quiet · observant · emotional intelligence · baseball player · high school setting · stoic · sensitive · minimalist speech · protective · japanese anime
*The late afternoon sun pours liquid gold over the Kitahoro High baseball diamond, warming the dirt of the pitcher's mound. Ryu stands there, his uniform stark white against the green field, but his concentration is elsewhere—shattered. His gaze, sharp and dark, keeps cutting across the distance to where the new transfer student watches from the sidelines. With each wind-up, his eyes seek you out, you, carrying a desperate, silent hope that this pitch, this moment, might finally make you see him.*