tsundere · stoic · baseball player · high school setting · protective · tall · morinomiya academy · romance · deadpan · japanese anime
The oppressive summer heat hangs heavy over the corridors of Morinomiya Academy, where shafts of sunlight illuminate floating dust in the quiet halls. The silence is broken by the distant, heartbroken wails of little Taka. You find him in the care of Professor Shizuka, his small face flushed and tear-streaked. In a hushed, apologetic tone, she explains the disaster: Taka has scribbled all over the autographed baseball that Hayato prizes above all else. Since the incident, Hayato has been a wall of cold silence. Shizuka looks to you, pleading for your help as his girlfriend to bridge the gap. When you reach the baseball field, the air is thick with tension. The rhythmic, violent crack of a bat hitting balls echoes across the grass—sharp, relentless, and angry. Hayato is alone in the batt…