Note :I think I did something wrong...? And somehow there was a breakdown in communication between Casie-nee-chan and me. O_O But nevermind~ So now, I present to you, the extra late birthday fic for Casie-nee-chan [who already has another from me 8D] and Niou Masaharu! Enjoy. And flame away at my lame attempt at fluff 8D
It has been a few days since Niou turned moody.
Really, Yagyuu couldn't understand why. Usually, if there was something wrong, Niou would confide in him. But lately, it was almost as if Niou was avoiding him. When Yagyuu greeted him in the morning, Niou would turn away and pretend to be engrossed in something else.
Strangely, it seemed that he was only ignoring Yagyuu. He still talked to the rest of the club members, though he was serious and rarely joked. As Kirihara put it, "Niou-senpai's scarier than usual. Who knows what kind of dreadful prank he has in mind?" This simple statement from their junior put the entire tennis team on an edge.
During tennis practice, Niou seemed distracted, not returning easy shots properly. When it came to a serious practice match for the two doubles, Niou played as if it was a singles match, hardly letting Yagyuu hit any shots. When Sanada scolded him for it, Niou did not retort and did twice the amount of assigned laps.
Thus, the tennis regulars sans Niou had an emergency meeting.
Since the problem more or less lay in Yagyuu, all of them thought about what Yagyuu could have done wrong in order to make the Trickster angry. But, according to Yagyuu, everything was the same until a few days ago. Niou would meet him before practice, mysteriously aquiring and hiding his tennis raquet and would drink out from his water bottle after practice. Lately, Niou had not been doing any of that, and it puzzled Yagyuu to no end.
The regulars sat lost in thought, until Yanagi spoke up. "There is a 99 percent chance that Yagyuu forgot something," he said while flipping through his green notebook, "and it concerns Niou greatly." He scanned some more pages, till he spoke again. "Ah. Yagyuu, did you remember to give Niou a present?"
A present? "What for?" asked Yagyuu, not comprehending.
Till suddenly it hit him.
Niou's birthday.
Ah. He had missed it.
Dashing out of the clubroom, he ran non-stop all the way to Niou's house. Panting slightly, he pressed the doorbell.
After a few seconds, he heard a lock click and a familiar voice drawled out. "Who's there?"
Opening the door slightly wider, Niou stepped out. "Oh, it's you," he said without any emotion. "What do you want?"
"Niou, I-"
"You what? If it's nothing important, tell me at the next practice." While speaking, Niou turned and started to walk back into his house.
That was, until warm arms encircled his waist. It was enough to stop the Trickster in his tracks.
"Yagyuu, wha-"
Cutting Niou off, Yagyuu whispered in his ear, "I forgot your birthday, didn't I? Well, happy belated birthday, Niou Masaharu."
At the next practice, Niou seemed visibly happier. Once again, he pulled pranks on everyone, tripped their junior ace and came up with witty retorts whenever Sanada scolded him.
Yanagi watched the scene, sastified. It seemed like Yagyuu understood his hints. But he did wonder what Yagyuu gave Niou to cheer him up so. It would have made good data.
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Due to miscommunication, this is not beta-ed. 8D
