A/N: Hello lovelies! This is the last batch for this series. After starting this idea what? 2 years ago? I'm finally done with it! These last 3 are some of the easier pairings to write. Trick was fun to write, but I was surprised when I checked that I didn't do Diabolical (MaruiAkaya) but instead did Trick. Odd! But then, I was (and still am) biased towards Niou - he's easily my favorite Rikkai player besides Yukimura :D I quite like the whole 'symmetry' feel of the first and last drabble for this one. Hope you like it! -iirse
Warnings: Definite slash, though not explicit. If you don't like it, don't read it.
Disclaimer: Original names, characters and places don't belong to me. I don't own anything except the general ridiculous plot-less plot and OC(s), if any. Yadablah.
Trick "Firsts"
ONE. First Kiss
It wasn't perfect. In fact, it was far from it, with clashing teeth, knocking noses, and altogether messy. But it was just like the chaos they loved to create. It was essentially them, and so, it was their slice of heaven, their definition of perfection.
Screw the fairytale 'perfect' first kiss.
TWO. First Heartbreak
All the years of pulling the Switch with Yagyuu, and then the Illusion alone, was all that kept his typical smirking façade on when he caught sight of Aka – Kirihara making out with Tachibana-imouto at the street courts. Niou doubted Kirihara would see his heartbreak even without the mask anyway – he'd only seen the Trickster in him, not the human.
THREE. First Interlude
"Kami, 'Haru! Can't you two keep your hands off each other?" An exasperated Yagyuu burst into the toilet on tournament grounds where the duo had retreated between Masaharu's Doubles 2 and Kirihara's Singles 2. "Akaya, you have 2 minutes to fly to the court for Singles 2 before it is 100% certain that Yukimura will flay you alive."
FOUR. First Words
He would always remember the thoughtful look behind the mischievous teal eyes that observed him as he declared his challenge on his knees before the Troika. The other regulars had scoffed (Marui) or politely shook their heads (Jackal and Yagyuu) early on, but the (to be) Trickster had waited out the match before quietly observing to Yanagi. "I don't know about you, puri, but I think this one might very well do it."
Those words of faith that Niou never knew the Devil overheard (as far as Akaya was concerned) had always helped on bad days, whether the prankster knew it or not.
FIVE. First Proposal
"Promise me, Akaya, if you ever show guilty for any acts you cause as a Devil that I can see, you will change." Masaharu asked, for once, after hearing of the fiasco at the selection camp for the Goodwill Games.
Vivid green eyes reluctantly met the Trickster's. "If you promise to tell me when it hurts, rather than self-destruct."
A pause.
"SWAK." The bleached haired teen breathed out.
And in case you didn't know, SWAK means Sealed with a Kiss :D It just seems to work~
