Love Isn't As Simple As It Should Be

Ignorance Is Bliss

The next few weeks have been uneventful for Satomi and Miyuki since the team was preparing for the summer tournament with the summer camp. Miyuki has been really busy lately. Not only did practice occupied most of his time, but he also had to deal with two different yet equally demanding pitchers, which lead to not having much time to spend with Satomi. At first, they were able to spend a couple of evenings together since there was no summer camp, but once the summer camp from hell began, it was as if he disappeared because she practically hasn't seen him for the entire week. Although she was understanding and supportive of him that didn't mean that she liked not having much contact with Miyuki and didn't miss him. Satomi did missed Miyuki dearly. A lot she might add.

Despite of his fatigue, Miyuki has tried to make time for her but Satomi always rejects the ideas. Insisting that it's better that he gets a good night of sleep. She knows that he is tired and would feel very guilty for making him spend time with her in that state. Sometimes when her female classmates ask her about her relationship with Miyuki, dying to know any juicy details about the popular pretty boy catcher, they tell her that she should be more firm and demand him to make time for her because communication is key in a relationship. Satomi understood their point and knows that communication is very important as well, but she could never bring herself to do something like that. She wanted to be supportive not just because he was her boyfriend and loved baseball, but also because she knew how things were going to be way before he even asked her to be his girlfriend. In her opinion, it would be hypocritical of her part. And in order to be supportive she couldn't be whining and complaining to him over something he has no control over. That was not the type of person that Miyuki needed.

Besides... Don't they say that distance makes the heart grow fonder? They were not really far from each other per say considering that they both lived on campus, but she guessed that the saying still applied in this situation.

At least her high school life was going smoothly and she didn't have any issues with any other students. This was a subject that worried her after that night where she overheard some girls talking behind her back. Apparently it seems like it was an isolated incident and it's not going to happen again. The only strange thing that has happened to her it's that sometimes when she goes to the bathroom in the dormitory, girls start laughing as soon as she comes in as if they were laughing about a joke that she was not let in on. However, it might be just her imagination since none of them have said anything mean to her so it should be fine. She did right in not telling Miyuki since he would just get worried and most likely get distracted from his baseball.

'Well, it seems like he doesn't need to be worried in order to not perform well." Satomi thought softly giggling to herself.

She was currently watching Seido's first game of the summer camp week from hell against Kiryu from the sidelines. It was a very tough game considering that Furuya allowed eleven runs and Seido was losing badly, but at least he just found his rhythm only to be switched out for Sawamura later. Furuya was not the only one who was having some issues with his plays. Miyuki hasn't had one single hit all day since for some strange reason he just can't get one without any runners on base. Satomi really couldn't understand why, but she just chalked it up to her not being extremely knowledgeable about baseball.

"Oi Miyuki! You better get a hit this time around since your girlfriend is watching." Kuramochi chided as if he was just reading her mind and pointed to where she was behind the fence.

Many players on the team started snickering when they realized that the catcher has been embarrassing himself in front of Satomi.

"What?!" The catcher alarmingly exclaimed as he was putting on his helmet. His eyes immediately scanned the audience looking for Satomi until his eyes dropped on her figure. There she was looking pretty as ever with a strapless white sundress. "Sa-chan?" He mostly whispered to himself when he noticed her.