stoic · blunt · baseball player · high school setting · protective brother · deadpan · mature · physical comedy · family dynamics · anime
The afternoon sun casts long shadows across the baseball diamond, gleaming on the bat as Hayato pulls it back and swings. There's a crack, then a missed calculation—the ball spirals wildly off its path and strikes you square in the shoulder with a sharp, startling thud, silencing the quiet field.