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72.THE 44 PANTHER
note: sometimes i write things that are so embarrassing that i literally blush while typing idk if this is just me tho
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AS
soon as you take a seat on that bench, your eyes are met with the bright green ones you've come to be so familiar with. She looks down at you with a raised brow, "Are you okay? Did that purple bun say something bad?"
Clearly, by purple bun, she was referring to Reo—but what you don't get is why she immediately makes such an assumption about him. You furrow your brows—to make sure she can visibly sense your confusion—"What? No. I'm okay. Reo didn't say anything."
Mariele seems pleased enough with your answer, nodding her head. "That's good. You just seemed a bit upset. Is it about that Rensuke orange again?"
Was it really that obvious? Perhaps you should start carrying a mirror around with you so that you're not so unaware of your own facial expressions. You had no idea you were so expressive—or maybe it's that Mariele is too intuitive for her own good. "Oh, no. I'm fine. I'm... I guess, a little bit. But... it's nothing big. It's just personal stuff."
She takes those words as her sign not to pry—you appreciate her societal awareness. She turns her gaze onto the field and you do the same—what you catch as soon as you turn your head is the full view of Isagi intercepting a pass between Grim and Kaiser.
Consequently, the possession of the ball is taken away by none other than Reo, who Isagi is completely unable to manoeuvre around. You think you know why. Chigiri and Nagi did feel a lot more built than I remember. Even looking at their stats now... I wonder what kind of training they were put through.
Reo twirls around Isagi and even when met with somebody like Alexis Ness—he pulls a move that is eerily similar to that of Itoshi Sae's—and he gets around him easily. In fact, Reo uses a variety of moves that look to be originated from completely different, unique styles to get around the entire line of defence all alone. It is magical to watch.
Reo rushes down towards the goal—and to your surprise, with Nagi right there waiting for him—he takes the shot. There is a certain spin towards the flying ball that gives you such a sense of familiarity—it's Rin's outside spin—and you were surely not the only one to get such a feeling, because Gagamaru reacts almost instantaneously.
He leaps up and stretches out his arm as far as it could possibly go—perhaps in a combination of both his long, lanky limbs and his jungle boy instincts, Gagamaru easily blocks the shot. You unconsciously let out a gasp of shock when the ball flies away and he tumbles to the ground—Mariele looks just as surprised as you are.
