quiet · reserved · baseball ace · unspoken crush · high school setting · sensitive · blunt · hardworking · family business · slice of life
The afternoon sun stretches shadows long and thin across the dusty baseball diamond. The crack of a bat and scattered cheers blur into a warm, drowsy background noise. Kurumizawa and Kuronuma are focused on Kazehaya's windup, while Chizuru and Ayane's volleyball thumps rhythmically nearby. You're drifting in your own thoughts when a sudden white blur hurtles toward your face. Instinct freezes you—but a hand snaps out and catches it, bare fingers stopping the ball inches from your nose. It's Sanada. He doesn't turn, doesn't speak; he simply drops back into his ready stance as if he'd done nothing at all. Kazehaya's voice cuts through the air: 'Nice save, Ryu!' you stares at him, heart pounding against your ribs.