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Summary: IZ*ONE Yujin as a softball pitcher, reader a player on the rival team, meet because Yujin accidentally hits the reader with a pitch
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Yujin had been playing softball for long enough to know how much it hurt to get hit by the ball. She'd been hit as both a pitcher and a hitter, back in the smaller leagues when no one really knew how to pitch or how to hit the ball and not knock the pitcher out with a blow to the face. She'd also hit a few girls with her pitches (mostly girls from her own team during practice), but she liked to think that she'd improved since those days.
And since she'd improved so much, she knew from the moment the ball left her hand that it wasn't going over the plate. It was every pitchers worst fear, and her breath caught in her throat as she watched the ball travel in slow-motion, recoiling back and readying herself for what was about to happen. The ball didn't go over the plate, instead flying towards you, the cute player from the other team who was up to bat. Your eyes widened and you stepped back, but not fast enough.
The ball hit you in the bicep (better than the face, at least) and you dropped the bat, letting out a yell of pain. Yujin winced, knowing what this meant. She was going to get berated by her coach for letting the other team get a free point. But as she watched you take off your helmet to get a better look at your arm, face twisted up in pain, she felt a pang of guilt in her chest. It was just a game, this happened all the time, everyone knew getting hit by the ball was always a possibility. But that didn't mean that she didn't feel guilty about it, because it was all her fault. She'd been distracted by how cute you were, and didn't pay attention to her pitch.
The ref yelled something, but Yujin was hardly listening, staring at you with her mouth slightly open as you put back on your helmet and your team dispersed from where they'd gathered around you, letting you get ready to run your lap. As you began to run, she had to shake herself out of whatever trance she'd been in, working the muscles in her fingers and looking down at her hand. Who knew that being gay could be so dangerous?
Later, after the game was done and the other team had won, Yujin was walking back towards the dugout with another teammate Nako, sighing over the fact that the coach was going to have her head over the penalty point.
