Niki frowned as she watched Haruichi yawn again, his head bobbing a little before the shorter teen jerked up. He'd been like this for the past week, and the dark haired female thought enough was enough. Yuta would cut back on Haruichi's photoshoots, or he wouldn't know what hit him.

By the time lunch started, Haruichi was fast asleep at his desk. "Should we wake him?" Kotarou asked, pulling out his lunch. He didn't want his friend to miss lunch, but he also knew if Haruichi fell asleep in class, he had to be exhausted.

"Yes," Niki said, "But first – what the hell are you doing?" Rounding on her oldest friend, she glared at Yuta. "I thought we agreed we wouldn't work him too hard! You know he also has school and baseball to worry about!"

Holding up his hands, the brunette attempted to calm the enraged female. "Unless we all suddenly have different versions of the schedule, then you should be able to see that I've already cut down his work as much as I dare. Any more and people will begin to think he's no longer working – which means no more jobs and eventually, all we've done this past year will have been for nothing."

Pulling out her phone, Niki checked the schedule to see that her friend was telling the truth. "Then would you care to explain that?" She jabbed her finger towards the oblivious teen.

"I don't know Niki. And if I did, don't you think I'd do something about it?" Folding his arms over his chest, he gave her a cold stare. His voice was like ice when he said, "You're not the only one who cares about his wellbeing."

The lone female had the decency to flinch. "Sorry Yuta. I'm just worried, you know?"

"I know Niki," Taking off his glasses, the teen sighed.

"If you two are done with your little lovers quarrel," Kotarou grinned when the two flushed and looked away from each other, "I say we wake up sleeping beauty so he can actually eat his lunch." Skipping away before he could get punched or hit, the dark blond gently shook his friend's shoulder. "Haru, it's time for lunch."

Letting out a small groan, the pink haired teen slowly blinked open his eyes and squinted at the one who woke him. "What?"

Kotarou grinned at the whine. "Lunch time sleepy head. Come on, you have to eat something or else 'kaa-san and 'tou-san will get mad at you."

Haruichi couldn't help but laugh a little at the nicknames. Slowly standing up and groaning, he grabbed his lunch and shuffled his way over to his friends, hiding another yawn behind his hand. Plopping down in the offered seat, he lazily unwrapped his lunch and began eating.

"Are you alright?" Niki asked, reaching over and placing one hand against his forehead. "You don't have a fever."

"I'm just a little tired," Haruichi said, as though it weren't obvious.

"And why are you tired?" Yuta pressed. "Your schedule has pleanty of time for rest in it." Tilting his head down a little and staring at the shorter teen from over his glasses he asked, "You are following the schedule I made for you, right?"

Nodding, the sleepy teen said, "I am. It's just been a little hard to fall asleep lately."

"Something bothering you?" Kotarou wondered. "Is there a reason you're having trouble sleeping?"

"No. I don't know, I just lie awake in bed, and before I know it, it's morning."

Yuta frowned. "I can get you something to help you sleep, but it'd only be a temporary solution." Folding his arms, he said, "I want you to come sleep in our room for a few nights. Maybe we can figure out why you're not sleeping."

Kotarou grinned and wrapped an arm around his shorter friend's shoulders. "It'll be fun! Sleepovers like back in elementary school! We'll stay up all night, play games, eat junk food, and sha-" He was cut off by a smack to the back of his head. "Ow~ What was that for Yu-chan?"

"That would defeat the entire purpose of him staying over. We want him to sleep." Turning back to Haruichi, he said, "As it is, you should go get some rest in the nurses office. I'll let the teacher know you're not feeling well and we'll come get you before afternoon practice."

Finishing her lunch, Niki quickly put it away before latching onto Haruichi's arm. "I'll take him there!" Waiting for the pink haired teen to put away his things and grab his bag, she nearly dragged him from the room.

"Can we at least tell ghost stories?"

Yuta sighed and rubbed his temples.

Making their way to the nurse's office after classes let out, Kotarou sighed. "I hope we can figure out why he's not sleeping."

"And that we can fix it, or at least do something to help."

Nodding, Yuta paused outside the door to the nurse. "We'll deal with that when we get to it. For now, Niki and I will accompany Haru to practice. Kotarou, you go get his things from his room and bring them back to ours."

Saluting, Kotarou grinned and ran off to gather his friends belongings. "Are you sure that was a good idea?" Niki asked, a smile on her face.

"Better than us having to listen to any more of his 'awesome sleepover ideas'." Stopping the female from opening the door, Yuta said, "Niki. We're going with Haru to his practice, but I don't want to draw any extra attention to him or us. That means we lay low. Act like we're not interested in the practice, but still keep an eye on him."

"Why? It's not like we'll be distracting anyone if we just watch."

"Maybe so, but if it's too obvious we're watching Haru, then some of the others may pick up on it."

Niki's eyes widened a little in understanding. "And if they pick up on it, they may start asking questions, or realizing he isn't at every practice."

"Exactly. We agreed we'd keep his job under wraps here at school – for multiple reasons. We don't need the baseball team getting suspicious."

"Alright, fine. You do know there's a slim chance that would happen though, right?"

"But there is a chance, and I don't want to risk it."

"Fine, fine. No cheering for Haru during practice." Huffing, she rolled her eyes. "Can we go wake him up now?"

Raising an eyebrow, the brunette stepped back and gestured to the door. "Be my guest."

Niki quietly entered the room and smiled at the sleeping teen. Pulling out her flip phone, she snapped a quick photo before shaking Haruichi's shoulder. "Haru-chan. It's time for practice Haru-chan."

Groaning, the pink haired teen slowly peeled his eyes open, letting out a long yawn and stretching his arms above his head. Blinking, he looked up at Niki. "Wha time 's it?"

"Time for practice," Niki smiled. "Unless you want to keep sleeping."

Shaking his head, Haruichi sat up with another yawn. "I'm fine." Swinging his legs off the side of the bed, he snagged his uniform jacket from the chair next to the bed and shrugged it on. Yuta handed him his shoes and waited for the shorter teen to slip them on.

When he was ready, he grabbed his bag and made his way out of the nurses office. "Where's Kotarou?"

"He's getting your things and bringing them to our room," Yuta answered, rapidly typing out a message on his phone.

Feeling his regular phone vibrate, he put away his work phone and pulled it out. Flipping it open, he read the message and groaned. "What's wrong?" Niki asked, leaning over the brunettes shoulder to read what was written.

"Your pitcher," He said, turning to Haruichi. "Kotarou just got into a big argument with him."

Haruichi felt a sense of dread. "Which one?"

"Sawamura-kun."

And you all thought I was done with this. Here's part 2! Let me know what you think!