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Mei smiles happily to himself while holding the little package of chocolate treats, walking down the hallway to his class. He had thought of buying these after school, but the blonde had accidentally met up with Yamaoka and Yabe when he was changing into his indoor shoes. They were buying a lot of treats for the girls in their class, and they had given Mei a spare box of pocky
It was just an ordinary red box of pocky, but Yamaoka had said that he was giving this to the ace to reward him for his hard work these days. It is nice to be pampered, Mei thinks, and gets special treatment from his own teammates out of the norm is quite nice
Mei being Mei, accepted the box with a grin on his lips
So now here he is, walking with that box in his hand and humming in delight
“Shirakawa-chan!”
He enters the classroom, without even greeting anyone in there but the red-haired who is sitting by the window. He has his headphones on, eyeing the outside without even bother by the sudden entrance of his ace. Shirakawa probably heard the blonde calling for him, but he ignores him anyway
“Shirakawa-chan!” Mei knows this attitude, so he comes near the shortstop and yanks his headphone off “I know you heard me!”
“And here I am, trying to find a little peace in a normal morning”
“You are no fun!” The blonde said, with a hinted pouting voice before his grin comes back on his face
“You are surprisingly happy today, Mei”
Carlos comes from behind them, commenting on Mei’s merry mood. He places his school bag on his desk before making his way to where the other two are. Mei's grin turns brighter at that
"It's Pocky Day! Carlos, you know what that means!"
"Oh, it is this time of the year again?"
Carlos hums, and Shirakawa exhales an annoying sigh
"Please don't remind me what happened last year"
"Oh, but you have to admit it was fun right!"
"Mei" Shirakawa stares into the blonde's blue eyes before he clasps his hand on the ace's shoulder "Walking around and forced kissing other people isn't counted as fun"
"We are playing Pocky Game, Shirakawa! And what it is without the final blow in the end!"
"I don't understand your logic"
The red-haired sighs again before he stands up, eye to eye level with Mei. His hand reaches out for the box in the pitcher's hand and takes the box away
"Hey!"
"Whatever" Shirakawa rips open the box, taking the little package out, and puts a stick in his mouth "Be done with this quickly before I change my mind"
"Shirakawa..."
"Shut, and eat the stick"
Of course, without another word, the blonde latches out the other end of the stick and bites down on it as quickly as possible. Shirakawa doesn't even bother to move his mouth, and he doesn't even flick when Mei presses their lips together in a short chaste kiss
"You really do have a soft spot for our little boy, don't you Shirakawa?" Carlos comments when they break apart. Instantly, the golden eye turns to him and glares with a murderous intent
"Your turn" Shirakawa spits the words out, and he puts a stick roughly in the mouth of the blonde's pitcher
"Hei! It huzt!" Mei purses his lips with the stick in his mouth, but he goes to where Carlos is, pointing the chocolate treat toward him
Carlos just smirks when he bows his head and eats the offering treat. Their lips meet soon, both of them bite the stick at both ends with a swift movement. Shirakawa doesn't mind both of them and looks toward the kissing scene in front of his face in disinterest
Although Carlos doesn't really stop when their lips meet, when he moves his against Mei's one, deepening the kiss further. They stay like that for a long time, and Shirakawa is too used to the thing that he doesn't even feel gross out because of public displayed affection
But of course, not everyone is used to it
"U-Uh, Mei-san?" Itsuki's timid voice interrupts their work "W-What are you guys d-doing?"
When the two seniors breakaway, they turn back to look at the young catcher, with his hand holding Mei's bag, but face painted in a deep red shade of embarrassment
"We are playing Pocky Game, of course!"
"Y-Yes, I can see that Mei-san" The boy is still flustered, his eyes looking everywhere but his senior "B-But aren't you guys supposed to do it somewhere else?"
"What do you mean?"
As a cue, the catcher boy turns back to the other side of the room, where the rest of their classmates are gawking at the entire exhibition. Right when the boy turns to them, they hurriedly avert their eyes away. Since no one really wants to face the rage of the red-haired shortstop and the strange quirk of the center fielder
"Oh, don't be a party pooper, Itsuki! It's Pocky Day! We are supposed to play the Pocky Game!"
"I don't understand that logic with the fact you can play it after class, out of people's gaze"
"Don't start debating with Mei, Itsuki" Shirakawa rolls his eye at the catcher "You will only get dumber the more you spend time with him"
"Hey!" Mei is about to turn back and is ready to blow at the smirking shortstop before he realizes Shirakawa is munching on the pocky, on his pocky! "Shirakawa!"
"I am doing the greater thing for this world"
"That doesn't mean you can eat my pocky!" Mei snatches the box back, checking the content inside "Fuck, there are only 5 of them left"
"Doing the society the work of not having to deal with you"
"Wow, rude"
"But, Mei" Carlos laughs a little bit "Who else are you going to share this with anyway? Harada-san is in Hokkaidou for his draft offer right now, not like he can come back and spend it with you?"
"Well, I was going to share it with you guys... But since this asshole-" Shirakawa sniggers "-ate half of the box already, I guess I will eat these myself then"
He says that, but Mei's eyes suddenly turn mischievous when the blue eyes land toward the little catcher in front of their faces. Itsuki immediately feels like he just walks right into a dangerous trap, and it seems like there is something very wrong with the way Mei is eyeing at him
"Upupu, Itsuki. Get ready!" Mei laughs out loud before the blonde rounds the poor boy "I'm gotta spend these 5 sticks well!"
The day is Pocky Day! And Itsuki learns the terrifying horror of Pocky Game at the same time, all while Mei comes at him with a stick in his mouth
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10:21 pm Narumiya Mei
"Masa-san! Look!"
"Today I played Pocky Game with Itsuki!"
Narumiya Mei sent a photo
"You aren't here! I miss you!"
10:21 pm Harada Masatoshi
"That's nice. I will play with you after I get back"
"And don't scare Tadano like that anymore"
10:22 pm Narumiya Mei
"You too are no fun"
"(。>︿<)_θ"