"Who gave him alcohol?!" I demanded, scowling at the seniors, but they all whistled and pretended not to hear me.

"Shen-paaai," Hibiya-kun slurred, his eyes slightly glazed as he held up his glass, "Cheeeers..."

Snatching the glass from his fingers, I slammed it down on the table and held up my hand for a waiter. "A glass of ice-water, please!" I yelled, trying to be heard over the racket the baseball team was making.

"Stop being such a killjoy," Teased the rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed coach from across the table, and I sighed.

"I'm not trying to be," I huffed, "But you know as well I do that Hibiya-kun is close to being completely smashed."

"I ahm nooooot," Hibiya-kun said defiantly, swaying slightly as he said it. Suddenly, he grabbed my shoulders and looked me very closely in the face. I hoped no one could see my sudden flush; why was I flushing?! It's only Hibiya-kun! I told myself.

To my horror, his blue eyes were suddenly teary, his cheeks red as he bit his lip.

"Shenpai," He mumbled, "Do yooou th-think (hic) I'm tooooo young? ...Dooo you?"

"Er, too young for what?" I asked, flustered by the close proximity though I didn't know why, and I pushed my hands against his arms. He suddenly lost strength and fell limp, his head lolling against my shoulder, his mouth mumbling something drunkenly before falling silent.

"Hibiya-kun, get up!" I yelped, shaking him, but he didn't stir. I pushed against him, and thankfully his breath left the sensitive skin at my neck and he instead collapsed onto my lap.

"Oops," said the coach as the others roared with laughter, "guess you were right. Well, doesn't take much to floor our winning pitcher, eh?"

I glared at him, and he hastily went back to his yakitori. The ice-water came, and I drank it instead, attributing my previous blushing to the euphoria of finally winning. Not Hibiya-kun, I told myself firmly, he has nothing to do with me blushing... He's like a little brother, it'd be like Tsukushi making me blush.

Thinking of it like that made me shake my head in disgust, but another, annoying little voice at the back of my head reminded me that Hibiya-kun was not like Tsukushi at all in my line of sight... We were only a year apart, after all. All the times he complimented my clothes, promised to take care of the Valentine's chocolates I gave him, held my hand all the way home; could I really say he was only my 'little brother'?

And... had I imagined it? The words he had mumbled right below my ear, when I had asked, 'Too young for what?' I laughed a little nervously to myself as I glanced down at his sleeping face, like a child's in many respects, sleeping so deeply in my lap.

'For you.' That was what I thought I heard. But that couldn't be right...

'...Because you were watching me the entire time, senpai... That's why I gave it my all...'

"No, no, no!" I exclaimed, feeling my cheeks flame, "He didn't mean it that way, I'm sure of it! I have to stop thinking about this!"

"Er, what?" Said several members next to me, but I ignored them. Instead, I grabbed a glass of beer and downed it in one go. The team members cheered, surprised and delighted.

"Shenpai..." Hibiya-kun mumbled against my thigh, sending unwarranted goosebumps down my legs.

"Another one!" I yelled.