Why I hate him

10th Reason

*During Practice*

Here I am on the batters box, with a pitching machine, that's right, the practice of batting is not cancelled, it was only moved so that I can have enough time to rest and not force my body, looks like they are still curious about what I can do, I didn't even know that we were gonna do it again, I only found out this afternoon, at our lunch break

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"I hate that tanuki bastard...... He gave me mix signals" I mumbled to myself

*Ding* *Ding*

I heard the bell ring, signaling our lunch break, I sigh and lean down towards my bag to get my lunch, which consist of a hotdog shaped like an octopus, an omelet, some green vegetables and rice

"Ei-kun!" I got so surprise that I fell backwards on my chair

"I think I saw stars and two......Haruichi?" shaking my head, I blink rapidly and Haruichi help me up, clearly concern, while Furuya..... is already sitting, probably daydreaming

After me and Haruichi are done, my chair is already arrange, I sit down and said "What do you want Haruichi?" He, again, sent me an apologetic look, before saying

"Coach said that the batting practice is today, so be ready"

In that moment, if I've been drinking, He's probably already dripping wet, instead I shouted "WHAT?!?"

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Yeah you see my struggles?, Anyway, I was situated between Haruichi and..... Kuramochi-Senpai, though next to Kuramochi-Senpai is..... Furuya

"Ready Ei-Kun?" "Show us what you got Bakamura" said Haruichi and Kuramochi-Senpai, meanwhile coach is watching us, specifically, me

I shook it off and thought 'Would I even hit it?', then a ball come flying and I swing my bat earlier, I didn't hit it, I'm too nervous, then I stood straight, I remember Akiko's words

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"Imagine the ball is your problems, It's coming to you, fast, and imagine that your bat is the solution, what are you gonna do?..." I stare at him and said "Hit It!

He laugh and said "First you should look carefully at your problems, time it slowly, never run away, never look away, and hit it with all you've got!"

I look at him again and said "What if I didn't hit it? If I miss?"

He's still looking at me when he said "In playing baseball, you gotta grab any chance that you have, That's why baseball is a risky game, because we all don't know if our bat would hit the ball..... Yet..... We still take the risk" I look at Akiko with an inspired look

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The real question is... 'Would I take the risk?' I thought, I didn't have enough time to think because just then, the ball came flying in my direction

I stomp my left feet on the ground and, I can see the ball infront of me, near me, without thinking, I close my eyes, and swing my bat, Everyone stood still, staring, mouth agape, When I turn to look at them

I look at the flying ball and Just in time, the ball hit the yellow colored pole

"I hate Miyuki because.... He doesn't help me became a better pitcher and batter"