@ Her Awesome Holiness: It doesn't make you a bad person but it makes me wonder what and why you were laughing??
@ fallenxangel24952: I'll try to minimize the damage on Maimi (no promises though
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@ abok: Maimi's adopted parents actually, because Maimi is an orphan.
Chapter 4Airi POVMiya was especially anxious today because of the tryouts and I was surprised because I honestly didn’t think Miya was the sporty type. When the bell rang at the end of the day, we all went to our respective lockers before meeting at Miya’s like we agreed to.
“Yo! Miya!” Maasa-chan high-fived Miya, giving me a nod, while Chinami-chan and Kumai-san did the same “you ready?”
“Ready as I’ll ever be” I took a look at our mini group and I’ve got to admit we were a big group that was supportive of each other
“Maasa-chan!!” I turned to see Chisa and Nakky hand in hand, followed by Rii-chan and Momo “You going for tryouts too?”
“Yep, was talked into it by a classmate earlier in the year” Chisa and Maasa-chan exchanged high-fives.
“We should start heading there or we will be late” Kumai-san commented as she looked at her watch, before tugging Chinami-chan with her.
Those that were trying out, in particular, Maasa-chan, Chisa, Miya and Kumai-san, went to get changed whereas the rest of us went to the bleachers to watch with the exception of one who put on a baseball cap and ran to the fields as well
“Nee, nee Rii-chan, where is your girlfriend going?” I asked watching Momo run, butt sticking out, pinkies in the air
“Oh, she’s going to persuade the captain and coach to be the manager of the team” Rii-chan replied nonchantedly in which we nodded
There was a moment of silence for all of us to register what Rii-chan just told us before our eyes popped out and we did a double take “EH?!!~~~”
Rii-chan looked at us and just shrugged “I don’t know why but that’s what Momochi said she’s going to do”
Chinami snorted “I doubt she’ll make it, I mean no offense Risako-chan but the team will probably go downhill with Momo as manager because she’ll probably mess things up somewhere”
“None taken, that’s exactly what I told Momochi”
“I rephrase Chisa’s statement, how did you ever hook up with Momo?” Nakky chimed in
“Well Momochi said she had a high chance of it happening so I didn’t say anything”
“How?”
“Momochi kinda knows the captain of the team from knowing the captain of the dance club or something”
“Oh! I think I know who she is referring to” Chinami-chan declared with a finger in the air like ‘I’ve got it’ “The short and tall combo” The girls and I gave Chinami-chan a confused look “You know the duet, one older and one my age”
“Chinami-chan you’re going to have to be more specific” I was still unsure who she was referring to and by the faces of the others, they don’t have a darn clue either
“Come! It’s easier for you to see than for me to describe them. If I’m not mistaken then one should be sitting in the stands too” Chinami-chan went ahead while we followed until she stopped all of a sudden causing a bit of a crumpling effect “See that’s one half of the duet” Chinami-chan pointed at a girl sitting on the bleachers absorbed with something, homework? I presume “And that” she pointed to a girl stretching “is the other one”
We watched as Momo skipped right up to the stretching one and tapped her shoulder. We all watched as she pointed at the one on the bleachers before reverting our gaze back to see how Momo was going to make it as manager. We could clearly see that Momo was pleading and begging before she made it because Momo jumped up and down grinning while the girl that was stretching just walked off towards the other players and the coach.
We were all taking a seat expecting Momo to come back but the girl seemed to have said something to Momo in which Momo disappeared but minutes later Momo was slowly walking out dragging this bag behind her. I was curious as to what was inside the bad that Momo was struggling with. I watched the girl look in Momo’s direction before jogging over and lifted the bag over her shoulder with such ease I couldn’t help but giggle at the look on Momo’s face
“Did you guys see that?” Chinami-chan’s voice rang amongst us
“Yeah, that girl totally just owned Momo, picking up that bag with ease” commented Rii-chan
Moments later the girl put the bag down and unzipped it to reveal baseball helmets, gloves, some wooden bats and catcher gear. My jaw dropped at how much that bag could have weighed. I watched as Miya went over to grab a glove with Maasa-chan and Chisa while the girls were still in awe. Maasa-chan exchanged some words to the girl, who bore no real expression but did a light bow before walking off.
We stayed and watched our girls throwing, batting and catching, cheering them on when it was their turn and yelling out words of encouragement when they messed up. Before long they were leaving to get changed which is our cue to wait for them by the locker room. Unexpectedly, my eyes landed on the stretching girl who was walking over to the bleachers and clearly I could see the shorter one was right down at the border separated by a fence where they were talking
“Nee, nee Chinami-chan, are the duets dating?” I could hear Rii-chan wondering, I guess she noticed it too
“Those 2 are a mystery to most of us, a lot of us assumed they were because they were practically joined at the hips but I don’t think anyone really knows the relationship between the two”
“They do act like it though” I turned to see Momo there beaming at us
“I guess you are manager now?”
“Not yet Airin, I have to go through a trial or something”
“Looks like they don’t really need you though because that one girl totally could handle everything” Nakky teased earning her a glare
“For your information, that was the captain of the team and she can’t manage if she’s training and playing”
“So what made you convince her to give you a chance?” Rii-chan asked on behalf of all of us
“Captain” we all looked at each other, not really understanding her one word answer “Captain” Momo pointed at the girls separated by a fence “The one not on the baseball team but in the dance club has a nickname, that being Captain”
“Let’s walk over to wait for the girls but Momo I still don’t understand, this Captain isn’t the captain on the baseball team so how does that work?” I walked ahead of everyone else heading towards the change rooms
“Well Airin, I asked the dance captain about asking the baseball captain if I could get a chance during one of my classes. Captain told me the baseball team was looking for a manager and you know me, I’m not sportive but it’ll look good for me to be actively participating in a school team”
“Some manager” Chisa snorted walking towards us
“Hey, it was only my first try, you can’t say I won’t get better” Momo retorted pleading with her eyes for Rii-chan to back her up
“Yabai!!! That was harsh” Miya walked out fanning herself, dragging her feet
“If you thought that was bad, I can’t imagine how you’ll survive going forward” Maasa-chan patted Miyabi on the shoulder chuckling “If I’m not mistake it will only get tougher”
Miya groaned causing a round of laughter “Kami-sama, please save me before I die young and beautiful”
Laughter could be heard from behind us, directing all of our attention to see the duet, taller one’s arm around the shoulders of the shorter one. They notice our group and gave us a smile and a nod, well more like the shorter one gave us a smile whereas the taller one only gave us a nod, before heading towards the change room together. I was about to turn to the group once again but I noticed that Miya hasn’t stopped staring at the closed change room doors. A smile crept up on my face as I whispered to her “Someone caught your fancy? Tall or short?”
Miya jolted a bit as I giggled “I-I don’t know what your talking about, but I find the tall one oddly familiar”
“Duh! She’s your captain”
“No, I mean from somewhere else” I rolled my eyes totally not believing her
Topic: Finding Bliss - Chapter 12 - updated 3/7 (Read 8890 times)