Happy Birthday Mihashi! Much <3!
It was another bright and sunny day in Saitama as Mihashi Ren was riding his blue chrome bike to practice Saturday morning. It was just not any other day though. It was Mihashi’s birthday today! He had a very exciting morning. He woke up kind of groggy that morning from last night’s late practice and found a big meal waiting for him when he arrived downstairs. There was pork buns, eggs, chicken, rice…many things that made Mihashi water at the mouth. He enjoyed his wonderful breakfast with his parents and his cousin Ruri who had came to visit that morning to wish her awkward cousin a “Happy Birthday”.
After gorging himself on breakfast he rested for a little while before getting himself ready to go to practice that day. He was excited to go because he would get to see all of his friends and teammates. He hoped they remembered his birthday. It would make him a little sad if they did but he wouldn’t let it get him down if they didn’t.
As he finally arrived at the field he placed his bike at the gate carrying his bag with him on his shoulder to the gate. Mihashi looked around and noticed no one was on the field. D-Did we not have practice today...thought Mihashi as he looked around. He entered the gate and moved towards the field looking around. Suddenly out of nowhere many popping noises exploded into the field.
“Happy Birthday! Mihashi!”
Mihashi jumped in the air and turned around quickly to see his teammates and friends dressed in their uniforms with big smiles. Mihashi blushed and looked down the ground.
“T-Thank you…e-everyone”
He looked to Hanai who had a large box wrapped in pale green wrapping in his arms.
“I-Is that f-for me? Hanai-kun?”
“Of course it is for you idiot”, yelped Abe.
“Oi. Abe, can’t you give Mihashi a break. It’s his birthday”, yelled Izumi as he headed towards Mihashi.
Abe sighed. “Ah…sorry Mihashi”
“I-It’s…ok…” nodded Mihashi.
“Yes this is for you Mihashi…from the whole team actually”, smiled Hanai as he walked towards Mihashi box in hand.
Everyone gathered around Mihashi as Hanai handed the package to Mihashi.
“Come on open it Mihashi!” cheered Sakaeguchi.
“You are going to love it!” added Mizutani.
Mihashi blushed as removed the wrapping paper and opened the box. As he removed the white tissue paper around the long flat object he looked to see a framed picture of the team. His eyes lit up and smiled brightly.
“E-Everyone…” whispered Mihashi.
“We thought you’d like this Mihashi. Since we know how the team means to you”, said Hanai.
Mihashi eyes began to water. “T-Thank you…everyone”
“You’re welcome Mihashi!” said Nishihiro and Oki who patted Mihashi on the back.
“Glad you like it Mihashi!” said Suyama.
Mihashi beamed a bright smile but then looked around noticing someone was missing.
“U-Umm…where’s Tajima-kun…?” asked Mihashi.
“Who knows? That guy is late as always”, said Hanai.
Did Tajima-kun forget my birthday? thought Mihashi. No…he couldn’t have…since he was coming to dinner with his family to celebrate…b-but why wasn’t he here?
“Well we should get ready for practice when Momo-kan gets here Mihashi”, said Abe as he began to walk to the dugout.
“Y-Yeah…”
He looked over back to Tajima’s house which he could see in the distance. I hope he’s ok, thought Mihashi.
As Mihashi began to head to the dugout to get ready, he a familiar voice in the distance.
“MI-HA-SHI!”
Mihashi turned around to see Tajima in his uniform holding a box and a bouquet of flowers in his arms.
“T-Tajima-kun!” yelled Mihashi.
Tajima ran over to Mihashi holding the box tightly in his arms.
“Sorry I’m late Mihashi! I just had to take care of some quick things”
“I-It’s ok…I’m just glad you’re here”
Tajima beamed a bright smile.
“So. I hope you liked the gift the team got you.”
“Y-Yeah it’s really a-awesome…”
Tajima held out the bouquet of flowers to Mihashi.
“A-Ahh these are for you Mihashi…they are from my mom’s garden. Hopefully she won’t mind that I picked them”
Mihashi took the bouquet and noticed they were bright yellow daffodils. He took a sniff of them taking in the fragrance. He suddenly sneezed as he caught a whiff of pollen up his nose.
“T-Thank you…Tajima-kun…they are pretty.” said Mihashi as he rubbed his nose.
“Hehe! I’m glad! Also this is for you too”, replied Tajima holding out a white box.
Mihashi looked at the box questionably and took it from Tajima’s hands. It felt kind of heavy and he noticed a strange smell coming from it. He opened the box to see a cake decorated with strawberries and white whip cream.
Mihashi blushed and his eyes lit up. “D-Did you make this for me…?”
“Well…” sighed Tajima.
Tajima had tried to make a cake the night before. But it turned into a total mess. He had almost destroyed the kitchen if it wasn’t for his mom coming to rescue. After being smacked on the head a couple times, Tajima’s mom made the cake for Mihashi. Only thing Tajima did was cut the strawberries so technically one could say he did “make” it.
“You could say so.”, replied Tajima scratching head with a slight grin.
“T-Tajima-kun is a-amazing”, shouted Mihashi.
Back in the batter’s box Hanai, Sakaeguchi, and Mizutani heard Tajima and Mihashi’s conversation echo throughout the field.
“I-I can’t believe it T-Tajima actually made a cake?!” exclaimed Hanai with a look of surprise and horror.
“I-Impossible…Tajima couldn’t have done it.”, added Mizutani.
“I-I wonder if it’s good…” wondered Sakaeguchi as he remembered the cake from Mihashi’s birthday last year.
“I-I’m jealous…” said Hanai not paying attention to what he was saying.
“W-What?!” exclaimed Sakaeguchi and Mizutani.
Hanai realizing what he said lowered his face and blushed. “A-Ahh…crap.”
“S-So…are you s-still able to come tonight Tajima-kun?” asked Mihashi as he looked back up to Tajima.
“Of course Mihashi! I wouldn’t miss it!” beamed Tajima as he slung his shoulder around Mihashi.
“W-Well we should get ready for practice then…I-I can’t wait to taste the cake…”
Mihashi turned around and began to walk to the batter’s box when he felt Tajima tug at him.
“Oh one more thing Mihashi…” said Tajima as he moved his mouth to the edge of Mihashi’s ear.
“H-Hmm?”
“You’ll get the rest of your present tonight…after dinner.” whispered Tajima.
Mihashi hiccupped and began to blush. “A-Ahh…s-sure. I-I look forward to it.”
Tajima breathed warm air into Mihashi’s ear. “I do too…”
Sakaeguchi and Mizutani looked to Mihashi and Tajima who seemed to radiating a much different feeling than they had couple minutes ago.
“Such an adult mood radiating from those two huh?” said Sakaeguchi.
Mizutani blushed. “Y-yeah…those two are most defiantly are.”
After gorging himself on breakfast he rested for a little while before getting himself ready to go to practice that day. He was excited to go because he would get to see all of his friends and teammates. He hoped they remembered his birthday. It would make him a little sad if they did but he wouldn’t let it get him down if they didn’t.
As he finally arrived at the field he placed his bike at the gate carrying his bag with him on his shoulder to the gate. Mihashi looked around and noticed no one was on the field. D-Did we not have practice today...thought Mihashi as he looked around. He entered the gate and moved towards the field looking around. Suddenly out of nowhere many popping noises exploded into the field.
“Happy Birthday! Mihashi!”
Mihashi jumped in the air and turned around quickly to see his teammates and friends dressed in their uniforms with big smiles. Mihashi blushed and looked down the ground.
“T-Thank you…e-everyone”
He looked to Hanai who had a large box wrapped in pale green wrapping in his arms.
“I-Is that f-for me? Hanai-kun?”
“Of course it is for you idiot”, yelped Abe.
“Oi. Abe, can’t you give Mihashi a break. It’s his birthday”, yelled Izumi as he headed towards Mihashi.
Abe sighed. “Ah…sorry Mihashi”
“I-It’s…ok…” nodded Mihashi.
“Yes this is for you Mihashi…from the whole team actually”, smiled Hanai as he walked towards Mihashi box in hand.
Everyone gathered around Mihashi as Hanai handed the package to Mihashi.
“Come on open it Mihashi!” cheered Sakaeguchi.
“You are going to love it!” added Mizutani.
Mihashi blushed as removed the wrapping paper and opened the box. As he removed the white tissue paper around the long flat object he looked to see a framed picture of the team. His eyes lit up and smiled brightly.
“E-Everyone…” whispered Mihashi.
“We thought you’d like this Mihashi. Since we know how the team means to you”, said Hanai.
Mihashi eyes began to water. “T-Thank you…everyone”
“You’re welcome Mihashi!” said Nishihiro and Oki who patted Mihashi on the back.
“Glad you like it Mihashi!” said Suyama.
Mihashi beamed a bright smile but then looked around noticing someone was missing.
“U-Umm…where’s Tajima-kun…?” asked Mihashi.
“Who knows? That guy is late as always”, said Hanai.
Did Tajima-kun forget my birthday? thought Mihashi. No…he couldn’t have…since he was coming to dinner with his family to celebrate…b-but why wasn’t he here?
“Well we should get ready for practice when Momo-kan gets here Mihashi”, said Abe as he began to walk to the dugout.
“Y-Yeah…”
He looked over back to Tajima’s house which he could see in the distance. I hope he’s ok, thought Mihashi.
As Mihashi began to head to the dugout to get ready, he a familiar voice in the distance.
“MI-HA-SHI!”
Mihashi turned around to see Tajima in his uniform holding a box and a bouquet of flowers in his arms.
“T-Tajima-kun!” yelled Mihashi.
Tajima ran over to Mihashi holding the box tightly in his arms.
“Sorry I’m late Mihashi! I just had to take care of some quick things”
“I-It’s ok…I’m just glad you’re here”
Tajima beamed a bright smile.
“So. I hope you liked the gift the team got you.”
“Y-Yeah it’s really a-awesome…”
Tajima held out the bouquet of flowers to Mihashi.
“A-Ahh these are for you Mihashi…they are from my mom’s garden. Hopefully she won’t mind that I picked them”
Mihashi took the bouquet and noticed they were bright yellow daffodils. He took a sniff of them taking in the fragrance. He suddenly sneezed as he caught a whiff of pollen up his nose.
“T-Thank you…Tajima-kun…they are pretty.” said Mihashi as he rubbed his nose.
“Hehe! I’m glad! Also this is for you too”, replied Tajima holding out a white box.
Mihashi looked at the box questionably and took it from Tajima’s hands. It felt kind of heavy and he noticed a strange smell coming from it. He opened the box to see a cake decorated with strawberries and white whip cream.
Mihashi blushed and his eyes lit up. “D-Did you make this for me…?”
“Well…” sighed Tajima.
Tajima had tried to make a cake the night before. But it turned into a total mess. He had almost destroyed the kitchen if it wasn’t for his mom coming to rescue. After being smacked on the head a couple times, Tajima’s mom made the cake for Mihashi. Only thing Tajima did was cut the strawberries so technically one could say he did “make” it.
“You could say so.”, replied Tajima scratching head with a slight grin.
“T-Tajima-kun is a-amazing”, shouted Mihashi.
Back in the batter’s box Hanai, Sakaeguchi, and Mizutani heard Tajima and Mihashi’s conversation echo throughout the field.
“I-I can’t believe it T-Tajima actually made a cake?!” exclaimed Hanai with a look of surprise and horror.
“I-Impossible…Tajima couldn’t have done it.”, added Mizutani.
“I-I wonder if it’s good…” wondered Sakaeguchi as he remembered the cake from Mihashi’s birthday last year.
“I-I’m jealous…” said Hanai not paying attention to what he was saying.
“W-What?!” exclaimed Sakaeguchi and Mizutani.
Hanai realizing what he said lowered his face and blushed. “A-Ahh…crap.”
“S-So…are you s-still able to come tonight Tajima-kun?” asked Mihashi as he looked back up to Tajima.
“Of course Mihashi! I wouldn’t miss it!” beamed Tajima as he slung his shoulder around Mihashi.
“W-Well we should get ready for practice then…I-I can’t wait to taste the cake…”
Mihashi turned around and began to walk to the batter’s box when he felt Tajima tug at him.
“Oh one more thing Mihashi…” said Tajima as he moved his mouth to the edge of Mihashi’s ear.
“H-Hmm?”
“You’ll get the rest of your present tonight…after dinner.” whispered Tajima.
Mihashi hiccupped and began to blush. “A-Ahh…s-sure. I-I look forward to it.”
Tajima breathed warm air into Mihashi’s ear. “I do too…”
Sakaeguchi and Mizutani looked to Mihashi and Tajima who seemed to radiating a much different feeling than they had couple minutes ago.
“Such an adult mood radiating from those two huh?” said Sakaeguchi.
Mizutani blushed. “Y-yeah…those two are most defiantly are.”