Title : Diamonds Of Hearts
Pairing : Miyusawa, Mei x Eijun
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Chapter 2 - Confession
It was late at night that Eijun was still practicing his pitching. He felt bad that he couldn't do much for the team since he couldn't pitch well after their match with Yakushi. He always practiced late at night, it felt it made him more relaxed.
Sometimes he would hear Miyuki's mocking voice which annoyed him. Then again even thou the captain said mean things he meant well that Eijun knew.
"Isn't it about time to head back now." Just the person Eijun was thinking about head to show up.
"Miyuki-senpai."
"I know you're working hard and all but you need a rest as well." Miyuki stared at the hands of the brunet. He had been working really hard that his hands were getting worn out.
"I guess so." He couldn't argue with Miyuki.
"Take a bath and hurry to the room."
"Yes." Miyuki helped Eijun clean up and then Eijun walked into the shower.
Eijun looked at himself in the mirror and thought to himself. How much things had changed since he first came here? His hands still had fear in them from that match with Inashiro. He could still picture that match in his head.
"It's not your fault." Miyuki had come and hugged the brunet from behind. It calm Eijun a bit but still he could never forget that dead ball he threw. Miyuki hugged the brunet tider so Eijun wouldn't go into too deep.
After Eijun was done showering he went to their room. Miyuki had been waiting for the brunet when he was finished and they walked together.
"You didn't have to wait for me." Eijun said. But all Miyuki did was smile as they walked in silence.
The following weekend Eijun had gone out again, Miyuki insisted on going with him but he told the catcher that he would be with Haruichi and Furuya which was a lie. He knew that the two were going out so he told him that he would be with them, it wasn't really a lie.
Eijun wanted to be away from Miyuki since the catcher never seemed to leave his side. Eijun knows that Miyuki is worried but Eijun wanted some space without Miyuki or anybody from Seidou.
It's funny that he ended up meeting Mei once again while doing some shopping.
"Narumiya-senpai what are you doing here?" Eijun asked.
"I could ask you the same thing." He said while scratching his head.
They were both in one of the baseball shops. Eijun was just looking around when he spotted the shop and decided to go in. That's when another person entered which happened to be Mei and he walked where Eijun was and that's how they ended up together.
"Did you get lost again?" Mei joked.
"I'm here alone today." Eijun avoided Mei's joke and kept calm.
"Alone, huh." Mei looked around for a baseball glove. His was getting old so he wanted to buy a new one soon before the next game. "I heard that you guys had a practice match."
"We did but I don't know about how the game ended."
"Why is that?" Mei asked in confusion.
"I didn't play in that match." Eijun said. It's not like he could play anyway even if he wanted to.
"It seem that you haven't played in recent game lately. Why is that?" Mei asked.
"I'm still recovering." Eijun said.
Suddenly it got quiet and Mei didn't like it. He wasn't that close Eijun to start talking to him about things like his close friends were. He wasn't even Eijun's friend.
"I told Miyuki-senpai that I was hanging out with Haruichi and Furuya."
"But you're not."
"Yea." Eijun then turned to look at Mei. "Can I hang out with you since I kind of don't want to be alone?"
"Then why the heck did you lie to Kazuya?" There was no answer and Narumiya didn't have it in him to reject the first year. "Fine."
"Is that Eijun with Narumiya Mei?" Haruichi pointed to the direction where both pitcher were. Furuya also looked and was a bit surprised to see them together.
"What are they doing together?" Furuya asked.
Haruichi didn't think that Eijun would hang out with a rival school, not to mention the ace of Inashiro. Haruichi thought that the brunet didn't have it in him since Narumiya's team almost broke Eijun apart. But from looking from afar they were enjoying each other's company.
"Let's go and finish what we were doing?" Haruichi and Furuya watched one last time at the two and headed their own way before the day was over.
"Narumiya-senpai I'm hungry."
"Why are you telling me that?" Eijun gave his sweetest smile at Mei which the blond wouldn't look away. "I get it."
The two then headed to one of the restaurants nearby. In the end Mei had to pay for the brunet. Mei couldn't believe the brunet made him waste his money on him, then again the southpaw pitcher looked cute when he ate his food.
"Why do I think he's cute?" Mei couldn't believe he was thinking this way about another guy and a pitcher too. His heart wasn't supposed to beat for guy, it was meant for a beautiful girl but his heart wasn't listening to him.
"Is something wrong?" Eijun asked.
"It's nothing." He smiled.
If Eijun wasn't so clueless like many others then he would know what he was feeling like but Eijun wasn't like those. The brunet was clueless and dumb at times and a loud mouth when he opened his mouth sometimes. The pitcher looked like he never dated anybody before but Mei didn't know anything about the brunet.
"You look like you got something to say." Eijun said. The brunet was right but he couldn't say the words he was feeling since that match they had.
"This guy has got me spinning round and round."
"Mei!" The blond was startled when he heard his name being called. The brunet also turned to the source of the voice. It was Mei's teammates, he didn't know they were out as well.
"This is where you were?" Shirakawa spoke then his eyes went to the brunet. Mei then recalled that Eijun had hit a dead ball to Shirakawa. He was thinking that it wasn't a good idea for the two to meet but Eijun looked fine.
"Sawamura Eijun from Seidou." Shirakawa said.
"Strange to see you two together." Kamiya said.
"I know." Mei said.
Since the team arrived Eijun hadn't said a thing. He kept quiet, maybe the boy was uncomfortable being with the rest. But why would he when he's always surrounded by people and he doesn't look nervous at all.
"Sawamura is something wrong?"
"Narumiya-senpai can we go to the hospital?" Eijun didn't want to say it but he didn't have a choice when his leg started hurting suddenly.
"The hospital." All said in surprised tone.
In the end Mei took Eijun to the nearest Hospital and his teammates followed right behind them. While they went to the hospital Mei noticed that Eijun was walking a bit weird and it look like something was wrong with his left leg.
Once they were in the hospital a doctor came to see Eijun and they were brought to the room. Mei got worried so went along with them while the rest waited outside.
The doctor examine the boy's left leg, he had an unpleasant expression on his face. Mei started to get worried.
"What's wrong?" Mei asked.
"You didn't tell him." The doctor spoke.
"I didn't think others needed know that isn't in Seidou." Eijun said. The brunet was right but Mei was curious and worried.
"He hurt his leg in the last match with your team." The doctor said. Mei then understand everything since he found the boy right after their match.
"Is his leg okay or not?" Mei asked. He wanted to know the details of the leg now not about what happened before.
"He pushed it a little far today so it cracked a bit."
"What?" Mei wasn't liking this one bit. In the end the doctored just examined his leg to see any more problem and then told Eijun to just not push himself too much.
"You should have told me if your leg was hurting." Mei said once they left the doctor's room.
"I didn't want you to find about my leg." The brunet couldn't walk well so Mei took his hand in his from the brunet from falling down.
"Is everything alright?" Yoshizawa asked for the rest.
"It looks like this one here had a leg injury in our last match with them." Mei explained while pointing at the brunet.
"It kind of looks like you two are dating." Fukui the captain and the cheerful of the group said. Mei was surprised by those words. Everybody then stared at the two pitcher and Mei started to blush but Eijun on the other hand didn't understand a thing since he was so dense.
"What are you guys talking about?" Eijun asked. "Isn't holding hands normal?"
"Why would it be normal?" Kamiya spoke up. "It's only right to hold hands with the one you love."
"But I hold Miyuki-senpai's hand all the time." This upset Mei but even so he didn't let go of the brunet's hand. The group could see the dark aura around the blond. This was a different sight of Mei that they hadn't seen yet.
"Mei don't make that scary face." Fukui was getting scared. Eijun looked up at Mei and thought the same thing, he wonder why the blond was making such a face.
"It's getting late so I'll drop you to your dorm." Before Eijun could say anything Mei dragged the brunet away from the rest.
"Is Mei in love?" Fukui asked.
"Mei in love?" Everybody thought in union.
Mei and Eijun arrived at the front of the gates of Eijun's dorm. But still Mei hadn't let go of Eijun hand which confused the brunet.
"You can let go of my hand now." He said. But still there was silence and he didn't let go. Eijun didn't know what was going on. Suddenly Mei did the unexpected and pressed his lips on Eijun which shocked the brunet. After the kiss Mei stared at Eijun without looking away.
"Eijun I love you." Eijun's face turned pink from the sudden confession. The brunet didn't know what to think. An image was Miyuki appeared in his head.
"I hope to get a reply back." Mei smiled. The blond let go of Eijun's hand and walked away. Haruichi and Furuya had appeared and saw what had just happened.
"Eijun." The southpaw pitcher turned to see the two.
"Did you see just now?"
"Sorry it couldn't be helped." Haruichi apologized. Just then Miyuki appeared from inside the gate. He had come when he saw it was getting late. He was glad that Eijun wasn't alone.
"You guys should head inside to rest." Miyuki said.
"Yea.' Furuya and Haruichi said in union. The two walked inside and Miyuki and Eijun were alone.
"Is something the matter?" Miyuki asked.
"It's nothing." Eijun said as he hugged Miyuki. The catcher didn't know what was going on but return Eijun's hug, he was acting different than usual which surprised the catcher.
In Eijun's head he was sure he was in love with Miyuki. The catcher was the reason why the brunet decided to go to Seidou in the first place. After pitching into Miyuki's mitt that's when he realize that he wanted to come to Seidou.
But he didn't know what he was feeling now that Mei had kissed him. He never felt anything like that before, it was a feeling that was different from Miyuki. It was the first time that somebody ever confessed to him that was a guy. Sure he had confessions back home from girls but that was a different story.
He wasn't the popular type but still girls asked him out. Probably because he had that baby face look, an innocent boy that didn't have any interest expect baseball, of course he reject all those girls. He also one time over heard his mother talking to Wakana and she also had liked him. He couldn't say anything since the girl that was his child hood friend was somebody important and he couldn't think of her as anything else.
His mother had told him to think about how others would feel but he wasn't that kind of guy. He didn't understand love like most people. But his father was different and told him to do what he feels was right and he followed that advice.
"What is love?" He questioned.
