Hit by a Pitched Ball

Hit by pitched ball: A pitch thrown by the pitcher that the batter does not attempt to hit and clearly tries to avoid, but which hits or grazes the batter’s body or clothing.

Yunjae, a die-hard fan of the perennial last-place team Buffaloes, happens to share a drinking session with Taebeom, the Wolves’ pitcher who creates all sorts of records against his favorite team.

“It’s not that I dislike him, it’s just that he’s a bit… unlucky.”

He tried hard to ignore the identity of the sense of dissonance that knocked on his instincts. His hunches were not good. And as always, bad premonitions have a way of coming true. Like an immutable law, like a god’s cruel joke.

“Have you ever slept with a man?”

“No.”

“It might be different from what you imagine.”

“I’ve never imagined it.”

Slowly closing his eyes and opening them again, Yunjae let out a hollow laugh with a sigh. His dull mind creaked and misfired. A strange emotion, long submerged, surged up.

“So there’s nothing different about it.”

On a day like today, he didn’t want to be alone. It was a flimsy rationalization. But he was drunk anyway. Yunjae didn’t deliberate long. The convenient excuse of alcohol led him to deviate.

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What he had thought was an impulsive one-night stand eventually became the catalyst for him to fall for Taebeom. Knowing all too well the pain he would inevitably endure if he liked such a man, Yunjae ultimately tries to avoid the relationship through the cowardly choice of confessing.

But Taebeom shows an unexpected attitude and refuses to act the way Yunjae wants him to…

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Background/Genre: #Contemporary #Sports (Baseball)

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Top: Ha Taebeom. 26 years old. 192cm 89kg. BG Wolves’ star pitcher. Left-handed pitcher and batter. From his debut to the present, truly the league’s best left-handed fireballer. The face of professional baseball.

As a child, he received offers to be a model and actor—a strikingly handsome man with bold features. He’s never failed at anything yet, so he’s relaxed and easygoing. He bears the stigma of having complicated relationships with women, but with looks unlike a typical baseball player and skills that attract attention even from overseas leagues, he’s loved not only by his own team’s fans but by Korean baseball fans in general.

Outwardly, he’s a social butterfly with a big-dog vibe, but inside, he’s full of misanthropy and has a bad attitude. After suddenly becoming obsessed with men—specifically, sex with men—he’s completely given up on coming to his senses.

Bottom: Seo Yunjae. 32 years old. 177cm 65kg. A die-hard fan of the GW Buffaloes. Despite his cold appearance, he has a warm and quiet personality. He’s quite sensitive. He realized his sexual orientation early on.

Due to an unpleasant incident during the process of breaking up with his ex-lover, he chose to isolate himself. He relies on relationships of convenience, but knows it’s not right. However, he has enough pride not to give up on running away. That said, his self-esteem is comparatively low, so belittling himself is both his hobby and his specialty. He’s the typical outsider who doesn’t say what needs to be said and certainly won’t say what doesn’t.

The one romance he thought he’d never face again—and of all people, he got entangled with Ha Taebeom at its center. He didn’t want to go through the same pain again. Avoiding such variables is the best policy.

Read this when: You want to see a younger top who’s fixated on a bottom who has closed his heart due to wounds from an ex-lover, and charges straight ahead.

Quote:

“Hyung says he hates me, but his cock sure gets hard just fine.”

…Ah, he’s really unlucky. That guy.