Chapter 1

SHIN BEGGINING

Shin had come back late tonight with many thoughts in his head. It hard started just a couple hours ago when shin was on his annual jog through the town. Shin had been jogging for an hour when he ran into Kobayakowa Sena, or Eyeshield 21. Sena was just coming out of a store with some grocery bags. Shin jogged over to him, "Eyeshield..". Sena jumped a little, startled by the deep, low sound of Shin's voice. "SHIN-SAN!? What are you doing here?" Sena knew he was on a jog, but was at a loss for any other words. "I was jogging", Sena had a blank stare on his face and thought to himself, "OBVIOUSLY!"

"Eyeshield, would you go on a walk with me, I would like to talk to you about some things." "Well, umm, sure, I'll walk with you." They started talking about why they play American Football, and why they enjoyed it so much. But soon they lost track of time and started to talk about random things. Some subjects were fun to talk about and it made Sena smile and laugh. Then and there was the first time Shin was surprised, not because it was surprising to him that Sena smiled, but surprising to him that.......he liked it when Sena smiled, it brought a strange feeling to Shin. Sena enjoyed the talk, he was so glad he ran into Shin. They were so caught up in there conversation that they didn't realize it was getting dark. Sena and Shin walked by a store and seen a clock that was very bright. That's when they realized the time. "eeeeeh, its that late?!" Sena felt dumb, that he hadn't realized it, but he didn't care he was starting to realize that Shin was not just a rival, but he could place what he felt for Shin it was different from friend-ship, somehow. "Oh no! my parents must be so worried about me, I have to go Shin-san." Shin was also startled at the time, he always kept track of time so he could train regularly. "Why now?" he thought. "I better get going to Eyeshield, I'm sorry for keeping you out so long." "Its ok Shin-san, I am glad you took me, it was fun." Sena smiled and Shin's face started to heat up, Shin was dumbfounded. He thought to him self, "what is happening to my face? Did I get sunburn or something?" But the thing that confused Shin the most was......the fact that he thought Sena looked adorable, and was trying very hard not to lift him of the ground in a hug. But Shin knew that would make Sena uncomfortable, and also he knew that he would probably crush Sena to death. "Oh, and Shin-san, you can call me Sena, calling me Eyeshield all the time is kind of annoying. As Sena started to walk of Shin's mouth just opened on its own will, "Good night Eyesh- no, Sena-kun!" Sena stopped dead in his tracks and felt joy in his heart. "Night Shin-san." He said it in a kind of quiet, happy tone. As he looked at Shin he waved and smiled at him. Shin thought, "why did I do that?!? Oh well. Sena looks so adorable. Wait, WHAT?!" Shin shook his head and began to sprint back to his school. He got to the school and walked to his dorm. He was wondering why he thought that way about Sena, and why his cheeks burned. He got some food and ate and still wondered. At last he couldn't take it, he decided he would ask Sakuraba. Shin thought he might know.

SAKURABA'S PLACE

Shin wanted to know so bad he sprinted to Sakuraba's dorm room and knocked a little to hard, the door slammed inward at the inside wall, "..........oh." Sakuraba ran to the entrance. "WHOS THERE?!?! Oh its you Shin. Why did you nearly break my door in?" Shin was a little confused himself on why he did it. "well.....um....Sakuraba, I have a couple questions." "Shin its almost midnight, cant it wait till tomorrow??" "NO, it cant I must know immediately." Sakuraba was a little surprised, what must he know that's so important? "Well then, fine but make it quick." "Thank you Sakuraba. Well I don't know where to start I guess its just nothing but.......I have this feeling when I am around Sena-kun that is, not normal." Sakuraba still a little confused and surprised, "well Shin is it a nice, warm feeling?" "Uh, well, I.....yes, it is." Now Sakuraba very surprised, "Shin, do you know what love is?" Shin stunned, "Well yes sort of. But "

how?" "Well Shin its a good feeling, so just accept it." "But Sakuraba, Sena's a guy, don't you find that weird?" Sakuraba in a tight spot, "uhhh, well, its-" Sakuraba was cut off by another voice "SAKURABA?! Are you comeing back?" Shin now confused about the person asked, "is that Takami?" Sakuraba was going to beat Takami for speaking. "Um its late Shin you must be tired I know I am. Off to bed with the both of us, hahahaaa." Sakuraba slammed the door. Shin could hear Sakuraba yelling at what seemed to be Takami, but he was more concerned about if he liked Sena like that. This time Shin walked back to his dorm. When he got there he thought about it and after a while he said to himself, "maybe I do love Sena-kun." He took a shower then sat down on his couch and remembered how cute Sena looked. For the first time in a while, an almost unnoticeable smile crept over Shin's face, and he thought, "I really want to see Sena's cute face again tomorrow.

SENA

Sena got home and ate some leftover dinner, his parents were asleep, Sena was glad they weren't awake, he needed time to think. Sena walked up the stairs to his room, got dressed for bed and lay there. He started to wonder why he felt this way about Shin. He knew the feeling more than Shin did so he didn't have to ask anybody which was a good thing, because it would be bad if people thought he liked men. That was the only bad thought in his head, he really liked Shin, and no matter how much it bothered him that he was a guy, Sena wanted to see Shin again tomorrow.

MORNING SHIN Shin didn't get much sleep last night because he got home late and couldn't fall asleep because of his thoughts on Sena. But he didn't care he liked thinking about Sena, and he got up bright and early because he wanted to see Sena so badly. He thought he should just jog around town until he "accidentally" ran into Sena. Good plan, he thought. He ate breakfast, told Sakuraba [who was quiet happy Shin didn't ask about Takami] that he was going for a run, and left.

MORNING SENA

Sena woke up at his usual time, kind of early. Its was a Saturday, he liked Saturdays, when he could sleep in, but no, he didn't want to he wanted to see Shin. He blushed at the fact he wanted to see him so badly. Well, he thought, Shin probably works out early in the morning, so hopefully he's out on a run. Sena was happy when he walked down the steps to his kitchen to eat his mothers yummy breakfast. His mom was down stairs cooking when she asked, " why where you out so late last night?" Of course Sena wouldn't tell his mom he liked a man. "Oh, uhhh, I ran into a friend of mine and we lost track of time, I am so sorry. Sena's mom smiled, "its ok hunny, I am glad you had so much fun last night." Sena smiled, ate breakfast, and was off. Thoughts of Shin flooded his head and he smiled.

ENCOUNTERING

Shin ran for an hour and a half before he found or "ran into" Sena. Shin spotted him walking past the Diemon High school. "Sena-kun!" Shin yelled and ran to him. "oh, Shin-san, its strange that we keep finding each other like this." Both Sena and Shin knew it was not weird, they knew they spent all morning looking for each other, but didn't want the other to know. They walked past many stores and restaurants, when Sena's stomach growled. "Sena-kun? Are you hungry?" Sena blushed because that was embarrassing. "Well I guess I am." Shin thought he looked adorable as he blushed, "Sena-kun, would you like to go to a restaurant to eat something with me?" Sena blushed again because Shin was being so considerate of him. "But Shin-san I don't have enough money, I cant." Shin couldn't stop his arm from moving over Sena's head and ruffle his hair. "Its ok Sena-kun, I'll pay the rest." Sena was so happy he almost exploded, "But Shin-san, tha-," "Sena-kun its alright, I am happy to do it." Sena agreed and then something happened that Sena couldn't believe, Shin smiled at him. Sena and Shin started to walk to a good place to eat when to men in hoodies walked up to them, "Hey, your Eyeshield 21 and Seijuro Shin right?" Sena didn't like those guys, they gave him the shivers. Shin gave them an angry stare, "yes, we are what do you want?" Sena was worried, they had a sinister smile on that wanted him to run away, but being with Shin hw felt safe. Shin did not like those guys, he wanted them to leave, he seen Sena's scared face and immediately disliked the two men. The two men walked up to Shin and Sena, "Would you two mind coming to talk to us? We are friends, well, acquaintances of Agon."