Today was the first day that Batter started in the new school he attended. It didn't take long before people started talking to him. He was a man of little words though, so he mostly listened to his classmates blab on about things going around the school. When lunchtime came around, he headed down to the lunch room, dodging other students who ran around in the busy hallways of the school. As soon as Batter entered the lunchroom, he was surrounded by noise. This noise mostly came from one of the back tables, surrounded by girls and boys. Not wanting attention, Batter decided not to approach that area and instead once he got lunch, sat at an empty table. "Hello." Came a cheery voice beside the batter. He slowly turned his head and looked at the person next to him. "I'm Queen! What's your name?" She asked, happily taking a bite of mashed potatoes from her lunch tray. "Batter." Was all he said before continuing eating his lunch. "Oh, you're the new student right? How's the school so far?" The girl kept her cheery tone, even when Batter didn't smile. "It's alright." When Queen's friend's called her over she quickly said her goodbye and then left the boy all alone once again. Once the long boring lunch was over, Batter quickly left the lunchroom and went to his next class. Boy, had he hated the stares he got at lunch.
Once he was in his seat, he realized he was a couple minutes early. He wasn't the only student however that was early, another boy with a mask walked into the room and set his stuff down on one of the back seats. "Why so gloomy today?" The masked boy asked, walking over and sitting down on the desk next to Batter. When the boy didn't get a reply, he held his hand out, "Zacharie. My name's Zacharie, and you?"… "The name's Batter." They shook hands, and Zacharie smiled behind his colorless mask. "You're new right?"…"Yeah."… Zach sighed loudly. "You don't talk much huh?.. Are you doing sports this year?" Zacharie asked, Pushing to get Batter to talk more. "Baseball." Simple replies was Batter's specialty and he wasn't sure he could trust this 'Zacharie' kid yet. "Oh, what's your favorite part? Do you like batting?…." Zacharie had to keep from giggling over his stupid joke, which obviously pissed Batter off. Batter rolled his eyes, which he knew Zacharie didn't see since his baseball hat practically covered his face. "I'm sorry, I couldn't help it.." The masked boy giggled some more then left to go to his seat once other students started piling into the classroom. "Ooooh, getting close to the new kid are ya now?" Zach's friend elbowed him in the side and teased him. "Oh shut up and get in your seat will you!"
After school, Zacharie went to watch the baseball team practice. Some of the team members said hi and smiled, others just ignored him. Others meaning, Batter. "Batter why so cold to your new friend huh?" Zacharie laughed and looked up at the taller boy. "We're not friends." Was all he said before grabbing his bat and heading to the home plate. Zacharie pouted and went to sit down on the ground in front of the tall fence. "Ay battah battah! Ay battah battah sw-" Zacharie was cute off by a fast ball hitting the fence in from of him. "Oi, Batter be nice on the guy. He's cool alright?" One of Zacharie's rolled his eyes and laughed. "Zacharie is obviously getting to him." One of the team mates whispers to the other. "He usually does't fowl off the ball that badly."
When Batter finished his up to bat turn, the masked boy came bounding over to the dugout. "You're a good batter, Batter." Zacharie complimented the baseball player and sat on the bench in the dugout. "You hit that forkball perfectly." The boy swung his legs back and forth and watched as the next up to bat player swung and missed. "How do you know the different pitches?" Batter asked, sitting on the bench beside the shorter boy. "I've watched many games, I'm not totally clueless to these things." Zach was surprised when he saw a slight smile come across the Batter's face.