MIRACLE

chapter 3

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" i will enroll to seido next month."

that sentence made my mom turn around , doubt written on her face. She slowly put the plates down onto the sink and walked up to me , cupping my face."are you okay? do you need to go to the hospital?" the worried feeling emitting from her went straight to father , who was walking downstairs from the room. 

father looked at the both us in the middle of the hallways and he sighed. He knew that her reaction would be like that , so he put his hands on her hands that were on my face and budged her to let go. " although it's quite far away from home , i will be staying in dorms so I won't be alone. I can make friends on my own , I can actually , just maybe apply for the baseball club to show them i'm serious about the sport. just like how how you were serious with yours." Mother looked down onto the wooden planks that we call our home floor. 

Father held onto mom's shoulders , afraid that she would collapse at any moment. she was anticipating for me to actually stay homeschooled until university because she believes that just her and father's teaching alone will make me smart. But i'm not talking about just academics. There is alot of aspects in life that I need to improve on. Just staying with them will make me get too comfortable and the next time , I wouldn't even want to get out of my comfort zone and that isn't something I want for my future self either. 

he nods at me , congratulating me for actually stepping out and telling her myself. In the car this afternoon , I actually asked him to tell mother for me instead of myself , because I know she would listen to him and not me. But , he told me that breaking the news to her myself is better because then she will know that its sincere , that I actually want to attend high school. But he isn't fully approved of it either. 

"I hope you know what your doing. even if you ask us to transfer you to another school , we won't waste our money again. sending you to a school is already good money spent." Father stared at me with fierceness glinting in his eyes. Of course he would tell me that , mom and dad likes to think that school fees are a waste of money. 

I gave him a grin and patted his back in assurance. "I wont't regret!"

the times where i wasn't so sure of myself made me feel like i wasn't confident and the feeling isn't so pleasant to say the least.

but this time , i'm reassured i want to go to seido.

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I stared at the big school with my duffel bag hanging beside my small frame. the exterior of the school itself is already very intimidating , i just hope the students aren't.

i walked around the school grounds with the duffel bag , amazed by how an actual school looks like overall. i mean , the school's near my school looks very ... worn down so of course that didn't catch my attention.

I was walking pass a baseball field and i saw students there practicing. my eyes sparkled and i dropped my duffel bag , the sudden energy from my legs sparked and i ran to the fence area , seeing the different positions of the baseball field.

they looked like they were starting a game cause i saw a pitcher and catcher getting into their positions and a plump guy standing at the home plate with a bat and a helmet. "come at me!" the big guy exclaimed and the pitcher had determination in his eyes. He lift both of his arms next to the right side of his head , lifting his left leg , from the force of his left leg to his arms as he swing his right arm , letting go of the ball , straight to the catcher's mitt.

The catcher grinned devilishly as the ball fit into the glove perfectly. the pa! sound. It sounded so perfect. The batter's eyed widened with his mouth agape. How the hell ... his pitch speed looks so fast but its only at 72km/h. The woman smirked at the three of them before walking away , probably about to get the papers to let the pitcher sign so he could enroll to the school in no time.

But , of course , the batter wasn't going to let him get away. His confident demeanour wasn't going to let his pride fall down like an airplane crash. He pointed the bat at the pitcher to give the signal that he would like for him to pitch again.

and so he did. And this time he didn't succeed.

The batter managed to bat this one out to a homerun but he didn't run. He gave the pitcher a smirk before walking away, throwing the helmet and bat next to the home base. Even though the pitcher didn't managed to pass , he still grinned.

I smiled at his facial expression. Seeing the determination never wavering even though he lost made him a mystery to me more. wait , he looks familiar. 

I squinted my eyes to get a better look at him until , is that sawamura ?

The pitcher looked up and saw my figure standing at behind the fences before he shouted at me and waved. I got out of my daze and pointed at myself , me? I turned behind and no one was behind me.

The catcher looked behind as well and laughed hysterically when he saw how stupid I was. Of course I was the only one. It was already 5.30pm, everyone would be leaving the school from the other clubs except for the baseball club because they had dorms provided so they could stay at the field for as long as they liked.

" yes. you!" the pitcher shouted and I smiled sheepishly. I mouthed a sorry and walked to where they were. Opening the fence doors , I strided to them with confidence radiating from me while the boys oogle at my figure. I mean , I'm not wearing much. Just a plain white tee I got from uniqlo and grey sweatpants.

The woman standing at the side walked up to him too and she gave me a warm smile.

"welcome to seido. I've seen you at sawamura's match a few weeks ago." Her glasses glinted as she continued. "you look like the type to examine people through observation so I actually wanted to recruit you as well. But I didn't think you would already be enrolled into the school."

I scratched my neck. Of course she would say that , my dad left after the game , so I have a feeling she would say that because of my father.

" I used to play baseball in my previous school so I have experience with guys if you didn't know." I stated. Sawamura thought of that sentence as an offence and gave me an offended face in return to my sentence.

"My name is rei takashima. I'm the assistant coach and scout for seido baseball team. I just know coach kataoka will love you." rei had mischief written all over her face. Weirded out by her , I just gave her a hesitant look before looking at the catcher still standing at the side.

When he saw my eyes move to his already standing frame , he walked towards the three of us , with his eyes still on mine , looking like he's stripping me with just his eyes alone. Reaching to us , he put one arm around my shoulder.

" Welcome to seido Princess."