You're One Of Us (Inazuma Eleven!Various X Reader)

Chapter 26

Previously on Chapter 25

Eventually, I let out a laugh which makes her rolls her eyes. But she laughs along with me nonetheless. The others who's been witnessing our little playfulness ended up laughing too. It's so nice to have such a caring friends like them. For once... it's nice to be so carefree.

-Hellish Training-

Y/N P.O.V

I just sit on a chair as Otonashi change the bandage on my hands. "So... L/N" she said. I hum softly and turn my head to look at her. She move her gaze from my hand to me. "Now you know how the boys feel about you. Do you... like one of them?" She asked. I blink my eyes at what she said.

"E-Eh..." I squeaked out. I feel my cheeks going warm as I think about the boys. I try to think of any of them as more than friends. The more I think about it, the warmer my cheeks get. Seems like I'm catching feelings with one of the boys. Well, it's not like I can say that to Otonashi. I glance at Otonashi to see her waiting eagerly for me to answer her. I just clear my throat and turn my head away from Otonashi. "Not at the moment. No..." I said, closing my eyes.

"Liar~. Your cheeks are red!" Otonashi said, poking my cheeks. I just stare at her, not knowing what else to say. "So... who's the lucky boy? You know... I really hope it's my brother that you like. But whoever you choose, I'll support you!" She said, leaning her face close to mine.

I know she's not going to drop this topic without me answering her. I let out a sigh and open my mouth. "W-Well, if you must know. I guess I can tell you. I-It's..." I started. I notice movements from the corner of my eyes. I turn my head towards its direction and spotted the boys. "How long have you all been standing there?" I said.

They yelped in surprise and rushes off. I let out a sigh of relief. I almost blurt out the boy I like. It's not going to end well with the rest of them if they had find out. I can't have them distracted or start fighting with one another.

"Well, on second thought, I think I'd much rather to keep things to myself for now. Sorry about that, Otonashi..." I said. She just hums softly and smiles at me. She seems to understand and didn't try to make me tell her who I like. Which makes me glad.

3rd P.O.V

The boys eventually stops running when they're out of Y/N's sight. "Ah! We are so close to find out who L/N likes among us. But she had caught us before she even said it" Endou said, ruffling his hair. The others can only sigh at what he said. They all feel disappointed. It looks like they'd still have to wait until Y/N opens up about who she likes among them.

A sound of someone clearing their throat catching their attention. They turn their heads and spotted Y/N. They feel their hearts beats faster at the sight of the girl that had stolen their hearts. She has her bandaged hands on her hips. The sight of her hands wrapped up in bandage brought a light sting in their hearts. They hated more than anything to see Y/N hurt.

"Are you just going to stand there? Our match against Epsilon is coming. We need to start training" Y/N said. The boys blinks their eyes in surprise. Y/N raises an eyebrow at the boys' reaction. "Are you guys coming or not? Let's start our training" she said. She turns around and walks off.

"Wait!" Kazemaru called out. Y/N turns around to look at him. "Are you sure you're in any condition to train, L/N?" He asked. Y/N stares at him with a confused gaze. "I mean... your hands are still injured" he said, pointing at Y/N's hands. Y/N lift her hands to look at them. She let out a sigh and turn to look at Kazemaru.

"I play soccer with my feet, Kazemaru. Not with my hands. It will be a different story if I was a goalkeeper like Endou. But I'm not a goalkeeper. I'm a forward, remember?" She said. Kazemaru grew flustered at her comment, realizing how stupid he must have sounded.

Y/N let out a soft giggle. She walks up to him, gently grabbing her hand. Kazemaru tenses up, worried that holding her hand would hurt her. "If you're worried my hand is hurt. Don't be... it barely sting anymore. But I appreciate your concern, Kazemaru..." she said, giving him a close eyed smile. She grabs another person's hand which happens to be Domon's.

"Now, let's train..." she said. She starts pulling the two boys with her, leaving the rest of them feeling jealous as they wanted them to be the ones holding her hands. But neither of them make a comment as they remember the promise they made for Y/N. That's to not treat her any different. But they're aware that holding back the love they have for the h/c haired girl is gradually becomes harder the stronger their feelings for her grow.

Me and some of the boys starts to train on as track that'll randomly shoot shoes at your feet and turned direction at a random time. Kidou will be the one giving the signal as he's the most sensitive out of us. He'll be able to feel the change direction long before us.

"The other way!" Kidou yelled out a warning. All of us quickly turn around. I jump up when the machine shoot a shoe at me. I keep moving my feet, running the track as I try my best not to fall over. If I do ended up falling, I'd probably run into someone and all of us would end up falling as well.

The machine eventually comes to a stop. We get off the machine and drop on the ground in exhaustion. I lay on my back, staring up. This training room is huge that the ceiling seems so high up.

"That was the most exhausting training I've ever had to gone through. I've never experienced a training as hard as this one. It's feels almost... hellish" I said. The others let out a soft chuckle. I let out a groan as I close my eyes. "Man... it feels like my limps are about to fall off" I said, huffing in exhaustion.

We decided to call it for today. Everyone heads back to where we decided to have our dinner. All of my muscles hurts. It's even hard to lift a spoon to eat. So I just eat slowly.

After dinner, I sluggishly head back to the tent that they have set up. I lay on my sleeping back and heave out a sigh. I hear rustling, letting me know the girls are here. I turn my head slightly to look at them.

"I've never seen you so exhausted before, L/N-Chan..." Touko said. I let out a laugh at what she said. "But can't blame you. Today's training was pretty intense..." she said, plopping down on her sleeping bag. I smile softly as I turn my body to face up.

"It'll get easier... I know it will" I said, smiling. She turn to look at me and grin, agreeing with my statement. "If we keep going... we're going to get a lot stronger. We'll be able to defeat the aliens. I'm sure of it" I said. I yawn softly and turn to lay on my side. I close my eyes, letting myself drift off to sleep.

*to be continued*