Chapter 11: Baseball Game

The stands were filled with families and friends alike to watch Yotaka's game. I'm willing to bet half the guys in the stands just wanna see the girls that jump around in miniskirts and shout about. They call it a cheerleading squad. See, I can be funny.

My eyes were glued on Yotaka's form as he stepped up to the plate.

You've got a sharp curveball and a fork to juggle with, not to mention the heavy fast ball that the catcher just loves to use to make the fork that much harder to judge.

Yotaka glanced over his shoulder, eyes meeting mine. A smirk came to my lips as he focused on my hand. I made the sign for a curve to the lower left and Yotaka rose a brow before snapping his attention back towards the pitcher.

I watched as he wound up before the pitcher let the ball fly from his fingers. At first, it seemed to sail towards the upper right corner, above the strike zone. Yotaka barely flinched as the ball changed direction and skimmed by his ankle.

"BALL!" The ump called as Yotaka glanced back at me.

Catcher's instinct.

I shrugged as if to play it off as if it were nothing. A couple years of baseball weren't wasted I suppose. Yotaka's smirk was visible as he looked down at my hand.

Fastball, upper left.

This battery seemed to be heavily geared towards inside pitches, it consisted about eighty percent of their pitches. Yotaka nodded before turning back towards the pitcher. A quick glance towards the third base coach showed that he was given the green light to swing at anything nice.

My smirk only grew as Yotaka pulled his arms back and swung. His powerful swing brought the ball over the shortstop's head and in the perfect hole in front of the left fielder's position.

"Yes!" I called out with a fist pump.

"Oh my, is that some excitement Gareki?"

I jumped before picking out a small blond.

"My... brother just hit..." I mumbled before turning away, slightly embarrassed with my outburst.

Tskumo giggled before Yogi popped out of nowhere.

"Ah! Gareki! Thanks for the help last night, take this as a thanks!" The energetic blond stated before tossing a coke in my direction.

I caught it before nodding.

"Thanks, It's appreciated." I stated before setting it down beside me.

I wasn't going to open it just yet, lest it explode all over me. Yotaka was fist pumping from first base, waiting for me to mimic the action, to which of course I complied.

Nice hit.

Yogi rose a brow and I shrugged.

"I thought you would be emotionally stunted from yesterday." He murmured in my ear before smirking playfully.

"Oh har har." I laughed monotonously while he chuckle, humour in tacked.

Just as the inning ended, the cheerleaders started a cheer for defense. Tsubame jumped around, singing along with the group. I never understood the choreography of cheerleading, but hey, if it made her happy, then so be it.

"I didn't think you'd ever come to these sort of things." Yogi said, getting comfortable next to me in the stands.

"I'm trying to show support for the twins. Maybe then I wouldn't be viewed as such a bastard." I said before shrugging.

"Sure... You keep thinking that." Yogi said, leaning away from me.

I punched his shoulder playfully, smirk painting my lips as he laughed.

"You're such a pain in the ass." I said while chuckling slightly.

"Oh my, twice in less than ten minutes." Tskumo stated with a fake gasp.

"Unlike many people seem to think, I'm human guys." I said before rolling my eyes while the other two laughed.

The game ended with a score of 5-0 for Yotaka's team. The cheerleading team performed a small number to celebrate the win as the crown dissipated.

I waited as the twins celebrated the win with the respective groups. Yogi and Tskumo had waved goodbye a little while back, telling me to congratulate both twins for the game and spectacular show.

"Gareki!" Tsubame came bounding towards the school's entrance, cheerleading bag bouncing off her back. "How was my show?! Was it awesome?!" her voice jumped with excitement.

"I thought it was good. Tskumo told me to tell you she enjoyed it."

Tsubame's eyes brightened at my words.

"The vice-president came to see the game?!" She exclaimed happily.

"Yogi came to." I added with a shrug.

"That's so cool! I would have been so nervous had I'd known." She said, pushing a hand against her chest.

"Had you'd known what?" Yotaka asked, stopping next to his twin sister.

"Yotaka! Congrats." Tsubame said, smiling happily.

"Thanks." He answered, small smile in place.

"Did you know that the prez and vice-prez came to the game today?!" Tsubame asked.

"They're normal people guys..." I said while shaking my head.

"It's nice of them to show interest in some of the clubs." Yotaka said with a small shrug. "But yes, I saw them take a seat with Gareki." He added.

"You sat with them!?" Tsubame exclaimed.

"You're making them seem like celebrities, Tsubame." I said before sighing.

"I mean, they practically are." She said before pouting. "I bet you're gonna get popular soon too... Just today there was a girl in my class talking about 'the new hot guy that works with the prez'." Tsubame said before pouting.

I chuckled slightly.

"Don't worry, as I become famous, I won't forget those who are important to me." I said, joking around.

"Whatever." Tsubame said before pouting.

Both Yotaka and I shared a laugh before we made our way home.

The three of us walked into the entrance way, taking our shoes off before heading to our rooms.

"Dinner will be ready in half an hour!" Tsubaki called.

"Ok!" Both twins answered before I shut my door.

I dumped my bag on my desk chair before going over to my bed and collapsing. The thought of taking a nap was compelling, but Tsubaki said that dinner would be done within a half an hour.

"Ugh..." I groaned in discontent into my pillow.

The twins spent the duration of dinner speaking about their individual sport event.

Meiga smirked down the table, towards myself and I instantly knew nothing good would come from it.

"And what have you accomplished Gareki?" He asked sweetly.

He was trying to make me look unaccomplished next to the twins... well whatever.

"Gareki was able to call the pitchers before they came in." Yotaka stated.

"He's made his way onto the student council." Tsubame added.

"I'm glad he's making friends." Tsubaki said before smiling happily.

Meiga frowned as the twins and Tsubaki came to my rescue. I didn't bother hiding the smirk that painted itself across my lips.

Point to Gareki.