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The room is loud and cheerful, it pleases Haruna. He laughs and chats with his friends as he spots a girl at the corner of the room. Long black hair falling over her purple eyes. In her black winter uniform she seems depressing and emo."Hey who's that?" He asks a girl next to him.
"That's Kenkyona Koetsuji, know one knows who she is or what she does in her free time, noone goes near her coz she seems dark and twisted."The girl laughs with her friends. Haruna stares at her a while then gets back to his group.
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Kenkyona walks over to her shoelocker and opens it. A note slips out to her feet. What the,she thinks. She opens it.
'meet me in the back of the gym after school,-your admirer.'
Kenkyona doesnt want to show her surprise. Who would admire her? She has no intention in attending this meeting. She crumples it up.
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Haruna walks behind the gym before practice, and then shes the girl, waiting. He was sure she wasnt going to come,it surprised him.
"Hello?"He says standing in front of her.
Kenkyona doesnt reply she just looks around. Haruna pulls her hair behind her ears slowly. Kenkyona wants to jolt away and run,but she seems enchanted by his hand on her cheek.
"You seem so lonely,go out with me, ill make you popular." He says.
Kenkyona stares at him wideeyed. She doesnt want social things, she wants something that she probably can never have.
She wants to run right now. Run away from him, and hide.
"trust me,"He says.
Kenkyona doesnt even know his name,she just knows he's really goodlooking. Then all she mumbles is,"Okay, i accept your request." She knows its stupid, but it seems intriguing, could he bring her out of her shell?
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"Hey Haruna!" A girl approaches Haruna."Is it okay if we go for karaoke after your baseball practice?"She says twisting her fingers in her hair.
"Nah,"He says sort of cocky."Im going out with my girlfriend after that, on top of that shes watching me play."
The girl seems heartbroken but he couldnt care less, the only thing he's focusing is getting Kenkyona to get out of being emo. He knows she'd be super hot without that hair over her face, hes seen it for himself.
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Kenkyona is sitting at the bleachers waiting for Haruna to come out, she wants to see him play. Shes always been intrigued by baseball,she doesnt know why. Its something about the way the play,its like a masterpiece. Kenkyona's stomache flips as she sees Haruna pitch for the first time. She watches the ball fly so fast then it impacts the catcher so hard it makes the guy fall backwards. She lifts herself up. Could Haruna really cause such an impact? She watches him do the same thing over and over, she becomes a little mad at Haruna, its almost like he cant control his throws. Haruna retires after 80 pitches and gets off the field.
Kenkyona strolls to the lockerroom, completely oblivious of the guys shocked that a girl is in there. "Hey."She says.
"What are you doing in here, you do in the boys lockerroom,"He says putting on his shirt."Youll get caught you know that."
"I dont care."She says a little too blunt.
"I like that,"He smirks.
"What was that,"Kenkyona claims."Practice isnt even over,"
Haruna ties his shoes."I dont go over 80."
"Cant you control your throws, you look like you gave the catcher a hard time."She says.
Haruna pushes her against the locker. "Are you saying i cant pitch?"
Kenkyona looks at him,"Maybe, slow down a bit, you can hurt someone."
"I dont care."He exclaims.
"I dont like that."She says.
She starts to walk when he grabs her hand. "Do you wanna break up, is that it?"
Kenkyona looks away, shes only been going out with him for 2 weeks, and hes obnoxious and self centered. She admits she has had people starting to talk to her, but its not what she wants. Maybe shes just thinking wrong. "No,Im sorry."
He grins. "Good," He raps his arms around her. "Do your hair for me tomorrow,I promise ill pitch for you tommorrow."
Kenkyona smiles. She was wrong, maybe Haruna isnt bad at all.
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Abe puts on his catcher gear on. He doesnt want to tremble as he plays, he feels like a geek. Of course,everyones afraied to get hurt. Abe doesnt want to keep going as his catcher. He hates him not as a pitcher, but as his pitcher. He hates the way he could just give up the mound. Hes so arrogant and self centered, its like his team members are nothing but training tools for him. He knows that Haruna is the worst pitcher for that.
He turns around to see him caressing a girl. He almost feels bad for the girl, does she know the type of guy he is?
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The next day Kenkyona sits on the bleachers, around a crowd of other fans. She feels lucky to be the girlfriend of a pitcher. She twirls her hair, its nicely trimmed, her bangs are off her face, and a bow is tied to the back of her hair. She feels somewhat pretty. She watches the game closely. They dont look so good. They seem to be losing, she wants to cheer for the team, but of course she feels emberassed to do so. She watches as the catcher argues with Haruna during timeout, shes curious about it.
Then, its gotten so bad shes sure theyre going to lose. Suddenly unexpectedly, Kenkyona watches Haruna walk off the mound,like nothing. No timeout signal, nothing. She feels angry towards him. What is he doing? Theyre at a cliff and he reaches his 80 pitch limit, she wants to yell out to him, telling him to get back. but instead, as it begins to rain, she just sits there,watching the game finish, Tadakita middle school loses.
After the game she runs through the bleachers, she cant find him, where is he? She searches for him, as she begins to cry. What was she thinking? He's arrogant,selfcentered and obnoxious,why did she think he could actually be the one to change her? Hes nothing like she expected,she wants to punch him across the face. How could he give up on his team like that? Its like he plays in a completely different world, he's the worst.
Then she sees him standing under a rooftop. She pants,"Whats wrong with you! How could you be so concerned about yourself more than your team?"
He doesnt notice how soaked she is he just stands there and removes his hat."Youre my girlfriend, arent you concerned that i could have injured my shoulder?"
"How?"She exclaims,"I know how you injured yourself before,but is that an excuse to give up the mound, youre not even injured at the moment."
"Shut up!" He shouts. "Why do you care so much? You should be thanking me, youre not such a lonely emo little freak anymore."
She slaps him,"You dont know me, all you ever knew about me was my physical appearance, youre the worst, you know that?"she shouts."I never wanna see you again!"
She jolts to run until he grabs her hand."Let go!"She cries. He lets go of her causing her to hit the wet ground, the rain showering over her. She watches him walk away, but she doesnt get to catch him mumble,"You were the only girl who ever caught my interest."
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Abe is disappointed, he's angry. Why does he feel like he's the one wanting to quit the team? Haruna is the worst pitcher. Why is he here? What has he been catching his pitches for? All this time, he's been catching for the most rotten person ever. That fight he had with him earlier, it had surprised him how he stood up to him, yet he still didnt change his way.
He walks out of the locker room and enters the field for a last look,and he sees a figure on the bleachers. At first it seems his eyes ar playing with him through the rain. But he's sure theyre not. Its someone, infact its a girl. It's Haruna's girlfriend. He's guessing he broke up with her or something. He remembers the way he'd ignore her as she attemted to small talk as she waited for Haruna, yet she seemed just wanting to make friends. He couldnt care less about her now. Its her fault for dating that bastard. He feels strongly drawn to her. Maybe it's pity, he probably feels sorry for her, maybe something more.
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Kenkyona cries on the bleacher, the same one she sat watching Haruna play. She hugs her knees, trembling as she becomes colder and colder. Inside her mind its cold as ice, as the same scenes go through her head,her mothers death, her uncles death, and that little boys near death. She's been through so much grief she feels like dying right there. Noone cariing. Everyone forgeting she ever existed-
Kenkyona's eyes widen as all of a sudden the rain had stopped pouring down on her,she looks before her, its still raining. She looks to her right, a boy is holding an umbrella over her. Its not just a boy, its Haruna's catcher,Takaya Abe,she had heard. Theyre silent, then Kenkyona realizes she's no longer sobbing nor crying,"Spare your umbrella."She mumbles.
"So you just wanna continue getting soaked."He says.
She feels unusually comforted by their continued silence. "He didnt break up with me,i did, iam glad i did."
Abe stares at her a moment."You dont have to tell me-"
"He's the worst!"She cries."The worst boyfriend. The worst pitcher. The worst person.I hate him, i just want him to die!"
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Abe is surprised he admits he does consider him as the worst, but she seems to be holding a grudge against him. What did he do to her to get her to say such hardcore words? He's curious, he'd like to know, yet he doesnt even have to ask.
"He never cared about anyone but himself,he never dared to cure the hole in my heart, as he always said he'd do,"She continues to spill out everything, about her life, everything that ever happened to her up to this day,until she's too tired to speak more.
Abe now knows more than he's supposed to about this girl. More than Haruna ever knew. Way more than he ever knew. He feels her lay her head on his shoulder. It makes him feel warm. Although her head completely soaked his shoulder he doesnt care. He lays his head on her head. Then he mumbles the 5 words Kenkyona has always wanted to hear, not from Reira, not from her relatives,but from a guy she never knew before this day."I know how you feel."
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Kenkyona opens her eyes,having woken up from a dream filled with one of her favorite memories, she notices she fell asleep on Takaya's shoulder. Takaya's 's fast asleep, she doesnt move she just stays laying no his shoulder. She understands why Takaya is a special person in her life. She loves him, but for him, not for kissing, nor sex, not even romantically. She has a love she never knew existed. Its warm and fluffy. She now knows what preachers meant when they stopped her, and asked her she can love everyone she wants. At first she was confused, love is only for someone whos related to you, or your boyfriend, not someone niether of those things. "I love you Taka-chan,"She whispers,oblivious he was actually awake.
He smiles with his eyes closed,He loves her romantically, yet he's fine with the way things are. He's glad he's in love with her, her issues, defects,and all.
As you can see Haruna really helped out in Abe and Kenkyona's friendship, I will coninue flashbacks like these throughout the fanfic, and i hope it helps out with the current plot; Haruna is a major character in this fanfic and as well as Mihashi, Abe, Hanai, Chiyo and Tajima as we get further into the fanfic.:) Please enjoy and i hope you continue reading the fanfic up to its 70th chapter :D~ Yona-chan