Imperfect Romance

Unveiling Secrets

Losing the summer tournament was a devastating blow to both the Seido team and Miyuki himself. Going to Koshien is Miyuki's biggest dream and he along with the team were only a step away from attaining that dream. The last couple of weeks have been very rough to the Seido baseball team since everyone was pretty depressed. Emotions such as sadness, anger, disappointment, and guilt were running rampant across the campus. At first, Miyuki found this to be suffocating and usually sought refuge in Ai's house. It was not as if Miyuki was unsympathetic or didn't understand their feelings. It was actually quite the opposite. He knew how they felt all too well, which is why he escaped from them in multiple occassions. Sensing all that negative energy just made him feel worse and more guilty. Sometimes he couldn't help but to feel responsible for their loss.

Ai was a great help to Miyuki and there were no words describe how grateful he feels to have her in his life. When she first made him talk about how he felt about their loss and Chris-senpai, for the first time in a long time he felt as if an immense amount of weight was lifted off his shoulders. Since he didn't have any friends Miyuki seldom spoke about his feelings or hardships so it was a new experience to him. Talking to Ai felt so easy since she was supportive and was always there eager to listen to whatever he had to say. Not to mention how amazing it feels to lay on her chest and receive her relaxing scalp massages.

Miyuki did end up getting over the loss the next day just like he told Ai he would. He watched the video of their game, noted what were the issues with himself and the team, and started working on it right away. Miyuki did noticed that his actions rubbed his teammates the wrong way since he didn't waste time moping around, but he didn't care what they thought of him since his priority was to finally go to Koshien, and they only had few opportunities to achieve that goal. Although sometimes the feelings of guilt would gnaw at him in the back of his head, he always tried his best to shake them away, and concentrate on practicing.

His teammates also did their best to move forward despite being overwhelmed by all the different negative emotions. Their off-season summer training menu was very intense and didn't fail to kick their asses everyday. But no one was truly complaining. If it helped them to become better players then they would gladly go through that hell. Miyuki thought that the summer was going to be uneventful since they were only going to practice, but he was wrong. One day, Rei-chan brought a prospective new player. His name was Sawamura Eijun.

Sawamura Eijun was a loud-mouth kid who had guts. Whether it was because he was a stupid country bumpkin or courageous, Miyuki didn't know. He just knew that the kid had guts. He caught Miyuki's attention when he defended Nori from Azuma-senpai and challenged him on the field even though he didn't know him. But what definitely piqued Miyuki's interest was his pitching. He had both a weird form and fastball that was hard to catch. Miyuki thought he had a lot of potential and that things could get very interesting and exciting if Sawamura decided to join the team in the spring. But only time will tell.

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The summer flew by and now it was almost October. The weather was getting colder and the trees were slowly dying only to be reborn months later. Miyuki didn't have a preference when it came to the different seasons, but he liked fall well enough. It was not hot like summer so practice was easier around this time of the year and it was not as cold as winter so he didn't have to freeze his ass out while he was out in the field.

The fact that it was fall meant some other things that Miyuki didn't even knew about. Apparently the school was preparing for their annual sports festival, but since he was a member of the baseball team he didn't have to participate. It was not a surprise that Miyuki or the other players for that matter didn't really know much about it since they were always busy practicing. Usually this would go unnoticed by Miyuki and he wouldn't pay too attention to it, but the sports festival concerned Ai and therefore affected Miyuki.