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	 Volume 4
	  Chapter 8 (37)
	   I Don't Think You're Off This Time

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(Ch. 8) I Don't Think You're Off This Time

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Hikari: Hey!  Hide!
	It's nice that you're playing hard and all, but try to show a LITTLE humanity!
	Nobody would have complained if you couldn't catch that last one!

Hideo: You should know more about Hiro's strong sense of responsibility than I do.
	I can't have him owing me any favors.
	That way, when we meet in the Koshien, we can play as equals.

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Hikari: Honestly.

Hideo: Anyways, are you sure it's just for today?
	Your Hiro-cheering.

Hikari: Oh, shut up already!

Hideo: Yeah, yeah.

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Haruka: He's a very nice boy.

Hikari: Huh?

Haruka: Tachibana-kun.

Hikari: Oh,
	yeah...
	A little inconsiderate, though.

Haruka: How long have you been seeing each other?

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Hikari: Let's see,
	Hiro introduced us in the first year of middle school...
	So,
	on holidays we would go to cafes and movies.

Haruka: From seventh grade?

Hikari: Hide-chan was really popular back then.
	Tall, athletic, very cool.

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Haruka: And when you started dating, you saw he wasn't only that way on the outside.

Hikari: Right.

Haruka: You were lucky.
	All the guys I've ever thought were neat turned out to be jerks.
	I've never been on the mark once.

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Hikari: I don't think you're off,
	this time...

Haruka: Huh?

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<<Hikari: A love letter for Hiro?
	Really?

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<<Hiro: Wait, Hikari.
	Look.
	We're the same height now.
	Sucks to be you.

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Ump: Strike three!
	Batter out!

<<Hiro: I was a little snot-nosed kid through 8th grade.
	By the time I finally caught up in height and thought about getting a girlfriend,
	all the pretty ones were head over heels in love.

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Hikari: What?

Haruka: Oh,
	nothing...

Hiro: Don't panic!
	Make sure you've got it.

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Ump: Out!

Hiro: OK!

Teams: Meiwa Ichi
	Senkawa

Bug: (zzt...)

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Meiwa Principal: Do you really want to make your little team break up?

Principal: That's why I agreed on this game.

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Heat: (shawa shawa)(shawa)

Meiwa Principal: It's hot.

Principal: It's summer.

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Hiro: Win, and we're an official team.
	Lose, and we have to break up.
	Huh?
	What happens if the game ends
	in a tie?

Bug: (zz)(zz)

 - Chapter 8 Owari -