Forever and Always - SHOTOXOC (Eng Ver.)

Chapter Twenty-One

Ten million points.
That's the prize we are all aiming for right now.
In the obstacle course I finished third; it's not a bad result but I was aiming for victory.
Although seeing what position Midoriya is in now, I don't know how much I would like to be in his place.
Each of us is lumandoing his score because they could bring us a big advantage for what will then be the last challenge.

We need to form a team of 2-5 people.
Shoto and I look at each other already knowing that we will be together in this challenge.
"Is the knee okay?" The boy asks me.
I nod not feeling much pain.

Surely it will just be reddened. "Let me check."
And having said that he kneels in front of me and pulls up my leg making me place my foot on his knee.
"Shoto, there is no need. I told you I don't have anything. You can't do this every time."

The boy completely ignores my assertions and pulls my suit up to mid-thigh.
Now, don't get me wrong, it's really the sweetest thing that he cares about me like this, but imagine this scene in the middle of an arena, with all the students watching you, the parents, the heroes, those who came to see the festival, and, not to miss anything, on national TV.

You can see why I'm trying to stop it.
"Shoto, everyone must be watching."
I cover my face with my hands as my best friend continues to ignore me and analyze my leg.
"It's just reddened. It seems to be apposite."
I let out a sigh of relief and am about to lift my leg when Shoto grabs it again.

I lower my gaze to see the problem but all I see is the boy reaching for the reddened knee with his eyes closed.
With his right hand he holds me tightly from behind my calf so that I have no way out and so he rests his candid lips on the reddened area.

He leaves us a simple kiss, almost imperceptible, but at that moment my face turns a deep red.
Shoto lets go of me and pulls himself up, too, as if nothing had happened.

"Why did you do that?" I ask him, turning my head to the other side hiding my blush from him.
"When we were kids you used to do it with me when I was training hard or when I was hurting. It seemed like a nice thing to do even now." The boy looks at me as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, and my heart warms at his words.

I turn to look at him and notice a slight blush on his cheeks as well.
"Thank you. That's much better now." I smile at him.
He nods without adding more as his cheeks blush more and more.
"How about we look for more team members?" I ask to soften the embarrassment.
"Yes. That's a good idea. Do you already have someone in mind?"
"Actually, yes. Follow me."

With that said, I start toward what is my victim.
"Hey." I say drawing her attention.
The girl in question turns and flashes me a big smile so I take a running start and throw myself into her arms.

Fortunately she manages to catch me on the fly so I start rubbing my cheek against her face.
"Come on Momo team up with us."
Momo starts laughing at my behavior.
"Sure. But who are you referring to? It's just you."
I get off the poor girl's arms and look around for Shoto.
He has disappeared.

"They stole my friend." I say, continuing to search for him with my eyes.
Finally I catch a glimpse of him in the distance talking to Denki. The blond is gesturing as he explains something. Is he trying to fool me Shoto?

"Come on, Momo. I have to go beat up Denki!"
I drag the girl by the arm until we are in front of the talking couple.
"Hey! Hands off you! Little Shoto is already on our team." I stand in front of my best friend with my arms crossed making what is the most menacing face I can manage.

Denki just pulls his arms back but I can clearly see that he is holding back laughter.
"Okay okay calm down. Can I join you then?"
"Oh in that case. Sure Pikachu." I tell him, high-fiving him.
"I'd say we're full right?" I say admiring our team.
"I actually chose one last person." Shoto tells us.
We see Iida coming toward us.

"Oh good representative. Welcome to the team then." Denki tells him, patting him on the back.
"Now we are ready." Announces Shoto putting himself in front of us to explain his strategy.