It's Not All About Tennis
34. Shadow
"What are you doing?" questioned Niou, leaning forward with his hands in his pockets. Marui leaned against a tree with his textbook and a pencil in his lap. Behind him he could hear Marui's little brothers howling as they ran through the sprinkler. "Yukimura wanted to meet up with us, you know?"
"I know," Marui replied, glancing up at him. "I just have some stuff I need to do."
Niou looked at the book and pointed, "That? Because Marui it's summer vacation and you don't have to do all your summer homework right now."
"Again, I know," Marui answered. He gestured to his brothers, "I have to watch the twins though. Go ahead though, I don't want Yukimura to kill us both."
There was a hum before he plopped down next to Marui. He let his head thump onto the pinkette's shoulder, "Might as well die together, right?"