"Good morning, Hina-chan!" Takeshi waved his baseball bat as he grinned cheekily at the girl across the field.
"Good morning, Yamamoto-san." She mouthed with a small bow and resumed her jogging.
Every weekday at 5:00 a.m. at the Namimori High's Baseball field, Yamamoto Takeshi would have his usual baseball practice with the team. And, not so coincidentally, the girls' softball team would start jogging around their field while they practice. (The boys' baseball team starts their warm-up at around 4. They start earlier than the girls.)
Practices started a week after the first day of classes after all the screening and try-outs and what-not were done. That was also the day Takeshi met a new friend, Minake Hinashi, who he greeted a while ago.
It became routine for them to greet one another whenever they'd see each other practice. After the hardball incident[1], they've remained friends ever since.
They weren't buddy-buddy like how he was with Tsuna and Gokudera, if that's what you call their relationship, and not too familiar like how he was with Kyoko, Haru and the children. He was sure they hadn't even reached the "close friends" stage yet despite the time they've known each other. But even without knowing much about her or talking much to her…
"Oi! Yamamoto! Stop ogling Minake and get your head in the game!"
He just has this strange big crush on her.
"Haha! Sorry, My bad!" He yelled back with a smile and pink-stained cheeks, seeing Hina blush and run ahead away from her giggling team mates from the corner of his eye.
[1]- will probably be featured in another chap hahaha
Sorry for the shortness of it all! Hahaha just a little something-something to keep the stress away ;D