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𝙶𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐...

Actually, Nagi didn't want to put much effort into the partner project. But since you helped him to get rid of detention, he felt obliged to do so. Since he saw you in the cafeteria today, after he had heard you talking about him, there was one thought which hadn't left his mind anymore.

She has a pretty face. And she's so small.

He didn't think further though, only repeating this thought in his mind whenever he saw you. As he left the school building, Reo was standing there, waiting for him.

»There you are! Come hurry, we will begin in 15 minutes already!«, he laid his arm around Nagi's shoulder and dragged him towards the men's changing cubicle.

I am sleepy. I want to ditch training but today is a practice match and I will disappoint Reo if I leave him alone.

»Come on, we'll crush these wannabe kickers and become the top of the world together!«, Reo exclaimed with an excited grin.

Ah...what a pain.

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(Y/N)

When you arrived at the football field, you noticed that you were the only watcher actually. When you were walking around to search for the best angle to stand at, you were eventually seeing that there was also another woman, who was dressed in neat business attire. She seemed to be waiting for the match to start as well. You came to a halt around half the field away from her.

Wow she's beautiful! But her décolleté surely is huge. I hope she doesn't have back pain because of it.

The woman must have felt your gaze on her as she now turned her head in your direction. You were startled for a second but then only gave her a bright smile and waved to her. She mirrored your gesture and smiled back at you with lightly blushed cheeks and her eyes closed. She looked adorable. You felt heat rising to your cheeks.

Woah...is this my gay awakening?

»I'll shatter this naïve rich kid's fantasies into tiny pieces in no time«, a boy exclaimed which caught your attention. He was standing on the field and was eyeing Reo threateningly. A whole team was standing behind each of them.

Wait, when did they enter the field? How did I not notice?

»Nice to meet ya, sheltered boy«, he concluded. You were searching for Mika in the group of people behind Reo and when you spotted him, he smiled at you with a determined grin.

I'm so happy for you, Mika! Finally you can be closer to Reo-kun. Just like with the new partner project...

That was the moment you realised that you were still to be mad at your best friend for leaving you work with Nagi. You sighed and brushed your anger away for later. Now it was time to support your best friend and cheer him on so that would be exactly what you would do in this situation.

»Shut up«, Reo countered. »You're the naive ones, you soccer meatheads. Don't talk about me at your insignificant caliber, simpletons.«

The other team was obviously furious at Reo's comment, but the violet-haired boy only continued: »You guys still don't know who the „real genius" is.«

With these words he tied his hair together and turned around, while his opponents started laughing and made funny remarks about him.

Who does he mean with „real genius"? Himself?

»By the way, the genius isn't me.«

Oh.

»It's us«, Reo concluded.

»Now on to the practice match! Hakuho High vs. Aomori Dada High!«, the referee announced the start.

Wait, where does this referee come from? I really have to pay more attention to my surroundings.

After the start, it didn't take long for Reo to steal the ball from the other team. His movements seemed as if he had completely analysed his opponent's strategy.

Wow!

He was rushing towards the goal, dribbling past everyone who was trying to stop him or steal the ball from him. His aura was completely different, it was as if he was absorbed by the game itself - or rather as if he was absorbing it and everyone on the field. But there was someone else who was matching this energy.

You saw how Nagi also ran towards the goal. He was running parallel with Reo. It was the first time you saw him like this and it astonished you. You couldn't avert your gaze from his strong, yet precise movements anymore.

Only a moment later, two guys from the opponent team closed in on Reo, who immediately reacted with a small pass to Nagi. But to you it didn't seem like this was merely a reaction, rather like a perfectly aligned performance of those two; like a chemical reaction that Reo set up to execute before the match even started.

Incredible!

As the ball was flying towards Nagi, a player from the other team physically tried to stop him from receiving the pass. However, when that asshole pushed him in the middle of his jump, Nagi trapped the ball with the heel of his right foot. He made a another jump, turning around midair and kicked the ball with full power.

Goal!

WOW GOAL! AND WHAT A GOAL!

»Great Nagi-kuuuun!«, you exclaimed happily and smiled while he looked at you with his indifferent expression. A second later Reo jumped on his back, what seemed to startle the boy a little. The team captain ruffled his hair which made Nagi squint an eye. Mika and the other members were also hugging each other, screaming happily.

»Yes...I have a new report...!«

Hm?

You turned your head towards the neatly dressed business lady which was apparently having a phone call right now. Just when you wanted to lend an ear to her conversation, Mika jumped against the fence, startling you.

»Oi, (Y/N)! Did you see that? Did you just see that?!«, he smiled brightly. He surely was even more excited than you were. Obviously.

»Of course! It was crazy! Why didn't you tell me that these two had such a mesmerizing power together?!«

»I didn't know myself!«

You laughed. »I see! Well, then show me what you are capable of now! At least I'm here for you, aren't I?«

»Count on it!«, he grinned at you and then turned around, slowly running back to the others.

Damn, his stamina will surely improve through this club. If I'm not careful he will give me a hard time teasing him with races from now on.

You chuckled. Just then you remembered the woman and her phone call, but when you looked to where she has been standing, no one was there.

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In the evening you outranked Choki56 in „Violent Combat" again and after some more hours in the Arcade, Mika brought you home.

»I can't believe I let you drag me to the Arcade after a trainings match. You should have invited me to some ramen you know.«, he pursed his lips what made you laugh.

»I'll consider it when you score a goal next time«

»Oi, it wasn't my fault that Reo and Nagi stole the show. They are a monster duo!«

»Yeah I agree. Nagi's first score gave me shivers and goosebumps! I didn't know this side of him at all. His aura was completely different.«

»He's still the same old Nagi. He wouldn't play if Reo wouldn't drag him to.«

»Hmmm I like that about him«

»Yeah we all know that you like him«, Mika teased you.

»That's not what I meant, idiot. Besides, I should still be mad at you for leaving me hanging with the partner task!«, you gave him a death stare from the side of your eye. He flinched but then only remarked with a mischievous grin on his face: »I wanted you to be closer to your crush, that's all.«

»Nagi-kun is not my crush!«, you tried to punch Mika but he dodged it.

»Hahahaha, you're so easy to tease, (Y/N)«. He dodged another one of your punches and started running.

»Oh just you wait, asshole«, you chased after him.

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After Mika and you had eaten dinner together at your house, he bid his farewell and you headed to your room. With an exhausted sigh, you let yourself fall down onto your bed.

Man, what a day.

You winced when you realised that you had to stand up again because you forgot your phone in your backpack. As you laid down in your bed with your phone, you took a look at it.

2 new messages.

Nana
Hey honey. I will come over
on Sunday to bring some Curry.
If you want to, we can play board games
together again. Enjoy your weekend
and don't work too much.
- Granny

Ah, she's so adorable. Thank you, Nana.

A smile formed on your lips, as you typed a reply.

You
Alright Nana. I'm happy you'll come over.
I'll gladly play board games with you again.
Enjoy your weekend as well!
- (Y/N)

Your grandma replied instantly.

Nana
Okay honey. See you then!
- Granny

With some more warmth in your heart you closed the chat. The other message was from Hyoma.

Hyo-chan
Hey (Y/N), we wanted to
hang out this weekend.

How about we grab some
coffee in the city on Sunday
and go to your home afterwards?

...Sunday, huh?

You returned to your grandma's chat.

You
Hey again Nana, can Hyo-chan
join us on our game on Sunday?

Nana
Of course! I'll make some
extra curry for Hyoma!
- Granny

...She's too sweet!...

Back to your chat with Hyoma, you replied...

You
Hey, Hyo-chan, sounds good!
My Nana will come on Sunday as well.
Mind if we spend some time with her then?

Hyo-chan
Of course not! I'm happy to see her again!

You smiled and sent back a sticker of a cat who was showing a thumbs up. When you closed the app and decided to play a game, your thoughts lead you to Choki56. You wondered what he was doing on a Friday night. After a short inner negotiation, you decided to message him.

You
Hello Choki
What are you doing on a Friday evening?

He didn't reply instantly, but after some minutes 3 new messages came in.

Choki56
Playing Mobile Raid.
*Sticker of an anime character
holding a switch in it's hands*

What are you doing?

You
Just wanted to get some sleep but I can't.

Choki56
Why not?

You
I suffer from insomnia, idk why though

Choki56
But you could just game instead,
isn't that great? I'd love that.

You
It surely is. But you know just
as well as I do that human
beings need sleep. Sadly.

Choki56
Hmm...maybe you can do
homework. School always makes
me tired.

You laughed, since that reminded you of Nagi a bit. And beside that, you could relate somehow. School really was tiring.

You
Hahaha! I've got no homework.

Just then you remembered the partner project and asked yourself if it was already too late to message Nagi about it. Then again, you didn't care. He would just read it whenever he had time, you figured. So you closed Discord again and messaged your white-haired classmate.

You
Hey Nagi-kun, it's me, (Y/N) (L/N),
from your class. So about the project...I'll suggest that we plan during the first two
weeks, meeting at the school library after classes. Then in the remaining week we
can start working on the presentation and maybe even meet on the weekend before
the due date to practice? Let me know
your thoughts about it!

Just when you were about to close the chat, you decided to add another message.

You
Btw...I've seen you on the field today
and your shot was amazing.

Before you could find any time to regret what you had written, you opened Discord again, wanting to distract yourself with Choki56. He didn't message you anymore, so you took the initiative.

You
Let me destroy you in Mobile Raid,
so that I can have a good-nights sleep.

Two messages from Nagi came in.

Seishiro Nagi
Hello (L/N)-chan.
Sounds good to me.
...
Thank you!

Just when you opened the chat, he also sent a sticker of a...yeah what exactly was that even? It looked like a ghost whose face somehow resembled Nagi's expression a bit but it had...legs? Anyway, it was saluting. You snorted.

What a way to communicate. Adorable!

A message from Choki was coming in and caught your attention.

Choki56
You'll get no sleep then, airhead.
I will crush you and your ego
down to earth.

Now this fired you up. In a hurry you sent a reply to Nagi:

You
Alright. Then what about next
Friday after classes?

Then you opened Discord again, messaging Choki:

You
Now you bark pretty loud for a
normie that I've easily outranked
at the Arcade again today.

You saw a message from Nagi coming in, which said „Yeah, alright." A bright smile formed on your lips, as your new found enemy messaged you back as well.

Choki56
I'll beat you again and again, NemesiS.

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