinobu was now leaning against wall opposite Sakuya.

"Fine by me."

"Hey� what will you two be doing after this?" Shinji asked with this particular mischievous grin on his face. Both brothers looked at him with query and anxiety.

"Let's play strip poker!!!" turning the silver knob, entering his room.

"Shinji-aniki!!! I always loose!!!" Sakuya called out since Shinobu already followed Shinji into the room.

"Ok� the first to get all naked will be the taken tonight." Shinji added upon hearing what his younger brother said.

"Hey!!!!! That's not helping!!! Nobu-aniki, help me out here" running into the room, trying to protest.

"Ne, Shinji-aniki� how bout the last one to get nude be the uke?" Shinobu smirk roguishly.

"No way� big brothers are not ukes!!" Shinji objected as he sat on his bed and started to shuffle the deck of cards.

"Oh come on, it will be fun." Sakuya tugged his brother's shirt, almost ripping it. Shinji only gawked in disbelief.

"Yea, Shinji-aniki be a sport." added Shinobu taking his place beside his older brother and smiled. Which is kinda rare except for cases like this.

"Fine� who says I'm gonna win this time anyways?" he deal the cards, placing the rest of the deck in the middle.

45 minutes later�

"Use the lube for goodness sake!!! I dun wanna get burns and not being able to sit the next day!!!" Shinji wailed, feeling a few fingers poking his opening, excitedly

"Shinobu!!! I said used the lube! Its in my�" he continued to scream at the boy who was working him from behind until his lips were attacked by another set belonging to his youngest brother's expert tongue. He moaned into his brother's mouth as Shinobu touched a rather sensitive spot over and over again.

Shinobu removed his fingers and Sakuya pulled away, much to Shinji's displeasure . He took a deep breath and gazed at his brother below him.

"Why did I agree to this?" only to be answered with a fierce thrust from Shinobu and an awfully playful grin from Sakuya.

*

Shinji was the last to arrive at the breakfast table that morning. And what took him so long was mainly because he was walking in a noticeably awkward manner only to receive soft chuckles from his younger brothers.

"I told you to use the lube, didn't I." whispering to the both of them and he slowly and gently took his seat with soft `ouches'.

"Otou-sama won't be joining us, lucky for you. He has some urgent matters in Tokyo and had to leave early this morning" Shinobu picked up the toasted bread and crunched it down.

"Thank goodness. So are we still heading to town?" taking a sip of orange juice from the crystal glass near him

"I'm driving!! Since Shinji-aniki is� unwell.. Nyahahhaha!!" Sakuya roared in laughter remembering the almost once in a lifetime chance of fucking the brains out of his eldest brother.

*

"Sakuya, lets stop there. I need a drink." the eldest Umeda requested to stop outside the local coffee house that looked reasonable enough for the three of them.

"Do you need a walking stick, Shinji-aniki?" snickered Shinobu, enjoying the awkwardness of Shinji Umeda.

"I'm fine, thank you." he grab hold of Sakuya's hand and slowly dragged himself to a chair near-by.

"Hey isn't that Sendoh-san?"

"Yea I guess that's him." Shinji squinted his eyes to get a better look. It definitely looked like Sendoh with his spikey hair. How he managed to make them stay that way he'll never know� or maybe.. starts thinking about the movie called All about Mary�

"Should we go say hi or something?" Shinobu asked

"I'd rather stay here. Dun want to walk too much�" Shinji pleaded to his brothers with his puppy dog like eyes. They only sighed in return as they took their seats and discussed what drink to get.

*

"You know them? They seem to be staring at us." Maki kept his eyes on the three boys who were at a table not far from where they were

Turning around, Sendoh saw his new team-mates and groaned. "Yea, they are in Ryonan. The school's new players."

"They look capable." Fujima added looked at the brother and paying special attention to one of them.

"They are the Umeda brothers." Sendoh added casually as Maki and Fujima looked at his in question.

"Umeda Airline?" Fujima inquired

"Umeda Hotels?" Maki asked further.

"Yea� that's the one. Want to meet them?"

"Sure why not. Our latest competitions." Fujima grinned hoping to learn more about that certain boy.

"Hey" Sendoh waved

"Hey back." Shinji answered flashing a Sendoh smile but failed miserably. 

"Can we join you?" Fujima the shortest among them asked eyeing the boy in the middle.

"Sure, why not." Sakuya smiled.

"Shinji, Shinobu, Sakuya meet your future rivals, Maki and Fujima." The one he called Maki was seated next to Shinji. Slightly shorter than Sendoh but looked like he was about 20 or so. Rather tanned with dark brown hair. There's no way this guy was still in high school. He looked way too old.

Sendoh must have seen Shinji observing the guy beside him. "He's from Kainan, same age as you."

"No kidding." Shinji's eyes were roaming about and at the point Sendoh immediately noticed that the Umeda brothers were not what they seemed to be.

Fujima was � well, he seemed rather distracted, like he was a million miles away from where they were, as his eyes fixed themselves on Shinobu Umeda. Gorgeous, he deliberated, without noticing that he was thinking out loud and all of them heard him.

"Who is gorgeous, Fujima-san?" Sakuya asked with this big question mark stumped on his face.

"Oh nothing." Fujima blushed realizing what just happened.

Shinobu on the other hand, saw everything. He knew Fujima was looking at him and most probably, gorgeous was referred to him. He didn't say a word or even crack a smile. Possibly since this shorter boy, Fujima, had an uncanning similarity to his childhood sweetheart. The hair, the eyes, the smile. It was all to much for him to be reminded of the past. He stood up, unexpectedly and went to get some coffee.

"He's like that. Not to worry." Shinji assured the three companions .

Shinobu came back with coffees for his brothers and himself. After taking his place, he realize that he was directly facing this Fujima guy.

Shinji seemed engrossed talking about something to Maki, chatting like old friends. Sendoh was already laughing at some joke that Sakuya was telling. Could it be? His little brother and Sendoh??? That only brought his attention to Fujima. He was staring at Shinobu, with this sort of twinkle in his eyes. Shinobu looked away, not wanting to make any eye contact and drank up his coffee.

Chapter 6