A/N: Thanks a lot for the reviews!
I don't know what to say about this chapter lol :/
Chapter 3: The Beginning of Something
Sawamura woke up early in the morning, readying himself for the day's work. He perched himself at the front atrium furiously cleaning and dusting before the guests woke up to set foot out of their rooms.
"YOSH! That should do it!" the pitcher whispered enthusiastically.
'I should head to the kitchen to get breakfast ready for the guest I'm serving.' Sawamura thought as he scurried to put the cleaning supplies away and wash his hands thoroughly before heading to the kitchen.
'Hmmm, I wonder who I'm serving, I should ask Kai...' And speak, or rather think of the devil, Sawamura bumped into the taller older teen.
"Whoa still asleep Eijun?" Kai mocked the younger teen who seemed to be in a daze.
"I'm awake!" Sawamura replied in a heartbeat. Sawamura looked up at who he bumped into. "Oh it's only you Kai..."
"What do you mean it's only me?" the older teen said in a disgruntled voice.
"By the way, do you know who I need to serve breakfast to?" Sawamura just glazed over Kai's question, moving onto another topic.
"Yup, don't worry, since it's your first time, I'm coming with you." Kai responded as he motioned Sawamura towards the tray of food destined for his guest.
'This is going to be fun!' the pitcher liked trying new things, and he wasn't afraid to do so. 'The dinner service I watched yesterday night seemed easy enough. This should be a piece of cake.'
"Better not screw up~" Kai whispered, but it was loud enough for Sawamura to hear, whom almost tripped over with the tray in hand upon hearing the words "screw up".
"Kai!" the younger teen rebutted in slight anger as they made their way to the guest's room.
The walk was faster than what Kai anticipated, considering that it was Sawamura whom had the honours of carrying the whole tray himself. Balancing wasn't an issue, but extra care was taken since the soup was filled to almost the brim of the bowl.
Upon reaching the room of the guest, the two teens were met by a message left at the door.
In the bathroom, please enter to set up meal
"Is that normal?" Sawamura questioned with concern.
"Not really...but since this person specifically requested you, anything could happen." the waiter waived the concern off of Sawamura's face. "Usually we would knock the door and wait for the guests to reply."
As both teens entered the room, they could hear the shower running in the bathroom.
"Excuse us." both of them said in unison as Sawamura went in and laid the food in one corner.
Sawamura and Kai then proceeded to fold the futon, placing it to one side of the room. He then moved the table to the centre of the room to replace the futon.
"Ok Eijun, the tables in place, you can lay it out. I'm going to stand back and watch, no pressure~" Kai said as he bided Sawamura good luck.
Sawamura moved the tray of food next to the table and slowly placed the food on the table in an organised manner, paying close attention to the very details of the placement. As he placed the last dish on the table, he heard the bathroom door open and someone walking out.
"Good morning honoured..." as the younger teen said his greetings, he slowly twisted his body to face the guest and what he saw caused him to choke on his words. "...MI...MIYUKI?!" Sawamura caught a glimpse of Kai's reaction, which showed that he didn't take it too well, and he immediately corrected himself. "Good morning honoured guest, your breakfast is ready!"
Miyuki loomed over him and looked down upon the sitting pitcher. A smirk showed up on his face. "Thank you Sawamura."
Sawamura just stared back at the catcher, lost in speech, but as his eyes wandered off of Miyuki's face to advert the piercing gaze that he received, Sawamura realised that Miyuki only had a towel around his neck and shorts on. Almost immediately, flashbacks of yesterday's events flooded his mind as impure thoughts emerged from the depths of his subconscious. A furious blush immediately showed up on his face. Sawamura quickly turned around to face the food, moving the dishes slightly to feign his continuation in setting up.
'My heart's beating fast...and I think I'm blushing...' the pitcher thought as he felt his body temperature rise.
Miyuki put on a yukata and took a seat in front of the table. "Itadakimasu!" Miyuki said as he prepared to drown himself in the luscious breakfast.
Sawamura brought the tea over to Miyuki, but to his dismay, he tripped slightly, causing a quarter cup of the hot liquid to spill onto Miyuki's lap.
Kai was watching from the corner of the room as the events unfolded. The sight of Sawamura accidently pouring the liquid over the guest caused him to face palm. 'Eijun...' he thought as he exhaled.
"Waaah" Miyuki shouted as he tried to evade it.
"I'M SORRY!" an anxious teen shouted as he quickly grabbed the dry towel that Kai handed him. He then quickly started to dab the dry towel against Miyuki's wet yukata. 'Oh no, I gotta get this dried up...' was all that ran through Sawamura's mind, he was completely oblivious to where he was pushing the towel against.
"Ummm Sawamura, I can change my clothes..." Miyuki spoke, not that he didn't mind Sawamura's furious attempt in trying to dry him up, especially since Sawamura was pushing and rubbing the dry cloth in the vicinity of his groin.
Sawamura suddenly snapped out of his stupor to realise the location his hands were pressing against. "WAAAAH!" the pitcher shouted as he jumped back a couple feet. From there, the rest of the breakfast service, as well as lunch, was a blur to Sawamura.
- In the afternoon -
Kai and Sawamura sat in the staff's room taking their lunch break. Sawamura aimlessly stared at his plate of food, while Kai was gulfing down his meal on the opposite side of the table.
"Oi Eijun, what's wrong?" Kai asked with a stuffed mouth.
"Huh? Oh nothing..." the younger teen said unenthusiastically.
Kai then jumped over to the seat next to Sawamura, pulled his plate of food over and continued to eat.
"Who's that Miyuki guy? You guys seem pretty close." Kai nonchalantly asked while continuing with his meal.
"Huh? Oh, he's a friend from school, he's the catcher on the baseball team too." Sawamura replied.
"Oh, just a friend?" Kai asked in pursuit. Sawamura stared at the weird question, but waved it off.
"Yeah, a friend from school." The younger teen took a chopstick full of rice and gulped it down.
'He's clueless...that or I'm reading too much into the situation.' Kai thought as he eyed the pitcher.
"Just out of curiousity, the feelings you described to me yesterday...when did you start feeling them?" Kai threw the question out there, not expecting any miraculous revelation to come about this.
"Oh, ummm I guess yesterday was the first time I really noticed it." Sawamura answered, still oblivious to the meaning.
'I don't think Eijun saw this Miyuki guy yesterday...maybe I'm thinking too deep...' Of course, Kai didn't know about the events that unfolded yesterday night and what Sawamura secretly saw, so he put no weight onto the pitcher's answer.
"Well anyways, I guess we go back to work, you'll also be serving your friend tonight, then again, you'll be doing it for the rest of his stay. Can you handle it alone?" Kai asked in concern.
Sawamura nodded his head, "Of course! I won't make any more mistakes!" the pitcher replied with energy.
"Have fun!~" Kai said in a teasing way while he patted the pitcher's back.
The evening came fast and before Sawamura knew it, he was bringing dinner to Miyuki.
"Miyuki, dinner's here!" Sawamura spoke from behind the door.
A clothed Miyuki walked over and opened the door, of course, a smirk was on his face.
"Shouldn't you call me honoured guest or something like that?" Miyuki asked.
Sawamura smiled meekly and complied, but inside he was raging at Miyuki. "Your dinner is here honou..."
"Actually...you can call me Miyuki, Miyuki-sama."
"What?!" a shocked pitcher exclaimed.
"Haha, I'm joking...Miyuki's fine."
Sawamura started setting up the table shortly after. Throughout the process, Miyuki saw Sawamura take glimpses at him, as if the pitcher was checking the catcher out. Alas, Miyuki was finally eating his dinner and as he did, Sawamura bowed and started to exit the room.
"Hey Sawamura, what time do you end work tonight?" Miyuki asked in curiously.
"Ummm, about 11pm." Sawamura responded in his usual tone.
"You wanna join me in the onsen after work? It gets bored being here all alone...especially if you're ignoring me when you work." Miyuki added the last bit to rile up the pitcher.
"I'm not here to play!" the younger teen rebutted with a disgruntled look.
"Right right...anyways, tonight?"
Sawamura stood there contemplating for a bit.
"Sure...I'll meet you in the onsen you were at yesterday night..." Sawamura said the latter part of the phrase subconsciously. Realising what came out his mouth, he immediately turned around, so that his back faced Miyuki, as he felt his face getting red.
"Ummmm I...I'll meet you in one of the male public onsens...the ones that are usually empty at night." Sawamura quickly corrected his statement.
The catcher left nothing unheard, every word said by the pitcher was caught by Miyuki, nothing went unnoticed by Miyuki and this was no exception. 'Aren't we naughty, Ei-chan...' A smirk appeared on the catcher's face as he heard the pitcher rush out of the room.
- Later that night -
Sawamura went to the onsen early. He took a shower, scrubbing from head to toes before wandering out of the shower area into the onsen.
'It's so nice and quiet here...' the tired pitcher relaxed while staring at the moon.
Not long after he settled, the showers behind him started. 'That must be Miyuki...' Sawamura thought as he continued to enjoy the soak.
"Oi Sawamura." Miyuki called as he walked up to the onsen and started making his way in.
Sawamura took a glance up towards the voice, which caused him to jump in shock. He saw it all, close up, Miyuki's complete naked figure overshadowed him from above and the view got clearer as Miyuki slowly descended his body into the waters.
All Sawamura could do was stare in awe, eyes unable to pry away from the glorious sight he was seeing.
Miyuki kept his gaze fixated at the moon while walking towards Sawamura. He knew Sawamura's eyes were intently on him, and he didn't want to dissuade his underclassman from looking; thus he kept his eyes on the sky above as he slowly lowered into the hot water.
'Eijun, you pervert...' Miyuki inwardly smirked as he took a seat in the waters ensuring that his shoulder and arm was pressed against Sawamura's arm. He nudged the pitcher to get his attention.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" Miyuki whispered.
"Ye...yeah..." Sawamura said as he exhaled, his mind obviously not on the same page as Miyuki's. His heart was beating fast, he felt edgy, but at the same time comfortable. He stared into the waters in front of him as his mind scrambled for what to do.
"Yeah, the moon's really bright from here." Miyuki continued, a smirk appeared on his face as he knew he had Sawamura on the palm of his hands.
"Huh?" the pitcher was caught off guard. He contemplated for a second on what Miyuki meant and realised it was completely different from what he was thinking. "...OH...yeah, the moon's beautiful..." a slight blush appeared on Sawamura's face.
Miyuki pulled his arm up so that he could wrap it around Sawamura's shoulders, but to his dismay, someone grabbed his arm.
"Hey guys!" Kai suddenly appeared tightly holding Miyuki's wrist.
'Grrrr...who the hell are you...' Miyuki inwardly cursed after being blocked from making a move on Sawamura.
"Hey Eijun...move over so I can jump in." Kai gave a smile to the youngest teen, in which Sawamura obliged.
Kai squeezed his way in between Miyuki and Sawamura and put his arm around both Miyuki and Sawamura.
"So...what's happening?" Kai asked.
"Oh nothing much, just out here to relax for the night." Sawamura replied. He felt calmer, but for some reason, unbeknownst to the thick headed pitcher, he felt a loss or emptiness in his heart.
'Who the hell's this guy getting in my way with Eijun...' Miyuki inwardly pouted as he was disgruntled, but his outward appearance showed nothing out of the norm. "Yup, just hanging out with Sawamura here..."
'You damn pervert...I saw you trying to make a move on Eijun...don't think it'll be that easy as long as I'm here. And I saw how you flashed your body to poor Eijun..." Kai was also inwardly cursing Miyuki.
"So, you're Eijun's friend right? You guys on the same baseball team, at least that's what Eijun tells me." Kai started a conversation with Miyuki.
'Grrr...Eijun this Eijun that...when did you become so friendly with Eijun...don't tell me they're on first base already! NO! Stop over thinking Miyuki...Eijun wouldn't like this type of loser...' Miyuki didn't like the fact that this Kai guy was calling his pitcher Eijun.
"Yup, we form a battery, I guess you can say they're the closest pair of players on the whole team...you could say we're pretty much in sync with each other." Miyuki gave a smirk, he wanted to make a point that Sawamura was his.
'WHAT?! Don't joke around...don't overextend your relationship with Eijun!' Kai scowled at Miyuki's remarks.
"Ah I see, good to know, Eijun doesn't really mention you to me though, and trust me, he talks to me about everything. Right Eijun?" Kai turned to the younger teen to get affirmation.
'Kai and Miyuki seem to be getting along pretty well...but something about the atmosphere seems off...' the clueless pitcher wondered.
"Now that you mention it, I only told you about Miyuki a day or two ago." Sawamura responded after being snapped out of his relaxing daze.
"I guess you're not so important, hmm?" Kai gave a smug tone back towards Miyuki.
"And how do you know Sawamura? You met him on the job?" Miyuki questioned, not losing in spirit to the older teen.
"Of course not..." Kai started by was immediately interrupted by Sawamura.
"Oh, I guess I haven't introduced you to Kai yet, Miyuki." Sawamura quickly jumped in front of the two older teens, his chest and below was still submerged under water. "Miyuki, this is Kai, he's my older cousin! I've always looked up to him for everything!"
"Oh and I guess I'll introduce Miyuki too...Kai, this is Miyuki..." Sawamura paused for a second to give more substance to Miyuki, while pointing at the catcher. "I guess he's the best catcher, I mean, even the newspapers had an article on him! He's really cool especially when playing baseball!" Sawamura was enthusiastic on introducing Miyuki, an enthusiasm that Kai had never seen before. Sawamura didn't put much thought into the weight of his words, he was just talking as he would usually do with Kai, truthful, honest, and whatever comes into mind.
'Ahhh shit...' both catcher and older cousin thought simultaneously.
'Great, way to start off an impression with Eijun's cousin! I hope he doesn't hate me...' Miyuki thought in concern as he could clearly see that Kai's opinions had weight on Sawamura's actions.
'Oh man, this baka here's falling for this pervert!' Kai thought as he glanced at Miyuki, whom returned a stoic look back to the older teen. 'That's right you pervert...I know you were flashing in front of Eijun just now...I saw what you did...' Kai continued his silent chastising within his mind.
"Anyways! We should head to bed, tomorrow's another busy day." Sawamura said as he realised the time. As the pitcher started to step out of the onsen, he slipped and fell towards Miyuki.
"Waaaah!" Sawamura shouted as he braced for impact, but Miyuki caught the pitcher in an embrace. Both pitcher and catcher's bodies were pressed against one another, each could feel every inch of the other, and to one's delight and the other's confusion, their lips met creating a surge of new feelings to course within both of them.
Kai immediately grabbed Sawamura to help him off of Miyuki.
"Eijun, be careful, it's dangerous here." Kai said in a warning voice while glaring at Miyuki. He then proceeded to help Sawamura out of the onsen.
"Ummm Kai...why don't you guys go ahead first? I wanna stay here for a bit longer." Sawamura meekly said.
"Uhhh ok, but don't stay in too long, you don't want to faint..." Kai replied a little confused at Sawamura's request, as it was the pitcher who suggest they all leave. Without a second thought, he walked out the onsen and off to the shower area.
Miyuki did the same and followed Kai. The catcher was at a loss for words, but he started to imprint the moment just now into his mind.
'Miyuki...' Sawamura watched as the two walked out of sight. 'It felt good...' the pitcher pressed two fingers against his lips in shock. 'Too...good...' he thought as he diverted his gaze downwards. 'I hope Miyuki didn't feel it...' was the last thought before his face turned red from embarrassment.
A/N: and that's that.
My ultimate goal (only have 1 for now...maybe more later) will happen in the next chapter (maybe in 2 chapters).
Next update may take a week or two.