"I'm terribly sorry for my husbands rudeness. I'm Naomi, Ai's mother."
If Ai was a budding young woman, then the woman in front of him was in full bloom. She was charming and beautiful, yet there was an elegant air surrounding her, making one feel comfortable.
"I'm Ken Takagi, Ai's classmate." He responded simply, unable to say anything more since his mind was preoccupied.
'Is this what Ai is going to look like when she grows up? So pretty…'
He gulped.
"Um Ken?" Ai's voice sounded, breaking him out of his stupor.
"Y-Yes?"
"You can put my bike down now." She said softly.
"A-AH, yep no worries."
He had just been praising himself for not being embarrassing, yet here he was still carrying a pink bike over his shoulder. His cheeks reddened, bringing a full color to his face.
"Pfft… Hahaha"
This time both Ai and her mother began to giggle, filling the atmosphere with lightheartedness.
Ken has bigger fish to fry right now, like winning nationals. Will he be able to place his feelings aside and focus on the goal in front of him?
As I said last chapter, my stockpile is increasing back to comfortable levels. How many chaps would you like to see in priv next month?
Also, we'll be seeing some more baseball action very soon ;)
As usual, If you'd like some additional chapters please see below incentives which will be added 1st of new month:
1000 Power stones** = 1 additional chapter (1 weekly)
400 Golden Tickets* = 1 additional chapter (200 goal reached)
Gift over 1000 coins** = 1 additional chapter (2/2 claimed this month)
Castle**** = 2 additional chapters
Current Bonus chapter count: 3