my dear friend(chigiri x reader)

𝙲𝚑. 𝟷𝟹: 𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚅

The time displayed on the screen was twenty-five... twenty-five minutes before your team would have to go out and play against Team V. Your stomach was turning, feeling sick and scared of the outcome.

"Hey Y/n? Are you gonna go over the formation or no?"

lemon snapped you out of it, bringing you back to the reality of the situation. You nodded hesitantly, still seeming out of it.

"Based off your guys' shooting skills, our front three will be Kunigami, Gagamaru, and Chigiri... Their offensive power is huge, so we're dropping a lot of you in the defense position so you can defend against any attack they set up"

lemon nodded, taking over the conversation, "We'll score goals using a counter-attack, since it's seemingly the only safe way to score goals. Is everyone clear on the plan?"

"Yes sir!"

You placed a hand over your beating heart, feeling it pound into your chest. This was it, their final match in the first selection. You couldn't help but feel nervous. Your current ranking was eighteen, not too bad, but not amazing.

"Hey"

You knew that voice all too well. Chigiri walked beside you as you all exited the tunnel, bringing you out onto the open field.

You didn't bother looking at him, but acknowledged his presence, "Have something to tell your manager? I'm all ears..."

"No. I have something to tell my friend-"

Your face felt cold. He called you his friend... something you hadn't heard in awhile. You could feel your face tensing up, caught off guard by Chigiri's use of the word, 'friend'.

You gave him a hard side-eye, trying to think of what could be going on in that head of is, "Are we friends? We haven't spoken to each other in years..."

Chigiri gulped, recalling back to the time when he told you something he didn't mean. He never got to apologize for that, since you never made the effort to speak to him after that. Although, it did kind of feel like it was more of his duty to try to talk things out with you rather than vice versa.

"Listen, I know I wasn't being the nicest back then-"
"Well that's certainly a way of putting it..."

Chigiri continued, "But I was in a bad place... and I felt-"

"Hey you two hurry it up!"

You both looked away from each other to see Raichi hollering at you two from the center field. Team V and their manager were also waiting, some of them having the cockiest smirks ever. You fixed your tie before running to the center, Chigiri quickly passing you.

"O-Oh... it is you.."

Ota, the boy from the other day, wore his suit better than the other boys had. His brown bangs slightly covered his eyes, the beauty mark under his lip looking as prominent as ever.

He held a hand out to you, "I wish your team the best of luck against ours... you're gonna need it.."

You nodded, shaking his hand in return, "Of course. May the best team win..."

You tried to pull your hand away from his grip, only to see his whole body shaking, a nervous smile on his face. You couldn't help but awkwardly smile, feeling the all the boys' eyes glued to the two of you. You tried to pull your hand out of his grip once more, failing to do so.

"Did you need something?"

He nodded, his nerves seemingly calming down, a confident smile on his face.