A/N: It came to my attention that this story line closely resembles other stories, my apologies to the authors out there! I had no intention of copying. Hopefully the subsequent chapters' plots deviate. I'M SORRY!~

My ultimate goal is to destroy one of the characters :) (joking...or am I? lol)

Anyways...I have the ending planned out, so I'll make this as swift as possible :D

Here's Chapter 2, enjoy! Again, sorry if the story resembles other author's stories.

Chapter 2: Sawamura, but not...

Sawamura woke up as the sun peeked its way up across the cityscape. The jarring beam hit his eyes as he blinked repeatedly to focus his vision.

'It's soft and warm' he thought as he rolled his head, eventually his eyes fell on what he was sleeping on. When he realised it was a person, he traced his sight upwards to the person's face, which happened to be Chris. Sawamura quickly shot up into a sitting position, a blush spread across his face and flashbacks of yesterday night flooded his mind like a hangover pounding his head.

As he recollected the past day's events, sadness from seeing Miyuki and Furuya stung his heart, but a bloom of hope and happiness sprouted out as the thoughts of Chris and himself replaced those of sadness. Sawamura, sitting in a crouched position with his back facing the sleeping catcher, slowly turned his head to scout whether the catcher was still asleep. He took a peek, like a kid would, from his peripheral vision at the catcher and upon noting the other sleeping teen, he quickly turned around in a seiza sitting to face him.

Sawamura sat there looking at the peacefully sleeping catcher. His heart beat started to increase as he stared on for only time knows how long. Subconsciously, he started to lean forward, his arms eventually pressed against the ground on either side of Chris, with his head directly hovering over the catcher's. Yesterday night's ordeal had lit a new candle within his heart, one that illuminated the face of a person he trusted and had new found feelings for.

Realising what he had done as he hovered over the catcher's face, his face turned an extreme red as a sudden rush of blood went up to his head. His heart ticking at a mile an hour and it felt like a jack hammer pounding within his chest. But temptation lured him in. His face slowly approached Chris and without a second thought, he pressed his lips against the other's.

Chris, feigning sleep, felt a pair of warm lips up against his. He was fully aware that they belonged to Sawamura without opening his eyes. As the lips departed, discontent clouded him, but he wasn't going to let this end. His left arm could feel Sawamura's arm positioned near it as it propped up the pitcher, so without hesitation, he quickly moved his left arm outwards knocking the pitcher's arm.

The sudden movement of Chris' left arm caused one of Sawamura's arm, that was supporting him above Chris' body, to lose its balance. Sawamura came crashing down atop Chris, and as luck would have it, the pitcher's lips landed atop the catcher's again.

Sawamura had a look of panic as Chris' eyes suddenly open. He tried to get his balance back, but in an instant he felt two arms warp around his waist, pulling him closer to the catcher's body. To his surprise, he felt a foreign object in his mouth. He was dumbfounded as he realised that it was Chris' tongue. He was speechless, although at his current position, it would be hard to speak. Sawamura just took in all that was happening and enjoyed every last minute of it.

It had been two weeks since that night. As the days went by, Sawamura and Chris grew closer.

"Chris, can you help me with my pitching form?" Sawamura asked as they wrapped up dinner.

Miyuki, who was sitting on the same table, frowned as he noticed Sawamura stopped asking him for pitching practice along with various other things the pitcher usually pesters him with.

"Sawamura, I can help you out." Miyuki spoke up after a few seconds of no reply from Chris.

Sawmura heard Miyuki speak up, but blushed and nodded him off without eye contact. He was still plagued with the impure thoughts of him and Miyuki from his dream, so he tried to avoid Miyuki as much as possible, at least until said thoughts were gone. "It's ok Miyuki-senpai...I need Chris to check out something I'm working on."

Miyuki, realising the difference in Sawamura's behaviour towards him in recent days, felt a part of him getting torn out. 'What's with the honourifics...why's he suddenly adding senpai to my name...and WHY is he calling Chris without any honourifics at all?!' Miyuki was baffled at this new naming convention. He felt that the southpaw pitcher was moving out of his grasp.

As Miyuki and Sawamura made the short conversation, Chris silently sat observing the pitcher, nothing the blush that spread across Sawamura's face as Miyuki offered to help and how his words and actions seemed forced. Not only that, but Chris could see that Sawamura was trying to avoid Miyuki, but if they were to confront each other, Sawamura would give a different vibe towards Miyuki. Chris had a feeling of unease from the pitcher's behaviour, especially towards Miyuki, the feeling he got was as if his inside were being squeezed.

It was afternoon practice and Chris stood in the bullpen strapping the gear on to help Sawamura with his pitches. As he placed the gear on, his musings over took his undivided attention.

Over the past few days, Chris noted that Sawamura had become more hostile against Miyuki and seemed to cling to Chris more and more. 'What's happening with Eijun...is he rebounding...' Chris questioned himself. Ever since that night, he had closely watched all of the pitcher's antics and no actions escaped him. He pondered more into it and a revelation came about, if what he thought was right, it would all make sense. The incident that night, the sudden moves on Chris, the weird behaviour he displayed when near Miyuki. Chris came to the conclusion that Sawamura had and still have feelings for Miyuki. 'But why is he clinging onto me so much now...what happened with Miyuki...' was the lingering questions in Chris' mind. Although he didn't mind it, he knew that if he didn't get an answer to the question, this would end up hurting everyone in the long run.

Sawamura cheerfully walked into the bullpen and upon seeing Chris, he ran over to the catcher. Making sure that they were the only two in the bullpen, Sawamura threw a big hug around his new boyfriend.

"Chris!" Sawamura shouted, obviously happy to see the catcher.

Chris stood there analysing and staring at Sawamura. 'Why didn't it occur to me earlier...' he chastised himself for being slow thinking. Although he had to eventually confront Sawamura, he still returned the hug in a loving and caring manner.

After a minute of embracing, Chris grabbed Sawamura by the shoulders tenderly and created some distance between them.

"Eijun...I've been wondering..." Chris hesitated.

"What is it Chris?" Sawamura replied with a genuine smile.

"About that night..." once again Chris hesitated. For a collect and calm person such as Chris, to rethink so much was unusual.

Sawamura stared at Chris, a strange feeling out of instinct, like a void within his chest appeared, came about in anticipation on the next few words that came out of Chris' mouth.

"What exactly happened that night that hurt you so much?" Chris stoically said.

Sawamura could feel bile rising from the deepest depths his body. He was speechless as memories of Miyuki and Furuya came flooding back, replaying in his mind on an endless loop.

"I...I..." Sawamura found himself short on breath as he tried to find a way to answer Chris. He didn't like lying to Chris, he was a bad liar to start with. From the gaze that Chris gave him, Sawamura knew if he didn't give a proper answer, the catcher would keep pressing on. Sawamura was overwhelmed by Chris at the current moment. "I..I..." he stuttered as he tried to come up with the right thing to say.

"It has to do with Miyuki doesn't it?" a straight flat tone came out, right to the point.

Sawamura was aghast as Chris hit the bullseye. Sawamura quickly adverted his eyes from Chris without a word.

The pitcher's action was enough for Chris to come to the conclusion. "What did Miyuki do to hurt you that night?" Chris had a serious tone. It infuriated Chris to think that Miyuki would hurt Eijun to the point where the pitcher shattered.

Sawamura stayed quiet.

"Eijun...what happened?" Chris pressed on.

"Miyuki and Furuya...they were...they did...they were doing it on the diamond..." It was hard for Sawamura to fight back, for some reason he felt comfortable blurting out all his deepest secrets to Chris, even if it may contain hints of feelings for others. But upon realising that he said that, he quickly clasped his mouth with his hands.

Chris felt a drop of tear fall on his arm. He caused the pitcher to cry by digging up memories that were buried, but even then, he continued to press onwards. "You liked and still like Miyuki..." it was a mixture of a statement and question.

Sawamura froze, unable to reply. A mixture of feelings started to stir deep within him. 'You still like Miyuki...' echoed in his mind. He couldn't deny it or acknowledge it. The pitcher stood there for a good half minute before he threw his arms around Chris, buried his face into the catcher's chest and started to shake his head left and right.

Chris felt tears slowly soaking his shirt. He got his answer. He wanted the best for the pitcher even if it meant sacrificing his needs and wants. Even though the pitcher denied his feelings for Miyuki, deep down inside, Chris knew the denial was false. But for now, all he did was reciprocate by embracing the pitcher and whispering "I love you Eijun".

From there, Chris coaxed Sawamura to tell him what happened, in attempt to have the pitcher release everything from the depths of his heart.

Early next morning, Chris went in search for Miyuki. He had a serious yet tired face. He couldn't sleep the whole night after hearing what Sawamura had said and how it hurt the pitcher. Once he saw Miyuki, he approached the other catcher.

"Miyuki, we need to talk..."

A/N: I project Chapter 3 to come out in a couple weeks...then again that's what I said about Chapter 2...we'll see how things go.