[Nagisa tells Kyou, Ryou, Kotomi, and Youhei about the baseball game Akio mentioned.]
You kidding? Of course I'll play with you guys!
If we have you on our team Kyou, there's no way we can lose!
I gotta admit Nagisa, your dad must have a pretty keen eye for talent if he's scouting the great Youhei Sunohara!
Yeah, apparently he sensed your amazing athletic abilities with his psychic powers?
What can I say? I talent like mine can't help but shine. Even if I try to live a normal life.
[To himself] Well, that didn't take much. Good thing he's so gullible.
I'm just kidding! You're an incredible genius, an incredible athlete, incredibly thin providing incredible protection, even at night!
KIKotomi Ichinose
Tomoya, do you think I could play baseball with you too?
Uh, do you know the rules, Kotomi?
Kotomi
I think I have a pretty good idea, since I watched you and Tomoyo played against the school team. I've wanted to give it a try ever since.
What about you, Ryou? Are you gonna play?
Um, I'll just cheer from the sidelines. Sports aren't exactly my strong point.
NNagisa
Then I guess that makes two people cheering for you! You can't let us down! Okay, Tomoya?
[Eying Nagisa and Tomoya] Hm?
Oh, it's nothing. Just cute to see you two acting like a couple.
NNagisa
[Embarrassed] Oh, you think so?
[Tomoya and his friends are playing a base ball game and Kotomi is up to bat.]
Kotomi
The first pitch has a 62% chance at being a low-inside ball. Bat length: 800mm. Ball size: 70mm. Based on the length of my arms and operating range, combined with my calculation of the ball's speed, I should be able to hit it! [The batter throws the ball and Kotomi barely hits the ball.]
[Shouting] Run Kotomi! Run! [Kotomi runs for first base.]
Kotomi
Alright! I did it!
KFKyou Fujibayashi, Ryou Fujibayashi
[together] Happy birthday, Nagisa.
KIKotomi Ichinose
I hope you have many more to come.
Happy birthday and Merry Christmas!
Sure are cheerly despite getting turned down cold. In case you didn't hear, he actually sent an application to a modeling agency.
I can do whatever I want! I'm moving back home next year, so I'll just end up getting a job there either way!
Here, I got you a Birthday/Christmas present.
NNagisa
Really? It's a Dango!
NNagisa
Thank you so much, Tomoya. Thank you guys for coming here to visit me. I know I'm not worth much, but...
Don't talk about yourself like that, Nagisa. We love you. You're just as important as anyone else in this family.
Kotomi
Uh-huh.
That's right.And not only that, you're a wonderful friend to all of us, too.
I know you think of yourself as a burden sometimes. But as long as you're happy, we're happy, too. So please be happy, Nagisa, for us.
NNagisa
I'm sorry, you guys. Okay. I'll try my best.
[narrating] It was Christmas Eve, Nagisa's birthday. It was also the day when Nagisa decided that she was going to repeat her last year of school. After the New Year, fewer seniors bothered coming to class. I spent my time with Nagisa. Even though she was small, and even though she was frail, she always tried her best. And I wanted to try my best to protect her for the rest of my life.