Hello there! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter. It was my first time writing a sex scene so I was pretty nervous about that. That is why the initial rating of the fanfic was T because my original idea was to just allude to the fact that they had sex and then start writing the next scene after that. But after writing that make out scene (which was also a first) it gave me confidence to keep writing and see how would a more explicit scene pan out. I just started typing chapter 8 and the words surprisingly just came to me. In my opinion, it came out very decent (hence why I posted the chapter in the first place) so I hope you think the same.
Also while I was bored and without my laptop the other day I started writing an outline for this fanfic. Up until chapter 8 I had no outline, I just had an idea of what I wanted to write and just did it. But I wanted to be more organized so I planned out everything. If I stick to my outline (which I think I will), then this fanfic will be around 23 chapters. Once I start writing I'll see if that's the direction I want to take, but I don't see me deviating from my plot. That's not to say that I don't take suggestions. If you have an idea/suggestion or have a particular request, feel free to leave a review to tell me. I'll do my best to include it in the story.
I apologize for any grammar errors beforehand.
Disclaimer: I don't own Daiya No Ace, Yuji Terajima does. I only own my OC and this storyline.
Enjoy!
Chapter 9
Being friends with benefit with Miyuki was actually more easy than Ai thought. It's been almost 3 weeks since she started sleeping with Miyuki and it already felt like it was part of her routine. She would be lying if she didn't admit that at one point she was worried that she would start developing feelings for the handsome catcher. Because let's face it, who wouldn't? Miyuki was attractive, intelligent, and a has a good sense of humor. Granted his sense of humor could be a bit much sometimes and irritate the hell out of you, but it's not as if it was terrible. His cheekiness could be charming in it's own way. Miyuki was also (in his own way) caring. During final exams week he sent in more than one occasion text messages reminding her to not forget to eat, or to go to sleep, and reassuring her that it's going to be fine since she is so smart. Sometimes Ai had a tendency of taking herself too seriously with her studies and being with Miyuki allows her to relax, have fun, and just act silly for the sake of it sometimes.
Besides catching feelings (pun totally intended) would be a hard thing when it came to Miyuki. In a lot of ways, he was a lot like her. They were both emotionally distant and didn't talk about their feelings openly to other people, not even to each other. While it was true that Miyuki was the closest person to Ai and vice-versa it's not as if they knew each other darkest deepest secrets. Ai knew a lot of stuff about Miyuki but all of them were superficial since they never had any meaningful conversations. Even after they are done having sex, they just lie there close to each other and talk about silly stuff or just tease each other, or in the best case scenarios they decide to start round 2 which can lead to round 3 if Miyuki has more time to stay over. It seems that all that practice made him have crazy stamina.
Now that summer break was in effect there were no more reminder texts, school, or assignments to complete (she already completed her summer assignments). While she liked summer because of the sunny weather, sometimes it was too hot for her taste and she was always bored out of her mind since she didn't have anything to do. Sometimes she would go to museums but there are only so many times that you can go without getting bored. She didn't have any friends to hang out with and Miyuki was busy with practice and the summer tournament, leaving him little time to 'hang out' with her. Now more than ever she was grateful to Miyuki for introducing her to baseball. Thanks to that she had something to do whenever he had games since she has been attending his baseball matches during this tournament.
Miyuki told her than in two days they were going to play against Inashiro Industrial High School. It was going to be the final match of the summer tournament and it would determine which school would represent West Tokyo at nationals. Miyuki and his team have worked really hard and there is nothing more in the world that she would want than to see Seido win. Sometimes she remembers how devastated and disappointing they looked when they lost the game against Ichidai Third High School back in the spring and it was just horrible to look at them in that state. They really deserved to win and she really hoped that they would, not just for Miyuki's sake but for their sake as well.
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Those two days have already passed and unfortunately Seido High School lost the final match and couldn't go on to Koshien. Everything was so eerily familiar since they already went through a similar situation back in the spring. Now in a familiar situation, Ai was lying on her bed trying to figure out what she should tell Miyuki. At first, she thought that it was going to be easier this time around since she knew Miyuki more than she knew him back then, but she was wrong. In a lot of ways this time around was actually harder because she really knew him now, so there is more pressure since she doesn't really have an excuse to mess up.
Suddenly she felt a buzzing sound on her bed and quickly noticed that it was her phone. It was most likely Miyuki since the only other person who would message her was her father and he was busy working.
From: Miyuki Kazuya
To: Yukimura Ai
'Hey, can I come over now?'
Ai was surprised to say the least. Here she was trying to figure out what to tell Miyuki about his loss and he ends up texting her first. Besides shouldn't he be with his team? They were all probably pretty depressed just like they were last time. She knew that Miyuki got over losses rather quickly, but this time was different because not only the third years were going to retire but also this was the second time he lost his chance to go to Koshien. It should be more frustrating than the first time around. Nevertheless she typed a response answering his question.
From: Yukimura Ai
To: Miyuki Kazuya
'Sure. I'll be waiting for you.'
Ai decided not to say anything about the game until she saw him face to face.
From: Miyuki Kazuya
To: Yukimura Ai
'See you in 20 minutes.'
Ai didn't respond and put her phone on her nightstand. She decided to fix her hair since it was a little messy. She removed her hair from her messy bun and started brushing it so she could wear it down in front of her vanity. Ai knew that Miyuki wasn't going to notice since he probably has more important things to think about, but she was vain to a certain point and couldn't allow him to see her any less than put together. Looking down at her outfit consisting of a light denim skirt and a white halter top she thought it was casual enough to not look like she dressed up just for him. Besides it's not as if he really took a good look at her outfit this afternoon. Then she sprayed herself with a little bit of her favorite perfume on her wrists. She didn't want to be obvious so she couldn't overdo it.
'Perfect.' She thought as she examined her reflection in the mirror and straightened out her skirt.
She heard her phone buzz again.
From: Miyuki Kazuya
To: Yukimura Ai
'I'm already here.'
'Damn. That was fast.' Ai told to herself as she looked at the time before going downstairs to greet him.
She almost ran down the stairs and opened the door to not keep him waiting "Hey Kaz-"
Ai was interrupted by Miyuki's lips pressing aggressively against her own. Not letting his sudden action surprise her that much, she almost immediately kissed him back as she wrapped her arms around his neck. It hasn't been too long since the last time they have been together but she still missed him nonetheless. Miyuki's tongue was prodding her entrance and she instantly obliged him so she could let his tongue explore her mouth. Miyuki grabbed her waist and pressed her against the wall with some force. His eyes were dark with lust and desire which made Ai tremble with excitement. It was clear that he was angry and was taking it out on her, but he wasn't angry enough to seriously hurt her. Soon they parted and his mouth went directly to her neck and started sucking it hard enough to leave his mark there as he grinded his hips into her's. Ai could feel his erection pressing against her thigh which really turned her on.
As if he didn't realized that they were making out by her doorway, Miyuki started tugging at the hem of her top to take it off. "Kazuya wait." She pleaded between kisses as she grabbed his hand. "Let's go to my room. We can't do this here." Miyuki's pupils dilated as he snapped out of his trance. He immediately closed the door behind him and picked her up without saying a word while he went up the stairs towards her room. As soon as they got there he slammed the door behind him even harder than he did with the last door and aggressively pushed Ai down onto the bed like he has never done before.
Ai propped herself up on her elbows while she rubbed her thighs together staring at Miyuki. He has never been this aggressive before and it strangely turned her on. His usual golden brown eyes were bright as the sun but now they are so much darker and his usual soft eyes are nowhere to be found. There were no traces of playfulness or of his teasing personality. His eyes held nothing but pure carnal desire. He was looking at her like he didn't want to do anything else but to ravish her...And she couldn't wait to let him have his way with her. Miyuki took off his shirt and then his sweatpants swiftly before coming on top of her assaulting her lips with his forceful kisses. She felt his fingers going up her top in order to remove it and she finished off the job for him and then she unbuttoned her skirt and he helped her slide off her skirt. Miyuki instantly went for her bra after that.
He laid her down on the bed and started massaging her breasts making her moan in content. He forcingly tweaked her nipples making her yelped in pleasure. As he started sucking one of her nipples, one of his large hands travelled down her body and started rubbing her heat through her underwear. Miyuki pushed her panties aside and Ai soon felt one his calloused digits massage her clit. She was starting to lose herself with the different stimulations Miyuki was making her feel.
"Fuck you are really wet Ai-chan." Miyuki huskily whispered to her in her ear with a smug smirk on his face as he continued fingering her.
"I know." She affirmed in a soft voice locking her eyes with his own Then she placed a small kiss on his lips as she wrapped her arms around his toned back. "It's all your fault so you better fix it." She seductively whispered to him in his ear.
Miyuki's eyes grew darker and a smug smirk appeared across his lips. "I wanted to tease you some more, but I really can't wait any longer." He huskily said as he shamelessly pressed his hard cock against her inner thigh.
She smirked as she looked down at his erection and then looked up at him to meet his eyes. "Good. I can't wait any longer either. I really want you to fuck me Kazuya." She said matching his tone.
"Do you really?" Miyuki teasingly asked her as he inserted another finger inside of her.
Ai flinched at his touch and let out a small whimper when she felt him flicking her clit. "Yes I really do. Kazuya please fuck me." She begged.
Miyuki smirk just grew wider; loving the fact that she was begging for him. "Do you really want me to fuck you? Do you really want me to fuck you real hard?" He asked her as he added a third finger.
She nodded with her face flushed. Ai felt like breathless and unable to talk.
"I can't hear you." Miyuki mocked as he stroked her harder.
"Yes please." She breathlessly pleaded.
"Now that's more like it," He grinned. "But only if you promise me something." He continued teasing her.
"What?" She hoarsely asked as her thighs clamped around his hand.
"Only if you promise me that you will scream my name at the top of your lungs." He possessively growled with his dark eyes returning.
Ai brought one of her hands up to his face. She caressed his cheek and then traced her fingers along his jawline, and then lightly rubbed her thumb across his soft lips. "I will scream as loud as you want me to Kazuya." She whispered to him.
He lightly grabbed her wrist and softly kissed her thumb. Miyuki later put her hand over her head and kissed her lips before turning his attention to the nightstand on their right. He quickly opened the top drawer and pulled out a condom.
Ai tugged on the waistband of his boxers to help him remove them quickly. His curved erection sprung out of his boxers and she ran her fingers along his thick length before pumping him causing him to groan in satisfaction. "You are hard as a rock." She lightly teased him.
"Stop." He grunted in slight annoyance as he removed her hand from his dick. Miyuki later slipped on the condom and removed her underwear.
Miyuki pushed her down and positioned himself on top of her.
Ai placed her arms around his broad shoulders as she felt him roughly entering her without warning. She felt the familiar heat spread throughout her body. Ai clenched her walls around in response trying to get used to him.
"Don't do that." Miyuki firmly commanded while trying to suppress a growl.
She didn't say anything since she didn't want to make him angrier. Ai never has seen Miyuki like this so she decided not to poke the bear for now.
Miyuki started thrusting into her much rougher than he would normally do in the past. Ai couldn't help put but to scream at the new feeling. He really wasn't lying when he said that he was going to fuck her real hard. It took a little getting used to and it was a little painful but that didn't mean that it didn't felt good and Ai wasn't enjoying herself. As he steadily thrusted into her she let her arms travelled down and caress his back as she pressed him closer to her and moved her hips at the same rhythm as him.
She wrapped her legs around his waist when she felt him picking up his pace and held onto him tighter. Miyuki started rubbing her legs and pressed one of her legs closer to his waist as if he was looking for more warmth and friction and wanted to feel her closer to him. He pressed his body down to her until it became physically impossible to become much closer.
He soon lost his steady rhythm as he thrusted into her faster and harder making Ai scream out in pleasure "AHH Kazuya." Her screams just encouraged him to go faster. He just loved seeing her lose herself in ecstasy that he was responsible for.
She rested her head in the crook of his neck as she dug into his back with her manicured fingernails. Ai tenderly kissed and nipped his shoulder as she left her mark on his salty tanned skin. She moaned against his ear as she felt him hitting a particularly good spot. Miyuki turned his head and captured her lips with his own. He forcefully opened her mouth with two of his fingers and tongue down in a french kiss making Ai moan against his rough kiss.
His mouth left her own as he buried his head in the crook of her neck and licked it as he went up nipping and lapping her sensitive flesh until he reached her earlobe and bit it a bit harder this time around causing her to yelp. "You are not being loud enough." He darkly chastised her before thrusting into her much harder which made Ai arched her back go into a frantic screaming mess. "Good girl. That's so much better." He praised her feeling more satisfied.
There were no words to describe how much she loved that he was being this rough on her and she wanted more of this. She loved this new side of Kazuya. He seemed so dangerous, aggressive, and possessive and while none of the adjectives were positive ones they turned her on like never before. "Kazuya," She began pleading. "I want you to fuck me harder please." Sometimes she surprised herself since she didn't know that begging came so easy for her.
"Is that so?" He sucked on the spot below her ear and then complied with her wishes. Ai screamed louder as soon as Miyuki picked up his pace and stroked her harder. She tried her best to move her hips as fast as he was but it was so hard to keep up and the newly steady rhythm was already lost. Everything was becoming a blur and she felt that familiar indescribable amount of ecstasy building up inside of her indicating her that she was going to become undone soon.
Miyuki already familiar with Ai's expressions knew that she was going to cum soon and went a little bit faster so they both could cum soon. After hitting a good spot she finally reached her orgasm "Kazuya." Ai cried out. Soon after Miyuki became undone himself and blind with extreme ecstasy. He thrusted into her a couple of more times riding the waves of their orgasm.
As they were both desperately panting for air, Miyuki untangled himself from Ai and rolled over to the other side of the bed trying to catch his breath. They stayed in silence for a couple of minutes as they both were calming down and basking in the afterglow of their orgasm. Usually at first this part was always kind of awkward for them, but with time they grew to like the silence that set in after they had sex.
After feeling a bit more calm, Ai turned on her side to face Miyuki and see how he was doing. He was blankly staring up at the ceiling as if there was something interesting going on up there. His breath was not as ragged as before and his eyes were back to normal, no longer clouded with lust. Ai let herself became entranced by his features. It didn't matter how many times she has done this, she would never get tired from looking at Miyuki. He was truly beautiful and couldn't help but to feel lucky that she was this close to him.
'Wait… I forgot. He just lost a game today.' Ai remembered. He didn't look particularly upset but the way he acted tonight was very unusual and he is probably affected by the loss. Who wouldn't?
"Kazuya…" She began.
"Yes?" He inquired without tearing away his eyes from the ceiling to look at her.
"Are you alright?" Ai asked with a hint of concern in her voice.
"Why wouldn't I? I just got laid." He cheekily replied as he turned his head to meet her eyes with a grin.
Ai smiled despite of herself. This was classic Miyuki but that wasn't necessary a good thing. She knew that he used jokes as a way to lighten up the mood and change the subject.
"You're impossible," She lightly laughed as she shook her head. "But don't play dumb with me. You know exactly what I'm referring to." She lightly scolded as her tone changed to a more serious one.
Miyuki dryly chuckled. "Yes, I'm fine Ai-chan." He unconvincingly said.
Ai pouted. "Liar." She said as she playfully slapped his arm.
"Ouch. Why are you so mean Ai-chan?" Miyuki pouted.
"Because you are lying to me. There is nothing wrong with you being upset. In fact, it's completely normal. You and your teammates worked really hard to win and it must be very disappointing and frustrating." She berated him.
"You seriously need to work on your post-sex talk." Miyuki deadpanned.
"Ka-zu-ya." Ai menacingly growled.
"Listen, I appreciate your concern, I really do. But I came here so I didn't have to think about that. The aura is just so gloomy back in the dorms and I just wanted to escape that. So can we not?" Miyuki said annoyed.
"I don't want to be nosy. You just look very upset. You don't act like this so I think there is something more going on than the loss. Something else is bothering you right?" She continued pressing him.
Miyuki looked away from her without saying anything.
"So I'm right." It wasn't a question but more like a statement.
Miyuki lightly grunted in annoyance.
Ai smiled at his childish behavior. Why did he have to be so stubborn?
She propped herself on her elbows and got up to prop up her pillows against the headboard of the bed and laid against them. "Come here." She patted the space next to her.
"What?" Miyuki incredulously asked as he cocked one of his arched eyebrows.
"I said to come here. Lay your head down on my chest. It has been a long day for you, hasn't it?" She said as she lightly grabbed his arm.
"Why?" He stubbornly asked.
"Just do it." She hissed.
Miyuki sighed in defeat and slowly got up from his position. He was starting to lay right next to her when he felt her hand pressing down his head to push him downwards so he could rest his head on top of her breasts.
"What are you doing?" He asked confused.
"What? I thought you loved my boobs." Ai feigned innocence with a small grin on her face.
"I do, but this is weird." Miyuki replied as he felt his cheeks touching the soft flesh of her breasts.
"Just shut up and enjoy them." She commanded.
Miyuki made a noncommittal sound.
He soon felt her fingers going through his hair and massaging his scalp. Reluctantly Miyuki was starting to relax thanks to Ai's actions and let out a content sigh. He felt as his worries were melting away as she massaged his scalp.'This feels really good.' He mused to himself as he made himself more comfortable.
Ai smiled when she sensed Miyuki relax under her. She drew circles on his scalp as she inhaled the scent of his hair. Ai could smell the notes of soap as she ran her fingers through his soft brown hair. It was so so soft and she could stay like this for a long time without getting bored. Miyuki enjoying himself was a plus as well.
They stayed in silence for a couple of more minutes until Miyuki broke the silence. "I'm upset that we lost but I'm pretty sure that I'm going to be fine tomorrow."
"Don't you think that's a little too soon? You don't have to be alright by tomorrow." She asked as she continued playing with his hair.
"It's better that way so I can move on faster," Miyuki explained. "That way I know where did I went wrong." He later added.
"Why are you assuming that you did something wrong? I think you were great even though you guys lost." She asked without stopping with her movements.
"I can't help but to feel that it's my fault that we lost." Miyuki admitted in a small voice. It seemed that Ai massaging his scalp was helping him to be more open.
"Kazuya, what are you talking about? You are not the only player on your team. Just like the team shares their victories with each other, the team shares their losses with each other as well. Nobody wins by themselves just like nobody loses by themselves either. So don't say that it's your fault. You gave everything you had."
"Well, that's the problem," Miyuki began. "I gave everything that I had but it's obvious that it wasn't good enough since we lost. Perhaps if Chris-senpai was still the main catcher we would've won." Miyuki dejectedly added with downcast eyes.
"Who is Chris-senpai?" Ai asked curiously. She never heard Miyuki mention him before.
"I met Chris-senpai back when I was a first year in Junior High when we played a game against each other. For the first time ever I completely lost and I could never beat him when we were in Junior High. He was the main reason why I even decided to go to Seido in the first place. I wanted to learn from him and eventually challenge him for the first string catcher position," He began explaining. "But that didn't happen since soon after I joined the team we found out that he was hiding a shoulder injury for quite a while and was demoted to the second string team. I obviously didn't want the catcher position like that, but there was nothing I could've done about that, so I decided that I was going to become the best catcher so I could fill his shoes but I always come up short. Chris-senpai is obviously the better catcher."
Ai absorbed all of this new information shocked at what Miyuki was saying. He always seemed so overconfident, arrogant, and without a care in the world, but here he was spilling all of his insecurities to her. She couldn't believe that there was someone in the world who made him feel like this.
"Since you are praising this person so much while putting yourself down then he must be really amazing," Ai began. "But guess what? So are you. Otherwise you wouldn't be recognized as such nationwide. You're an integral part of the team and you have saved them in many occasions. So don't put yourself down. I know that you missed your opportunity to go to Koshien two times already, but so did Chris-senpai when he was in your grade. You can't give up yet since unlike him, you still have two more years of high school left." She encouraged him.
Miyuki smiled at her words. "Thanks Ai-chan." He said with warm eyes as he looked up at her. "I feel better now."
Ai smirked. "See? I told you that you would enjoy it." She said teasingly.
"Yeah I guess your boobs are nice." Miyuki said in a mock unconvinced tone.
She slapped him on the head as they both laughed since the tension in the air lifted.
"Ai-chan?" Miyuki inquired as their laughter died down.
"What?"
"Why did you stopped?" He asked her motioning at her hands when he met her confused eyes.
Ai giggled when she noticed that she stopped massaging his scalp when she was giving him her speech.
She soon resumed her actions which made Miyuki very content.
He closed his eyes as he sighed. "This feels really good so you won't stop until I say so."
Ai giggled again. "Yes Sir." She mocked him.
Something told her that they were going to be in this position much often now.
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It's been a couple of weeks since the devastating loss at the summer tournament and summer was winding down as August was progressing. After that night, Miyuki was truly feeling much better and it helped him move on and practice harder so they could have another chance of going to Koshien in the fall. While opening up like that was kind of awkward at first, it soon continued on as a tradition. Miyuki felt safe and trusted Ai enough to confide in her and talk to her about his concerns, insecurities, or any new developments of the team.
One of Ai's favorite parts had to be when Miyuki told her about a possible new student that he met recently. Apparently he was a loud-mouth country bumpkin with no formal baseball training but had an interesting form and a weird fastball. His name was Sawamura Eijun. According to Miyuki he had guts since he challenged Azuma-senpai who was already going pro to defend another student, and Miyuki helped him since he thought that Azuma-senpai needed to be humbled down. For Miyuki's sake, Ai hoped that Sawamura chose to go to Seido since she never saw him be so excited when he was talking about a prospective team player. This Sawamura fellow seemed very interesting.
Today Miyuki was in her house and they were for once doing a non-sexual activity. Which might or might not have been due to the fact that she was on her period. They were cooking together after a long time of not doing it. They were making fried rice since it was a dish that they both enjoyed. Shockingly, Miyuki let her help him around and allowed her to chop up the vegetables. It was not as if Miyuki didn't trust her cooking, since he knew that she could cook, it was just that he was possessive when it came to the kitchen, and wanted to be the one in charge.
"Why don't you sit down and let me serve the dishes Mr. Chef." Ai offered even though she was already serving the fried rice on the dishes.
"Why do you even ask me if you are already doing it?" Miyuki asked with an amusing grin as he sat down on one of the stools by the breakfast bar.
"Because otherwise you wouldn't let me do it." Ai replied matter-of-factly as she set down both of their plates down on the breakfast bar.
He nodded a quick thanks and they started eating in silence after saying a quick 'Itadakimasu.'
"Aren't you going to sit down?" Miyuki asked Ai as he noticed that she was eating while she was standing up.
"Nope. Sometimes I like to eat while standing." Ai explained.
"You are so weird." He chuckled as he continued eating.
"And so are you." She teased which made both of them laugh.
"Oh my God!" Ai suddenly exclaimed as she hopped up and down.
"What?!" Miyuki alarmly asked as his eyes widened in confusion and forgetting about his food.
"I just remembered that I wanted to ask you this. I've been meaning to ask you this very important question, but I always forget." She hastily said after she swallowed down her food.
Miyuki laughed loudly. "You scared me Ai-chan." He playfully scolded her. "What is it?"
"When is your birthday?" She asked with a serious expression on her face.
Miyuki blankly stared at her. "Really? That was your very important question?" He deadpanned.
"Yes that was my very important question." Ai confirmed without caring whether she sounded dumb or not.
"Why do you even want to know in the first place?" Miyuki narrowed his eyes in suspicion.
"I know that you are going to laugh at me, but I don't care," She began. "The thing is that I'm into astrology and all that. So I want to know your zodiac sign and it's very important for me to know." Ai explained.
Miyuki burst out laughing. "That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life. Please don't tell me that you are obsessed with the Oha Asa and lucky items and all of that stuff."
"No, I'm not. I think that's a little bit too extreme. I would never carry my lucky items around." Ai replied while laughing. "But don't change the subject! Answer my question." She demanded reverting back to her serious tone.
"If you are really into that shouldn't you know what is my sign based on my personality?" Miyuki mocked as he bit into his food.
"Well I have narrowed it down to two signs, but I'm not sure." Ai explained.
"And what are those two signs my dear?" Miyuki asked.
"At first I was thinking about Leo, Sagittarius, and Scorpio. But then I narrowed it down to Sagittarius and Scorpio because you didn't strike me as a summer baby. I'm leaning more towards Scorpio though. I just want to know if I'm right." Ai replied. It was evident to Miyuki that she was very much into this.
He chuckled at how engrossed she was. "My birthday is on November 17th, so you are right, I'm a Scorpio."
"Yes!" She exclaimed in victory as she jumped out of excitement.
'She is so cute.' Miyuki absentmindedly thought as he want back to his food. "So when is your birthday?" He later asked breaking the silence.
"My birthday is on March 1st so that makes me a Pisces." Ai boasted
"Ahh," Miyuki exclaimed. "I don't know what's that supposed to mean." He said with a teasing grin.
"It means that I'm a water sign and that I'm a mysterious, sensitive, intuitive, and laidback woman." Ai proudly declared.
Miyuki snickered. "Mysterious? Laidback? Where? That obviously doesn't apply to you."
"Yes. It. Does." She lowly growled as she shot him a cold glare.
Miyuki just laughed at her reaction. "If you say so Ai-chan." He said her name in that sing-song tone that she despised. "Why don't you tell me anything about my sign?" Miyuki asked changing the subject.
Ai narrowed her eyes at him in annoyance and huffed. "Well, according to what I've read Scorpio men are supposed to be stern, independent, fearless, ambitious, may seem unemotional, and can be quite mean with their words. Does it ring any bells?" She asked cheekily.
"It actually does." Miyuki responded a little bit surprised. 'Especially that last part.' He added to himself.
"See? It's not stupid. Some of it can be quite truthful." Ai said matter-of-factly as she picked up the plates to wash them.
Miyuki didn't object to either her reasoning or her doing the dishes since she was going to put up a fight anyways. He just let both his eyes and thoughts wander. He has been coming to Ai's house for about three months now and he has never seen her father. Miyuki could understand that he was busy working, but there were times that he came to her house at night and left late around midnight or so and he still wasn't there. Didn't Ai felt lonely? The house was too big for her and they were in summer vacation so it's not as if she could get distracted with school. Besides she didn't have any friends to spend time with. At least Miyuki spent the majority of his time in the baseball field so he had little time to feel lonely.
"Don't you want some coffee Kazuya? Or maybe something else to drink?" She asked him interrupting his thoughts as she put the plates in the dishwasher.
"Water is just fine." He responded a little startled.
She just nodded and opened the fridge to look for the water pitcher.
"Ne Ai-chan?" He asked as she set a glass full of water next to him.
"What is it? She inquired as she took a sip from her own glass of water.
"Is your father coming home tonight? It's just that I've noticed that I've been here late at night a lot of times and I don't see him here or his car. So I'm just curious since you are here all by yourself most of the time." Miyuki explained.
Ai stiffened but quickly recovered. This was a sore subject for her. "My father has been away in a business trip. He is always busy at work so he comes late at night but he also travels a lot for work." She explained as she took another sip from her drink and averting her gaze away from him.
Miyuki felt pang of guilt sensing that he asked her something very private and sensitive. But he couldn't help himself since he was worried about her.
"Why do you ask?" She asked him slowly meeting his eyes.
"I guess I'm just worried that you are here all by yourself. It must be lonely sometimes. I know it's not uncommon for people around our age to live by themselves but still…" He trailed off embarrassed. His cheeks had a twinge of red.
"At first it was lonely but I'm already used to it so it's not a big deal." Ai responded with a small smile on her face.
Miyuki smiled at her back, but he knew that smile. It was fake. It was the same smile that he shot to people sometimes when he wanted to convince them that he was fine. "I think I know how you feel." He began.
"Oh?" She cocked an eyebrow in inquiry.
"At home it's only my father and I since my mother died. He is always busy at work too and at first it was lonely but I've grown used to it so I don't really care either." He half-lied.
"Really? Then I guess it's something else that we have in common then." She said.
"So it seems." He replied as he took a sip of his water.
"It's not all bad, right? Thanks to that we've become fairly independent." Ai grinned.
"I know, that's why our cooking skills are unmatched." Miyuki proudly boasted.
They both bursted out laughing. Both of them knowing that they were lying to each other. It was not okay. It was actually a big deal. They did care. But none of them had to bring it up. So they continued with their fake laughing.
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Ai was in the middle of her usual grocery shopping routine. She needed a few things and among them she needed coffee. Usually she only got french roast since that was her father's favorite flavor but now she had to get more. She wasn't a big fan of coffee but since Miyuki loved that drink almost as much as he loved baseball (she actually asked him) she had to buy a different kind since he liked it black. Straight up. Just bitter. How could anyone like something like that was beyond her. At least with the way her father liked to drink his coffee (cream, two sugar) she could somehow understand the fixation.
As she went out with her bags she noticed that there were some girls squealing about something as they were looking at a poster up in a mural. The girls left when as soon as Ai got to where the poster was and curiously she turned her head to see what it was.
'Summer festival?' She said to herself as she examined the poster. Apparently it was in two days (Saturday) in the evening. 'A summer festival huh? I wonder what Miyuki thinks about them.' She smiled as she thought to herself and then shook her head in a frenzy as soon as she realized what she was thinking. Why would she think about Miyuki? It was not like he was her boyfriend or anything. 'Although it would be nice to go see the fireworks with him.' She admitted to herself but then soon shook that thought. Going to the summer festival was something you did with friends or as a couple and they were neither. They were friends with benefits who only had sex and hung out in occasion and nothing more. They couldn't go out because then they would get too close.
Although they were already becoming close or just closer. In the last couple of weeks they have confided in each other multiple times about their insecurities or their parents. 'Yes, this is why.' Ai thought. 'This is why I'm thinking about him. We are just becoming closer and it's starting to confuse me.' Ai tried to convince herself. Besides knowing Miyuki he probably wouldn't like it since it was going to be too crowded. And it's not like she was ever interested in summer festivals in the first place. She attended a couple of them when she was a kid but she hasn't gone to one in many years.
Ai looked towards the direction where the girls were headed. They were probably squealing in excitement because they were talking about their yukatas or about boys who probably asked them to go to the festival. Ai let out a deep sigh and started walking home. She was just nostalgic because of childhood memories. That was all. She was not sad at all. It's not like she wanted that annoying catcher to invite her so she could wear her yukata and watch the fireworks with him. Nope. She totally didn't want. That was not the case at all.
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Omake:
Ai was flipping through the channels on her TV the night before the summer festival (the one she totally didn't care about) bored out of her mind. Miyuki was busy with his off-season summer training menu and she hasn't seen him in a couple of days. Another reason why would it be impossible for Miyuki to go. He simply didn't have the time for those kind of things. But it wouldn't matter because she doesn't want to go with him. She didn't care whether he invited her or not.
Then she felt her phone buzz and despite herself picked it up swiftly to see who it was.
As soon as she read the message her heart sank and started aching very bad in disappointment.
'I'm so stupid for even getting my hopes up for a minute.' She chastised herself as she put her phone away.
From: Miyuki Kazuya
To: Yukimura Ai
'Ai-chaaan. I'm going to die. Practice is kicking my ass and all I want to do is go to sleep for the next year of my life :( :( :( '
