I do not own The Prince of Tennis
rated T for mild swearing
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After nationals, Niou decided the Rikkai tennis team, especially the 3rd years who would be graduating soon, could really use a pick-me-up. Everyone seemed so lethargic and depressed lately! And, nothing puts someone in a better mood than going on a fun date, right? Well, watching his fellow teammates squirm as they get asked out on awkward dates would at least put him in a good mood.
The plan was to dress up as various people who might want to ask his teammates out. The first victim would be Marui. He was an easy target, because he was Niou's classmate, he already had someone with an obvious crush on him, and most importantly sweets could convince Marui to do anything.
That afternoon during class Marui found a pink note in his desk
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Marui-kun!
Meet me under the big tree today at 4:00! I have something realllly important to tell you.
Xoxo,
Your secret admirer
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Marui blushed and quickly crumpled the note up stuffing it back into his desk. He quickly glanced around the room to make sure no one saw him momentarily lose his calm, cool, genius composure. Secret admirer? What the hell? The' big tree' was, hence the name, a big tree on the Rikkai-dai school grounds and also a famous spot for love confessions.
Marui looked around the room again trying to think of any girl who might be into him. But no one really came to mind. Well, who ever it is, I'm not interested.
Niou tried not to snicker while watching Marui's funny little expression as he tried to work out just exactly who sent him that note.
That afternoon Marui arrived at the Big Tree just at 4:00pm. But he didn't see a girl. Instead he saw a familiar blonde boy bouncing up and down excitedly at his arrival.
"Marui-kun! You came! You really came!" Jirou/Niou shouted with glee.
Huh? Jirou-kun? What is he doing here? He doesn't even go to Rikkai, he can't possibly know about the love confession tree, can he?
"Jirou-kun, that note, was it you?" Marui asked hesitantly. A little afraid of the answer.
"Yes! Marui-kun!" Jirou/Niou squealed. "Please, will you go on a date with me? Pretty, pretty please? I'll take you to the bestest cake shop ever, okay? And I'm paying! Please please plea-" Jirou/Niou begged.
Inside his head Niou was laughing at Marui's bewildered expression. But, he knew if he wanted this prank to work he needed to get Marui to agree quickly or else the self proclaimed genius would start figuring things out. Like how the note got in his desk at school. Or how Jirou knew about the love confession tree. Niou hadn't been super duper careful when planning this out, but he was betting on the fact that the promise of free gourmet sweets could convince Marui to do practically anything
"Okay, fine. I mean if you're paying, there's no way I can refuse right?" Marui laughed, grinning a toothy smile.
"Great! Let's meet at 1:00 on Saturday at the Oujisama Cafe" Jirou/Niou jumped up excitedly.
Success
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Unbeknownst to both Marui and Niou, a little seaweed headed boy had witnessed nearly the entire conversation from behind the bushes.
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A/N:There is actually a love confession tree at the Rikkai-dai school campus
Oujisama = Prince [The Japanese name for Prince of Tennis is Tennis no Oujisama]
