It's Not All About Tennis
18. Queue
"I hate checking in," Marui growled, his foot tapping impatiently. In front of them there were half a dozen business men and women and a few families as they waited their turn to check into the hotel. "I mean, seriously, why couldn't 'Mura do this. He's team captain after all."
Niou laughed, "When does 'Mura ever do anything himself? He's got all of us as his manservants."
"I don't like that statement."
"Truth hurts," Niou declared with a shrug of his shoulders. "Anyways, at least this way we get to choose who rooms with who."
A grin spread across Marui's face, "Can you stick Jackal with Akaya? He was so happy the other day when he thought Yanagi was going to be on Akaya duty this weekend."
Grinning just as widely, Niou took a step forward in the line, "And 'Mura and Sanada in the rooms farthest from each other. They won't last a day."
"You know, this would be fun and all," Marui declared, "but would we survive it?"
Niou shrugged, "Dunno. We could always just lock ourselves in our room until the tournament."