Yukimura quietly wishes they wanted to see Seiichi the high schooler, not simply the Child of God, but that's rather ungracious to admit, isn't it?

He brushes the pencil in a line to create the shirt collar.

"Well, it's not that I don't play doubles," Yukimura explains. "But for this tournament, I wanted Marui to take it."

And that's all that needs to be said about that. Flayn doesn't need to know the power move it had been at the time, and she's surely already come to understand for herself the reasons Marui was a smart choice to meet the demands of the role.

Still.

He looks up from his sketch and pauses just long enough to meet her eyes from beneath the fringe of his bangs with a mysterious smile.

"But if you'd like to pair with me another time, I'm sure we can work something out."