~Eight Maids A-Milking~
AN: This was actually a bit hard for me to write-I don't know Rikkai super well-but I did my best. This was mostly Rin's idea, and it's because of her that this chapter happened at all. Thanks for reading! ~Len
'It's Christmas', he'd said. 'It'll be fun', he'd said. 'A bonding experience for the team', he'd said. Kirihara Akaya sure knew how to twist his upperclassmen around his little finger. Sanada sighed, knowing this day was going to turn out quite...eventful. Yukimura gave him a bit of a smile, eyes glinting mischievously.
"Today will be interesting, don't you think, Sanada?" The tensai asked lightly. Sanada merely grunted in reply. 'Interesting' usually meant 'busy for the cocaptain', when it came to them. And he most certainly wasn't wrong.
Somehow, Akaya had convinced the rest of the Rikkai team that going to a little farm fair was a good idea, so here they were, in the middle of a corn maze. Sanada snagged Akaya by the collar of his shirt as he tried to leave the group to explore the maze alone.
"Akaya, stay with the group." He scolded, waiting for the first year to nod before releasing him.
Soon, the team had tired of the maze, and moved on to other activities. There were little duck races, where you pumped water to send a little rubber duck down a track. Sanada had his hands full trying to prevent a full-on water war that would've gotten many of the other people there completely soaked.
There were large barrel-type wheels that one could run in as though they were hamster balls. Akaya was the first to hop into one, which seemed safe enough at first, but Niou and Marui smirked at each other and shoved it along as fast as they could. Sanada sprinted to catch up scolding them at the end when he saw that Akaya had tripped and almost fallen out.
When they'd finished trying everything that could possibly go wrong-or so Sanada thought-they made their way to the barn, where you could learn how to milk a cow. Sanada sat on a stool in the corner and leaned against the wall...he was tired. Luckily, the other seven seemed content to just try milking the cow like the girl there showed them. For a while.
Then, Akaya, with a crooked grin, nudged Niou as he was milking the cow, causing the milk to spray onto both him and Marui. Renji stayed in the back as this occurred, muttering to himself. Sanada sighed and fixed the three of them with a glare.
It took them a while to notice, but at least they had the good grace to look ashamed. The girl who had taught them to milk the cow was just laughing and righting the overturned bucket and stool.
"Sorry, Fukubuchou..." Akaya said.
"Tarundoru." Sanada sighed and motioned for them to go on.
They finished up and got onto the bus home, filling in the back few seats. None of them realized until after they'd been goofing around unscolded for a while that Sanada had fallen asleep, his arms crossed and his head leaning against the window. Yukimura laughed a little.
"Poor Genichiro, we're such a handful..."