Liar and Liar - Chapter 51

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Chapter 51

“On average, he hit a home run once every six at-bats against him. Unbelievable, right? For that pitcher, Seonwoo Kang is his greatest weakness and trauma.”

“I… didn’t know. How did you find out?”

What you just said, did you also tell the manager? Or is this purely coincidence?

Danielle had many things she wanted to ask. But she had to look where Frederick was looking.

Seonwoo Kang stepped up to the plate, lightly swinging his bat. About 10 years ago, when Danielle first saw him, he had the same routine.

The pitcher unnecessarily pressed down his cap once more and was fidgeting with the rosin bag for a long time.

Danielle couldn’t contain the heat boiling throughout her body. She jumped up from her seat and shouted at the top of her lungs.

“KANG! YOU GOT THIS!!!”

Standing under the full moon, he shone white. The first pitch went wild, and the catcher had to scramble to retrieve the ball. People stirred. Had the pitcher really gotten scared?

The second pitch was a low changeup. The control was accurate, but Danielle instinctively knew the pitcher was avoiding fastballs. Unable to match the timing, the strike count went up.

Still, the pitcher couldn’t quite calm down. He was adjusting his already adjusted cap again.

The moment the next pitch was thrown, sighs of “Oh” poured from the stands near home plate. The ball was thrown not just close to the body but almost directly targeting the batter, and Seonwoo Kang barely dodged it by reflexively pulling his waist back. Because the ball’s trajectory was too deep, Seonwoo Kang ended up falling forward.

Danielle screamed irrationally again. Of course, this time it wasn’t just Danielle.

“COWARD!”

What kind of baseball is it to hit the batter to walk him because you don’t want to compete? All the spectators seemed to have caught on to the pitcher’s intention.

The crowd fiercely booed him with thumbs down for choosing to directly hit his trauma opponent instead of giving a walk. Finally, the catcher got up from his position and approached the pitcher.

Danielle muttered to herself.

Encourage him.

Tell him to throw a fastball, that he can do it, support him.

The pitcher hung his head. The catcher lightly patted his shoulder. Danielle watched the situation without blinking once.

The pitcher steeled himself and grabbed and released the rosin bag once more. The pitcher took his position, and Seonwoo Kang was already perfectly ready at the plate.

Ready to hit the next pitch precisely.

The pitcher’s ball left his hand and flew as a fastball. Seonwoo Kang’s bat swung powerfully.

Danielle heard an auditory hallucination. The dull sound of the bat hitting the ball was so vividly clear. There was no way she could hear it from this distance.

As the ball soared into the sky, the players stuck to the dugout simultaneously craned their necks to look up at the air. Everyone’s breath stopped. It was perfect silence.

Danielle watched the silver-gleaming ball grow larger and larger. The ball… was flying straight toward them.

It was purely instinctive. Danielle caught the flying ball with her gloved hand. At that moment, the stadium was engulfed in screams and shouts.

“WAAAAHHHHH!!!”

Simultaneously, players poured out of the dugout onto the field. Danielle was so surprised she forgot to even react.

When she turned her head to the side, her eyes met Frederick’s. Only when she blinked did Danielle realize there were tears welling up in her eyes.

But she didn’t have time to wipe away the tears. Frederick wrapped one arm around Danielle’s waist and instantly kissed her lips.

Their lips met seamlessly, and Danielle’s breath stopped. Her hand holding the glove fell backward.

“Mmph.”

A thick arm strongly embraced Danielle’s waist. Their legs pressed completely together. What pressed against her lips was soft, and what touched her legs was hard. It was a maddening contradiction.

Danielle couldn’t come to her senses. Her whole body trembled violently. She gripped Frederick’s shoulder with her free hand, trembling, but it was no help at all.

People’s screaming echoed deafeningly loud like a giant amplifier was turned on. Everyone was ecstatic about the Sharks’ second consecutive World Series championship.

Everyone was beyond crazy, and Danielle and Frederick couldn’t let go of each other. Eventually, Danielle moved one arm with her eyes still closed and embraced Frederick’s neck.

You’re not sincere, I know.

I know you’ll abandon me someday.

But I…

For too long, excessively long…

The moment something pushed through her parted teeth, all thoughts evaporated. Her whole body grew hot.

Danielle couldn’t understand what she and Frederick were doing. This was something people in love would do.

The arm around her waist restrained Danielle from moving. Something wet and soft ensnared her.

It was definitely tender, yet like an invader. It seemed to gently comfort her, but in reality, it was dominating the inside of Danielle’s mouth. When he sucked on her tongue, Danielle trembled with a “hnngh.”

Leaning her leg against Frederick’s leg as if grasping for anything, his upper body came closer instead, making Danielle half-reclined. Frederick’s two hands supported Danielle’s back like a brace.

Her breathing was already racing. The movements were romantic, but somehow she felt like a sacrificial offering. Danielle made a pained sound and finally hit Frederick’s shoulder with her fist. It was a surrender signal.

Their lips barely separated, and Danielle trembled violently while struggling to catch her breath. Frederick put even more strength into the two arms embracing Danielle and whispered softly. It meant he had no intention of letting go anyway.

“Sorry… but let’s do more. Okay?”

Even though Danielle couldn’t answer, Frederick’s lips gently bit Danielle’s lower lip. With his eyes closed, he murmured.

“Cute, cute, cute, cute. Cute…”

He seemed… a bit crazy. What was cute about this?

She could feel him intentionally taking deep breaths. His mouth was sucking arbitrarily again. His thick tongue persistently tried to entangle with Danielle’s tongue to the end. Wetly rubbing against her, he greedily devoured Danielle.

He must have gone crazy. Did he get hit in the head while I wasn’t looking?

Danielle flailed her arms. Then, worried she might drop the ball caught in her glove, she ended up unable to move at all.

“Soo, darling, honey, my fairy, my morning.”

Each word was like poison. The words Frederick uttered numbed Danielle’s bodily sensations.

Her head was strange. It stopped working. No thoughts came, and all sounds seemed distant. The only thing that clearly rang in her ears was the sound of very slowly exploding fireworks.

Pop.

Boom.

Danielle finally embraced Frederick’s neck tightly with both arms. Tilting her head, she relaxed her mouth. Naturally, the kiss deepened as well.

Every time she tried to breathe, the scent of wood rushed in. That wood scent that had driven Danielle crazy for a whole 7 years.

The box that had crawled back to the shore of consciousness rattled as if it would burst at any moment. Thrown away but returning, erased but surging back.

In the end, Danielle knelt before that box.

She knew it painfully well. She had repeated it dozens, hundreds of times. Frederick Bastia was not the kind of something she could have.

‘But just today…’

Just this moment…

‘Just for this instant, it’s okay, right? I can hope a little, right?’

Because I…

Have liked you for 7 years.

Frederick Bastia was a piece of glass. It sparkled when hit by sunlight, but when gripped tightly to keep others from noticing, it cut her hand.

Danielle couldn’t throw away that piece of glass and had treasured it for 7 years. A blade that cut her hand when held and cut her heart when kept in her chest.

But Frederick Bastia, actually held in her mouth, was breathtakingly sweet. There was no pain.

Danielle embraced Frederick with her whole body. She could feel his solid embrace stiffen.

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