sidelines then skateparks (sk8 the infinity x male oc)

chapter 11

"Nerine!"

Nerine turned at the call of his name, looking at Miya. He walked over to him. "Hey, Miya, have you seen Reki?" he asked.

Who? Oh right, the red-headed kid who raced Mr. Ainosuke.

"I heard him yell my name, I saw him! He has to be here somewhere."

Miya shrugged. "He probably dipped out. Maybe he's tired of hanging out with you and Langa."

Nerine gasped and his eyes widened in hurt.

"You're in the way, I gotta go. My turn is next." Miya said, walking past Nerine. "Throw a leash on that dude and bring him back to the next match if you find him." Miya turned back to look at Nerine. "I really want to see him there. He deserves to watch me become champion."

Nerine saw the action on the screen as Miya and Snake got going. Snake soon moved in front of Miya and began to dance on his board to dodge the pebbles.

"Dude, did you see that?"

"He looks like he's dancing!"

Nerine narrows his eyes.

"Talk about technique!"

"Is that even real?"

He watched the screen in thought.

That skating style.

His eyes widened.

In the end, Snake won, leaving Miya out of the competition.

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Nerine came out of his room, a deep frown on his face. He looked over at his mom while he walked to the front door, picking up his bag, noticing Langa has already left. "See you later."

"Nerine, I-..."

"Mhm?" Nerine stopped and turned around.

His mom smiled. "Nothing. Just... have a good day!"

"Thanks." he said, and opened the door and he was out.

Nanako sighed as she looked at the family photo with all of them, looking at Oliver.

This is difficult.

He skates on his broken board, looking ahead with a sad look.

He's getting bad again.

When we first moved here I was so relieved, they seemed like there were having a great time.

He stopped at his and Reki's meet up spot.

But now, Nerine is retreating back to who he was for a long time.

He peeked his head into Langa and Reki's class, but not seeing the latter anywhere. He frowned, and went back to his own classroom.

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"Where's Reki?"

"Well hi to you too, nice for you to show up." Oka teased. Nerine frowned, which made Oka sigh. "Said he needed some time off. I thought you two were in contact since you weren't here. At least I have one devoted worker."

Nerine shifted on his feet.

Oka smiled. "Reki can be a little dramatic when stuff isn't going well. Just let him feel his feelings and he'll be back."

Nerine looked down and let out a deep breath.

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Reki sat down on his couch, putting his bag at his side. He stared up at the ceiling, blinking at it blankly.