Game of Love - KiriBaku Baseball AU

♥・♡・♥ Chapter 1 ♥・♡・♥

Hey y'all! I just wanted to make a few things clear before we get started.

1. ・❤・ means pov switch or flashback

2. If you have any questions or suggestions, let me know by messaging my account please :)

3. No racism, homophobia, transphobia, political hate, or any other kind of hate here. if you plan to do that please leave, and never come back. Everyone reading please follow these rules <333

4. NO SMUT WHATSOEVER - Sexual activities may be referenced, but please don't make me suffer through writing that. If you like that stuff go read something else :)

5. I have school, so updates may not be consistent. I will try to warn you all about longer hiatuses though

Ships:
Kiribaku
Tododeku
Erasermic
DabiHawks
Iida x Uraraka
Momo x Jirou
Denki x Shinsou
Mina x Sero
Don't hate me for these please 🙏

On with the story!!!

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"STEE-RIKE 3!" The coach shouted, sending Katsuki Bakugou back to the Spring Training dugout. He'd better practice pitching, he was better at that.

He sucked at batting, even though his family was full of famous Designated Hitters(DH). His mother Mitsuki was the first woman in the world to fight the norm and commit to baseball instead of softball.

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"Softball is for normies. I'm going to do better than that," She had said in an interview years ago.

At the start, the opposing teams went easy on her because she was supposedly a fragile female. They soon learned to respect her after she led her team in an undefeated season, winning the world series. She met Masaru, Katsuki's father on that team as well. He was the catcher and finally made a move in the final game of the world series. She earned her spot in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Masaru's heart after that game.

Eijiro Kirishima, on the other hand, did not have a history of fame and got into the Major Leagues by sheer luck. He had never met his father, and his mother was suffering from lung cancer and bound to a hospital bed for the remainder of her life. Eijiro needed to succeed. He needed to make her proud.

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Eijiro was dressed in black sweatpants and a cropped bright red hoodie with the sleeves cut off. As he entered the indoor training field, everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and turned to Eijiro. A quiet cough resonated through the dead-silent stadium.

"Who's this guy?"

"Is it a fan? We haven't even played a game yet, how?"

The young teammates whispered gossip amongst themselves about the newcomer that just walked in.

"Listen up, kids." Coach Aizawa said, making everyone shut up.

"This is Eijiro Kirishima. He's checking out how the team works to figure out if he's gonna join us or not. Try your best to be nice to him, we don't want to scare away the best candidate in the country."

Eijiro turned red with embarrassment. The last thing he wanted was special treatment from the rest of the team.

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Whatever, who cares if he's good at the game. Coach Eye-bags can't make me be nice to the damn nerd... Katsuki thought. He was still in the locker room taking a water break so he hadn't seen the newbie yet. He only heard because the stadium was too poor to get thicker walls. As he swaggered back to the rest of the team, he thought up a ton of insulting nicknames he could give the kid. He never called anyone on the team by their real names. Not like he cared to learn them anyway. He knew the newbie before he even saw him.

"Hey guys, it's nice to meet you all."

He heard the voice of his best friend from middle school, deeper now. His eyes widened with surprise. He was the new player? Katsuki wondered if he had changed at all since he had known him so long ago.

Boy, did he change. He couldn't have been less than 6 feet tall now, even taller than Katsuki himself. His hair was long, fluffy, and bright red, instead of the shorter naturally black hairstyle of middle school. His arms and his build in general was bulkier, and Katsuki felt the tips of his ears and nose heating up. No. stop. Quit it. He may be extremely attractive now, but that doesn't mean you can blush when you see him, idiot! If he's actually joining the team, it's going to be a very long season.