Home Run

Part 1

"Ren, did you weigh yourself this morning?"

Mihashi looked up from his sports bag, which his was busy trying to fit all of his stuff into. He smiled at his boyfriend, "Yep! I gained two pounds!"

His smiled was returned with a calmer, less excited, but still caring one by his catcher/boyfriend, "Good. We need to keep you in tip-top shape for the tournament that's coming up. Can't have our ace passing out in the middle of a game, now can we?" Abe put is attention back to putting up his catchers gear. Abe seemed to be more cheery than usual, which as a little odd, but Mihashi wasn't going to complain. "U-umm… Takaya," Mihashi nervously kicked some dirt on the ground, "Thanks for always taking care of me…" He could feel his cheeks getting warm. Abe gave his boyfriend a peck on the cheek, making the blush already on his face slightly darker than it already was, "Don't mention it. Let's get going, we're gonna be late for class."

"R-right!"

The battery then left the practice field walking side by side to their first class of the school day. It had been a year since their team of freshmen had come together and they were now in their second year of high school. New freshmen had joined the team but all the original team members where still there. Sadly Mihashi and Abe still weren't in the same class. Tajima was the only one of his teammates that was in the same class as Mihashi. Which was just fine with Mihashi, Tajima had always been the easiest person for him to talk to on the team. After morning classes the pitcher and cleanup batter ate lunch together just like they always had. Some things never change.

"So…. How are things between you and Abe, hmmm?" Tajima always asked him stuff like that and he always had this smirk on his face, like he was going to hear juicy details or something. No matter how many times he asked it always made Mihashi blush.

"F-fine. Everything's great!" Mihashi smiled.

Tajima gave that signature grin of him his once again, "That's awesome. I'm really happy for you, Mihashi. It's not very often that a person finds their true love in their first love. I'm jelious…"

This statement startled Mihashi, "Jelious?"

"Believe it or not, I've had many loves…. But none of them ever seemed to last that's long…"

"But… What about Hanai? You guys have been together for a pretty long time…. R-right?"

"Hanai doesn't count."

"H-huh! Why?"

"Hanai….. isn't a 'love'…. he's a soulmate."

Mihashi wasn't sure what to say. It's not very often you hear Tajima sound so sencier and serious about, well, anything. However the sinsarity seemed to leave as quickly as it came.

"So….. I'm curious. How far have you and Abe actually gotten?"

"H-h-huuhh!" Mihashis face was lit up like fire engine. "I-I-I-I-I d-d-don't know w-what you mean…."

"Come on, Mihashi! You can tell mmmeeee!~ Just say a base, pppllleasseeee?"

Mihashi shifted and looked franticly around the room for several minutes before looking down and mumbling, "3rd…a-and a half? ... I think…"

"And a half? How do get to a half with something like that?"

"W-well….we almost did…..b-but I umm…."

"You freaked out at the last minute, huh?"

Mihashi looked down at his desk in embaressment. The cleanup hitter put a reassuring hand on his ace friends shoulder, "Hey, don't worry about it. It's normal to freak out about something like that. Heck, it would be weird if you DIDN'T freak out."

"I just don't want to disappoint Abe…."

"Oh, PUH-LEASE!… You have him wrapped around your little finger," Tajima said as his held up his pinky, "He'd jump off a cliff if you asked him to. Trust me, you could never disappoint him."

Mihashi smiled.

Tajima always knew just what to say to give him that little confidence booster that he needs.

School was over and Tajima and Mihashi were the last ones in the classroom, there was no rush since there was no afternoon practice today.

"Mihashi!

Both Mihashi and Tajima both wiped their heads twards the class room doorway, where no one other than their dark haired catcher stood. Tajima gave Mihashi a light punch on the shoulder, "Go get 'em, tiger." With a nod and a blush Mihashi stood up and left the room with Abe hand in hand. As they were leaving the school grounds Abe turned to his boyfriend, "There's no practice today, what do you wanna do?" he asked, "We could go get something to eat or see a movie…" His words trailed off as the small blonde pitcher leaned onto his shoulder and untwined their fingers so he could wrap both hands around Abes' arm. "Ren….?"

"We could go back to my house….." Mihashi said quietly, almost whispering.

"Are you sure?"

Mihashi nodded, "Mom's gonna be home later than usual…."

Abe was a little confused by how….how….UN-Mihashi like his boyfriend was acting. It was almost unheard of for him to take inishiative like this, not that it's anything to complain about, Abe just wasn't sure how to react to it.

"T-takaya?" Abe was brought back to earth by a stuttering voice. He looked down at the pitcher who was now looking up at him instead of at the sidewalk like he was a minute ago.

"We don't have to go to my place…. We can go somewhere else if you want to…"

Great. The last thing he needed to do was make his beloved ace feel insecure. Cursing himself on the inside, he gave Mihashi a loving and reassuring smile, "Don't be ridiculous, I'm fine going anywhere as long as it's with you."

With a blush on his face Mihashi gave Abe a big smile, "Let's go then!" He then proceeded to drag Abe the rest of the way there.

I AM SO SORRY. I know, I know this took forever! I've been really busy lately… School's been kicking my ass…. I haven't really had time to write. This was all I could manage. But par 2 will be posted as SOON AS POSSIBLE. I hope you enjoy part 1!