Thank you Maiden Warrior on where to put Eijun and Furuya!
"I thought you were supposed to be cooking," Takashima-sensei said when Eijun and Furuya shuffled into the main lobby.
"Harucchi kicked us out," Eijun grumbled, pouting.
Sighing, Takashima-sensei put a hand to her head before saying, "Alright, then Sawamura, you can go help Chris with the futons. Furuya, why don't you go help Kominato with the floors."
"Hai!" Eijun yelled, perking up and running off to help Chris. Furuya stared after him for a few moments before a hand landed on his arm. Turning, he found Ryousuke smiling up at him.
"I heard Haruichi kicked you out," He chuckled. "How about you come and help me out instead?" Not waiting for a reply, he dragged the pitcher away, his grin just a little more sadistic than usual.
"Chris-senpai!" Eijun called happily, nearly slamming the door to the room everyone was sharing open.
"Aren't you supposed to be cooking?" Chris asked, taking another futon outside and hanging it on the line.
"Harucchi kicked us out," Eijun replied happily, copying his upperclassman but fumbling as he attempted to hang it up. "I was told to come help you!" He continued as Chris helped straighten out the bedding. Chris turned his head to the side and let out a deep sigh. "What was that for?!" Eijun demanded.
Chris's lips twitched in a smile and he handed Eijun a duster. "You can beat the futons. I'm going to clean the tatami mats."
"Hai!" Eijun yelled and proceeded to smack the hanging futons. Chris shook his head and went back in to start on the tatami mats.
Miyuki grinned as he walked along the hallways. He'd left Kuramochi to clean while he went to check on a certain pitcher. "Can't you go faster?" Miyuki turned and stepped out of the way as Furuya came by, pushing a cloth along the floor with Ryousuke sitting on top of him. Stopping at the end of the hallway to turn around, Ryousuke said, "You missed a spot. You're going to have to do it again."
"Having fun?" Miyuki asked, snickering at the first years' predicament.
"It's training," Ryousuke grinned. He brought a foot down on Furuya's head. "Who said to stop? Keep going." Furuya took a few steps forward before shaking slightly. "You can't be tired already, you've barely done anything. You have to finish this hallway before you can eat. Keep going."
Miyuki grinned as he watched the pitcher grunt and start back down the hallway. Moving toward the room they were sharing, he poked his head in and found Chris vacuuming and Eijun hitting the futons, a wide smile on his face.
Glasses flashing, the second year crept outside and slid up behind the freshman. He raised his hands and slammed them on the pitchers' sides, causing said teen to jump and drop the duster, letting out a loud scream.
Chris jerked his hand at the sound of the screen and stared at where the vacuum had gone through the sliding door. Frowning, he turned and found Miyuki rolling on the ground laughing and Eijun glaring at him, one hand over his heart and tears in his eyes.
"Miyuki," He said, causing the second year to stop and look at him, "Shouldn't you be helping Kuramochi clean the baths?"
"I am," Miyuki snickered, "I came to get another bucket."
"There are no buckets here," Chris pointed out.
"Hai, hai. I just saw the idiotic grin on this guys' face," He jerked his thumb at Sawamura, "And couldn't resist."
"Get back to work." Miyuki chuckled but nodded. He sent the fuming pitcher a wink, causing him to recoil, and left.
Wandering around, he found Tetsu and Jun were dusting. Grinning, he waited until Jun's hand was closer to the sliding door before he yelled, "AH!" He was rewarded by the center fielders' hand coming down too hard and tearing a hole through the door.
"MIYUKI!" He yelled, rounding on the catcher only to find him gone. Scowling, he turned to the captain and growled, "I'm gonna get somethin' to fix this." Tetsu nodded and continued dusting, his face as serious as usual.
Heading back to the bath, Miyuki ducked the bucket Kuramochi threw at his head. "You're late."
Miyuki grinned. "I was just checking on Sawamura-chan. He and our monster rookie got kicked out of the kitchen."
Kuramochi crackled. "So what are they doing now?"
"Sawamura's helping Chris with the futons and Furuya's being bullied by Ryou-san."
Snorting, the short stop set down his broom. "I've gotta see this." He and Miyuki walked out and toward the place the catcher had last seen the two. Kuramochi grinned when he saw Furuya staggering slightly as he made his way down the hallway, still on the same row he'd been on when Miyuki had seen them last.
"Tired already?" Ryousuke asked, raising an eyebrow. He grinded his heel into the back of the pitchers' head. "You haven't even finished one row. How useless can you be? Is pitching all you're able to do? You're so quiet. I don't see why Haruichi sees you as a friend when you always look so gloomy. You'll be here all day if you can't finish. Lunch should be almost ready, but you have to finish this hallway first. If you don't hurry you'll miss it."
"He looks so pissed off," Kuramochi crackled, noticing the look on the pitchers' face and he continued to redo the same row that was nearly sparkling by now.
Furuya came to the end of the row and collapsed. Ryousuke looked back over the row and nodded. "It'll do. Now for the next row. Get up. You do want lunch, don't you?" As Furuya got back up, the short third year turned to the two second years. "Shouldn't you be cleaning the bathroom?"
"We're taking a break," Kuramochi shrugged. "I heard you were bulling Furuya and came to see."
"It's training," Ryousuke corrected, the grin on his face saying otherwise, "It's not my fault he's horrible at this and has to keep redoing it."
"Shouldn't you be helping him?" Miyuki pointed out.
"I am. I'm teaching him how to do it correctly. It's easier than having to go back and fix his mistakes." He continued tormenting the poor pitcher until the hallway was sparkling and lunch was ready. Kuramochi and Miyuki spent the time laughing and watching the two, forgetting completely about the bathroom they were supposed to be cleaning.
Thank you all for the lovely reviews! Don't stop! And coming up in the next chapter or two is the sharing about everyone's past since you all seem to really, really, really, REALLY want me to do that -_-
Anyway! If you have ideas for what they should share, let me know! I'm at a loss for what to write! (At least for everyone besides the Kominato brothers and possibly Eijun, though I'm not too sure...) So ideas would be very helpful! You can PM me if you don't want to put it in a review.
Also! Big news! the2fast2u has agreed to draw fanart for this story! I'M SO EXCITED! I'll post the link when they're finished so you all can enjoy! I can't wait! Again, thank you so much!