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She's really close with the third years because she's watched them grow from the messy batch of first years to the absolute power houses they were now

So in short, she's kinda like the third years little sister :')

Obviously she'd be very knowledgeable about baseball. When you grow up with a parent who's job is coaching you're bound to pick up things about the sport

I can definitely see her, if not being a manager, than at least helping them out a lot

Honestly I think she'd help out regardless if she was an official member of the team or not

Because Kataoka was a pitcher I think most of her knowledge would be on pitching

Which brings me to how she more formally meets Miyuki

Her father had entrusted her to take notes on how the main batterys were doing now that Chris had injured himself, leaving a first year catcher to take his place

Miyuki payed her no mind as she observed, only acknowledging her when she pointed out small mistakes the pitchers were making

Once she had finished watching the pitchers she instructed the group to return to the field for the remainder of practice. The girl lingered in the bullpen until it was just her and Miyuki

He wasn't expecting her to talk to him but she did, pointing out a few things he could work on with Tanba. Miyuki suspected she had waited for the others to leave so she wouldn't embarrass him, which irritated him slightly but was grateful for nonetheless. Everyone was still warming up to the idea of him replacing Chris so it was nice of her to refrain from saying something that would bring even more attention to him

They walked back to the field together making small talk as they went. Miyuki was surprised to find out she was in the same class as him, he had just never noticed her

Miyuki quickly understood why his upperclassmen were so fond of the girl. She was always nice to him and had a plethora of tips and tricks up her sleeve. Her constant presence in the bullpen led to an odd sort of friendship between the two

Miyuki always had the impression that people didn't like him very much -old teammates complained that he was horrendously arrogant and pushy- but he couldn't help how welcomed he felt when around the younger Kataoka, almost like he was drawn to her

At the beginning of his second year it became painfully obvious his feelings for her were anything but platonic

In any normal circumstance he would ask her on a date and everything would be A ok!

But this wasn't any normal circumstance

It was an unspoken rule at Seidou that Kataoka's daughter was strictly OFF LIMITS

So Miyuki decided to ignore and suppress any and all romantic feelings he had for her

Out of sight out of mind

Well... That is until she confessed to him

Yikes....he uh... didn't see that coming at all

Miyuki would have classified himself as a grade A dumbass if he turned her down so the couple turned to the only logical answer

✨Secret relationship✨

They'd eventually tell Kataoka...but for right what he doesn't know can't hurt him 🤭

We all know Miyuki is a cheeky lil shit so he's really gonna push the limits with this

I'm talking stolen kisses in the bullpen, holding her hand under the table, pressing his hand to her lower back when they passed each other in the halls, "going over the scorebooks" which is code for meeting on field A once the lights had been shut off and going for a walk together

The Seidou team is HUGE tho so they were bound to be found out by someone

That someone was Furuya who walked in on the two making out in the bullpen one night

Rip Furuya 😶

That's when they decided to finally come clean and tell her dad

Miyuki had NEVER felt mOre awkward than at that moment

Sure he dealt with Kataoka's bone chilling stares and strict coaching on the daily, but being sat across from him in his office holding the hand of the one thing that's more important to his coach than baseball felt like he had been thrown into the deepest pits of hell

Kataoka is smart. He had a sneaking suspicion as to what was going on between the two but never wanted to confront the idea

And now he was struggling with wanting to protect his little girl -his pride and joy!- and letting her follow her heart

Ultimately he agreed as long as they kept it to handholding only when around him and if Miyuki promised to take care of his daughter

The smile on his daughters face was more than worth it when he approved of the relationship (his heart melted on the spot :'))

Do you really think Miyooks got away with out a smidge of threatening?

No....no he did not

Before Miyuki left the office Kataoka warned him that if he ever broke his little girls heart he'd never be able to pick up, let alone look at, a baseball for the rest of his time at Seidou

Now that the cats out of the bag, the pairs relationship would be way more open, but still low-key by Miyuki's request

A lot of their time shared together is at practice. She brings him water, helps Miyooks put on his catchers gear, and almost always joins him in the bullpen

Before games she pulls Miyuki aside and places a kiss on his cheek for good luck. In return he gives her his Seidou cap to wear :')

They probably barely get alone time so whenever Miyuki gets the chance he sneaks her into his dorm so they can hang out in an environment that's not on a baseball field

He probably uses this time to just hold onto her bc wOw he's never met someone whose hugs feel so warm and cozy

You can bet that when the rest of the team discovers their relationship the third years are ready to throw hands if Miyuki even makes her frOwN once!!

Poor Miyooks has to deal with 10+ protective "older brothers" and her father

The third years warm up to the idea tho once they realize they have something to tease the stone cold Miyuki Kazuya about