I can see how you got there, but that's not the intended read of what happened.Originally Posted by MFauli
Kaoru was heartbroken, not angry. She thought she had found a kindred spirit, someone who fully understood the crushing weight of being the inferior portion of a family legacy.
He was burdened by his professional brother, but he also liked baseball for what it was, even if he wasn't any good in comparison.
Kaoru had both her super-famous grandmother and also her mother both being legacy students of Kouka. People assumed she would just get in, but she was actually on her last try this year. She even helped a senior practice to get in. Because Kaoru loves Kouka with all her heart. She's a super fan herself, but also wants to get in on her own merits (which Kouka happily does exactly that by rejecting her a few times despite her legacy). Kaoru isn't as pretty as her mother and grandmother (...yeah right, she's one of the prettiest of her year), but she wants to break the trend of her family and play the male roles.
Kaoru started to like him more and more, because though he was upset by being asked to do errands for his brother, after they met, he remembered that he also liked baseball and started practicing more. They grew closer and closer. But when he admits that he sometimes still feels he's wasting his time, and thinks she feels the same, Kaoru is really hurt. To her, it comes off that he didn't understand her at all.
She's always been about working her ass off until she achieves her goal, no other acceptable outcome, and damn the burden of legacy, it's just another hurdle to overcome.
So yeah, she broke it off and blocked him.
A short time later, he's changed. He's worked even harder himself, gotten off the bench, and won the game himself, rather than the team carrying him to victory. She drops her umbrella (which is a big sign, since they set up earlier that she'd never dare expose herself to the sun). She's so stunned and relieved, she even bursts into tears again.
Kaoru loves him, 100%. Present tense. Now she has to catch up walk on the Top Star bridge, in order to not be a hypocrite, and for her own pride. That's why she cut her hair. To double down the same way he did.
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