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Well, usually people say that people are often attracted to people that have what they don't, but in this case, it was their similarity that brought them together.
Chihaya Shunpei and Todo Aoi, both quit baseball after losing to the two geniuses, Kaname Kei and Kiyomine Haruka.
As if like injured dogs trying to comfort one another, Chihaya and Todo somehow got together, in a kind of weird way. They both spied on the baseball team training.
They didn't know when it started, but they would both meet at the foyer, change their shoes and make their way to the baseball field together. "Can you stop following me?" Chihaya said, pushing up his glasses. "You are the one who is following me. I got here first." Todo huffs. Chihaya pinches the bridge of his nose as he thinks about the current situation. Both of them were too obssessed with Kaname and Kiyomine, that it has basically taken up their lives.
"So, you had quit baseball because of them too huh?" Todo asks as he leans against the fencing. "It is too obvious, isn't it?" Chihaya has a deprecating smile on his lips.
"Well, I mean, this school didn't have a baseball team until this year, so it honestly wasn't too hard to guess. Plus, i came here for the exact same reason, so i cant really say much." Todo looked over at Chihaya.
They were silent for a bit. Honestly, they don't know how to respond. After all, they still couldn't face their internal fears, and to face someone, who like them, had abandoned baseball, was something they were unable to do at the moment, not yet. They aren't ready.
"Let's go to a cafe or something. Standing here isn't my thing." Todo says as he looks longingly at the field in front of him.
Chihaya shrugged, but started walking towards the front gate, Todo following close behind.
The walk to the cafe was quiet. Both formulating what they were about to say to the other person.
The both of them stepped into a cafe that was near their school. The smell of coffees and cakes hits them the moment the door opened. There is chatter of students through the vicinity. There was still a small table in the corner available. The both of them settled in that corner before going to order their drinks and cakes.
They both sat back down, and just stared at one another.
"Do you plan to go back to baseball?" Todo asks first. He has been contemplating for a while now. Baseball has been part of him for most of his life. Of course, when he had quit, he had many regrets. So when Kaname and Kiyomine had invited him to join the baseball team, he would be lying if he wasn't tempted.
"I think, you and I both think the same. We have abandoned baseball. We dont have any right to go back anymore." Chihaya laughs. "This is a chance." Todo sips on his coffee.
"What chance? You really want to play with them? The very people who had forced you to leave baseball?" Chihaya scoffs. "We will be teammates this time. With them, we have got a chance to win." Todo grabs onto Chihaya's hands. The red head furrowed his brows at this action.
Chihaya pulls his hand away from Todo. "Don't act so familiar." Chihaya grits through his teeth. "R-right, right sorry about that." Todo mutters as he pulls away his hands in a flustered manner.
The discussion didn't reach a conclusion that day, but somehow, Todo and Chihaya have been hanging out a lot. It became like some sort of an unspoken agreement between the two.
They do many things together; study, shop, etc. Sometimes they even become each other's partners for relief. Well as all teenagers usually are.
Were they friends? Maybe a little more than friends. Were they lovers? Well not quite either.
"Say what are we exactly?" Todo asks as he pulls up his pants. Chihaya looked up at him as he wipes the corner of his lips. "Do you... really have to ask that after I had just sucked you off? You're making this awkward." Chihaya sighs as he cleans himself and settles next to Todo.
Somewhere along the lines, their relationship became quite a blur. The scope of their relationship was always challenged and they just kept pushing the boundaries, over and over.
"To be honest, I don't even know." Chihaya mutters. They can't call themselves friends because, clearly friends do not help each other with sexual desires. They can't call themselves partners because there were definitely no feelings involved. "Friends with benefits?" Todo shoots out. Chihaya glares at Todo.
"Well you asked me to help you out first, so I don't think you have the right to glare at me like that." Todo mutters.
"I guess I don't really mind.... you know if we do end up together." Chihaya scratches the back of his neck. This was awkward. They never discussed this before. They just went with the flow.
They initially hated one another, because they were the same. Though their weaknesses were different, but in the end they were just reflections of each other. The time they spent together, opened their hearts to one another.
The moment they accepted each other, that's when they start accepting themselves too.
Todo ruffles his hair. "I- I guess I don't mind either, but this is such a weird way to get into a relationship." Todo huffs. "You didn't think that way when you were enjoying having my mouth on your-" Todo immediately stops Chihaya from saying another word. "I swear Shunpei, if you say another word. I never thought you were so vulgar." Todo says as he kept Chihaya restrained.
Chihaya took the chance to take a lick at Todo's palm which made the blond loosen his grip on Chihaya. "Shunpei!" Todo huffs as he wipes his hand on Chihaya's shirt.
"Well you didn't mind it when it was down there." Chihaya laughs really hard. Todo's face is flushed red. Chihaya looks at Todo, he could finally accept himself after he realised that he could still go back to baseball. Todo was the one who really showed him he could go back, and he did.
Chihaya still loves baseball.
"Chihaya I never knew you were like this." Todo pulls his legs close to his chest, sitting on the floor. He hides his face in his knees. Chihaya gently tries to lift Todo's face. It took a bit but Todo finally looks up at Chihaya.
"It's Shunpei." Chihaya smiles.
Chihaya places a small kiss on Todo's lips. "We are boyfriends now." Chihaya flashes a playful smile. "Are you not going to ask for my opinion?" Todo asks. "You could just say we are not boyfriends." Chihaya says. Todo stays silent. "Silence means consent~" Chihaya says in a sing song voice.
Todo looks away, an obvious blush on his face. He never thought he would feel this way about Chihaya. He had changed himself, his whole appearance and personality after quitting baseball. He couldn't accept himself, in fact he hated himself. He abandoned the only thing he had in this life that he truly loved.
Todo saw how Chihaya struggled, he saw how he strived to change, saw how he accepted things were just the way they were and strategies sometimes won't work for him. Still he tried his best. Chihaya's determination helped him find himself in all this uncertainty. He also helped Todo with strengthening his resolve to finally join baseball again.
Maybe they were really made for one another.
Todo places a kiss on Chihaya's cheeks. "Really thank you for everything..." Todo whispers. "Of course... and I want to thank you as well." Chihaya says.
They were thankful for each other's presence in their lives.