Love Isn't As Simple As It Should Be

Going Down Memory Lane

The incident at the library disconcerted Satomi but she didn't let that affect her or how she lead her life. However, that still didn't mean that she fully understood why they did that to her. She thinks that they are most likely jealous since they are not dating Miyuki, but why go to the extent of being that mean-spirited? Satomi hasn't done anything to them and it was not as if she forced Miyuki to date her. Especially since she is younger than him and they attended different schools for a whole year. Miyuki chose her and only her. At least she only just has to endure passive aggressive behavior from the older girls time to time. Satomi could deal with that since she wasn't being directly bullied by anyone. Hopefully it just stayed like that.

At first, it was hard to shake off the incident but then she could successfully put it in the back of her head. Hanging out with Haruno or her baseball friends along with her art offered a nice distraction. Satomi hasn't told anyone anything because quite frankly she finds the whole thing embarrassing and she would also hate for them to worry about her. She would especially hate it if Miyuki were to worry about her or even worse... Get mad. Satomi has only seen her boyfriend get mad once and it was so scary because he was like an entirely different person. At least he wasn't mad at her and he just got mad because he was defending her against some creepy guy who was harassing her. While she was scared she couldn't deny that it was... Nice to see. He always had a way of making her feel safe.

If only she could get that feeling more often. Miyuki was even more busy than usual because of the summer tournament. Satomi hasn't had much contact with him to the point that she was forgetting how he looked like. Alright, maybe she is being a tad dramatic. There is no way that you could ever forget a face like that, but she still missed him tremendously nonetheless. At least now with the summer tournament she could see him play in games which she enjoyed very much. Even if it was so scorching hot that not even her white tank top and denim shorts offered her some kind of relief.

"That's it? The game is already over?" Satomi asked the managers who were excited along with the team in the bleachers.

Seido won their first game of the summer tournament 11-0.

"Yes! If you score a lot of points to the point that it's hard for the other team to get them back, the game gets called after only five innings." Takako explained to her while she hugged Haruno who was next to her.

Satomi gasped in mild surprise while scanning the field where the players were going back to the dugout. Both Furuya and Sawamura did amazing. Everyone was going crazy over the monster rookie and Satomi guessed that Furuya's popularity was only going to grow from now on. She then looked at Miyuki who looked as if he was up to no good again.

Satomi couldn't wait to meet him outside and congratulate him.

*Time Skip*

"Congratulations guys, you did really well!" She gushed to the two the first year pitchers.

"Thank you Nakamura-san!" Sawamura said enthusiastically pleased with being praised.

"No, they didn't," Miyuki chimed in with a cocky grin as he interrupted them and hugged Satomi from behind who narrowed her eyes at him. "But we will talk about that when we get to campus later." He added turning to the pitchers with a devious smile.

Both Furuya and Sawamura froze not wanting to imagine how they would be lectured by the catcher.

"You just couldn't let them have this with me." Satomi lightly chastised him while pinching his cheek.

"You already know me," The catcher chuckled. "Besides I don't know why would you praise them when you could praise me." He teased.

"You are being mean so you don't deserve it." She joked.