Both of you are wearing these—

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"So how was your date yesterday? With that lion hair guy—Ah! Gondo Koujarou—"

"Close but it was Genda Koujirou."You interrupted with the two of you stepped inside the building of Raimon school. Since it was in the middle of the period, you rarely could see students walking outside of the class.

But you did gain a few unnecessary attention from students when you walked past their classroom. Probably because you're wearing your casual clothes instead of your usual uniform.

"Ah yeah, that, whatever his name was. Did you have a good time?"He smirked and you plainly let out a sarcastic monotonous laugh before nudging him on the waist with your elbow, hard.

"Oh, it was totally amazing. With the three of you following us around and acted like you're an agent in undercover until you directly took our shared popcorn from behind in the cinema."

"Yuuma insisted on me doing so cuz he has eaten all our popcorn share and I freaking used half of my money for that."He retorted while rubbing his side and let out an arrogant huff before crossing his arms across his chest, "Anyway, I managed to protect my sister from the touch of germs."

"Yeah, you managed to make you looks like a fool in the eyes of citizens."

You pointed out and he gasped, clearly offended but before he could declare a cold-shoulder war with you, you already fishing out your phone from your coat.

Taking another sip of your [ flavor ] bubble tea with your [ color ] irises remained locked on the screen, beginning to hum a gentle tune of your current favorite song that has been stuck in your head for 3 weeks.

However, you instantly stopped all your doings as soon as you read the news that both Raimon and Seishou will be against each other once again. You scrolled further down through your phone for any other information and zooming the article so you could see it clearly.

Turned out, Raimon's past opponent, Aoba Academy, has forfeited because their members were caught cheating on exams while Midorigaoka has all their members caught the flu.

You soon turned your phone to face your brother's face, stopping him from rumbling any further when you consciously ignored him earlier.

"Woah, seriously? All of them?" He cracked a loud hysterical laugh that showed him his similarities with a hyena in your eyes. Switching off your phone and pocketing it back in your pocket and threw the now-empty plastic cup into a near dustbin.

"What a bunch of morons. If they wanted to cheat, they should do it much better as I did."

"Wait, what?"

"I didn't say anything. Gosh, my sister is being delusional n—"

"Don't make up a story and make it sound like I'm being a lunatic like you rascal."You narrowed your eyes, cutting him off from his nonsense by kneeing him right at his ass bone when he barely trying to dodge the attack.

"Did you fucking cheated in exam—"

"Oh, look! We have arrived."He cried out to change the topic before you could knee him right in his ass bone once again which is hurt like hell. Your scowl dropped and look up to the wooden door right in front of you.

Taking a deep breath to compose yourself, your hand was brought in the air to knock on the door four times. It was a habit that you do to signalling the principal that you are the one who is knocking.

"Ah, [L/N]. What's your wish on seeing m—"He stopped in the middle of his unfinished sentence upon seeing your outfit that isn't Raimon's school uniform.

Stepping inside the room with your twin trailing behind and closed the door behind him when the two of you bowed down simultaneously in polite. The middle-aged man noticed the white envelope in your hold and waited for you to speak.

Eventually, you did and it did surprise him that almost lead him speechless.

"Principal, I'm transferring to another school."

You watched as his eyes widened, mouth slightly parted and re-closed it back after recovering from a momentary shock when he exhaled a small heavy sigh,

"I guess you would go like the others too."

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"But . . . "You heard Miura started once the two of you walking out from the room and began walking down the hallway to the exit, looking at you with his arms folded behind his head,

"Are they going to be okay without you? They lost to Seishou pretty badly last time. I wonder what's going to happen to your so-called chosen team."

"Shut up, it's not like I'm going to babysitting them forever."You grumbled lowly in irritated and he holds his hands up to his chest in a surrendering manner.

"I get it—"

"And I think I need to cut my hair short like in the drama Korean I recently watched. Above shoulder length is enough, I think."

"Eh? Are you serious?"

You nodded your head in a positive manner with a small hum. The [ color ] eyes soon switched to the soccer field that beholds right at the in front of the main building. Those orbs were casted on the energetic group of soccer players, hearing them cheering put loud at what the coach has said before dismissing themselves except for Mansaku.

You unconsciously jumped when you caught the attention of both Hiura and Asuto, watching at how their faces instantly lit up and jogged over you before you could escape without them noticing.

"[L/N]-san, you couldn't believe that who we will be against with!"Dark hoary haired male chirped which his face reflecting exactly by the tone of his voice like a child telling someone about something they like,

"Soon, we will be against Seishou Gakuen! Isn't it was exciting?"

"Yes, I know."You answered and let the end of your lips curled slightly upwards to bestow them a gentle smile, "Congratulations on winning."

"Thank you!!"

His gaze soon switched to Miura and Hiura gave you a look that was filled with numerous questions.

"This is Miura. My twin."

"Huh? You two didn't look identical at all—"

"Because we are fraternal twins, duh."Miura replied before growing a smirk at the corner of his lips in amuse,

"But we would look-alike if we shared the same thought."He added and Hiura quirked an eyebrow and was about to let them hear his internal thought but decided to let his mouth remained shut.

' Why the two of you didn't look happy when you see us? '

"Ne, [L/N]-san. I don't know why but it seems you've been distancing yourself from us lately."

"You must be imagining it."

"Is that so?"You nodded your head to assure him with your convincing lie and he shrugged it off.

"By the way, [L/N]-san." You hummed in acknowledgment, mentioning him to continue with his trailed off sentence when he tilted his head to the side,

"Are you going to join our practice today?"

It took a few seconds for you to reply to his easy question as if you were debating with yourself about something.

"No."

"Eh?!" Asuto then outed his lips but quickly put back on a wide smile, "Then how about for our upcoming match soon?"

"I'm not available for that too."

"Why?"Hiura finally interrupted inside the conversation once he has processed with your words. Before you could reply, you heard someone cleared their throat. Looking over your shoulder, you see Miura with his impatient look and tapping the screen of his watch, signalling you to hurry up.

Nodding your head, you spun your heels around in a sign to leave. Not until you spoke the answer that they've been dying to know. And it looks like your simple words managed to catch the attention of the entire Inakuni Raimon's team members.

"I'm transferring to Outei Tsukinomiya."

"WHAAAT?!!"

You aren't surprised at all if you received a shrill of horror simultaneously came from them and before you could take another step, Asuto is now standing in front of you in an attempt to block you from moving any further.

"What do you mean by that?!"

"Asuto!"The Captain of current Raimon scolded him for him suddenly raising his voice and talked with you impolitely but apparently, the ravenette was overwhelmed by his emotion to be blind at this point.

"We've been through this together!"He gritted his teeth and look at you with teary eyes unlike his usual determine ones,

"You're . . . the reason why we have achieved this far. Giving us a chance that wasn't given to us in the first place, the sponsor company to let us play soccer until today. All hissatsu techniques and tactics that you taught us from the basic and support us when we're at the bottom."

He paused to let out a small sob and cover his eyes with his arm while the others casted their gaze on the floor or looking at you with the same look; Kozoumaru only gave you a look as if he just suddenly felt a wave of déjà vu at the scene— remember at the tower scene? Yes, that kind of crying—

"Deep at the bottom of our hearts, we're really really grateful at your effort."

"I realized I wouldn't gain any benefit from your winnings. If you happened to go to FFI, you only need to win one game the least. Remember, the higher expectation the better the disappointment."You stated rather bluntly and began to took another step to walk away from your former team,

"I have helped you to this far so after this, you're on your own. I have my own reason so mind your business. You don't know the damage you might cause if you don't."You hissed with a scowl on your face, sending a cold glare. They flinched at your harsh tone.

"[L/N]-san! What do you mean by that?!" Asuto called out for you when you suddenly walked away from the team who is still in shock at your drastic change of attitude. You stopped dead in your tracks, looking at them over your shoulder, "Isn't it obvious?"

The look on their face. They clearly don't have any idea about it which made you sighed in annoyed, "Find the answer on your own. You shouldn't depend on me too much." Those words that escaped from your lips caused them to froze in their places.

"B-But [L/N]-san! We still need you!"Asuto cried out, running over you and grabbed your arm as by the look on his face, his eyes flooded with tears to the point that he could have a break down in any seconds. You didn't even bother to look at him in the eyes when you gently placed your palm over his hand and brushed it off from your arm, making tears in his eyes flowing down freely.

Ah, you just made a little cinnamon roll crying.

Letting out a soft sigh, facing forward to the road with your back still facing them, "As your ex-teammate," You paused, waving your hand in goodbye manner as you start walking away from their sight, "I wish you good luck."

With that, you walked away alongside Miura who then whistle at the drama that was unfolding right at the in front of his face.

"Nice acting."He clapped his hands but confused when you shook your head.

"I'm not. They just need a little push."

"Hm? Your point is?"

"Do you know both words of 'provoke' and 'motivation' shared the same meaning?"