⌗𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐙 ˢ. ᵍᵒʲᵒ

𝟏𝟑 - 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

[name] walked out of the house, holding onto her backpack, limping still. there, outside of her home, satoru stood there, leaning on his motorcycle.

"your taking me to school?" she asked him, raising a brow.

"yeah, just trying to redeem myself." he explained, he got off as he held a helmet. he put it on her head, before grabbing her bag.

she got on his motorcycle, holding onto his shoulders as they started to drive off. she didn't want to admit it, but she was nervous about going to school. everyone was probably disappointed that she got automatically eliminated, from stepping on someone's ankle.

[name] skipped two days of school, because she was afraid. her friends did try to get her to go, and she ultimately agreed to on a specific day.

"did you not show up for two days, because your scared?" satoru asked her, while they were on a small road.

she was surprised that he actually figured it out, she cleared her throat a bit, before leaning in so he could hear. "yeah.. i guess, i just never thought i could lose like that."

"no one is gonna hate you just because you sprained your ankle, at least you were close." he assured her, as he continued to drive through the streets. "it's not like your retiring, so you've got the rest of the season and next season."

[name] hummed, "yeah, your right." she laughed softly, she exhaled deeply as she continued to hold on tightly on his shoulders.

"so get that out of your head," he continued, before he slowed down and pulled over and parked his motorcycle.

she got off, handing him his helmet. "thanks for the ride regardless, and i should probably apologize for before." she spoke, as she took her backpack from him.

"before?" he tilted his head in confusion.

"when i didn't let you say what you were going to say, before i left for south korea." [name] explained, she looked down at her shoes as she still felt guilt on her shoulders. "i just kinda cut you off, because i was still mad."

he grinned a bit, before messing up her hair as he pat her head. "no worries, you said you couldn't let anything get to your head anyways. plus, i am the jerk who just used you for getting back on the team anyway." satoru said, rubbing his neck awkwardly afterward.

the atmosphere was only awkward after he said that, bringing up their past mistakes probably wasn't the best idea. satoru cleared his throat, before laughing a bit awkwardly. "let's just go inside.." he mumbled, he took her hand, before dragging her inside the school.