Disclaimer: I do not own Daiya no A.

Warning: Shounen-Ai, OOC, abusive languages

(MAJOR) SPOILERS from the Manga chapters that are not yet English translated and released

Pairing: Miyuki Kazuya X Sawamura Eijun

Thank you all so much for the patience. Didn't expect that number of response from the first chapter within such a short time. Here's the second chapter you've all been waiting! =)

Once again, I apologize for any mistakes made.

Without further ado, enjoy! =D

It's Okay

Chapter 2

The walk between the two battery partners was awkward; with Sawamura feeling extremely embarrassed being seen by so many people for being carried by his team captain. They were even seen by the assistant coach Ochiai, who demanded to know what had happened.

"I'm bringing this idiot back to his room to get some rest before he leaves for his rehabilitation," Miyuki was able to explain naturally. "He said he is feeling some discomfort on his knee so I thought of checking it out in his room."

"Hey!" Sawamura who was silent throughout finally shouted in Miyuki's arms. "Don't call an idiot! And I didn't say-"

"We'll be going off now," Miyuki interrupted before Sawamura could finish his sentence and walked away before they could be questioned further.

"…What was that for?" Sawamura annoyingly asked the catcher as he crossed his arms when he saw that Ochiai was out of their sight. "Since when did I feel discomfort in my knee?"

"I don't want to stay there and answer boring questions too long," Miyuki answered as he continued walking. "You're heavier than I thought; did you get fat, Sawamura?"

Upon hearing this, Sawamura could immediately sense the teasing tone behind.

"Then put me down this instant!" And he finally started struggling. "I can walk perfectly on my own; so put me down, will you?"

At this moment, Miyuki finally stopped walking, and then turned to stare hard at the pitcher, as if he was studying him. Sawamura, feeling the intense stare from Miyuki, stopped struggling, but became slightly restless, as he felt conscious with himself under Miyuki's stare. He suddenly couldn't look straight at his eyes and time seemed to flow very slowly for Sawamura.

It was soon after that he heard a sigh, prompting Sawamura to look up. What surprised him after that was that he felt his legs being placed down onto the ground slowly, and the hand on his back was gently pushing him up to stand up straight.

"Miyuki?" Sawamura looked up at the catcher again in confusion, but this time he couldn't see his eyes due to the reflection of the lights on his goggles. He got no reply for several seconds, making Sawamura increasingly nervous and puzzled.

Say something already!

"…There's no one here you know?" Miyuki finally talked after it seemed that a long time had passed.

"Huh?" Sawamura jerked at the sudden words, and looked towards his captain in confusion.

"I said," Miyuki sighed; he almost forgot how slow Sawamura was when it comes to such things. "There's no one else here other than us."

Sawamura finally took in those words, and then looked around them. True enough, they were already at the entrance of the dormitories and since most of the students staying had club activities, the dormitories should be empty by now.

"Well, am I right? Eijun~?" Sawamura then looked back at Miyuki, who was now showing him a smirk. But the smirk was enough for the pitcher to blush hard and become more nervous than before. And the playful tone in the catcher's voice when he said his first name made the pitcher blush even harder.

To think Miyuki was in a really bad mood just minutes before this. That was a really quick change of mood!

Pre-occupied with his own embarrassment in the situation, Sawamura failed to realize that Miyuki was walking towards him, realizing it only when he looked up, shocked at the closeness between his face and Miyuki's.

"So?" Miyuki asked expectantly at the pitcher, the smirk still on his face that made Sawamura tempted to punch him. But he knew that he couldn't do that; and he won't. He didn't think that his face could become more redder than it was now, and once again, he found himself unable to look into Miyuki's eyes again as he gave him what he wanted.

"K-K-Ka… Kazuya."

And Miyuki's grin couldn't get any wider.

**Line Break**

"…Asou! Back Home!"

"Shit! The ball!"

"Miyuki! Catch it!"

"Sawamura! Base cover!"

"I've got it!"

"Sawamura! Watch out-!"

Suzuki could only watch in horror as he saw the body of the giant pitcher of Seikou slammed into the smaller body of Sawamura's at the home plate on the TV screen. His eyes widened even more when he saw Sawamura slowly picking himself up and raised his glove to show the ball in his hand.

"…Out! Using his own body, Pitcher Sawamura blocks the advances of Ogawa, despite the rough play!"

"I-Is that really Sawamura-senpai?" Suzuki asked, still unable to comprehend the scene played in front of his eyes. "And, Asou-senpai was a regular player?"

Apparently Kuramochi, Takashima and Koushuu had brought Suzuki to the meeting room, and they decided to play the DVD records of their game against Seikou to Suzuki, finally leading him to the truth about his training in charge.

"This is the reason why Asou-senpai was demoted to the second string last fall," Kuramochi explained while he continued to watch the game playback on the TV screen. "A mistake in throwing he made in that match, forces Miyuki to leave the home plate to catch the ball and Sawamura to base cover, leading him to the rough play he had to withstand."

"A fine play by pitcher Sawamura!"

"And this… is the reason why Sawamura now could not play like he used to," Kuramochi said as he slowly turned to look at the first-year, shocking Suzuki even more with the sadness behind those slanted eyes. "Despite suffering such a huge blow from Ogawa of Seikou, he managed to act as if nothing happened to him and most of us were fooled by him. He continued playing throughout the match; not to mention he had played too in our next game against the Yakushi at the next day."

"Y-You mean Sawamura-senpai was injured thanks to that body slam right?" Suzuki asked as he couldn't help but being more curious. "No one actually checked up on him or suspected anything wrong with him?"

"We did," this time, it was Takashima answered as she saw that Kuramochi had started to stiffen and avoid eye contact with anyone at that question. "We tried to do a thorough physical checkup on him after the Seikou match, but Sawamura-kun had insisted at that time that other then feeling some discomfort at his fingers on his right hand, he found no other problems or pains in himself. And probably because he was able to continue to play very well till the ninth inning in that match that most of us really thought that he was still in his best condition despite the impact he received. So that's why we allowed him to continue practicing his pitches and played in the next game as well. But, if we had known-"

Takashima gasped slightly and stopped her words when she heard the sudden sound of a chair dragging. The assistant manager and Suzuki immediately looked towards the source while Koushuu, who was just standing beside the door, merely opened his eyes to look at his vice captain in concern. He could feel the intense aura around him that filled with regrets and sadness.

"Kuramochi-kun?" Takashima called out to him in concern; also worried about Kuramochi's change in mood.

"Sorry about that, Takashima-san," Kuramochi said monotonously as he began to walk towards the door. "I'll take my leave first. I'll leave things to you." And with that Kuramochi left the meeting room, creating and leaving behind a tension in the room.

"W-What's wrong with Kuramochi-senpai?" Suzuki asked timidly, curiosity piling up within him despite beginning to cower in the tensed atmosphere. However, it seemed that the assistant manager had no intention of answering him as she was still worried about the shortstop. "Takashima-san?"

"… From what I heard," Koushuu, sensing Takashima's worries, decided to answer in her stead. "Kuramochi-senpai was the only one who knew about Sawamura-senpai's true condition during the finals of the fall tournament."

"What?!" the first-year pitcher gaped in shock upon hearing those. Takashima, on the other hand, continued looking at the door, as if she could see through it and watch the whole process of Kuramochi leaving the meeting room and walking back to practice in a quiet and depressed state.

Even after all this time, you still blamed yourself, do you? Kuramochi-kun?

And of course she could not see the tightening of his fist and the gritting of his teeth as Kuramochi stood outside the door.

**Line Break**

"Y-You know, Miyuki. T-There's no need for you to be here," Sawamura said as he removed his undershirt and threw it somewhere on his room floor. He cursed the stutter in his voice mentally; he was pretty nervous and conscious of himself changing in front of Miyuki. "I-I can change my clothes and make my way to the training center on my own, so you should head back to practice now."

Miyuki, who was sitting on Sawamura's chair while the latter was changing beside his bed, clicked his tongue as he turned around and faced the back of the pitcher. The pitcher was about to reach for his fresh shirt on his bed when he heard the sound of annoyance from the catcher.

"What?" Sawamura turned his head and faced the catcher, who he saw was hugging the back of his chair and pouting. Miyuki couldn't help but sighed at the puzzled expression from his pitcher.

"Guess it takes time huh…" Miyuki said, a hint of disappointment in his voice obvious.

"W-What are you talking about?"

"My name, Eijun," Miyuki said, causing Sawamura to blink in surprise at the mention of the topic. "We've already dated for at least three months already, and you're still not used to calling me by my first name."

"W-W-Well, that's… Erm…" Sawamura blushed heavily while beginning to think of an excuse, which he couldn't make up one. Miyuki looked at Sawamura, and then suddenly smirked when he noticed how flustered his boyfriend had become just for such a simple topic of calling his first name.

"Hmm, I guess it means I have to do something about it then," Miyuki said as the teasing tone in his voice became increasingly obvious. But at least you stopped calling me with honorifics. That's an improvement, I guess; though you never really did call me with the honorifics as a senior. Miyuki's grin went even wider. "You are a slow learner after all, idiot."

"Don't call me an idiot!" Sawamura immediately protested as he turned quickly to face Miyuki's smug face and swung his arms in protest despite it failing due to his red face. However, the smug face disappeared quickly, when the catcher gasped lightly and widened his eyes slightly. Sawamura became confused over the sudden change in his boyfriend's mood. "Miyuki? What's wrong?"

He then saw Miyuki stare at him for a few seconds, before biting his lips and stood up, the movement causing some reflection on his goggles, making Sawamura unable to see Miyuki's eyes. The former couldn't help but became more nervous when Miyuki slowly began to step his way towards the pitcher, decreasing the distance between them.

Sawamura, who was becoming more nervous and scared as the distance between them shortened, tried to back away from Miyuki but he found himself failed miserably. Forgetting that the bed was just behind him, Sawamura fell onto it once his knees reached the bed edge and he quickly found himself being trapped by hands of Miyuki on both sides of his head.

"W-W-Wait a minute, Miyuki!" a flustered and nervous Sawamura stuttered out. Being hovered over by Miyuki on his bed while being half-naked was something that shouldn't be happening right now. His instincts were telling him that such a situation was a bad idea, and he needed to do something about it immediately. But instead of strongly pushing Miyuki away, he shut his eyes tightly instead when Miyuki's face moved closer.

However, nothing came. Unlike his expectations, there seemed to be no movement from Miyuki, and after sensing nothing at all for several seconds, Sawamura slowly opened his eyes.

And he blinked and twitched upon the sight of his boyfriend not looking into his eyes or face, but on his bare chest instead. But what had puzzled him was not the fact that he was looking at his chest, but the mixed feelings he felt coming from Miyuki when he could see his eyes clearly through his goggles this time.

"Miyuki?" Sawamura could only softly called his name; the only response he got was the movement of his boyfriend's left hand. And what he didn't expect was the hand to be moving towards his chest, and then gently caressing and tracing the scar he had on the left side of his chest. The pitcher gasped softly and blinked again when he realized what Miyuki was doing.

The scar I got from the operation… As he sensed the regrets and sadness behind those eyes of Miyuki as he stared and traced the scar, Sawamura remembered.

How much Miyuki had blamed himself for not being the one withstanding the rough play from Seikou at the home plate when it was his territory as a catcher after all.

How much Miyuki had blamed himself for not noticing anything wrong when Sawamura was clearly acting differently after that semi-final match.

How much Miyuki had blamed himself for being unable to reduce the pains and sufferings Sawamura had to go through during his recovery when all he could do was watch and pray.

How much Miyuki had blamed himself for not being able to bring Sawamura to Koshien when it was thanks to him that the team was able to win in the final match against Yakushi.

As Miyuki reminisced what Sawamura had to go through for the past several months, he suddenly shifted, startling the pitcher below him and gently hug him. He could almost feel his heart being torn apart as he rested his head on Sawamura's shoulder, hoping that the smell of his boyfriend and the feel of his skin were enough to comfort him.

Do you have any idea how much I had wished, that it was me that is suffering all these right now?

Sawamura, despite being the insensitive one usually, was able to detect the negativity behind those actions and hugged back. He knew how much Miyuki had regretted all these happenings and despite being the one injured, Sawamura felt that the ones suffered the most were Miyuki and his nakama instead of himself. Although he knew he was an idiot when it comes to reading the atmosphere, Sawamura could sense it all.

The regrets. The pain. The sadness. And the guilt.

But… It was never anyone's fault.

And Sawamura meant to keep it that way.

"Kazuya," Sawamura whispered on his boyfriend's ear, startling Miyuki and managing to catch his attention which he know he could by calling his first name. He could feel the twitch from the catcher, and Sawamura shifted as well, pushing Miyuki lightly on his chest to make Miyuki face him. He then moved his hands to hold gently onto the both side of his boyfriend's face and smiled sincerely at him before he finally said what he had meant to say right from the beginning. "It's okay, Kazuya. It's not your fault."

And Miyuki's eyes widened in shock even more, when Sawamura gently kissed him on his lips.

And Miyuki, of course, gladly kissed back when he recovered from the shock, remembering his boyfriend's last words as he began to change the kiss into something more passionate.

It's not your fault.

It's okay.

Although it might take him some time to get over the pain and regrets, he knew he would get there.

Because Sawamura was going to help him make sure of that.

**Line Break**

They unexpectedly saw Kuramochi waiting for them at the dorm gate with a taxi already waiting, explaining to Miyuki and Sawamura that Suzuki had retired for the day and coach wanted to see the captain, thus waiting for them knowing the catcher would want to see Sawamura off.

"Ah, that's right," Sawamura said before he entered the cab. "Miyuki, I need your help."

Miyuki raised his eyebrow in confusion at his pitcher.

"It's about Suzuki's training menu," Sawamura explained, ignoring the frown shown on Miyuki's face at the mention of the first-year's name. "I'm thinking of reviewing and maybe changing it to suit his needs; but I'm not sure how. Think you can help me with that tonight?"

Miyuki looked at Sawamura with an obvious unhappiness, but soon gave up and sighed when he saw the determination behind those eyes. This idiot is too nice for his own good.

"Fine, I'll help you with it tonight," Miyuki said in surrender. "But, on one condition."

Sawamura rolled his eyes on that. Leave it to Miyuki's twisted personality who refused to help him for free.

"Fine, what is it?" This had better not involved any public display affections-

"Let me pick you up from the training center today," Miyuki requested, interrupting the pitcher's thoughts.

"…What?" it took Sawamura some time to register the request, and he gave Miyuki an incredulous expression.

"Wait for me when your rehabilitation is done," Miyuki explained, mentally enjoying the whirl of confusion his pitcher was currently in. "I'll pick you up and we can return to the dorm together."

"Why do we have to do that?" Sawamura asked in bewilderment and nervousness. "W-We can see each other when I return! It won't be long since Boss will be giving me a ride!"

"Because," Miyuki said, and he moved in closer to his boyfriend to whisper in his ear. "Like this, I can spend more time with you."

Sawamura's eyes widened upon what he heard and quickly moved away from Miyuki, the blush on face hardened even more than before to the point that even his ears and neck were flushed red. Miyuki chuckled upon the sight. His boyfriend was just too much fun to tease!

"I-I-I got to go now!" Sawamura shouted before he quickly entered the cab, too embarrassed to stay anymore. However, before he could close the door, he was stopped by Miyuki's hand on it.

"Eijun," Miyuki called and smiled at his boyfriend. "I'll see you tonight, at the training center."

He could see Sawamura tightened his hold on the strap of his sling bag beside him, and a call of "Baka-Miyuki" before Sawamura closed the door shut and the cab finally left.

**Line Break**

Kuramochi almost smiled at the interaction of his classmate and his roommate right in front of him. Almost.

Thanks to the pitcher's presence, the atmosphere right now was not tense. In fact, it was way too comfortable for him right now.

When he saw that Sawamura was leaving, he decided that he had better made a move first before it got to a situation where it would only him and the captain alone. He didn't think he was ready for that yet. Not especially after-

"Kuramochi," the shortstop stopped in his steps when he heard his name from the catcher. "…You said the coach wanted to see me right?"

"… Yeah," Kuramochi replied, but unable to turn as there was a possibility he would have to look into his eyes if he did that. "That's all I came for. Now then, if you excuse me, I need to head back to practice." And with that, Kuramochi began to run, not giving Miyuki any chance in talking to him even further.

On the other hand, Miyuki frowned upon seeing the shortstop running away from him. He then looked at the ground, beginning to contemplate the situation between him and Kuramochi.

"Because, we needed him. And you know that fully well as much as I do!"

Miyuki sighed as he covered his face, knowing full well that his boyfriend would definitely punch him once he caught on what happened.

**Line Break**

Once again, Sawamura checked through everything in his rehabilitation menu and his checkout forms for the training center. After confirming again that all details on the forms were correct, he signed on them and smiled to the nurse in the counter as he passed the forms to her.

Finally, with a 'good work for the day' greeting from the nurse, he was dismissed. Sawamura then looked at the clock hanged on the wall behind the counter, indicating the time eight o'clock at night. It was then he could feel vibrations in his pocket, and he took out his mobile phone to check.

Miyuki Kazuya: I'll be there in ten minutes. Wait for me.

Sawamura looked at his mobile with an incredulous look. Shit, he was serious?

"Because, like this, I can spend more time with you."

Sawamura blushed upon remembering those words from his boyfriend this morning, and mentally cursed himself for acting like a blushing schoolgirl. He didn't think Miyuki was serious about coming to pick him up and go back together; he had thought he was just teasing him. The training center was an hour of bus ride away from the school and he didn't think the catcher would spend that amount of time in travelling just to come and see him.

However, despite feeling that all of these are unnatural and too good to be true, Sawamura couldn't help but felt happy at the thought that his boyfriend was coming, and blushed even harder again.

Just when you thought that Miyuki Kazuya was a twisted and nasty senior, he's actually such a gentle and considerate boyfriend.

And he suddenly felt that all these were too much for him to handle.

Dammit, Miyuki Kazuya. You are one twisted and nasty pain in the neck.

"Excuse me," a man's voice suddenly called out behind him, prompting Sawamura to turn around to find out who had called. "If I'm not wrong, you're Sawamura Eijun, right?"

"Huh?" the pitcher had immediately found the source of the voice right in front of him, in the form of a middle-aged man wearing a jersey and black sports pants, hiding his face with a cap embroiled with a logo which Sawamura found it familiar. "Erm, yes I am… but how did you know my name?"

It was then the man removed his cap upon hearing the confirmation of identity, revealing his face to Sawamura. And the pitcher gasped upon seeing the face, because he immediately recognized the face as one he had seen months ago when he was recovering in the hospital.

"A catcher that can't see the pains of his pitcher, has no right to play baseball at all."

No way… Miyuki's dad?!

And another vibration from his mobile reminded him of the situation he was going to face.

Shit. This is bad. This is very very bad.

To be continued…

A/N: I had a hard time deciding between an established relationship between Miyuki/Sawamura and Miyuki wooing Sawamura in this story. And… I decided on the former because knowing myself if I don't choose that option there's a chance I might suddenly make this an AllxSawamura fanfic. ^^|||

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