AN: Writing on a prompt requested on my tumblr.
The team was gathering in Miyuki's room like usual, it was on the night of the Halloween, so they decided to watch horror movies.
Everyone was sitting close to the screen, all but except two, Miyuki and Sawamura.
Miyuki wasn't interested in the horror movies to begin with, he found it to be rather boring even with all the suspense and the tragedy to befall in the story didn't pique his interest as much, usually he would just left the room to go and sleep somewhere else but today was different, Sawamura was here with everyone else and it's the first time that Sawamura watched horror movies with them.
Sawamura was known for his afraid of ghosts, so he always finds a way to avoid watching horror movies, knowing that is enough for Miyuki to stay in the room and finding opportunity to make fun of him.
Normally the pitcher was able to slip away but today he wasn't so lucky to run away from Kuramochi's grasp.
The movie started and the room filled with quiet and chillness from the air condition, once in a while, someone will shout just to make someone else panic and scream, which the roles usually belongs to Kuramochi since he watched so many horror movies that he knew where the ghost will appeared.
Everyone was enjoying the horror that filled the shows, including Sawamura who was afraid of ghost, he found the plot to be interesting and he would be the first one to scream whenever the ghost appeared or when the protagonist faced the ghost face to face.
Miyuki was enjoying something else though, he was enjoying Sawamura's terrified face, his face when he screamed and how he was shaking at the suspense.
All was going along well until one scene appeared. When the protagonist's friends got into a car accident; the cause was the ghost's action for revenge, the ghost appeared right in front of the driver sides, scaring both the drivers and the audience. The camera filmed the driver's head crash right into the window, bleeding and died.
Sawamura began to tremble and cuddle up suddenly, he pulled his knee closer and wrapped his hands around it tightly.
Miyuki noticed and teased him. "Oi, are you that scared? Do you want to hold hands?" Miyuki joked, but the pitcher didn't reply back. He was replying to his tease just now, but after the car crashed scene, Sawamura began acting strangely.
Miyuki decided to joke again. "Or do you want me to give you a hug?" And of course, the pitcher didn't reply, he didn't even look back at Miyuki.
That's when Miyuki realized that something was wrong with Sawamura. He went to Sawamura to take a closer look at him, that's when he noticed that Sawamura was looking pale and breathing heavily.
"Oi, Baka. Are you okay?" Miyuki asked and leaned closer towards his pitcher.
Sawamura slowly returned his gaze to Miyuki and replied weakly. "I-I'm okay…"
"Hey, if you are that scared then let's leave the room. I'll leave with you." Miyuki said as he put his hands on Sawamura's back to make the boy relaxed.
"I'm okay, really…" Sawamura replied and when he returned his glare at the screen, this time he clenched his chest and his eyes were widened, he began to breathing heavily once more, and this time, it was more frequent in his breathing rate.
The scene that he saw, was the scene that another group of the protagonist's friend dying in the car, blood soaked from their head, dying their face red.
Miyuki noticed that leaving Sawamura to watch the movie any longer will not be good for his health.
Miyuki pulled Sawamura up by his arms and dragged him out of the room quietly.
"Hey, Sawamura. Are you okay? You look pale."
"Y-Yeah…thanks for…taking me out of the room." Sawamura said and smiled but just as Miyuki released his hold over Sawamura's arm, Sawamura felt strength left his legs and fell down on the floor.
"O-Oi! Are you really alright?" Miyuki asked before he helped Sawamura up again, this time still supporting him.
"I…I think I'll be okay, don't worry…" Sawamura gave Miyuki a smile but Miyuki could notice that Sawamura's smile was a façade.
"Let's go back to your room. I'll stay with you until you calm down." Miyuki said as he took Sawamura into his arm and started marching back to Sawamura's room on the first floor.
Sawamura didn't say anything when he was carried, or rather he didn't have the strength to raise any objection.
Miyuki opened the door and slowly put Sawamura down on his bed before he went to close the door.
"Thank you, Miyuki."
"It's my duty as a catcher, don't worry." Miyuki said as he ruffled the pitcher's hair, giving him a gentle touch to calm him down. "Do you mind if I ask…what got into you suddenly?" Miyuki asked, he knew that he shouldn't bring the topic up considering the state Sawamura was in just now. "If…you don't want to talk about it then it's okay, don't push yourself." Miyuki sat down besides Sawamura, smiling.
Sawamura leaned on Miyuki's shoulder. "My…parents…they were caught in the car accident when I was a kid…I survived the accident…but my parents…they didn't make it. Blood was everywhere…I forgot about it but just now…that scene…it made my memories resurfaced." Sawamura slowly told Miyuki his story. "My mom…was hugging me…her face…her face was…" Sawamura began crying, tears rolling down from his eyes.
"That's enough Sawamura, don't talk about it anymore. I'm sorry for making you remember such a thing." Miyuki wrapped his hand around Sawamura's shoulder and pulling him closer. "It's all right…I'm here with you…calm down and just let it all out. Whatever happens, I'll be here, right beside you." Miyuki spoke in a gentle tone and smiled again for Sawamura.
Sawamura started to calm down under Miyuki's arm, somehow he found it safe and comfortable in Miyuki's arm but he still wasn't able to stop crying. He let himself cried in Miyuki's arm until he fell asleep like a baby.
Miyuki put Sawamura down on the bed and cover him with his blanket. He swiped Sawamura's tear with his finger softly before rubbing his hair gently.
Miyuki heard the click on the door and turned to look at the door, the one who caused the sound was no one else but Kuramochi who was returning after the movies finished.
"Oh, there you two are! I was wondering where-"
"Shh…" Miyuki put a finger next to his mouth, giving Kuramochi a sign to soften his voice and point towards Sawamura. Kuramochi was one who was able to observe and well aware of the situation around him rather quick so he quickly soften his voice before he asked Miyuki what just happened.
"Let's go talk outside." Kuramochi nodded and followed him outside.
Miyuki told Kuramochi how Sawamura's parents were in a car accident and the scene just now just revoked his memories and Sawamura was shocked from the trauma that he had long forgotten about it.
"Gah…I'm sorry, I didn't expect that to happen. Is that idiot all right now?"
"Don't blame yourself, even Sawamura said that he himself forgot about it. He's doing fine just now I guess but it's better to keep a tight watch over him." Miyuki said as he looked into the room direction, worry over his face.
"Can you…look over him tonight then? As much as I'd like to help you but I don't think I'll able to deal with him." Kuramochi said while scratching his head, he wasn't one who is keen about stuff like this.
"Sure. I'll take him to my room then since it's more vacant because I'm living alone now. So I don't have to bother you or anyone." Kuramochi nodded as he helped Miyuki carried Sawamura and his blanket to his room.
Miyuki put Sawamura down on the bed and covered himself with blanket again before he said good night to Kuramochi.
Miyuki went to brush Sawamura's hair again before he went onto his own bed to sleep, although he couldn't feel the urge to sleep yet, worrying about the pitcher who is sleeping on the bed opposite of him.
"Mommy…answer me…Mommy…" The Small Sawamura turned around and looked at his father. "Daddy…mommy is not answering me…what happened to mommy?" Sawamura reached out his hand to touch his father's hand on the driver's seat and shook it but there was no reaction back from his father.
"Daddy…your face is full of red liquid…like mommy…why aren't you two saying anything…please say something…" Sawamura looked around as he was puzzled to what happen to his parents. He tried shaking both of them again but there weren't still any reaction
Clueless to what just happened, Sawamura started to cry. "Daddy and Mommy…I'm sorry…did I make you angry again? Forgive me…please say something to me…please…" Sawamura began to cry, he didn't know what just happened, he was still in kindergarten at that time.
When the door was opened with force, the small Sawamura who was crying made a jumped. He looked at the man who just forced the door open, he was wearing a police uniform and he called out to him. "Mr. Policeman…? Please help me talk to my daddy or mommy…they're angry at me and won't talk to me."
The policeman flinched before he slowly reached out to Sawamura and untied him from his mom's arms. "We got a survivor here!" He shouted as he took Sawamura into his arm. "They're just sleeping, they'll be fine. Let them sleep peacefully for now…what's your name?"
"My name is Sawamura Eijun! And I'm going to be a no.1 pitcher in Tokyo!" Sawamura said as he smiled, unperplexed to what just happened around him.
"Is that so? I know that you'll be able to make it to no.1 pitcher in Tokyo. Eijun-kun." The policeman smiled before he slowly walked away from the car.
"Ehh? Where are we going? Daddy and Mommy still there we can't leave them here." Sawamura said as he pointed back to his car.
"They're sleeping Eijun-kun. Let them sleep peacefully…they'll…wake up again soon…" The policeman said and rubbed Sawamura's head.
"No! I want to stay with my mommy and daddy!" Sawamura struggled in the policeman's arm, wanting to go back to see his parents. The police didn't flinch an inch but he just kept making a distance away from the car.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Sawamura cried. "Mommy! Daddy! Don't leave me alone…" The boy still kept continuing to shout.
"Mura…Sawamura! Oi!" Sawamura heard a voice calling out to him. "Sawamura! Wake up!" Miyuki pinched Sawamura's cheek, trying to wake him up as subtle as possible.
"M-Miyuki…?" Sawamura opened his eyes, he saw Miyuki sat right next to him on the bed with worried face.
"Are you feeling okay? You were crying in your sleep…" Just then Sawamura was reminded of what he was dreaming. He buried his face into Miyuki's chest. As he remembered the scene, he could remember everything else, every inch of details about the accident.
He wasn't able to understand anything back then but now he fully aware of everything that happened back there. Or maybe he did understand that but eventually he forgot about it…but how did he forgot about it…about his parents…how could he forget about it. "I…was dreaming about…my parents…this time…I remembered their face…and everything…"
Sawamura began crying again, then he felt arms wrapped around him. "Miyuki?"
"It's all right Sawamura…everything is going to be all right…" Miyuki told him. "Even…even if your parents…are not with you anymore…but I'm right here with you. I'll never leave you alone…"
Sawamura was able to find the same comfort he felt in his mother's arm back when he was kid. He slowly drifted back to sleep in Miyuki's arm, feeling secure and warmth radiating from Miyuki's embrace. He was able to fall back to his slumber peacefully.
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