Diamond no Ace

Hey, I'm back with some more and well, a lot of my stories were suppose to be oneshots, but now I'm considering writing some more chapters to them. This one has three parts to it, so I'll post the rest tomorrow and Tuesday. So once again, thank you for checking out my stuff.

Jealousy

Chapter 1

He couldn't stand it. He hated looking at them. He knew he had to mind his own business and focus on Furuya, but it was getting harder with each passing minute. It wasn't like him to get distracted over such trivial matters, but, as of late, his personal feelings were starting to get in the way.

"How many times do I have to tell you, Monster Rookie?" Miyuki told him as he stood up to throw the ball back to Furuya. He caught it swiftly before he started kicking the dirt around. They had been practicing together for quite some time now, but the problem still remained the same.

"You're exhausting yourself by relying only on your strength. You're not going to last long if you keep this up."

It was true that he was being picker than usual, but he couldn't help it. He was annoyed with himself and possibly even angry. Miyuki crouched down in his same spot and held out his mitt in a position he knew Furuya would able to pitch well against. However, just before he threw the ball, Miyuki annoyingly glanced at the two that were practicing right next to them.

"That's not good enough, Furuya." He told him a bit more calmly since he didn't want the others to overhear his foul mood. "That would have been a hit ball easily. Just take it easy. Remember that I can catch anything you throw."

Furuya nodded and that seemed to lift up his low stamina. He let out a deep breath before he focused on him again. Once again, Miyuki took a quick peek at Eijun and Chris who seemed to have problems of their own. Contrary to Furuya, Eijun was smiling and being as lively as ever. He seemed to be having trouble controlling the ball, but of course, that wasn't enough to bring him down. Miyuki's lips slowly curved into a smile but it quickly dropped when he saw Chris walk toward his idiot pitcher.

He was probably only giving him advice, but still, Miyuki couldn't help but feel pissed off.

Ignoring the sudden swirl of emotions, Miyuki turned back around to focus on Furuya, who was staring at him curiously. Miyuki held out his mitt once again, but this time he placed it in the smack center. He glanced at Furuya, signaling him that he was ready at any time.

Taking that into account, Furuya threw the ball with all his might, but Eijun's sudden laughter distracted them. The ball went flying right past Miyuki which just caused him to feel even more pissed off.

"My mistake. Passed ball." Miyuki told Furuya, hoping he didn't think that he was incapable of handling his pitch. However, his eyes were once again drawn to Eijun who was a little too close to Chris for his own liking. Clutching his hands into fists, Miyuki slowly stood up and picked up the ball that had rolled to the back of the bullpen. He was about to throw it to Furuya when he suddenly started walking in his direction.

"You don't seem like yourself today, Senpai." Furuya told him which kind of surprised him. "Is everything okay?"

Miyuki stayed silent, but once again his eyes had subconsciously shifted to Eijun and Chris. It was true that he didn't mind catching for Furuya. In fact, if he had to choose between catching for Eijun and Furuya, he would pick Furuya without second thoughts. However, he wanted to be the one that brought out Eijun's full potential.

"That woud have been a homerun ball for sure." Miyuki suddenly commented at Eijun's pitch, ignoring enough, as hot headed as he was, Eijun turned to look at him with a glare. Chris took off his face mask and also turned to look at him.

"Say that one more time!" Eijun began, waving his hands furiously in the air. Miyuki snickered as he placed his glove over his mouth. "Besides, you're no one to talk! I saw that ball fly right past you!"

"Everything okay, Miyuki?" Chris asked him in his usual suave voice. His eyes were full of concern which made Miyuki wonder just how distracted he looked. "Maybe you should take a break. You and Furuya have practiced longer than usual."

"Everything's fine." Miyuki told them with a grin, but clearly he was lying. He couldn't tell them that he was anxious to catch Eijun's pitches again. "Trust me. I won't let it happen again."

"Let's get back to practicing then." Chris adjusted his position before he placed on his face mask on again. He slammed the mitt hard with his fist before he turned to Eijun. "Bring it right here, Sawamura. Don't hesitate. Keep your eyes on my mitt and remember to hold the ball like the way I taught you to."

Eijun nodded and it took him several seconds to prepare himself. Letting out a deep breath, Eijun's face became serious as he slowly lifted his leg. He stayed in that position before he released the ball from his glove with all his might. The sound of the ball hitting the mitt was loud and to the surprise of everyone, Eijun had successfully landed the pitch in the exact spot Chris had requested.

Looking at his accomplishment, Eijun let out a small jump of joy. Then, he happily danced toward Chris with laughter. "That was good, huh?! I finally got it!"

"Don't get too excited." Chris told him, but the smile on his face was visible. Miyuki could tell just by looking at him that he was proud of his idiot pitcher. "It was just one pitch. However, if you can pitch like that consistently, then you have a shot of getting into the first string."

Then, out of no where, Chris patted Eijun's head and of course, that brought Eijun to smile more brightly than ever. Feeling annoyed, Miyuki's eyebrows furrowed with anger as he watched the interaction between the two players. He respected Chris greatly, but he didn't know if he would be to tolerate him getting so close to Eijun.

Biting his lip, Miyuki pushed his feelings away with a smirk and ignoring Furuya's odd look, he walked toward Eijun. "Don't think I'll go so easy on you. I'm the one that's going to be catching you the majority of the time."

Miyuki hit his back lightly before he started walking out of the bullpen. However, before he opened the gate, he gave Eijun another look. Despite his words, Eijun had already turned his full attention to Chris and his smile just seemed like it couldn't get any wider.

Feeling pissed off again, Miyuki slammed the gate door as hard as he could. He threw his mitt on a nearby bench and took off his gear before he decided to go off for run. He needed to do something to cool off his head.

After all, he was the one that was suppose to draw out Eijun's full potential.

Him and no one else.

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