୨ Chapter 4 | reunion ୧
"Barou, Naruhaya... you guys are no fun."
The opposing was too stunned to speak. Did that come out of Isagi's mouth? They were sure he was a guy who wouldn't say such a thing. He could still build up tension and the opposing team was now enraged.
"It's just the start of the game, you donkey," Barou yelled. It's quite obvious that his anger was skyrocketing.
Isagi laughed. "I'd like to see you try to beat us."
The sight of this made Nagi surprised yet relaxed at the same time. He was slightly happy that his teammate was finally understanding the concept of egoism. But then his state of mind was interrupted by a male, Barou, specifically. He was walking towards the goal and getting the ball into his grasp.
"It's now my time to rule the court, losers," Barou announced in an annoyed tone. He was mad, very angered.
"He's going to cause a ruckus," Nagi complained, "such a hassle."
"Guess we have to deal with him before he does, right?" Isagi replied.
"Yeah yeah..." Nagi mumbled. He wasn't liking the idea of someone boasting about themselves, definitely referring to Barou.
Their small conversation was bound to be interrupted by a tall man running towards them with the soccer ball in his control. Seeing this, both of them took a small glance at each other and nodded. Just as they were running to their positions. Barou was already ahead; he was already near the goal. Realizing this opportunity, Barou kicked the soccer ball with a mass amount of force to release the anger that was built up in him. The ball had a regular spin to it, but no one could hardly tell if it was going to go in or not. It was clear he implanted too much force in that kick, though fate decided to give Barou a chance and the soccer ball was able to fly into the goal by a margin.
"HAH! Take that you both," Naruhaya exclaimed, grinning ear to ear. "You guys are no match for us!"
"Shut up, you haven't done a single thing," Barou yelled back. As expected, he was still annoyed.
"They seem to have a pretty tough relationship, huh," Isagi remarked while stretching his arms upwards.
"Probably, they seem not to get along," Nagi added.
"Either way, let's just forget about them. We need to win this match," Isagi suggested. After all, the irritation did build up inside of him. Making their way back to their designated spots, it was Isagi that had the ball this time. Kicking the ball back and forth between both of his feet, he finally decided to start running and passively trying to execute his plan smoothly without the slightest disturbance from the opponents. Just as he was running, a tall male figure appeared infront of him, it was Barou.
Oh? he's defending against me this time, how interesting.
"You've got some nerves for underestimating me back there," Barou stated. As his face and body was all tensed up.
"Me? Nerves? I was simply just stating the truth," Isagi replied, brutally.
Honestly... what happened to Isagi.
"You know, you should really divert your attention fully on me," Isagi commented. "You're full of openings since you've never had your guard up."
Barou was frightened. For the first time in his life... he was getting dominated. Someone was finally able to assert domination over him.
This can't be, it's only been a few days and this donkey is... different. He changed.
Isagi was happy; excited. He was so overjoyed to see his opponent's face that was filled with fear and shock. But soon then noticed this was getting no where, he knew Nagi will be able to escape past Naruhaya. Therefore he used his right foot and directly passed the ball towards Nagi. Which it perfectly lined up with his teammate's left foot. Receiving the ball with his left foot, Nagi quickly kicked the ball softly so it's able to bounce back to his opposing foot and started dribbling left and right, in hopes of getting pass Naruhaya. Expectedly he was easy to get pass, but as dribbling the ball and moving forwards to the goal. Suddenly he heard someone's footsteps behind him.
Since when did that energetic idiot catch up? Was I mistaken for holding back?
Nagi, who was stuck in his state of thought for too long, realized his opponent was closing in when it came to distance. He didn't panic but took a small glance to his right and saw his teammate giving him a reassuring smile. Though he didn't like the thought of passing, he knew it was for the better. Hence he shifted the ball's movement and lightly kicked it to his left foot. Shortly, he passed the ball to his teammate.
Isagi received the pass delicately as his precision of trying to manipulate his body and shoot the ball into the goal was interrupted by his fellow friend and teammate, Nagi. He was desperate to shoot a goal, in which made Isagi cackle a bit. It wasn't out of pity nor sympathy, Isagi just liked how Nagi wasn't... well, lazy for once. For this reason he passed the ball back to Nagi. But this pass was different instead of it smoothly rolling on the field towards the direction it wad meant to go, it went up, it was like going up a slope. The glimpse of this made him and Nagi happy; mostly Nagi.
Jumping upwards as he lifted his left leg and bent his right leg – so he was able to take control of the ball using his left foot. The soccer ball flawlessly without a hint of inaccuracies landed on his foot and he, whom had full control of his body used it to his advantage. In conclusion he kicked the ball to the right; quickly yet carefully moving his body sideways and straightened his right leg, which led to him scoring an amazing goal while 'floating' in the air.
The score was now 2-1.
A couple of goals later, the round finally came to an end. Leaving Barou and Naruhaya losing a 5-2. Honestly... who would've known that their previous match and their encounter with Itoshi Rin would change Isagi this much.
"Well that was a hassle," Nagi opined with a small sigh."It was even worst that they were extremely boring and dull to play against."
"Now.. now, you don't have to be so harsh when it comes to how you word things," Isagi mentioned.
...
Isagi sighed. "Yeah, alright they were pretty boring, entirely because I expected better from a self claimed king."
"Mhm... so who shall we pick; I'm fine with any just get this over with," Nagi yawned. Doing some stretches to keep him awake.
"Barou, we choose you," Isagi stated while reaching his hand out to his new found teammate.
He rejected Isagi's hand, of course. "I don't need your pity, goddamnit"
"You'll need us to survive, don't you?" Isagi inquired. "Now c'mon it doesn't hurt to cooperate plus we really need to get going."
Really, what happened to him.
After that small talk, the trio made their way through the automated doors and back to their respective dorm. Meanwhile...
"Fuck... fuck..." Naruhaya muttered. He started punching the ground and tears flowing down his eyes.
"This really is the end for me, huh."
...
The speakers suddenly made a noise."Hey kid, it's time to leave."
It was Ego.
──── BACK WITH THE TRIO
Arriving at their room, Isagi was the first one to enter. When everyone enters the room all their eyes averted towards the single bed.
"Call dibs on the single bed!" Nagi yelled without hesitation.
"No, I'll be taking it," Barou responded immediately in a rude tone.
This went on for a while and soon broke out as a pillow fight. Pillows were flying everywhere; one of them almost managed to hit Isagi too, well... unintentionally.
But I want the single bed too...
The fight went on for a while until they all realized the mess they made. Nagi and Isagi didn't really think much of it but... Barou, he was furious. As soon as he saw the pillows scattered everywhere across the room he completely lost it. He began cleaning and tidying up the room.
"He's like a maid," Nagi observed.
"I'm just surprised he would be like this," Isagi said in which led him in letting out a small giggle. "Well we should be heading to grab some dinner." Nagi didn't say a word but instead he just nodded.
Making their way to the cafeteria, their walk was quite awkward since no one was willing to utter word. Highly because they are completely drained from having two matches in a day. After walking for a bit, approximately 3 - 5 minutes, they finally had arrived. The both of them ran towards the machines and grabbed their dinner before placing it down on a table. About to sit down and enjoy their nutritious meal, a disturbance appeared,
"Nagi?"
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HI , im so sorry for the inconvenience btw, I accidentally clicked the publish button when this was a draft , but as compensation I finally got the motivation and finished this chapter and again i'm very sorry. I hoped you enjoy this chapter and please do tell me your opinions , criticism etc. on this ch !! stay safe :)