Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of Tennis, if I did, I wouldn't be writing fanfics about it and I wouldn't be wishing that Rikkai won Nationals and had more screen time.

Guess what? It's Yukimura's Birthday! Well, it was. Right now it's 12:31, so technically it was his birthday yesterday...oh well I'm late by a half hour. Anyway...Happy Birthday Yukimura!

"Happy Birthday, Yukimura." Sanada said as he gave Yukimura one of his very rare smiles.

"Thank you, Sanada, but you really didn't have to get me these." Yukimura gestured to the plants and art supplies scattered on the floor.

"What kind of best friend would I be if I didn't get you a present?" Sanada raised an eyebrow.

"I meant, you didn't have to get all this." Yukimura picked up a potted plant and offered it to Sanada. "You must have spent a fortune. Take this one. It's perfect for you." Sanada reluctantly took the pot and set it down on the bed beside him.

"It didn't cost that much." He sighed and glanced at the clock.

6:00

"We should leave, Yukimura, Renji said to meet him at six fifteen."

"Ah, he should be at the cafe near school." Before Sanada could walk out the door, Yukimura stepped in front of him.

"The plant?" He pointed to the pot Sanada had put down.

"I'll come back and get it after school, let's just go."

"I know you're lying, Sanada." Yukimura pointed at the plant. "The pot."

"Yukimura-" Sanada paused when he realized that there was no way to convince Yukimura if he was using his captain voice. He sighed and walked back to the bed to pick up the plant.

"Now can we go?"

"Let's go." Yukimura said happily.

Sanada didn't realize how ridiculous he looked, until he arrived at the cafe. Yanagi laughed lowly and stifled another laugh when his two best friends approached. They sat down silently, enjoying the friendly atmosphere.

"Happy Birthday, Seiichi." Yanagi smiled and held out a small box. Yukimura accepted it and carefully tore the wrapping paper. A slip of paper fell onto the floor. When he picked it back up, he burst out laughing and handed it to Sanada. Not much of a response from him, of course, but there was the slight upturn of his lips and a light chuckle.

"You couldn't have said it any other way?" Yukimura choked out between fits of laughter.

"Well, I could have, but that would not have had the desired effect." Yanagi said.

"What exactly was the desired effect?" Sanada sighed. Yukimura nudged him with his elbow and raised an eyebrow at him, as if saying 'Really? You know what it was.' This took place within the span of a half second. Yanagi noticed, but decided not to say anything about it.

"Sarcasm, Yukimura." Sanada flicked the bluenette on the forehead lightly, giving in to his childish side. Yukimura chuckled and announced that he was going to order their breakfast. Sanada took a peek at Yukimura's present and saw a picture from their first year, when he still smiled for pictures. They were laughing at a prank Niou had pulled on Yukimura-whose hair was white at the time.

"You know, Genichirou-" Yanagi began.

"Not a word, Renji." Sanada knew he looked ridiculous without his cap and while carrying a potted plant into a cafe. Plus, the cap didn't suit Yukimura that well.

xxx

Meanwhile...

"Hey, Marui-senpai, I feel like we forgot something important today."

"What would that be?" Marui popped a bubble in his kohai's face.

"March 5th...hm, I can't think of anything special today."

"Maybe Yagyuu would know, ask him later."

"But I feel like it was really important. Maybe even more important than lying."

"...Don't you mean telling the truth?"

"No."

"..."

xxx

"Niou, I feel like today is supposed to be important." Jackal sighed, screwing up his face in thought.

"Yagyuu mentioned something about Yukimura earlier."

"Well, I guess if it was important, we would know what it is."

"Piyo~"

xxx

The Three Demons were heading to practice when they ran into Marui and Kirihara.

"Fukubuchou why are-" Kirihara began.

"Not a word, Akaya." Sanada narrowed his eyes at the junior.

"Hehe..." Kirihara hid behind Marui. This looked a bit strange, given the fact that Marui was slightly shorter than Kirihara. He clung to the redhead's back and Yanagi and Sanada eventually pried the second year off of the suffocating boy.

"We'll meet you later." Sanada said as they dragged Kirihara through the streets.

"Hey, buchou! What's up? I feel like today is important somehow, but I don't know why." Marui popped another bubble. Yukimura raised an eyebrow before saying, "Very funny Marui."

"I'm serious." The aura around Yukimura visibly darkened at those words.

"Let's get to practice," Yukimura said, changing the topic. "The others are probably waiting."

xxx

"Yukimura-kun is sure to like these flowers." Yagyuu sighed. Knowing that Niou probably forgot his captain's birthday, he bought an extra bouquet and wrote Niou's name on it.

xxx

At practice...

"Happy birthday, Yukimura-kun." Yagyuu handed Yukimura his flowers and pushed his glasses up.

"Thank you Yagyuu, at least three people remembered my birthday." Yukimura muttered.

"I take it Marui-kun and Kirihara-kun have not wished you a happy birthday."

"You're right, but they'll be wishing they did." Yukimura smiled. "Marui! Akaya! 200 laps!"

Marui and Kirihara froze and gave each other looks of confusion before starting their laps silently.

"Oh, these are from Niou-kun." Yagyuu took out the second bouquet.

"I know your handwriting, Yagyuu." Yukimura smirked. "Nice try though." Yagyuu coughed and went off to run a few warmup laps.

xxx

"Genichirou, do you know why Marui and Akaya are running laps?" Yanagi asked the fukubuchou, who was watching over practice.

"Yukimura had a sadistic moment. I think." Sanada sighed. "What are the-"

"Chances of that...is what you would say." Yanagi said. Sanada's eye twitched slightly, but otherwise, he showed no sign of annoyance. He knew Yanagi for almost three years now, he got used to the other boy knowing almost everything about him. "12% Seiichi was in a sadistic mood, 8% it was for fun, 25% Marui and Akaya did something, 55% it has something to do with Seiichi's birthday."

"They deserve it anyway." Sanada muttered, thinking about all the times he had to take responsibility for their childish actions.

xxx

"Niou! Jackal! 300 laps!" Yukimura yelled across the courts. "Akaya, 200 swings! Marui, 250 abdominal drills!"

"The number of laps and punishments is increasing, and so is Yukimura's annoyance...Renji, do you know what the cause of this could be?" Sanada asked Yanagi. They were standing a good distance away from the bluenette, in case Yukimura decided to assign more laps.

"I told you the odds already, Genichirou." A light bulb turned on in Sanada's head.

"Do you think they forgot his birthday, I haven't heard any of them give their regards to him." Yanagi thought for a solid thirty seconds before replying.

"You're right."

"Hmm...I think we should save them from their early deaths."

"Ah, but let's let Seiichi have his fun first." Both sweatdropped and slowly walked back to the captain.

xxx

"Buchou! Let us in!" Kirihara yelled, pounding on the clubroom door.

"Give it up, Bakaya. He's not gonna let us in or let Sanada, Yagyuu and Yanagi out." Niou drawled.

"KYAAAAAAAAA! MARUI-SAMA! NIOU-SAMA! AKAYA! JACKAL-SAMA!"

"Oh no, not the fangirls!" Jackal kicked off the heels Yukimura had forced him into and began to run, with Niou hot on his tail. Well, Kirihara and Marui weren't so lucky. The mob of fangirls had tackled them to the ground and started tearing at their clothes.

"MARUI-SENPAI! HELP!" Kirihara yelled. Some girl tried to kiss him before deciding to just sit on top of him and admire him.

"I'M IN THE SAME SITUATION, IDIOT!" Marui smacked a pair of hands that were bringing his head closer to some random girl's head.

xxx

"That...was...close." Jackal panted. They had run about a mile away from Rikkai. Too bad they were dressed in frilly tank tops with skirts to match.

"Wait. We're in public with this on." Niou gestured to the outfit.

"..." So the two ran back to Rikkai, preferring not to be seen in public wearing women's clothing.

xxx

"Don't you think that's a bit harsh?" Yagyuu questioned. Yukimura just smiled in response and continued watching the fangirls tear at Kirihara's clothes.

"Sanada, how's that door holding up?"

"GET OUT!" Sanada yelled, trying to slam the door against the mob of girls. Eventually Yanagi had to barricade the door with all their tennis bags, and the furniture.

"That was a little more intense than necessary, Seiichi." Yanagi sighed,

"I agree." Sanada said, catching his breath. Holding that door shut was a lot harder than it looked. Fangirls were surprisingly strong.

xxx

Later that night...

NEW MESSAGE FROM MARUI BUNTA

Sanada wondered if he should read it or not, Marui rarely chatted with him, and if he did, it was usually because he was in some sort of trouble. He decided to risk his sanity though, for an unknown reason.

You have joined

Yanagi Renji has joined

Niou Masaharu has joined

Yagyuu Hiroshi has joined

Jackal Kuwahara has joined

Marui Bunta: Do you guys know why Buchou was so mad at practice?

Kirihara Akaya has joined

Niou Masaharu: You're late, Brat.

Kirihara Akaya: Shut up Niou-senpai.

Jackal Kuwahara: Can we hurry up with this, I gotta study.

Marui Bunta: Jackal, you can study tomorrow. Dou? Tensai teki?

Niou Masaharu: No.

Yagyuu Hiroshi: It was Yukimura-kun's birthday yesterday.

Jackal Kuwahara: Don't you mean today?

Yagyuu Hiroshi: No, it's 12:03 so technically, it's now March 6th.

Kirihara Akaya: Wait, is it true fukubuchou?

Sanada Genichirou: What did you think Yukimura gave you those punishments for?

Kirihara Akaya: ... ;-; I didn't know!

Yanagi Renji: I think we should call it a night, Seiichi will be joining in 3,

Yanagi Renji: 2,

Yukimura Seiichi has joined

Yanagi Renji has left

Marui Bunta has left

Kirihara Akaya has left

Niou Masaharu has left

Jackal Kuwahara has left

Yukimura Seiichi: Yagyuu? Sanada? You still there?

Sanada Genichirou: Yes

Yagyuu Hiroshi: Yes

Yukimura Seiichi: Why did everyone leave?

Yagyuu Hiroshi: My father wants to use the computer, bye.

Yagyuu Hiroshi has left

Sanada Genichirou: Everyone's scared of you for now, since you gave them that harsh of a punishment for forgetting your birthday.

Yukimura Seiichi: Well, more laps for them. I've got to go, bye.

Sanada Genichirou: Happy Late Birthday.

Yukimura Seiichi: :)

Yukimura Seiichi has left

Sanada shut his laptop and sighed, tomorrow might be even more chaotic than today.

xxx

"Lesson learned, Never forget Yukimura's birthday." All four of the victims said simultaneously. Niou decided to get a gift to get back into Yukimura's good books, Marui choose to do nothing, Jackal made a handmade charm, and Kirihara chose one of his old rackets and wrapped it. Yukimura was going to have to be satisfied with it. Or else. Ever since that day, the Rikkai regulars have always remembered Yukimura's birthday, maybe a little more out of fear than friendship.

Happy Birthday Yukimura Seiichi! I think this was one of my "ok" stories. But, tell me what you think in a review!