Not All About Tennis
26. Stripped
"What happened to you?" questioned Marui, his hand ghosting over the dark red lines on Niou's face.
Niou laughed a bit, "I feel out of bed."
"And onto your tennis racket?" joked Akaya as he pushed his way past the duo and opened his locker.
There was a brief silence.
"Oh my god you did?" Marui exclaimed. He retracted his hand and covered his mouth to repress the laughter. "How did that even happen?"
Niou rubbed the back of his head, "I don't know. One minute I was dreaming, the next my alarm was going off and I was on the floor."
"You have the worst luck ever," Akaya cut in again.
At that moment Yukimura opened the door, "Anyone not outside in two minutes is getting extra laps."
Niou, as the only one in the locker rooms who hadn't changed, blinked and groaned, "Are you kidding me?"