Ahhh! The platonic Candy Heart event is so SMART OF YOU!! Since you’re like the only other person I know of who writes for Big Windup would you be willing to do a platonic Mihashi/Abe with the 💛 heart? I need those boys so much right now 💖 No worries if not though! It’s a great idea either way and I hope you have fun with it! 😊
Omg thank you so much for the Big Windup prompt! I'm always so excited whenever I get them! I really enjoyed writing this prompt and I hope you like it! I haven't gotten a lot of practice writing for these characters yet so I hope I did well with the characterization. I tried my best though.^^`
Days of Courage
Switches: Abe and Mihashi
"What's got you so cheerful today?"
Mihashi let out a small squeak of confusion as he turned to look at his teammate, who stood watching him from the entrance to the dugout. Abe frowned a little.
"Don't look so startled man, I just noticed you seemed extra happy this morning and I was just wondering if something good happened, that's all."
Mihashi relaxed a little at the explanation. He paused a little as he tried to think of answer, but eventually he just settled on shrugging with a small blush spreading across his cheeks.
"I-I don't know actually. Today just feels like a good day I guess. The weather's not to hot or to cold, and… I actually slept pretty good last night too! I just feel h-happy, I guess."
Abe nodded at that, a small smile of his own crossing his features as he turned to look out across the field, which was still covered in a thin layer of morning dew.
"Ah. That makes sense."
"It… It does?"
"Yeah. Atleast I think so, and I'm glad that you're feeling happy today. It's already putting me in a good mood as well, so I'm sure it'll rub off on everyone else when they get here too."
The usually anxious pitcher grinned fully at that, forcing Abe to grin as well.
"Alright, enough with the sappy stuff then. Wanna go toss the ball for a while until the other's show up?"
"Oh! Sure!"
The sun was warm on their faces as the two friends made their way out to the field, and they spent the next ten minutes or so just playing a relaxed game of catch. At one point, Abe had to go chase after the ball after he missed a throw, shouting a brief, "My bad!" As he went after it.
That's when Mihashi got an idea.
Feeling a rare, tiny spark of courage and mischief, Mihashi quietly snuck up behind the catcher, similarly to how Tajima had done to him and his teammates many times before.
Abe didn't seem to notice him as he leaned down to pick up the ball, and Mihashi had to fight down the urge to giggle.
"Sorry about that Mihashi, that one was on m- eeEEEE?!!!"
Abe shot up ramrod straight when he felt someone taser his sides. He spun around, half expecting Tajima to be there, only to be completely stunned when Mihashi was standing there instead.
Said pitcher was clearly trying his hardest to play innocent like Tajima would do, but his flushed cheeks, fidgety hands, and wobbly smile were a dead giveaway.
Still though, Abe was pleasantly surprised to see his usually anxious teammate feeling courageous enough to be playful like this, so he decided to play along.
"Mihashi? Was that you just now?" He asked, frowning in mock confusion. Mihashi, clearly falling for the ruse, shook his head enthusiastically, eyes practically sparkling at the idea that he was actually being sneaky.
"Really? Huh. I could have sworn someone grabbed my sides just now…" Abe rubbed the back of his head thoughtfully before turning around again, "Oh well, must have been the wind."
Still feigning ignorance, Abe leaned down once more to pick up the ball, but just as Mihashi reached forward to squeeze his sides a second time, he spun around and grabbed his wrists before he could.
Mihashi let out a surprised squawk before tumbling backwards into the grass, having not expected for the catcher to turn around so quickly.
"Not you huh Mihashi?" Abe said as he squatted down in front of the fallen pitcher, smirking in amusement when the pitcher giggled nervously.
Crawling forward to sit next to his teammate, he reached a hand out to pinch at one of Mihashi's own sides.
"EEHEEP!! Hehe!! Abe!"
"What? That wasn't me Mihashi. I told you already it must be the wind. Just like this. And this. Oh, and this."
Mihashi jolted suddenly at the sporadic poking all over his ribcage before immediately breaking into a happy fit of giggles when the catcher switched to scribbling at his tummy.
"Ahahahaha!!! Ahahahabe!!"
"Yes Mihashi?"
"It tihihihihihickles!"
"Oh, does it? I hadn't noti- HEY!"
Abe yelped when Mihashi somehow managed to reach a hand out to squeeze his side again, except this time, he didn't pull away. Instead, he seemed to be gathering all his newfound bravery in order to retaliate against his catcher.
Actually, now that he thought about it, when taking Mihashi's nature into consideration, the entire ordeal was probably more as a way of reciprocating something he associated with fun and affection than out of revenge.
That thought alone was the reason that Abe resisted the urge to try and tug his hand away out of instinct, and instead let himself break into giggles as well.
After a few more minutes, the two friends both seemed to read each other's minds and stopped almost at the exact same time.
Abe flopped down next to where Mihashi already layed, and a comfortable silence settled over them as they watched the end of the morning sunrise.
Mihashi wouldn't always feel confident, Abe knew, and some days were sure to be worse than others, but moments like this made the struggle all the more worth it.
A/N: WEEEEE I WAS SO EXCITED TO WRITE THIS also this is my gift for @intheticklecloset, ENJOY!!
Summary: Abe wishes to build his endurance and Mihashi wants to help him but doesn't know how until he remembers a little thing about Abe.
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"This is so annoying!" Abe grumbled as he flopped onto the floor again.
His coach wanted him to start rebuilding his endurance as he stopped playing for a few weeks due to his injury. So there he was, struggling to even hold a plank for a minute.
Luckily for him, Mihashi was there with him, but as per usual he was to nervous to say anything to the fuming Abe.
"Alright I'm ready to try again."
"O-Okay, 3, 2, 1 go!"
With that Mihashi started the timer as Abe went into plank position. After about 45 seconds, Abe fell to the ground panting for air.
"God dammit!" Abe yelled in frustration with his face in the rug.
Mihashi looked unsure whether to comfort his friend or let him be.
"Alright let's go again!" Abe still looked quite down so Mihashi decided to speak up about it.
"U-Um A-Abe?"
"Hm, what's wrong?"
"U-Uh C-Can I possibly suggest another w-way to build endurance?" Abe looked to Mihashi with a puzzled look on his face but nodded for him to continue.
"O-Okay, lay down a-and put your arms up." Abe obeyed with a confused look on his face until Mihashi poked at his side.
Pulling his arms down with a yelp, he realized what Mihashi wanted to try.
Already seeing the scared look on the others face he decided to lay back down with his arms up.
"It's okay you can do it"
"O-Okay!"
And with that it started. At first, it was easy as Mihashi just started with poking and prodding at his sides until Mihashi switched to squeezing at the sides of his stomach.
"Hehey!"
Abe was slightly startled from the sudden change in spots and a grin crept onto his face. Mihashi, who noticed his struggle to keep his arms up moved a bit closer to the center of his stomach. With a squeal, Abe brought his arms down as Mihashi continued to tickle his stomach.
"HeHEHEY! Mihihihisahihihi! Thahahat tihickles!" Abe giggled as he held on gently to Mihashi's wrists.
Feeling a bit playful, Mihashi moved his hands a bit further down to his lower belly and Abe squeaked before falling into high pitched giggles.
"AHahah NoHohoho plehehease!" Misahi noticed the fatigue in his friend's voice so he slowed his fingers to a soothing rubbing to get rid of any after shocks. Abe let out some giggles still recovering from the small tickle attack coming from his pitcher.
"U-um A-Abe? I-I didn't go t-to far right?" Mihashi looked at him warily like he was scared that he was about to be yelled at. What he didn't expect was for Abe to pounce onto him and start scribbling at his sides. He immediately burst into happy childlike giggles.
"WhahahahaT AHAHABE!"
"You didn't expect to tickle me without revenge right?"
"IHIM SohohORRY!"
For a while all that was heard was the happy giggles of Mihashi. Maybe they should train their endurance more often.
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WAHHH THAT WAS FUN TO WRITE ENJOYYYY<3
