[Continuation of last chapter and also spoiler for next chapter of Poor little kouhai and my next stories [
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The only sound heard was a clock somewhere in the house, sounding tic tock. The only disturbance had been when Yukimura had gone to get them tea. It was dead boring so Niou decided to break the silence in the most polite way he could.
"So… where're your parents, buchou? Don't tell me you ate them!"
"My dad's working and my mum's visiting a relative again" Yukimura answered, while sipping on his tea. "And my little sister has gone over to a friend's house."
"You've really planned this out, eh?" the trickster grinned at his buchou, who resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
"Sort of, yeah" he said. "And I'm still trying to plan this all out in my head" so if you don't have anything important to say-"
"Did you know fukubuchou took advantage of Marui last semester?" Niou suddenly said.
Same effect as if you'd hit Yukimura in the head with a blunt instrument. His mouth fell open. Then he repeatedly shut it and opened it again, without any sound coming out.
The doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Niou said, and bounced up from the sofa. This was just as well, because Yukimura was unable to move in his current state.
"Welcome to our lovely home!" Niou said cheerfully as he opened the door. Yanagi and Sanada stared at him, both wearing a look of 'what's he doing here?!'
And then the door suddenly slammed shut in front of their surprised faces by Yukimura. Who grabbed Niou by the collar and pulled him closer. Too close…!
"What did you say?!" Yukimura hissed, ignoring the two boys still standing outside on his doorstep. The other boy could almost feel the warmth from his breath, touching his face as Yukimura spoke.
"I'm not lying! It happened while you were at the hospital! Just ask fukubuchou!" Niou exclaimed, feeling a slight discomfort at the lack of air and the closeness.
"That I shall" Yukimura said, letting go of Niou who took a deep breath.
Yukimura, ignoring his almost-strangled teammate, grabbed the door handle and opened the door yet again. "Renji, Genichirou" he said to his surprised friends. "Come on in. We've got a lot to talk about."
Somehow, they got the feeling they were walking into the lair of a monster.
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"So" Sanada said, "you mean that you were thumb-wrestling?"
"That's right" Yukimura answered, smiling. "We were thumb-wrestling over who'd get to play as Singles2 and you just happened to misunderstand the situation. Niou wasn't jumping me at all!"
"Well, I sort of was" Niou admitted, earning him a glare from Yukimura. "But I only did that in order to win!" he quickly added.
"This explains a lot of things" Yanagi said, nodding wisely. Or, it didn't. But he welcomed any explanation for the scene they'd walked into in the infirmary, no matter how bad it was! "We're sorry we ever doubted you Seiichi!"
"Yes, I don't even know why the thought of you liking a punk like Niou ever crossed my mind in the first place!" Sanada said, as he grabbed Yukimura's hands.
"Hey!" Niou protested.
Yukimura just smiled.There is karma after all! He thought.
The atmosphere now seemed to ease up, and both Yanagi and Sanada seemed to relax themselves a little, sipping their tea and smiling.
"Well, although" Yukimura said, frowning. "I've got a question if you'll hear me out…"
"Yes Yukimura?" Sanada said.
"Is it true you took advantage of Marui last semester while I was in the hospital?"
And Sanada felt his perfect little world fall down around his ears. Bit. By. Bit.
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"Genichirou? Can you hear me?" Yukimura said. "… is he even breathing?"
"I think he's just unconscious…" Yanagi, who was a little bit pale, stated. Why, oh WHY did Seiichi have data that he hadn't?!
"Cool, buchou. You're the first person I've met who can turn people into stone!" Niou said, and snickered. This was way fun! Maybe he should take advantage of the situation and doodle on Sanada's face?
Suddenly, Yukimura's phone rang. He quickly flipped it open, not even fumbling for a second in his search for the phone.
"Yes? Jackal, what's the matter? Where-"
"Doesn't sound good" Niou frowned. He quickly made his way to the front door and started to put on his shoes.
"As you heard, it was Jackal. And he told me that Akaya just came back with an unconscious Bunta! I'm going over there, Renji-"
"I've already put on my shoes" Niou drawled. Ready to go and kick their kouhai's ass, because he was quite sure just whose fault it was Marui was unconscious.
"-Renji please take Genichirou home! Niou and I will go over to Bunta's house and see how he's doing." Yukimura's face showed how worried he was.
"I'll write your parents a note then" Yanagi said, a little disappointed he couldn't go with them. "Send me a text message when you get there will you?"
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When they came back to the Yukimura residence, it was already close to midnight and Yukimura's family was asleep. But at least Marui's condition was good and well again although Akaya had thrown a real tantrum when he realized Marui had snitched Doubles1 right from under his nose.
The two boys, being the healthy growing teenagers they were, raided the kitchen for food before dragging themselves up to Rikkai buchou's room.
"I suppose this means you'll be staying over" Yukimura said, yawning as he pulled out a spare futon.
"If it's not too much trouble" came the reply. Niou didn't even bother to change his clothes before laying down on the futon. And the two boys quickly drifted off to sleep.
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When Niou woke up a couple of hours later, the room was bathing in sunlight. And the reason why he woke up came when he spotted his captain's leg outside the bed – on his own head!
Muttering to himself, Niou wobbled his way to the bathroom where he washed his face and brushed his teeth (with Yukimura's toothbrush).
"Niou Masaharu!" A series of banging on the bathroom door made him wince. "Niou it's frickin' seven o'clock and we've missed morning practice!" Yukimura's voice screamed over the banging.
"Relax buchou" Niou shouted. "I'm sure Yanagi took care of morning practice!" He took one last look in the mirror before unlocking and opening the door. "How do I look?"
"Stop asking stupid questions – and stop hogging the bathroom…!" Yukimura grumbled, apparently not a morning person judging by his half-closed eyes. "Use my sister's hairbrush before we go to school…"
"Oh yeah... D'ya think fukubuchou's turned back to flesh and blood by now?"
"I have no idea" Yukimura said, trying to stifle a yawn. "And I don't want to hear a word about this – I don't think we should talk about this until we've got all the facts."
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And so, Niou arrived to school dressed in the same borrowed outfit he'd fallen asleep in.
"Why're you always assigning me laps whenever I mess with Marui-senpai?!" Kirihara shouted at Sanada. "That's no fair at all!" Their kouhai was standing at the school building's entrance, together with Jackal and Marui who tried to restrain him from doing anything violent.
"Try to behave yourself in class today Kirihara-kun, Niou-kun" Yagyuu told them, before heading off into the building. Niou gave him a trademark grin in reply.
"Are you in love or what's the matter!?" Kirihara shouted, much to the embarrassment of Sanada.
Yukimura gave Niou the Look, and mouthed something that possible could've meantmake him shut up! Or it he could have been exercising his jaw.
Alright then, Niou thought, still grinning. If that was what buchou wanted….
The Trickster made his way to their kouhai who was still shouting at their fukubuchou. By now Sanada's face color matched Marui's hair. And the self-proclaimed tensai too, was building up a tomato-red shade on his face.
"Sanada and Marui, sitting in a tree F-U-C-"
Kirihara didn't get to say the last bit because Niou had by now reached him. The trickster grabbed his struggling kouhai by the shirt and swooped down so that he caught the other boy's lips with his own.
The school yard had fallen dead silent and everyone's eyes were focused on the same two boys. Even Yukimura seemed shocked, and there was a faint trail of blood trailing down from Yanagi's nose.
Five seconds later, when Kirihara had recovered from his own initial shock, a roar deafening broke the silence.
"NIOU-SENPAI I HATE YOU!!"
FINI