Author Uozumi
Genre Crack/General
Rating G
Disclaimer The characters and fandom contained belong to their respective creators and owners.
Summary Marui's acting weird. A tad cracky. Rikkaidai gen.
Marui twitched for the fifty-second time in Yanagi's presence. Marui flicked his bangs out of his eyes for the seventy-seventh time, and had yet to say anything at morning practice that day.
Now it was time for afternoon practice, and Marui flicked his bangs again and twitched twice in a row.
"Geez, put some gum in your mouth already," Kirihara commented tactlessly, falling in step with his red haired senpai.
Marui's eyes narrowed. Then his eyebrow twitched. Then his lips twitched. Renji waited for him to reply, or even growl, but Marui checked himself and stalked away.
Kirihara looked to Renji for an explanation, but the tallest regular had none.
Across the court during practice, Nioh and Yagyû or Niyû or Yagoh – whatever you wanted to call them – were provoking. Marui bounced the tennis ball twice on the courts before catching it. Jackal did not say anything when Marui retreated to the baseline, though his eyebrow seemed perpetually quirked.
Marui said nothing, varying the intensity of his shots. Sometimes he looked over at Jackal as though he knew. The reason Jackal played doubles with Marui was simple. Jackal was the only person on the team that could concentrate and play with the incessant chewing, smacking, and popping. They both knew the silence was throwing their game.
Yukimura would have noticed immediately even if Sanada had remained silent about that morning's practice. The wavy-haired boy's eyes narrowed progressively throughout afternoon practice until he finally called out, "Marui, come over here." Maybe Marui forgot his gum that day, maybe Marui was going cold turkey, but it was interfering too much with dynamics.
The older regular slunk over to his captain. His lips twitched again.
"What's going on?" Yukimura fixed his eyes on the tensai, dark eyes daring the redhead to keep up the silence.
Marui shifted his weight, lips twitching again. Sighing inwardly, he let his lips part and showed Yukimura his braces.
