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08. i cant help but be uncomfortable around boys

"I hope I was allowed to do this--" Park muttered, inching away from the group.

"Of course you were, I gave you permission didn't I?" Kino had chirped, smiling softly at the other female.

Park had went the extra mile and brought snacks for the team, last night she'd made them with her grandmother. Kim wasn't sure she wanted her in the team, but, if it made her happy then why pull her out of it? She'd come to terms with it soon, Kim was mature enough to know this, she was a grown woman after all.

"Wow! You made sushi, thank you!" Endou brightened up, immediately taking hold of Park's hands and shaking them frantically.

"U-uhm, it's called kimbap, like, Korean sushi I guess?" The white haired girl let out a nervous, breathy laugh.

Her grandmother brought over the lunch box so she didn't have to haul it all the way by herself, Kim had immediately left afterwards. While munching on pieces here and there, Endou went over the new formation, given a bunch of members had shown up out of the blue.

The team was later informed of the school they'd be playing against next, and at that, Endou took everyone out to the riverside pitch to train. Of course, even after their supposedly dumb luck win against Teikoku, they still couldn't manage to borrow a school field.

"Here!" Kurimatsu made a clean pass to Park, who brought up the ball a little, then passing to Matsuno. Before the ginger could even get much time to respond, Someoka made a slide tackle and stole the ball in seconds. Even Park flinched at the sudden impact. The striker continued on, knocking down both Kageno and Kazemaru in the process before attempting a shoot. Due to the possible agitation taking over, he completely missed, hitting the bar instead.

"Hey, are you alri-" The white haired defender skittered over to her classmate Kazemaru, immediately then being knocked at the back of her head with the stray ball. Kazemaru wasn't all that hurt, but now Park face planted into the dirt beside him, this was probably more concerning than the tiny scratch on his palm.

"P-Park-!?" The tealette quickly tried to help her up, taking her arm while she groaned. "Someoka! What's gotten into you!?" Kazemaru nearly snapped at the other male.

"It's her fault for getting in the way." He responded with a nasty glare.

"It's fine, I'm fine. . . !" Park sighed, rubbing at the back of her head. "He seems upset, maybe he didn't mean it." With a little of Kazemaru's help, she rose to her feet and brushed off the dirt on her jersey.

"You can't be serious." Kazemaru breathed out, hesitantly bringing a hand to her cheek.

". . . What are you doing?" The white haired girl froze in place, only looking up at him for a second before averting her eyes afterwards.

"You've got some dirt on your face," nonchalantly, he rubbed it away with his thumb. "There!" The tealette flashed her a quick smile. Though, this moment didn't last very long, as Kino called everyone over for a quick break. She introduced a first year student from the newspaper club, Otonashi Haruna. Apparently there were some avid rumors about the next team they'd be playing; Occult.

"They're just rumors, it's nothing to worry about!" Endou chirped, a forced smile on his features. Despite this, the others weren't feeling very spirited about things.

". . . Maybe we do need Gouenji-san." Shourin mumbled innocent, but was immediately scolded by Someoka. In some cases this would be considered jealousy, but, Park didn't think that was what would make him so infuriated.

"What's wrong with you guys!? We don't need that guy, I'm our forward, I'll get our goals!" Someoka spat, pointing a thumb at himself.

"We'll just have to make do with the members we have." Matsuno crossed his arms, a small simper evident on his face.