The small cleanup hitter stared at his former teammate; his eyes went up and down the other boy's body. Tall, and slender, with muscles that were built from practice. Tajima's eyes went all the way down and stopped at a certain place-
"Dude will you stop staring me? It's kind of creepy." the taller male of the two said, pushing his glasses up his nose. "Now let's actually study, I only agreed to help you with your homework because we need you for the next game, and you can't fail." he opened up a random textbook and shoved it in the little one's face.
"Hanai?" the cleanup hitter set the book down and shifted his weight as the two sat in Hanai's room.
"What?" Hanai sighed as he turned to see Tajima's face of freckles. He was actually a little closer than he tended to be.
"Do you like anyone?" Tajima asked.
"W-what?" Hanai jumped a little, as he was shocked from what Tajima had asked.
"Well do you? Who is it? A boy? A girl?" Tajima kept on throwing out questions as he leaned in closer and closer to Hanai.
"I-I-I don't know!" Hanai stammered.
"I think you do." Tajima said. "Who is it?"
"Why would you want to know?" asked Hanai.
"Oh I'm just curious." said Tajima leaning back.
"Well whatever. Just study." said Hanai pointing to the textbook Tajima set down earlier. Tajima grunted and picked up the book yet didn't open it.
"I'll tell you who I like if you tell me who you like." said Tajima.
"Tajima, please-"said Hanai holding up a hand. "Not the time."
"I know your dying to know now." said Tajima grinning. "You would be jealous too."
"Me jealous?" asked Hanai. "Doubt it."
"He's an amazing guy." Tajima said lying down on his back.
"W-wait, what? Guy?" Hanai asked.
"Yup." Tajima shot straight back up. "You didn't know?"
"T-that you were..." Hanai couldn't seem to finish the sentence.
"Gay?" Tajima finished. "I thought you knew. Crap."
"Who else knows?" Hanai asked.
"Everyone on the team." said Tajima.
"H-huh?" Hanai asked. His glasses began to slide a little down his nose.
"Now I totally know, that you're dying inside to know now!" said Tajima.
"Eh, not really." Hanai slumped a little and looked straight at Tajima. He quickly darted his eyes away as soon they made eye contact. Hanai closed his textbook and slid it across the room.
"Let's take break shall we?" he asked Tajima.
"Yeah! I'm starving!" Tajima rose from the ground and followed Hanai downstairs. The two boys wandered around the kitchen digging through bags of different kinds of foods and finally settling on a bag of chips, plain and simple.
Tajima wandered over to the window to look outside. It was gray and monotone looking outside. Rain hit the side of the windows, making a loud noise with each hit.
"Its raining." said Tajima, along with the sound of thunder crackling outside.
"Damn." said Hanai as he looked out the window with Tajima.
"Looks like I'm spending the night here then!" Tajima happily said as he walked away from the window.
"W-What?" Hanai asked once again.
"It's late, and you're not going to send me home in that are you?" Tajima asked pointing to the window.
"No, I wouldn't." said Hanai. "It's just my parents and sisters all went out of town to visit family."
"So? That leaves more freedom for us!" said Tajima running off into the next room. Hanai was about to say something, but then objected and decided to just let Tajima do whatever he wanted too. Hanai sighed for the hundredth time that day, and told Tajima he was going back upstairs. Tajima followed the team's caption up the stairs and into the bedroom.
"What do you think Mihashi and Abe are doing right now?" Tajima asked as he sat down on the bed.
"What kind of question is that?" Hanai asked raising an eyebrow. Tajima shrugged.
"Mihashi said Abe was coming to his house tonight, so I was just curious if Abe pulled any moves on him." said Tajima.
"You don't like Mihashi or Abe do you?" asked Hanai. "I mean as in…like like, right?"
"Oh no! They're too madly in love with each other, I couldn't tear them apart." Tajima grinned. That grin. Hanai thought. His pants suddenly became tighter than he thought they were.
"Dammit." Hanai muttered.
"Huh?" Tajima asked.
"Nothing." Hanai said waving his hand in front of Tajima motioning him to shoo, even though that would never happen.
Thunder crackled again outside, along with lightning flashing. The lights went out.
"Shit!" Hanai said.
"Power's out." Tajima said. Hanai didn't bother to say anything.
"I have a flashlight somewhere." Hanai said in the darkness. Hanai began to walk around not knowing where the hell he was going.
The tall caption took a step forward and his legs went under. After hearing a desk chair move, and a few small screams, Hanai caught himself on the ground. His hands flat on the floor and arms stretched out.
"Tajima?" Hanai asked.
"Yeah?" the freckled boy asked. The voice was close. Too close…
Hanai stiffened. He moved his hands a little to feel soft short hair.
"Uh." Hanai couldn't move.
"This is actually pretty comfortable." said Tajima shifting his body a little. Hanai slowly got up and rested on his knees. He heard Tajima get up too.
It was silent, except for occasional thundering and lightning that went on outside. But no sound inside.
"Hey Hanai?" asked Tajima.
"Yeah?" Hanai had no idea how close Tajima was now, or where he actually was. Hanai heard movement then, the floor creaked a little.
"There's something I've been meaning to tell you-"Tajima said.
A bolt of lightning flashed outside lighting up the room for more than a mere second. Hanai caught a glimpse of Tajima's face which was closer than he thought. Hanai gulped.
"Tajima listen-"a pair of soft lips smashed into Hanai before he could finish his sentence. Hanai thought about refusing the kiss but couldn't help. He gave in and kissed his teammate back. Tajima moved in closer since he was so short, the two wrapped their arms around one another and neither of them would break away.
It finally came down to where the two somehow made it onto the bed and they had to take a breather.
"I like you Hanai." Tajima whispered as he snuggled against Hanai's chest. Hanai didn't say anything. Neither did Tajima. The two rested in silence until they both fell asleep to the rain.