Lucky for once (rewritten)

Nathaniel was sold to the Moriyamas at the age of 8 and grew up with Riko and Kevin. They were known as numbers 1, 2, and 3. Riko had invented these numbers for them to wear on the field.
Nathaniel loves Exy more than anything; he feels free when he plays, but Riko ruins his life more and more every day.
You could say Nathaniel has already given up and simply become Riko's dog, but if you watch him closely, you can see that he's still fighting.
After a while, Jean joined the Ravens. Nathaniel was about 14 at the time. They became partners, which meant they had to do everything together from then on. This is how they became closer. You could even call them brothers now.
After a while, Kevin left the Ravens,Riko didn't like that and he took his anger out on everyone, especially the two boys. Now they were even lonelier than usual and protected each other as best they could. At the yearly Winter Banquet, Jean and Nathaniel prepared themselves as usual, but something was different. This Winter Banquet was the first without Kevin on the Ravens. Now he's on the Foxes, and all the Ravens hate him.
Something happened, and the Foxes took notice of the little redhead, especially Andrew Minyard.
What will happen?

Art by yen_mayer
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This is a fanfiction from the bookseries All For The Game by Nora Sakavic