soul of baseball

Chapter 301 The Irresistible Kiss
College baseball is very different from high school. In recent years, more and more players have chosen to go to college instead of going directly through the draft to experience in the minor leagues.

In fact, according to Shen Qin's thinking, the only difference in the configuration of major league and college baseball lies in the logistics and the number of coaches.

While UMBC ushered in a good year, it also spent a lot of money to hire the famous head coach Kara (also bench coach, personal assistant Mike) and cooperate with Deidara's medical team, who will arrange long-term staff to serve as team doctors. (The coach is Muma, I don’t want to write about him, I will change!)

Volunteer coaches are canceled and all are paid salaries. I hope they can devote themselves to the team!

Three assistant coaches: Jodl (first base coach), Wall (third base coach), Buster (bullpen coach).

Hitting coach Meera has coached a 2A team under MLS San Diego.

Pitching coach Keant was a pitcher who fell behind in Triple-A major leagues and then fought hard in the independent leagues.

Bullpen catchers Singer and Alexander are student volunteers.

The player part includes 3 catchers, 9 infielders, 6 outfielders and 22 pitchers, forming a 40-man roster. (In fact, it should be 35 people. In order not to be confused with the major leagues, they all adopted the same list)

小名单从40人名单中25人，其中包含13名投手，2名捕手，7名内野手以及3名外野手。

It's just that the roster distribution he heard about made Shen Qin a little strange: "Shouldn't there be four outfielders? There are too many infields?"

As a freshman, Coach was also at a loss, but Nolan, who passed by, stopped and looked back with a smile and said: "There are two tool people (people who can guard multiple positions), the list is saved, but the main reason is to transfer I didn’t move to third base, so I adjusted it like this.” (Baseball students transfer to another school normally)
Shen Qin responded, and asked again: "Don't you need to be selected?" Back in high school...

"There is only selection within the team. If you play well, you will be on the 25-man roster. If you can't play well, you will be on the 40-man roster. If you have to choose from outside, who will accept the invitation from the school? Oh~ There are also organized entertainment games for interested players."

As Nolan spoke, he looked at Shen Qin. It was the first time he had seen this person face to face in the past few days.

Uh~ How should I say it?Aside from big eyes, round face and cute face, is he a shy person?Can such a player as a catcher really hold those crazy pitchers on the team?Tsk tsk~ It won't be easy to stand firm and start first~
"Oh~ There's still a place~ It belongs to the mascot hound Zhensha Shuo~ No, there should be two, one is alive and the other is a doll."

Speaking of the mascot, Shen Qin became interested: "Then who is playing the role?"

Nolan made a silent gesture in front of his mouth: "The mascot is a kind of inheritance and spirit. If you name the actor, it won't have this effect. No one can say it~Of course I don't know."

Shen Qin responded, and after seeing Nolan left, he whispered to Kou Chi, "He is so nice~ you are indeed the captain."

"Stay away from him!" Kou Chi turned and left, making Shen Qin who was left behind confused: His temper is too big now~
……

Shen Qin could only go back to the dormitory alone to do his favorite thing - taking pictures of his shoes and posting them on Weibo, then changed his clothes and went downstairs to go shopping in the supermarket.

TXT has its own orientation meeting, but it needs to raise money. It will sell things outside the yard tomorrow, and the money earned will be used as purchase funds for the two-day orientation meeting.

In the past two days, Shen Qin also learned that there are 21 people living in the main building and the auxiliary building of TXT, most of which are empty, so as a newcomer, you have to prepare small gifts according to the head of the newcomer~ cheap and easy to use~ of course China Featured - gourmet~
As soon as he jumped downstairs, the key in his hand was taken away by Kou Chi who was waiting aside. Before Shen Qin could be surprised, a hat was placed on his head: "Where are you going?"

"Aren't you angry anymore?"

Kou Chi rolled his eyes and said confidently: "I went to get something to eat. Why are you angry for no reason? What do you want to buy??"

Uh... Although I have a bad temper, it seems that I don't need to be coaxed anymore?Shen Qin, who sighed that Kou Chi had grown up, got into the car helplessly: "I want to buy colorful candies!~"

"Sugar? What are you going to do?" Kou Chi was very familiar with Shen Qin's, and he boiled water to drink from the back, and then started the car and drove to the supermarket.

Shen Qin was stunned: "How do you know that I bought water and put it behind?"

"Your car is my car~"

Ahem~ Shen Qin was shocked. Although it’s okay that my car is your car, why don’t you be so serious about it?Now that you’ve gone to the supermarket, buy an inflatable bed or folding bed~
After the matter was revealed, it was a bit awkward for two people to sleep in the same bed so close to each other~
……

"What are you going to do?" Seeing that Shen Qin bought a lot of different colors of sugar Kochi in the supermarket, he was a little confused. These can't be sold for money.

"Originally, after William Porter came back, I was going to make it, uh~ until now, it was to make candy that girls like to eat, and children like it~uh~" As Shen Qin looked up, he saw Kou Chi gloomy With a straight face, he hurriedly changed the subject~ Although it seems that he has been away for two years now, it seems useless: "Ahem~ At that time~ unexpected accident~"

Accidental fart!Kou Chi raised his hand and pressed Shen Qin's hand that touched the inflatable bed: "If you are really disgusted, you can tell me that you don't need to do these little tricks."

"No~" Shen Qin withdrew his hand, there was no way to answer the words, and it was impossible to make a bed, ... but ... "I want my own quilt, what does it sound like for two big men to sleep on the same quilt?"

My purpose is not pure, don't you know?Kou Chi opened his mouth and decided not to tell the truth. It's not a big deal if a quilt is just a quilt.

The two bought all the things and went back to TXT to try it out, so Kou Chi helped Shen Qin lift a cardboard box down, and a few idle people in the lobby also gathered around the yard to see what the newcomer could make money come in tricks.

Shen Qin was secretly proud, and his jaws would drop in surprise after a while.

The cleaned round basin strong machine was supported and stood in the yard. Shen Qin packed sugar of various colors in glass jars, and plastic sticks with tooth patterns were inserted into the small bucket beside the support frame.

"Squeak~" The machine was running, and Shen Qin scooped a spoonful of white sugar and poured it into the hole in the middle of the machine. After a while, wisps of cotton-like white objects spread out in the machine.
Shen Qin took a stick and twisted the cotton wool in circles, and the cotton wool was wrapped around the stick, rolling bigger and bigger~ into a ball.

"Marshmallow?"

"Hmm~"

Ouch~ Kou Chi directly tore off a piece and ate it. He ignored Shen Qin's angry eyes and made an opinion: "Girls may not like to eat this."

Shen Qin quickly repaired the torn hole in Marshmallow! "I'm not done yet!"

After speaking, add blue sugar, surround the white outer part and use a stick to dent it to make a flower shape, then put in other colors in turn, and finally wrap a round white outer layer to make a flower. Touching the flower, he handed it to Coach: "This is the best."

Coach took it and gave it to someone else first, and then said depressedly: "Do girls like this? They all taste the same!"

Nolan, who had stuffed a big mouthful, was very satisfied: "I will go out to hand out flyers at night and try to get more people to come. This Qin one will definitely sell well. My sister bought this when she went to China before and took more than 100 photos... …hehe……"

The captain of the football team behind Nolan, Agula, made a direct decision: "I will send a message to the cheerleading team, don't worry."

Shen Qin's eyes lit up when he heard that, his own goal was Agula, he had heard Coach said early in the morning that college girls were crazy about rugby, and with a cricket star like him speaking, selling cotton candy was a piece of cake.

Nolan held up a bunch of marshmallows and gave orders: "Make the arrangements more beautiful, for the sake of the girls~"

"Bah~" Kou Chi snorted quietly and leaned in front of Shen Qin: "Be a little one for me."

Shen Qin Yiyan handed over a white one.

"Ah~ so perfunctory? Where's the flower?"

"It's all pigment, are you a pig?"

"I'm a big pig..."

"I……"

Shen Qin sighed. He didn't like Kou Chi's current state. He either acted stupid or behaved, or was always on the edge of dangerous emotions. What was the difference between this and when he was a social butterfly?It's all an illusion.

It’s time to sit down and talk. As an older man, why should I be afraid of embarrassment?
……

The conversation between the two started on the night of marshmallows. Shen Qin specially prepared a lot of chocolates, hoping that Kou Chi would be in a good mood to cooperate.

When Kou Chi came out of the shower, he saw Shen Qin holding a large box of chocolates on the sofa. He walked over, turned it over and stuffed it into his mouth before leaving. He knew that Shen Qin was avoiding him when the two of them were alone. Absolutely follow the principle of step-by-step.

Shen Qin didn't want to, but pulled him back, and patted the sofa next to him: "Sit down and let's talk, please? Don't get angry and don't leave halfway~"

play so big?Coach also curled up on the sofa cross-legged, holding the chocolate in his arms: "Then tell me, can I ask back?"

Uh... "Yes~"

"Then you can't run away?"

"Understood, do you still want to chat?"

"OKOK~you say~"

Talking about this kind of topic in person is indeed very nervous, Shen Qin took a few deep breaths before jumping out: "I'm going to talk~"

Coach tilted his head: "Say it~"

"Uh~that~I want to talk to you~and you~about your problem."

Coach's upturned mouth flattened, and his tone was a little mocking: "My problem? My homosexual problem?"

The problem is that this question is correct, but I don't mean to laugh at it at all.Shen Qin hurriedly handed over a piece of chocolate, he didn't feel so nervous after being knocked down by him like this, and he was afraid that someone would run away halfway, so he simply said what he had prepared for a long time~
"I don't discriminate against homosexuality. It is very lucky to be with the person I love, whether it is someone else or you. But have you ever thought that you are not at all? I told you before that this illusion will occur The reason may be that our distance is too close ~ if..."

"No if." Coach was a little impatient: "You have said this before, we haven't seen each other for more than two years, and I don't think it has changed. Before I went to Oymyakon, I was worse than you." Be afraid, I'm a Christian and I can't imagine myself becoming gay one day."

(Hateful plot, the story of Santa Claus in Oymyakon, horse meat, ice cream, catching fish, stripping off for winter swimming... I didn’t get any~)

"Do you know how I felt at that time? I was afraid of being abandoned by God, but no one could make me feel at ease...More than these, I was more afraid that you would hide away if you knew my thoughts~ Of course, you did hide It's far away, and I don't care how I lived at the time..."

"I went to Oymyakon to go to the church there to pray for God's forgiveness and the courage to give my lover, but obviously you don't care about that..."

Shen Qin was a little angry, but more distressed. Kou Chi had never told him this... and he had never understood it...

Kou Chi glanced at Shen Qin, he couldn't hold back the resentment of the two years, and asked with a sneer, "Sad? What's so sad about being able to escape for two years?"

"It's not like this……"

"Don't tell me you didn't go to Japan because you were afraid of me and sick of me!"

"Of course not!" Shen Qin felt aggrieved. He had never thought about it this way. The reason why he left was that he was distressed by his reaction at that time, but he couldn't say this, and his face turned red while holding back.

Kou Chi threw the chocolate aside, and leaned closer to Shen Qin: "Qin Qin, do you hate me?"

Shen Qin subconsciously leaned back: "Of course I don't hate it~"

"Do you like me?"

"I like it~ah, it's not the kind of liking! It's the kind of friend!"

Kou Chi stared at Shen Qinshu's widened round eyes and couldn't help getting closer: "Then let me ask you, tell the truth, I...uh...were you disgusted when we kissed? "

Shen Qin, who wanted to avoid this topic, looked at Kou Chi's serious expression and couldn't make up a lie, so he shook his head passively.

Kou Chi narrowed his eyes, as if trying to figure out what Shen Qin meant, before saying after a while: "If you don't feel disgusted when you kiss me, then you must like me too."

She firmly refused to admit this. Shen Qin shook his head fiercely: "It's not the kind of love you think, no."

"You really think so?"

"~Yes~"

"I do not believe!"

...Ku Chi leaned forward~ The sweet taste of chocolate instantly filled Shen Qin's mouth.

Different from the cold touch on the Road of Bones, now the lips are hot, and the inexplicable feeling surfaced again after a few years. Shen Qin subconsciously licked it, knowing that he could not deceive himself I can't fool Kou Chi~
How did it become like this?

Why don’t you have any thoughts of pushing the other person away?

Maybe the love between men and men may be the same as the love between ordinary men and women, it will be boring and have contradictions... It may be very short~ But at least it is beautiful now...

Sensing Shen Qin's movements, Kou Chi was so excited that he wanted to jump up. It's been 6 years~ the person I've been protecting for 6 years...finally...

The strength of his subordinates tightened, and Kou Chi put his head on Shen Qin's shoulders, his voice trembling: "Qin Qin... tell me, it's not my illusion~ you just~ it's true, right!"

Shen Qin's hand hung on Kou Chi's back, the nervousness dissipated, and it took a long time before he fell down, stroking his head comfortingly: "You promise me, if~ if someday we can't be together~ Still be friends, okay?"

Kou Chi was stunned, holding Shen Qin's shoulder to distance himself, with a puzzled face: "You were a virgin in your last life, right? You actually believe that people who love each other can still be friends after separation? If that day comes... Already~"

The flickering blue eyes made Shen Qin blush~ What kind of nerve did he get just now~ Push the person away~ "Don't look at me!"

"why?"

"No reason~"

"But~ are we all together?"

Shen Qin stared: "What do you mean we are together? Where are we together? I'm warning you, don't kiss me secretly!"

　Although I know that I will be sprayed if I write it, I just want to write it hahahaha, and I finally found a cover I like very much, yeah tomorrow! o(≧v≦)o
　　
　
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