the oh so awaited day had come

the match against team W and kuon's soon-to-be betrayal

you had woken up earlier than your teammates this morning and had headed out to the cafeteria to get your breakfast

upon entering the place, you heard a loud whiny voice from afar and caught sight of Reo and Nagi with another guy wearing glasses

"man, you guys are always everywhere" you stared at the duo

"oh hey (y/n), how have you been?" smiled Reo

"who's this girl?" the glasses guy spoke

"That's our friend, (y/n), dumb zantetsu, Reo just said it" responded Nagi, pausing his game to look up at you "hey (y/n)"

"hey nagi" you gave the boy a tired smile

"seems like you just woke up"

"yeah, it's our fourth match today," you said as you walked up to the scanning machine to get your food and walked back to their table

"After this, it's against us" Reo smirked

"yeah and we'll demolish that winning streak of yours" you teased, but you were dead serious about your words

"yeah, yeah, we'll see about that" he brushed your words off as if not believing you

"keep doubting us, the less you try, the bigger the gap in between our goals will be"

"you seem confident in your team" he chuckled " despite it being the lowest in our building"

"you still believe that bullshit" you rose a brow "if this were really a matter of teams based on rankings, I definitely wouldn't be in this building"

"Well you sure are optimistic"

you finally decided to sit and took the seat next to Nagi who was back to playing on his phone

he was playing, as usual

you looked over at your plate and began eating, it wasn't the best, but you had gotten used to eating the same thing every day here

a finger poked on the cheek you were chewing from

looking to the side, you saw Nagi's pale finger poke your cheek while his eyes stayed fixated on you

"How can you eat that" he spoke

"huh"

"How can you eat this kind of food" he pointed to your plate "I always hated it whenever my mom gave me that for breakfast"

you looked back to your plate uninterested in whatever he was saying "here have my plate"

he pushed away your plate while bringing his unfinished yet untouched plate in front of you

"Nagi this is nice, but you also have to eat" you looked back at him

"I'm already full, plus I ate Reo's food so I'm fine" he replied going back to his phone

he left you no room to argue any further and so you decided to just take the food in gratitude

"so (y/n), ready for your match?" Reo looked over at you

"of course, I am" you smiled "I'm even excited"

"huh, and why is that" he looked at you in question

"well since you guys aren't part of my team, it won't affect you knowing of this" you started "let's say this guy on my team leaked our strategy and abilities to today's opponent in exchange for being given 3 free goals to be the team's top scorer. My team is currently unaware that our opponents are going to know our every move"

"why didn't you tell them if you know all of this? they could've prepared for this and changed their strategy" reo was genuinely puzzled by your silence to your teammates

"well I kind of wanted to see how they were going to take the betrayal and how they were going to react to it" you scratched the back of your neck "and I found out yesterday night so they couldn't have done much about it"

"something could've been done, you never know" he sweat-dropped at your justification

"too late" you took a bite

as you kept eating, you felt a weight on your shoulder

Nagi had fallen asleep on your shoulder

"what's with him" you pointed at Nagi

"slept late playing games" Reo shrugged

"I really think you should take his phone away at night" you sweat-dropped at nagi's sudden sleeping-state

"Nah I let him do whatever, after all, he's my treasure" Reo smiled with wide eyes

"you spoil him too much Reo" zantetsu joined in pushing his glasses up

"yeah, if he's your so-called treasure, you should take more care of him" you looked at him while caressing Nagi's white locs "not enough sleep could affect his health"

Reo stayed silent while you stared at his form

you went back to eating before they had to leave to get ready for their match against team X

making your way back to the team dorm, you arrived as everyone woke up

while you took your shower, they went ahead and took their breakfast before getting ready themselves

the match 2 hours from now

man you couldn't wait to get started

everyone stood in their position

Imamura was the one to sit out for this match

the opponents were the ones to start the kickoff

Wanima Junichi passed the ball over to his brother as they ran forward

they seemed to be having some kind of telepathic conversation as they began breaking through our defence

'well, they have good teamwork' you gave your teammates the nastiest stare you could muster

"our weapon is our eye contact" the older twin smiled "it's not something a makeshift defence can see through"

isagi had a small moment of shock before he focused back on the game "chigiri here they come, let's get them"

"Did he say chigiri?" Keisuke said, "you mean that prodigy made of glass?"

you looked over at chigiri noticing his uncomfortableness around these twins 'looks like they have a history together and it seems they know something personal about him that we don't'

"can't believe this loser still plays soccer bro" Keisuke laughed out "he must be clinging hard to those past glories of his"

they kept taunting him and it eventually got to the point they had been able to go through him and it was now them and the goal

a foot slid down and stole the ball away from Junichi's's feet "I don't know neither do I care about whatever they're talking about"

"If we lose cause of your personal business, watch yourself at night" your voice resounded in chigiri's ears "man you had me coming from all the way up front to defend in your stead, get your head straight"

you made a long pass over to Igarashi whose defenders quickly covered

making your way back up front and Igarashi passes the ball back to you

on your way up to the enemy's goal, you noticed how too many defenders were after you

you looked back up to notice kuon in front of the goal

one defender behind him and another in front of him

but one thing was off

they didn't seem to be putting any pressure on kuon and he had enough space to at least take over the ball

kuon looked at you directly as if urging you to pass the ball to him

hah as if.

he thought you couldn't make it because these lousy defenders were pressuring you

seems like he forgot what you were best at on a field of soccer

your precise shots

avoiding eye contact you continued making your way up

the defenders were pushing you over to the sideline in an attempt to get you out, but you had finally reached your shooting range

you quickly got in position and took your shot

what you didn't expect was for your shot to be blocked by a leg

"We've already seen how you play and your shooting range, just try and get past us" smiled Keisuke

meanwhile, when the ball made contact with Keisuke's leg, it was thrown high in the air and was heading towards the goal

where kuon was.

'talk about luck.'

he made a high jump and headbutted the ball straight into the goal

whistle

0-1 for team Z

kuon jumped in the air while screaming and the rest of the team went after her to congratulate him on his goal

"That was a lousy goal, nothing to be excited about" you muttered walking away from the celebrating group

"looks like someone's mad" the cheery voice of bachira came in "what's up, shouldn't you be happy our team scored this early in"

"that should've been my goal, that's all" you walked around him but he quickly caught up to you and put his arm around your shoulder "you'll get the next one then, no need to stay fixated on the past"

"What kind of defence is this, do your job and stop them" Keisuke spoke up "that's what my big bro says"

the match restarted with the wanima's doing the kickoff

Keisuke passed the ball over to his brother, but Junichi seemed to be distracted

'their acting is painfully obvious' you sweat dropped

kunigami was able to steal the ball away and pass it over to bachira

bachira debated on who to pass the ball to

yeah he had said you were going to get the next goal but defenders seemed to have you completely blocked

"so kuon it is," he said before passing it over to kuon

'hell no'

the ball was about to reach kuon before it landed on another chest

"(y/n)! what are you doing" came the voice of kuon

"why'd she steal the ball from her own teammate, is she crazy"

"I swear we had her covered, when did she get there"

"sorry not sorry, kuon, I'm not letting you have all the glory today" you smirked and took your shot

again like the first time, a leg blocked your shot

"I told you didn't I, I'm always watching you, you aren't getting anywhere past me" Keisuke laughed "you won't be scoring today miss self-centered diva"

"what are you, in love with me? hop off man, could you let me be" man you could just rip his smile off his face

were they that aware of you?

I mean you knew kuon had told them you were a threat, but man, they were so focused on you

you were almost flattered at how good they thought you were

not that you were implying that you weren't

and somehow, kuon got possession of the ball and scored a goal, again

that shot had so many flaws yet nobody seemed to be taking the hint that they were letting kuon score all of these

once again, everyone cheered kuon on for his goal while the wanima's pretended to be enraged by what was happening

'just one more goal till their entire act is over'

changing formations, you were now positioned in the right outside the back

"We can't let kuon outshine us, let's do this!" raichi scram

Naruhaya who was running with the ball was suddenly grabbed by the shoulder and fell unto the ground

whistle

"Foul by Wanima Junichi, free kick for team Z"

the said male was making a constipated-looking face while growling

"Haha, this is our chance"

the free-kick taker was bachira

"their marking is weak, it's like they aren't trying to defend at all"

the placement right now was kuon a bit in front of you with raichi to his side and a defender behind him

and you were standing right behind the same defender

bachira sent the ball over to your forms

it was kicked high intended for kuon's high jumps

you looked around for wanima Keisuke who had been following you all game

he was busy marking naruhaya and so you took your chance

when kuon jumped in the air with the defender behind him following his action, you gave the defender a little push not enough for a foul but enough for him to make kuon miss his headbutt

'you want to talk about impressive goals, watch me' you smiled

you ran after the ball but with your current speed, you didn't have enough time to position yourself for a proper goal

if you did, Keisuke would probably catch up to you and block your shot

you turned your back to the goal then jumped in the air going backwards in an almost backflip and bicycle-kicked the ball straight into the goal

"Now that's what you call impressive" you scoffed

you looked back over at kuon who was staring at you in shock and visible irk

you stuck your tongue out at him with a wink "what, you were expecting to be the only scorer today? don't forget, we're in blue lock, everyone wants to score their own goals, even if It takes stealing a ball from your teammate"

"This girl! I was completely distracted and forgot to mark her!" you could hear Keisuke's voice

whistle

half-time

"That was amazing, (y/n)!" came the loud voice of bachira as he jumped unto your back

"that took too much thinking for my liking" you sweat dropped

the rest of the team gathered around you, each praising you

the only one who hadn't was kuon who was standing a bit further back glaring at your figure

'does she know of my plan' he pondered 'no, there's no way, she's simply playing by the blue lock rules'

In the locker room

"Alright! We're up by 3 first half" cheered igaguri "hey kuon, you're on fire today!"

raichi began ranting about how he was going to score a hat-trick as well and bring the score to a total of 6-0

"well mister coach, operation: Southern All Stars is working like magic" bachira looked towards kuon

as they all began to cheer, you pondered 'now that the score is 3-0 with kuon only having 2 of those goals, are they still gonna let him score another or are they gonna play seriously now'

'Also' you looked over at chigiri 'wonder what he's gone through that wanima's are aware of'

'oh well that's none of my business since he won't tell me, I won't pressure him if he feels uncomfortable around that subject' you took a sip of your water

whistle

second half begins

naruhaya started off by passing the ball over to raichi "alright people, raichi time!"

raichi was quickly covered by the older wanima twin

"hey raichi, pass over here" kuon ushered

raichi looked annoyed but he did as asked and passed it to kuon

"kuon, pass it back" waved over "of course, after all, teamwork is the key to our victor.."

Keisuke came from behind and stole the ball away from kuon

'seems like they aren't letting him after all'

kuon looked genuinely shocked 'what about the deal? I didn't get my 3 goals because of that damned (y/n)'

the twins made their way down our side of the field passing through the defence

"chigiri!" scram the voice of isagi, but of course, it was in vain because they were able to get past him just as easily as they got past the rest of the defence

and goal

whistle

1-3

back to kick off

"no worries everyone, we've still got the advantage" kuon clapped

he then proceeded to pass the ball to isagi who was further back instead of raichi who was right next to him

it was a short pass and was most likely not going to make it to isagi

the younger wanima then stole the ball away from isagi as he was about to reach it

"my bad" kuon shouted

'yes, you're horrible'

I mean yeah you also weren't doing anything, but that's not what matters right now

Keisuke made a pass over to his older brother who then scored their team a goal

"what the hell are you doing, kuon!" raichi shouted at the male "did your hat trick get over your head"

kunigami had to step in to stop raichi from attacking the male

"I'm sorry, it was a foolish mistake of mine, I promise not to reproduce it" the male bowed his head on the floor

you frowned looking down at kuon's face

that nasty smile of his oh you could just rip it off

looking over at your teammates who were arguing over kuon's situation

your eyes finally locked on isagi's figure who seemed in shock while staring at kuon

seems like someone's finally onto his act

isagi was now in the CF position with kunigami and bachira as his wingers

you just kept observing the match sometimes catching the eye of the younger wanima on you

he seemed to be waiting for you to act in some way

kuon looked over at your figure

you hadn't been doing much since the start of the second half

he was still annoyed at you for the earlier stunt you pulled in the first half

when you stole that goal from him not only were you the team's top scorer but he no longer had the chance to score any goals anymore

it seems that 3 goals were all the wanima's could offer him

back onto the current play, kunigami, bachira and isagi's play had completely been shot down by the other team

it was as if they knew about their play before they had even demonstrated it

isagi was running in desperation, he was looking for a way to get through the team's defence, but all of that was in vain when the ball was stolen from him

Keisuke with the ball again was running back to our side he made a high pass to his teammates in front of the goal and kuon jumped for the ball before he missed his clear

Junichi then got hold of the ball and score their team a third goal

whistle

3-3

they had caught up

you looked over at your teammates who had all gathered around kuon's figure

"kuon..." isagi spoke up "...are you betraying us?"

finally caught up

"bingo!" the creepy twins came from before both isagi's shoulders "they've figured it out so you can reveal yourself now, kuon"

"our tactics, weapons and weaknesses" your voice chimed in "everything was leaked to them"

"huh (y/n)! are you also a part of this scheme of his!" shouted raichi as he was about to start walking toward you "no"

"I happened to overhear their little conversation last night when I came out of the shower"

"And you didn't tell us!?"

"yes"

the trio in front of your team stared at your figure

"exactly and so this game is ours, is what we're saying"

"either way kuon, you didn't core the 3 promised goals" you looked down at him "I'm still this team's top scorer"

he looked away with an annoyed "I'll figure some way or another"

"what so you didn't reveal to us his intentions so you could remain the top scorer? you dirty rat" raichi pounced at you, but you simply sidestepped and let him fall to the ground "wrong, I just wanted to see how team Z was gonna take this and what you were going to do about it"

raichi glared at you before getting up and walking over to kuon, grabbing handfuls of his collar "this is bullshit, I'll kill you!"

"It's a simple game of survival, nothing against a little deceiving"

the blonde male rose his fist in a punching motion, but he was given a yellow card

"Yellow card to Raichi Jingo. please proceed with the game"

kuon grabbed the ball and went over to team W's side

"you're all idiots and I'll survive here alone" he stared at you

"How so, are they going to grant you another goal" he scoffed "and even so, we'd be tied for top scorer"

"I'll figure out some other way, just know I'll be the only one walking out of this selection"

kuon passed the ball over to Keisuke

"what the hell! He passed the ball to the other team!"

"from now on we'll be playing a 12-on-10"

you looked over at the microphone to see if anyone was going to object to this

'guess this is allowed then'

while they started playing, you stayed back near the goal, quietly observing everyone

looking up, you could see kuon and isagi having some sort of small conversation before kuon got ahold of the ball. he passed it over to Keisuke who score another goal

"Goodbye, team Z" kuon waved at your team with a smile

"hey, what the hell (y/n), why aren't you defending!" raichi screamed

you looked away from him, not bothering with him till he grabbed you by the collar "are you just going to stand there and watch us lose because you have the top spot secured"

taking his hand in yours, you threw him away from you effortlessly "if you have time to pay attention to what I'm doing, why don't you use that same time to figure some way out of this mess yourself"

raichi simply growled at you before getting up and walking away from you

tension grew on your team's side

kick-off

isagi took hold of the ball and ran over to team W's side in desperation, but both wanina twins were covering him

'that idiot! with his weapon, he can't do much by himself'

kuon had also joined in on covering isagi and stole the ball

they made their way through our defences with ease before it came to Junichi and Iemon

he took his shot and everyone screamed in anguish "Iemon get it"

the ball landed on a chest

"(y/n)!?"

"huh, when did she get there?" Keisuke questioned

"This was getting sad to watch so I'll step in"

barely being able to process the situation, you rushed past everyone

"huh" kuon was speechless

were you always that fast or had you been holding back on all your previous matches?

Junichi tried grabbing you by the shoulder to foul you but his grip couldn't seem to stabilize on your shoulder as you ran away with the ball

then came Keisuke who got in front of you in an attempt to stop you entirely

"you aren't getting past me. I told you, we know your play, abilities and strategy and there isn't a thing you can do about it"

you looked him dead in the eyes which made him stumble for a second, but he stayed on you

making seem as if you were going to meg him, you threw the ball over his head and continued your way towards their net "huh!?"

"defence! get her!" Keisuke shout

you simply dribbled through the player with ease

'has she always been that good at dribbling?' kuon was flabbergasted

looking at your facial expression, you almost looked...

...bored?

at this point, team W were desperate with their attempts of stopping you

they sent one defender on your left and another on your right

the players you had already passed were coming at you from behind, while another came for you from the front

and after him, there was the goalie

"is it really wise to throw this many players in one spot, your defence is completely exposed"

you kicked the ball near the left side of the goal where no defender was and made a run for it

"goalie grab it before she reaches it!"

the goalie began running for the ball

you both got to the ball at the same time and as he was about to pick it up, you lifted the ball with your foot and shot it in from the top of his head

whistle

4-4

"kuon what the hell! did you hide this from us" Keisuke screamed

"no, I only told you what I knew about her and what I had observed from our previous games" kuon stared in shock "she changed her entire play-style"

you picked the ball up in your right hand and turned over to stare at kuon

"wrong" you smiled "I never had a specific way to play from the beginning"

"let me tell you the difference between the two of us" you started "while we could always have the same level of speed, defence, offence, dribble and whatever. the difference between you and me is that you rely on logic while I base everything off what i see"

"That's the difference between the two of us. while logic is something that can be read and seen through by the opponent, what i do is basically read the situation and act up on instincts" you continued "so if you plan on ever trying to stop me, you'll have to think twice as hard and not make an obvious decision"

walking back to the center, you placed the ball in the center circle and went to your original position

"nice (y/n)" isagi cheered "it would've been over for us if you hadn't stopped that shot"

"I'll defend, you just focus on scoring goals for our team" he nodded back to you

starting with the ball, the wanima twins and kuon made their way over to your side. once again being at disadvantage due to them knowing our formation, they were able to make it past our defence easily

it once again came down to Wanima Junichi and Iemon

Junichi took his shot, but you weren't going to let him be

"as if" when you had almost reached the ball, you heard a voice shout your name "watch out, (y/n)!"

it was too late, kuon had almost reached you

he was sliding down to your figure with the aim to injure your foot

due to the distraction, the ball made it into the goal and they once again were in advance

as kuon's cleat was about to land on your foot, a figure came in front of you and took the hit instead

you could hear the sound of the person's bone cracking when kuon's foot landed on theirs and caused their ankle to twist

ouch

"damn it that hurts!" the individual shouted

"igaguri?" you questioned

"We can't have you get injured right now, or we'll lose," the male said whilst in pain

"yellow card for Kuon Wataru" spoke the automatic referee

"how is that not a red card, he was clearly using excessive force!" shout raichi

you picked up the taller male on your back and carried him over to the sidelines "well you can't play anymore"

igaguri grumbled on your back, most likely out of pain "thank you, though"

"Hm?"

"Thanks for taking the hit for me" you continued

"Someone had to take it for the team, without you, we clearly wouldn't be able to win this match at all"

you looked over at the scoreboard and hummed in agreement

it was now 5-4 with only 6 minutes left in the match

"player substitution, number 7 Imamura Yudai"

the game started again but with the limited time we had left, beating team W was practically impossible

the ball had once again been stolen from our team's possession with kuon and Keisuke making their way up our field

"stop them! Iemon!" shout isagi

Keisuke took his shot at the goal, Iemon reached for the ball and with just a single finger touching it, he blocked the shot

chigiri was going for the clear but Keisuke managed to snatch the ball before he could get it "too slow"the male stuck his tongue out

you weren't able to hear his next words but they seemed to have an impact on chigiri since he stood there, seemingly in a trance

5 minutes left

"chigiri it's not over" shouted isagi

chigiri's eyes went wide

meanwhile, raichi and kunigami managed to steal the ball from Keisuke and Imamura went for the clear

"nice raichi, kunigami" Iemon shout

he passed the ball over to isagi "isagi, again!"

isagi was covered by kuon who started talking to him

'we don't have time for conversations' you looked over at the clock

"3 minutes additionnal time"

not having much time left, isagi went around Keisuke who was in front of him and tried to get away from him and kuon

"what the hell! does number 11 have a skill we don't know of!?" shouted the younger twin

but right as he thought he had gotten away from the duo, Junichi kicked the ball away from him

"nice big bro" Keisuke cheered "don't scare us like that, your dribbling sucks"

isagi began running after the ball like a maniac, he wasn't thinking rationally

all he wanted to do was score

"Everyone coordinate with isagi!" came the voice of Iemon

they all started pressuring the opponents till isagi was finally able to steal it from a player's feet "chigiri, get the ball"

chigiri managed to catch the ball, but before he could do anything, isagi grabbed him by the shoulder and tossed him aside

once again the ball was kicked out of isagi's possession and was heading toward the outer line before isagi saved it

"I'm tired of your wild plays, I'll take it from here" isagi's eyes went wide when you took the ball away from his hold

he wasn't going to make it anywhere with his way of dribbling and so you decided to step in

you made your way through the players from the right side of the field

there were too many people around the goal to make a long shot, it'd just end up in a random person's possession

but then you felt it

your eyes went wide when you saw a flash of red on the other side of the field

eyes widening and a smile made its way up your face

making a long pass, you sent the ball to the left side of the field

"(y/n)! what the hell are you doing, there isn't anyone there" raichi screamed

"kuon send it out so we can win" Keisuke smiled

"roger" smirked kuon

"at his speed, he'll definitely make it" you muttered

but as kuon was about to get the ball, a red flash got hold of it "move, you're in my way" and then left him in the dust

"chigiri! We're you hiding this speed this whole time!? Hey, answer me damn it..!" kuon's scream faded in the ears of the red head

chigiri outrun the opponents with no difficulty and it all came down to the wanima twins and the goalie

he kicked the ball past the twins and made a run for it

"don't tell me he's trying to catch up to the pass he made," raichi said, his eyes practically bulging out "it's too long"

Junichi tried tripping chigiri, but the male respond by jumping over his leg

Keisuke proceeded to try grabbing chigiri to stop him "good, I caught up to you"

but his moment didn't last as chigiri simply sped past him while he fell face first on the floor

"This speed, can't believe you were hiding this from us all along" your eyes couldn't get any wider

chigiri just seemed to be getting faster by the second

the goalie came out of the goal in hopes of reaching the ball before chigiri, but with an extension of his leg, chigiri managed to kick the ball into the goal

silence. silence. silence

whistle

5-5

"Hell, yeah!" chigiri screamed from the top of his lungs

"seems like the princess has finally come out of her castle" your voice had made its way to his ears "yo chigiri"

he smiled and nodded at you, disregarding your insult

"chigiri!" came the voice of isagi

"isagi"

"you're amazing, those legs of yours can really work like a..." and yeah you let them have their bromance

looking back at your team, everyone was running top speed toward your figures and you made sure to space yourself a bit not to get caught up in the herd

they all jumped chigiri in excitement

you smiled at the scene till a hand made contact with your shoulder

you turned over to face kunigami who was smiling at your smaller figure

"nice work out there, without your help we definitely wouldn't have been able to tie the game" he gave you a soft smile that you couldn't help but return

you then felt a weight on your back "good job (y/n), if it weren't for chigiri's impressive last-minute play, you'd definitely be MVP" the childish voice of bachira

after a couple of seconds of laughter, your eyes met with team W who was beating kuon

"you were supposed to help us win, that was the deal!" they kicked him "why'd you keep chigiri's leg a secret!?"

"y-you're wrong, I didn't know anything about his speed"

"stop lying you scumbag!" Keisuke howled

isagi then came from behind and tried pulling the male off kuon "stop it you all"

"What, do you want us to kill you two!?" Keisuke growled as Kunichi grabbed isagi's collar

your hand reached out and grabbed unto Junichi's arms forcingly taking him off isagi

you tossed the male to the side and walked over to kuon's still-on-the-ground figure

he looked up at you in hopes of finding pity, but all he was met with was the lack of emotions in your eyes

"you know, I've been waiting since last night for this" you spoke before your leg met with kuon's face and flew to the side

"That's right (y/n), get him!" raichi cheered

"no (y/n)" isagi grabbed your shoulder and kuon took this time to run away

"tsk, coward" you scoffed

"Building 5's seventh and eighth matches are complete"

you looked up at the board, seems like Nagi and Reo are clenching unto their winning streak

man were you excited to break it

"It's a miracle really that we even managed that draw"naruhaya spoke up

"When isagi went berserk, I had no idea what was coming next" bachira came in with a towel on his head and he was...

..naked

walking over to isagi, you raised your fist and slammed it down on the top of his head "dumbass, never pull a stunt like that again. you know you're not the type of player that can compete on a one-on-one"

"yeah, do something like that again and I'll kill you" raichi scowled

you took a quick shower and headed out to the cafeteria before your team 'man I'm hungry'

reaching the cafeteria, you caught sight of Nagi, Reo and Zantetsu

you were about to walk up to them when you saw a familiar face

kuon

"I'll give you information on team Z, in exchange I want 3 goals to insure my spot as top scorer on the team" kuon spoke with a smile "if I do, I'll make sure to give you some advantage in the second selection"

"making this deal with me will surely u-" "so this is what you meant with 'I'll figure out some other way'"

"your desperation to win is genuinely pathetic" you gave him a dirty look

the four of them turned to you "(y/n)" nagi said with evident excitement in his eyes

"so this was the guy you were talking about" reo pointed to kuon

"yeah, in the end, his plan failed" you shrugged

kuon just couldn't seem to receive more surprises from you, you knew members from the top team of this building?

"anyways, what do you say, work with me?" he rushed for an answered

"I refuse" zantetsu

"sounds like a bother" nagi

"how boring" reo

"aren't you embarrassed" you deadpanned

"There is no merit at all in what you are proposing. in fact, it would be a demerit" zantetsu pushed his glasses up "in other words, the priority of this business is an initiative method. did I use the words right?"

'this guy's an idiot'

you took a seat between nagi and zantetsu and reached to pat nagi's hair

"damn nagi, you take care of your hair?" you asked the half-asleep boy

"huh, no. I just use whatever I find to wash it"

"stop trying to make yourself sound smarter, idiot" reo laughed "anyhow, I hate lame and boring guys and guess what, you fit both categories"

"hey (y/n), are all the people in your team as lame as him," Nagi asked with his half-lidded eyes "Nah it's just him. he's a total loser"

"Whatever, I can't bother with this deal" Nagi whined "I don't even have the energy to chew anymore"

"come one Nagi, you're not about to waste this good food" you grabbed his fork and pointed it to his mouth with the steak on it

"hey (y/n), no need to rush him if he isn't hungry" reo insisted, but Nagi had opened his mouth and was waiting for you to feed him

you did as asked and the male chewed the meat for a couple seconds before swallowing it "that's it I'm full. Reo, give me a piggyback ride"

"suit yourself" you began eating what he had left

zantetsu look distraught at you eating the Nagi's leftover, but quickly covered it with a cough

within seconds, you had finished the Nagi's steak "that was great"

"you sure was hungry" reo sweat dropped "that plate didn't last a second"

he was going to lift Nagi before you walked up to him and stopped him "you're always carrying this lazy idiot, let me help"

reo stared at you for a couple seconds before hesitantly agreeing "sure but he's quite heavy, you sure you want to do this"

"don't worry, may not look like it but I'm all muscles" you lifted Nagi on your back effortlessly and he wrapped his arm around your neck while you held onto his legs

"you're comfortable" Nagi leaned down putting his cheek on your shoulder

"I'll walk to you guys to your room then join back with my team"

The four of you walked away from the table, kuon left in shock

"wait! please listen!" Kuon reached out

"hey (y/n), why's that guy so desperate" Nagi questioned "he just wants to win"

"so you can't win unless you try this hard" Nagi said in boredom "being weak sound like a hassle"

"I'd just quit playing at this point" he shrugged with a yawn "hey reo, is soccer that fun to play even when you lose?"

"hey wait a minute" the voice of isagi rung in your ears

you stopped walking and looked up at his figure

"who the hell are you" reo spoke, voice seemingly uninterested

"don't underestimate soccer" he pointed to Nagi

silence...

you looked away in embarrassment "hm? (y/n)?"

"again, who are you"

"We're team Z, I'm the one who'll defeat you!"

'he's acting like some fictional hero, I'm so embarrassed of being with him'

"so (y/n), these are your teammates?" Reo pointed to the group

you simply nodded unable to face the group out of embarrassment for them

after that encounter, you had dropped of the three at their dorm room and went back to your teams room

upon entering, your teammates were already passed out on their futon

kuon had placed his further from your group and over in the corner was kunigami, chigiri, bachira and isagi having some sort of gang meetup

"hey guys" you waved at the squad

"seems like miss popular is back" bachira put his hands over his head "surprised you aren't asleep bachira. I would've thought you had passed out first of all people"

"surprise surprise" he smiled

you sat between him and chigiri and the group had now entered an awkward silence before you decided to break it

"you know what I just realized" you started off as they hummed "no one here has ever called me by my last name"

"wait your mean we've been calling you by your first name this whole time" isagi said, blush rising on his cheeks

you nodded in response and then kunigami spoke up "when we introduced ourselves, the only name you gave us was (y/n) so I assumed that was your last name"

"guess I got too used to everyone back at home calling me (y/n) I forgot to say my full name" you sheepishly rubbed your cheek

"anywho, my full names (l/n) (y/n), but you can keep calling me (y/n) since everyone already calls me by my first name"

"hey no fair, you call me meguru then" bachira jumped on you, he's really gotta stop with his habit of jumping on your back

"rensuke" kunigami looked away, tiny visible blush on his face

"hyoma"

"wait (l/n)..." isagi pondered "you mean female prodigy of joshibi high school (l/n)!?"

"you mean that female in the males team?"

"I thought it was already obvious with my first name. I mean, not many people are named (y/n)" you deadpanned

"so we've got a superstar in our team" bachira grinned "nice"

"anyways" he stretched then leaned his head onto your lap "I'm going to sleep, goodnight"

"at least go sleep on your futon instead of me" you looked down at the already asleep male

sigh