Happy Birthday To: Inui Sadaharu, June third.
Word Count: 262
Rating: K
Genre: Friendship.
Warnings: Not beta'd. Possible OOC.
Notes: I don't know where my muse went. At all. If you have seen him, tell him I love and need him and that he needs to come back. In the meantime, here is crappy writing that was forced. Even with Bones jokes (must have seen Wannabe in the Weeds) this was hard for me to write. So... yeah.
Dedication: Marie. Because he is not going to our high school next year. (By the way, I'm officially a freshman!)
Inui smirked slightly. It was his birthday, and the entirety of the old regulars were out for karaoke at Kikumaru's insistence. Still, he was going to play it cool and pretend that he wasn't utterly enjoying himself – after all, nobody else there knew he could sing. So far nobody had picked him, probably thinking that they would at least save him the embarrassment of having to sing after Eiji had dragged them all out there. Still, his time would come.
And it did. Kikumaru was the first of the night to force him up to the mic in the near-empty karaoke bar. He sang some random song that he remembered hearing at one point or another, and laughed at the expressions on his teammates and former-teammates friends as he sang.
They switched from pity, to shock, to amusement, to enjoyment.
Finishing up the song, he sat down to a thunderous round of applause from the regulars and co. Before he could pick another person to send up, Eiji spoke.
"Nya, Inui, I had no idea you could sing." Inui shrugged.
"I sang as a child."
"Really?" this time it came from a more-than amused Fuji. Inui shrugged again, and nodded.
"My parents thought it would help integrate me socially."
"Did it?" Momo asked. Now it was Inui's turn to snort and, before Momo could make another comment, Inui forced him to go up to the mic.
Still, Momo's question echoed in Inui's mind. And he realized the answer.
Not nearly as much as tennis.
Ending A/N: The end. Please review. Please please please. Seriously, this chapter... it would just be the best thing ever if at least eight of you reviewed. So please, please do. Especially if you have seen my muse. Yes, I will whore for reviews. Too bad. :P (Do it as a graduation gift? XD)
Next up: Yanagi Renji When: June 4th. (Tomorrow!)