i think i can love you | miyamura x oc

reoccuring dreams [ch. 37]

(TW: MENTIONS OF SU!C!DE)

"So, you have a crush on Miyamura-san, huh?" Unabi, one of Tarui's team members on the soccer team said in a teasing tone as she adjusted her nikes. "Obviously, Unabi! I've stated that like, ten times already! Stop trying to act like it's a new thing!" Tarui groaned and rolled her eyes as she tightened her ponytail which rested just in the middle of her scalp. "Jeez, chill." Unabi sighed as Tarui gave her a rude stare and left the changing rooms to go out onto the field.

On the field, Tarui was met with the other eleven people in the university soccer team. The Nihon-Toitsu girls soccer team was one of the most successful ones in the university district. They won almost every competition, championship, and tournament there ever was. Their trophy case was even so full that they had to install another two just to hold all their awards. And that was something Tarui w as way to boastful and braggy about. As Tarui was grasping her whistle, in the corner of her eye, she noticed Miyamura normally typing on his laptop by the sta nds. He seemed to be paying to attention to the soccer practice, but Tarui took it as a chance to show off anyway.

"Okay, everyone! Find yourself a partner and do two hundred sit ups," Tarui blew on her whistle and blushed at bit at the thought of Miyamura, all with keeping an angry and bossy face on. The girls on her team had their jaws to the floor. Some of them even started quivering. "B-but T-T-Taikichi-san-." Riona, wearing two plaits on her head slowly raised her index finger up to object sheepishly, but Tarui's eyebrow twitched in slight embarrassment because someone was opposing to her orders. Tarui was sightly taken aback, but she collected herself and blew her whistle as loud as she could until her face went fully red. Tarui saw Miyamura flinch a bit from the loud whistle and look up at Tarui from the stands with a confused face. Tarui blushed immensely and gave him a nervous smile as the girls immediately began doing sit ups. With no complains this time.

Tarui began working the team to the bone to the point where they were all sweating buckets. "T-Taikichi, it's been two hours... c-can we take a brea-." Another girl, Shura, put her hands on her knees and was barely breathing out any words with a faint wheeze coming into her voice now and then. Tarui blew on her whistle just as loudly as before once again as Shura jumped in the sudden noise and continued to do the exercises that Tarui had given them in utter fear and exhaustion. Tarui then noticed Miyamura walking towards her in the from the sidelines, and her heart fluttered as she quickly fixed her hair and aggressively whispered at her team to work harder. Miyamura walked up to her with a concerned face, switching his gaze between her and the labouring soccer team.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your erm... training session," a single sweat dropped from Miyamura's head as he looked over at the soccer team, who were barely able to cope for much longer. "But don't you think that the team deserves a break? Then again, I shouldn't be ordering you around but... they do look pretty worn out." Miyamura said awkwardly, afraid of scolding as Tarui turned as white as a ghost, and her face expression as firm as a stone. "B-b-but... I was doing this all just t-t-." Taikichi looked pretty depressed and distraught as Miyamura tilted his head. Tarui's fists clenched as her face went tomato red from embarrassment. She then turned her back on Miyamura and raised her hand, signalling for the girls to take a break. The whole team all let go sighs of relief as tears of humiliation suddenly started forming in Tarui's eyes. Although Miyamura couldn't see her crying, he could feel her embarrassment from there. "I-I mean, I really shouldn't be o-ordering you around-." Miyamura awkwardly chuckled as Tarui started stomping towards the changing rooms. "WHATEVER!" She yelled as she bolted away from him.

As soon as Tarui entered the changing rooms, she immediately burst into tears. Tarui was clearly distraught and was not afraid to show it. The whole team stared at her in confused as Tarui suddenly started babbling out words in between sobs and sniffles. "I trained all of you so hard today so I could impress Miyamura-san! But he wasn't impressed! He...he...he..." Tarui broke into a sniffling fit, trying hard for snot not to come running down her face. "HE TOLD ME WHAT TO DO!!" Tears started flooding out of Tarui's eyes, and it seemed like they were unstoppable. Even after all that Tarui had put the team though, the girls still went over to hug her, even if it meant their soccer uniforms getting tear-stained and ruined.