Love, Dreams, Friendship

The Coming Limit

Atsushi did not say anything to the unbelievable words of Ino, and he was simply dumbfounded.

"Have you heard it? ... Apologize to everyone."

Ino just blurted out the words to Junto. The members around me continued to look down in silence. Only Ryota and his comrades looked towards Junto.

"...sorry.I lost because of me..."

Atsushi could only lower his head. I don't remember much after that. When I noticed, I went home, ate rice with the family, took a bath, slept ... I did the same as usual and finished the day. During that time, I did not remember what I was thinking or feeling at all.

The morning came as usual and I went to school as usual for now. My feelings were heavy, but I thought I would do it again even though it was dark, so I decided to change my feelings.

"Good morning"

Atsushi, who finds a baseball team member from the same two years walking in front of him, tries hard and calls cheerfully. However, the friends who turned around gave Junto a cold look and words.

"I can't laugh much"

"Do you know how much we hurt?"

"Think about senior feeling in 3 years."

I can only apologize for the unexpected reaction from my friends.

Even in the classroom, the members of the baseball club in the same class continued to be cold towards Atsushi. Being able to catch him, the other classmates also changed their attitude towards Atsushi.

The same situation continued in the club's activities, and no one tried to talk to Atsushi. Ryota and his third-grade students had already retired, so they were no longer as bullied as they once were, but this time they would continue to be ignored by all members of second and first grade.

As expected, Atsushi could not hold on with a smile. Naturally, my smile disappeared and a wall with surroundings began to form.

Ino, an adviser, knows the situation, but he does nothing. While understanding Atsushi's plight, he pretends not to notice it, nominates Atsushi again as an ace, and tells the members with unfamiliar faces, "Please support the ace together."

Atsushi manages to survive, buoyed by his love of baseball and the words of the day that support his dreams. I kept throwing while thinking that the environment might change if results were obtained, and continued to lead the team to victory again.

Atsushi has not scored in several games since that match. The Nanchu baseball club continues to win. However, the attitude around him did not change. On the contrary, when Atsushi hit a home run goodbye to one game and lost, his friends were colder to him.

"Why can't I protect a three-point lead?"

"I destroyed the opponent's ace."

"I wonder if I still don't know if I can't lose if the pitcher doesn't score."

The members kept talking on the bus back so they could hear it on purpose, not directly.

- No. That's the limit.

Atsushi felt like he heard the voice of his broken heart.

The next day, Atsuto quit the baseball club. It was around the end of the second semester of the second semester.

"The baseball club has left Hasumi"

Nao repeated Toru's words in his heart.

"What does that mean?"

"Actually, one of my friends was at the same baseball club as Hasumi, and she talked a lot ..."

"... That's bad!"

Nao made a loud noise unconsciously. Worried about the eyes of the other executive committee members around him, Tohru put her index finger in her mouth and said, "Look."

"I'm sorry, but it's bullying."

"Yes, that's right. My friend thinks so, but she is a person who is as weak as me, and she drifts and ignores Hasumi ..."

Tohru hears from her friend that most of them are just as weak as their friends and ignores Atsushi, and the other members are not the least bit jealous of Atsushi, it seemed like she had fun and ignored him because he was there.

"After that, it seems like senior Yatabe's eyes are scary until the third grader graduates from school ..."

The Yatabe... Ryota and his friends sometimes show up at the baseball club even when they are retired. The members, who knew that Ryota was still staring at Atsushi when he retired, could not get along with Atsushi on the detour.

"So, even after Hasumi dropped out of the baseball club at the end of the second semester of the second semester, it seems that the baseball club members did not speak to Hasumi even in school until her senior graduated ... It seemed that he did not know what kind of face he should talk about with Hasumi now ... "

"……I understand"

Nao felt he could not finish it. And suddenly a question arises.

"I knew from this story that the baseball club had left Hasumi-kun, but why did it spread in the opposite story?"

"Oh, that's terrible, or frankly nonsense."

Tohru told me to throw it away.

"Hasumi stopped, and as expected, the baseball club could not win. That's why some people say, "I need Hasumi," so I wait for my senior to graduate and become a third-grader. It seems like he directly asked Hasumi to "go back to the baseball club" ... "

Nao was furious, saying how good a story about insects was. Toru, who could not say it with words other than guessing from the atmosphere, made a bitter smile.

"This is a very good story about insects ... Of course, I rejected Hasumi, but for some reason, I wondered if I would leave us." I couldn't win the game, and of course I lost the district tournament ... So I said, "Because he left us."

Nao, who could not understand that such rumors were spreading for that reason, was so amazed at his selfishness that he could not say anything.

"So, the last one is ..."

"Is there still!?"

Nao laughed in his anger, saying how the baseball club in the south made Junto feel ill.

"Ah, this is the end"

Toru felt Nao's anger as rushed and hurried.

"Pak Ueda, the baseball club advisor at this school who has long bought Hasumi, comes to stalk Hasumi in person. Some students found out, and members of the baseball team heard it. "Sly" is a storm. Say "Betray us".

"Yes……"

I don't know what else to say.

“But nothing sneaky, it's Hasumi's ability, and most importantly, she dares to reject the recommendation and enter this school in general.” Unlike other recommendations, there are times when I do not do club activities. From “...”

Nao hurt her heart, wondering how Hasumi felt when she said that.