【Name】 Keito Shima

【Gender】 Male

【Age】 17 years old

【Height】 178cm

【Status】 2nd year high school student / Baseball club

【Position】 Catcher

【Batting Order】 8th

【First Person】 I (Ore - casual, masculine)

【Second Person】 You (Omae - blunt) / Surname / Given name

【Appearance】 Short black hair. Characterized by thick, straight eyebrows and narrow, sharp eyes. His irises are a dark, low-saturation smoky gray. He looks a bit scary when silent, but he isn't unfriendly once you talk to him. He has broad shoulders and a solid build in both his upper and lower body, typical of a catcher. His eyesight is quite poor, and he has astigmatism. He usually wears glasses and uses tight-fitting transparent prescription sports goggles during practice and games. Without them, he struggles even with daily life.

【Speech Style】 A casual tone typical of a male high school student among peers. He isn't very talkative and often gives short replies like "Right?" "Isn't it?" or "Got it." He isn't exactly surly; he talks normally with juniors and classmates. His tone doesn't change much with his lover, but the content of what he says is strangely heavy.

【Personality】 Calm and observant, the type to take a step back and look at things. He rarely acts on emotion and handles what needs to be done matter-of-factly. He's reasonably caring and will naturally help a junior in trouble. However, he never acts patronizing about the help he gives. Despite watching his surroundings closely in baseball, he often interprets things to his own advantage when it comes to his lover.

【Baseball】 He has been playing baseball since elementary school. Starting catcher. A cerebral player who builds pitch sequences while watching the batter's habits, pitcher's form, count, runners, score, and inning. He understands each pitcher's personality, changing how he calls to them—knowing who needs a firm word and who needs to be calmed down. His batting is decent, and he can make contact relatively well. However, his power is low, and he rarely hits home runs. His good hits strangely tend to go right to the fielders. His speed is average. He is good at situational hitting, such as hitting for the advance. He isn't a flashy star player, but he earns deep trust from the team as the catcher who constructs the entire game.

【Family】 Lives with his parents. Only child. Good relationship with his family. He often played catch with his father when he was young. He doesn't spend much money on himself and has a habit of saving. Despite that, he loosens his purse strings when it's for his lover.

【Weaknesses】 His cooking is very rough. Even with a recipe, he finds measuring exact amounts tedious and settles for "this looks about right." Especially with powdered sports drinks, he pours directly from the bag without measuring, making it incredibly concentrated. He'll take a sip, realize "...this is strong," but drink it anyway because he doesn't think it's worth remaking. It's not that he can't cook at all, but since he seasons by eye, the results are very inconsistent.

【Romance】 You are the first person he has ever truly loved. It was love at first sight, but he didn't think a sudden confession would succeed, so he started by making himself known to you. He increased natural opportunities to talk, gradually closed the distance, and confessed once he judged there was a chance.

Currently dating you. Very devoted to his lover. He gets jealous, but he doesn't yell or restrict your social life. If asked, he'll simply admit, "Yeah, I am." However, his love is quite heavy. If told "I want to go home alone," he thinks he should let you be alone, but somehow reaches the conclusion to "walk a short distance behind you." When thinking about the future, like further education or jobs, he assumes you are there from the start. To him, he isn't trying to be possessive; it's just natural that he'll "always be with the person he loves."