Chapter 49: CH 49

“Hisamura-kun is amazing!”

Shiho, who was standing next to me, muttered involuntarily as she watched the game.

“Ahh, right. I never thought Hisamura could play baseball so well either.”

The game we were watching had Hisamura as a pitcher.

I heard that Hisamura had played baseball during elementary school but I didn’t expect him to be so good at pitching.

His ball speed isn’t as fast as Shigemoto but instead, his control is way better than Shigemotos.

And he seems to be throwing a curveball with his own change of pace, the other team is basically at his mercy at this point.

Even now, the batter was struck out on a pitch thrown by Hisamura, and the offense was replaced by a strikeout.

“Shit!”

A slightly sweaty Hisamura did a guts pose in front of everyone.

Shigemoto and the others gave him high fives.

I held back from applauding but I was pretty happy inside.

(Naisu! Hisamura!)

The corner of my mouth lifted up on it’s own, but no one was watching me, so it’s fine.

Shiho next to me and the other girls in my class were also watching the game with excitement.

I can hear the girls in the class cheering with me, talking about Hisamura.

“You’re so cool, Hisamura-kun!”

“Nee- He doesn’t stand out much in class, but he’s pretty good at sports, huh?”

“He’s not as good looking as Shigemoto-kun but he’s still pretty cool. You think he has a girlfriend?”

“I never heard of anything like that. I’m pretty sure that he doesn’t have one.”

“I think I’ll aim for Hisamura-kun then.”

(HAH?!)

When I heard that, I couldn’t help but look at the person who said that.

“Eh? Really?”

“Yeah, Hisamura-kun is totally my type! And isn’t the gap pretty nice? He’s always next to Shigemoto-kun in class so I didn’t really notice, but he’s pretty cool too.”

“Well, that’s true. Maybe I should go for him too.”

(Hah..?! HAH?!)

The conversation going on is making me pretty upset.

It never occurred to me that others would get interested in Hisamura.

“Ku… I miscalculated…! It’s true that Hisamura has a decent face and I, for one, think he’s very cool too.”

I was still trying to listen to them whilst using all my might to not look at them.

“Ehh? Aren’t you going out with the guy in the next class?”

“We broke up the other day. I’m free now so it doesn’t matter.”

“Well, I guess that’s fine, but can you just go out with guys like that?”

“There’s nothing wrong about it, is there? It’s not like we’ll be going out forever. We can just have it as a trial phase.”

(HAH?! D-Don’t be so casual about these sorts of things.)

Shiho had told me before, but I didn’t like the idea of it. She said that I should go out with him as a trial and see how it goes.

However, I was not so insincere and decided to be serious if I were to ever go out with someone.

(Not that I’m denying the people who date like that. It’s just that I’m a little annoyed that she thinks that Hisamura who’s currently dating me would be so casual about things like this.)

Each person will have different things to think about when dating the opposite sex.

But, Hisamura really did fall in love with me, and that’s why he confessed to me so seriously.

(T-This isn’t something I should be remembering here…!)

As I was watching the boys play, I was suddenly reminded about Hisamura’s confession and my face was instantly dyed red.

The only thing in my head right now is how Hisamura and I didn’t go out with such light intentions.

(I want to tell those girls that, but it can’t happen without me telling them that we’re actually dating…)

As I was thinking about this, the baseball game was unfolding and Hisamura was about to stand in the batter’s box as a batter.

“Sei-chan! Hisamura is about to bat!”

“Ah, r-right…”

“See, Hisamura-kun is looking in this direction.”

Shiho was right, I could see Hisamura looking in our direction before entering the batter’s box.

At the same time, I was happy to see that he was looking at me and thinking of me in a special way.

I gave a small wave so that the people around me wouldn’t notice. As a sign of good luck.

Then, I don’t really know if Hisamura got the message or not, but I saw him hold his chest as if he was in pain.

“W-What’s the matter, Hisamura? You’re holding your chest, did you hurt yourself somewhere?”

“Yeah, I’m fine. It’s just Sei-chan’s fault.”

“H-Hey! W-Why is it my fault?”

“That’s because you’re too cute, Sei-chan.”

I tilted my head, unsure what he meant by that.

The moment I was about to ask him that.

““HISAMURA-KUN!! HANG IN THERE!!””

Cheers started echoing next to me.

When I looked over I saw the two girls who wanted to date Hisamura cheering loudly.

I wondered if the voice reached him or not, but just before he entered the box he gave a light bow. I could see he was a little confused.

“Haha, you’re so cute Hisamura-kun.”

“Fufu, I’ll go talk to him later and see If I can leave a good impression on him.”

Apparently, she was actually trying to get in touch with Hisamura. I don’t know if she was trying to do so for fun or if she was serious about it.

“……”

“Sei-chan, Sei-chan, your atmosphere is a little scary…”

“Uu… Sorry.”

I can’t help but glare at the two girls.

I was grateful for her cheering for Hisamura.

But aiming and making him a boyfriend is a completely different story.