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I head to the ticket machine and ponder …… what to eat.
……Hmmm, there are quite a few items.
With a little hesitation, I decided to order ramen and fried rice.
Rinne is …… the daily set meal.
Kitajima-san ordered the …… what?
“The …… yakiniku set with extra meat?”
I was surprised at Kitajima-san’s choice of meal.
“I-I like meat. ……”
“I-I see. I think it’s good. I like girls who eat a lot.”
“T-thank you. ……”
With this exchange, we purchased our meals and headed for the table where Kirisaki-san was waiting for us.
“Sorry to keep you waiting, Kirisaki-san.”
“Sorry to keep you waiting.”
“Oh, you prepared water for us, thank you.”
We thanked Kirisaki-san.
“Ahaha, It’s fine. Because I’m going to cause you trouble from now on.”
Kirisaki-san looked at me.
“I think Onii’s target is Sakurai kun”
“M-me?!”
“You know exactly what I’m talking about, Shizuku.”
I heard a mature male voice from behind me.
“Hello, you must be Sakurai kun. Yesterday, Shizuku was a big burden to you, wasn’t she?”
“Ki, Kirisaki-senpai …….”
I turned around at the sound of his voice and saw Kirisaki-senpai, who was about the same height as me, standing behind me.
“Don’t be so nervous, I’m not that scary.”
“……Y-yes”
I sat down on the chair with reluctance.
Kirisaki senpai sat down next to me.
“Well, he’s a two-timing harem guy who seems to have a lot of girls in his life.”
Rinne gave Kirisaki-senpai a hard look.
“Haha. Well, I think it’s both the truth and an adapted version of the truth.”
Kirisaki-senpai laughed without paying attention to Rinne’s gaze.
I’m sure he’s used to being told this kind of thing by now.
“Yesyes. Let’s leave it at that and eat”
Kirisaki-san said in annoyance.
“I guess so. If I don’t do it soon, she’s going to get mad at me like Shiori-san II, who’s glued to the meat in front of me.”
Kirisaki-senpai looked at Kitajima-san and laughed.
“S-So sorry! It looked so good I couldn’t resist. ……”
Then we all said “Itadakimasu” in unison and began to eat our food
As I proceeded to eat my meal, Kirisaki-senpai spoke to me.
“Can I ask you something while we eat our meal?”
“Ah, yes.”
I nibbled on a piece of chashu pork from my ramen.
Yes, it’s delicious.
“I’d like to thank you for teaching Shizuku the art of self-defense.”
“……eh?”
I nodded my head.
“Well. I know you guys went to the arcade yesterday. I also know that my little Shizuku got picked on at that time.”
“I-I see. I’m sorry, while I was there …….”
At my words, Senpai waved his hand.
“I’m not blaming you. I’m grateful to you.”
“Grateful ……?”
“Shizuku thinks that if you get tangled up with a troublesome man, you should kick him in the face and kick him in the nuts. She thinks that’s all she needs to do.”
“Bwah!”
I’m glad I didn’t put anything in my mouth. ……
“Haha …… that’s not a mistake, but it’s not the right answer. The real correct answer is, as you taught Shizuku, run away while yelling.”
“Yes. ……”
Senpai said and put the omelet in his mouth and chewed it.
“I am grateful to you for teaching her that, I don’t blame you in the slightest.
“Thank you very much. I’m so relieved to hear you say that.”
Kirisaki senpai looks at me with serious eyes as I let out a relieved breath.
“There are two reasons why I came here.”
“two ……?”
“Hey, Sakurai kun. You, why don’t you join the baseball club?”
Clatter.
I looked in the direction of the sound and saw Kitajima-san standing there.
“…… I understand exactly how you feel. But can you let me talk to him?”
Kirisaki-senpai looked at her with kind eyes.
“……I understand.”
Kitajima-san said and sat down in her seat.
“Sakurai kun. Our baseball team needs your help.”
“Haha. You must be joking. What can a lousy pitcher who always loses in the first round do against the Kaiho High School baseball team, which went to the Koshien the previous year and defeated a championship contender?”
“straight line, the fastest speed recorded was 130km/h, even though it was a softball game. You have a curve, a slider, and a change-up, and your control is not bad either. Furthermore, you are a valuable southpaw. Yesterday, you hit two home runs in the arcade game, and your hitting is also extraordinary.”
“………… how do you know the speed of my straight?”
I’ve never thrown a pitch as hard as I can ‘in club activities.
because the catcher couldn’t get it.
So I always threw lightly.
Yes, the only time I ever threw seriously was when I was ……
“That’s the number you hit on a big arcade pitching machine in front of a girl you grew up with, trying to look good, in plain clothes, with no shoulder training, not even spikes, on asphalt. I wonder what your real fastest speed is.”
“How do you know that?”
Kirisaki-senpai laughs at me as I glare at him with half-lidded eyes.
“Don’t lick me too much, It’s no small feat to find out something like this.”
“If you were ……, you must not have known why I quit baseball, right?”
Kirisaki-senpai drops his gaze at those words.
“I know, Still, I wanted you to play baseball. You know that our baseball team has a fatal flaw, don’t you?
“There is no pitcher. No, you don’t have a second pitcher to follow Muto Senpai. Right?”
Yes, that’s right. The absolute ace and top candidate for this year’s draft pick at this Kaiho High School. Ken Muto is the top candidate for this year’s draft, and is considered the favorite by several teams.
However, high school baseball is not as easy as winning with just this one person.
“Last year at Koshien. Ken pitched a one-man game and defeated the favorite to win the championship. But he lost the next game because he was still tired. It was a mistake to let him pitch by himself from the preliminary round.”
“Well, it wasn’t the time.”
Kirisaki-senpai said to me.
“You can be the second best following Ken. No, you can even become the ace. You can even become a pro. There is a catcher who can catch you at your best. Our high school baseball team needs your power. Will you play baseball again?”
The one who responded to these words was …… Rinne.
“Do it, Kirito”
“…… Eh?”
I turned to Rinne.
“I’m sure this two-timing bastard isn’t wrong. It’s not Kirito who is responsible for losing the first round all the time, it’s his poor teammates. He’s right about your ability. I thought I could trust him on this one point.”
“It was Kitajima-san who objected to Rinne’s words.
“II disagree. ……”
“Haa!?”
Rinne bit into Kitajima-san’s words.
“S-Sakurai’s heart is deeply wounded,…… and thinking about that, I can’t say to him that he should play baseball. I’m not sure how much I’m going to be able to do. I would like you to respect that feeling.”
“Hey, what’s that …… I don’t know …….”
“Y-yeah. I’ve only talked to Kitajima-san about it.”
“……I……………..see”
Rinne looks down when she hears my words.
I cut my gaze from Rinne and turned to Kirisaki-senpai.
“Kirisaki-senpai.”
“Yeah. Can I hear your answer?”
I look him in the eye and say
“I won’t play baseball.”
“Sakurai kun!”
“Kirito!?”
Kitajima-san and Rinne responded to my words.
“Can I ask …… why?”
“Yes. My heartbreak …… that was the reason I quit baseball is a cool way of putting it, but it’s already healed.”
I said that and looked at Kitajima-san.
“Thanks to her words, I’m back on my feet.”
“Then why don’t you play baseball?”
I shake my head at her words.
“I don’t play baseball. I play for fun, but I don’t take it seriously. The reason is just as Kitajima-san said.”
“Because you want to try something new. Right?”
“Yes, that’s right. So, although it is a very honorable offer, I have to decline. I’m sorry!”
I said, and bowed my head to the senior.
I bowed my head to him. I’ll give up on asking you to join the baseball team. I’ll give up on asking you to join the baseball team.
“I’m sorry I didn’t meet your expectations.”
“No, it’s okay. I thought you would probably reject my offer.”
Senpai laughs as he says this.
“Well, Sakurai kun. I said this at the beginning, didn’t I?”
There are two reasons why you are here. You said.
“…. Yes. What is it?”
Kirisaki-senpai smirks at me with a question mark on his face.
Ah, that face. ……
I had a bad premonition. And it turned out to be true.
“Sakurai Kirito-kun. Won’t you join the student council?”
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