Hello there! I hope you enjoyed the double update last week. I'm sorry if you actually like Miyuki's sweater and felt personally victimized lol. I also hope that the banter between Miyuki and his father wasn't too weird and that you could see the humor in there. From what I gather they don't really have a close relationship and I don't see Miyuki seriously fighting his father about their issues unless he has reached some kind of breaking point.

Mini rant: OMG this was the worst week ever. This week is just cancelled. I hate it. Work was so damn stressful and today (Friday) I wanted to cry because of the workload. This entire week I couldn't stop thinking of going home and just write fanfiction to relax.

Now that's over…

This is what you wanted: The first fight. Remember this will be divided into two parts which will be uploaded next weekend. This chapter will be about Ai finding out and the actual fight. Ai will get her revenge later on. You will see.

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 and this storyline.

Chapter 9: The First Fight

Everything was going well so far. Inviting Ai to his house, getting rid of his cozy sweater, and enduring that shopping trip from hell seems to be paying off. She is not suspecting a thing. He might get away with it after all. Sometimes he gets paranoid when she asks why is he being so nice to her all of the sudden but he always brushes it off as a joke without forgetting to complimenting her. Finally Ai's vanity is useful for him.

But so far so good.

'I'm such a genius.' The catcher thought as he grinned to himself.

"What are you smiling about like an idiot?" Kuramochi who was sitting across from him asked.

"Nothing." Miyuki replied with a teasing grin.

They were currently during lunch period eating in class. Ai was in some meeting that Miyuki couldn't recall what was for, but she didn't leave before leaving him his bento for the day.

"That grin of yours tell me that you are up to no good," The shortstop scoffed as he took a piece of chicken from Miyuki's bento and ate it. "Damn! This is good. You are so lucky to have Yukimura."

"I'm lucky in many ways." The catcher said as he looked at his friend eating his food in amusement.

"You sure are," Kuramochu exclaimed. "I still can't believe that Yukimura hasn't find out about your dirty tricks."

That damn Kuramochi! Sharp as always.

"I have been working overtime like we talked the other time and I think it's working." Miyuki revealed as he took a bite of his rice.

"Oh yeah? What have you been doing?" He asked in curiosity.

Miyuki took a deep breath as he scanned his surroundings to make sure that Ai was not anywhere near even though he knew that was impossible. However he couldn't take any chances.

"Well I first started by inviting her to brunch remember?" He began.

"Of course how could I forget that brilliant idea? Compensating breaking someone's heart with steak and eggs? Genius!" Kuramochi said in a mocking tone.

Miyuki rolled his eyes as he decided to ignore it. "After that remember that I scored points with her when I showed her how much I valued our privacy," He continued. "Then for the break I invited her home which is the biggest thing I've done." The catcher said proud of himself.

"That's a good one," Kuramochi nodded. "So she met your parents?"

"Yes," Miyuki confirmed not bothering in clarifying that he only had one living parent. "They liked each other so that was a plus. I also guilt tripped my dad into buying me a new phone in front of her with the pretext of wanting better communicate with her." He snickered.

"She probably ate that up." The shortstop added.

"The cherry on top was when I said that I wanted to 'snapchat properly with her too' since I didn't have the latest updates." Miyuki said as he laughed remembering back to that day.

"It's that why I see you in my snapchat stories so frequently?" He asked.

"Yup, I've been taking those weird pictures with the dog filters with her every time she asks since she likes it so much." The catcher explained.

"You are really a manipulative twisted bastard." Kuramochi said both in disgust and admiration.

"I'm a genius." Miyuki boasted.

"You are still burnt toast if she finds out." Kuramochi dead panned.

Miyuki frowned knowing that his friend was right.

*Time Skip*

"Wow Sawamura-Kun! Furuya-Kun! You guys did so well in the biology test!" Ai exclaimed in amazement as she saw their test scores.

They were studying in the meeting room and the first year pitchers couldn't wait until showing her their high scores. Well.. High by their standards. They were just average scores but Ai couldn't ask for the impossible.

"It's all thanks to you oneesan-senpai!" The southpaw boasted.

Furuya nodded in agreement. "You have been a great help Yukimura-Senpai," The ace said gratefully. "And I enjoy studying with you too."

"Me too! I like you ten times better than Takashi-Senpai!"

"Aww you guys are so cute!" Ai gushed ignoring the mention of her arch nemesis.

"I didn't like her that much even though she wasn't a bad tutor," Furuya said and then widened his eyes in horror. "You are still not friends with her right?" He asked hoping that he didn't offend Ai.

"Friends?" Ai blinked.

"Yes, Miyuki-senpai said that you two were friends but then stopped being friends." Furuya elaborated.

"Wait what?" Ai exclaimed baffled. "We were never friends. When did he told you that?"

"I didn't know you two used to be friends. He didn't tell me anything." Sawamura said also confused.

"He told me a couple of days after she started tutoring us since he told us to let you rest for a while." The ace tentatively said not knowing whether he was talking too much or not.

"I don't understand why would he tell you that since it's just not true." She said mostly to herself as she rubbed her temples.

"Maybe he got confused," Sawamura offered. "Now I remember that he said something about girls being strange."

"Trust me, he know how I felt about her." Ai maintained as she tried to figure out what was going on.

"He must be in his room. Why don't we ask him?" Furuya suggested.

"That's a great idea." Ai said with determination as she began putting her textbooks away.

*Time Skip*

"What do you think Miyuki?" Zono asked as he peered over his shoulder to look at the captain sitting in his desk.

Miyuki perked up at the mention of his name. "What are you talking about?" He asked confused as he turned to his friend who was sitting on the floor along with other teammates such as Tetsu-san, Jun, Ryosuke, Masuko, Chris, Kuramochi and Shirasu .He was far too engrossed in his scorebooks.

The vice-captain scowled. "Kadota was telling us about his fight with his girlfriend." He explained as he pointed to the poor distressed third year.

"Since you are the only other member of the team who has a girlfriend I was wondering what would you do?" Kadota asked.

"Hyahaha. You are asking the wrong person." Kuramochi snickered.

The catcher narrowed his eyes at the shortstop in annoyance before turning to the retired third year. "Haha. Sorry but Kuramochi is right, I'm the wrong person to ask." He said apologetically.

"How come?" Kadota asked.

"I'm sure that you and Yukimura-san have fought in the past. What do you do to make up?" Tetsu asked.

The rest of the teenagers turned to Miyuki in curiosity.

"Ai-chan and I don't fight." The catcher simply replied.

"What?" They all exclaimed in disbelief.

"At least not yet." Kuramochi quipped which resulted in another glare from Miyuki.

"What do you mean you guys don't fight?" Zono inquired. "All couples have their differences."

"We just don't," Miyuki shrugged. "I think it's because it takes a lot to make either of us really angry," He wondered out loud. "Besides we don't see each other much during the season so we can't get on each other's nerves."

"You guys are really lucky then." Kadota said half disappointed.

"Trust me he is not." Kuramochi snickered.

"What do you know that we don't know?" Ryosuke asked with a sly grin.

"Yes, you are actually having lots of fun. Why?" Zono asked as well.

All of their attention turned to him.

"The reason why Miyuki hasn't fought with Yukimura yet is because she hasn't found out the really messed up thing that he did to her." The shortstop replied avoiding Miyuki's glare.

"What did you do now?" Chris asked in a warily tone.

"Nothing!" The catcher insisted frantically.

"Nothing good." Tetsu said in a disapproving tone.

"Of course nothing good," Jun scoffed. "He is an evil bastard."

"It doesn't matter," Miyuki maintained. "It's not like she is going to find out anyways."

"The truth always comes out Miyuki." Chris told the younger catcher.

"That's what I told him." Kuramochi piped in.

"Shut up." Miyuki said through gritted teeth.

"So what have you been doing to prevent her from finding out? Ryosuke asked Miyuki amused with the situation.

"I've been buttering her up just in case by doing stuff that I wouldn't normally do." He replied as he nervously scratched the back of his neck wanting to change the topic as soon as possible.

"It's that why there are so many snaps of you two together?" Zono asked.

"Yep," Miyuki nodded. "That among other things."

"Just spill it already and tell us what you did!" Jun demanded already annoyed at the catcher.

"Uga!"

"I'm very curious."

"I promise that I won't judge you."

"I promise nothing!"

Everyone voiced their agreements.

Miyuki sweatdropped as he felt cornered and started laughing nervously.

"Just say it!" Kuramochi prompted.

"Fine!" The catcher relented. "I made Ai-chan jealous on purpose back when Takashi-san was helping out as a manager."

"So…. You planned the whole thing?" Zono asked confused.

"Yes I did." He confirmed.

"You did what?!" Miyuki heard an unfortunately familiar feminine voice asked making his head turn towards the door and his heart nearly jumped out of his chest when he saw his fuming girlfriend with Sawamura and Furuya by her side.

"A-ai-c-chan." He nervously stammered.

"You are dead." Kuramochi deadpanned.

"What do you mean you planned the whole thing?" She asked as she stepped into the room ignoring the shortstop's jab.

"It probably has something to do with you telling Furuya that she was friends with Takashi-senpai!" Sawamura butted in.

Ai just nodded in agreement.

"I can explain I swear." Miyuki said nervously as he got up from his chair and cursing himself for letting that loose end. How could he have forgotten about dealing with Furuya properly?

"I'm waiting." She hissed with clenched fists at her sides and her eyes narrowed in a glare.

'If looks could kill.' The catcher thought as he chuckled. "I swear that I didn't mean to harm you in any way," He began. "I just wanted to make you jealous since you were always saying how I blow things out of proportion when I get jealous."

"So that's why you were talking to my mortal enemy when she was around?" Ai asked in disbelief.

Miyuki shot her a weird look for her choice of words as his teammates mumbled amongst themselves in the background but quickly disregarded it. That wasn't the moment to point out how dramatic she was. "Yes, that's why I talked to her and took that snapchat picture with her as well." He confessed.

"B-but you were so surprised when I admitted that I was jealous." She said confused.

"I lied," The catcher flatly said. "I knew that if I pushed the right buttons then you would eventually snap."

Ai hung her mouth open in disbelief. So that was a lie? What else was a lie? "It's that why you told Sawamura-kun and Furuya-kun not to bother me for a while? It wasn't because you were worried about my health."

"That is correct," Miyuki confirmed he slightly dropped his head in shame. "I also knew that you were very stubborn and in order to make you jealous I would have to… Manipulate other aspects in your life." He vaguely explained.

"Manipulate? What do you mean?"

"How did you got Takashi-san to tutor them?" Jun asked not following the story. He was enjoying the show and it was better than any shoujo manga that he has read but he needed to fully understand what was going on.

Ai prompted him to answer the question with her eyes.

Miyuki took in a deep breath as he prepared himself. "A couple of days after both Kuramochi and I called you delusional for thinking that she was out to get you I realized that you weren't so crazy after all when she was flirting with me," He elaborated receiving a glare from Ai. "That was when the idea of making you jealous occurred to me. So instead of putting her in her place I let it slide until my plan worked," Miyuki continued. "That was also why I told Furuya and Sawamura not to ask you to tutor them in Takashi-san's presence since I knew that she would jump at the chance to replace you. Which she did." He added.

"But why did you told me that she was friends with Takashi-senpai?" Furuya asked confused. "Wasn't it just enough to have her tutor us?"

"No, it was not because I needed you guys to at least pretend to like her in Ai-chan's presence so she would become upset." The catcher replied in a matter-of-factly tone.

"You are an evil bastard!" Sawamura yelled out outraged by his Miyuki's manipulative games.

"I can't simply believe that you would do that to just make me jealous," Ai said as she rubbed her temples in exasperation. "What else did you do?" She asked almost scared of the answer.

Miyuki averted his gaze away from her not really wanting to answer the question.

"Answer the question!" The southpaw demanded.

The catcher took a deep breath as he rubbed the back of his head. Someone please just kill him now. "I ate one of Takashi's rice balls in front of Yoshikawa-san and complimented her cooking so she would tell everyone and the rest of the managers would also compliment her and in turn make Ai-chan feel like her cooking was not as good as she thought."

"What?!" Ai screeched. "You also manipulated poor little Yoshikawa-san?"

"Pretty much everyone." Miyuki clarified.

"What do you mean everyone? Aside from Furuya and Sawamura how did you manipulated us?" Zono asked confused.

"I may or may not have threatened some team members to stop talking about Ai-chan since they then had Takashi-san to make her believe that you guys liked Takashi-san better," He replied with a nervous chuckle. "But I promise that was the last thing I did!" Miyuki exclaimed in a pleading tone.

"Oh what a kind angel you are!" Ai spat in sarcasm.

Miyuki took it in stride since he knew he deserved it.

"I can't believe you went to such lengths just to get me jealous," She exclaimed as she stomped her feet. "Why would you do that?! Are you insane?! Don't you know how much you hurt me?" Ai asked him. "I thought that everyone replaced me with that cheap and less prettier version of me." She added in contempt.

"Miyuki you bastard! You made us all look bad in front of Yukimura-san." Zono interrupted in anger.

"I know, I know. That's why I feel so bad and I tried to make it up to you." He said ignoring Zono's outburst.

"Make it up to me? Make it up to me how?" She asked. "You didn't tell me anything the night I barged into your room and made me feel like I was crazy for acting that way."

"I was just scared because I knew that you would get mad at me and possibly kill me." Miyuki argued.

"Of course I'm mad at you! Why wouldn't I be?"

"You have every right to be mad at me. I deserve it," The catcher admitted. "And I swear that I didn't mean to hurt you. I didn't know that you would be so upset. I wanted to make you have a meltdown but not to the point that you would feel replaced by the others or by even me." He said boring his eyes into her his tone showing his genuine regret.

However Ai was not moved. This time he went too far. "You should have told me a lot sooner instead of just lying to me once but twice!"

"I know," Miyuki hung his head in shame. "But believe me when I'm saying that I have been trying my hardest to be the best boyfriend ever to make it up to you."

Ai rolled her eyes as she froze when a light bulb turned on her head. "It's that why you have been acting really nice to me lately?" She asked.

Miyuki stiffened as he felt his heart beat faster in nervousness. She was onto him. "Like I said I've been trying to make it up to you." He tentatively replied.

"You have buttering me up so I wouldn't be as angry!" She accused.

Busted.

"Buttering you up or making it up to you? Isn't that just a play on words at the end? It totally means the same thing." He tried to defend himself.

"No, it's not!" Ai protested. "You really are the worst. You manipulated me and everyone else around me to make me jealous and then try it to 'make it up to me' by manipulating me again." She pointed out.

Miyuki just stood there dumbfounded. He actually hasn't considered that point of view.

"So everything was a lie," Ai continued. "You inviting me to your house and telling your father how important communication with me was, not really putting up a fight when I got rid of your hideous sweater, going shopping with me," She listed as she took a deep breath. "Wanting to take selfies with me… It was all a lie." She added dramatically.

"It was not a lie." Miyuki tried to appease her.

"After I let you eat those macarons after our Christmas date out of my-" Ai quickly stopped herself as she realized that they had an audience.

The audience groaned in disgust as they realized that it wasn't probably something rated G.

Or PG-13 for that matter.

The catcher couldn't help but to smirk at the memory. That was definitely an enjoyable evening.

"Out of your what?" Sawamura asked looking around confused.

Kuramochi facepalmed.

"Off my you know what! My point is how could you?!" Ai exclaimed as she was fighting off a blush from embarrassment.

"It was not a lie," Miyuki insisted. "While I do admit that I wouldn't have done those things willingly I did found them to be fun and I liked doing those things with you," He explained. "Even those snapchat selfies with the dog ears with the tongue out. Those were cute." The catcher tried again hoping to convince her.

Ai turned up her nose at him as she 'humphed' and crossed her arms across her chest. "I don't believe you." She simply stated.

"What do I have to do to make you believe me?" Miyuki asked.

"Honestly, I don't even know if I can trust anything you say." Ai insisted.

The catcher let out a humorless laugh. "C'mon really? I know that I messed up big time. But this is the first time that I have ever done anything to you. Aren't you being a little harsh?"

"A little harsh? So you think that I should just forgive just because?" She asked in an incredulous tone. "Unbelievable." She scoffed.

"I'm just saying that you should have some leniency considering that this is my first offense." He argued back.

"A hell out of a first offense!" Ai exclaimed furiously. "Why should I look past this when you played with my feelings just because you wanted me to make me jealous?! I could see why if at least you had a good reason. But no! It was only for your petty wishes to make me suffer just because I happen to be more reasonable than you. Seriously you are pathetic."

"I'm pathetic?" Miyuki asked with a raised eyebrow hint of annoyance in his tone.

Everyone in the room just looked around in discomfort feeling the new tension brew.

"How else would you define it?" Ai replied with another question of her own. "Don't you think your actions were a little extreme? You did some many schemes just to make you jealous? Why is it so important to you anyways?"

"I just wanted to show you how I felt," He reiterated in exasperation. "And remember that you admitted that you understood me better after that."

"And you just couldn't help until it happened naturally? You had to manipulate the situation?" Ai asked irritated. "You jumping through all those hoops just show that unlike you I'm not some raging maniac that fumes every time I see you talking to someone else other than me."

"Maybe I wouldn't get so angry if you just bothered to stop other guy's' advances instead of reminding them you have a boyfriend." He venomously shot back as he took a step closer to her.

Kuramochi facepalmed as he groaned. "You idiot!"

Ai dramatically gasped in disbelief. "Are you really accusing me of flirting with other guys?"

Miyuki ignored Kuramochi. His anger blinding him and it was already too late to take it back. "Well don't you?" He challenged as he narrowed his brown orbs at her. "Aren't you a smart girl? I think it's funny how you just can't never figure out when a guy is hitting on you. Even I know when someone is flirting with me and I'm not the most socially adept person, so why can't you?" He asked in anger.

Ai opened her mouth and then closed it not really knowing what to say. She couldn't believe what he was telling her. "Do you seriously think that? Do you seriously think that I would knowingly flirt with someone else when I'm with you?" She scoffed. "I chose you despite knowing that I wouldn't get to see you much. I chose you when I didn't even have to if I didn't want to," Ai continued. "Look at me! I could have dated any guy I wanted and yet I decided to be with your inconsiderate heartless self!." She reiterated as she pointed to herself.

"Ha! What is that supposed to mean? So now am I supposed to be grateful because you chose me?" The catcher asked in sarcasm.

The rest of the team murmured in disapproval as they shook their heads.

"You are real mature." Ai rolled her eyes at him not getting her point.

"You are the one rubbing it in my the fact that you have tons and tons of suitors at your disposal and therefore suggesting that I should feel grateful that the oh so amazing and beautiful Yukimura Ai decided to be with me! A mere mortal," The catcher deadpanned. "Well guess what? Look at me too. I could have dated anyone too but I chose you! I asked you to be my girlfriend in my most vulnerable state despite your dramatic tendencies and extreme vanity." Miyuki shot back.

Ai theatrically gasped as she later felt herself consumed in anger. "Maybe you should get another girl then." She suggested in a low tone raising a challenging eyebrow.

"Maybe I will," Miyuki quickly said as he crossed his arms in defiance. "And while you are it maybe you should do the same since I'm so horrible."

"I think that's a great idea." She quipped as she took her bookbag from the floor and stormed out of his room.

"Oneesan-senpai wait!" Sawamura pleaded as he stood by the door. "You are so damn stupid you evil tanuki bastard." He shot back at Miyuki before running towards her and Furuya quickly followed suit after he sent Miyuki an icy glare.

The catcher just stood there with a scowl irritated with everything and everyone.

"Seriously Miyuki. I didn't know you would sink that low." Jun said getting up from the floor and heading towards the door.

"At least that was entertaining to watch." Ryosuke quipped as he followed suit.

"I'm actually disappointed in you." Tetsu said walking out.

"That was not nice Miyuki." Masuko chastised as he left.

"You better apologize to her before you lose her for good." Chris added as he left the room with a disappointing look as well.

"Do better Miyuki! You really hurt her feelings." Zono exclaimed with Shirasu sending a disapproving silent look.

"I can't believe I asked you for advice." Kadota said as he shook his head.

After he left Miyuki felt a hand on his shoulder and then turned to the side to see Kuramochi casting an annoyed look towards him.

"Seriously Miyuki what the hell was that? You really didn't have to go that low when it was all your fault in the first place," Kuramochi said. "You better not let your stubborn ways ruin your relationship for good." He added in a warning tone before leaving.

Miyuki was finally left alone in the middle of his room. He stood there for several minutes in silence contemplating what just happened as he groaned in frustration. He didn't go that far. Everyone was just exaggerating. It was her fault for belittling him.

Yes, it was her fault.

There was no way that he was going to apologize.

No way.

She was going to apologize to him first.

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A week later there was not a word said either by Miyuki or Ai. They both ignored each other in class and refused to even look at there. Of course there were some stolen glances here and then but neither of them would admit it. None of them were budging in. Whenever Sawamura and Furuya asked Ai if she planned on talking to Miyuki she just refused to answer changing the topic. On Miyuki's side everyone berated him and demanded him to apologize to Ai for being a manipulative jerk.

"Idiot!"

"Don't be so damn stubborn."

"When you are going to apologize to Yukimura-san?"

"If you don't hurry then she might really take you up on your offer."

"You better fix it before you lose the only girl crazy enough to put up with you."

Everywhere he went there was one of his teammates ready to reprimand him for his actions as if he were a child.

Kuramochi was also annoyed with the standstill between them. Every day he told them to speak to each other or at least look at each other but neither of them would budge. The shortstop would eventually stop and storm off in exasperation.

Miyuki was tired of everyone butting in and talking about his personal life. What happened between them was only his and Ai's business and nobody else's. Granted maybe they shouldn't have that fight in front of everyone else but that still didn't give them the right to come over to him with their opinions that he didn't even ask for in the first place. Why couldn't they just let them be? He knew that they would eventually make up. They were both just very stubborn and it would take a while for the anger to subside and see who would cave in first. Or at least he hoped so. What if they actually break up? What if she never forgives him? Would he able to live with that? Miyuki thought in panic.

"When are you going to apologize to Yukimura-san?" Kuramochi asked as he mindlessly played his video games.

Since everyone was mad at him Kuramochi was the only one who came to Miyuki's room to hang out.

'Not this again.' The catcher thought as he dropped his pencil and turned his chair towards the shortstop playing on his bedroom floor. "When are you going to stop asking me the same question?"

"How can I not when you are so damn stupid?" He shot back as he cursed under his breath when the words 'game over' flashed on the television screen.

"That's none of your business."

"I'm telling you this because you are my friend," The shortstop said as he dropped the game controller. "And because you know how stupid you are being. What you said to her was bullshit and you know it."

Miyuki averted his gaze away from him as he pouted. "It was not that stupid." He protested.

"Yes, it was," Kuramochi insisted. "Now that she is not talking to you she is not making you bentos. Don't you miss that?"

"I cook better than her." He replied in an offhand manner.

The shortstop rolled his eyes. "Just apologize."

"I'm not apologizing until she humbles herself." The catcher crossed his arms across his chest with determination.

"Listen I'm the first one to tell you that Yukimura can be quite vain sometimes but we both know what she really meant by that, don't play dumb," The shortstop narrowed his eyes at him. "Besides how arrogant can you really be?"

"What do you mean?" Miyuki asked perking up.

"How can you mess up big time with her, manipulate and deceive her yet again to try to save your ass, and somehow get mad at her and make it seem like she is just equally as guilty as you?" Kuramochi asked in sarcasm.

Miyuki didn't say anything as he contemplated his friend's words. "Well… When you put it like that." He began.

"When I state facts you mean?" Kuramochi quipped

"I didn't really think of it in that way." The catcher admitted as he sunk in his seat.

"Because you are an idiot," The green-haired teen lightly reprimanded as he scratched his head. "Just apologize and accept any punishment that she deems fit."

Miyuki grumbled not liking the sound of that.

Kuramochi took a deep breath as he rubbed his temples. "Weren't you the one who told me that she was the most important person to you?" He asked. "If that's true then are you going to let a silly first fight ruin your relationship?"

"No." Miyuki said in a low tone. It was true. Ai was the most important person in his life.

"Then go!" He prompted as he pointed towards the door.

"What? Right now?" Miyuki asked as he nervously chuckled. "It's almost midnight. Don't you think it's too late?"

"Didn't you ask her to be your girlfriend in the middle of the night too?" Kuramochi pointed out.

The catcher widened his eyes in surprise. Kuramochi was right. Almost a year ago he stormed out of his room when he realized that he was in love with Ai and that could lose her forever if he didn't act immediately. He loves Ai more than life itself and he would be seriously devastated if they end up breaking up because of some stupid fight and his stubborn ways.

"I have to go!" He declared as he got up and scrambled to look for his sneakers in jacket.

Kuramochi just looked at him in amusement as he watched his friend go.

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"Ai-chan!" Miyuki yelled out as he desperately knocked on the door. He was panting heavily due to him sprinting all the way to her house. He didn't know what the hell Ai was thinking and he needed to actually fix things before it's too late. Every minute counts.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" He hears her voice through the door and heard the doorknob twist.

"Kazuya?" Ai asked in surprise as she opened the door. "What are you doing here?" She asked again as she tied the knot of her robe that she had over her white silk nightgown.

"I wanted to apologize." Miyuki blurts out.

"Why do you always have to do this so late at night?" She chastised not moved by his reply as she put her hands on her hips.

"Because I'm an idiot and I always realize things almost too late," He replied as he stared into her blue eyes. "I don't want us to break up because of this. This is all my fault. Just make me pay so we can get even."

Ai looked away from his alluring gaze knowing that powerful abilities that it held. "You really hurt me." She said in a low tone as she looked down.

Miyuki felt a pang of guilt hit him. "I know," He said. "And I'm really sorry. I truly mean it."

Ai spared a glance at him. "What about what you said that night?"

He gave her a confused look not knowing what she was referring to until his eyes widened in realization. "It was the stupidest thing," He replied. "I just said it because I was angry and hurt but I knew it was a lie. I know that you would never cheat on me or anything like that."

"I can understand that you were angry but why hurt?" She raised an eyebrow in inquiry.

Miyuki sheepishly scratched the back of his head as he prepared himself. It didn't matter how long he has known Ai, it was never easy to talk about his feelings. "It really hurt me when you said that I was pathetic," He confessed as he hung his head in shame. "It really struck a chord with me because it goes back to how jealous I get when I know it's stupid but I just can't help myself," The catcher explained. "I guess I don't like how unbothered you seem most of the time and it just makes me feel like I'm not as important to you as you are to me."

Ai was at a loss for words as her expression softened. "Why would you think that? Kazuya you are everything to me so you don't have to scheme your way into making me jealous."

"You are everything to me too," He said in a barely whisper as he stepped closer to her. "That's why I'm so insecure. I'm scared of losing you. I've been alone up until I met you and now I'm way used to having love and companionship in my life and I don't ever want to lose it."

"You won't lose me as long you don't push me away." She said as she lovingly stroked his cheek causing him goosebumps.

Miyuki gave her a soft smile as he lightly touched the back of her hand. "I try my best. I really do."

"I know," Ai returned a smile. "I'm also scared of losing you sometimes but I shake off those thoughts by having faith in us and our bond."

"Really?" He asked in a hopeful tone glad to hear that he wasn't the only one with insecurities. "I would never let go of you so you are stuck with me."

"Do you promise?" She asked with a soft smile.

"I promise," He replied as he breathed in her sweet scent. "I love you." Miyuki said as he wrapped his arms around her waist and she circled her arms around his neck as she buried her face in his chest inhaling the musky masculine scent that she missed so much over the week.

"I love you too." Ai whispered.

"Do you forgive me?" The catcher asked as he kissed the top of her head.

"I forgive you," She said as she relished at the contact of his lips. "I also apologize for hurting your feelings."

Miyuki didn't say anything as he tightened his grip on her. They were both enjoying the warmth of their embrace amidst the cold winter air since they were yet having a moment outside when they could just step inside. But this was perfect and therefore didn't want it any other way. At last everything went back to normal.

There was nothing wrong .

Or… Was it?

Wait.

"Ai-chan?" He called out as he his eyes travelled down to her.

"Yes?" She asked as she looked up to him with glossy eyes and tinted pink cheeks due to the chilly air.

"It's this is it?"

"What do you mean?" She asked confused.

"Aren't you going to get back at me or anything like that?" Miyuki asked half-scared of her answer.

Ai giggled at his question as she rested her head on his chest.

"Don't worry about that for now." She said as she closed her eyes in content.