Imperfect Romance: One-shot Series

Playing Cupid

"You will not believe what Midori told me," Ai said, lightly bouncing up and down in excitement next to Miyuki.

"Will I care?" he sarcastically asked, leaning down on her couch.

Ai lightly punched him on the arm. "Rude!"

"What? I thought that we were going to watch one of your dramas," the catcher replied, motioning to the flat-screen TV. It was paused on the image of a couple.

Ai just shrugged. "We can just watch it later."

"I just don't want you blaming me for distracting you like you always do!" Miyuki warned her.

"I won't," Ai insisted. "What? Do you want to watch it that bad?" she asked in teasing tone.

Miyuki stiffened. "W-what? No, of course not," he stammered. "I just thought you wanted to watch it since you made me come here."

"Oh my goodness, you do want to watch the show," Ai said, laughing.

He blushed. "No! I only watch this because you make me!" Miyuki maintained angrily.

"Sure, sure,"

"I don't like this!"

"Alright, if you say so," she teased in a sing-song tone.

"Whatever! What did Sato-san tell you?" Miyuki asked, desperately trying to change the subject.

Ai started clapping. "She told me that she was the one who wrote the letter to Kuramochi-kun."

Miyuki shot her a confused look. "Really?"

Ai nodded.

"I've would never guess it was her."

Ai giggled. "Tell me about it."

"So is she mad at Kuramochi for not meeting up with her?"

"She didn't show up because she got cold feet at the end," Ai replied.

"WHAT? So I was wrong?" the catcher asked shocked.

"In more ways than you imagine."

Miyuki narrowed his brown eyes at her. "What do you mean?"

"She didn't even know that there was a courtyard behind the school."

"Idiots," Miyuki deadpanned.

"I know," Ai said in the same tone. "But that just means that they can be good for each other."

"Well... I don't know about that," he said in a doubtful tone.

Now it was Ai's turn to narrow her eyes. "What do you mean?"

"Well..." Miyuki began.

"You're still here?" Miyuki asked as he entered his room.

Kuramochi was still in the same position that he left when he went to visit Ai.

"Don't you get tired of playing video games?" Miyuki teasingly asked him another question while he took off his sneakers.

"I stopped playing a while ago," Kuramochi replied, blankly staring at the TV screen in front of him.

"So you've been blankly staring into space?" Miyuki asked jokingly.

"Basically."

His frank answer caught Miyuki off guard. The catcher quietly approached him and sat next to him on the floor. "What's going on?" he asked concerned. He had never seen Kuramochi act this strange before.