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EVENT: The Game Begins! (Pre-game through Inning 3)

Apr 04, 2011 15:58

After closing ceremonies, there was some scrambling and gnashing of teeth as people with tickets to the Lions game were separated from people without them. The group that was going was pushed towards the shuttle bus, which took off for the park as soon as everyone was safely in place. A representative of the online network stood, distributing ( Read more... )

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Who the hell chose these seating arrangements?? abetakaya2 April 5 2011, 01:10:53 UTC

"Eh?" Abe said, approaching his seat. "I'm on the end of the row?"
He immediately regretted saying it out loud, thinking, duh, it's seat number one, isn't it? Shun gave him a look that communicated something similar.

That's what you get for reserving your tickets before everyone else.

Guess I don't get to sit next to Mihashi, he thought. Then he thought it might be for the better. What with... everything and all.

He wondered, though, who was going to be in the seats in front of him and to the side of Shun. Hopefully, Mihashi would nearby. He could confer about pitches with him. And Ideally, Haruna would not even be there, considering he didn't want to deal with his post-imaginary-confession-bullshit that he was likely to bring with him by the bucket-full -- but being realistic, Haruna would probably be there, because he was inconvenient like that, and so Abe settled for hoping Haruna was simply seated far, far away.

He wasn't holding his breath as the rest of the "Dreamers" started finding their seats around him.

Re: Who the hell chose these seating arrangements?? the_worst_ace April 5 2011, 01:50:40 UTC

As if on comedic cue, Haruna shows up, best bud Akimaru trailing behind him, with a backpack probably filled with stupid vegetables and a handful of snacks, all suspiciously healthier than they technically had to be ( ... )

Re: Who the hell chose these seating arrangements?? abetakaya2 April 5 2011, 02:15:46 UTC

Abe met Haruna's eyes and took the slowest, most drawn out breath of his life.

Figures. he thought, watching Haruna an Akimaru hover over their seats, which were obviously right next to Shun.

Abe stood up, because he figured he'd get scolded for not standing to address his senpai or something, and gestured at Shun.

"Motoki. This is my brother, Abe Shun. Shun, surely you remember Mo- Haruna-san?"

Abe spared a moment to give Akimaru a sympathetic wave as he put down his backpack with a heavy thud, surely full of terrible snacks that Haruna had demanded he bring.

"And next to him is Akimaru-san, his..." Abe wasn't sure what would be the most appropriate descriptor, what with lackey being the first word to come to mind, "catcher. And friend."

Re: Who the hell chose these seating arrangements?? the_good_egg April 5 2011, 03:05:42 UTC

"Haruna-san!" Shun exclaimed, beaming as he stood and gave one of his idols a respectful if excited bow. "Of course I remember Haruna-san! And Akimaru-san is here too, hello!" He gave a second bow and then waited for everyone else to sit before he did.

As soon as he sat down, Shun was veritably vibrating in his seat. As if it wasn't exciting enough to be at a Lions game with no adults, just Taka-nii! Now he got to sit next to Haruna-san too. "If it's not too much work, could you point out all the ninja moves the pitchers make when they do them? I bet you could spot them really well! And Taka-nii and Akimaru-san can tell us about the catchers' ninja moves too," he added. Haruna-san had said Akimaru-san wasn't a very good ninja, but Shun didn't want to leave anybody out and he probably knew more about catching than Shun did anyway. And Taka knew lots of ninja catcher moves, so he could be really helpful!

Re: Who the hell chose these seating arrangements?? yutotally April 6 2011, 05:30:03 UTC

Ah! Sakaeguchi shaded his eyes and wished he'd brought his baseball cap as he looked over in Mihashi's direction, noting the arrival of Abe and an extremely cute younger boy who had to be his little brother. He was adorable! The honey-brunette gave them a big smile and waved to them from a couple seats down.

"Oh! Abe! Abe-otoutou! It's good to see you!"

Re: Who the hell chose these seating arrangements?? ero_megane April 6 2011, 19:48:26 UTC

Akimaru greeted Takaya, and Shun, and tried to find a good place to keep his backpack, which was in fact filled with manga and video games and okay, some vegetables. He knew it was stupid to be bringing manga to a baseball game, but there was always the chance that Haruna would get distracted and not notice him, and what was he supposed to do then-- watch the game?

Then he heard the voice, calling out to Abe. It was a vaguely familiar-sounding voice, but Akimaru couldn't place it, and the boy the voice was coming out of didn't look like someone Akimaru had ever met. Still, it sounded like a voice he'd heard before.

"Sorry," Akimaru said, "Do I know you from somewhere?"

Re: Who the hell chose these seating arrangements?? yutotally April 6 2011, 21:51:56 UTC

Hmm, that was strange... Sakaeguchi recognized his friend's faces and Shun of course but here was just a voice he found a little familiar... Sure plenty of people had similar voices but this was just an odd coincidence and couldn't have been that long ago that he heard it... OH. Well that was embarrassing... It was in the bathroom during opening ceremonies wasn't it? This was the voice that was scolding Haruna-san for picking on Mihashi. A good person in his book then.

"Oh! Hello. I think we must have met during the opening ceremonies this year, right? I'm Sakaeguchi Yuto! I'm on the Nishiura high team with Mihashi and Abe over there. It's a pleasure." He smiled and nodded to Akimaru.

He hoped vaguely that Akimaru didn't remember the exact circumstances of hearing each other...

Re: Who the hell chose these seating arrangements?? the_good_egg April 7 2011, 03:07:37 UTC

Shun looked down the row for the source of the voice calling him and it wasn't long before his eyes lighted on Sakaeguchi-san, another one of Taka's teammates and one he'd met once before! He waved eagerly, grinning, determined to make up for his forgetfulness online earlier.

"Hi, Sakaeguchi-san! It's good to see you too!"

Re: Who the hell chose these seating arrangements?? yutotally April 7 2011, 04:55:01 UTC

Sakaeguchi returned his smile and couldn't help but rib him just a little bit~

"Oh! You remember me this time!"

He put on a shocked expression then waved his joke off with a little snicker.

"It's good to see you! We should all meet up later!"

Since then they wouldn't have to yell over peoples' heads.

Re: Who the hell chose these seating arrangements?? the_good_egg April 7 2011, 05:46:09 UTC

Shun smiled and blushed, embarrassed to be called out about his forgetfulness though it was impossible not to laugh with Sakaeguchi-san. He'd taken a lot worse teasing from Taka-nii over the years. The invitation to meet up later was so exciting though; he couldn't pass up a chance to hang out with the older boys like that, especially with someone as nice as Sakaeguchi-san.

"Yes! I would like that a lot!" Shun answered, his voice getting just a little too loud even for the distance.

Re: Who the hell chose these seating arrangements?? yutotally April 7 2011, 08:02:08 UTC

Yuto felt a LITTLE bad teasing such a cute boy but the way that he blushed and smiled kind of made up for it. It would be great to hang out with the others after school without being called away by his family for once. His sister was at home to take care of their little brother so he had the day basically to himself.

Not wanting to yell again he just gave Shun a pleased smile and nod and sat back.

no_hiding_place April 5 2011, 09:44:52 UTC

In the course of being slightly panicked about finding both his friends and his seat in the bustle of the stadium, Mihashi had managed to pass Abe heading down the stairs... only to see him when he twisted around in his seat to look for the others.

Mihashi had hoped to be close to Abe, so they could talk about the lead, and also because he'd said Shun would be with him and Mihashi wanted to be a good additional brother, but he hadn't expected his seat to be right in front of Shun. It made Mihashi sink down in his chair a little, just to be certain he wasn't too tall.

In spite of the casual situation and his status as friends with both Abe and Shun, Mihashi only managed a wobbly "H-hello," in greeting, along with his awkward not-quite-smile. Abe looked irritated. It may have been a little intimidating.

abetakaya2 April 5 2011, 13:34:17 UTC

As soon as Mihashi appeared, Abe yanked his perturbed gaze from the edge of Haruna and gave Mihashi a... self-concious smile.

"Mihashi," He said, "You're right in front of Shun?" Abe detected Mihashi's half-smile, wondering exactly how awkward it was going to be with Shun in between them.

On top of that, this placement put Mihashi's shishou only as far away from him as Abe was.

Abe shook his head, and gave Mihashi the best smile he could. He was going to be adult about this.

...at least until Haruna or Shun wore down his patience, anyway. But there was all game for that.

no_hiding_place April 6 2011, 00:39:48 UTC

Mihashi nodded, shrugging up his shoulders. "C-close!" It was pretty good they were near enough that they could still talk.

Abe's attempted smile wasn't really all that reassuring though, and Mihashi quickly thought about whether or not the reason for Abe trying to look nice even though he was obviously stressed by something could've been Mihashi's fault. It didn't seem like he'd done anything weird, but maybe being in front of Shin was bad?

"I'll, I'll pay atten-- tion," he managed, twisting further around in his chair. "To the lead!" He hoped knowing that much would cheer Abe up, even if it was only a little.

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