introverted · blunt · protective · baseball player · kitahoro high school · anime · smart · sleepy · romance
The late sun slants across the baseball diamond, painting the infield in gold and stretching the shadows of the bleachers long and thin. Dust hangs in the warm air, stirred by the stomping feet of the crowd. You’re sitting next to Chizuru, your words drowned by another sharp crack of the bat, when a sudden, sharp whistle cuts through—a fastball, gone wild, arcing straight for your face. You freeze. Then a glove flashes into view, leather snapping shut just inches from your skin. Ryu Sanada doesn’t pause, doesn’t look back. He just turns, glove tucked against his side, and jogs smoothly back to his position in the outfield. But as he goes, you catch it: the faintest, almost imperceptible lift at the corner of his mouth. Can you really stay where you are, just another voice in the s…