Chapter 83

Just leave me alone -1-

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“Kwanwoo!”

Jury, who seemed to have had quite a bit of alcohol, with a slightly red face, ran towards me as soon as she saw me. She looked very happy. I easily caught her as she ran into my arms and spun her around a few times, and she laughed strangely.

“Hahaaha!”

It's quite strange, but she's so cute, so it's fine.

“You were so cool today, Kwanwoo! I'll give you a kiss!”

Jury giggled and kissed my lips.

There are a few decisive clues.

She looks quite drunk, but when she kissed me, the smell was minty. She must have brushed her teeth.

When she lunged at me, I could smell the body wash.

Additionally, Jury, who resembles a potential mother-in-law, has a high tolerance for alcohol. Alcohol is prohibited in the baseball stadium, and the beer sold there isn't enough to knock her out.

I remember a scene. When we lived together in the U.S., Jury would drink beer like she was trying to make it extinct while working on a new player's training program all night.

Wearing very comfortable clothes, she scratched her belly and drank the last drop, then put the can down.

And the pile of empty cans next to it...

Anyway, Jury wasn't drunk.

So, the conclusion is that she's pretending to be drunk.

“Did you miss me, sis? I was watching you from afar...”

“I was watching you from afar too.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. I was just looking at the stands the whole time.”

She is hugging my waist.

Jury seems quite carefree, but in fact, she's quite shy.

Let's draw a conclusion.

Is she trying to hide her shyness and show more affection by pretending to be drunk, even going as far as brushing her teeth?

I've thought about it. I'm two years younger than Jury, but I can be seen as an older partner.

I have many secrets from Jury. No matter how much she loves me, if I tell her that I got divorced due to my mistake and came back to the past thanks to the ring I received as a gift, I'm not sure she would react positively.

Even though we're going to spend our lives together, I think there are secrets that need to be told, secrets that can be told, and secrets that can't be told.

So, I decided to show my capacity as an older partner.

“But, sis.”

“Yeah?”

“Did you drink a lot today?”

Jury winked awkwardly and sent me a finger heart.

“A little?”

Jury liked it when I worried about her. The problem is, Jury is the kind of person who doesn't create situations that make me worry.

I tried to look as sad as possible.

“Don't drink too much...”

“Why?”

Jury blinked, looking like she didn't know anything.

I'm not good at this.

I bit my lower lip to suppress a smile.

“I'm worried...”

Jury's eyes became moist, and she buried her face in my chest. Her body trembled slightly, but I'm sure she's laughing.

“Sigh. Kwanwoo... Kwanwoo worries about me so much...”

Anyway.

Isn't it best if we're both happy?

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The season was becoming one where rookies were increasingly standing out.

Kwanwoo Kang of the Oceans didn't need much explanation. He's leading in all hitting categories except for steals.

No Kyungwoo was also showing consistent performance, and not only the recently debuted Yubyeong Sung of the Meteors but also Song Tae-woong, who moved to the bullpen, was establishing himself with fastballs approaching 150 km/h.

[O) Honestly, let's not call a 150 km/h ball a fastball. It should be at least 160 km/h to be called a fastball.]

└Are the Oceans kids being cocky?

└There's no Korean pitcher in the Meteors besides Kwanwoo who can throw 150 km/h. ㅉㅉ

└O) Our team's Korean pitchers are all control pitchers. ㅎ

└Control? Control pitchers?

└F*ck, tell that to Ihoon.

└O) Ihoon... just leave him alone...

Yesterday, fans of both teams had a light argument online, and a keyboard battle also broke out in an article where Yubyeong Sung challenged for the Rookie of the Year.

Today, the sixth matchup of the season between the Meteors and the Oceans at Sajik Stadium was scheduled, so it was natural for the fight to get bigger.

[Met) Song Tae-woong + Jung Yunseok to strike out Kwanwoo]

└Get lost, you f*cking scumbag.

└If you want Kwanwoo, your whole team isn't enough.

└Song Tae-woong + Jung Yunseok for Kim Se-wan + Ihoon.

└I clearly said to leave Ihoon alone...

Actually, if other team fans saw this, they might mock the "salt and pepper" fans for their antics, but this season, both teams have been making significant progress.

However, there's still no atmosphere of recognizing them as real strong teams.

[Isn't it cute how the salt and pepper fans are mocking each other?]

└Yeah, it's cute. ㅋㅋ

└After being at the bottom for several seasons, it's time for their prospects to shine.

└Both the Meteors and the Oceans have very shallow depth, so one injury can send the team to the bottom.

└That's true. ㅋㅋ When the Oceans lost their shortstop and catcher, the game was a mess. ㅋ

Anyway, the Oceans and the Meteors have been like magnets on the standings for a long time.

They've been rivals, even if they don't like each other.

[Honestly, it hurts our pride to be compared with the -c- team.]

└Why are the kids who finished last for three consecutive years comparing themselves?

└Are the Oceans fans crazy? Don't they remember finishing last for three consecutive years from 2012?

└C-fans, don't you remember the unprecedented four consecutive last-place finishes?

└8888577 ㅋㅋ

The dignity of the only team in KBO history to finish last for four consecutive years.

That's why the Oceans are called the "C-" team.

To them, prospects were just young and bad players, and they would think, "We lost, did we?" or "We won, was the other team that bad?"

When a promising rookie joined the team, they would feel sorry for them. And their hobby was to try to get their former manager hired by other teams.

The team, which had been steeped in a sense of defeat, was confused but focused on enjoying the present as they suddenly found themselves in the top battle with the emergence of a super rookie.

[Honestly, when have we ever seen this? Even if others curse us, we just go crazy.]

└But I'm a C-fan, and this is the first time I've seen a top battle.

└How did I end up with such a team...

└I'm a C-fan too, but I don't understand. ㅋㅋ If I had seen them do well, it would be different.

└You need to have seen them do well to like them.

└Shut up, you f*cking scumbag.

And that feeling was being released at Sajik Stadium, which sold out all seats even though it was a Friday.

“Oceans will win!”

“Today too!”

“Yesterday too!”

“Tomorrow too!”

“Today, all the salt and pepper fans, let's cheer for the Oceans!”

“Invincible Oceans! Strongest Oceans!”

Even before the game started, a cheering battle reminiscent of the postseason was unfolding.

“Kwanwoo! Kwanwoo Kang!”

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