The loss

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Sawamura Eijun

Nagdadabog akong pababa sa hagdan mula sa office.

What the hell was that?

Inalis ko na lang pansin at sasalubungin na sana sina Haruichi nang mapakingan ko ang usapan nila.

"It must be hard for Eijun." What's hard? Heh!

Akmang tatawa na ako na pasabat nang tinuloy ni Haruchi ang sasabihin niya.

"They never even treat him as the ace, nor even the substitute."

I felt the pang in my left part of my body.

I bowed my head that I will come to hear that words from Haruchi himself.

"What can they do? Furuya set the bar too high that with him gone, he's unmountable." It must be Kanemaru.

Nanlumo ako sa napapakinggan ko. It's not just because they were talking like that but because it's the undenial fact.

"Eijun tried so hard, but he still can't let alone stand against Furuya."

Frustrations was filling up inside me as I felt my eyes become watery.

'hooh, hold on Sawamura Eijun! You can do it!' Pag-aalo ko sa sarili habang sinampal ko ang magkabilang pisngi ko ng palad.

"Oi oi, what's up with your spirit's down? Did Coach scolded you for your incompetence?" Napatigil ako sa pag-akyat ko sa double deck na kama nang iyon ang sinalubong sa akin ni Kuramochi-senpai.

I looked at him. I just nodded. If my spirit was not that shattered by reality I could've bounce back at his words but I cannot.

Nakatitig ako sa kisame when I felt tears are running down to my side eye. Tinakpan ko ang mga mata ko.

Furuya's loss in the team is the literal loss of the Seidou High Baseball Team.

I'm still there, even if Furuya was gone aren't I?

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