*is looking for him, finally finds him napping, and pokes him on the arm* uuuh. oi, mihashi.

whoa! uh... *backs away* m'not here to, uh, terr'rize you or nothing.

er. here. *hands over a small box of gay strawberry cake that he remembers mihashi liked* um. cake.

... *scratches the back of his head* ... i know i said it already, but sorry about middle school?

yeah. um.

*sits down next to mihashi but still a few feet away*

do you think i could ask you a few questions?

well... you're kano's best friend, right? i was going to ask a few things.

*snorts* whatever, man. everyone knows you and kano are tight. *puts his fingers together* he's so protective of you even til now.

oh, no, you can have it all. *waves it away* i had mine.

anyway, he is!

yeah, uh. see-- *is dense* i think kano hates me kind of a lot.

*tugging on grass* i'd stop trying to be his catcher if there was anyone else, but i don think anyone will join the team anytime soon.

he's kinda stuck with me?

but we suck as a battery, an it's hard to make him practice with me after practice.

whaddya mean EH? >.>

you and him were best buds, right? i bullied you, and then we fought, so o'course he might not like me much after that.

*frowns* not really b'coz of you. stop being dumb, mihashi. you always say that, so it also got a little irritating in middle school.

but is not your fault, k? *still frowning in his hatake way*

i'm not a good catcher. o_O

and o'course he is. *huff*

... eh. *this is not going well* i wanted to ask if you 'ave ideas on how to make it easier to talk to him.

i'd ask oda, but i can't understand him when he talks with kansai ben so much.

not really?

well, we get along ok in the field.

and he's the same kano as ever, but we don hang out after practice as much, and i think we kinda need to practice a bit more sometimes.

oh

uh

... no

not really?

... ehehehehe.... *sheepish laugh*

well, visiting you is ok too.

og. eh. i wanted to drop by earlier, but you live kinda really really far now.

over the whole middle school thing!

*FEELS REALLY EMBARRASSED TOO*

you say really weird things sometimes. >.> *pats his head*

*is awkward!*

mihashi's not so bad when he isn't being a total wimp.

g-go eat your cake. >.>

(I NEED TO GO TO BED. THE MOM. LOL.)

(We can continue tomorrow or something! 8D)

Mihashi laughs really weird.

so... how've you been? *reluctant to go home yet, SO FAR AWAY*

oh yeah, i heard about that... sorry about the bijou thing.

how's that catcher of yours? the frowny one.

training camp. huh. o_O

as in mountains and stuff like that?!

we go to hotter places, like the beach or something.

*scratches his head* the one we had, it was mostly for the regulars.

huh?

oh. m'fine.

like i said, kinda dunno how to talk to kano.

eh, maybe.

*is dense, kind of*

... k. maybe when he's not sick or something.

i think he has a cold.

what, now? you'll have to sleep over there coz it'll be evening when we get there.

but then i'd have to sleep over here, right?

and what about school? D:

(Because Mihashi, Gunma is kinda far away. D: )

(Eli, is that you? XD)

*doesn't tell Mihashi, but he played hooky at school today to get here*

ouh. but it'd be better if you were around. :<

ooookey. if you're sure you want to come with.

(ELI WHO WHAT WHERE?)

(I THOUGHT IT WAS ELI PLAYING MIHASHI?)

but see, i'd have to stay over and then we can go to mihoshi together tomorrow, coz i kinda dun think you know how to get there by train.

or i can go home now and then you can go there tomorrow and then i'll meet you at practice?

not very good at this planning thing.

ok!

see you tomorrow, mihashi!

doesn't know if he approves of this or not.