Marui winced as he stretched his lithe body. He was sore. Sanada had been pushing the team very hard ever since Yukimura was formally admitted into the hospital for acute terminal neuritis. To win the Kantou tournament for their ill buchou, the team worked hard in return. A bubble popped as the red-head rubbed his lower back gingerly, scowling. Sanada's harsh training that day hadn't helped his aching body at all. He figured that he was the only one left to fill a position that involved soreness in the lower back. Yes, Marui is now Rikkai's uke. He was suddenly promoted--though he wondered if it were a good thing--from bubble boy to Rikkai's uke when the sick boy left. It was almost as if his buchou left him a legacy of sorts.

That day when Yukimura bestowed unto him the almighty powers of ukedom, Marui had been ecstatic. He was happy that he could help his buchou and team and had been so excited that he didn't waste any time dragging Jackal into the locker room for a "test run". However, he never expected how much work was involved in being Rikkai's uke. His day is completely booked with people from before to after school. That excluded tennis practice of course, since despite his support for it, Sanada wouldn't let him compensate practice with boosting team "morale"(it was Yukimura's legacy after all). Marui had been thankful of Sanada's iron fist rule ever since. At least it keeps the fanboys away during those hours.

It's not like he didn't want to make Yukimura proud and help out because being Rikkai's uke did have its perks. And Marui was second most beautiful after the buchou. Who can resist a genius-like pretty boy such as Marui? Apparently Jackal. Oh it wasn't because Jackal didn't like Marui, since he did like it so very much when the red-head did this thing with his tongue. Rather it was because a certain brat was taking up all of Jackal's free time. Marui was not pleased with the babysitting arrangements. Like for the volley specialist, Yukimura left a legacy to Jackal as well, and that was to babysit "Aka-chan" and keep him out of trouble. While Akaya was less prone to wreaking chaos with his senpai there, Marui didn't know why Yanagi didn't get that job. The data master was in charge of pacifying the baby and seemed to rather enjoy mothering Akaya like Yuki-mommy had done. He made a mental note to dump the brat with Yanagi later so he can have some alone time with Jackal. Both had been so busy with their schedules and Marui missed it when Jackal did that thing with his tongue.

Sanada on the other hand obviously got the better end of the deal. He didn't need to do much except bark orders and bask in his semeness. Marui knew that the other boy liked doing the latter because with Yukimura gone, Sanada is the ultimate seme at Rikkai now. Maybe that was buchou's legacy to him. Despite all that, he's still wrapped around buchou's little finger. Yukimura may not look like it but the fair boy can be pretty intense, especially when he's sporting his headband.

Marui wrinkled his nose and averted his eyes when he walked into the locker room and saw Niou and Yagyuu doing...stuff. If he didn't know better, he could've sworn that Yukimura's legacy to them was to "be fruitful and multiply" only without the multiply part. They sure have a different approach to improving their doubles dynamics. Maybe that's why they're doubles 1, though he wasn't sure that synchronization of hips was quite what Yukimura had in mind. The boy quickly got dressed so he wouldn't to be subjected to their synchronization any longer and was about to leave when Niou spoke with a smirk. "Yo uke-sama, you have a six o'clock today." Yagyuu smiled at his partner. "Ever the gentleman to remind him, Yagyuu." Eye twitching, Marui muttered a thank you through his teeth, and fled the room. He did not want to stick around to find out what other fetishes the two had.

Eating another piece of gum, Marui made his way to his six o'clock appointment. Being an uke is hard especially when one's back is extremely sore from previous appointments and practices. It made him wonder how Yukimura did it with all the other responsibilities he had. Marui for one couldn't wait until Yukimura returns because despite the perks and glory for being Rikkai's uke, it is still a very demanding position. He wouldn't mind going back to being a genius-like bubble boy because he didn't think his lower back can take it anymore. But for now, he must go fulfill his buchou's legacy.