Crossing Over

"What were you doing, Naru?" Carlos asked when he saw Narumiya texting.

"Sending a message!"

"...!" Everyone fell silent.

"We know that!

The question is, to whom..." Tadano argued loudly in polite language.

"Well! This guy barely has any friends, so it was probably to that guy!" Carlos cut Tadano off.

"That's true!" Shirakawa chimed in.

"???"

"What do you mean, I don't have friends?!

I have tons of friends!!" Narumiya shouted.

"Like who?" Shirakawa stabbed right where it hurt.

"This...!" Narumiya actually rattled off a long list of names.

"When was the last time you contacted any of them?" One sentence from Shirakawa immediately silenced Narumiya.

"This!" Akamatsu Shinji spoke up.

"Don't worry about it!

That guy's probably texting Sendou!" Carlos explained to his future junior.

"But..."

"He was probably thinking about what kind of expression Sendou would have when he saw the message after the game, or how he'd reply!

That's just his hobby. Don't worry about it!!"

"I see!

Are those two really close?

Carlos-san!" This was the first time Akamatsu Shinji had learned that Narumiya and Sendou had that kind of relationship.

"For Naru, probably!!" Carlos laughed.

"What do you mean?" Akamatsu Shinji asked again.

But the game had already resumed after Miyuki's pitcher-catcher conference ended.

The topic was forcibly brought to an end as well.

"Fifth batter! First baseman, Sanada-kun!"

"Alright! I really want to take this in one go!!

I can't hit pitches that are too difficult!

So I'll just smash the hittable ones. If you throw me something good to hit, I won't hold back!" Sanada walked into the Batter's Box with a grin.

"Heh heh heh!

That was a sinker just now, right? Even though it didn't look like it moved at all!!

He probably overthrew because he was under too much