"I didn't expect Furuya's form to hold up all the way to the end today!" Miyuki remarked as practice drew to its final moments, having slacked off the whole time.
"Didn't you have a blast batting today?!!
Was that why you said that?
And just so you could bully people, you decisively threw away your whole declaration about getting used to the Wooden Bat!
Same as always, you really are a bastard with a terrible personality!" Sendou, who had likewise been "resting," sniped from beside him.
"Shut up!
You mind-reading monster!" Miyuki shot back with a laugh.
"You made it way too obvious!!" Sendou looked helplessly at this guy, who did not defend himself at all and instead started acting shameless.
"Well!
You're pretty persistent yourself. You were still using the Wooden Bat right until the end!
But aren't you afraid Rei-chan will come crying to you, saying she can't afford to keep you?!" Miyuki half-jokingly shifted the subject to Sendou.
He was met with Sendou's look as though he were staring at an idiot, and immediately fell silent.
That little rich girl would not care about such a trivial amount of money, much less crack over it and "lose" her mature woman image.
Besides, Sendou knew exactly how strong Rei-chan's mental resilience was.
After all, he had spent an entire year repeatedly dancing on the edge of getting himself killed without being beaten to death, and their relationship was still that good. That said it all.
Miyuki also knew that privately, this guy acted incredibly, absurdly reckless around Rei-chan!
Though he had no idea just how far that recklessness went...
"I just wanted to know why you were so persistent!" Miyuki explained awkwardly, made uncomfortable by Sendou's piercing stare.
"That white-haired guy is really looking forward to the Japan-America