PoT: Mirror Writing: Twist

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Twist

Ryouma encounters someone who jars his view of what tennis is, and has a few revelations in the aftermath, some less comfortable than others. Drama With Almost Romance, I-4

Momo remembered going from being a bit worried about Akutsu's dismissive contempt to being a little alarmed at his absolute, devouring, manic focus on Ryouma, once the game heated up. At no point had Momo really been surprised, though. Even then, he'd taken it pretty much for granted that Echizen could hold any fire barehanded, on the court.

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[branchandroot]

*skritches kitty ears*

I have a peculiar soft spot for Jin, actually. He seems to have gotten such a raw deal out of life. It's too bad he didn't wind up at Seigaku, himself, because I think Tezuka just might have straightened him out.

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

{purrs} That's my baby. I should get more pics of him to put up--it's just such a doll. ^____^

Having watched the episode tonight where Jin "helps" Ryoma out of his funk after having lost so horrendously to Sanada, I have to definitely agree with you--Jin has a bad rep. but it's one he's worked long and hard at building.

With this topic fresh in mind, I was talking about it to Marika, and... it's just plain and easy to see that the kid really does like tennis; he's just too stubborn... and I think that's part of the reason his coach *does* push him so much, because he *can* see how much Jin cares about tennis. Probably more than anything else... he actually gives a flying fig tree about tennis.

But... Well, you look at him, and you see where he's coming from, at least a little bit. There's no father figure what-so-ever ever mentioned. Doing the math lets you know his mom was still in her teens when he was born (wasn't she only 30? if he's 14...) You know his childhood couldn't have been easy, and you see in the flashbacks how angry he was, going from one place to another looking for a fight, looking for a challenge... looking for something or someone he could look up to, something that was better than himself...

And, well, I think it's a pretty safe bet to say that Takashi was probably easily Jin's first (maybe only?) friend. At least until Junior High School, 'cause somehow, I get the impression Sengoku wouldn't mind being 'friends', and Dan definitely has a torch still burning for the psycho. ^___^

I don't know if Tezuka would be able to do for him what Ryoma did, though...