Propinquity

Chapter six

"so you're here hoping that i would entertain you because you're bored?" miyuki asked, the question directed to sawamura who sat on his couch with a pout on his face

"uhuh" sawamura said "kuramochi and ryou are busy with work, haruchii is out doing errands and wakana is busy"

miyuki sighed "unfortunately for you i have to go to school today, the spring tournament is coming up and i want to prepare them the best i could" he said, then an idea popped into his head as he grinned "say, you said you were a pitcher right?"

sawamura eyed him suspiciously "yeah i was, why do you ask?"

"i want you to take a look at something, why don't you come to work with me today?" miyuki asked

"and what do you expect me to do while you are off teaching teenagers in class?" sawamura replied

miyuki hummed "good question, well what about setting up some equipment?"

"from morning until the aternoon? i'll be bored to death!" sawamura exclaimed

"then you suffer alone"

"wait! no! okay fine! i'll come along!"

and that's how sawamura ended up dragging tires in the field, honestly that lazy bastard! why is he even doing this? oh yeah thats right! because his dumb self is in love with him!

...

d-did he really just admit that?

"woah your face is red, are you sick?" miyuki laughed

"no! i'm fine! now move before i run you over with this damn tire!" sawamura yelled

miyuki backed off, sawamura was clearly pissed, what did miyuki do wrong?

"uh okay... i want you to take a look at something" miyuki said

"is it more tires? come on! bring em! i will carry them all the way to my apartment if i have to!" sawamura roared

"idiot! don't be so loud! jus- wait...sawamura put down that tire! put it down!"

sawamura ended up losing his balance, everything seemed to have gone in slow motion at that point, the tire dropping behind him, miyuki reaching out to him as his arms wrapped around sawamura's torso saving him from falling on his bottoms

and their faces

they were so close, too close.

"u-uh thanks for the save, you can let go now miyuki" sawamura said

but miyuki didn't budge, their position was awkward and it's not like he can wiggle out on his own, miyuki got his arm around him like a seatbelt made of iron

miyuki himself was in a daze, looking at sawamura straight in the face he realized how more gorgeous those golden eyes are up close

"coach?"

yeah that snapped him out, pulling away immediately almost dropping sawamura

"did i interrupt something? i can just come back later"

"no no, sorry i know i called you here riku" miyuki said "sawamura this is riku, a relief pitcher on thr first string"

sawamura smiled "nice to meet you riku! so you're a pitcher" he said

riku nodded "i may be a relief pitcher now but i'll definetely get that ace number!" he said

"that's the spirit!" sawamura laughed

"hey now, i dont need another one of you" miyuki said

"rude!!"

miyuki snickered "anyways i want you to take a look at his pitching, it's unique and i want your opinion as a pitcher"

"former pitcher"

"yeah yeah, is your shoulder warmed up riku?"

smack!

that pitch.

it was unique alright

a curveball that accelerates as it breaks, sawamura didn't even know that was possible

"so what do you think?" miyuki asked

"it was interesting alright, it's an amazing weapon to have" sawamura said, rubbing his chin with his thumb "but all those were balls"

miyuki sighed "that's the problem, no matter where he aims the ball always seem to break outside the zone"

"hmm i assume you have tried holding back on pitching at full strength" sawamura said

"yeah, it didn't have the same effect, the pitch is weaker and although it does go in the zone it's an easy hit"

"i see, try giving him a few days to try it out, hard practice always pays off in the end" sawamura said

"yeah that didn't really help much"

"like i said miyuki kazuya! i was a former pitcher! FORMER"

at the side the baseball team watched in awe, they respected their coach, he was strict yet kind, he pushes them everyday to grow, he gives them advice and the most noticeable feature about their coach is how he never shows his emotions as much

and yet there he was, laughing and arguing with a stranger he just randomly brought to school one day

"are they dating?"

"they definetely are"

"i didn't know coach had a boyfriend"

"guys! let's not jump to conclusions, maybe they're just close friends?"

"with THAT atmosphere? nah man"

"who do you think is the uke?"

"bro! let's not go there!!"

they continued to watch the pair as they exchanged words, smiling and yelling at each other like love birds

"oi! what are you doing just standing there! run laps now!" miyuki yelled

everyone scurried away in a hurry, jogging around the field as they were instructed

"maybe i should go back home" sawamura yawned

"oh come on, you're no fun" miyuki said

sawamura rolled his eyes "it's not like i'm doing anything here"

"oh i see, then what about keeping track of these records?"

"i'm not your manager!" sawamura yelled, then pointed at a small group of three girls "you have three amazing managers right here!"

miyuki smiled, this guy was just amazing

he decided

even if they've only met not long ago, he's gonna do it

miyuki kazuya must have him

he's gonna tell sawamura

tell sawamura how he feels

it's only a matter of how and when

at time like these there's one person he can call

now if only kuramochi would pick up his damned phone

Note:

hello again! i won't update again tomorrow btw, thank you for 100+ reads! we reached one of our goals :)

i'm planning to end this fic at 9 or 10 chapters, i'm running low on ideas lol

also i'm just excited to write my other fics as well

this chapter isn't the best and i'm sure i could do better but so much stuff has been happening to me irl and i need a break every few chapters, i hope everyone understands :<

see ya guys at chapter seven! i'll try to make the confession as unexpected and interesting as possible for you guys :3