Recap: Miyuki and Sawamura both have a misconception that the other is angry. Miyuki is antsy at meeting Sawamura and apologising for the initial break up, but Sawamura is heartbroken thinking that it was the end between the catcher and himself. Later that day, Sawamura falls sick and Narumiya takes care of the younger pitcher. From there on, their relationship blooms as Narumiya confesses and Sawamura accepts. On the day of the practice match between Inashiro and Seidou, Narumiya kisses Sawamura in front of everyone. What will happen now? What will Miyuki do!? O.O
Chapter 12: Confrontation
The game went under way. Of course, Narumiya was the pitcher in the match, but on Seidou's side, it was Furuya.
Miyuki had sat out of the game, for obvious reasons only known to the coach and Miyuki. Of course, Sawamura secretly knew too, but he kept quiet.
The Seidou southpaw also sat out of the game, attributing his pitching absence on the cold he had caught a couple days ago. He didn't have the energy to play, let alone face his boyfriend's team.
'Huh...boyfriend?...' Sawamura thought as he watched Narumiya pitch.
"STRIKEOUT" the umpire yelled as Narumiya cheered.
'I guess he is...has a nice ring to it...' Sawamura smirked as he kept his gaze at Narumiya.
Meanwhile, Miyuki, still sitting at the opposite corner from Sawamura, glared at Narumiya after catching sight of Sawamura smiling dreamily at the blonde. 'Dammit Mei...what did you do...why are you so close to my Eijun?!...' Miyuki cursed inwardly as his blood started to boil.
Eventually the game ended. It was well into the late afternoon. Everyone dispersed, the Seidou team returned to their training, while the Inashiro players started packing up.
"Hey guys, I'm going to the washroom. You can all leave, I'll take the train back." Narumiya waved his team off. Everyone smirked knowing he was going to meet up with Sawamura, but kept quiet as the blonde pitcher was prone to anger issues.
"Alright, don't stay out too late." a few of them said with a grin before they stepped onto the bus.
Narumiya ran over to Sawamura, wrapped his left arm around the pitcher's shoulders, pulled the younger teen in and gave him a peck on the cheeks. Sawamura stood there blushing, as he knew some of the other guys would have seen it.
"Mei...not out in public!" Sawamura whispered in embarrassment.
"What's wrong? I want the whole world to know that you're my..." as Narumiya was about to finish the sentence, Sawamura quickly muffled the older teen's mouth with his hands.
"Ok..ok..." Narumiya said as he pushed Sawamura's hands away. Then in a low whisper, he said "boyfriend."
"Anyways, I'm going to the washroom first. Maybe we can grab some dinner after you finish practice, but then again...you're still sick, so we can leave immediately after I get back." Narumiya smirked as the younger pitcher was left speechless.
Narumiya was in and came out of the washroom within a minute. The blonde couldn't wait for his date, but he was interrupted abruptly as he turned the corner.
*Slap* a hand came across in front of his face, slapping the wall and blocking his path.
"Kazuya..." Narumiya said in a displeased voice with a disgruntled face.
"Mei, what the hell are you doing?" Miyuki seethed in hatred.
"What do you mean? Isn't it obvious? I'm going out with Ei-chan." The pitcher had added the suffix to make it more intimate.
Suddenly Miyuki lunged at the pitcher, both hands grabbing the collar of Narumiya's shirt.
"Don't screw around with me, why are you with MY EIJUN? Don't you dare touch him!"
*SMACK* Narumiya threw his arm across, slapping Miyuki's arms aside and setting himself free from Miyuki's grasp.
"YOUR EIJUN? Eijun doesn't belong to anyone! He can go out with whomever he wants and you can't stop him, nor me!" Narumiya angrily retorted right in front of Miyuki's face.
"Don't you dare see him again." Miyuki warned.
"Or else what? He's very happy to be with me. Besides, it wasn't me who HURT him. Do you know how devastated he was after you broke up with him? He's still crying about it till this day." Narumiya squeezed his fists tightly. He wanted to punch Miyuki, but he gave it his all on holding back.
"Shut up, I'm going to fix that, so don't stand in my way. I had my reasons." Miyuki's argument was getting weaker as Narumiya had spoken the truth.
"You fix it? HA! Don't make me laugh. And reasons? Yeah so what if you were dying from liver failure? Did you know Eijun was the one who donated a portion of his liver to you? And then what? When you bumped into him on your first day back to school, you just ignored him, didn't give him a second look...you pretty much sealed the deal on the break up, and what's worse, you hurt him even more! You know he was out in the rain because of that incident. Do you know how hurt he was? I can't believe after you broke up with him, he still donated his liver to you. And to top it off you just ignore him after coming back to school...some boyfriend you are, some excuse you have. You can't fix anything." Narumiya was pissed, he went on a rampage mouthing Miyuki off, making sure to repeat things so that it got through to the catcher. He couldn't stand the torment that Sawamura was going through, so he had to spell everything out to Miyuki.
Miyuki was stunned speechless. He was trying to comprehend everything. "Eijun...was the donor?" he mumbled aimlessly.
"Hell yeah. Makes us all wonder about your true intentions...ignoring him after bumping into him a couple days ago...if your intention was to break up with him all along, don't use the damn sickness as a cover story."
"I bumped into him?" Miyuki questioned in confusion trying to recall his first day back at school after his surgery.
"So what now? Eijun's invisible to you? He heard you came back and he was running in search for you, but when he found you, you just walked by in front of him, not acknowledging him at all. He got sick two days ago because of you! Now excuse me, I have a date with Eijun." Narumiya said before pushing past Miyuki.
The catcher just stood in the hallway speechless. The life seemed to have been siphoned out of him. His hand subconsciously went and grazed his abdomen, where Sawamura's liver should be positioned. Suddenly tears started to roll down his face uncontrollably.
"E-e-eijun..." Miyuki whispered as he started sobbing before he collasped onto the floor, wrapping his arms around his abdomen in attempt to cradle what little relationship and connection he had left with Sawamura. "I'm sorry..."
Miyuki wallowed in sorrow, but resolution came back within his eyes. 'No...it's a misunderstanding...I gotta fix it...Eijun...'
After the confrontation, Narumiya immediately ran out towards Sawamura. "Eiiiiijun, let's go" he said happily as he grabbed the younger pitcher's hands and started dragging him along.
"B-b-but I got to ask for permission."
"No you don't, I already did." with that, Narumiya continued pulling the pitcher off school grounds.
The two went around town, visiting arcades and walking down the street looking at various things being sold. The two made no hand contact as Sawamura was more conservative on being seen in public. Narumiya was fine with that, but coerced the other pitcher to walk in a park later that night where they could at least hold hands under the moonlight.
*growl* suddenly Sawamura's stomach hollered as hunger broke out. Sawamura blushed from embarrassment, which Narumiya thought was cute.
"Let's grab something to eat." Narumiya said. "What do you want?"
"Anything's fine." Sawamura responded.
"Ok then, sushi it is! How bout this place?" Narumiya started to walk into a restaurant.
Sawamura took a quick glimpse at the price list as they entered. "Ummm...how bout ramen?" the younger pitcher asked.
"We're already in here, let's just have sushi, I'm too hungry to find another place."
A reluctant Sawamaura followed Narumiya to their seats. Sawamura didn't have enough money for such an expensive place, so he only ordered a couple of dishes, which caused Narumiya to raise an eyebrow. On the other hand, Narumiya ordered multiple items. At the rate he went, it was enough to feed two people.
"Is that all you're going to order?" the older pitcher asked after their order was placed.
"Yup, that's enough for me!" Sawamura said unconvincingly.
"Well, there should be enough anyways..." Narumiya said.
Sawamura's plates came first. It had two pieces of sushi on each plate, four pieces in total. Immediately, before Sawamura could begin, Narumiya grabbed one of the sushi from the plate and gulped it down.
Sawamura was stunned, he didn't know what to say.
"Oh sorry...did you want both of them?" Narumiya asked while taking another piece from the other plate. "I thought we were sharing." the older pitcher smirked. He obviously knew Sawamura didn't have the money for such a meal the moment the other pitcher hesitated in entering.
"No...we can share..." Sawamura half heartedly said as he started to dig into the sushi. 'I guess I'll have to forget about lunch for the next week...' he inwardly cried as he ate the sushi. He did enjoy the deliciousness of it, but it came with a price. Sawamura decided to forget about the money and enjoy the meal and the time he was spending with Narumiya instead, and from thereon, he acted more like himself.
Half an hour later, they finished their meal, both sitting there and sipping their green tea while wrapping up the current topic of conversation.
"Mei, be right back, I gotta go to the washroom." Sawamura was gone for at most two minutes. As he walked out the washroom and towards their table, he noticed another couple was sitting there. 'Mei? Where he go?'
Sawamura looked around and saw a waiter walking by. "Excuse me, did you see my friend?" the younger pitcher asked.
"Oh, he's waiting for you at the front door." the waiter said pointing towards Narumiya, who was nonchalantly leaning against the wall with his hands behind his head.
"Thanks." Sawamura said as he stared at the cluelessly waiting Narumiya. Narumiya was leaning against the wall, with his hands placed behind his head. For some reason, he couldn't pry his eyes off the blonde pitcher. The way he stood made his t-shirt cling onto his body. Sawamura could see the subtle outlines of the other teen's chest and thin yet built abdomen. As Sawamura got closer, his heart started to beat faster, but he quickly shook the impure thoughts out of his mind.
"Eijun, is it time to go for a stroll in the park yet? It's dusk right now." Narumiya said with a big grin.
"Sure...let's go." Sawamura said as he snapped back into reality and remembered he needed to pay Narumiya half the bill. "By the way, how much was the meal?" Sawamura asked as he pulled out his thin wallet.
Narumiya snidely looked at the younger pitcher from his peripheral vision and gave an almost devious smirk. "The bill came out to 15000 Yen."
Sawamura's eyes almost popped out as his jaw dropped. He pulled everything out of his wallet and started counting. "5000 Yen...Ummm Mei...I'm sorry, I'm going to have to owe you the rest at a later date..." the pitcher said in a somewhat dejected voice. 'There goes one and a half weeks of lunch money...' he inwardly cried as he started handing the money over to Narumiya.
"Baaaakaaaa" Narumiya said, which caused Sawamura to frown in response. "I asked you out, I'm not going to have you pay. If anything, next time we go out, you can take me for ramen. Besides, I was joking about the price, it wasn't all that much." the older pitcher smiled at Sawamura, he kept quiet about the price as he didn't want his boyfriend thinking too much.
"B-b-but even then, that won't be enough!" Sawamura fought, even though he didn't have the funds. He knew how much each plate cost and was able to estimate the price.
The older pitcher stood there thinking for a second.
"How bout this? How many pieces did you eat today?" Narumiya asked.
"About 20." Sawamura replied obediently.
"Ok then, you buy me ramen next time..." as Narumiya spoke, Sawamura also nodded his head.
"...and right now, for every piece you ate, I get to kiss you however I want for 3 seconds per piece, but if you break out of the kiss, you double that time and redo it again." Narumiya said the later portion a bit faster.
Initially, the younger pitcher nodded his head, but as soon as the words registered through his head, he snapped out of his nodding daze with wide eyes looking at Narumiya.
"W-w-what? K-k-kiss?" the younger pitcher stuttered.
"Yup, it's a pretty good deal don't you think? It was a very good dinner, but I want at least a majority of the payment tonight." the snide blonde spoke.
Sawamura took a gulp as his face started blushing red.
"Come on...20 pieces, 3 seconds each, it's only a minute...it'll be over in no time!" Narumiya coaxed the other to agree.
Reluctantly, Sawamura nodded his head. The two then made their way to a dimly lit area.
"Ok...let's start, the countdown starts now " Narumiya said, as he set a timer on his watch.
The older teen advanced first, leaning into the pitcher connecting his and the other's lips. It was a warm feeling. Time for both pitchers seem to go by slowly. Sawamura's face was blooming redder and redder and heart was beating faster and faster as the seconds went by. For Narumiya, he was in heaven, he pressed his lips and body further and further into Sawamura until the younger pitcher's back was pressed against a tree trunk, but Sawamura didn't complain. Sawamura placed his hands on Narumiya's chest and pushed inwards towards the older pitcher as he embraced the new sensation.
As the last 10 seconds was approaching, a slight smirk grew on Narumiya's . The older teen immediately stuck his tongue into Sawamura's mouth.
"Aaaarrhh" Sawamura shouted as he slightly pushed Narumiya away breaking the kiss. "W-w-what are you doing?!" he asked in shock.
"The agreement was that I can kiss you however I want." Narumiya said to a stunned pitcher. Narumiya then leaned into so that his mouth was next to Sawamura's ears.
"By the way...I also said if you broke out of the kiss, you owe me double the time for a new one." he whispered, sending a chill down Sawamura's back. Checkmate...Narumiya had the younger pitchers dancing in the palm of his hand. He had foreseen Sawamura's reaction and capitalized on it.
The older teen then dragged his lips from Sawamura's ears, along the younger pitcher's cheeks and finally placing them on the other's lips. Thereafter, he stuck his tongue into the younger pitcher's mouth.
It was a new sensation to both, but it felt good. Eventually Sawamura melted away into Narumiya's advancement and embraced everything that was happening.
Eventually, the 2 minutes was over and as Narumiya pulled away, Sawamura leaned in to get more of the kiss.
"Ha! Can't get enough eh? Eijun." Narumiya said tauntingly, which snapped the younger pitcher out of his daze.
"N-n-no...I mean yes...wait..." the pitcher was confused at how to respond.
"Anyways, I'm happy enough for tonight...can't have too much of a good thing now can we?" Narumiya asked as his hand grasped Sawamura's and from there, they started strolling down the park under the night skies.
- The next morning -
The pitchers ended up back at Narumiya's apartment for the night.
It was very early in the morning, Sawamura was the first to stir in his sleep. "Mmmmm..." he mumbled as the comfortable surface he was sleeping on rocked his head. It was hard, yet soft at the same time with a nice radiating warmth to it.
Eventually, the pitcher began to open his eyes and upon doing so, he realised he was sleeping atop Narumiya's abdomen. Not only that, but somehow the older pitcher's shirt was pushed upwards, so Sawamura's head was pressed right against bare skin. And to top things off, one of Sawamura's hands found its way under Narumiya's shirt and was pressing against the other's chest. The younger pitcher had one of the best views. He was speechless. He could see the well defined abs and chest up close. He could also see the peaceful face that Narumiya had while sleeping.
Suddenly, Sawamura subconsciously started to move his fingers around Narumiya's chest, tracing out the muscle tone, while his head started to caress Narumiya's abdomen with his eyes closed.
"Mmmmm" Narumiya moaned while sleeping.
Sawamura heard it and continued his adventurous advancements.
'Crap...I'm getting a...a...hard...' Sawamura eventually realised that his lower half had awoken.
"Mmmmmm...Eijun..." Narumiya started to stir in his sleep, indicating that he was about to wake up.
In panic, due to not wanting to be caught with the state of his lower half, Sawamura quickly tried to get off the bed, but in the process, as he moved his other hand across Narumiya's body, he inadvertently hit, with a lot of force, the blonde's bottom protruding half, which had also grown due to what Sawamura had been doing.
"Ahhh-ouch!" Narumiya yelled as he jumped to a sitting position on the bed while grasping his lower half.
Sawamura was on the floor scrambling up in attempt to escape.
"Good morning Mei, I gotta go to the bathroom!" Sawamura said before running off to the bathroom.
Narumiya just sat on his bed whining in pain, but eventually he realised that he got a hard one sleeping with Sawamura. 'Crap...I hope Eijun didn't see this...' He thought as he suddenly blushed red from embarrassment.
Meanwhile, Sawamura's heart was beating fast, while his lower half was also pulsating. He realised that he had touched Narumiya's erected member and that caused him to blush even redder. He looked at his right hand that had been the culprit, then realised that he needed some relief as the events that just unfolded coursed through his mind. So he began relieving himself with the same hand that had made contact with Narumiya's.
In the bedroom, Narumiya faced his own issues.
'Dammit...it won't go away...what happened...' the pitcher was getting antsy. He didn't want Sawamura to think he was a pervert.
"Eijun, how long are you going to be?" Narumiya shouted from the other side.
"Sorry...it's going to be a while..." Sawamura answered.
'Great...' the older pitcher groaned as he waited for Sawamura to finish.
Half an hour later, after Narumiya got his chance to use the bathroom, both pitchers finished getting ready. They had a quick breakfast and they were out the door so that they can get to school on time. The two started walking down the street together until they reached a fork in which they had to part ways.
"Mei...thanks a lot for yesterday. I had a great time." Sawamura shyly said.
"Me too Eijun." Narumiya said with a big smile. He then leaned in and gave Sawamura a quick kiss.
"I'll see you." Sawamura said after they parted their lips.
"Yup, and don't forget to text me." Narumiya added before the two pitchers went their own ways.
Sawamura felt like he was in heaven. He hadn't been this happy since his break up with Miyuki, but that was the past. Now he was looking forward to being with Narumiya.
For the rest of the day, Sawamura was in high spirits. For once, he attempted to answer questions in class, and he got them spot on, which shocked everyone else. Eventually the day ended and baseball practice started, and that's when it hit him. 'Kazuya...' he was going to see Miyuki, but he had nothing to say to Miyuki anymore. He was happy with how things were unfolding with Narumiya, so for the rest of the day, he made his best attempt to avoid making direct contact with the catcher. From practice to dinner to bathing, he was able to evade the catcher with no issues. Then came night.
Sawamura, following basic routine, walked towards his dorm room. Since Miyuki was away for a good couple months, he had the room all to himself, but now that Miyuki was back, he was caught off guard.
As he entered the room, he flicked on the lights, and there sat, right in front of him, the catcher with a distressed look on his face.
"Ka-Miyuki..." Sawamura said.
Miyuki, relieved at seeing the pitcher back, but not so much in hearing Sawamura call him "Miyuki", looked at the younger teen in the face.
"Eijun...we need to talk..." the catcher said with a low deep voice.
A/N: Sorry for the longer than expected time for the update.
As always, thanks to the reviewers, favourites and for reading!
To come: potential lemon! (maybe a couple chapters later). Next update would be in a few weeks?
