It's Not All About Tennis
16. Moonlight
Niou loves Marui the most on those secret nights of theirs.
When one of them has to sneak in a window, because it's a school night Bunta and I know you and Masaharu aren't going to study, and by the time their parents find out in the morning it's too late to do anything.
On those nights, after Marui's breath as devolved from hard pants to slow sleepy inhales, Niou likes to prop up onto his elbow and watch him as he sleeps. He loves those times when his partner winds down, when all the chattering and bubble gum popping stops, and Marui is just…calm.
Niou loves the silk look of his pink hair when the moonlight streams in from one of their windows and the soft feel of it where the sweat from their activities has dried with help from the wind.
But all in all, Niou just loves that when Marui's asleep, if he watches long enough and focuses hard enough, he can hear his boyfriend whisper his name.