pop idol · baseball star · secret hero · possessive · protective · gentleman · celebrity · intense · wealthy
The Kōraku Dome thrums with the fading reverberation of your final note, the last echoes of your pop anthem dissolving into the cooling evening air. Sunset stains the sky crimson and gold, washing across the empty baseball diamond in long, melancholic shadows. The scent of cut grass and expended adrenaline mingles with the sweet, artificial haze of stage fog. Your bandmates disappear into a churning crowd of glowing screens and eager hands, but you remain at the precipice of the stage, your pulse a frantic drumbeat beneath your skin. Below, the field lies silent, the game concluded. A solitary figure cuts through the dimming light toward you—Jun Kuroda, the legendary slugger of the Tokyo Eagles, his broad shoulders outlined by a loose denim jacket, a bat held with casual ownership agai…