Ball Field Romance | Benny Rodriguez X Reader

Chapter 4

Reader POV:

As Benny jogs his way towards home the guys yell at him saying he wasn't gonna catch it. I just ignored them. I don't know what it is, but I have a good feeling about this kid.

"Yeah-Yeah get two!" Benny yells, hitting the ball towards Yeah- Yeah who stands at third. Yeah-Yeah catches it and throws it to Bertram at second. Bertram then throws the ball to Timmy who stands at first. Timmy then throws the ball to Ham at home, closing the circle.

"Wow." Smalls mumbles. I giggle.

"Enjoying yourself?" I ask from behind him. He just laughs at me.

"Smalls! Throw it to second!" Benny instructs.

"Ok!" Scott says, raising his glove. Benny hits a high ball to Scott but he ends up tripping over his own feet. He quickly gets off the ground, dusts himself off and I look at Benny with empathy in my eyes.

"Why'd you do that, Benny?" Kenny asks. Scott goes to throw it to Bertram but he stops.

What the hell? I thought.

"A square Benny. The kid's a square!" Squints says. Scott then jogs towards Kenny and places the ball in his glove.

"Here. Sorry. Sorry." He says and runs back to his position. Kenny looks down at his glove in utter disbelief. Benny and I then jog over to Smalls who was looking down in disappointment.

"You can throw it, ya know?" Benny says.

"No. I can't. I don't know how." Scotty admits.
"Thanks for bringing me here, but I think I better go." Scott says. I grab his arm gently.

"Hey, hey. You think to much. I bet you get straight A's and shit, huh?" I ask.

"No. I got a B one. Actually, it was an A minus, but it shoulda been a B." Scott says. I shake my head.

"Man, this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking. Just have fun! I mean, if you were having fun, you would've caught that ball." I say. After a few seconds of silence Benny speaks up.

"You ever have a paper route?" He asks.

"I helped a guy once." Scott says.

"Ok. Well chuck it like you'd throw a paper. When you're arm gets here, just let go. Just let go. It's that easy." Benny instructs.

"Hey N/N wanna come up here and bat?" Benny asks.

"Sure!" I say. We then start walking side by side to home.

"H-How do I catch it?" Smalls asks. We both turn around.

"Just stand there, and stick your glove out in the air. He'll take care of it." I say patting Benny on the shoulder. Smalls then nods his head, puts his hat back on his head and gets in his stance.

"Bout time Benny! My clothes are goin outta style!" Squints yells.

"They already are, Squints!" I yell, causing the guys to laugh.

"Shut up!" He yells in response.

"Told you, Benny. Oh. Hi Y/N." Ham says.

"Hey Ham." I say as I pass him to stand behind the batters box.

"Smalls! Throw it to second!" Benny yells.

"Ok!" Smalls yells. Benny spits on the ball.

Ok, ew. Was that really necessary? I thought.

He then throws the ball in the air and hits it straight into Scotty's glove. Everyone stared at him with wide eyes.

"Yeah!" I exclaim.

"All right!" Benny exclaims. We then lock eyes for a brief second with nothing but joy in our eyes. Benny, Smalls and I then give each other a thumbs up.

-*-*-

"Ya know. I'm glad we took him to the Sandlot." I tell Benny who's reading comics on his bed.
"Why's that?" He asks, looking up from the page he was reading.
"Did you not see the way his eyes lit up when he caught that ball today? Or the way he ran into hs house? He finally has some friends, and all because of us." I say.
"Yeah. You're right. It feels nice." Benny agrees.
"Welp. I'm gonna change." I say hopping off the floor where I was sitting and walking over to his closet. He doesn't care. He's used to me stealing his clothes really. I've been doing it since we were kids. I steal one of his black hoodies and a pair of grey sweats. I then go into the bathroom and change.

-*-*-

When I come back, Benny is on his bed reading a different comic in a blue hoodie and sweats. I then climb in the bed next to him.

"Hey." I say.

"Hey." He says looking down at me.

"I know your mom trusts us enough for me to sleep on the floor, even though you decide to sleep on it and I end up on the bed, but is it ok if we sleep on the bed together tonight? If not it's ok. It's just I feel bad when you sleep on the floor and I don't wanna sleep on the floor after the game we had today." I say.

"Yeah. I don't see why not." Benny says.

"Ok. Well, good night Benny. Sweet dreams." I say.

"Good night, N/N." Benny says, kissing me on the temple.