Hello there! OMG I can't believe that I'm actually typing my author's note right now after how long?

I honestly don't even want to think about how long it has been because I just so feel guilty after not updating for a long time (at least a long time for me).

My excuses? Well I just been busy with work and I also had an annoying case of writer's block. Which is why depending on where you live this chapter might be a little weird since the weather is getting hotter and the title of this chapter is 'Baby It's cold outside.' I just couldn't finish it as fast as I wanted it to.

Hopefully you enjoy this chapter.

I apologize for any grammar errors beforehand.

Thank you for your support and patience.

Enjoy!

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

"I'm so glad that spring has finally arrived after a long winter." Ai exclaimed in contentment while walking alongside Miyuki down the streets of Tokyo since they were out on a date.

Miyuki merely shrugged. "I don't really care other than for your birthday and Koshien."

Ai rolled her eyes. "Of course you don't."

"Besides it doesn't even feel like spring." The catcher pointed out.

"What do you mean?" She asked knitting her eyebrows in confusion.

"It's so cold that it hardly feels like spring." The catcher explained.

"Cold? The weather is perfectly fine to me." Ai said dismissively.

"Are you kidding me? Perfectly fine?!" He exclaimed. "How? You are wearing practically nothing to shield you from the cold." He said pointing out at her outfit consisting of a maroon blouse and dark wash jeans that she paired with black boots and a black cardigan.

"What do you mean?!"

"That you are not appropriately dressed."

"Of course I'm appropriately dressed." Ai protested.

"You are wearing a cardigan. There is no way that you are not freezing with this wind right now when the temperatures are barely in the low 40s so don't lie to me."

"I'm fine," Ai said smugly turning up her nose at him. "It's not nearly as cold as you are making it out to be."

"Look at me! I'm wearing my jacket." Miyuki pointed at his navy blue jack with green sleeves.

Ai shrugged. "You just run cold sometimes."

"Look at everybody else too!" He exclaimed pointing at random people in the street who were also dressed in much warmer attire just like him.

"I don't care about what other people wear." She said in the same dismissive tone.

"You are obviously freezing to death." Miyuki insisted.

"I'm not."

"Yes, you are."

"No, I'm not."

"Yes!"

"No!"

"I just saw you shivering."

Ai didn't falter at his statement. "Just because a chill ran through my body right now it doesn't mean that I'm 'freezing to death.'" She countered using air quotes.

Miyuki let out an exasperated sigh. Typical Ai. She was as stubborn as a mule whenever she wanted to. She was never going to admit that he was right. This was not the first time that they have had this argument so if she ever folded it would be a devastating lost for her. It was needless to say that neither of them liked to lose in any argument that they had no matter how insignificant they were. However, in this situation Miyuki couldn't understand why couldn't she simply wear warmer clothes. Ai was so silly with her vanity sometimes . She would happily freeze to death if that meant that at least she would die looking pretty. Ridiculous!

"Whatever," The catcher rolled his eyes. "Suit yourself."

"That's exactly what I'm doing." Ai said conceitedly.

Miyuki narrowed his eyes at her tone. "All I know it's that I don't want you running to me whining about how cold you are one day." He threatened.

"I won't!" She exclaimed stubbornly, defiantly crossing her arms across her chest.

Miyuki smirked.

She was definitely going to fold.

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"You guys think it's cold lately right?" Miyuki asked his teammates who were playing video games in his room.

"Hell yeah! It's freezing!" Kuramochi exclaimed not taking his eyes off from the screen. He was playing Mario Kart with Zono, Sawamura, and Furuya.

"Definitely a little bit too cold for spring." Sawamura replied.

"You guys wouldn't even last a day in Hokkaido." 'Furuya deadpanned.

"Why are you asking Miyuki?" Zono asked curiously briefly taking his eyes from the screen causing him to fall down from the rainbow road.

"Can you believe that Ai didn't wear a jacket the other day? She claims that it's not cold and that 'I'm exaggerating.'" Miyuki scoffed in disbelief.

"What was she wearing?" Furuya asked.

"A cardigan." The catcher replied.

"And you are actually shocked?" Kuramochi snorted without losing his concentration. There was no way that he was going to lose this race. "This is Yukimura we are talking about after all. In the winter, we were all wearing parkas and we were still freezing our asses off while she was wearing her flimsy coats. They were cute though."

"No! Don't say that! It just encourages her stupidity." Miyuki demanded.

"Relax. She is not even here." Kuramochi said dismissively.

"Ai can hear a compliment from a thousand miles away." He said looking around to see if Ai would appear out of nowhere.

"Is oneesan-senpai a witch?!" Sawamura asked in disbelief.

"Shut up Bakamura!"

"You have to admit that Yukimura-san always looks nice." Zono pointed out.

"Like a model." Furuya complimented.

"She does." Kuramochi admitted with a shrug. She was still too vain in his opinion.

"That's. Not. The. Point." Miyuki gritted out through his teeth.

"So what did you do Miyuki-senpai?" Furuya asked putting the game controller aside since he lost the race.

The catcher blinked in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"It was freezing cold this weekend. Even if she was being stubborn and didn't say that she was cold, didn't you at least offer her your jacket?" Zono elaborated Furuya's question.

"No," Miyuki scoffed. "Why would I?"

"What?!" They all exclaimed with the exception of Kuramochi.

"How dare you Miyuki Kazuya?! A true gentleman always lends his girlfriend his jacket when it's cold outside." Sawamura angrily scolded him.

"Sawamura is right Miyuki," Zono said in agreement. "What kind of boyfriend are you?"

"That was not very nice of you Miyuki-senpai." Furuya scolded him as well.

"What?! How did this turn out to be my fault?" Miyuki asked surprised at the turn of events.

"Because it is." Sawamura insisted.

"Ehhh… I say let her freeze to death if I'm being honest." Kuramochi said in defense of Miyuki. Usually the shortstop would take advantage of any situation to tease the catcher but this time around he actually agreed with his friend.

"Thank you." Miyuki said feigning to be touched by his support.

"What?! You can't be serious Kuramochi." Zono exclaimed in disbelief.

"She wants to be stubborn and claim that she is not cold so let her be." The shortstop argued not changing his mind.

"That four eyed bastard has corrupted you Kuramochi-senpai." The southpaw said horrified.

"Nothing of the sort," Kuramochi dismissed him. "It's just that I know Yukimura very well by now and she needs to learn a lesson."

"I really appreciate you backing me up on this dear Mochi." Miyuki said with a teasing grin.

"I already told you not to call me like that you bastard!" Kuramochi exclaimed in anger.

Miyuki just laughed at his outburst.

"You two are impossible." Zono shook his head.

"Next time be nice to oneesan-senpai!" Sawamura demanded.

"Or you will be in trouble with us." Furuya lowly threatened.

"And I will never catch your pitches again." Miyuki threatened back with a smug smirk across his lips causing the two pitchers cower in fear.

"I'm serious Miyuki," Zono insisted. "You have to be a good boyfriend next time."

Miyuki snorted. "I'm always a good boyfriend."

"Nah! Teach her a lesson." Kuramochi said retaking his stance.

Miyuki didn't need to teach her a lesson because mother nature would eventually teach her one and he will be there to rub it on her face.

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The next weekend, the team along with the managers and Ai decided to go to the arcade to unwind and have fun since they didn't have practice.

It was a fun day that they spent at the arcade being typical teenagers. Naturally being athletes, all the different games brought their competitive sides to light. Furuya and Sawamura were always trying to one up one another by seeing who got the highest scores in a variety of games such as shooting games and car racing. Miyuki along with the rest of the second years tried their luck shooting hoops but it was terrible to watch since they were all bad at it just like they were with soccer. Ai would tease them saying that they should never quit playing baseball since they basically suck at every other sport.

"Oneesan-senpai look at all the tickets I won!" Sawamura exclaimed showing her all the raffle tickets that he won.

"Oh wow that's amazing Sawamura-kun!" Ai applauded him surprised at the vast amount of tickets that he was carrying.

"I have even more tickets than him Yukimura-senpai," Furuya bragged holding out his two hands letting all of his tickets unfold. "I can get you an actual good prize."

Ai giggled. "Oh Furuya-Kun you don't-"

"Oí! I was going to get her a prize first." The southpaw said angrily.

"I offered it to her first so it doesn't matter." Furuya retorted.

"Guys! Guys! Don't fight," Ai pleaded. "You guys are so sweet but you don't have to do that for me," she insisted. "Besides that's why I have a boyfriend for." Ai added in a teasing tone as she noticed that Miyuki was approaching them.

"That four-eyed loser can't get you anything because he barely won any tickets." Sawamura chided.

"What do you mean?" Ai asked in confusion and then turned to Miyuki. "How many tickets did you win?"

"I have five." The catcher replied with a shrug holding it out for her to see.

"What?! Five? How?" Ai exclaimed in shock. "What kind of boyfriend are you?"

"Miyuki-Senpai is not good at video games." Furuya offered.

"How many did you got?" Miyuki cockily asked Ai, ignoring Furuya's comment.

"I got twelve." Ai replied with a small smirk.

"So you suck too." He teased.

"Not as much as you," She said playfully. "I think we have to combine our tickets in order to exchange for something since we both sucked."

"Can we even get something?" Miyuki asked unsure.

"Nothing that's worth it." Sawamura snorted.

"You can have our's." Ai offered.

"Really?!" The southpaw asked in excitement.

"Of course," Miyuki said. "You look like you need them since Furuya has more tickets than you." He chided.

"What did you say?!" Sawamura bellowed out as Furuya looked down at him with a smug expression.

"Kazuya, please leave him alone." Ai lightly chastised him as she handed Sawamura her tickets.

"Oi! If you are going to get a prize do it quick!" Kuramochi demanded from the other side of the room amidst all the noise coming from the different machines . "We are hungry!"

Furuya and Sawamura both scrambled to get their prices making both Ai and Miyuki laugh in amusement.

*Time Skip*

"We should go to that burger joint that's a couple blocks away from here." Kuramochi suggested.

"As long as we eat something I don't care." Zono said walking alongside him.

The rest of the team just voiced their agreements as they all made their way into the streets of Tokyo.

"Aren't you going to say anything?" Ai asked Miyuki since he normally finds fault with any restaurants that people suggest.

"I've already accepted that people have no taste so I'm not even going to waste my time." He replied with a dismissive wave of his hand.

"Aren't you a little conceited?" She teased with a grin.

"Don't you know me by now?" The catcher joked back.

"Damn! Why is it so cold?!" Kuramochi yelled in annoyance as he zipped up his leather jacket feeling a cold gust of wind. The cold spring air was determined to stay.

"I thought I was the only one." Zono groaned.

"Isn't spring supposed to be warm?" Sachiko whined, rubbing her hands together.

"What about you? Are you okay?" Miyuki asked Ai sparing a glance over her outfit consisting of a pink long-sleeved sweater, a black corduroy skirt, with a scarf, thigh high black tights, ankle boots, and an oversized light denim jacket.

"I'm fine." Ai replied not making eye contact with him.

Miyuki smirked to himself already suspecting that she was lying. "There is no way that you are not feeling this cold arctic wind in your legs." He teased, his grin growing wider with each word.

Ai crossed her arms across her chest in defiance. "I already said that I was fine."

"What?! Really Yukimura-senpai?" Haruno exclaimed in disbelief. "I'm freezing right now." She added while zipping up her light blue jacket.

"Fear not Yoshikawa-san the great Sawamura Eijun is here to help you!" The southpaw announced taking off his yellow scarf to wrap it around Haruno's neck.

"T-thank you Sawamura-kun." She stammered fighting off a blush while all the team members of Seido looked at Sawamura for being so brave for talking to a girl.

"No problem," Sawamura said before turning to Miyuki. "See? This is what you are supposed to do for girls. Especially for YOUR girlfriend." He chastised the catcher.

Miyuki rolled his eyes and then turned to Ai with a playful grin. "I'm not going to do that because Ai-chan knows better than to dress like that," He teased. "Besides it's not even cold, right?"

"Exactly." She nodded before walking ahead with Kuramochi and leaving him behind getting irritated at him.

Miyuki's smirk grew wider when he noticed that Ai was trying to conceal her shivering but her shaking legs gave her away.

"Ahhh why is it so cold?" Sachiko complained feeling the wind getting stronger than before.

"I'm tired of this." Kuramochi groaned in exasperation.

"You guys are weak." Furuya deadpanned.

"That's not very nice Furuya-kun." Kominato reprimanded.

Miyuki ignored the complaints of all of his friends as his eyes focused only on Ai who was shivering just like everybody else and stopped in her tracks waiting for him to catch up. "What's up?"

"I rather walk with you." Ai replied in a soft tone, her earlier haughty tone nowhere to be found.

"Aww you missed me." He mockingly cooed before holding her hand which she took as a chance to link arms with him.

The catcher raised his eyebrow in suspicion since Ai is always up to something when she is docile but didn't say anything.

They walked in silence for a few moments while he noticed that she was leaning into him even more and more with each step. "What are you doing?" Miyuki asked in a suspicious tone.

"Nothing." Ai said innocently.

"You are going to cut off my circulation if you keep squeezing my arm like that," He said grunting in pain. "Also how do you expect me to walk when you are hanging onto me for dear life?!"

"Why are you being so dramatic?" She accused.

"Dramatic? Dramatic how?" He scoffed before devilish grin graced his features and then narrowed his brown eyes at her. " Are you cold?"

Ai stiffened. "No."

"Yes, you are."

"No, I'm not."

"Yes, you are!"

"No I- fine fine," She relented rather quickly. "I'm cold. I'm very very cold." Ai finally admitted.

"It's that so?" Miyuki said in a nonchalant tone.

"Yes, now please let me have your jacket," Ai asked as she lightly bounced on her feet in a vain effort to warm up her body. "You are wearing a heavy sweatshirt underneath your jacket so you can lend me yours."

"Absolutely not." Miyuki said firmly.

"WHAT?!" Everyone screeched stopping in their tracks.

"Why not?" Ai asked in a deflated tone. "Sawamura-kun helped Yoshikawa-san."

"Last time I checked I was not Sawamura." He shrugged.

"How dare you tanuki bastard," Sawamura came to Ai's defense. "That's not the way to treat your girlfriend."

"You need to be a gentleman Miyuki." Zono said in a disapproving tone.

"I said no." Miyuki stubbornly repeated himself.

"But Kazuya," She whined drawing out his name. "It's freezing. Please give me your jacket. Pretty please." She begged with a pout trying to persuade Miyuki.

"Oh c'mon Miyuki just give her your jacket," Kuramochi told the catcher, "I'm cold and hungry and I want to get over this."

"What?! You too? Weren't you the one who told me to let her freeze?" Miyuki reminded him.

"Yes, you can let her freeze," Kuramochi reiterated. "But on YOUR time together. NOT during my dinnertime."

"I'm NOT going to give you my jacket." He yelled at her attracting the attention of the people walking down the streets who gave him judgemental looks for his outburst and pity looks towards Ai. He even swore that some people were muttering 'poor girl' or 'what a horrible boyfriend' under their breaths. Miyuki however paid them no mind.

"Let's just go guys." The shortstop said annoyed at the couple and his hungry teammates followed suit.

"Kazuya," Ai whined again. "Don't be so mean."

"Mean? Mean?" Miyuki scoffed. "How many times have I told you to dress accordingly?" He asked with irritation dripping from his tone.

"I know."

"Didn't I tell you to not come complaining to me when it was cold?"

"I know, I know."

"Why are you even dressed like that?!" The catcher exclaimed. "This is what happens when you try to be cute."

"I know baby I know," Ai admitted her fault. 'But please let's do this another time. I'm so cold." She pleaded feeling a shiver going down her spine.

"Well I can't control the weather, can I?" Miyuki deadpanned.

Ai flashed him her wide puppy eyes as a last resort.

Miyuki averted his gaze away from her, knowing very well what she was doing. He usually couldn't resist her pleads when she pouts at him and much less when gives him that wide eyed innocent puppy look.

"Kazuya." She begged one more time.

"Fine, fine!" He finally relented angrily removing his jacket and draping it over her shoulders. "Just shut up."

"Thank you thank you thank you." Ai said gratefully while properly putting on his jacket and zipping it up.

"This will be the last time I do this." Miyuki angrily warned as he adjusted the hood over Ai's head.

"I learned my lesson." She sheepishly whispered.

"You better have," He chastised, examining her downcast expression which made his anger subside. "You can get sick." Miyuki added in a softer tone before enveloping her shivering figure in an embrace.

Ai happily returned the hug. "I will be fine." She said relishing in the warmth radiating from his body.

"Stop being stupid alright?" He demanded with an exasperated sigh.

"I will try." Ai promised in an unusual complacent tone.

"So you won't really stop will you?" He asked noticing her use of words.

"Nope." Ai admitted.

Miyuki glared at her. "You are getting a fucking parka for Christmas."

"As long as you get me one with the cute fuzzy hoods I don't care." She replied unfazed by his threat.

Miyuki just shook his head.

It was obvious that Ai was never going to change.