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	 Volume 29
	  Chapter 6 (284)
	   Right in Front of Her

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(Ch. 6) Right in Front of Her

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Haruka: Is Hikari-san feeling better?

Hiro: Probably.

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Hiro: I think.
	Hideo seems to be taking good care of her.
	She'll be fine.

Haruka: Why are you leaving it all to Tachibana-kun?

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Haruka: There must be something you can do for her, too.

Hiro: Nope.
	If we met and started talking about her mom,
	I'd probably start crying first.

Haruka: You should cry,
	right in front of her.
	Tachibana-kun couldn't do THAT.

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Hiro: No way.
	It's pathetic.

Kine: Yikes!
	Watch out!

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Hikari: I'm all right now.
	I am.

Hideo: Got it.

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Hideo: Tell me if you're ever feeling down.
	I'll come running.

Hikari: In the middle of a game, even?

Hideo: Yeah.
	If you really need my help.

Hikari: You idiot!
	Baseball is your priority until the summer is over!
	Don't you dare cause problems for the team!
	Plus, you won't need to come running.
	I'll be right there.

Hideo: Huh?

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Coach: She's a temporary summer manager.
	I asked her myself, since you were lagging.

Hideo: Oh.
	But...

Coach: Don't try to coddle her.
	The pain of losing her mother will not go away no matter you do.
	But we can set her to work so hard she won't have time to think.

Hikari: Please do.
	My mother was looking forward to rooting for us in the Koshien this year.

Coach: You'll have to ask HIM for that one.

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Hikari: I'm counting on it.

Hideo: Oh, but Coach,
	could you make Osanai the one who sits on the bench?
	She's really been trying hard the past year...

Coach: Amamiya just asked me the same thing.
	You can start next week.

Hikari: Yes sir.
	See you soon, Osanai-san.

Miho: (ack)

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Miho: What a tough young woman she is.

Hideo: Yeah.
	Her dad told me she never cried once in front of anyone.
	Even if she had been crying in secret.

Miho: And I've only ever cried in front of others.
	Tears are a woman's weapon.
	They're meaningless without a target.

Hideo: Which of you is tougher, again?

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Mr. Amamiya: I heard they've decided.
	It's gonna be an apartment complex.

Hikari: What?

Mr. Amamiya: That empty lot on 3rd Street.

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Mr. Amamiya: I'm kinda surprised it was still empty.
	You sure played there a lot.
	Until Mom had to go call you home at sunset...

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<<Mrs. Amamiya: It's dinnertime.

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Ball: (fwap)

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