FASH: I just had to write a Shin/Sena, because it's one of the most obvious yaoi pairings in Eyeshield 21! Of course, being the dellusional person I am, I think practically everyone has a crush on Sena, but we'll not get into that... Yet.

Discalimer: I don't own it!

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This takes place sometime before the Death March and sometime after the Deimon vs. Zokugaku game.

Sena stared down into the streets below from his bedroom window, eyes carefully scanning for any suspicious shadows or moving figures, he let out a sigh of relief when he found none of the above, quickly making his way out of his room, down the stairs and out of his front door into the empty street for his evening jog.

Why was Sena so cautious about his jogging, well, he hadn't always been but...

A few weeks ago he had decided that he would start jogging after school when there were no practices scheduled, and right after school he'd go straight home, change into his newly bought jogging suit (which was blue and looked suspiciously like a small version of the one that belonged to Shin) and headed out for an hour or two, and then he'd come home just in time for supper.

And then, just over a week ago, Sena was delighted to see Shin jogging on the other side of the street out of the corner or his eyes, and was even happier when Shin crossed the street to jog beside him. They nodded to each other as a greeting and exchanged no words, and soon enough Sena had reached his halfway point and turned around, throwing a look over his shoulder at Shin who was still jogging along the pathway before blushing to himself. 'I hope Shin-san doesn't think I'm trying to be his clone or anything.' He thought to himself as he jogged back to his house, deciding that he was never going to wear his jogging suit again, it would just be to embarrassing if Shin saw him in that again.

Then during his after school jogs he'd meet up with Shin and they'd jog together for longer stretches of time, much to the joy of Sena who adored being in the presence of Shin, even if they didn't talk, and then, five days ago, it happened.

Sena was jogging through the park that he and Shin usually met up at, happily humming a little tune in his head, smiling when he saw Shin coming up beside him in his peripheral vision, but then Shin dissapeard. That was the only warning he got before he was mercilessly tackled to the grassy ground beside the sidewalk. Sena had opened his eyes slowly, they widened when he saw Shin, hovering above him with a slightly concerned look on his face.

"Ano... Shin-san..." Sena began, but Shin had already picked himself up off the ground and was jogging away. Sena shook his head a bit before pushing himself up off the ground. 'That wasn't Shin-san's speak tackle, maybe he was just expecting me to be able to outrun him?' He thought to himself, deciding to go home for the day. 'Oh well, I'm sure it won't happen again.'

But it did, everyday without warning Sena would be tackled to the ground during his jogs, sure Shin made sure not to tackle him to the pavement where he'd get scrapes and bruises all over, but even being tackled to the grass made him feel sore without his equipment, and Shin was always up and running by the time the daze Sena found himself in wore off.

So he had formulated a plan. Not only was he going out on his job after supper, a whole three hours later than normal, but he was also going to take a different route!

Sena smiled and mentally patted himself on the back, even Hiruma had been worried at this morning's practice when he saw the bruises on the sides of Sena's hands from where he'd try to break his falls. The quarterback had even confronted him and asked if he was being bullied again with a strange light in his eyes that probably meant that he'd be more then glad to pull out a couple of guns and his Devil's Handbook to teach someone a lesson. Sena had shook his head quickly and had answered in a hushed voice.

"No, it's nothing Hiruma-san, don't worry about it." The blonde had given him a look before giving him a slip of paper, telling him to run along that neighborhood after school since it was more high end and it was less likely there would be any bullies there.

Sena had frowned a bit, he really wasn't be attacked by bullies! But he was grateful none the less for the new route and had later on decided that he would wait a bit, just in case Shin jogged around that neighborhood too.

'It's so nice to jog without having to fear being tackled to the ground.' Sena thought with a smile as he jogged along the street, coming up to a fork in the road, one lead to a secluded park while the other ran along the main street. Sena decided to go through the park, this was a safe neighborhood after all.

Then he heard quick, heavy footstep behind him, Sena started to turn to confirm his suspicions, but before he was all the way around he was already falling towards the ground.

Sena winded and gave out a mewl of pain when his head came in contact with the ground, he quickly brought his hands up to the area, cradling it gently. He felt a spark of anger ignite inside of him, but it melted away when his eyes opened ans Shin was looking down at him with a more concerned look then he usually did. The small brunette let out a sigh and gazed up and Shin with wide eyes.

"Shin-san, why do you always tackle me?"

Shin drew his eyebrows together, as if the question confused him, and here Sena thought it was just common sense that you don't go tackling people to the ground when they don't have any protective gear on.

Shin had begun to frown and just when Sena thought the older boy was going to say nothing at all he asked.

"You don't know?" And before Sena could reply Shin was up and jogging away, leaving Sena to ponder what the hell was going on.