Yakumo-san

Do you like baseball? I love baseball, especially when I don’t know anything about it and have to look up every single position and name. Fun for the whole family. Really recommend it.
Previous chapters:
Chapter 1 Chapter 2-3: desuarchive.org/a/thread/150601948/
Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Volume 1 Omake Chapter 8

For people from the future
Chapter 1 Fixed chapter 1: Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Volume 1 Omake Chapter 8

I made so much curry. Looks kinda like school lunch
Take out a little for tomorrow’s lunch
Sorry, Yamato-kun, I can’t let you eat all of it this time
I want to try making baked Doria curry
(sfx: doorbell)
Yes?

Chapter 9: What I can do …

I’m home
We-
Welcome… back?

Are you alright? Did that coach hit you?
No, of course not
I just got hit by a ball
A ball …!?
(small text: ice)
Changing defensive position?
Yes

When I entered high school I changed to shortstop
I’ve always played center back in middle school
Center and Shortstop! I know these
Center … is in the back right?
(small text: I used to be here, now I’m here
I was right!)
Is shortstop dangerous?
Yeah
I’m close to the batter so the balls fly very fast
But playing defense is a lot more fun than before
I can run around much more freely
So today
There was an irregular bound. The ball bounced in a weird way
bounced in a weird way!?

That kind of dangerous ball…
Well…yeah
It happened because the ground was not prepared properly
The first years got told to get their shit together
When it comes to baseball Yamato-kun sure can talk a lot
Good thing I did a bit of learning myself
Here you go
Eat a ton then go to sleep for the wound to heal, okay?
(square: Koma pork curry, large portion)

Are baseball balls that hard?
Yeah
I have one right here. Wanna see it?
Ah, I want to try touching it too
I’ve always played hardball so I’m used to it
We play softball back in middle school so the boys are pretty scared of it.

Isn’t this a rock?
A rock….
Well I’m used to it, so…
Are you actually fine? Isn’t this just the same as getting hit with a rock?
Are your eyeballs intact?
My eyeball is fine
(small text: these things fly pretty fast)
Baseball is…
… a dangerous sport
There’re plenty of sports that are far more dangerous though

There’s much less bone fracturing compared to soccer
The rugby club members even lost a few teeth
I’ve always been in a cultural club so this is a bit farfetched
Cultural club? Like the concert band?
Nah, the art and literature club. The kind of club where you get together and just read books all day.
Hmmmm?
I’ve always done badly in PE
So I have respect for those who can
Well, I don’t particularly take pride in PE though
I guess an injury or two is normal for active kids
Guess I got worried because I’m not used to seeing it.
It’s not like it’s unexpected
I mean, it still hurts, but…

Hm?
Ah, no. Never mind
Th-there’s no way to avoid that sort of thing
Yeah, I guess.

“… it’s not like I can die from this”
Good thing I didn’t say that

Am I worrying too much?
Yakumo-san is always so cheerful
But even now, it’s probably still painful for her
That year, she lost a family member
I wonder how she feels?

I can’t think at all…
Let’s go for a run

Let’s run along Tamagawa river
(sign: Tsubame manor)

Yakumo-san’s sadness…
Somehow
I feel like
I don’t want to see it

It’d be great
If there’s something that I can do

And that’s the end of today’s chapter. As some might have predicted, drama is looming around the corner. But fret not, as we return to fun shenanigans tomorrow, as well as a special appearance.

Typer here, planning to finish typing chapter 2 in a week.
According to bato.to, people tend to like it.

I checked out the comments on batoto, nothing but people arguing over if a widow should be allowed to marry again
Guess now I know why I don't read comments there.

Thanks a lot OP, great read.

Slow day today, have a free bump.

thanks for the chapter, user

Thank you very much!

It's not that bad, some guy linked another older woman x younger man manga that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Please keep up the good work guys.

>if a widow should be allowed to marry again
There's no fucking society on Earth where this is even an issue, unless they're royalty or part of some batshit fringe cult or something.

Ask them