Word Count: 1,360
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis.
Author's Note: Enjoy!
Rikkaidai Vacation - Chapter Seven
Everyone placed their hands over their mouths as they let out a yawn. They scratched their eyes and stretched a little, trying to keep themselves awake. The thought of collapsing due to drowsiness in front of a hotel didn't seem like such a nice thing.
Everyone sighed.
"Such a tiring day," said Yagyuu.
They all muttered a few words, backing up what the gentleman had said. They were all so tired that they didn't even remember if they had said something positive or negative. But, who cares? They were all too tired to pay attention to each other.
As they stepped inside the hotel, they felt surprised at what or who they saw.
"My, my," Yukimura said, smiling, "This is just too much of a coincidence."
"MARUI-KUUUN!" Jirou squealed as he rapidly made his way to the said boy. Seeing his idol twice in a day felt just like heaven.
Akaya, acting on reflexes, blocked Jirou's path. "Back off!"
Niou smirked. "Oh, it seems that Akaya is jealous," he teased.
"I AM NOT!"
"Then, why won't you let Akutagawa hug Marui?"
"That's— uh, um," Akaya paused to think. "Mura-buchou! Niou-senpai's bullying me again!" he tattled. He then ran towards Yukimura, waving his arms around like a little kid. And because of such an idiotic action, Jirou successfully hugged Marui.
Niou crossed his arms. "You're such a crybaby."
Akaya ignored him and continued to sob.
Atobe walked over to Yukimura. "Ore-sama didn't expect your team to be staying in this hotel," he said. He then gave Yukimura a "you-used-ore-sama's-money-to-pay-for-this-didn't-you" look.
Rikkaidai's captain simply smiled.
"Gekokujou," Hiyoshi muttered. It was amusing to see someone bold enough to toy around with Atobe (even if it's just for his money).
"Your captain smiles too much," Gakuto told the Rikkaidai regulars as he looked at Yukimura's face nervously.
Niou quickly went to think of something to insult Hyoutei's captain with. Saying Yukimura smiles too much isn't an insult, though. Guess he was doing it for the sake of enjoyment.
"Well, your captain's an arrogant jerk, always referring to himself as Ore-sama this and ore-sama that," Niou said, snickering.
Atobe turned his head to give Niou a glare. "What was that?"
"Oh, it was nothing," the trickster hummed.
"It seems that everyone's wide awake now," said Yagyuu as he looked around.
Yanagi nodded in agreement.
And before they knew it, they were all sitting down on the couches in the lobby, having conversations with one another. It was getting late, but when you're having this much fun, you wouldn't bother to check the time, anyway. If you are having fun, that is.
Jirou continued to cling onto Marui as Akaya fumed from his seat.
Noticing the tense atmosphere, Niou decided to have a little fun to break the mood. "I heard that you can do impersonations, Shishido," he said, giving the said boy a look of interest.
"WHO THE HELL TOLD YOU THAT?" Shishido said, jumping from his seat as he turned to look at Niou.
The trickster smirked. "I have my ways of knowing things."
"Gekokujou," Hiyoshi muttered.
Oshitari chuckled. "Why don't you show him, Shishido?" he suggested.
Shishido raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms. "Why should I?" he said flatly.
"Because it's rude to say no."
Shishido cursed under his breath.
"Come on, Shishido!" said Gakuto excitedly, "Even I haven't heard your impersonations yet." The acrobat then looked at Shishido with hopeful eyes.
"Please, Shishido-san?" Ootori urged, showing him his trademark pout.
Shishido looked at his kouhai's face. Damn it, Choutarou. Don't make that face.
"Fine."
Niou grinned. "Hmm," he thought. "Try doing Marui."
The said boy looked at Niou's direction. "Did someone say my name?" he asked, mouth full of chips and whatever. Oshitari could have sworn he saw something inedible in there. His face turned pale at the sight.
Shishido quickly thought of something Marui would say. He then sat up straight as he remembered the boy's signature line. "Dou? Tensai tekki?" he said in Marui's tone.
Niou couldn't help but burst out laughing. "That was perfect."
"Do another one, Shishido-san," Ootori pleaded.
Gakuto perked up. "Do Ootori!"
"M-me?" Ootori stammered. The thought of hearing his own voice coming from someone else seemed kind of scary. In a way.
Shishido let out a confident smile. He knew Ootori's voice all too well. This was going to be easy. He cleared his throat before saying, "Shishido-san…"
Ootori blushed. Shishido had used his mellow tone. It was embarrassing. And out of all the things he could have said, why did he say that?
Gakuto gave Ootori a sly grin as he elbowed the second year.
Niou went to think of another person. "Try doing Sanada," he said, smirking. The vice-captain then looked at Niou as soon as he heard his name. But before he could oppose the idea of someone copying his voice, the trickster had already told Shishido, "Say tarundoru in Sanada's tone."
And without further ado, Shishido complied. "TARUNDORU!" he bellowed.
There are different degrees of laughing. For example, Niou, Marui, Akaya, Jirou and Gakuto all laughed their heads off. Yukimura, Jackal, Oshitari, Ootori and Atobe all laughed normally. Yanagi and Hiyoshi simply smiled as if they were laughing. A tiny curve made its way on Yagyuu's face, and Sanada and Kabaji didn't laugh at all. The last two examples aren't what you'd call laughing, but you get my point. And that's how it was.
Sanada wanted to kill them all. Except for Yukimura, of course (and probably Yanagi too).
After catching his breath, Atobe snapped his fingers. "That's enough for today."
Yukimura called everyone's attention. "It's getting late. It would be best if we all get some rest now," he said, being ever so responsible.
Everyone nodded.
And so, they all bid each other a "good night" before going back to their rooms.
Room 564 – Sanada & Yukimura's Room
Before going to bed, Yukimura decided to bring that topic up. "Shishido-kun did a good impersonation of you," he said, chuckling.
Sanada wanted to chop off Shishido's head (and Niou's too).
Room 565 – Yanagi & Jackal's Room
"They looked like they were having fun, huh, Jackal?" said Yanagi as he flipped through a travel guide. He then set it down on the nightstand beside his bed. "We should've joined in."
Jackal nodded, smiling. And Yanagi did the same.
The half-Brazilian boy then pulled on his covers and turned to switch off the lamp. "Maybe next time," he said before drifting off into sleep.
Room 566 – Niou & Yagyuu's Room
Niou settled on his bed, looking over at Yagyuu who was sitting on the room's couch. The gentleman was having his evening tea (if there is such thing), reading a page from a pocket book every so often.
"You should've joined in the fun, Yagyuu."
Yagyuu took a sip out of his tea. "If I wasn't so busy helping Yukimura-kun comfort Akaya-kun, I would've joined in."
"Does that mean you'll join in the next time we do something like that?" the trickster asked.
"Probably."
Room 567 – Akaya & Marui's Room
The two were already lying down on their beds when Marui decided to ask, "Akaya, are you awake?"
Akaya grumbled. "Why?"
Marui thought for a while before answering. "A while back, were you really jealous of Jirou?" he asked. He felt kind of curious about it, that's all.
"Why'd you ask?"
"'Cause you really did seem jealous," the tensai laughed.
"And you're telling me this, because?" Akaya said passively.
Marui sighed. Akaya was not the kind to open up to someone so quickly. "I just wanted to know. Is it bad to ask?"
There was silence.
Akaya turned to face the wall. "I was jealous. There's nothing wrong with that."
Room 678 - Shishido & Gakuto's Room
Unfortunately for Shishido and Gakuto, they were forced to share a room (Oshitari had suggested it). They were having some sort of fight when they suddenly heard someone shouting from the room beneath them.
"PIPE DOWN IN THERE!" the voice said, "We are trying to sleep!"
After the voice had disappeared, Gakuto remembered who it belonged to. "That sounded like that Marui guy from Rikkaidai."
Author's Note: XD Should I continue?
