Hello there! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter with the team finding out about Miyuki's relationship. Our poor catcher didn't just had a hard time with his teammates but also with some jealousy issues. I know that it seems like I might be bullying Miyuki and Ai is just riding along unscathed but I promise that it won't be for long.

She will have something coming for her after this chapter. Why after this chapter? Well that is because this chapter and the next chapter will be connected with each other so it will make things kinda worse for her *cues evil laugh*

FYI I currently have around 8 pages done of my 'established relationship' story. So the first chapter is almost finished. It will be posted on Sunday.

I apologize for any grammar errors beforehand.

Thank you for your support.

Disclaimer: I don't own Daiya No Ace, Yuji Terajima does. I only own my OC.

Enjoy!

The New Manager

Ai hummed a happy tune as she walked down the hall on her way to the freshman floor to give Sawamura one of the mangas that he lent her. She was happy because she couldn't wait to talk to him about this new volume since it was so juicy and she couldn't talk about it with her boyfriend.

'I wonder what he thinks about it.' Ai thought without really paying attention to her surroundings as she went down the staircase. 'He better not like-'

"AHHH."

"AHHH" Ai screamed and heard someone else screamed as she bumped into someone.

"I'm so sorry, are you okay?" She asked as she gripped the railing to prevent herself from falling down the stairs and then looked down to see who it was. "Oh my God Umemoto-san are you okay?! Ai alarmingly asked as she noticed that it was the pigtailed manager.

The manger groaned in pain as she rubbed her head that she hit against the railing. "Yes, just a little bit in pain but I'm fine." She answered.

"I'm so so so sorry." Ai apologized profusely as she went down to her help up.

"Don't worry Yukimura-san, I know that it was an accident," Sachiko offered her a small smile while she took her hand. "Owww." She yelled out in pain as she got to her feet with Ai's help.

"What's wrong?" Ai asked with concern.

"My left foot hurts." She complained.

"You probably sprained it. C'mon, I will help you to go to the infirmary." Ai offered as Sachiko put an arm around her shoulder to prop herself up as they went down the stairs to get to the infirmary and on their way they found the other second year manager Yui.

"What happened Sachi? Why are you limping?" The girl with the pixie cut asked as she gasped.

"We bumped into each other when I was going up the stairs and I fell so we are going to see the nurse." Sachiko responded while frowning in pain.

"And she hurt her foot too." Ai added with guilt coating her tone.

Yui widened her eyes in surprise. "I'll go with you guys."

*Time skip*

"Unfortunately you did sprained your foot," The old school nurse confirmed. "So you have to rest for two weeks."

"Oh no." Ai whispered in despair as the guilt was eating her up.

The other two managers also looked deflated as they looked down.

"So I'm not going to be able to complete my managerial duties." Sachiko said disappointed.

"Don't worry. Haruno and I are going to manage for the next two weeks." Yui tried to reassure her friend as she stood right next to her.

Ai felt another deep stab at her heart. Why why why wasn't she paying attention as she was walking? This never happened to her before. She was not a clumsy person at all.

"But Yui that's way too much work for only two people and you know that Haruno is very clumsy." Sachiko pointed out still feeling disappointed over the situation.

The other manager fell in silence knowing that Sachiko had a point that she couldn't get argue with.

"Too bad Takako-senpai has retired already." Yui sighed in defeat.

'That's it!' Ai thought as she got an idea. "Guys?" She called out.

"Yes?" They both turned to her.

"Why don't I help you and Yoshikawa-san out while Umemoto-san is on bedrest?" She suggested with a hopeful tone.

The managers looked at each other warily not quite sure that was a good idea.

"You don't have to do that Yukimura-san," Sachiko said with a dismissive wave of her hand. "It's way too much work."

"Yes, besides we know that you have your own club activities." Yui added.

Ai shook her head. "Nonsense. It is my fault that Umemoto-san is injured so please let me make it up to you guys by helping you." Ai insisted as she bowed down apologetically.

"It was just an accident so I'm not mad at you," The manager insisted. "But Yui is right. What about your club activities?" Sachiko asked.

Ai looked up at her. "Don't worry about that. I'm the vice-president and the president will understand the issue." She maintained feeling confident of her persuasive powers.

"Really?" Sachiko asked.

Ai nodded fiercely.

"Well, we do need the help." Yui conceded as Sachiko shrugged her arms in defeat knowing that it would be wise to accept her offer.

"Yes!" Ai exclaimed in victory. "Then I'm going to talk to Takashima-sensei to tell her about the situation."

"Just don't be clumsy like Haruno." Sachiko teased.

"Don't worry! I won't." Ai said with determination looking very similar as Sawamura.

*Time Skip*

"Ha! I got here first!" Sawamura boasted as he approached the dugout ready to start afternoon practice as he laughed and put his hands on his hips.

"Just because you cheated." Furuya protested as he joined him along with the younger Kominato brother.

"No I did not!" The southpaw argued.

"Yes, you did." The ace maintained.

"Huh? What's Yukimura-senpai doing here?" Kominato asked ignoring the two pitchers when he noticed that Ai was walking towards them along with Haruno and Yui carrying boxes with baseballs as if she was a manager herself, the only difference was that she was not the wearing their uniform and instead she was clad in a black hoodie zipped up all the way up just enough to reveal a peek of her white tank top, black leggings, and black running sneakers since she didn't have an uniform.

The two pitchers forgot about their spat and turned their attention towards the managers. "What are you doing here oneesan-senpai?" Sawamura asked curiously.

"Oh hi guys!" Ai perked up when she saw her friends and set the boxes down where the managers showed her by the dugout.

"Yukimura-san?" Kuramochi wondered out loud as he joined the first years along with more members of the team and Miyuki as well who was shocked to see her there as well.

"Ba- Ai-chan, what are you doing here?" The catcher asked quickly correcting himself.

The shortstop snickered. "You were going to call her 'babe' or 'baby' weren't you?" He teased.

"Shut up." Miyuki lamely protested as he tried not to blush.

Kuramochi laughed out loud as he clutched his sides.

"So, what are you doing here Yukimura-senpai?" Kominato asked also curious.

Many other player also started murmuring asking if they were going to have a new manager.

"I.. Uh well you see," Ai nervously began feeling self-conscious under the gaze of the baseball team. "Unfortunately, while I was going downstairs I bumped into Umemoto-san which caused her to have fall down and twist her ankle," She explained as she looked down still feeling guilty. "So, for the ones that don't know me my name is Yukimura Ai from class 2-B and I'm going to be here to help out the managers in her place for the next two weeks since it's my fault." Ai bowed down slightly as she introduced herself.

The rest of the team gasped in surprise and excitement liking the prospect of having a new cute manager.

"Wow! We are going to have a new manager."

"And she is so pretty."

"Yukimura Ai? Isn't she the captain's girlfriend?"

"No way? That's Miyuki's girlfriend?"

"Really? He is so lucky."

Miyuki stiffened as he heard the last part all of the sudden feeling self-conscious not really liking the attention that his teammates were giving to his girlfriend. So he did one of the things that he knows how to do best. "What?! Since when are you so clumsy Ai-chan? Poor Umemoto-san." He teased her with a cheeky grin.

"Stop it Kazuya," She whined not pleased with her boyfriend teasing. "I already feel so guilty. Don't make me feel worse." Ai pouted as she stomped her foot.

Miyuki smirked despite feeling endeared by her pout since he always thought she looked cute whenever she did that. If his teammates were not here he would claim her lips in a kiss.

"Don't be mean to oneesan-senpai Miyuki Kazuya. I'm sure she didn't mean it." Sawamura came to Ai's defense.

"Yes, it was only an accident." Furuya backed him up.

"Don't feel bad Yukimura-san, I'm sure that Umemoto-san and the other managers appreciate your way of helping." Zono chimed in.

"That's true. She is not mad because it was an accident." Yui said as she placed her hand on Ai's shoulder to show her sincerity.

"Don't be so tough on yourself."

"You are so nice."

"We are happy to have you."

Other players chimed in complimenting her as well making Miyuki grumble.

"Alright guys enough. Let's start practice." The captain ordered trying to keep the focus off of her.

Apparently he was not the only one who found Ai's pout endearing since he noticed that they were smitten with her.

Something told him that this was not going to be a good idea.

*Time Skip*

Miyuki was right. Ai being a manager was not a good idea, at least not for him. At first he thought that he was being a little paranoid and disregarded his initial feeling thinking that it would be nice to be closer to her since he didn't get to see her a lot. He enjoyed the glances he spared at her when she was picking up the baseballs from the field, preparing the drinks for them, cleaning the bats, among other things. Miyuki also took this chance to show off to her whenever he was up to batting practice whenever she was close by. His heart soared whenever she saw him hit the ball flying across the field and complimented him.

However his joy was short-lived. Since day one he noticed the players being smitten with her but didn't think much of it since he knows that a lot of them are a little girl crazy because they don't interact with them much. He also thought that it wouldn't be an issue because he was a captain and he doubted that they were going to openly hit on her in his presence. Therefore that wasn't the problem. The problem was they always did something to catch her attention and there was nothing that he could about it since she was just doing her job. Nonetheless he hated every time they did that because he couldn't pretend that she was his exclusive manager since they always interrupted them.

Ten days with the following interactions were really testing the catcher's patience:

"Ne Yukimura-san? I scraped my wrist. Can you help me please?" Aso asked her.

Ai gasped as she grabbed the first aid kit by the dugout. "Oh no. Let me see," She said as she took his wrist with her soft and small hands. "Poor thing. It looks like a really bad scrap."

"I know." Aso grimaced as she sprayed anti-desiccant on his injury but also feeling pleased with having her close.

"Stop being such a baby Aso!" Miyuki teased as he chuckled disguising the anger inside of him.

Or…..

"Yukimura-san can you help me with batting practice?" A player by the catcher's net asked.

"Sure!" She exclaimed happily as she approached him.

Miyuki just rolled his eyes unable to do anything.

Also….

"Yukimura-san can you please help me with my homework?"

"Of course!"

Or also….

"Wow! These rice balls are delicious." Many players exclaimed simultaneously.

"Yukimura-senpai showed us a new way of making them so most of the credit goes to her." Haruno explained as she handed out more rice balls.

"Really?! You are such a good cook Yukimura-san." They complimented.

"Thank you so much guys. I'm glad you like them." Ai smiled pleased with herself.

The catcher was almost tempted to lie and say that the rice balls were just okay but couldn't bring himself to do it since he actually enjoyed eating her cooking.

And…

"Here are your drinks guys!" Yui exclaimed as she was giving out water bottles along with Haruno and Ai.

Standing so close to Ai, Miyuki was feeling happy because she was probably going to hand him one as well so he could pretend for one second that she was HIS manager only and didn't have to share her with the rest of the team.

"Oneesan-senpai can you hand me one too?" Sawamura came out of the blue to ask her just as she turned to her boyfriend.

"Sure, Sawamura-kun." Ai gave him the water bottle that was supposed to be for Miyuki.

The catcher frowned.

"Here you go Miyuki-senpai." Haruno kindly offered him one.

His frown disappeared as he awkwardly laughed. "Thanks Yoshikawa-san." Miyuki felt disappointed since he wanted another certain manager to do that.

'Only four more days. Only four more days.' Miyuki thought as he sipped on water and grabbed his belongings with him to go to his room.

"Oi! Don't you want to catch my amazing pitches Miyuki Kazuya?!" The energetic pitcher asked him making the catcher turn around.

"No! I'm tired." Miyuki replied a little bit more harshly than usual surprising everyone around him but he didn't paid too much attention to them and just kept walking.

"What's wrong with him?" The southpaw asked to one in particular.

"Sawamura-kun, I've told you many times that you need to ask him in a nice way and not right after practice." Ai told him thinking that her boyfriend was just a little stressed.

Kuramochi followed Miyuki thinking what was his friend's problem. "Oi Miyuki." He called out.

"What?" Miyuki replied without turning around.

"What's wrong?" The shortstop catched up to him.

"Nothing." He simply said without stopping.

"You look upset," Kuramochi noted with a devious grin. "Don't tell me that you are jealous."

The catcher stopped dead in his tracks. "Jealous of what?" He turned to him as he scoffed.

"Of your girlfriend spending too much time with the rest of the team." He teased.

Miyuki narrowed his eyes at him. 'Damn, why do you have to be so perceptive?' He thought.

"Am I right or am I right?" Kuramochi continued teasing his captain.

"Why would I be jealous of you guys?" He asked incredulously. "I'm just annoyed that a lot of the players are not taking practice seriously just to be close to Ai-chan." Miyuki explained irritated hoping to convince the shortstop. It was not as if he was completely lying anyways.

"It's that so? And here I thought that you were happy that you were seeing her more often."

"Well, considering how things turned out to be I'm really not." The catcher said.

"Well then I'm sorry that you feel that way," Ai interrupted them startling the two baseball players as they around to see her. "Umemoto-san is going to come back in four more days so you don't have to see me at practice anymore." She added trying to keep her tone even but her hurt expression betrayed her.

"What? No babe I-" A frazzled Miyuki started to explain himself but Ai didn't give him the chance as he bolted out and headed back to the field. "Ai-chan wait!" He tried to stop her.

"Go after her and fix it you idiot." Kuramochi demanded as he took Miyuki's duffel bag from him.

The catcher just nodded before running after her confusing many players that were going towards the dorms while he was going back to the field.

"Ai?! Ai?! He desperately yelled out looking around the field and noticing that she was not anywhere near the dugout. If she was not there then the only two places left would be the bullpen and the shed. Miyuki decided to look in the shed first since the managers were there often.

Once he arrived he was met by her presence leaning against the door of the shed looking down. "Ai." Miyuki simply said feeling relieved to see her but also feeling guilty since she was sad because of him as he approached her.

"I didn't know that my presence bothered you that too much," She began in a hurt tone which made Miyuki's heart wrench in pain. "I was actually happy to be here not just because I got to repay my debt but also because I was close to you." Ai added still looking down at the ground.

"I was happy too baby." The catcher said as he lifted up her chin to make eye contact with her.

"That's not what you said to Kuramochi-kun." Ai firmly retorted as she averted her gaze away from him.

Miyuki's eyes softened as he tightened the hold on her chin to make her look at him which she did reluctantly. "I didn't mean it like that." He explained in a low tone as he bored his brown eyes into her blue ones.

"Then how did you mean it?" She asked matching his tone.

"Kuramochi was right," The catcher admitted. "I got a little possessive when I saw you spending too much time with other players."

Ai narrowed her eyes at him in confusion. "But I was just fulfilling my role as temporary manager." She protested.

"I know I know," Miyuki said knowing that he sounded stupid. "I just liked having you around and being my manager and not their manager as well." He explained.

Ai burst out laughing. "That was it?"

The catcher sheepishly nodded.

"So you don't hate having me around?" She asked trying to clarify the issue.

"No, of course not. I love being with you," He maintained. "I was just annoyed because they were all over you," Miyuki grumbled. "And I'm sure that they were checking out your ass too with those leggings."

Ai beamed with happiness as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "You are insane." She giggled pleased that he liked having her close.

"Wait until you get jealous." He shot back as he snaked his arms around her waist.

"If I get jealous I won't be as crazy as you." Ai chided in a cocky tone.

"Sure, sure. We'll see." Miyuki teased as he leaned down to capture her lips in a kiss.