It's Not All About Tennis

29. Climbing

"What if my cord breaks?" questioned Marui; head tilted back looking up at the wall in front of him. Pebbles colored red, green, and blue stuck out against dark brown of the wall.

Niou glanced over at him, "Bunta it's not a real mountain, you're not as fat as I tease you about being, and there are professionals all around this place. You'll be fine."

"But if it breaks I plummet to my death right?"

There was a brief silence.

"Well yeah. It's twenty meters." He shifted around, pressing a kiss to Marui's cheek as their instructor came towards them. "I'm not going to force you, you know?"

The instructor smiled at them as he stopped in front of them, "Both of you then?"

Niou watched Marui of the corner of his eye. The pinkette smiled weakly, "Yeah. Both of us."

A grin spread across Niou's face as the instructor made a swift gesture, "Let's get you suited up then."