Love Isn't As Simple As It Should Be

The Aftermath

It was a beautiful bright sunny day with clear blue skies. An early October breeze was blowing. 'A perfect day for practice,' Kuramochi thought while he stared at the sky. Yes, everything was perfect.

Well, except for one thing.

"You're sulking," Kuramochi deadpanned while walking along Miyuki towards the baseball field.

"Huh?" Miyuki stopped dead in his tracks.

"You're sulking," the shortstop repeated, turning to face Miyuki.

"No, I'm not," he said hastily, trying not to meet his friend's eyes.

"Yes, you are," Kuramochi insisted. "You were distracted the whole day in class. So cut the crap and tell me what's going on."

"So are you saying that you've been paying attention to me all day?" Miyuki asked with a mock innocent smile.

"What?"

"Do you have a crush on me, Mochi?" the catcher asked with an obnoxious cackle.

"What? No! Of course not, you bastard!" Kuramochi spat. "Who would have a crush on someone as twisted as you? Besides your girlfriend, of course?"

Miyuki flinched at the mention of Satomi. "Let's get going. It would look bad if both the captain and vice-captain are late to practice," he said with an eerily calm and serious tone.

Kuramochi widened his eyes in shock. Miyuki had never used that tone before. He was so surprised that he couldn't say anything in rebuttal as he watched his friend walk towards the field alone.

He decided that he was not going to question the captain for now and slowly trailed behind him. As the field came into view, he noticed that the ichinen trio was already there and Sawamura had a tire with him. 'That idiot is already overdoing it, and practice hasn't even started yet. It seems like I have to teach him a lesson,' the shortstop thought with a devilish smirk.

Just as he was going to yell at his younger roommate, he noticed that the managers were huddled together, whispering among themselves with looks of concern on their faces.

"I think something wrong happened between Satomi and Miyuki-senpai," Kuramochi heard Haruno whisper to Sachiko and Yui.

"Why?" they asked in unison.

"She's been really sad lately, even though she says she's fine," Haruno said. "Also, I noticed this morning that she's not wearing her heart locket necklace."

"And how is that weird?" Yui asked, confused.

"It's the necklace that Miyuki-senpai gave her for her birthday," the youngest manager explained.

The older girls gasped in surprise.

"Maybe they had a fight," Yui said.

"Maybe..." Haruno agreed with a crestfallen look. "But about what?"

"It's obvious that Miyuki hurt her," Sachiko scoffed. "I told her that he was no good."

Kuramochi tuned out the rest of the conversation as things became much more clear to him. So something did happen to Miyuki and he has been indeed sulking.

However, that didn't answer his other question.

What happened between Miyuki and Satomi?

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Numb.

That is just how Satomi was feeling.

Just numb.