Abe The Nurse [A Big Windup! Fanfic]

Chapter 8: The freckled boys troubles

Currently I was standing in the men's room with my boyfriend (it's so nice to call him that) standing next to me. Along with a clean-up hitter who was holed up in a stall, refusing to come out.

After Tajima had ran off I had only one choice, to go after him. In all honesty I kinda wanted to ditch him and just continue this trip with Mihashi, that was the whole point of coming here anyways. But Tajima did seem upset, and so after saying bye to Hanai and Mizutani I was here. In the smelly men's room. This date was such a blast so far.

"T-T-Tajima-Kun w-we...m-medicine..." Apparently Mihashi was trying to offer the other some pills for his supposed 'barfing' however I was keen enough to know Tajima wasn't sick. But why did he run off here?

After getting no response I was starting to feel fed up. This was supposed to be my date with Mihashi. Not....this. My foot made swift contact with the door, giving it a good hard kick. "Oi Tajima! Come on out man! We got things to do!" My voice rang throughout the bathroom, echoing off of the walls. I ignored Mihashi who was jumping from my loud tone. I couldn't help my loud voice after all, and besides I had every right to be pissed.

However, something made all of my personal feelings disappear.

From the stall I heard...sniffles?

Was Tajima, the optimistic annoying guy.....crying?

I felt my foot slowly sink down to the ground with each sob that began to fill the room. Silence. Except for those terrible sobs.

I glanced at Mihashi who was staring at the stall in shock, his eyes filled with worry. I slowly sighed, beginning to speak, "Hey, Tajima, man. Open the door. We should talk."

After a few moments the stall door had cracked open, and out peeked the brown puppy dog eyes of the clean up hitter. Currently those eyes were red though, their usual glimmer had faded.

I pushed my way into the stall, as did Mihashi. It was kinda crowded but it'd have to do. I opened my mouth to speak but surprisingly my pitcher had interrupted me.

"T-Tajima-Kun you....you...like...H-Hanai-Kun don't you?" The words left Mihashis lips in a curious manner.

Wait, what? Hanai?

My mouth dropped open in shock. "You mean, you don't like Mihashi?" I couldn't help those words that left my mouth.

The freckled boy blinked, looking up at me. "Mihashi....? No.....Mihashi is right....Hanai he...hmph.." The male plopped down on the closed toilet lid, his legs being pulled to his chest.

Holy shit. I mentally hit myself. All of my worrying over nothing. He actually liked that bald dorky captain. Who would've thought?

Now that I could picture it....it was a little obvious. Tajima always teasing Hanai, hanging around him, annoying him, laughing at him, there was a lot of things they did together. The more you looked at it, the more gay it became.

Well it was a little reassuring I wasn't the only homo hanging around the team.

Oh right, back to the problem at hand.

"So....seeing him with a girl...upset you..." I pieced together like I was Sherlock solving the next mystery. I sure did feel like it too.

Tajima nodded his head in response, keeping quiet for once.

I felt my expression soften. Only a little. "Hey...look man....it'll be alright...." I should probably have a medal for 'worst at helping people feel better.' I just wasn't good at all this people stuff. Especially Tajima, it was seriously strange seeing him like this.

"T-Tajima-Kun, I-I-I th-think Hanai-Kun m-may secretly....um...l-like you too!" Once again Mihashis words were catching me off guard. Geez, he was better at this than I was. And he was...you know....Mihashi.

The hopeful clean-up hitter glanced up at my pitcher, wiping his eyes. "Really....? What makes yah say that...?" He asked, his tone sounding drained.

"Um..well....e-even though h-he was with a-a girl....I-I think...Hanai-Kun just d-doesn't realize h-his feelings for you....he....does g-get flustered around you......after all..." Mihashi mumbled back, pressing the pads of his fingers together in a nervous manner.

Oh yeah, well that was true what he said. Maybe Hanai did like him?

"B-But um e-either way, T-Tajima-Kun i-is a great friend and....w-we should go a-and have fun for today...." Mihashi nodded his head, giving a weak awkward smile.

Tajima slowly smiled back, "Ah....yeah. Sorry guys." He stood, accepting a hug that Mihashi gave him.

A sigh of relief left me as I opened the stall door. "Yeah, don't worry man, I'll help you out with uh, all that." I especially wanted to now knowing it wasn't Mihashi that he liked. I felt much better about all of this, my steps feeling lighter as we left the men's room.

Unfortunately Hanai and Mizutani were standing outside waiting for us. I guess having a peaceful date with my boyfriend was impossible.

"Hey, we were worried, is Tajima alright?" Mizutani questioned, scratching his ginger-like locks with a concerned look.

"Yeah yeah, just some sickness from the rides." I lied smoothly, trying to cover up for the other boy that was currently standing next to me with Mihashi. "Anyways, where's your dates?"

"Dates?" Hanai suddenly frowned, looking confused. "What're you talking about?"

".....dude. The chicks that were hanging on you both...?" I reminded, frowning. Was Hanai really that cold of a guy?

Hanai suddenly laughed, "Oh, those girls? They're my cousins-we'd just gotten out of the haunted house, they were scared to death! I dunno about Mizutani though, if he's into Sachiko or not-" he snorted, nudging the other male with his elbow.

"Hey! I'm not!" Mizutani had a faint blush on his cheeks, nudging the other back. "Right now they're sitting at the food court waiting for us-"

"So wait, you don't have a girlfriend?" Tajima piped up suddenly, all eyes turning to him. He was directing this question to Hanai of course, his chocolate eyes staring directly at the gray eyes across from him.

Hanai shook his head, "No, gross, they're my cousins man-"

"YAY LETS GO ON THAT BIG RIDE NOW MIHASHI!" Tajima bursted out, his voice obnoxious and back to it's normal state as he suddenly ran off, pulling the nervous pitcher with him.

I couldn't help but smile a tiny bit as well. For some reason, I slightly cared. Oh no, Tajima is rubbing off on me.

"What's up with him...?" Hanai questioned, shrugging his shoulders as he watched them leave in an excited manner.

"Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough." I replied simply before turning to leave. "I'd better go save Mihashi. Catch you later man." I waved before following Tajima and Mihashi, rolling my eyes at the two children and their completely different actions as they stood in line for the large ride up ahead.

I bet the rest of this date just has to go well. Right?