I just don't know why I wrote this... I seem to keep on writing fics about the most unlikely characters for me. But hey, it's proof that my imagination is alive and well. XD

This story was inspired by Taylor Swift's song "Everything Has Changed" and it will probably just be a short fic from 5-10 chapters... maybe? Depends on how I will develop its plot because as of now, I only have scenarios and nothing concrete. Chapter updates would be every some time after I post an update to Moving Forward I guess. (Only my schedule can truly tell though, haha)

Well, that's it for now... See you next chap~

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ACE OF DIAMOND. I JUST OWN MY OC AND MY PLOT. THOUGH SOME SCENES WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL WORK AND WILL BE SLIGHTLY BENDED TO FIT MY STORY. (Well, that's how fanfictions work anyway right? ;))

WARNING: OOCish cause I don't know how to show Mei's personality in my writing. (This includes the other members of InaJitsu as well) Sorry y'all! And PEACE.

Chapter 1

Ichihara Momoka, 15 years old and a freshman in high school, was on her way to meet up with a friend from middle school. They were supposed to meet up at a café but somehow, Momoka had found herself at the front gates of Inashiro Industrial High School.

"Eh?" She tried to process where her location was. "EH!?"

"That's weird. This isn't where I'm supposed to be headed. I was supposed to go this café near Inashiro Industrial High School, not to the school exactly. Where did I take a wrong turn?" Momoka took out her phone and checked the map but that was just a futile effort. In the first place, she couldn't read maps well and was weak with understanding the given directions to get to a certain place. She'd always end up getting lost every time she goes to an unfamiliar location. She would usually need someone to accompany her to keep her from going the wrong direction.

"What should I do?" She started to panic instead of trying to calm down and think. Momoka was a smart girl as a matter-of-a-fact. But when she would become overwhelmed by things she starts losing it.

"Maybe I should have just asked onii-chan to take me there," she thought to herself. "Ah! But since it's their important rest day I can't do that." As she stood there by the gates panicking, someone saw her from nearby. Curious at the reason for Momoka's behavior, he couldn't help but approach her.

"Hey you!" A blonde boy called out.

"Are you alright?" he asked. As Momoka turned to the direction of the voice, a boy with spiky blonde hair and blue eyes entered her sight. He was quite good-looking if you asked her. Good-looking enough that she had momentarily forgotten about her current distress.

"Are you troubled or something miss?" he asked again. Shaking her head from side to side, snapping out of it, Momoka immediately answered the guy.

"I'm sorry. The truth is I got lost but I'll be fine now. I'll just text my friend and ask her how to get to the café from here," laughing weakly she tried to explain herself.

"By café do you mean the one close to here?" Momoka nodded to answer his question.

"I'm supposed to go to the convenience store and the café you're going to is just along the way. If you'd like, I'll take you there." Cautious at first, yet Momoka tried to consider his offer. He seemed like he was a really nice guy and if she did decline him who knows where in the world she could end up.

"I'm sorry for the trouble. Please show the way," bowing as she said that.

As they were walking, Momoka remembered something very important.

"I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ichihara Momoka. You are…?" The boy's eyes widened at the question. It was very rare for people to not know who he was: the second year ace of Inashiro Industrial who is considered to be the no.1 southpaw in the Kanto region.

"You… You don't know who I am?" Momoka shook her head to confirm it. He felt like he just struck out on three swings at the moment.

"You've got to be kidding me!" he exclaimed, pouting as well. Now, Momoka felt troubled and sorry at the same time. Seeing her make that expression he stopped and told her his name.

"Mei… Narumiya Mei. InaJitsu's ace and this summer, I'll become the no.1 pitcher in Japan. Remember it well," the blonde male proudly declared.

"I'm sorry Narumiya-san. I just moved here to Tokyo from Kanagawa and I haven't been watching baseball lately," she sheepishly told him.

"Then if InaJitsu has a game, come and watch. So you can see how I dominate batters on the field." Confindence was overflowing from Narumiya at the moment which made Momoka stare at him in amazement. But, this was only for a few minutes because she turned away as her cheeks were painted light pink when the blonde male said "Plus, it'll make me super happy if you were there to watch."

His large grin made her heart beat just a little bit faster. She concluded that this was simply the result of her not being used to situations like these.

"By the way, Ichihara-chan… Are you meeting someone at the café?" Narumiya asked nonchalantly.

"Yes… a friend from middle school. She goes to Inashiro as well." Momoka replied. Suddenly Narumiya stopped in his tracks because they have now arrived at the café.

"Look, where here." Narumiya pointed out. As Momoka was about to scan the place for her friend, a girl with medium length black hair ran up to the both of them. She was the friend Momoka was going met.

"Mika-chan!" Momoka smiled at her while her friend stared at the blonde boy she was with. She looked at Momoka with a brow raised before looking back to the second year ace before her.

"Narumiya Mei-senpai." Narumiya also raised a brow. Before Momoka could try to explain the situation to her friend she already had a good guess.

"Thank you for taking Momoka-chan all the way here Narumiya-senpai. This girl here tends to get lost when visiting unfamiliar places without a guardian so she was lucky meeting you. I'm Sakaki Mika, a first year and member of the Track and Field Club, by the way. It's an honor to meet you."

"Well then, I should be heading off." Giving Momoka one last smile before turning around to take his leave, he bid her goodbye with a wave of a hand. Once he was a few meters away, Momoka and Mika finally entered the café.

"Momoka-chan, care to explain in full detail?"

"Well, I tried following the map you gave me but I ended up at the front gates of your school instead. Narumiya-san happened to be there because he said he was going to the convenience store near here. Since it was along the way, he said he'd bring me here." Mika's eyes widened at Momoka's explanation.

"The convenience store is in the other direction."

"Wha-" Realizing that the boy she just met went out of his way to lead her here caused her to blush lightly. Narumiya-san is very kind isn't he? She thought to herself.

"Why didn't you just ask one of your cousins to take you here?" Mika inquired.

"It's their day off and I want them to spend the day resting. I hear that practice is really hard." Momoka replied.

"Then what about me!? Practice is harsh as well for us." Mika added.

"You're the one who insisted we hang out. I originally wouldn't have agreed if you said we'd take a look around the city. Spending time in a place like this is just fine."

"Anyway, let's order then. We have a lot to talk about this afternoon." Nodding to her friend as a reply, Momoka took the menu and looked what the café had to offer. Once their orders were taken, Momoka suddenly shouted.

"Ah! I forgot to thank him. What should I do?"

"Pft! And here I thought it was a grave matter." Mika commented. "If you want, I'll help you with that matter. He is a senpai from school." The black-haired girl matter-of-factly said.

"Really!?"

"Yep." Afterwards, the two girls spent their afternoon talking about their experiences in high school so far while enjoying a cup of tea and a slice of cake.

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"You're back, Mei." It was Harada Masatoshi who greeted him. Harada looked at Narumiya from head to toe as if he was searching for something on the pitcher's body.

"I thought you went to buy ice cream." Narumiya smirked at this and started sharing to his catcher what happened earlier.

"Masa-san, Masa-san hear me out will you. I was with this super cute girl earlier and then…" Harada rolled his eyes, uninterested in the second year's story. His words entered the catcher's one ear then out the other. And while Narumiya was still in the middle of talking he was suddenly cut off.

"Don't you treat all your fangirls like that?" Shirakawa snarked.

"If she found out about that she'd be heartbroken." Carlos added.

"Ah! You two! Since when have you been there!?"

"When you started talking about what happened when you went out earlier." Carlos answered.

"Then, if you were really listening you'd know that she didn't even know who I was!" Mei exclaimed as he glared at his teammates.

"Isn't it better that she doesn't know you?" Harada pointed out.

"I think so too. Who'd want to be friends with a selfish brat like you?" Shirakawa was being his usual sarcastic self.

"HUUUUUUUUH!? What did you guys just say!? I'll show you. I'll become great friends, no best friends with Ichihara-chan and I'll make you guys jealous over our relationship." A fuming Narumiya declared before walking out of the premises. Later on though, he had just remembered that the only personal information he had on her was her name. He needed to get Momoka's number first from Sakaki Mika so he can start getting to know the girl he had just met.

I DON'T FREAKING NOW WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO ME LATELY BUT YEAH, I'd love to hear your comments on this though.

PS. Moving Forward chapter 11 real soon,,,