Title: The Green Eyed Monster
Characters/Pairings: Abe/Mihashi
Rating: PG
Summary: Abe's not jealous. He's totally not, okay? Get off his back, jeez.
Abe told himself he wasn't jealous when one of the new recruits, a young and skinny little wanna-be pitcher, decided Ren was available to latch onto.
He wasn't angry when Ren was stolen away from their one-on-one practice time so the new guy could "learn to pitch from a pro" or when, in the locker rooms, the midget talked a mile a minute at Ren who was unsuccessfully trying to get to the showers. Abe wasn't even that upset when the guy followed Ren all the way into one of the stalls—both with little white towels wrapped around their thin waists. Though Abe had to admit, he was pretty proud when he heard Ren quietly tell the poor fellow that he was capable of bathing himself—even when his words sounded more like a suggestion than a command ("There's an open shower over t-there…").
It wasn't a matter of being jealous or insecure because at the end of the day, when this lousy pitcher was still fluttering circles around Ren, attempting to catch his attention, all Abe had to say was, "Ren" and Mihashi would immediately look to him, smile for him, and be at his side stuttering, "A-are you ready to go?" This was why Abe didn't have to do anything about the new upstart—Ren was his and he was Ren's. There was no competition for his spot in this battery.
Of course, even that knowledge didn't stop Abe from winding one arm around Ren's shoulders and smirking over his pitcher's head at the young man standing not far behind them.
He's mine, Abe said with sharp eyes. Try your luck somewhere else.
Okay… So maybe he was a little jealous.