Cherries were supposed to be a delectable, little fruit. So sweet and tasty, as well as innocent. A certain orange haired male thought differently. He claimed that if you could tie a cherry stem with your tongue, it would symbolize that you can kiss well. At least, that's what he heard, and he also claimed he could do it. The fruit didn't seem so innocent then.

A cool wind was blowing through many trees, making the leaves make a crinkle sound when the breeze hit them. The warm sun was beaming down on the students at Saotome Academy while they were outside playing or enjoying the beautiful days spring has brought them. In fact, due to the beautiful day, a group of students decided to have a small picnic lunch in the garden behind the academy.

Haruka Nanami and Tomochika Shibuya brought drinks in a cooler, Tokiya Ichinose and Otoya Ittoki brought finger sandwiches and small sweets, Ren Jinguji and Masato Hijirikawa brought some fruit, and Shou Kurusu and Natsuki Shinomiya broguht plates, cups, plastic ware, and a few other things so they could clean up after themselves easily.

"Ah," Otoya sighed out, leaning back and using his hands to hold himself up. "That was a good meal. But I'm so stuffed! If I eat another bite of something, I'll explode."

"I think you're over exaggerating there." Shou responded, a sweat drop forming on his head. "But I have to agree with you; it was a good meal."

"I'm just surprised Icchi knew how to cook."

"It's not that hard if you follow instructions." Masato said while Tokiya was reading. "Something that you wouldn't be able to do, Jinguji."

"I can follow instructions."

"I doubt it."

"What do we do with all this extra food?" Haruka questioned, trying to change the topic. The group turned to look at her. "There's not a lot left, but still.."

"Haruka brings up a good point." Tomochika added in. "All of us are too full to eat the rest."

It was true. There wasn't a lot left. Little berry tarts were on plates, a bowl of cherries next to that, and a few finger sandwiches were left. As well as some juice and lemonade, but that wouldn't be a problem to finish. Ren glanced at the cherries and picked one up by the stem, causing the others to look at him.

"Did you know that if you could tie a cherry stem with your tongue, you're a good kisser?" Ren questioned the group and popped the cherry in his mouth, stem and all.

"Ha, yeah right." Shou scoffed, rolling his eyes. "That can't be true."

"I heard something like that.. although," Natsuki started and took a sip of his lemonade. "I also heard that if you tie a cherry stem with your tongue, it's classified as an aphrodisiac."

"Aphro what?" questioned the energetic red head male in the group, blinking in confusion.

"Aphrodisiac. It's a substance that increases sexual desire." explained the platinum blonde. "Comes from the Greek goddess Aphrodite, who is the goddess of sexuality and love."

"I don't even want to know how you know this." Tomochika responded and snatched a cherry. "But, I'm sure I can make a knot."

"As tight as mine?" Ren questioned with a smirk as he showed the group the tightly tied knot. "I doubt it."

"Never know unless I try."

The group watched as the red headed girl popped the cherry in her mouth and swallowed the fruit part before working on the stem. Her mouth moved fast at first, but the movements became slower and slower. Two minutes after, she pulled out a tied cherry stem, but not as tight as Ren's. Haruka's eyes went wide and mouth opened, slightly surprised.

"That's amazing, Tomo-chan!" exclaimed the girl, looking at the stem with awe. "I don't think I would be able to do that!"

"It's not as tight as Jinguji's, but it still stayed together."

"Why don't you try, little lamb?" Ren suggested, causing said lamb's cheeks to go slightly pink.

"Oh, no, no.. I couldn't.." Haruka answered. "I wouldn't be able to."

"Never know unless you try, Haru-chan." Natsuki said, which was more than enough to convince the girl to try. "Are you going to try, Shou-chan?"

"What? Hell no!" responded the blonde boy. "That's stupid. Why use a cherry stem to show that you're a good kisser?"

"Because it's fun!"

"It is not, it's stupid."

"I bet ochibi can't do it, that's why he doesn't want to." the flirt cut in, grinning at the small blonde. "Am I right?"

"No! I just don't want to!"

"And.." Haruka started, pulling the stem out of her mouth. The knot came undone as soon as she did. "Aww.. looks like I'm not a good kisser."

"I could teach you if you'd like, little lamb." Ren told the girl, which made Tokiya's, Masato's, and Shou's eyes narrow. "My knot was very tight, therefor I am a great kisser."

"You'll be dead if you even think about kissing her." Masato whispered to the male in a threatening tone.

"Fine, fine."

"I wanna try!" Otoya shouted out and grabbed a cherry, popping the fruit into his mouth and worked on the stem. Minutes later, he pulled out the stem, tied in a very loose knot. Loose enough that it would come undone if it was handled too much. "A loose knot, but still a knot!"

"Ah, a good kisser, but not very experienced in kissing." Natsuki said as he grabbed a cherry. "I'm going to try."

"Try all you want, Shinomiya." Ren said, grinning at the platinum blonde. "No one here will be able to tie a tight knot like I can."

"Funny, because Tokiya just did." Shou remarked as he popped a cherry into his mouth, leaving the stem between his fingertips. "Which that doesn't surprise me. With him being HAYATO, he must have had a lot of kisses."

"How many girls have you kissed, Icchi?" questioned the flirt, looking over at the dark blue haired male who was holding the tightly tied cherry stem in his fingers. "I'm curious."

"Curiosity kills the cat, Jinguji." his roommate said in a low tone, which made the others look at him.

"I don't think it's any of your concern with how many girls I kissed." Tokiya told the orange haired male, eyes narrow. "I wouldn't tell anyone here."

"I'm surprised you didn't ask Tomo how many guys she kissed when she tied a tight knot." Otoya said as he took another cherry and popped it into his mouth, this time without the stem.

"Guys always wanted me in middle school. I was in the popular crowd most of the time when I didn't want to be." Tomochika told the group. "I was kissed left and right."

"Interesting.." Ren said and then looked at the small blonde in the group. "Ochibi, you and Hijirikawa are the only ones who haven't tried to tie a stem with your tongues."

"I told you I didn't want to."

"And I don't want to, either." Masato added in. "The challenge is childish."

"It's not childish if it's a sign of good kissing." Tomichika remarked. "Go on! Stop being babies and do it already."

"Yeah! Come on!"

"I'm curious if my Shou-chan is a good kisser or not." Natsuki added in. He had a perfectly tied stem in his fingers. Well, not perfect, but still tied. "I am."

"..I don't think they'll shut up until we do, Hijirikawa." Shou told the pianist and took a cherry. "I guess we have to."

"..." Masato let out a sigh and took a cherry for himself. "Fine."

The two popped the cherries into their mouths, swallowing the sweet, red fruit and then worked on tying the stem. The whole group was watching them, which made their cheeks go slightly pink, but the blush was barely noticeable. Masato was the first to pull the stem out, but the knot came undone once he took it out of his mouth. Ren couldn't help but snicker. Shou pulled his out next. It was like Otoya's, but a tad bit tighter.

"Happy?" questioned the blonde as he put the stem on the blanket they were sitting on. "I'm not a good kisser."

"No, that means you are, just not.. all that experienced." Natsuki claimed. "But somehow experienced. Shou-chan! How many girls have you kissed!"

"Wha- I haven't kissed any!"

"Liar! The stem says-"

"Screw the stem! It's just a stem!"

"I kinda of expected for Hijirikawa to not be a good kisser." Ren said, changing the subject. He looked over at the blunette, his signature smirk across his lips. "Shall I teach you?"

"Even try it, and your tongue will be cut off."

The group laughed a little at Masato's little threat and continued to eat the cherry, occasionally tying the stem with their tongues just to try to get better at it. Although none of them came out as tight as Ren's and Tokiya's. But, that didn't matter. They were having fun.

And by the end of that day, no one thought that cherries were the sweet, innocent fruit anymore. They always thought it was a challenge – a little game, even – to see who was a good kisser, to see who had experience in the act. As well as seeing who needed some.. practice in kissing itself.

My first Uta no Prince-sama fanfiction! This might have more than one chapters to it, it might just be a one shot. I'll think about it.

Did I get the characters right? I hope so! I tried really hard.

I saw a couple people using cherries in their fanfictions before, so that's how I got the idea. (Which, thanks to Water Fairy a.k.a. Mizu, I managed to get said idea.) I google searched to get some things right, but whatever isn't right, tell me~

I don't own UtaPri or it's characters.

Review please~ :D