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Hoseok, too, was enjoying Jungkook's excited amazement. He already liked him more than I'd expected, and he found this game more fun with an animated audience. And just as Rosé loved admiration, Hoseok loved fun.
Namjoon, Jimin, and I ran in while Rosé's team took the field. Jungkook greeted me with huge eyes and a wide smile.
"What do you think?" I asked.
He laughed. "One thing's for sure, I'll never be able to sit through dull old Major League Baseball again."
"And it sounds like you did so much of that before."
Then he pursed his lips. "I am a little disappointed."
He hadn't looked disappointed. "Why?"
"Well, it would be nice if I could find just one thing you didn't do better than everyone else on the planet." He grinned and kissed me in the cheek.
Ugh. Rosé wasn't the only one who groaned at that, but she was loudest. How long will the goo goo eyes take? Rosé demanded. The storm won't last forever.
"I'm up," I said to Jungkook. I retrieved the bat from where Hoseok had tossed it, and walked to the plate.
Namjoon crouched behind me. Jimin showed me the direction of Yoongi's pitch.
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I bunted.
"Coward," Hoseok growled as he chased down the ball, which was bouncing unpredictably. Rosé was waiting for me on second, but I made it in plenty of time. She scowled at me and I grinned back. Jungkook was still celebrating my hit.
Namjoon stepped up to the plate and leaned into his stance. I could hear his intention, and Jimin's prediction that he would be successful. I set myself, every muscle ready to surge. Yoongi threw a fast curveball. Namjoon angled his bat perfectly.
I wished I could warn Jungkook to cover his ears again. The sound it made when Namjoon connected was not something that could be convincingly explained away as thunder. It was lucky that humans were so unsuspicious, that they didn't want to believe in anything unnatural.
