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my oldest, tenderest, most beloved onri. is it the best characterization? absolutely not. they were 12 seconds old. but truly foundational to my generational love for riku and adoration for sion. this fic is my pride and joy even if it’s not the best thing ive ever written. tennis au forever and ever!!!!!
chap two:
- nightmare about playing
- call with yuta
- practice
- the kids scheming
- ACL tear flashback
- rikus mom mails gear to ryo (call w mom)
- flashback
- practice
- Ryo has rikus racket and its obvs a super nice branded one and sion is like where. Did you get this. And riku is like ohhhh i know a guy.?
- riku accidentally shows them his swing, etc
chapter three
- wakes up to the two kids
- practice
- work… retrospection… dissatisfaction
- practice… closer to sion….. daeyoung appearance?
- Work struggles? etc?
- ryo begins to question riku about why he came back to japan. riku deflects
- something with yuta
- sakuya texts riku that ryo got hurt at practice while riku is at work
chapter four
- riku goes to the practice, paranoid, has panic attack, sion calms him down
- introspection
- talk with yuta about therapy, maybe
- riku comes clean to ryo about what happened to him
- ryo asks riku to play tennis again and he says MAYBE
chapter five:
- something with the kids
- practice and riku has FEELINGS
- yuta visits japan. picks him up from the airport.
- they are MENACES, week goes by
- comes with riku to practice. is like OH YEAH. he’s a hunk….
- stuff w yuta. restrospection. stuff.
- they text?
- sion and riku. “yuta? you know him? (is he ur bf?) u guys seem close?”
- something
chapter six:
- practice orrr texting orrr whatever feels right
- sion invites riku for a drink? maybe? after hes done w work
- riku freaks out that things are becoming too personal too quickly, since he’s been not telling sion the truth, exactly
- sion is like… it’s ok! i can visit you at work sometime this week and get you something to eat instead. and riku is like ok.
- riku is like to yuta… UH OH I LIKE HIM A LOT HE’S WONDERFUL. gay panic
- practice. the kids., daeyoung inserting himself into their schemes
- soft moment
- Yuta is like. You gotta open up to him. And riku is like. okay
- asking to meet up
- Meet up
- they talk… riku comes clean about things. introspection.
- yuta
- sion tells him that he likes him but he doesnt have to say it back. and gives riku time to ponder
chapter seven:
- rest of the date
- ryo sakuya reaction to date
- the kids scheming including daeyoung
- convo w yuta
- texting???
- brief soft moment
- brief thing
- sion helps him after a nightmare on the phone
- sion visits riku at work
- invites riku to a doubles game he will play
- gives him a hug and riku swoons
- yuta reminds him that he is gay and it is time to make moves
- riku being reminded that sion knows exactly who he is and likes him anyways. is full of hope. wanting to confess
- he goes to the doubvles game but sees yushi and freaks out
- wearing his hoodie
- sees yushi on the court and is like. dun dun
chapter eight:
- flashback to olympics when yushi replaced him
- coach when yushi loses: you wouldve won gold / riku: yushi was just a kid
- see sion and yushi. greet him. then run away
- freakout over yushis existence
- nightmare about yushi (memory of meeting) (yushis back as he replaces him)
- dont go to practice next day and ignore sions calls, etc, hole up in room
- ryo is like hey whats wrong w u and riku tells him that maybe he l???????
- cant just hurt people because youre traumatized
- nightmare + subsequent panic
- sion goes to riku’s house to confront him, maybe, and riku kind of has a breakdown and runs away (literally)
- sion says that he likes riku. really. he really likes him. and riku freaks out
- texts yuta that he needs help
chapter nine:
- riku quits his job and runs away to korea
- yuta is pissed but loves him
- lives on yuta and jungwoos couch. and meets various neos
- something
- Party. do you want to go.
- Riku. why not.
- Partyyyy!!!!!!
- 95z + Ten is playing in US Opens
- reflection in apartment
- NIGHTMARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- riku explores korea. misses sion. hangs out. it’s fine
- ten tells him that he fought with kun when kun got injured
- “im not saying that he will forgive you, or that he needs to forgive you. and im not saying that what you did was right,” ten says. “but you’re a hurt, scared person, riku. you deserve as much happiness and love as the rest of us.” / “maybe tennis was all you were, for a long time. but it doesnt have to be that way for forever.”
- dream…
- yuta tells him that he’s found a therapist.
- yuta finds him an american international therapist (asian) (he has dual citizenship)
- angst + pain
- what he knows vs what yuta and ten tell him
- final thing
chapter ten:
- therapy arc
- Something
- therapy
- trauma
- EMDR. medication when he goes back to japan.
- tennis, love. worthiness.
- they play tennis with jungwoo. first time for riku since he left. WOW!!!!!
- therapy
- moment w the group
- therapy (small)
- calling the kids
- therapy
- finally sees sion’s messages
- “HEY, HANDSOME BOY. LOOK AT THESE PICS I TOOK OF YOU. I ADORE YOU. HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.”
- message after message of i miss you, hope youre okay, want to make your favorite, went to work you werent there, please let me know if you’re okay, i adore you
- plays with yuta and friends
- yuta says. you gotta go back.
- riku goes back
chapter eleven:
- riku comes back and is like well im healed (kind of) but im ready to live my life
- dream
- therapy
- he wasnt ready, but maybe its about time that he become ready
- needs to do something meaningful w his life
- decides on college entrance exams next year
- childcare!
- PT
- ryo plays with him and is like omg ur normal again
- talking with friends. recovery
- riku spends some times on the court. just there. thinking. hitting the ball. sometimes w ryo
- job hunting….thinking about future… thinking about sion…. RECOVERY??? stuff w friends??? therapy encouragment??? gameplan for sion????
- dream
- runs into sion on the court. they decide to talk.
chapter twelve:
- they talk. play tennis together?
- ryo told him to come (SCHEMERS!!!!)
- riku tells him that he has never been treated gently
- things clear up… kiss kiss fall in love
- telling friends and killing ryo for setting him up
- fluff
- talking to friends ab sion
- family dinner!!!!
- daeyoung tells riku that he forgives him but if he ever hurts his hyung again hes dead…..
- yushi there maybe
- sion shows up to his door with flowers and riku slams it in his face lol
- sion and yushi play in a doubles match
- cute ending
- racket shaking thing before kiss
- dream
chapter thirteen:
- epilogue!!!!!!! the beach episode!!!!
- sion + riku live together. riku is on college break??
- they go on a trip with the kids
- dinner/bar?
- talking to yushi
- beach!!!
- family dinner…,.fade to black sexy times
- early in the morning riku and sion go to the beach by themselves
- they have rings bc cant get married
- something cute that ends the fic