Well, here's the next chapter of Megane-chan. Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter and answered my question. I hope you enjoy chpater one!

Disclaimer: I do not own Prince Of Tennis.

Chapter One

Akaya was just entering the changing room when he heard the tail end of a conversation.

"Okay, Marui, you can have the next few weeks off. Be careful getting to your homeroom." Yukimura said. Akaya heard Marui murmur a small 'thank you' and stepped to the side to allow Marui out of the changing room. Akaya was confused to see him wearing glasses and turned to Yukimura.

"'Mura-buchou, why won't Marui-senpai be playing tennis for a few weeks? And why was he wearing glasses just now?" Akaya asked as Yukimura walked over to the door so he could watch Marui walk away.

"Well, you see, Akaya, Marui has very bad eyesight. Usually he wears contacts but his neighbour's dog ate them so he has to wear his glasses until he gets some new ones." Yukimura explained. Akaya wrinkled his nose in thought.

"But that doesn't explain why he's not playing tennis. I know that Marui-senpai might not be used to wearing glasses but Yagyuu-senpai wears glasses and plays just fine." Akaya said. Yukimura sighed a little as he thought of how to explain.

"Marui has two personas. When he's wearing contacts, he's Normal Marui. When he's wearing glasses-" There was a yelp and Yukimura and Akaya looked over to see Marui tripping over air, "-he becomes Clumsy Marui. He's not allowed to do any sports since he trips over a lot and might hurt himself badly. Unfortunately, the opticians don't have his prescription on their computer since it's been a few months since he last went and the earliest appointment they have is in two weeks time and then it'll take at least another week for his contacts to arrive."

"Oooh…" Akaya said as everything became clear. "Does that mean I get to have Marui-senpai's after practice cake?" Yukimura laughed as he pushed the second year into the changing room.

"Maybe if you're a good boy. Now hurry before I let Genichirou assign you extra laps." Akaya had never changed so fast in his life.

It was the middle of English, the first lesson of the day, and Niou was pretending to translate the sentences on the board. He was actually planning his next prank but what the teacher didn't know, wouldn't hurt, right? Niou vaguely heard the teacher asking for answers and made sure to look up to make it look like he was paying attention.

"Marui-kun, please come up and write the first answer." The teacher said. Niou heard the scraping of a chair behind him and counted down in his head until the redhead went past. Marui always took four seconds to walk from his seat to Niou's. Niou always teased Marui about his regular-ness; Marui always teased Niou for noticing.

Niou's countdown was interrupted by a loud 'THUD'. He looked down and winced when he saw a familiar looking pair of glasses, a fallen redhead just behind them. Marui got to his knees and started groping around for his glasses. Niou picked the glasses up and slid them on to Marui's face, the violet-eyed boy blinking at the sudden clearness before smiling gratefully at Niou. Marui got to his feet again and was about to start walking when Niou grabbed him by his waist and pulled him into the empty seat next to him.

"Yo, sensei, you weren't here in our first year. Maru isn't allowed to answer stuff at the board when he's wearing glasses since he just falls over, puri." Niou drawled out as he kept a tight grip round the squirming Marui's waist. The teacher raised an eyebrow and looked at the rest of the class who all nodded. She sighed.

"Okay, I won't call Marui-kun up until he gets some new contacts but does he really have to sit next to you, Niou-kun?" She asked exasperatedly.

"Someone needs to make sure he isn't constantly dropping stuff and falling out of his seat. Besides, neither of us sit next to anyone so it's not like we're upsetting anything or one." Niou answered boredly. The class once again nodded in agreement and Marui stopped struggling, his face flushed to match his hair. He wasn't that bad, was he? The teacher sighed, knowing she couldn't dispute a whole class.

"Okay, Marui-kun can sit next to you, Niou-kun. Go and get his stuff." Niou nodded with a short 'puri' and quickly got Marui's stuff. Once the class settled down, the teacher resumed teaching. "Okay, since you stopped Marui-kun from answering the question, you can answer instead, Niou-kun." Niou slammed his head on the desk.

"Where's Niou-senpai? Has he got detention?" Akaya asked as he pulled on his tennis shirt, hoping the answer to the latter question was 'yes'. If it wasn't then it meant Niou was probably planning a prank and Akaya seemed to be his favourite person to prank at the moment (and of all time). Before anybody could begin to answer, Niou entered with Marui's hand in his. Niou guided Marui over to a bench and pushed him down on to it.

"Don't move, puri." Niou ordered before moving to get changed. Marui pouted a little but barely moved a muscle as he sat there. Akaya blinked as he finally saw Marui with glasses properly.

"Marui-senpai, you look…very, very, very, very, very different." Akaya said as he picked up his tennis racket. Marui smiled a tiny bit at the wording.

"Most people do look different with glasses. Remember the first time 'Haru stole Yagyuu's glasses? The only reason we knew it was 'Haru was because of his hair." Maru said with a small laugh. Akaya nodded uncertainly.

"I guess. But whenever I think of you with glasses, I think of thin frames that make you look cool like Yagyuu-senpai. You have really thick glasses that make you look nerdy." Akaya said a little too truthfully. Marui froze before hanging his head downcastedly. Yukimura took Akaya to one side to give him a small lecture on what was and was not okay to say but was interrupted by Niou shutting his locker loudly. They both looked over as Niou extended a hand towards Marui. The redhead looked up at him.

"Come on, you can't stay in here all practice. I need to make sure you don't move about and trip over stuff." Niou said. Marui smiled a tiny bit and took the hand. Niou pulled him to his feet and tugged him outside, Marui stumbling slightly after him. Outside, Niou pushed Marui down on to a small grassy slope that faced the tennis courts. "Stay here. If you need to get up then call me. I'll walk you home so just wait here." Marui nodded and Niou went to do his warm up laps.

It was an extra long practice that day since practice the day before had to be cancelled and peachy streaks were starting to line the sky by the time practice was ended. When Niou went to get Marui, he found the volley specialist slumbering peacefully, a drawing pad and fallen pencil case next to him. Niou put the things away before waking Marui, pulling him to his feet as soon as his eyes opened and shoving his bag into his arms.

"Come on, I'm gonna miss dinner at this rate and I still need to get you home. We'll take the bus so there's less chance of you tripping yourself up, puri." Niou said, harsh but with an underlying gentleness as he took Marui's hand and began guiding the still sleepy boy away from the courts. Akaya looked up at Yukimura.

"'Mura-buchou, is it me or is Niou-senpai acting differently from usual?" He asked. Yukimura gave him a smile, half amused and half nostalgic, as he ruffled the boy's hair.

"It's not you. This is actually how Niou acted in our first year when Marui still wore glasses regularly. Everybody found it amusing how often Marui tripped up and how comical he looked so they always laughed. Niou was the only one who noticed how Marui's knees were permanently bandaged and how sad he got when people laughed at him Since he noticed, Niou took it upon himself to look after Marui. When he was younger, Niou was much more of a rebel and kinda scary so nobody dared to mess with him. Unfortunately, he was so scary that he scared Marui and Marui always ran away from him which usually resulted in him tripping up and causing more laughter. Be glad that Niou toned down the scariness for Marui or he would be playing a lot more and a lot meaner pranks you. Though it seems that seeing Marui with glasses again has caused a bit of his old personality to return." Yukimura said as he dug around in his for something. He extracted a slice of cake wrapped in cling film and Akaya's eyes lit up.

"Is that Marui-senpai's after practice cake?" Akaya asked hopefully. Yukimura nodded and Akaya began drooling a little.

"You can have it, Akaya, but you have to thank Marui tomorrow since he pays for all the cake we get him and promise me not to call him a nerd again, okay? It hurts his feelings." Yukimura asked. Akaya nodded quickly and cheered as Yukimura handed him the delicious cake. Yukimura smiled at his childishness but inside he was a little worried; he hoped Akaya would keep his promise.

A/N: And there we go! I hope you all enjoyed Chapter One! The next chapter will be up the same time next week! See ya! (I think I abused exclamation points just then...)