Unconditional

By: bloodysword99

"Unconscious"

"That's all today! Be sure to be here early for practice!"

With that note, Couch Momoe ended the training that late afternoon. The team bowed to their strong willed female couch and dispersed. The sky was already orange and the sun was just about to set that very day when Ren Mihashi unchained his bike and headed home with the team.

"Hey, Mihashi!"

The boy jolts hearing his name, he turns quickly and nervously to the caller. It was Tajima.

"I know this great Ramen shop, Me and Hanai are gonna grab some! Wanna come?" Hooking his harm on Mihashi neck almost dismantling it from his spine, He offered but the boy timidly shook his head trying his best to answer properly.

"N-N-No, t-t-t-thanks." They all waked and chatted until they parted ways.

After saying their goodbyes to the rest of their team, Mihashi was left with the naggiest person who he fears the most, Takaya Abe. Don't get him wrong. He's a nice person and he's a great catcher but he just has this personality that was scary and anti-friendly. It torments the fragile boy to be close to a being with such negative energy and that's just when he doesn't talk to him. The moment Abe opens his mouth, he feels like his whole world is shaking. He would turn to jelly the moment he gets mad for his stuttering speech. Despite that kind of personality, Mihashi can't help but love him.

"Mihashi." He jolts and squeals.

"I'll be heading home." So shallow, so cold, it's his voice but it always makes his heart melt.

"Y-Yeah, S-s-s-see you."

He wanted to say something before he left yet he swallowed his words watching him leave on his bike. Mihashi wasn't coward. No, he wasn't at all. In fact, he was much lower than that. He utterly terrified for no reason like the world hated him. He feels like no one in this whole wide universe could stand him. He believed in that for so many years. And now, the person who he fears and most likely hates (even though he doesn't really) Is the only person he wants to be loved by. (Excluding his family of course!)

And his name is Abe.

While he was sulking in his own feeling for his catcher, he attempted to ride his bike and be on his way home. He was now peddling slowly. Then, Mihashi squeals and miss his footing by seeing a black mass in front of him. He misleads his bike to the garbage cans and the next thing he knows it he was under the dark night embedded with stars.

"H-H-How long…" Blinking blankly a few times before sitting up, he finds something on his lap. A black rounded object? A Toy maybe?

He rubs his eyes and his vision cleared. It wasn't really a toy. It was like a small bunny. Well, its ears were droopy bunny ears and his body was round. What a weird creature? Was this the one he saw…?

"O-O-O-O-Oh no! Did I k-k-k-kill it?" Fearing he might have hit it with his bike, he pokes it first and gently scoops it with his hands nervously…

He shook it gently and then just like that, it woke up. It yawned in Mihashi's face. Its mouth was huge. But that wasn't what made him jump, it was the fact that the bunny…

"Mokona had a great nap!"

The black bunny talked.

"Ahhhhhhh!" Mihashi released the creature and pushed himself to the corner crying.

"Ouch! That hurt!"

In shock, Ren couldn't bear to move at all. He froze there, tears in his eyes and trembling. While the black bunny thing dusted itself off, it turned to Mihashi and stared long and hard.

"Your soul…" It started off scarily. It jumped towards Mihashi and he just went berserk but still couldn't leave that spot. Making wild waving arm gestures and stuttering some mumbles and vowels, the pitcher cried and cried.

"It's soooo rare! So clean! So fragile! So innocent!"

"O-O-O-Oh…W-wa-wa-wa!" More vowels by Mihashi.

"Yuko will love you!"

"A-Ah! E-E-E-Eh! O-O-O-Oh!" Still vowels from Mihashi.

The black thing kissed him lightly on the cheek which made him panics even more. Once it jumped off him, it burped loudly and came out a silver disk talisman. The necklace was spit out and hung on Mihashi's neck.

"We'll be meeting you soon!" Then, once the black thing was out of sight, Ren blacked out.

"A-Abe-kun…" He uttered wishing he was with his catcher.