This is my FIRST Ofuri fanfic, so I won't really welcome flames. But of course, constructive critisism is fine with me.

Disclaimer: I do not own Okiku Furikabutte. (If only I did...)

I wrote this story a long, long time ago (you can find me singing "Long, Long Ago" in front of the computer screen when I was typing this.) and I kinda forgot what happened in Ofuri until I re-read this. Heh heh...

Ah, being the crazy person I am, I went to put the Japanese characters into the fic with the help of Wikipedia. (You may have guessed right. I copied and pasted the characters)

Okay, okay. Enough of my ramblings. Read on and hope you enjoy~!

Reflections: Mihashi Ren

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"Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember." - Oscar Levant

Mihashi sat up, holding his pillow. He reached a bottle of mineral water on the floor. He paused. His favourite glove was beside the bottle of water.

did it! I pitched throughout the whole game! And...And...And we won!

Images of that day flowed through his head again. The many balls he threw, Captain reaching out to the ball, Tajima finally hitting the sinker, and lastly, Abe giving him signs.

He giggled when he remember the first time he got to first base. Cartwheels, and then falling flat on his face. Strangely, it did not hurt. At that time, all he wanted to do was to move on to second base, but he was out. The second time he got a walk for getting hit by Junta's forkball. He reached third base. The image of looking at home flashed through his head again.

Home...I made it. I made it home.

Pride filled him as he recalled seeing the score "1" on the scoreboard.

I'm no longer useless! This...This is high school baseball. Not middle...middle school.

Taking a big gulp of water, he flopped back down onto the bed. He remembered the team cheering for him from the bench, Hamada leading the cheer leading squad.

"MIHASHI! MIHASHI!"

Mihashi went red at the thought of it. They cheered for him! In Middle School, no one ever did.

I'll...I'll continue to work hard. I'll keep pitching for the team. I'll...I'll win!

"Beep...Beep..."

Mihashi looked at his phone.

1 new message from: 阿部隆也 (Abe Takaya)

A message from Abe? Mihashi opened the message.

Received at :10:03am, Today

Hey. How's your fever? Momo-kan's given us a week of rest, so practice resumes next week. 田島 (Tajima) and 泉 (Izumi) has compiled your homework from school. 田島 (Tajima), 泉 (Izumi), 花井 (Hanai), 栄口 (Sakaeguchi), 水谷 (Mizutani), and I will be going over for lunch later. Remember to make some extra food. ありがとう (Arigatou-Thanks).

Mihashi pressed the "reply" button and answered Abe with a simple "OK." He went downstairs to the kitchen and begun preparing lunch.

Mihashi smiled. Happiness is truly something that is remembered.

That concludes the first chapter. Sorry if the Japanese character turns out gibberish on your computer. But the meaning or name is in the brackets. Please read & review!

Note: I might continue the story to Abe's reflections too. Tajima? I'm not too sure...