Disclaimer: Tennis no Oujisama are properties of Konomi-sensei and all who own its copyright. The fairytale used here refers to the one published by Tira Pustaka.
Timeline: February 22, Nomura's birthday. Schools in Japan begin at April, so it was like near end of their year. Mizuki and third graders are going to graduate while Yuuta and second graders are going to third grade. Not that it inflicts the story significantly.
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Sleeping Beauty, or Not
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"NomuTaku-senpai, happy birthday!" greeted Yuuta when Nomura entering their dining room.
"Morning, Otouto-kun," responded Nomura.
(SFX: head got hit)
"Ouch! But it's my birthday!" Nomura rubbed his head.
"What's that have to do?"
"That means he wants you to let him calls you Otouto-kun without being hit on his birthday," Mizuki answered from his seat at the dining table.
"Ah, Nomura's birthday, da ne. Happy birthday da ne!" Yanagisawa entered the dining room followed by Kisarazu.
"Happy birthday, Nomura," Kisarazu smiled.
"Hey, hey, it's Sunday da ne! Don't you think we should have a real party da ne?"
"Nfufufu…" Mizuki ate his bread.
"Why'd Yanagisawa-senpai love to mentioning party on someone's birthday?" Yuuta took a slice of bread.
"I can't help it da ne. Birthdays…"
"…are no fun without party," Kisarazu finished Yanagisawa's sentence.
"That's right, da ne! Atsushi cool da ne!"
"Uh, let's see that later 'kay? I have needlework to do."
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Yuuta was watching television when he heard a loud thud on second floor.
"Did you hear that, too?" Yuuta looked up from his seat in front of television.
"Hmm, that sounds like someone was falling," Kisarazu said without tearing his attention from his Math problem.
"Falling da ne?" Yanagisawa who was trying to solve the same Math problem looked up.
"Hmm, I think it came from Nomura's room," Kisarazu started to scratch his paper.
"I'll go check it," Yuuta stood up from his seat.
As he was in front of Nomura's room, Yuuta knocked on the door, "NomuTaku-senpai!"
There was no answer so Yuuta decided to enter the room, "NomuTaku-senpai, I'm coming in."
The sight that greeted him was Nomura unconscious on the floor with a little blood on his right index finger. Yuuta rushed to examine his senpai. There was a needle near the blood. Looks like what causing the blood was that needle.
Watching his senpai's state, Yuuta remembered a fairytale in which a princess fell to deep slumber on her birthday because her right index finger was pricked. He might be crazy for considering his senpai's situation was the same with the fairytale, but if his senpai really won't wake for that long, he needs help. Yuuta ran downstairs.
"NomuTaku-senpai fell to deep slumber!" Yuuta kind of shouted as soon as he saw his senpais.
This time Kisarazu shifted his attention from his Math problem, "…okay, let's see him."
As they were entering Nomura's room, Yuuta pointed to where Nomura was lying, "See? What if we are faced with Sleeping Beauty?"
"What da ne? Do you think Nomura is a beauty da ne?"
"He means the fairytale called Sleeping Beauty, Shinya. Not that Nomura is a sleeping beauty," Kisarazu explained making Yuuta shudder at the said.
"Oh, okay da ne. So what if we are faced with Sleeping Beauty da ne?"
"That girl could not be awoken from her deep sleep. That good fairy was come too, and Queen asked, "When will my daughter wake up?" "I don't know either," answered the fairy sadly, "Perhaps a hundred year. Nobody knows!" If NomuTaku-senpai were not going to wake up for that long…"
"Oh, okay da ne. So, what are we going to do da ne? What the fairytale said about making him wake up da ne?"
"Let's see… "Ah! What can make my daughter awake from her sleep?" asked Queen sobbing. "Love," answered the fairy. That's what I quote from it," answered Yuuta.
"Love da ne? How can we do that da ne?"
"Err… show him?" Yuuta was not sure either.
"Let's just say we love him da ne, and we should have love him da ne, he is our friend da ne! How are we going to show it da ne?"
"Saying it out loud?" Yuuta really was not sure.
Yanagisawa walked to sit beside Nomura's unconscious body followed by Yuuta, "We love you, Nomura da ne!"
He looked at Yuuta who quickly shouted, "NomuTaku-senpai, we love you!"
Nothing happened. Except Yanagisawa started to think other way to show it, Yuuta's face flushed, and Kisarazu just sat on the edge of the bed making some kind of noise, "Tsk tsk tsk."
"Okay Yuuta, that wasn't working, da ne. Got any other idea da ne?"
"Umm…" Yuuta's face still flushed.
"Really da ne, what the fairytale said da ne?"
"Uh, it is… Overflowing with emotion, he approached that girl. He took her small white hand, and kissed it gently… As her hand being kissed, that Princess opened her eyes, and awoken from a very long sleep. …so, do we have to, uh, kiss his hand?" Yuuta hesitantly asked.
"Of course we have to, da ne! If the fairytale said he kissed the girl's hand da ne, then we kiss Nomura's, too, da ne!"
"Who's going to, uh, kiss his hand?" Yuuta asked.
"Of course it's you, da ne. You're the one who said it, da ne!"
"But that's what the fairytale said!" Yuuta shocked imagining himself must kiss his senpai's hand.
Yanagisawa just shrugged.
"Uh, I guess…so," feeling defeated, Yuuta hesitantly took Nomura's hand. Before he brought the hand to his lips, he shared a look with Yanagisawa.
"It's fine, da ne! Just kiss it, da ne!"
"But what if he still doesn't wake up?" Yuuta tried to escape his task.
"Then we just have to think other way, da ne!"
"But if kiss his hand is not enough, what kind of love can wake him up?" Yuuta was still not ready to do the task.
Yanagisawa started to think again and Yuuta relieved for he can delay his task.
"What about kiss his forehead da ne?"
Yuuta imagined himself kisses his senpai on the forehead and quickly despise the mental image, "And if that still doesn't work?"
Yanagisawa began to think again which earn another relieved look from Yuuta. But soon Yuuta mentally slapped himself for what else can be shown beside kiss on hand or forehead.
"Kiss his lips, da ne!"
Yuuta's shuddered, just like he thought…
"I'll just kiss his hand…I guess," Yuuta brought the hand to his lips. But before the hand meet his lips, he remembered something.
"You know Senpai, if I don't make it by kiss his hand, why don't you try it, too? Since the fairytale said to kiss his hand," Yuuta hopefully asked Yanagisawa.
Yanagisawa seemed to consider things before he answered, "I think that's fine with me, da ne."
"What? You're fine kissing him?" Yuuta shocked by the answer.
"Just kiss his hand would be fine da ne. And I'll have to do it only if you don't make it da ne."
"What about the rest of other ways?" Yuuta demanded.
"That'll only happen if you don't make it da ne. So let's see later da ne."
"That's not fair!" Yuuta protested.
"Who said it's not fair, da ne?"
"…I just did."
"Oh, that's right da ne."
"…"
"Why you still haven't kissed his hand da ne?"
"Do I have to?"
Yanagisawa shrugged, "It was you who panicking he fell to deep slumber da ne."
"I am not!"
"You are da ne."
"I am not!"
"You are da ne."
"I am not!"
"I am not da ne."
"I am!"
"I know you are da ne."
"…"
"Tsk tsk tsk."
They both turned their head to the sound.
"Ah, that's right! We still have Kisarazu-senpai! Kisarazu-senpai, you haven't say your love to NomuTaku-senpai!"
"Do I have to?"
"Yes, you do!" Yuuta dropped Nomura's hand.
"I don't think that's necessary."
"What? You're going to let him not awake for nobody knows how long?"
"It's not that. Now look at Nomura."
Yuuta turned his head to Nomura. Nomura stirred his eyes and opened it slowly, "Huh? What happened? Ouch, my hand hurts."
Kisarazu just shrugged and pointed to Yuuta, "Yuuta dropped your hand quite hard, I think."
Nomura sat up, "Dropped it from where?"
"He was ho…"
"Ah! NomuTaku-senpai! What happened?" Yuuta quickly cut Kisarazu.
"What happened? You mean why I sleep here? It was an accident actually. I drank my flu medicine right before I started my needlework. I forgot that it cause sleep. Quite heavy I may add. So yeah my finger was pricked because the sleep overtook me and I fell, haha."
"Hmm, flu medicine… You know, Yuuta thought you…"
"Ah! NomuTaku-senpai! You should finish your needlework soon so we can celebrate your birthday!" Yuuta cut off Kisarazu again.
Kisarazu shrugged and sat up from bed, "We still have Math problem to solved, Shinya."
"Oh, okay da ne. Finish your needlework da ne. Birthdays are no fun without party da ne," Yanagisawa sat up following Kisarazu walking out of the room.
"See you, NomuTaku-senpai!" Yuuta quickly sat up following his two senpais.
Nomura blinked. What on earth really happened here?
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.Kazuya, Feb 19 '09
Fic for Nomura's birthday! Just a product of randomness XD
Oh, and I just remembered. Feb 22 also my little cousin's birthday, haha! Why my families have something to celebrate related to Rudolph's members' birthday? Anyway, happy birthday, Cousin! Though he is a little bastard, but her mom used to gave me birthday presents, so, yeah…
And now I want to reply reviews I got for my previous fic, Going Home, Should He?, thanks my dears!
meong guk-guk:I guess I better talk to you directly! Anyway, keep on working your fic! I'd love to read it!
Chrosschains: Because Kyouko hasn't positioned herself in Rudolph clearly. So I'm not sure where to put her. And you're the first reviewer! My, my… Nfu…
And another review replies! These are for LuvKyou4eva. Thanks for reviewing, my dear.
Cat: That's what I portrayed him, a cat! Haha! No worry, I believe Neji himself would love to, haha!
What Kind of Animal Lee was in His Former Life: The spell is squirrel, Honey. Never mind (n.n). What's with that Tong Tao? He's cute though, hehe. So, as for you, you hope to be a cat in your former life, huh? Nfu…
Thanks for reading and you are invited to Nomura's party for reviewing! So let me know what you think. That would be much appreciated.