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After scoring the winner in Bastard's match against PXG, Isagi felt as light as a feather. All the doubt he had in himself, in his own potential and ability was gone. Of course, the weight of being number one instantly replaced those previous feelings. But, he felt as if that was a problem for another day, for the future Isagi. Right now, all he wanted to do was grasp that amazing, exhilarating feeling of success. He was, in short, experiencing the peak of his career, up till now.
That, of course, didn't change the fact that he still had to practice. He sighed as he looked at the huge digital clock next to the field, noticing it was getting a bit late. "I've been thinking too much..." he thought to himself, as he decided to only try another 10 two-gun volleys. His ego, however, only let him stop practicing once he succeeded in hitting 10 of those volleys. Right now, he was sat down on a bench, wiping the sweat off his forehead with a towel. He once again fell into deep thought, first thinking about his performance in the match, and then exploring a more anxious side of his imagination: what was going to happen next?
"I need to rest" he thought to himself, as he decided to get up and take a bath. He felt like walking would help him ease up his mind, and he also really needed to get his body clean. The feeling of sweat sticking to his skin, trapped between it and his tight clothes wasn't something he was really fond of. "How come i've never noticed this before?" he asked himself, he didn't really mind the feeling whenever he was playing, but for some reason it felt really unbearable right now. Thus, he sped up his pace, walking fast but not running at all, which looked... quite funny. As he walked through the halls, he passed by only one person, Shidou, which couldn't help but stare at the strange sight for a few seconds and then laugh, loudly. "The fuck is that?" Shidou said, as he kept on looking, until Isagi was out of his field of vision.
As he reached the locker room, Isagi quickly went inside one of the cabins and undressed. Only one other cabin was occupied, it was noticeable due to the watery-sound coming from it. As he began cleaning himself up, the soap slipped from his hands and fell on the ground. "God damn it.." he said, as he reached and picked it up.
"Is that you, Isagi?" Bachira's voice quickly filled his ears, and he let out a chuckle. "Yeah. You don't recognize my voice anymore?" he asked, as he used the soap to clean his chest. "Of course I recognize your voice. I doubt you recognize mine, since we haven't played together in so long", the other boy answered.
Yoichi could only chuckle before answering, "Bachira, I think I could recognize your voice even if I hadn't heard it in 10 years".
"Well, aren't you sweet? Do you like my voice that much?" Bachira asked before laughing loudly. "If you like it that much, why don't you come take a bath with me?"
Silence filled the room for around 15 seconds. All that could be heard was the shower noises. Isagi sighed, "You really need to keep some jokes to yourself, man...".
Minutes passed by, Isagi got out of the bath around the same time as Bachira did. The two boys got dressed and chatted a bit. "So, what are you going to do now?" Meguru asked, as he used the towel to dry his hair. "I'm gonna sleep, of course, what are you going to do?" Isagi asked, emphasizing the 'you' part.
"Me? I'm going to wait for Haikyuu's leaks. They'll be out in a few hours, and we don't have practice tomorrow anyway, so... Also, you're all caught up with the manga now, right?" Bachira asked as he finished drying his hair. "Just because we don't have practice doesn't mean you can just... sleep that late. Don't the leaks come out at what... Two in the morning? And yeah, i'm all caught up".
"If you're lucky, they might come out at two, but most of the times they drop around three in the morning, maybe later" Bachira added, as he got up and began packing his things up in a small bag, which he used to store hygiene products. "See you later, man." Meguru said, as he passed by Isagi and got out of the locker room.
Isagi didn't take long to reach his own room. He put his hygiene bag on top of his table, turned the lights off and plopped down on the bed. He closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
But, for some odd reason, a bit less than two hours later he woke up, and couldn't sleep at all. He looked at his alarm clock and noticed it was a bit past midnight. "Shit..." he muttered to himself, as he grabbed his phone, confirming it was too early to be up, "Well, fuck it." he thought to himself, as he opened up YouTube and started watching some football matches and highlights. He couldn't sleep, so he might as well do something he likes until he feels sleepy again.
After half an hour, he felt a bit thirsty and got up, heading to the cafeteria. On his way there, he passed by Shidou once more, who was coming back from the cafeteria with a large amount of food. "Is that even... allowed?" Isagi asked, out loud. "I don't fucking now, and I care even less" Shidou answered, as both of them stopped and looked at each other, as if they were seeing an exquisite animal.
"I thought there was no food available in the cafeteria after 9" Isagi said, genuinely dumbfounded. "And there isn't" Shidou answered, "I kept these on the fridge and used the microwave to heat them up". Yoichi seemed even more shocked, "There's a microwave in the cafeteria?" he asked, looking at the food and at Ryusei, completely shocked.
"Nah, i managed to sneak it in after the last match" Ryusei answered, as if there wasn't anything wrong with what he was saying. Isagi opened his mouth to speak, only to close it after a second. He looked to the side, as if he was thinking about something. "I see." He said, before going on his way, the opposite direction of Shidou.
Ryusei kept looking at Isagi, following him with his vision, until he got out of his field of view. "The fuck is that?" he asked himself, out loud, before heading to his room, as if nothing had happened.
"I swear to god man, what is that guy on ab-" Isagi muttered lowly, to himself, as he arrived in the cafeteria. He cut himself off as he came upon an even weirder sight. Kunigami and Chigiri were sat down, next to each other. The shorter one faced the other, with a spoon in his right hand, and a yogurt cup on his right. "No.." Isagi doubted himself, only to be proven right, as Chigiri spoonfed yogurt to Kunigami. "What the fuck.." he thought, without even knowing what to think.
Only then, did Kunigami notice his presence, and answered by turning his head to the opposite side, not looking at Isagi at all. That movement made Chigiri wonder, and as he looked in the direction of the cafeteria's entrance, he noticed Yoichi standing there. However, there wasn't an ounce of shame or embarrassment in his face. Instead, he let out a smile and waved 'hi' at Isagi, who took a second to reply, waving back.
Yoichi went on, and arrived at one of the cafeteria's fridges. He grabbed a bottle of water, and began drinking from it. He thought about Bachira, and wondered if he should also stay up and read the leaks. His mind was mainly focused on that, but, out of nowhere, a stray thought made him reminisce about what he'd just seen, Kunigami and Chigiri close up, he couldn't help but think "They really look like a couple.."
As he noticed what he'd just thought, he choked. He gasped for air as he coughed and slowly got his breathing steady. "What the fuck am I thinking? They're not a couple.." as if to reach an answer, he reminisced once more. "Well, that scene did look like... something a couple would do, but come on... Chigiri and Kunigami? I can't even imagine them doing other couple-like things..." he thought to himself. Then he noticed he could quite clearly imagine such scenes, and felt his cheeks heat up a bit. He quickly felt he needed more water, and grabbed another bottle.
On the way back to his room, he stopped by a bathroom and cleaned his face with water. He stared at his own reflection for a few seconds. He wore sandals, Blue Lock themed sweatpants, and a slightly oversized t-shirt, also Blue Lock themed. "Something's not right..." he thought, looking in the mirror, he felt the day was really... odd.
He left the bathroom and made his way back to his room. He checked and noticed the leaks hadn't come out yet, thus he decided to watch some more highlights. It hadn't even been a minute that he'd laid down, when he was startled by knocking on the door. "What the..." he asked himself.
He got up. Blue Lock facility was safe, he wasn't scared, thus he didn't even ask who it was, and opened the door. Then, he saw the weirdest thing he'd seen, until now, that is.
"Rin...?" He asked, out loud, confused. The boy stood there, right in front of his door, not moving at all, only staring at him, right in the eyes. "Is there anything I-"
"Isagi." Rin cut him off, as he kept on staring at the shorter boy's eyes, not budging at all. Only after a few seconds did he look away, eyeing the room itself, as he moved forward.
"H-hey you could've at least asked, you know?" Yoichi complained, but made way nonetheless. As Rin entered the room, he turned to the door, closing it. As he did so, he recalled hearing Rin calling him by his name, feeling a weird tingling feeling at that.
"What is this about?" Isagi asked, as he turned on the lights. He only received a groan in response, followed by a "Turn that off, the light's shouldn't be turned on this late at night.." from Rin.
"Yeah, and you should be in your room, shouldn't you?" Isagi asked, only to receive another groan and a complaining gaze as an answer. He sighed, before turning the lights off. He slowly walked to the table, where he kept a small lampshade, that he used sometimes to watch highlights late at night, when he couldn't sleep. He turned it on, and gazed at the taller boy. "Let me keep at least this turned on, I don't see very well at night". He 'pleaded'.
"Fine" Rin said, and looked around the room a bit more, before sitting down on the edge of Isagi's bed.
Yoichi couldn't wrap his head around what the fuck was happening. Why was Rin in his room? Why did it not make him as uncomfortable as he imagined it would? Why couldn't he say anything?
Around a minute passed by, silence filled the room completely. Rin was looking to his side, while Isagi eyes moved around, sometimes landing at Rin for a split second, and then shyly looking away for a few seconds.
Isagi closed his eyes, and sighed lowly, he opened his eyes and mouth, about to say something, but was cut off by the creaking sound that came from his bed. As he looked at Rin's direction, he noticed the boy was no longer sat down. He was standing up, and maintaining eye contact, nonstop. Rin took a few steps forward, getting closer to Isagi.
Yoichi couldn't help but look away, but didn't back off, for some reason. As Rin got really close, Isagi's sharp mind began analyzing and theorizing what could've caused this scenario. But his thinking was suddenly cut off, as he felt two arms wrap around his body.
Rin was hugging him. Yeah, that was the weirdest thing he'd seen, in his life... most likely. Isagi's hand stood motionless for a few seconds, completely froze. His mind didn't operate too differently, he didn't know if he was thinking too many things, and thus couldn't complete a single thought, or if his mind had completely stopped and wasn't thinking at all.
Only after around fifteen seconds did he, slowly, move his arms to reciprocate the hug. After another fifteen seconds he found himself softly moving his hands, caressing Rin's back, as if to console him. He didn't know why he was doing it, it just felt right.
A minute passed by, slowly and quickly at the same time. Then, Rin pulled back, but not completely. He kept his hands on Isagi's body, to be specific, his waist. He maintained eye contact while doing that.
Isagi's arms froze once more, and he couldn't help but feel his heart bumping... fast. Almost as quickly as when he scored the winner against PXG. He felt his cheeks heating up, but couldn't look away from Rin's stare.
Before he could think of anything, Rin pulled his arms back, and looked to the side. He walked away, reached the door, opened it and left, leaving Isagi alone, once more.
"W-what.. what was that?" Isagi asked himself, out loud, as he stared at the door.
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Around the same time, Shidou walked out of his room, heading to the toilet, he really need to take a piss.
As he desperately made his way to the bathroom, he was shocked by a 'groan' sound. Although he really needed to urinate, he couldn't help but stop, right at the bathroom's entrance. Looking at the hall, quickly the sound's origin revealed itself, it was Rin.
Shidou followed Rin's body with his eyes, as the emo-like boy walked and... groaned at the same time? He kept on looking at Rin until he was out of his field of vision. "The fuck is that?" he asked to himself, out loud. Only then did he remember his physiological needs. "Fuck, im gonna piss myself!" he said, loudly, almost yelling, as he entered the bathroom, running.
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