My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 366 The Rules of Baseball?
After dropping the two off at their home, Shizuka Miyamura went straight to the restaurant she had booked.

While waiting for the food, Shoko enthusiastically shared stories about her school trip with her, and Shizuka couldn't help but laugh along with the funny parts.

Gang, silently scrolling through his phone, seemed a bit out of place. At first glance, the laughing and chatting pair looked more like a mother and daughter than a mother and son.

When she got home, Shoko greeted her grandmother in the living room, then hurriedly rushed back to her room and put the necklace that Tsuna's grandmother had given her into a safe place.

Just past 4 p.m., the freight company called and asked Tsuna to come out and sign for the package that had been shipped from Osaka that morning.

Early the next morning.

"Miyamura! Are you coming to baseball?"

"This day is early..."

After replying, Tsuna, who was sitting at the dining table, didn't receive any more messages from the other side, so he didn't pay any attention to it and continued eating his breakfast.

until……

"Ding dong..."

An uninvited guest appeared at the door of the Miyamura family's house and rang the doorbell every five or six seconds.

"I'm coming."

"Click..."

"Yo!"

"What are you..."

"Shall we play baseball?"

Wearing a baseball uniform, with a baseball bat and glove slung over his shoulder, Nishikata raised an eyebrow at the bewildered Tsuna.

"..."

"The Kitano and Tanaka group's meeting, are you coming? We're just missing you." Nishikata grinned, showing off his big white teeth.

"No…--"

"What? What? What?" Shoko's cute head suddenly popped out from behind Tsuna, stopping him from uttering his refusal.

After the two greeted each other, Tsuna explained why Nishikata had appeared there so early in the morning.

"Nishikata wants me to play baseball."

"I want to go too!"

"I haven't agreed yet."

Tsuna pinched her soft right cheek in an annoyed tone: "And didn't you promise Class President Takagi and the others last night that you'd go shopping later?"

"Then...then I won't go."

"..."

Tsuna ignored her antics and politely declined Nishikata's offer to wait at the door.
"Sorry, Nishikata, I want to rest today. You guys have fun."

Nishikata tried to persuade him a few more times, but Tsuna kept repeating the same thing, so he stopped insisting.

“We’re right there in that open space by Shuangye Creek. If you want to come, we’ll be waiting for you anytime.” With that, he waved and turned to leave.

He knew before he came that the chances were slim, but he still wanted to give it a try. If Tsuna could come, the team would have one more good member.

"Tsuna, what are the rules of baseball?" Shoko asked as she collapsed onto the sofa in the living room.

"You don't know?"

"I do not know."

"So you still want to join in the fun..."

As soon as Tsuna sat down at the other end of the sofa, he saw Shoko crawling towards him like a caterpillar, which made him both amused and helpless.

He then explained the rules and gameplay of baseball to her in great detail, but Shoko still looked completely confused and shook her head.

"Hiss... Let me think..." Tsuna pondered how to offer a more straightforward explanation.

"Change the name of baseball to 'Throwing Grenade'."

"Throw...throw a grenade?" Shoko was even more confused.

“Yes, think of the ball in a baseball as a grenade,” he said, rubbing his hair which was resting on his lap. After a moment’s thought, he continued, “If someone throws a grenade at you, you have to hit it with a stick. You have three chances. If you miss all three times, you’ll be blown up.”

"If you get hit, you have to turn around and run as fast as you can, because the other side will pick up the grenade and chase you. If they catch up, you'll be blown up."

“…I kind of understand…” Shoko’s brain, which had stopped thinking, was forcibly crammed with strange knowledge:

"Then what does 'home run,' 'running to first base,' 'second base,' and 'reaching home plate' mean?"

"A home run is when you hit a grenade out of bounds with a bat, and the opponent can't pick it up, then you win."

“The base is like a safe house. When you run away, you are only safe on the base. You need to get on the base before the opponent gets the grenade back.”

Three bases are like three safe houses, but you only win when you're home. That's the basic logic of baseball.

"I understand, I understand."

"Ding-dong...! Ding-dong...!"

"Glass sauce!"

"You two best friends are at the door, go open the door for them."

Tsuna was too lazy to think about why Takagi and the others asked Shoko to ring his doorbell. He simply patted Shoko's leg lightly, who was completely unaware of what was happening.

By the time she opened the door and returned to the living room, the fiery clouds on the horizon had already merged into one.

The living room was now occupied by the Miyamura couple, who were discussing where to go for their wedding anniversary on the sofa. Meanwhile, Tsuna leaned against the coffee table, peeling oranges and scrolling through his phone.

"You're back? Where did you go today?" Shizuka Miyamura stopped talking to Daio Miyamura and looked at Shoko at the door with a smile.

“I…” Shoko made eye contact with Tsuna the moment he appeared, and saw him gently waving a peeled orange at her.

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The day after returning from the school trip is like a page of a calendar being gently turned.

As dawn broke, the soft rustling of the uniform skirt brushing against the stand-up collar of the school uniform echoed once more. A few words of greeting rang out in front of the shoe cabinet.

The soft click of the lunchbox lid being lifted during lunch break, the dull thud of the door frame hitting the doorway where club activities were held after school—all these sounds were blended into the jingling of bicycle bells on the way home from school.

They repeat the same mundane days one after another.

The news that the long-awaited sports festival was about to be held was brought to us by Ayumi Ajitani the very next day.

Of course, this was a piece of gossip she overheard early in the morning when she went to the teachers' office.

When the school bell rang, Ms. Nanase also brought the news that the event would be held at the end of this month.

She also asked the physical education teacher to assist with the arrangements, etc.

Days passed by, and while Tsuna was lost in thought, the first weekend after returning from the school trip arrived.

night.

A bedroom brimming with girlish charm, featuring light pink walls and a giant white Zzilla plush toy by the bed.

"Ding dong..."

The phone buzzed on the table, and then the screen lit up.

"?"

Ayumi Ajitani, who was applying a face mask in front of the mirror, tilted her head in confusion, reached out her fingertip to unlock the screen, and saw that a group had inexplicably appeared on LINE.

Everyone I know is in this group, and the group owner is still Junko Mito.

Junko Mito: "(Image)"

Junko Mito: "(Image)"

.........

Junko Mito: "All the photos we took at the hotel during our school trip are here."

Tsuna: "Junko-nee, I remember you said you'd create a group chat that night, didn't you? It's been days already!"

'Nishimiya no Miyamura' has been removed from the group by the group owner.

"..." Tsuna stared at the message, speechless.

(End of this chapter)