Chapter 48: Memories of the Ball Game

Chapter 48: Memories of the Ball Game

A softball soared high into the sky above the park and fell, pulled down by gravity.

This time, this time, I ran, determined not to drop it.

I dash as fast as I can to the expected drop point.

I run and run desperately thrusting out the glove on my right hand as the ball drops.

But

Oh!

The softball escapes from my outstretched hand and bounces to the ground.

It was as if they were mocking me as I struggled to move.

Again, damn it, this is not how the play was supposed to go

Looking at the cruel result, I let out a voice filled with frustration.

Goddamn it Goddamn it!

Damn it! I hate ball games..!

My jersey-clad voice, full of anger and sorrow, echoed through the park on my day off.

In the first place, how did I end up practicing softball on my day off in a place like this?

The reason for this was an abominable memory that I had suddenly revived three days ago.

At lunchtime that day, Shijouin-san and I were chatting about trivial things in a corner of the class.

So, Kazamihara-san said, Shijouin-san likes bamboo shoot chocolate, right? Mushroom chocolate isnt an evil faction, is it? He asked me with a serious face. For some reason, the classmates around me who were listening to this were also reacting strangely and began fidgetingRêạd new chapters at novelhall.com

[TLN: Bamboo shoot and mushroom chocolate are choco from same brand and it look like this /watch?v=xgWdOcJKYSI]

Uh, yeah, I can see how they reacted. So what did you say, Shijoin-san?

Incidentally, mushroom chocolate and bamboo shoot chocolate are two long-selling sweets that have been the subject of a huge debate over which is superior for many years.

In real life and on the Internet, there is a constant war going on, with people saying things like, Mushrooms are easy to eat, while bamboo shoots get your hands dirty, and Bamboo shoots have a delicious cookie dough that mushrooms dont have, so its hard to say which one you prefer by accident.

When she responded with, I like Panda March for chocolate! For some reason, everyones faces became kind, and Kazamihara-san bowed to her and said, Im sorry for trying to get you involved in a silly fight Please be the pure Shijouin-san you are

Yeah I feel exactly the same way as Kazamihara-san. I hope you dont forget those pure feelings, Shijoin-san.

What?

Shijouin-san questioned me as I smiled at her.

Oh, my favorite person is still cute today.

And by the way, its almost the end of the semester.

Yeah, its going by fast.

Yes, it has really flown by since I started my second adolescence in this life.

And in that short time, Shijouin-san and I have become much closer, but after the recent visit to the Shijouin family, I feel like weve become even more close to one another.

Its almost summer vacation, right? Before that, we have to finish the ball game that were working on

The ball game was an inter-class event, and in our school, there are three types of leagues: soft volleyball, softball and basketball, and the class with the most wins is the winner.

Compared to the gym festival, it is more of a class competition, and our class has the most wins so far because we have a lot of athletic club members.

Our class is winning right now! Ill be happy if we can win like this!

Shijouin-san said with some excitement. As was the case with the cultural festival, Shijouin-san seems to like events like this, where everyone is united.

The runners were on second and third, but there were two outs, and it was the very last at bat.

(Im starting to remember the details more and more, but was a lot of fun at that time, wasnt it? One more! One more! Im sure youll agree. The class was cheering for him. Shijouin-san said, Were almost there! Im sure youll be able to do it

And the last pitch of the game, of all things, soared over my head.

It was a mediocre light fly, and the other team covered their eyes, while many of our class shouted, Yes! Many in our class shouted, Yes!

But the one guarding the lights was me, who was not very good at ball games.

In the previous games, the ball rarely flew toward the right side of the field, so I had been able to get away with it, but at the last moment, it came flying in.

The ball fell to the ground without being caught, and we lost the game in reverse.

The other team said, Yay! Were winning! and the other team was overjoyed,

At that time, I couldnt stand the gaze of everyone and kept my eyes closed for a while, so I dont know what kind of face the cheering Shijouin-san had on.

But there is no doubt that her excitement has cooled down.

(Well, its just a ball game, and in my previous life, I wasnt blamed by the people around me afterwards Not that I would be in the same situation in this life in the first place)

Even Shijouin-san doesnt think that dropping the ball will change her liking for me. But

Im not going to show my ineptitude in front of the girl I love ever again! Im going to get better at this for sure!

That was the only emotion I was absolutely sure of.

It may be a mans trivial appearance, but I want to look as good as I can in front of Shijo-in-san!

You should at least be able to catch flies and ground balls well!

With renewed energy, I stood up and threw the ball high into the air.

Its all about the catch.

If I could just get the feeling of catching the ball with my glove, I could!

Thats!

I timed it right, and unfolded my glove to block the path of the ball.

Thats all I had to do, to make the ball automatically fall into my glove.

About to fall, plop, roll [TLN: falling ball motion plop is when hitting something and roll is the motion of ball afterward (rolling)]

Ive been clearing up various problems since I started my youth all over again in this life.

I was able to fight off the cutthroat yankees with my mental strength, and at the school festival, I was able to succeed in both presentation and management with the skills I developed at the company I worked for in my past life.

And the other day, I just barely cleared an interview with the president of Shijoin Tokimune.

But this is the only sport that has been a disaster since my school days. Athleticism is the only thing that is difficult to maintain!

Just when I was lamenting in my heart

Hey, Nihama? What are you doing here?

What are you doing here? Fumihashi-san?

I turned around to hear a voice behind me and saw my classmate, Mai Fumihashi, standing there in a sports T-shirt and short pants.

ED: Animu

TL:Helena

TLN: The old translator left without any notice or anything for quite some time now. So yeah I am taking over this series. Dont expect me able to do daily release like how mowaso did it.