𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃 / 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐔𝐒,, 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤

𝟏𝟎

(name) quietly observed from the side of the soccer field as the two teams entered through the large double doors.

the two teams stood on the field as (name) announced something to them through his device.(name) turned his speaker on the device and started to speak.

"for the second selection, we're using mini fields customized to the number of players. if you win, you steal a player from the other time and move on. if you lose, you lose a player and go back to the previous stage."

isagi starts by passing the ball to bachira. bachira smiled widely. "here we go!", tokimitsu quickly went over and tried to stop bachira but was surprised when bachira started to scissor around him and quickly passed tokimitsu with ease. "ah, sorry. he got passed me!" tokimitsu apologized.

both isagi and bachira were in front of rin and bachira passed it to nagi. aryu then tried to block it with his head but nagi passed the ball back to isagi and isagi did his new direct shot and it landed right through the goal. isagi's team started to chat a bit and complimenting each other while aryu looked at the team. "that was a stylish goal."

rin sighed and glared at the other team with a stoic face. "enough.. i just about got it.. your level.. is so lukewarm i feel like dying." (name) stifled a laugh at the harsh insult but quickly went back to his usual blank face while watching rin continuing to insult isagi's team.

"you guys still think that fighting with this one ball is only nothing but a sport right? can you seriously just disappear.. this is a battlefield. you guys are now showing your backs against soldiers with guns. that's why i'm saying your lukewarm." rin said did a straight line shot from the central line with ease causing surprise to fill isagi, bachira and nagi's face in awe and surprise.

rin went over to the goal and bent down. gently lifting the ball into his hands. "i keep saying this but i don't care at all. whether your my companion or an enemy.. to me you guys are just half-baked npc's.. so let's end this already. this is seriously just a waste of my time."

isagi tried to protest against rin's words but failed as rin started to speak some very exaggerated words in (name)'s opinion.

"the act of losing in soccer is the same as losing one's reason to exist. the same as 'dying'." rin said as he looked back at isagi one more time. "soccer is a death match as far as im concerned." rin said again and the other's started to talk.

"hah. what a weird guy.."

"that guy.. seems pretty bothersome."

"guy's nuts huh."

"ehh.. death?"

rin shrugged all off their comments about him and threw the ball away to isagi's team. "just come already so i can kill you. your lukewarm ball kicking game will end here."

isagi wiped the sweat off his cheek as a look of determination to defeat rin appeared on his face. (name) sighed and started to pay attention now. "this is finally getting interesting." (name) mumbled as he watched the two teams play against each other while listening to some music through his headphones.

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"team red wins, five to two." (name) announced. aryu did a hand motion has he looked over to the team. "well then.. who should we steal?" aryu asked while observing them and he turned to rin asking on who to choose.

rin looked at isagi's team with a blank look. he honestly didn't care. so tokimitsu and aryu began to choose before finally..

"come.. bachira meguru." aryu said flicking his fingers to signal bachira to come to them. bachira sighed in the defeat while saying something on how he wanted to stay with isagi till the end.

bachira looked back at isagi one last time with a saddened look in his eyes. "if you want me, come and steal me." bachira said before walking out with the others to the winner's gate.

(name) sighed in disappointment as he looked at isagi's and nagi's defeated looks as the two walked into the loser's gate. leaving (name) alone in the soccer field.

"..such a shame." (name) mumbled before leaving the field to go read. he felt a slight tinge of sadness in him. he pitied them a bit.

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thank you for nearly 10k reads!! i appreciate it sm <3 and sorry for lack of updates! school's been busy and hard.

published: 16/4/2023

736 words