Blue Flame [ Bachira x Isagi ]

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" ow! " isagi exclaimed as he rub the back of his head. " be more careful kunigami! you kicked the ball right into my head! " he complained. lemon sighed.

" okay enough fooling around you guys, we need to practice! we're facing off against Nagi tomorrow, we need to hone our skills to the max.. " lemon said as he was rubbing the in-between of his brow.

' that's right, we need to do everything we can. we're facing against seishiro nagi.. ' Isagi thought to himself as he spaces out. he felt his hand slightly tremble from the mixed fear and excitement.

bachira was looking at isagi from afar as he observes the spaced out boy. he felt the fear emitting off of isagi " ... " bachira decides to approach him. he then taps his shoulder " isagi? " the curious boy said in an concerned tone.

isagi snaps back into reality as he turns to the boy beside him " yeah? bachira? " isagi answered, he felt quite embarrassed since he was spacing out just a second ago.

bachira tilts his head as he stare at isagi's blue eyes " are you alright? you were spacing " he chuckled. " y- yeah! i'm fine dw! " isagi answered obviously flustered. ' gosh was I spacing out for that long? this is embarrassing.. ' isagi thought to himself.

bachira stretched as he had this playful smile plastered on his face as always as if he never runs out of energy " want to rest for a bit? you seem a bit out of it today! you've been training a lot for the past few days ". Isagi thought for a bit and sighed " yeah.. you're righ— " before isagi could finish his words, bachira was already dragging him by his hands.
" lets go! "

bachira leads them to the team's sleeping quarters, the futons were laid on the cold hard floors but they paid no mind to it since they were already used to it, but ofc they still complained from time to time, specially raichi.

" now now isagi, you should take care of yourself! we can't have you feeling sick during our games now can't we? " bachira forcefully makes isagi sit and lay down. " hey hold on bachira-! " isagi tries to reason with him but bachira shush him up quickly " ep! no buts! we can't lose our egoist yoichi isagi now can't we?? " bachira pouts as he sat on his own futon.

isagi sighed as he knew reasoning with bachira at this point is useless
" alright alright I get it, but please lose that nickname.. it makes me sound so full of myself! " isagi got embarrassed as he stares at the empty cement ceiling. bachira lays beside him with a slight distance between him and isagi.

" I wonder how tomorrow will work out.. if we lose, we'll get locked off.. " isagi said all of a sudden. honestly, isagi has been thinking of this ever since their upcoming battle with team V was announced. he couldn't shake the thought of it, specially the thought of being locked off.

bachira just had a carefree smile on his face " we'll find out tomorrow! so.. let's do our best isagi.. " his voice then turned from enthusiastic to a slight worried tone. " I don't wanna lose you just yet isagi.. "

isagi's thoughts stopped from hearing what he said, he wasn't sure if he heard that right. ' huh ' isagi thought to himself as he turns his head to face the other boy.

bachira was facing the ceiling still, but his face said it all.. he looked, worried and sad. isagi didn't know how to feel about what the boy said to him, he felt all sorts of emotions rush to him, it was confusing and he didn't know which one to take notice first, but one for sure stood out. it was the feeling where your heart gets all tingly.

what.. what is bachira saying..? he doesn't wanna lose me? just me or is it the others too..? why do I feel like this? my heart is all fluttery and tingly? NO what am I thinking..

Isagi was quiet but he remained staring at bachira, he was speechless. bachira turned to look at isagi as the two locked eyes.

it was quiet, but the silence wasn't awkward, it was calming. bachira's gaze somehow shut off isagi's thoughts which made him focus all his attention to the boy he's facing.

" isagi, i'm not ready to lose you just yet. " bachira said once more, his tone was serious which was very unlike him. isagi's mind was blank and he just kept staring at the boy. isagi's heart went ballistic as he then turns away from bachira without a word.

" . . . " he kept quiet. bachira warmly smiled as he turns to face the ceiling once more and closed his eyes.

isagi's had a hint of blush on his face with his eyes widen of shock. his heart is going crazy as if he couldn't breathe, he couldn't speak as if there was a lump of something on his throat. his stomach is going crazy as if he was playing an intense match. he knew he felt something for bachira, was it admiration? was it envy? no.. it was for sure something else. and today, it was made clear to him.

' don't tell me.. '

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we're starting off strong!

the chapter is short and I apologize for that! it is currently 1AM.

look forward for the next chapter!