Chapter 3

As if on cue he heard familiar hummed and turned towards the fence. Sure enough it was Ryo heading over to the girls' baseball field. She was walking while gently tossing the baseball in the air, and she was humming. He knew none of the girls had practice today, so why was she going in that direction?
He must have been staring to long because one of his buddies from the team noticed. Hiroki felt an elbow in his side. "I've got to say, you sure lucked out with a girl like that." He said while uttering a low whistle.
The blonde just glared at his friend. "Don't whistle like that when talking about Ryo."
The blue haired guy just smiled, and looked to the other player to his right. Shinji was the same age as Hiroki, but a grade above him. He had dark blue hair, with dark brown eyes. His coloration was rather pale however; he was the teams 2nd basemen. And next to him was Hakkai, the team's shortstop. He had brown hair, green eyes and wore glasses. "I don't know, what do you think, huh Hakkai?"
He just smiled very sweetly and shrugged. "Well, she is very beautiful, and these sort of actions from Shinji are just saying he agrees' with your taste."
Hiroki just shook his head with amusement. "You guys are odd."
As he said that, Shinji had an odd gleam in his eyes. He took one look at Hiroki, then one to his friends' girlfriend, who was slowly walking and humming some unsaid song. Then a moment later he whistled at the girls' team pitcher. "Hey beautiful! Why don't you come and pitch for us a little while?"
That quickly got her out of her daze. She stopped, and out of shock dropped the baseball. She just stood there confused.
And thereafter, the 2nd basemen had his head being slapped by Hiroki. "What did I just tell you?"
"Hey! Watch it Takasugi! I was only giving her a compliment!"
As always Hakkai just stood there and smiled. He noticed Ryo walk to the fence, though she looked a tad bit embarrassed. He quietly left his two friends who were bickering as usual, and introduced himself to his friend's girlfriend.
"Hello, I'm sorry if my friend startled you."
"Oh? Umm, it's alright. I was just a little surprised." She looked over at the two guys. "Why does it look like Hiroki is going kill the other guy.?"
Hakkai just laughed. "I believe he's protecting your honor. I'm Cho Hakkai by the way. And I believe you're Hayakawa Ryo, am I right?"
She nodded. "Yes, I am. You're a friend of Hiroki's?"
He smiled. "Something like that." Hakkai heard soft footsteps behind him. It was the man in question himself.
"Ah, there's my tofu!" He said with a big grin on his face. His girlfriend just glared at him.
"What did I tell you about calling me that?"
He pretended to think for a moment. "Not to?"
"Then why do you continue to do so?"
And there went his biggest smile. "'Cause you're my tofu, that's why." A small blush rose on her cheeks.