Cold Cold Cold | Blue Lock

Chapter 9

[Name] stared blankly at the boys who gazed back at her expectantly. Some offered smiles and others waved but there was still a relative awkwardness in the air as they all stared at each other. Bachira seems to be the sole exception to this fact though as he kept bouncing happily in the middle ground.

"Let's go! We can go now right?" Bachira cheered as he kept a solid grip on her arm. [Name] merely sighed as she craned her head to the side, trying to will out the annoyance she felt that only comes out whenever she gets tired. "Are we waiting on anyone else?"

"Well..." Isagi looked at the other members with a small hum. Most of the other members have already left once the meeting had concluded while some didn't even bother to show up at all considering how they didn't really practise. "We should be good unless you want to ask anyone else to join."

"Who's going exactly?" The girl asked, trying to calculate just how much energy she needs to spend during this mini hangout.

"Basically everyone you see here?" Isagi offered slowly, his voice tight as the female's sharp gaze turned in his direction. He looked away awkwardly, feeling himself sweat at the coldness.

"Hm," [Name] hummed in disinterest as she looked away from Isagi, allowing the boy to finally breath in relief.

Hiori observed [Name] quietly from where he stood. Something in her looked tired and he couldn't help but feel that maybe she wasn't in the mood to go out anymore. "You could always do a rain check though." He offered suddenly, catching everyone's attention.

[Name] contemplated on the offer while the boys looked at Hiori in confusion. He merely raised a hand at their questioning gazes as he kept his eyes on [Name], waiting for her final decision.

"It's fine..." She eventually sighed out after much thinking. "I already said I'll come and I don't usually back out on plans I make," She spoke with a bit of a tired grumble causing Hiori to laugh quietly. Unlike certain people in her life, she keeps her word and doesn't leave people.

"If you're sure, then we should be able to go now," He spoke as he turned to look at the darkening sky. "It's near the school so it shouldn't take up to much of our time."

"YAY!" Bachira cheered with his hands held up high. He bounced his way over to Isagi and jumped on his back, causing the blue-eyed boy to gasp at the weight. "Let's go!"

"Are we sure he needs anymore sugar?" Chigiri asks blandly as he points a hand in Bachira's direction. "He's already hyper as it is. He doesn't need any more sugar."

"I'm sure it'll be fine," Kunigami tried to assure the redhead but even then, he himself wasn't all that confident.

As they all began to finally walk off the field, Hiori made sure to keep himself near [Name]'s side. "You can back out anytime," He whispered in assurance.

[Name]'s eyes narrowed at the boy beside her. "I'll be fine," She speaks simply before looking away.

She doesn't get Hiori. They just met and barely know each other yet he still goes out of his way to make included and comfortable. In her eyes, to go to such lengths for someone you didn't know made no sense.

Sure, it's a bit nice since she's the receiver of this action but that didn't make it any less weird to her.

Over to Hiori, the cyan-haired male simply smiled as he watched the female go deep in thought. Over the few days they've known each other, he could see the similarities she and Rin share.

Although he knew she probably wouldn't appreciate being compared so closely to someone she continuously denies as a brother, Hiori couldn't help it.

He's also come to find the distinct differences in their personalities. As tough as she may look, [Name] is actually a lot kinder than she lets on. If Itoshi Rin was a knife, [Name] was simply a butter knife trying to act sharper than it actually is.