Extraordinary // Blue Lock Fanfic

15: Second Selection: Cleared

My steps halted as my eyes met his.
"It was so boring without you, Asher!~"
"Sorry."
"It's late.", another voice chimed in. It was Aryu who looked at me with a serious expression.
"Sorry."
"Stop apologising.", Shidou's voice suddenly turned serious.
"Where have you been? I let you go with that weird ass man but who even was he?"
"A doctor at Blue Lock.", I replied dryly. I wanted to get this conversation over with and go to sleep.
"Is that all?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Then... why were you so terrified?"

I looked away, in fear he would actually notice my actual feelings by looking into my eyes.
As people say, the eyes are the window to the soul.
"It's nothing. Really.", I tried reassuring that everything was fine.
I passed him with a sigh as I put my hand on his shoulder. I felt him tense up.
"It's nothing really. But... thank you for worrying about me."
In a span of a second, everything that happened a few moments ago seemed to vanish into nothingness.
"Asher... Asher thanked me!~ Wow!~ The world must be upside down!~", Shidou joked.
"Never mind. Forget I said anything."
"Nu uh!~ I will never forget your words of gratitude!~"
I shook my head in disbelief. How can this man change his personality within a second?
I drowned out any further noises as I laid down on my bed. Yes. A bed and not a futon.
Realisation hit as soon as my back touched the soft mattress.

I took out my phone and noticed a few missed messages from Lukas.
I quickly replied back and put a hand over my head. I never took those meds for headaches, did I?
I sighed as I took another look at the time. I should really go sleep. I just have to hope I don't have any more nightmares. Today was already hellish enough.
I put my phone on a small side table and plugged the charger in as I slowly felt my eyelids getting heavier with each passing second.
I lied down again and slowly drifted away as a pair of pink eyes were still glancing at me with worry.

The next morning

I woke up to the annoying ringing sound of my phone. I turned it off and stretched my arms a bit before standing up.
Everyone seemed to be still asleep. Key word: seemed.
I turned my back and was about to go to the washroom when something jumped on me.
My body tensed a bit.
The person on my back seemed to notice it too.
"Mornin' !~", Shidou greeted with a sheepish smile.
"Get. Off.", I said as I pushed him off onto my bed. Wouldn't want him to get injured.
"Aww!~ You pushed me onto your bed because you didn't want me to hit the ground?~", Shidou teased with a playful smile.
I hated how he was right. I shrugged him off and prepped myself for the day.
On my way back, Iga-guri and Aryu had woken up as well.
"Good morning! What a glam morning it is!", Aryu exclaimed as he put his sleeping mask away.
"I'm ready to beat another team! I feel like I have more buddha power than yesterday!", Iga-guri boasted.
Great. He's getting more delusional with each passing day.

We all changed into our usual Blue Lock uniform as we went to the lobby in hopes of finding another team there.
As the automatic door opened, we were greeted by the sight of 2 teams.
One consisted of Rin, Tokimitsu, Bachira and Isagi. The other consisted of pretty average looking players except one. A tall guy with short reddish hair and a small braid on the side.
People used to say I had incredibly gifted senses. And right now my senses were telling me to pick him. Before I could make any move, Rin stepped before me.
"Hey. Play against me again. This time I'll utterly crush you.", He stated with a menacing glare.

I shrugged him off with a sigh.
"Outta the way. I have no need to play against you. You lost. What makes you think it's gonna be different this time?"
This only got him more riled up.
This time Bachira and Isagi stepped forward with confident gazes.
"But this time we're here, Asher.", Isagi added.
"Isagi's right! We're gonna beat you!", Bachira cheekily proclaimed.
"That's sweet and all but I have something else in mind."
"We're gonna stick with Asher, you know?~", Shidou added as he walked beside me.
"I will respect his choices. After all he's pretty glam and stylish in football.", Aryu stepped beside me as well.
"Well, if you're all standing behind Asher's decision... Then I will too!", Iga-guri replied as he stood beside us as well.
"You heard them? I'm the one deciding. And I want to play them.", I exclaimed as I pointed a finger at the other remaining team in the room.